Matters of Honor - first edition, signed
New York: Knopf, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 2007, signed copy, hardback in dust jacket, fine copy in fine jacket.
Literature
The Scarperer
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1964. First printing. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, inscription on the pastedown, 158pp.
The Dragon Thread
Garnerville: Hyst'ry Myst'ry House, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1981. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 164 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket, age-toning and discoloration to the dust jacket, rubbing and edgewear to the dust jacket including creasing and a bit of tearing.....
Blood (La Sang)
New Brunswick, NJ: ESTRENO Plays, 2004. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 58pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has hint of wear to corners, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Offside (Fora de Joc)
New York: ESTRENO Contemporary Spanish Plays, 2012. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 63pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has hint of edgewear to wrap, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Waiting for the End of the World
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author. First edition, 1985. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 322 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, light discoloration to the page-edges, soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, creasing and wear to the.....
The Breed of Basil
New York: McBride, 1930. Hardcover. First edition, 1930, Pittsburgh author's first book. Cloth in dust jacket, book about fine, jacket VG with light toning and soil, 2-inch tear at top left of front panel neatly repaired. Bell was the author of Out of this Furnace (1941), the best labor novel.....
The Breed of Basil
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Bell's first novel! Gilt stamped purple cloth boards, octavo, 284pp., not illustrated. Book has toning to spine and edges of boards, rubbing and mild soil, spine ends worn, binding tight, jacket glued to front and rear endpapers, text clean.....
Equestrian Portrait
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards, octavo, 224pp., not illustrated. Book has toning to spine and edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. No DJ.
In the Midst of Life
New York: Atheneum, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 275pp., not illustrated. Book has hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild wear to spine ends and corners, mild toning and soil, now in archival mylar.....
Out of this Furnace
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1941. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1941. Cloth in dust jacket, book fine, jacket very good with light rubbing and wear at spine ends and corners. Out of this Furnace (1941) is the best proletarian novel to emerge from the Pittsburgh mill experience. Born Thomas.....
The Second Prince (first edition in dj)
New York: Putnams, (1935). Hardcover. First edition (1935). Cloth in dust jacket, book fine (pages unopened and uncut), jacket near fine with light soil and a couple closed tears. Author's second novel, the story of Striker Godown, who gets involved in a labor dispute at the Jericho Iron Works. Bell.....
There Comes a Time
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Orange stamped beige cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 288pp., not illustrated. Book has hint of wear to boards, binding tight, previous owners' signatures to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has chipping to spine ends, other edgewear, rubbing.....
There Comes A Time - signed copy
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1946. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1946, cloth in dust jacket, signed by author on flyleaf. Book very good, jacket fair with significant shelfwear and loss. Bell was the author of Out of this Furnace (1941), the best labor novel to emerge from the Pittsburgh.....
Murder in the Holy City
Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2006. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 2006. Softcover 8vo, 163pp. In fine condition. Signed/inscribed by the author to Matthew Bruccoli. Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-2008) was the foremost F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and bibliographer of his time. Additionally, he wrote on, and edited critical editions of.....
Leyendas Amazonicas
Lima, Peru: Editorial "Minerva" (1942). First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, 9.75 x 7 inches, leather backed boards, good copy with light wear and rubbing to binding, contents good but with some tanning, stains, foxing throughout, and some waterstaining to bottom margin of last several leaves, remains of rear wrap, with text.....
Cartas de Mujeres
Madrid: Los Sucesores de Hernando, 1923. Hardcover. Decima Edicion, 1923. 8vo, flame calf, red labels, very good, some spottiness and foxing to contents, spine a bit darkened. 214 pp.
Exeter's Best, 75 Years of America's Best Prep-School Writing
Exeter: Phillips Exeter Academy, 1955. 1st Edition. Wraps. Quarto, 10.5 x 8.5 inches, wraps, good copy with some wear and soil to covers, small black mark on front cover, contents very good, a few tiny tears to edges of last pages. Uncommon anthology with a preface by Richard Bissell of.....
Exeter's Best, 75 Years of America's Best Prep-School Writing
Exeter: Phillips Exeter Academy, 1955. 1st Edition. Wraps. Quarto, 10.5 x 8.5 inches, wraps, good copy some toning and light stains and wear to covers, contents very good. Uncommon anthology with a preface by Richard Bissell of some of the youthful work of Exeter graduates who would later make it.....
John Worthington's Name, a Novel
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1874. First printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo, original green cloth gilt, very good, lightest wear, mild smoky odor. Text in two columns.
Legacy (Testament)
New Brunswick, NJ: ESTRENO Plays, 2000. Paperback. Printed paper wrap, octavo, 45pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has mild shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
The Hills Are Ready for Climbing: A Collection of Poems By Undergraduates of American Colleges and Universities
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1934. First printing. Hardcover. No. 48 of 300. Parchment paper spine over patterned boards, good with some wear, soil, fading, rubbing. Early or first appearances in book form by Jack Williamson, George Abee and Samuel French Morse among others.
Gaspard (Les Soldats de la Guerre), 21 bois originaux de Renefer
Paris: Le Livre de Demain, Artheme Fayard, No date, ca. 1930. Hardcover. Ca. 1930, large 8vo (23.5 cm), yellow wraps bound into quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt titled on spine, 158 pp, woodcuts by Renefer. Very good copy. Prix Goncourt winner for this novel, which was translated into English.....
Clayhanger
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early edition, ca. 1910. Cloth hardcover with gilt-titles and gilt-decorations, 698 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, straining to the rear inner hinge, some soiling or discoloration to the pages and page-edges, rubbing or wear to the tips and.....
Hilda Lessways
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 1911, Hardcover in Very Good condition, with light shelf wear. There is a previous owner notation to a front end paper.