New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book publication of this novel originally submitted for publication by Alcott in 1866 but not accepted. Edited by Kent Bicknell with a brief note on the text. 242 pp Illustrated endpapers reproduce some of the original manuscript pages. ISBN: 0-679-445102.

New York: Morrow - Quill, 1984. The first book publication of several 'blood-and-thunder' tales written by Alcott and published, either anonymously or under the pseudonym A. M. Barnard, in various weeklies starting in 1862 and before Alcott had published 'Little Women' under her own name. Edited and with an introduction by Madeleine Stern. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-688-033709.

New York: Crown Publishers / Children's Classics , (1987.). Hardcover - A lovely edition, part of the Children's Classics series, illustrated with full-color plates by Wilcox and many black & white drawings by Frank T. Merrill. Somewhat oversized hardcover bound in glossy pictorial boards, with a dark red bonded leather spine, gilt lettering. Foreword by Ellen S. Shapiro. Decorative endpapers. vii, 388 pp. ISBN: 0-517634899.

New York: The Viking Press, 1964. Stories of small-town life, originally published in 1919, with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. 247 pp. Compass Books C-39. Map frontispiece. 247 pp. Cover illustration by Lazlo Matulay.

New York: Akashic Books. (2009). SIGNED first edition - Includes stories published between 1889 and 1991 by Dashiell Hammett, Jack London, Mark Twain, Craig Clevenger, Ambrose Bierce, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, John Shirley, Ernest Gaines and more. SIGNED by TWO authors: Janet Dawson at her story "Union Square" and John Shirley at "Ash." 330 pp plus notes on contributors and two pages of publisher's ads. ISBN: 978-1933354651.

Naperville,IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2007). First edition - From the back cover:"The sequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Mary Shelley's unabridged Frankenstein included. Hilary Bailey has created a classic horror story in the vein of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein-and a monster even more terrifying than the original." Bailey's book was originally published in the UK in 1995; thjs edition includes a new introduction to Shelley's book by Bailey. xxi, 236, 253 pp.

New York: William H. Morrow / Books of Wonder, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A handsome facsimile edition of this book originally published in 1909. Includes 126 of John R. Neill's original pen-and-ink drawings. New afterword for this edition by Peter Glassman. Printed on varying shades of pastel-colored paper. Top edge gilt. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-688-09997-1.

Hollywood, CA: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A classic of Utopian fiction, in an edition designed and printed By Merle Armitage; .illustrated with monochrome print in blue, red, green, gray, black or purple by Elise. With The 1888 Reply Of Bellamy To The March 1888 Review Of This Book In The Boston Transcript. Introduction By Irwin Edman. #534 Of 1500 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. q, 388 pp plus colophon. All edges tinted red.

New York: Modern Library, nd (ca 1952.) dj. Hardcover - Introduction by Heywoud Broun. Immediately popular, this novel has remained one of the best known and most important utopian classics, a title in the Grolier 100 list of the influential American books printed before 1900. 276 pp.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of twenty- seven stories published in magazines between 1896 and 1932, and with the exception of only two stories, never before published in book form. The title story is a previously undiscovered Miss Mapp story. The stories are grouped by type: crank stories, society stories, cruel stories, odd stories, dodo stories, spook stories. Introduction by Jack Adrian. List of sources. xiv, 278 pp. ISBN: 0-192123041.

London: Collins, nd (ca 1930). Hardcover - A vintage copy of Charlotte Bronte's second published novel, originally published in 1849, and set in Yorkshire in 1812-14. Illustrated with eight plates by T.H. Robinson. 536 pp.

London: Hamish Hamilton, (1950) dj. Hardcover - An appealing small and rather uncommon edition of this classic novel. A title in the Novel Library series, with a policy of presenting the novels selected in an elegant and readable small format at an affordable price. Introduction by Alan Hodge. 4 1/2 inches wide by 7 inches tall. x, 362 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Scribner's Classic series, illustrated by F.C. Yohn with a pasted-on cover illustration, pictorial endpapers and title page plus 9 inserted color plates (the color plate pasted on the dustjacket is different from that of the book and reproduces the plate at pg 150.) A beautiful edition of this classic set in the days of the Roman Empire and early Christianity. viii, 425 pp.

New York: Barnes & Noble, (2009.) dj. Hardcover - Originally published in 1977, this work consists of a novella recreating poet John Keat's last days in Rome, followed by a short nonfiction section on Keat's friend Joseph Severn, his doctor James Clark and the Italian poet Giuseppe Belli, and the final section is a translation of Belli's sonnets on Biblical subjects. Foreword by Michael Dirda. A title in the Barnes & Noble Rediscovers Series. vi, 152 pp. ISBN: 1435104234.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (2001) dj. Hardcover - Lovely edition of this children's classic, illustrated by.Kathy Mitchell with several full-color plates and smaller black and white drawings at the head of each chapter .A title in the Illustrated Junior Library. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-448-412500.

Chicago: W. B. Conkey Co., n.d. [1901]. Hardcover - Includes a preface to the Leatherstalking Tales. Frontispiece. Bound in dark red half-leather over marbleized boards and with marbleized end papers Top edge. gilt. 635 pp plus 5 pp publisher's ads (date is based on ad for "just issued" Ella Wheeler Wilcox "Every-day Thoughts" which was published in 1901).

New York & London: Co-operative Publication Society, n.d. (ca 1900). Hardcover - An early novel by Cooper, who was an American pioneering writer in the sea novel genre. This follows the activities of the sailor Dick Fid, free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate, "The Red Rover." Notable both for its serious treatment of black characters and in his blurring of social and gender barriers, as shown in the character of a young girl disguised as a cabin boy. Two-color frontispiece with tissue guard. 494 pp.

New York & London: Co-operative Publication Society, n.d. (ca 1900). Hardcover - An early novel by Cooper, originally published in 1823, the life of a naval pilot during the American Revolution. Sepia toned frontispiece with tissue guard. 473 pp.

New York: Macmillan, 1930. Hardcover - Includes an introduction by Sir Wilfred Grenell and illustrated with 4 color plates by Charles Pears.

Springfield, Massachusetts: McLoughlin Brothers, (1938). Hardcover - Illustrated with duotone drawings by H. G. Nicholas. Little Big Classics #864. Small square format. 94 pp.

New York & London: Thomas Nelson, nd (ca 1910). Hardcover - A title in the New Century Library, Frontispiece. Bound in flexible leatherette covers, with gilt bands on front cover, titling on spine, all edges gilt, small format measuring approx 6 1/2 by 4 inches, printed on lightweight paper. 434 pp.

New York & London: Thomas Nelson, nd (ca 1900). Hardcover - Frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated title page with red lettering. Bound in flexible leatherette covers, with gilt bands titling on spine, all edges gilt, small format measuring approx 6 1/2 by 4 inches, printed on lightweight paper. Marbeled endpapers. 575 pp.

St Louis: MCE Publishing Company, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - A profusely illustrated edition of Dickens's classic yuletide ghost story features 45 engravings by Gustave Dore (which were discovered in an 1861 French magazine), and who was the first artist to illustrate Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family. It also includes 150 other Victorian illustrations. Introduction by Dan Malan. Square format. Illustrated endpapers. 176 pp. ISBN: 1-88895700X.

New York: The Viking Press, 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes the complete text of 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Tender is the Night' and a selection of nine of his short stories. Compiled by his friend Dorothy Parker and with an introduction by John O'Hara. At the time this was published, Fitzgerald was once again just beginning to be recognized as a major American writer. Viking Portable Library #14. xix, 835 pp. Small format.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1927, c 1920) dj. Hardcover - One of several titles of this Definitive Edition of the works of Anatole France, published in 1927, and "printed on special India tint laid antique paper with endpapers in color from a design by Aubrey Beardsley, bound in black linen cloth stamped in gold" with an ornate overall design. The dust jacket repeats the same design but reverses the colors with a gold background, decorations in black. 296 pp.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first separate book publication of Galsworthy's most famous short story, originally written in 1916, and presented here in a lovely production designed by T. M. Cleland and printed at the Scribner Press, New York, in November, 1934. Illustrated title page and decorative endpapers. Bound in green cloth with a white title label on front cover, black cloth spine with gilt lettering. 91 pp. plus colophon.

New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002. First edition - A selection of Belloc's tales for children, discovered and illustrated by Gorey, and published posthumously. Here you will fine Henry King who chewed bits of string, Matilda who told lies and was burned to death and the stories of five other misbehaving children who encountered terrible fates. Unpaginated. This uncommon advance issue is accompanied by large folded poster with a picture of this book in the center, surrounded by 10 black and white illustrations from the book in gray tones on a sky blue background on the recto. The verso depicts all of the Gorey titles published by Harcourt.

New York: Harper Perennial, (1966.) dj. Hardcover - Based on the Wessex text of 1912, edited and with an introduction and notes by Frederick R. Karl; A title in 'The Standard Edition' series under the general editorship of John Paterson. A small volume measuring just 7 1/4 inches tall, 4 1/2 inches wide. xxxvi, 366 pp.

London: Viking, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A selection of Hardy's poems, each one illustrated with full page watercolors or pencil sketches of Dorset (as it appears today, but the scenes chosen are unchanged since Hardy's time) by Gordon Beningfield. Oblong format. 124 pp. ISBN: 0-670-806803.