New York: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, designed by Alastair Johnston and printed at the Poltroon Press. Roger Stoddard's engaging and amusing memoirs given in the form of a talk before members of the ABAA in April, 2005. More
Dallas: The Book Club of Texas, 2014. Edition: First edition, second issue; 375 copies printed. The first issue contained printer's errors and the majority of it was pulped. Fewer than ten copies of the first issue survived. Bibliographical References: Designed by David Holman at the Wind River Press. ¶ Franklin... More
Paris & Neuchatel: Attinger Frères, [1919]. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of The Mutiny of the Elsinore. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies, all in Europe. ¶ Translated by Fanny Guillermet. More
Paris: Mercvre de France, 1925. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of Gleanings in Buddha Fields, limited issue, number 7 of 110 numbered copies. Bibliographical References: OCLC records 16 copies, which includes some reprints. Translated by Marc Logé. More
Paris: E. Dentu, (1891). Edition: First edition of the first French translation of With the Immortals. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies (all at the Bibliotheque Nationale), of what it describes as a fourth edition. Translator not identified. More
Paris: Librairie Fischbacher, 1886. Edition: First edition of the first French translation of "Daisy Miller," "An International Episode" and "Four Meetings." Bibliographical References: Edel & Laurence E14; OCLC records seven copies (LC, KU, Harvard, UVa, McMaster, BL & Bibliotheque Nationale de France). An unusual French translation of three of Henry... More
(Austin, Texas:) Roger Beacham, 1975. Edition: First edition, one of 395 copies designed by William Holman and printed by David Holman. From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
(San Francisco): The Book Club of California, 1993. Edition: First edition, one of 500 copies printed. From the library of David and Valerie Belch, longtime members of the Book Club and regulars at the Monday evening cocktail hour at the Club. Prospectus laid in. More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980). Edition: First edition, one of 1500 copies. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Edition: First edition. From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Edition: First edition, one of 425 copies. ¶ The first publication of 125 Aesopic fables by Arthur Golding (1535-1606), English Elizabethan writer and translator, illustrated with reproductions of etchings by Marcus Gheeraerts (1579). The text is preceded by an interesting scholarly introduction by Richard... More
Dallas: Still Point Press, (1985). Edition: First edition, one of 300 copies designed and printed by the Wind River Press; this copy is designated "printer's copy." ¶ Prospectus and letter from the publisher laid in. ¶ From the library of David & Valerie Belch. More
[Verona:] Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, (1956). Edition: First editon of this Italian translation by Guido Errante, preceded by translations by Marta Bini and Margherita Guidacci. ¶ Text both in English and Italian. Inscribed by Guido Errante to Fernando Palazzi on the half-title. More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, 1944. Edition: First edition of the first Portuguese translation. Bibliographical References: OCLC records three copies (Amherst, Princeton & Yale). More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, 1945. Edition: First edition of the first Portuguese translation of Lazarus Laughed. Bibliographical References: OCLC records two copies (Yale & Princeton). More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, 1944. Edition: First edition of the first Portuguese translation of Marco Millions. Bibliographical References: OCLC records two copies (Princeton and Yale). More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, (1943). Edition: Second edition of the first Portuguese translation of Mourning Becomes Electra. Bibliographical References: OCLC records one copy of this second edition, or printing (Yale) and one copy of the first (Yale). More
Lisboa: Livraria Popular de Francisco Franco, 1944. Edition: First edition of the first Portuguese translation of Beyond the Horizon. Bibliographical References: OCLC records two copies (Yale & Princeton). More
![Podvig [Glory: A Novel]. VLADIMIR NABOKOV.](/pictures/thumb/24928.jpg?v=1527975949)
[Paris: Contemporary Annals Publishing House], 1932. Edition: First edition, in Russian. Bibliographical References: Juliar, Nabokov, A Descriptive Bibliography, A13.1. ¶ Nabokov's novel Glory, which was not published in English until 1971. ¶ From the inventory of Burton Weiss, Bookseller. More
![Sogliadatai [The Eye]. VLADIMIR NABOKOV.](/pictures/thumb/24927.jpg?v=1527975949)
[Paris: Russian Annals Publishing House], 1938. Edition: First edition, in Russian. Bibliographical References: Juliar, Nabokov, A Descriptive Bibliography, A12.1. ¶ Nabokov's novella, The Eye, and twelve stories, which were not published in English until 1965. ¶ From the inventory of Burton Weiss, Bookseller. More
New York: Random House, 1945. Edition: First edition. More
San Francisco: Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs, 1964. Edition: First edition, one of 150 copies printed as a keepsake for the biennial meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano clubs. Bibliographical References: Goldstone & Payne A42. The first appearance in print of this humorous note which Steinbeck wrote to one of his... More
Kobe, Japan: Published by Tamamura, Photographer, [1898]. Bibliographical References: OCLC records one copy (Joslyn Art Museum). ¶ One of several similar albums produced by the studio of Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923?), who was one of the originators in Japan of photographic albums of this kind for tourists. The subject of these... More
London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1750. ¶ An act passed by parliament under the reign of George II that attempts to discourage swearing by establisting a set of fines for the offenders: first time offenders could be fined from one to five shillings; seamen, soldiers and government employees were fined... More
San Francisco: The Brick Row Book Shop, 2009. Edition: First edition, one of 300 copies printed. ¶ A slim volume of fifteen poems by the distinguished poet, scholar and antiquarian bookseller whose first collection, Izmir, was published in 1959, and whose poetry has continually been published over the intervening fifty... More