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First editions and signed copies of important 20th-century literature, including novels, mystery and detective fiction, science fiction, plays, and poetry, with an emphasis on English speaking authors such as Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Iris Murdoch, J.R.R. Tolkien, Agatha Christie, P. G. Wodehouse, and John le Carré.

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  • First edition of No Alibi by Geoffrey Belton Cobb, the author's first book.
    First edition of No Alibi by Geoffrey Belton Cobb, the author's first book.

    COBB, Geoffrey Belton.
    No Alibi. 1936.
    $1,205.00

  • First edition of Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley and H. Warren Allen, signed by the author and other icons of the detective genre.
    First edition of Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley and H. Warren Allen, signed by the author and other icons of the detective genre.

    BENTLEY, E.C. & ALLEN, H. Warren.
    Trent's Own Case. 1936.
    $6,884.00

  • First edition of Here Comes Everyone by Anthony Burgess.
    First edition of Here Comes Everyone by Anthony Burgess.

    BURGESS, Anthony.
    Here Comes Everyone. 1965.
    $207.00

  • First edition of Twenty Prose Poems by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Michael Hamburger.
    First edition of Twenty Prose Poems by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Michael Hamburger.

    BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Michael Hamburger (Translates)
    Twenty Prose Poems. 1946.
    $131.00

  • The first edition, first impression of Alvin Bennett's God the Stonebreaker, inscribed by the author.
    The first edition, first impression of Alvin Bennett's God the Stonebreaker, inscribed by the author.

    BENNETT, Alvin.
    God the Stonebreaker. 1964.
    $379.00

  • First edition of Epithalamium by Edith Sitwell, one of 100 copies signed by the author.
    First edition of Epithalamium by Edith Sitwell, one of 100 copies signed by the author.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Epithalamium. Christmas 1931.
    $517.00

  • First edition of Gold Coast Customs by Edith Sitwell, with the original dustjacket.
    First edition of Gold Coast Customs by Edith Sitwell, with the original dustjacket.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems. 1929.
    $241.00

  • First edition of The Song of the Cold by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to Georgia Sitwell.
    First edition of The Song of the Cold by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to Georgia Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    The Song of the Cold. 1945.
    $448.00

  • First edition of Gentle Caesar by R.J. Minney and Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by Sitwell to his brother and Sister-in-law.
    First edition of Gentle Caesar by R.J. Minney and Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by Sitwell to his brother and Sister-in-law.

    MINNEY, R.J.; SITWELL, Osbert.
    Gentle Caesar. 1942.
    $379.00

  • First edition of Canons of Giant Art by Sacheverell Sitwell, inscribed by the author to the poet Edmund Blunden.
    First edition of Canons of Giant Art by Sacheverell Sitwell, inscribed by the author to the poet Edmund Blunden.

    SITWELL, Sacheverell.
    Canons of Giant Art 1933.
    $792.00

  • A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1
    A superb copy, first issue with "Jefferson" for "Mottstown" on p340, line 1

    FAULKNER, William.
    These Thirteen. Stories. 1931.
    $3,098.00

  • First edition of Clowns' Houses by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her governess and companion Helen Rootham.
    First edition of Clowns' Houses by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her governess and companion Helen Rootham.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Clowns' Houses. 1918.
    $2,410.00

  • First edition of Street Songs by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law Georgia Sitwell.
    First edition of Street Songs by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law Georgia Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Street Songs. 1942.
    $448.00

  • First American edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.
    First American edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares. 1956.
    $118.00

  • First edition of Cantos LII-LXXI by Ezra Pound, published in 1940.
    First edition of Cantos LII-LXXI by Ezra Pound, published in 1940.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Cantos LII-LXXI. 1940.
    $207.00

  • First edition of Ezra Pound's translation of Women of Trachis by Sophocles.
    First edition of Ezra Pound's translation of Women of Trachis by Sophocles.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Sophokles, Women of Trachis. 1957.
    $173.00

  • First edition of Moscardino by EZra Pound, one of 1000 copies.
    First edition of Moscardino by EZra Pound, one of 1000 copies.

    POUND, Ezra (translator); PEA, Enrico.
    Moscardino. 1956.
    $104.00

  • First edition of De Moribus Brachmanorum by Ezra Pound, published in 1956.
    First edition of De Moribus Brachmanorum by Ezra Pound, published in 1956.

    POUND, Ezra.
    De Moribus Brachmanorum. 1956.
    $173.00

  • First edition of Canto 98 by Ezra Pound, number 525 of 1000 copies.
    First edition of Canto 98 by Ezra Pound, number 525 of 1000 copies.

    POUND, Ezra; RACHEWITZ, Mary de (translator).
    Canto 98. 1958.
    $118.00

  • First English edition of Personae by Ezra Pound, printed in 1952.
    First English edition of Personae by Ezra Pound, printed in 1952.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Personae. 1952.
    $118.00

  • First edition of The Fifth Decad of Cantos by Ezra Pound, published in 1937.
    First edition of The Fifth Decad of Cantos by Ezra Pound, published in 1937.

    POUND, Ezra.
    The Fifth Decad of Cantos. 1937.
    $173.00

  • First edition of The Cantos of Ezra Pound CX - CXVI pirated by The Fuck You Press, number 92 of 300 copies.
    First edition of The Cantos of Ezra Pound CX - CXVI pirated by The Fuck You Press, number 92 of 300 copies.

    POUND, Ezra.
    The Cantos of Ezra Pound CX-CXVI. 1967.
    $207.00

  • First edition of Ta Hio by Ezra Pound, one of 575 copies.
    First edition of Ta Hio by Ezra Pound, one of 575 copies.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Ta Hio: The Great Learning. 1928.
    $689.00

  • James Joyce's Finnegans Wake revised by the satirist and literary critic Anthony Burgess, with an introduction and commentary.
    James Joyce's Finnegans Wake revised by the satirist and literary critic Anthony Burgess, with an introduction and commentary.

    JOYCE, James; BURGESS, Anthony (editor).
    A Shorter Finnegans Wake. [1966].
    $379.00

  • First edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.
    First edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares. 1955.
    $207.00

  • First edition of Provença by Ezra Pound, his first book published in America.
    First edition of Provença by Ezra Pound, his first book published in America.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Provença. 1910.
    $345.00

  • The first published edition of Yeats' The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, issued as no.17 of Mathew Elkin's Vigo Cabinet Series.
    The first published edition of Yeats' The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, issued as no.17 of Mathew Elkin's Vigo Cabinet Series.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi. 1904.
    $379.00

  • The first Macmillan edition of Yeats' The Wild Swans at Coole, introducing 17 new poems not included in the earlier Cuala Press version.
    The first Macmillan edition of Yeats' The Wild Swans at Coole, introducing 17 new poems not included in the earlier Cuala Press version.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Wild Swans at Coole. 1919.
    $4,500.00

  • The first English edition of Yeats' collected essays, The Cutting of an Agate, a substantially different work to the first American edition.
    The first English edition of Yeats' collected essays, The Cutting of an Agate, a substantially different work to the first American edition.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Cutting of an Agate. 1919.
    $1,205.00

  • First edition of As the Story Was Told by Samuel Beckett, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of As the Story Was Told by Samuel Beckett, inscribed by the author.

    BECKETT, Samuel.
    As the Story Was Told. 1987.
    $3,000.00

  • First edition of Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by T.S. Eliot.
    First edition of Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by T.S. Eliot.

    [ELIOT, T.S.]
    Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry. 1917 [i.e. 1918].
    $689.00

  • First edition of Indiscretions by Ezra Pound, one of 300 copies.
    First edition of Indiscretions by Ezra Pound, one of 300 copies.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Indiscretions. 1923.
    $895.00

  • First edition of Poems 1918-21 by Ezra Pound.
    First edition of Poems 1918-21 by Ezra Pound.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Poems 1918 - 21. Including Three Portraits and Four Cantos. 1921.
    $482.00

  • Clock inscribed to Noel Coward, Cole Lesley and Graham Payn.
    Clock inscribed to Noel Coward, Cole Lesley and Graham Payn.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Clock inscribed to Noel Coward, Cole Lesley and Graham Payn. [1958].
    $22,370.00

  • First editions, combined issue of Canzoni & Ripostes by Ezra Pound, published in 1918.
    First editions, combined issue of Canzoni & Ripostes by Ezra Pound, published in 1918.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Canzoni & Ripostes. 1918.
    $586.00

  • Second edition of On the Boiler by W.B. Yeats.
    Second edition of On the Boiler by W.B. Yeats.

    YEATS, W.B.
    On the Boiler. [1938].
    $345.00

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