B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Early edition. Publisher's three-quarter black cloth and blue paper-covered boards with white paper spine label lettered in black. About very good with some light wear to extremities, toning to spine and page edges, both hinges starting, small bookseller's sticker to front free endpaper. Presents well. Yost 31. The King's Henchman is a story inspired by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a set of manuscripts written in the ninth century that detail the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England. Millay's story tells of the travels of Aethelwold, a henchman to the fictional king of England, who falls in love with the woman that the king is supposed to marry and finally kills himself out of guilt for denying them both a marriage to each other. This story was first written as the libretto for an opera commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. American composer Deems Taylor enlisted Millay as his librettist upon the suggestion from his wife. The opera went on to be staged sixteen times at the Met, as well in 46 other cities, and received praise from critics and audiences.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Early reprint. Publisher's decorative mustard yellow cloth with an illustration of three figures framed by a rectangular background stamped in black, orange, and white to front board beneath the title and author lettered in black, ruled in orange, lettered in black to spine, with a black and white frontispiece and six pages of publisher's ads after text. About fine with some light toning to text block edges and a few tiny spots to rear endpapers; lacking dust jacket. This historical fiction novel tells the story of Raoul de Coubert, a former French soldier who is approached by a military leader to come to the country's aid in breaking the pact of peace between France and England. A journalist and author, Parrish began his career working for the Associated Press and related newspapers, later to devote his work to novels, many of which were bestsellers.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Early printing, with publisher's code F-B (June 1927). Publisher's three-quarter black cloth and gray-blue paper-covered boards, top edge stained orange-yellow, in original unclipped dust jacket. A near fine copy with a touch of light wear to spine ends and some scattered pencil markings throughout text; dust jacket good or better, lightly worn and soiled, with some tears and loss to spine ends and corners. Yost 31. The King's Henchman is a story inspired by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a set of manuscripts written in the ninth century that detail the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England. Millay's story tells of the travels of Aethelwold, a henchman to the fictional king of England, who falls in love with the woman that the king is supposed to marry and finally kills himself out of guilt for denying them both a marriage to each other. This story was first written as the libretto for an opera commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. American composer Deems Taylor enlisted Millay as his librettist upon the suggestion from his wife. The opera went on to be staged sixteen times at the Met, as well in 46 other cities, and received praise from critics and audiences.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, first printing. Publisher's brick-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, and pictorial endpapers; in its original pictorial dust jacket, with dining scene to front panel, lettered in black and white. Very good book, with tiny spots to rear board, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, and light toning to fore edge of text block; unclipped dust jacket in parts, lacking spine, with some chipping to edges of panels, and tape repair to flap folds. Overall, a true first edition wit. Dinner at Antoine's was novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes' best-selling book, a murder mystery set at the famous New Orleans restaurant. Keyes was a prolific novelist, who painstakingly researched the cultural and geographic backgrounds of her stories, even moving to many of the locations where her novels were set. She was married to U. S. Senator Henry Wilder Keyes.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, with Notes from the Editors pamphlet. Signed by Heller to front flyleaf. Publisher's brown morocco, with boards decoratively stamped in gilt, spine stamped in gilt, four raised bands to spine, all edges gilt, silk moiré endpapers, and a gold ribbon bookmark. Fine. Overall, a pristine copy. Good as Gold is a satirical novel that tells the story of Bruce Gold, a middle-aged English professor who is given the opportunity to move from New York City to Washington, D.C. to become the first Jewish Secretary of State. Dissatisfied with his lackluster marriage and career, Gold welcomes the opportunity for success and recognition, but quickly realizes that he must sacrifice much of his moral integrity and indeed his identity to achieve these goals. The author's third novel, Good as Gold is lighter in sentiment than the preceding Something Happened (1974) and represents Heller's decisive return to the tone of his first novel; just as Catch-22 is satire on the logic and necessity of the armed forces, Good as Gold lampoons the morality of the United States government. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Schulz, Charles (illustrator). First Edition. Illustrated by Charles Schulz. First edition, first printing. Publisher's purple, red, and yellow paper-covered boards, with a drawing of Charlie Brown looking sad next to a portable radio to front board, and purple pages printed in red, yellow, and black; in its matching pictorial dust jacket. About fine book, with a tiny nick to bottom edge of front board, and some tiny white spots to rear endpapers; about fine dust jacket, with a few small closed tears to edges. Overall, a bright and clean copy. A follow-up to Schulz's bestselling Happiness is a Warm Puppy (1962), this book provides a host of new definitions of happiness, some of which include: "winning an argument with your sister," "an autographed baseball," "catching snowflakes on your tongue," and "being too sick to go to school, but not too sick to watch T.V." The book features many familiar faces from Schulz' Peanuts comic strip.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Limited First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, this being number 83. Publisher's pale green wrappers, lettered in red and gray. Near fine, with just some toning to wrapper edges. Overall, a crisp, clean copy. In Kerouac's Last Word, poet and editor Tom Clark (1941 - 2018) surveys Kerouac's 1959-1961 column in Escapade magazine, which focused on "real things and real people." Included are three characteristic contributions by Kerouac: "The Beginning of Bop," "The Last Word" ("Some strong words by Kerouac on the sorrowful condition of America's press and television") and "The First Word" ("Jack Kerouac takes a fresh look at Jack Kerouac.").

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Sparks on the title page. Publisher's black cloth-backed pale lavender boards, with spine stamped in gilt; in its original black and purple dust jacket designed by Shasti O'Leary Soudant, with a moon image to front panel, lettered in gilt and white. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, an excellent copy. In Nights in Rodanthe, 45-year-old Adrienne Willis, grappling with her shattered marriage, goes to a coastal town in North Carolina for the weekend to help out at her friend's inn. There she meets and becomes intimate with Dr. Paul Flanner, a guest at the inn who is fleeing from his own troubles. Signed by Author.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Publisher's pale green stapled wrappers, printed in black. Very good, with light spotting to spine, light spotting to wrappers, and a small puncture to front wrapper. Overall, a wonderful tribute to the great experimental American author and Beat guru. In editor Paul Cecil's note at the beginning of the book he writes, "The pieces that make up this book were prepared for the 'Burroughsday' celebrations that took place at the Phoenix Gallery, Brighton on 5th February 1994, the occasion of the 80th birthday of William S. Burroughs. The event itself in many ways mirrored Burroughs' own approach to literature and art, being a random coming together of discrete connections that were collaged into a 'whole'. Alongside video and soundbites, numerous artists, writers and performers presented their work, some of which is included here." The book's contributors include Burroughs himself, Paul Cecil, Robert Hill, Catherine Lupton, Genesis P-Orridge, Naomi Riches, Simon Strong, and Caspar Williams.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Sparks on the title page. Publisher's light blue cloth-backed off-white boards, with spine stamped in blue foil; in its original pictorial dust jacket with a photo of grazing horses attributed to Chris Leschinsky to front panel, lettered in blue foil and black. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, a lovely copy. Dear John tells the heartbreaking story of college student Savannah Lynn Curtis and army enlistee John Tyree, a young and in love couple whose lives are upended after 9/11. The bestseller was adapted into a 2010 film starring Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Seltzer, Isadore (illustrator). Designed by Martin Solomon. Illustrated by Isadore Seltzer. Special edition. Publisher's orange cloth, stamped to front board in gilt with author's facsimile signature, lettered in gilt to spine, forest green endpapers; in the original matching orange slipcase. About fine with light toning to spine. Set during the end of the Trojan War, this play follows two parallel stories. The first, for which the play is named, tells of the Trojan prince Troilus, who declares his love for Cressida, only for her to be taken by the Greeks in exchange for a Trojan prisoner. The second story follows Troilus's father, Priam, the leader of Trojan forces, during his struggle for power against Agamemnon, the leader of the Greeks. This special edition of Troilus and Cressida is the twenty-second volume in a series of annual Shakespearian keepsakes prepared for the friends of the publishers.

Condition: Fine. From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single cream leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only a hint of faint soling, otherwise clean and completely unused. A bright piece of New Zealand mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used for the New Zealand Alpine Club's Himalayan Expedition to the Barun Valley in 1954. After the successful 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, the New Zealand mountaineers George Lowe and Sir Edmund Hillary again teamed up for an expedition to the Khumbu region of the Himalayas. In addition to climbing several notable peaks, this expedition achieved the first ascension of Baruntse and completed important reconnaissance work.

Condition: Fine. From the library of mountaineer George Lowe. Single white leaf, lettered in black. Fine, with only some faint creasing to the extremities, otherwise clean and completely unused. A fresh piece of Himalayan mountaineering ephemera. This piece of letterhead stationery is an example of the sheets used for the 1962 British-Soviet Pamirs Expedition, a collaborative effort sported by the Alpine Club, the Scottish Mountaineering Club, and the Mountaineering Federation of the U.S.S.R. After the successful 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, George Lowe, along with his former climbing teammate Wilfrid Noyce, again followed expedition leader John Hunt into the Himalayas for this expedition. Unfortunately, the British-Soviet Pamirs Expedition was the final excursion for Noyce and fellow Ian Smith, who fell to their deaths while descending form the summit of Mt. Garmo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Kosinski on front flyleaf: "For Jonathan Dodd / with much thought, / Jerzy Kosinski / October 18th, 1977." With an original drawing by Kosinski featuring a self-caricature to top of page. Publisher's black cloth, with front board and spine lettered in gilt and silver foil; in its original white dust jacket, with a painting by Jan Lebenstein to front panel, lettered in black, and a photo of Kosinski by Scientia to rear panel. Near fine book, with light toning to spine ends, a very light mark to front board, and a small spot of soiling to rear board; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with a couple of light scratches to spine, and a bit of creasing to head of spine. Overall, a bright copy. Cockpit follows the exploits of Tarden, a former secret agent who has gone rogue. With enormous wealth and an ability to assume various identities, he plays different roles in the lives of strangers, helping some and destroying others. In his NYT review, Jonathan Baumbach writes, "An abrasive and risky book, 'Cockpit' defines itself (as Kosinski does his hero) by the suicidal chances it takes, carrying throughout (as does Tarden) the lethal pellet of its own destruction, brilliantly defying the limitations of its form." Jonathan Dodd (1936 - 2017) was briefly the president of Dodd, Mead & Company, serving in this role from 1988 until the publishing giant closed in 1990. Jonathan was the great-grandson of Dodd, Mead, & Company founder Moses W. Dodd, and joined the company in 1958 upon graduating from Yale. His collection of materials related to Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, and Stephen Sondheim is held at Yale. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards, with red shells and blue lettering to front board, and spine lettered in white; in its original pictorial blue, white, and yellow dust jacket designed by George W. Thomson, lettered in white and pink. Good book, with front free endpaper lacking (1-inch stub is present), light rubbing to spine, a hint of staining to front board, and top corners of boards worn to boards; good clipped dust jacket, with some chipping to spine ends, some rubbing and toning to spine, some staining to front panel and rear flap fold, and moderate edgewear with some closed tears to top edges of panels. Overall, a sturdy copy. In this seminal feminist work, and fore runner to the inspirational book genre, Anne Lindbergh meditates on profound questions related to inner peace and harmony. She explores five aspects of a woman's life, each of which is suggested by a different shell from the beach, namely the whelk shell, moon shell, double sunrise, oyster shell, and argonauta. In addition to writing, Anne Lindbergh was a highly accomplished aviator - she became the first woman to obtain a glider pilot's license in 1930 and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1979.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, seventh printing. Signed by Feller in blue pen on title page. Publisher's black paper covered boards, titles in gilt to spine, black endpapers; in its original black dust jacket, with photo of Feller pitching to front panel, lettered in tan and white, jacket designed by Nick Panos. Fine book; in a fine unclipped dust jacket with a hint of creasing to the spine ends. Overall, a lovely, bright copy. In this pocket-sized volume, Bob Feller gives wonderful insight into his Hall of Fame career and philosophy of life. The book is divided into five parts, and features bite-sized chapters, like "Backyard Games I Played with my Dad," "The Day I Struck Out Eighteen Batters," "My Love of Flying Planes," and "Loyalty in Sports: Is There Any?" There is also a short section at the end with "Feller Family Sayings" - quotes that Feller's dad used to repeat to him, like "The man who knows how will always have a job working for the man who knows why." Nicknamed "The Heater from Van Meter," Feller played eighteen seasons with the Cleveland Indians, garnering eight All-Star selections and winning the unofficial Triple Crown in 1940 by leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Torre on half title page and dated "9-24-99." Publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in gilt; in its original pictorial dust jacket with embossed gilt title to front panel, designed by Gerald Pfieffer, photos of Torre to front and rear panels by Carolyn Jones. A hint of creasing to spine ends, else fine; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with a touch of creasing to head of spine and a tiny dimple to bottom left of front panel. With a Barnes & Noble book signing event advertisement slip laid in. Overall, a bright copy. In this book, famed baseball player and manager Joe Torre lays out his twelve keys for success. These include Key #2: Fairness, Respect, and Trust: Torre's Triple Play, Key #4: Maintain Serenity (As Best You Can), and Key #10: Steadiness and Small Bites: How to Handle Setbacks. The jacket flap claims that "Torre's invaluable insight will provide readers with the tools they need to develop a winning outlook, and to get the most out of themselves and their colleagues, whether in sports, business, or life. As a player, Torre earned nine All Stars selections and was voted NL MVP in 1971. His greatest success as a manager came with the Yankees, helping the team win four World Series titles (1996, 1998-2000). Torre is the only individual in baseball history with at least 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. Signed by Author.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, uncorrected galley proof. Original plain blue three-hole punched paper wrappers, bound by string, with loose trimmed sheets. Very good, with light toning to wrappers and page edges, and a couple of old tape marks to wrappers. Overall, a lovely example of this very scarce pre-publication copy. Pretty Tales for Tired People contains three novellas by Martha Gellhorn: "A Promising Career," "The Clever One," and "The Fall and Rise of Mrs. Hapgood." In the first story a schoolteacher falls for a married woman and loses all in the process, in the second an immigrant lawyer is taken advantage of by a calculating woman, and in the third a middle-aged woman reinvents herself after her husband's infidelity is brought to light. Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a famously fearless war correspondent and novelist, who covered six decades of major 20th century conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Vietnam War. In one of her more daring exploits, she stowed away onto a medical ship and hid in a closet in the days leading up to D-Day in order to get the earliest possible account of the invasion. She was married to Ernest Hemingway from 1940 to 1945. Galley/Proof.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Limited first edition, first printing. One of 470 copies signed and numbered by the author, this being number 207. Publisher's green cloth, with beveled edges, facsimile Conrad signature in gilt to front board, spine lettered in gilt, and frontispiece portrait of Conrad. Near fine, with light toning to spine, a touch of staining to head of spine, mild rubbing to foot of spine, and light toning to frontispiece tissue guard and endpapers. Overall, a clean and attractive copy. This biography makes use of Conrad's personal letters to examine his trip to the Congo River in 1890. Notably, Conrad's experience on that trip inspired him to write arguably his most important story, Heart of Darkness (1899). Georges Jean-Aubry was a French music critic and close friend of Conrad's, who also wrote Joseph Conrad: Life and Letters (1926) and Vie de Conrad (1947), translated in 1957 as The Sea Dreamer: A Definitive Biography of Joseph Conrad.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Publisher's gray cloth, lettered in green, and yellow topstain; in its original pictorial dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., with an illustration of a luna moth over a teal background to the front panel, lettered in white and black. Near fine book, with light toning to spine and board edges; very good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine, light wear to head of spine, a few faint spots of staining to rear panel and spine, light rubbing to edges, and a few small closed tears to top edges of panels. Overall, a pleasant copy. The Moth tells the story of John Dillon, who matures over the course of the novel from a young boy with a beautiful singing voice into a man who has been hardened by the roadblocks he encountered along the way. Notably, The Moth takes its title from a luna moth that Dillon encounters, which signifies for him "what is fine and good" and offers temporary relief from the brutality of his life. The book - a social commentary on the Great Depression - was arguably Cain's most ambitious, though it was met with somewhat mixed reviews, prompting Cain to remark "a simple tale, told briefly, is what people really like.".

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Publisher's tan cloth, stamped in green; in its original green pictorial jacket designed by Sol Immerman, with grass illustration to front panel and spine, lettered in white and yellow. Fine book, with just a small black dot to front flyleaf; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with light wear to foot of spine, light edgewear including a moderately sized closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, a small mark to rear panel that obscures a couple of words in the blurb, and light age-soiling to rear panel. Overall, a bright, fresh copy. In The Butterfly, West Virginian farmer Jess Tyler lives alone, his wife having abandoned him years earlier for a musician. One day, a young woman appears at Jess' home and introduces herself as his estranged daughter, Kady. What follows is a twisted tale of jealousy and lust. In his Preface, Cain explains how the novel grew out of his fascination with the mine wars and the 'big bleak ugliness' of the Big Sandy region in the South. One of the great writers of hard-boiled fiction, James M. Cain penned classics like The Postman Always Rings Twice (1931), Double Indemnity (1936), and Mildred Pierce (1941).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Jim Palmer on front free endpaper. Publisher's boards with wraparound sports collage, white label with titles in black to front board and spine; original dust jacket with photograph of Palmer to front panel; right edge-facing titles in orange to front panel. Near fine book with light toning to spine and some spotting to top edge of textblock; fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to corners. Overall, an attractive copy. Jim Palmer: Great Comeback Competitor tells the story of the Hall of Fame Baltimore Orioles pitcher. Palmer joined the team in 1963 after turning down a basketball scholarship from UCLA. He's the only American League player to win the Cy Young Award three times and won four Gold Glove Awards. Palmer won three World Series with the Orioles in three decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s), and has been a part of all six of the Orioles' World Series appearances. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing; first state dust jacket with $1.50 price to front flap. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, gilt stamping to spine; original yellow dust jacket printed in brown, with white lettering. About fine book, with light offsetting to endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, and The Holliday Bookshop ticket to rear pastedown; very good unclipped dust jacket, with shallow chipping to spine ends, light toning to extremities, and a small closed tear to top edge of front panel. Overall, a clean copy of this Eliot drama. Gallup A33b. The Family Reunion was first published in March of 1939 by Faber & Faber in London, with the first American edition published later in the same month. It is a verse drama that combines elements of Greek tragedy with modern psychology. The plot follows Harry Monchensey as he returns home to his family estate, haunted by guilt over his wife's death. The Eumenides, Greek goddesses of vengeance who most famously appear in Aeschylus's Oresteia, manifest as a symbol of Harry's inner torment, both psychological and mythical, which he attempts to reconcile.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First American Edition. First American edition, first printing; first state dust jacket with $1.50 price to front flap. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, gilt stamping to spine; original yellow dust jacket printed in brown, with white lettering. Near fine book, with very light spotting to boards and top edge of text block, and The Old Corner Book Store ticket to front free endpaper; very good clipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine and edges, light spotting to panels and minimal soiling to rear panel, and light edgewear including a few small closed tears to rear panel. Overall, a tight and sturdy copy. Gallup A33b. The Family Reunion was first published in March of 1939 by Faber & Faber in London, with the first American edition published later in the same month. It is a verse drama that combines elements of Greek tragedy with modern psychology. The plot follows Harry Monchensey as he returns home to his family estate, haunted by guilt over his wife's death. The Eumenides, Greek goddesses of vengeance who most famously appear in Aeschylus's Oresteia, manifest as a symbol of Harry's inner torment, both psychological and mythical, which he attempts to reconcile.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, third printing. Signed by Feller on half-title page. Publisher's red cloth-backed cream boards, titles in white to spine, dark blue endpapers; original dust jacket designed by Mike Stromberg, photo of Feller by Mort Tucker to rear panel. Near fine with just some light soiling to front board, and a touch of offsetting to endpapers; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, a very pleasing copy. In this baseball memoir, Bob Feller, nicknamed "The Heater from Van Meter," recounts the highs and lows of his personal life and career. Feller came into the league when he was just 17 years old. Cy Slapnicka, the scout who discovered him, said, "I didn't know then that he was smart and had the heart of a lion, but I knew that I was looking at an arm the likes of which you see only once in a lifetime." The prodigy played all eighteen of his major league seasons with the Cleveland Indians. He garnered eight All-Star selections and won the unofficial Triple Crown in 1940 by leading the league in wins, ERA, and strikeouts. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1962.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. Later edition. Publisher's maroon cloth, with front board and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, "Cane Hill Mental Hospital" stamped in ink to front and rear pastedowns and p. 105, hospital bookplate to front pastedown, and contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Very good, with some rubbing and toning to spine, gilt dimmed on spine, boards slightly bowed, and upper corners slightly bumped. Overall, a pleasing copy with fascinating provenance. First published in 1879, The Light of Asia is an epic poem that traces the transformation of Prince Siddhartha Gautama to Buddha upon attaining enlightenment. The book played a key role in introducing Buddha and Buddhism to the West, and was an inspiration to many important figures, including spiritual leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, and literary luminaries such as W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot. Cane Hill Hospital was a large psychiatric institution in Coulsdon, Croydon, founded in 1882 as the Third Surrey County Pauper Lunatic Asylum. At its peak, around the time of WWII, it held 2,500 patients. In the 1960s it began a steady decline until it closed in 1992 and was subsequently demolished between 2008-2010. The hospital is an iconic example of Victorian architecture and was even featured on the cover of the American release of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World (1970), with a man standing in front of the institution carrying a rifle. Interestingly, the hospital housed some relatives of celebrities, including Bowie's half-brother Terry Burns, Charlie Chaplin's mother, and Michael Caine's half-brother.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, twenty-second printing. Signed by McCourt on recto of frontispiece page. Publisher's maroon cloth-backed burgundy boards, with spine lettered in gilt, and forest green endpapers; in its original gold pictorial dust jacket, with sepia-toned photo of a young boy leaning against a wall, lettered in black. Very good or better book, with light wear to spine ends, a touch of toning to board edges, and a few light marks to boards; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light creasing to spine ends, some tiny creases to spine, and some soiling along left margin of rear panel. Overall, a solid and internally clean copy. Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning memoir about his childhood in Limerick, Ireland, where he lived in poverty. A masterful account of the Irish struggle to find happiness and success in a harsh environment, Angela's Ashes tells an extremely sad story that is softened by McCourt's humor, determination, and compassion. As he writes at the beginning, "When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood." The plot culminates with McCourt's young adulthood after he immigrates to the United States and arrives in Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1999, McCourt published a sequel to Angela's Ashes entitled 'Tis. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Zemach, Margot (illustrator). First Edition. [Orig. published in 1971]. Pictures by Margot Zemach. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. First edition, second printing. Signed and inscribed by Singer to "The Friends of the Brandeis School" on half-title page. Publisher's red-brown cloth, Singer's initials in blind to front board, and titles in gilt to spine; in its original lavender dust jacket, designed by Cynthia Krupat, with drawing to front panel, lettered in black and brown. About fine book, with very light spotting to cloth, light offsetting to endpapers, and previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; near unclipped dust jacket (top corner of front flap is cut but price is still present), with light rubbing to head of spine. Overall, an attractive and clean copy. In this fantastical story, an orphan boy named Joseph meets an angel in the woods, who gives him a magical amulet that grants all his wishes. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903 - 1991) was a novelist and short-story writer whose work often dealt with themes related to his complex relationship with religion. He won National Book Awards for A Day of Pleasure (1970) and A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974), and in 1978 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Limited. Designed and illustrated by Vojt?ch Preissig. Translated by Andrew Lang. Limited edition. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by Preissig, this being number 1376. Publisher's cloth, patterned in purple, green, and black, spine lettered in gilt, and endpapers decorated in green; in its original cream dust jacket, patterned in green yellow and purple, with spine lettered in black; lacking publisher's slipcase. Book with just a tiny spot of staining to right edge of front board, else fine; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with two tiny nicks to head of spine, and a few small closed tears to top edges of panels. Overall, a superb copy. Aucassin et Nicolette is an anonymously penned 13th-century French chantefable (prose narrative interspersed with poetry) about two lovers who overcome pirates and imprisonment to be together. The story is seen as a parody of Old French genres, like the epic, the romance, and the saint's life. The one surviving manuscript of Aucassin et Nicolette is held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Publisher's tan cloth, titles in gilt to spine; original tan dust jacket with photo of buildings to front panel attributed to the Irish Tourist Board, lettered in white. Fine book; near fine unclipped dust jacket with light fading to spine, touch of creasing to edges, and small price sticker to front flap. Overall, a fresh and handsome copy. In The Pornographer, Michael, a Dublin-based writer of pornographic fiction, becomes sexually involved with an older woman. When the woman becomes pregnant, Michael exhibits a cruel lack of emotion towards her and his unborn child. Contrastingly, throughout the novel, Michael visits and tends to his terminally ill aunt at the hospital. John McGahern is a profoundly influential Irish writer, whose most famous work, Amongst Women, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990. In his obituary in The Guardian, he was called "arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett.".