ARGOT AND SLANG: A New French and English Dictionary
Handsomely rebound Edwardian edition of this invaluable 19th century dictionary of French slang, defined in English.
Handsomely rebound Edwardian edition of this invaluable 19th century dictionary of French slang, defined in English.
Signed first printing of Berendt's tale of Venice and the catastrophic fire at the Fenice Opera House.
Limited edition re-issue of this major bibliography of French novels first published in 1925-28, a formative reference work for book collectors and scholars on the subject.
Pristine slipcased first edition of this gripping Pulitzer prize-winning novel of two children growing up on either side of a world war.
First edition of the first modern Western novel featuring a time machine, published eight years before THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells.
First edition of this monumental facsimile of the first major book printed with moveable type in the West, also called the "Cooper Square Facsimile," in a limited run of 1000 copies.
First volume (in two books) of the Expressionist journal of the visual and literary arts, with the scarce original lithographs.
Second year (in a single bound volume) of the Expressionist journal of the visual and literary arts, with the scarce original lithographs and woodcuts by Masereel and others.
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
First edition in English of the science fiction classic.
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
Stark and haunting card of mourning from the September 10th, 1898 funeral of Stephane Mallarmé.
First English-language paperback edition of LA COMTESSE SANGLANTE, re-titled to coincide with the release of the Hammer horror film based on Penrose's singular gothic historical fantasia.
First Lion Books edition.
Early Republic American edition of an altered version of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's work, featuring a happy ending not present in the original.
Signed first edition of this tale of resistance written in the early days of America's participation in World War II, adapted into a play and a film.
Signed limited first edition of this beautifully designed copy of the four Christian Gospels.
Inscribed first edition of this exquisite collaboration between two great French-Japanese artists.