First Edition. A collection of religious and devotional poems by a 19th century Mexican poet. He wrote the poems for his grandchildren and the manuscript remained unpublished when he died in 1910. This is one of the most attractive books, printed in yellow and black, from Casa Editorial Lozano, which.....

First Edition. Nine sets of small lift-the-flap-style pages that can be combined into hundreds (1458) different stories. 11-1/4 by 2-1/4 inches. Published in an edition of 526 copies signed by Gorey. First edition (first printing). This is no. 133 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Gorey on the inside back.....

First Thus. A reissue of this collection of poems, slightly revised by Updike and with new illustrations by Hyman. This edition was a Newbery Honor book for 2000. First edition with these illustrations (no statement of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is signed.....

First Edition. A novel about a young woman who grew up in Occupied Germany, the daughter of a commanding general. Unlike most books by Bemelmans, the author of the Madeline series of children's picture books, this one is not illustrated. First edition (stated). A very good or better copy in.....

An American edition, in Spanish, of the collected poems of a 19th century Mexican writer. An uncommon US Spanish imprint of what must have been a popular book in the Spanish-speaking community in the United States. OCLC has several records for this book, dated 1919, 1920, and like this one.....

First Edition. An essay and poems by the Chilean founder of the Latin American Surrealists group, Grupo Mandragora. One of 500 numbered copies. 46 pages. 4 by 5-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback), lacking the publisher's glassine wrapper. Signed on the colophon and additionally.....

First Edition. The sequel to the Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller, a very plausible first-hand account of a bookseller in difficult financial straits. The book purports to be papers found after the unlucky booksellers' demise. The author was in fact a member of local government in Scotland at the.....

First Edition. London's popular account of an ill-fated two-year voyage to the South Pacific in a poorly-built 43-foot sailboat. BAL 11929. 340 pages, plus a color frontispiece. Illustrated with more than 100 half-tone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no later printings indicated). A very good copy with some shelf.....

First Edition. A fictionalized biography of the Polish actress Helena Modjeska and her rise to fame in 19th century America. Winner of the National Book Award for best novel. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed to Peter Perrone who is thanked on the copyright.....

First Edition. Poems. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Oliver on the title page.

First Edition. A collection of essays in three sections: reading, seeing, and there and here. First edition (with no indications of later printings). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed to Peter Perrone, who helped Sontag with The Volcano Lover and In America and is.....

First Edition. A collection of fourteen short stories previously published in The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar and elsewhere. The author's first book. 183 pages. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with just a bit of soiling to the white dust jacket. Signed by the author.....

Advance Reading Copy. A historical novel set in Italy. Spine a bit faded, else a fine copy in red printed wrappers. This copy is inscribed by Sontag to Peter Perrone, who is thanked on the copyright page, "for Peter, guardian angel—with all my love and gratitude—Susan."