Welcome to Alexander Rare Books

Literary Firsts & Poetry

I am a full-time bookseller specializing in literary firsts, especially poetry, important fiction, fine printing and publishing ephemera; with a particular interest in signed/inscribed books, association copies, books by and about Vladimir Nabokov, and advanced and uncorrected proof copies.

All domestic orders are shipped free of charge. Overseas shipped at approximate cost. You can usually reach me by phone during the day, from 8 to 8 ET. I enjoy talking directly with my customers, and am happy to answer questions by phone or email. Although I do not have an open shop, customers are very welcome by appointment.

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I am always buying interesting books, individually and as a collection, in my field of interest.

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Featured Items

SITWELLIANA 1915-1927
[Sitwell, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell] Balston, Thomas (compiler).
Price: US $350.00
Duckworth,, London:

Edition: First edition

v-x; 24 pp. w/ intro, notes, index and three portraits of the authors by Albert Rutherston. One of 70 copies printed on hand-made paper with duplicate... Details

THE WOMEN AT POINT SUR.
Jeffers, Robinson.
Price: US $950.00
Boni & Liveright,, New York:

First edition. A superb copy, signed, and housed in an exceptional folding case and slipcase. Signed (no name) "Sincerly yours/ Robinson Jeffers/... Details

SPECTRA
Morgan, Emanuel and Anne Knish [Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Fricke] .
Price: US $350.00
Mitchell Kennerley,, New York:

First edition. 66 pp. Decorated paper over boards. Inscribed by Witter Bynner ( Emanuel Morgan) to Miguel Covarrubias: "in Mexico City and New Yor... Details

LEAVES OF GRASS.
Whitman, Walt.
Price: US $1500.00
James R. Osgood and Company,, Boston:

Seventh edition, first printing in the scarce first state (with "1881-2" on the title page). Binding A in orange-yellow cloth gold stamped ti... Details

THE GIFT.
Nabokov, Vladimir.
Price: US $350.00
Weidenfeld and Nicolson,, London:

Edition: First edition.

346 pp. Light green wrappers printed in blue. Uncorrected proof of the UK edition of his Russian masterpiece, the last book he wrote in his native lan... Details