First Edition. A writer for the Rafu Shimpo Japanese newspaper in Los Angeles offers a satirical lexicon of Japanese American terms. The book is reminiscent of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary. For example, an early entry is for "寫眞結婚" (shashin kekkon), or Picture Marriage: "The Japanese, who have always imitated foreign.....

An early reprint of this collection of plays first published by John W. Luce in 1917. 207 pages. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shallow chipping at the spine ends; signed "Dunsany" on the front free endpaper.

First US edition. The author's second book, the basis of the film starring Ringo Star. The book was first published in the UK in 1959. First American edition (first printing, stated). A very good copy in a very good, somewhat grubby dust jacket (a common problem with this title). An.....

First Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's first long fantasy. "The eponymous princess is abducted by dwarfs while her beloved fosterbrother is imprisoned by nixies (water spirits); the king of the dwarfs becomes enamoured of her, but gradually discovers an altruistic determination to reunite the lovers"—Clute and Grant, The Encyclopedia of.....

First Edition. A picture book, illustrated in full color. First edition (first printing with a line of letters beginning with A). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Hyman in the year of publication.

First Edition. The limited edition, illustrated with an original, signed Van Sandwyk etching. The is a charming illustrated book about animals by an artist known for his work with the Folio Society. This is one of 200 deluxe copies, "printed on Canson Miteintes and Arches watercolour paper with [14] colour.....

First Thus. A reissue of a 1955 children's picture book with full-color illustrations (the original edition was printed in two colors, red and black). This is one of 250 numbered copies signed by Sendak and de Regniers. First edition of this reprint and first printing of the color illustrations. A......

First Edition. 1) Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della sua costa [cover title: Il Texas: La ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicano; la colonizzazione italiana della costa de Texas]. Torino: Tipografia Roux e Favale, 1881. 56 pages, 6-3/8 by 9-1/2 inches; with a large folding map of the coastline of Texas with.....

First Edition. A small format picture book about the popular 1960s fashion model, Peggy Moffitt. 32 pages. 6-1/4 by 8-1/4 inches. First edition (no statement of later printings; date code 0468 and $2.95 price on front jacket flap). A near fine copy in a very good toned dust jacket with.....

First Edition. A wonderful association copy, inscribed to the artist and book illustrator Barry Moser. Three novellas: Brown Dog, Sunset Limited, and The Woman Lit by Fireflies. According to the Orr and Torrey bibliography (A22B), one of 20,000 copies printed. 247 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending.....

First Edition. An anthology of pieces published in the literary journal Sumac, edited by Harrison and Gerber from 1968 to 1971. With a new introduction by Harrison. This is one of 26 lettered copies; there were also 100 numbered copies and a trade paperback. Orr and Torrey bibliography, B97. 242.....

First Edition. The complete Seasons Cycle, an acclaimed series of nature writing on fly fishing. The books were published over a fourteen-year period. First editions (with matching dates on the title page and copyright page, with no later printings noted). The books are very good, with foxing on the page.....

First Edition. The 12th Travis McGee mystery. This is the first hardcover edition, published in February 1972, a month before the UK hardbound version, according to Firsts Magazine (Nov. 2002, John D. MacDonald special issue). The true first was a massmarket paperback, published in 1970. First hardcover edition (first printing).....