New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Full Description: HAMMETT, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Octavo (7 7/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 131 mm). [4, blank], [8], 267, [1], [4, blank] pp. Original light gray cloth decoratively stamped in dark grayish blue.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1939. London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. First edition. Large octavo (9 1/2 x 6 inches; 241 x 155 mm). [8], 628 pp. Original red cloth. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt on two panels stamped in blind. Top edge stained orange-yellow, others uncut. Partially unopened. Slight.....
Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, 1930. First edition, one of 500 copies on handmade Vidalon Royal paper, of which this is number 218. Small folio. Original wrappers printed in black and green, glassine and publisher's green and gold slipcase. Pages unopened. Tiny chip to bottom of spine, some wear.....
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955. Full Description: NABOKOV, Vladimir. Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press, [1955]. First edition. Two small octavo volumes (7 x 4 3/8 inches; 177 x 110 mm). [2, blank except for signature mark], [6], 7-10, 13-188, [1, blank], [1, printer’s imprint], [2, blank]; [2, blank except for.....
Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947. Signed Limited edition. One of fifty-two copies signed by the author, out of a total edition of 246. This being number 36. Octavo (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 133 mm). [1]-37, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [5, blank] pp. A large hand-colored initial.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1919. Saint Joan of Arc. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1919]. First edition, first issue (with the illustration on p. 18 in correct position and endpapers printed in green.) Octavo (9 3/16 x 7 inches; 234 x 179 mm). [xiii], [1, blank], [2].....