A Tear and a Smile.
London: William Heinemann, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. xxii + 172 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations by Gibran. Very light wear to boards, Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy. No dustjacket. More
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Nymphs of the Valley.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. 56 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; b&w illustrations by author. Very light general wear to boards and with a bit of rubbing to spine ends, edges, and corners. A bright and tight VG+ copy. No dustjacket. More
The Earth Gods.
London: Heinemann, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. 44 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations (by author). General wear to boards with light fading to edges and light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, edges, and corners. Early and later end papers unevenly browned. Otherwise..... More
The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. 66 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; gilt emblem and blind stamped titling to upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations. Light general wear to boards and light rubbing to spine ends, edges,and corners. Owner's bookplate, highlighted underlining on page 8..... More
The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. 66 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; gilt emblem and blind stamped titling to upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations. Light general wear to boards and light rubbing to spine ends, edges,and corners. Overall, a tight and bright VG+ copy..... More
The Garden of the Prophet.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. 68 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine; blind titling and gilt emblem to upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations. Very light bump to spine ends. Otherwise, a bright and unmarked Near Fine copy in VG+ dustjacket. (Dustjacket lightly rubbed, spine faded..... More
The Kahlil Gibran Reader; Inspirational Writings
New York, NY: Birch Lane Press Book/Carol Publishing Group, 1995. Hardcover. Narrow 8vo. viii + 222 pp. White papered boards. Overall, a bright and tight Near Fine copy. No dustjacket as issued. More
The Madman: His Parables and Poems.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. 74 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. Spine slightly faded, light general wear with a bit of light rubbing to edges and corners. Otherwise, a tight and internally clean VG copy. No dustjacket. More
The Wanderer. His Parables and His Sayings.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, January 1938. Second Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 94 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board; frontis, b&w illustrations. Light general wear to boards with a bit of rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Pages and paper a bit foxed..... More
The Procession.
New York, NY: The Wisdom Library/Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 74 pp. White papered boards with black titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. Upper board edge lightly browned; spine ends, edges, and corners slightly rubbed. Otherwise, a tight and bright VG+ copy in VG dustjacket. (Dustjacket lightly rubbed, a...... More
The Procession.
New York, NY: Wisdom Library/Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. 112 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. Faint vertical crease to upper board; very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners, and edges; top edge lightly foxed. Overall, a tight and unmarked VG copy..... More
The Procession.
New York, NY: Wisdom Library/Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. 112 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine; frontis, b&w illustrations. Very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends, corners, and edges. Overall, a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in VG dustjacket. (Dustjacket lightly faded, notes in ink on..... More
The Parables of Kahlil Gibran. An Intrepretation of His Writings and His Art.
New York, NY: Citadel Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 158 pp. Purple papered boards with black titling to spine; b&w illustrations, bibliography. Light general wear to boards; spine ends, corners, and edges very lightly rubbed and bumped. Overall, a tight and internally clean VG+ copy in VG+ dustjacket. (Dustjacket..... More
Kahlil Gibran: The Nature of Love.
New York, NY: Philosophical Library, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. 118 pp. Brown papered boards with black titling to spine; bibliography. Light general wear with a bit of light rubbing and bumping to corners. Overall, a tight and clean VG+ copy. No dustjacket. More
Gems of Chinese Literature - Prose.
Taipei: Literature House, ND. Second edition, revised. Hardcover. Large octavo. xiv + 280pp. Original maroon boards lettered in silver on spine. Slight bumps to top-corners of boards, scattered pale marks to front boards, spine ends rubbed, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
The Vicar of Wakefield.
New York: D. Appleton, 1884. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Thick 12mo. xviii + 308pp. Printed limp parchment boards. Top-edge-gilt. B/w frontis. Slightest discoloration to boards, lengthy previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, frontispiece fragile in its gutter (just holding), otherwise a clean near-VG copy. More
Lotus of the Dusk. A Romance of China.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 310pp. Red cloth lettered in black on spine & front board. Spine slightly darkened & chafed at ends, spine edges faded, page-edges browned, tiny snag in cloth at upper edge of rear board, a few faint marks on front board..... More
Snakewand and the Darker Strain.
London: Starfire Publishing Ltd., 2000. First edition, DELUXE Issue. Hardcover. Octavo. (viii) + 168 pp. Original quarter leather with gilt title etc. to spine, patterned gold paper-covered boards. Black and white frontis reproduces an artwork by Austin Osman Spare. Edition DELUXE, limited to 55 specially-bound copies, hand numbered and signed..... More
The Other Child and other tales.
London: Starfire Publishing Ltd., 2003. First edition, Limited. Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Bound in fine black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, color frontis. Edition of 1000 copies - 906 were cloth bound (as this copy) and 94 of which were used for a special edition. Color frontispiece after a painting..... More
Convolvulus and Other Poems.
London: Starfire Publishing, 2005. First Edition. Edition Deluxe. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. Quarter leather with silver cloth boards, gilt titling to spine. Endpapers printed in repeating pattern of line drawings by Austin Osman Spare. Illustrated title page printed in green and black. Austin Osman Spare illustrations in text. The "Edition Deluxe"..... More
Four Plays: Flood, Onkel Onkel, Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo, The Wicked Cooks.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. First English Language. Hardcover. Octavo. 290pp. Original olive boards with gilt lettering on spine. Lower spine and corners lightly bumped, page edges & endpapers lightly foxed, top edge dusty. Overall a clean VG+ copy in near-VG dust jacket (dust jacket a little rubbed, silverfish nibbles..... More
The Gryphon Quest.
London: Methuen, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 156pp. Red boards gilt-lettered on spine, blind-stamped gryphon on front board. A clean, sharp VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket unclipped, faint age-toning). More
Swift and Carroll: A Psychoanalytic Study of Two Lives.
New York, NY: International Universities Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 306pp. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A Psychoanalytic Study of Two Lives: Jonathan Swift and Lewis Carroll." Bibliography & index. B/w plates. Spine ends a little rubbed, top-edge slightly dusty, previous owner's name on front free endpaper..... More
Io/19: Mind, Memory, and Psyche.
Plainfield, VT: Io, 1974. Softcover. Octavo. 274pp. B/w illustrations. Includes essays on aspects of psychology, and poems by poets including Anselm Hollo, Gerard Malanga and Robert Adamson. Page-edges lightly age-toned, wrappers lightly rubbed, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy. More
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Two Volumes ). Volume I: 1712 - 1758, Volume II: 1758 - 1778.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Two volumes. xvi + 460pp. & xii + 316pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spines, index. A nice example of this major biography of French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Page edges a little dusty, otherwise a tight, clean near Fine..... More