Judith Hendra
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General History of the Pirates: From their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence to the present year by Captain Charles Johnson
New York, Dodd, Mead, & Co, 1926 Reprinted from the Fourth Edition of the legendary Captain Charles Johnson’s General History in two volumes. This edition in one volume is lightly edited by Arthur L. Haywood. “Charles Johnson” published the first general history in 1724. The authorship is tentatively attributed to Daniel Defoe. This edition is…
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Thomas, Dylan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Published in Britain in 1940, the first edition, first printing. An unusually good copy of Thomas’s celebrated work of fiction published in 1940 and the first edition anywhere of a volume described by the publisher as “one of the most outspoken and audacious books of its kind.” Thomas’s semi fictional portrait of his life as…
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Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys’s masterpiece. A fine copy of the original British edition in a fine unclipped dust jacket. The cover has a couple of tiny creases, and otherwise looks practically new. Red boards denote first printing. Contents are fresh and clean. No pastedowns. Accompanied by a bright dust jacket presenting a continuous illustration of the estate…
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Munro, Alice Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You…Thirteen Stories
First Canadian/ American edition of Munro’s second story collection, following her award-winning novel Lives of Girls and Women. McGraw-Hill 1974. Printed in Canada. First edition, first printing. The back cover is a head- and- shoulders portrait of the author. Book condition, fine to outstanding. Jacket is price clipped and otherwise like new. For a sample…
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Heaney, Seamus, Station Island
First edition second issue binding in black cloth. Generally regarded as the first issue. Published by Faber and Faber, 1984. Signed by Seamus Heaney and dated 25, VI, 87. Represents his first poetry collection in five years. The book contains the long title poem preceded by a group of meditative lyrics and followed by the…
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Frame, Janet The Envoy From Mirror City; An Autobiography, Volume three
The final volume of Janet Frame’s autobiography , 1985. Published in the States by George Braziller simultaneously with its publication in New Zealand by Hutchinson & Co. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Frame is best known for the second volume of her autobiography An Angel At My Table, which was made into…
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Ellroy, James My Dark Places
First edition, first printing, initialed by Ellroy on tipped in page. Published in 1996. The author’s memoir of his search for his mother’s murder aided by a brilliant Los Angeles homicide investigator. A fine copy all around of a compulsively readable book by a one of L.A. most celebrated writers. Offered by Judith Hendra,…
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Didion, Joan. Play It As It Lays
First edition, first impression 1970. Didion’s third book, second novel, her break-out book: “set in a place between good and evil , literally in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and the wastes of the Mojave, but figuratively in the landscape of the arid soul.” Book is in fine condition with stamped red boards and black…
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Cather, Willa. My Antonia. First Edition
First edition, first printing from 1918 with illustrations by W.T. Benda. Plates are second state, printed on the same stock as the text; ordered so by the author who wanted the illustrations on glossy stock to be replaced in all copies of the first printing in the publisher’s possession shortly after publication. Brown boards with…
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, The Secret Garden, First Edition
The children’s classic. First British edition, first printing, fourth impression January-July 1914. Eight illustrations by Charles Robinson. The illustrations are intact with tissue guards present. Unmarked and clean throughout. No tears or nicks. Pastedown to front flypaper records this copy was awarded to a Cambridgeshire schoolgirl. Hint of detachment of front boards less so with…