Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing as stated on copyright page, a beautiful copy of this Christmas anthology by this beloved author, book has a few tiny edge-bumps that detract very little from the its fine appearance and no other remarkable flaws, the jacket has mild tanning near the top edge, a few miniscule edge-nicks, and two tiny areas of surface-wear on the front panel, the jacket looks great, the flaws are minor, the original price (5.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included

Octavo, 257pp. Purple hardcover, title in gilt on black cloth spine. Stated ""First Edition 1989"" on copyright page, with full number line listed. Solid text block, previous bookseller's label affixed to front endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, $17.95 retail price on front flap, a near fine example. Signed by Randall Kenan on the title page.

FLAT SIGNED 1st edition / Books and Bidders / A. S. W. Rosenbach / 1927 HC DJ with Mylar covering, book and dust jacket near fine, rare to find as nice. Best I have ever seen, I bought this long ago, flat signed on front fly by the author. The adventures of a bibliophile amongst the pickers and antiques dealers in smoke filled old halls. The battles, the deals and the steals, rarities and rare finds, surprises, the love of books. Aptly written reflecting a time not long gone. A very fun read. 6.5 x 9 See the photos. Excellent condition, the best. We ship treasures every day!

The Cage: A Visual Novel; Martin Vaughn-James. From the copyright page in the back of the book – This book was commenced in January 1972, in Toronto, and completed there in February 1974. The major part of the book was done in Paris during 1972 and 73. Printed in an edition of 1500 copies at The Coach House Press, 401 (rear) Huron Street, Toronto Canada in 1975. Note: there is no indication of how many copies were hardbound or were soft bound, there are both. Martin Vaughn-James (December 5, 1943 in Bristol – July 3, 2009 in Provence) was a cartoonist, painter, and illustrator. After spending time in London, Toronto, Tokyo and Paris, he lived for a long time in Brussels. He is best known for a series of graphic novels he published while living in Canada in the 1970s: Elephant (1970), The Projector (1971), The Park (1972) and The Cage (1975). The Cage is perhaps his best known work, the subject of critical study, including a monograph by French critic Thierry Groensteen, La construction de la cage (Impressions Nouvelles, 2002), and has been reprinted in several editions in French and English. In 1975, Coach House released The Cage: A Visual Novel, the book that much of Martin Vaughn-James' reputation rests on. Composed entirely of single page illustrations or panels, with short typeset pieces of text positioned at the top of each page, the book is an enigmatic story without human characters that examines a series of deserted rooms and outdoor spaces, in a seemingly post-apocalyptic landscape. The critic Domingos Isabelinho has suggested the book's main character is the image of bed that appears on several pages throughout, noting that, ""The Cage is a book about our desire to communicate (in the book we were substituted by, we are made of, modern communicating, recording, and measuring devices), our struggle to perpetuate our memory, our ideas, and our feelings against something that's sublimely far bigger than ourselves: Time. We are cages trying to reach other cages. We, the cages, and our pathetic inventions, will inevitably be destroyed. Even something as grandiose as a pyramid will eventually disappear."" The book has been said to be influenced by the nouveau roman writers of the 1950s and 60s.[8] The Cage has been reprinted several times in France and was reprinted in 2013 by Coach House. From the mid-1980s, Vaughn-James devoted himself primarily to painting, exhibiting regularly in France, Belgium and Germany. He was the co-founder with the painter Hastaire of the Groupe Mémoires (1999) group of painters. This book, 181 pages, is in near-fine condition in a very-good dust jacket that is now in in a protective mylar wrap. An important and foundational graphic novel.

First edition, first printing. SIGNED to the title page by the International Dublin Literary Award and Goldsmith's Prize winning Irish author of CITY OF BOHANE and BEATLEBONE. ""First edition"" statement and first printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page A critically acclaimed novel that garnered numerous accolades including a Booker Prize nomination. This novel of two aging, retired criminal partners sharing memories, reflections and more while waiting and journeying by boat to meet an estranged daughter, is being adapted to film through 2023 Cannes, with James Marsh as director, starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, and Ruth Negga. A lovely UNREAD first printing SIGNED collectible. Faintly pushed to the lower spine edge, else very nearly fine, square, tight and unread in blue boards with silver embossed titles and rules to the spine, blue-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket. NO remainder mark.