Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection

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ALBEE, Edward (1928-2016). Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? New York: Atheneum, 1962.8vo. Original black cloth gilt (spine very slightly leaned, ti...

ANDERSON, Sherwood (1876-1941). Perhaps Women. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931.  8vo. Half-title, engraved frontispiece. Original blue clot...

ANGELOU, Maya (1928-2014). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. New York: Random House, 1969.8vo. Original gilt-lettered black cloth, top edge stained...

AVEDON, Richard (1923-2004). An Autobiography. New York: Random House, 1993.Folio. Numerous photographic reproductions. Original brown cloth lette...

BALDWIN, James (1924-1987). Go Tell It On the Mountain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.8vo. Orange gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained blue (sl...

BAUM, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1901.8vo. 12 color-printed plates b...

[THE BEATS. A group of works by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including: Pictures of the gone world. San Francisco: City Lights...

[THE BEATS]. A group of works by Barry Gifford, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including: The Last Lunchcart Christmas. N.p., n.p., 1973. SIGNED. -- fr...

[THE BEATS]. A group of works by Allen Ginsberg, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including: Wichita Vortex Sutra. San Francisco: Coyote, 1966. SIGNED. -...

[THE BEATS]. A group of works by Allen Ginsberg, many from the Pocket Poets Series, many SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, including: Kaddish and Other Poems. ...

BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791.2 volumes, 4to (255 x 195 mm). Engraved port...

BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). The Illustrated Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.8vo. Original publisher's cream cloth (some very slig...

BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953.8vo. Original publisher's red boards lettered in yellow (some ve...

BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012). Death is a Lonely Business. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust jacket. FI...

[BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)]. A group of 5 works SIGNED OR INSCRIBED by Bradbury, comprising:Mars and the Mind of Man. NY: Harper & Row, 1973. FIRS...

[BRESLIN, Jimmy (1928-2017)]. A group of 4 FIRST EDITIONS by Breslin, comprising:The World of Jimmy Breslin. NY: The Viking Press, 1967. -- How th...

BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-1994). If We Take--. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970.16mo. Original printed wrappers; original Black Sparrow Press ...

BURGESS, Anthony (1917-1993). A Clockwork Orange. London: Heinemann, 1962. 8vo. Original purple cloth, spine gilt-lettered; pictorial dust jacket ...

BURGESS, Anthony (1917-1993). A Clockwork Orange. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1963.8vo. Original red cloth gilt (spine ends very slightly ru...

BURROUGHS, William S. (1914-1997). Naked Lunch. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1959 [but 1962].8vo. Original cloth-backed black boards gilt, top edge...

BURTON, Richard Francis, Sir (1821-1890). Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870.8vo (188 x 130 ...

CAIN, James Mallahan (1892-1977). The Postman Always Rings Twice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth (spine sl...

CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). Breakfast at Tiffany's. New York: Random House, 1958.8vo. Original yellow cloth gilt, top edge stained gray (a few ind...

CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965.8vo. Original printed wrappers (small stain on front wrapper and very slig...

CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984). In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, 1965.8vo. Original maroon cloth gilt, top edge stained blue; original dust jack...

[CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984)]. A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED BY CAPOTE, comprising:The Thanksgiving Visitor. New York: Random House, 1967. FI...

CHANDLER, Raymond (1888-1959). Farewell, My Lovely. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940.8vo. Original publisher's orange cloth lettered in blue, top e...

[CIVIL WAR]. KANTOR, MacKinlay (1904-1977). Andersonville. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1955.8vo. Original blue and beige...

CLARK, Walter Van Tilburg (1909-1979). The Ox-Bow Incident. New York: Random House, 1940.8vo. Original cloth gilt, top edge stained blue; original...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910).  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, et al: The American Publishing Company, 1876.8vo (212 x 165 m...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Prince and the Pauper. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882.8vo (214 x 165mm). Wood-engraved ...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883.8vo (220 x 145 mm). Wood-engraved f...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884.8vo (186 x 122 mm). Half-title, wood...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910).  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889.8vo (205 x ...

CLEMENS, Samuel ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Hartford and Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1875.8vo (2...

COBB, Humphrey (1899-1944). [Paths of Glory]. "Advance Copy of A Novel (As Yet Untitled)." New York: The Viking Press, 1935.   8vo. Original print...

COBB, Humphrey (1899-1944). Paths of Glory. New York: The Viking Press, 1935.8vo. Original red and blue gilt-stamped cloth (slight fading to top a...

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834).  Christabel: Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: William Bulmer and Co. for John Murray, 1816....

CRANE, Stephen (1871-1900). The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the American Civil War. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 8vo (184 x ...

DAHL, Roald (1916-1990). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.8vo. Half-title, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. ...

DELILLO, Don (b. 1936). Americana. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971.8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; original dust jacket (tiny loss to to...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman & Hall, 1837.8vo (210 x 132 mm). Engraved frontispiece, ...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engraved portrait fro...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. A second copy.8vo (210 x 130 mm). Engrav...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman & Hall, 1840-1841.3 volumes, 8vo., 250 x 165 mm. Engraved frontispieces and...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [but 1845].8vo (164 x 102 mm). Half-...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850.8vo (220 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece,...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853.8vo (210 x 134 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title-page and 38 il...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Hard Times. For These Times. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854.8vo (190 x 124 mm) Half-title. Original publisher's gree...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857.8vo (218 x 140 mm). Engraved frontispiece, vignette title, and 38 plat...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870), editor. All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal. London: C. Whiting for No.26 Wellington Street, Volumes I-II,  30 Apri...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865.2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 140 mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces, ...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Mystery of Edwin Drood. London: Chapman & Hall, 1870.8vo (212 x 135 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Dicke...

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [b...

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. 8vo (180 x 120 mm). Half-title...

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Sylvie and Bruno. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. 8vo (184 x 125 mm). Half-title, fronti...

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being A Facsimile Of The Original MS. Book Afterwards De...

DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). Three Soldiers. New York: George H. Doran, 1921.8vo. Original publisher's orange-lettered black cloth, top edge stai...

DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). A set of FIRST EDITIONS of Dos Passos's U.S.A. trilogy, comprising: The 42nd Parallel. New York: Harper & Brothers, ...

DOS PASSOS, John (1896-1970). [The U.S.A. Trilogy]. Comprising: The 42nd Parallel. -- 1919. -- The Big Money. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946.3 wor...

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