THE BENDING SICKLE.
New York: Knopf, 1938. First edition. Cloth a bit faded on edges; in dust jacket with spine faded, light rubbing, a few closed tears and a small chip on the spine. Item #45439 More
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THE QUICK AND THE DEAD: A Novel.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., (1933). First edition. Near fine with light foxing to first and last few leaves and spotting to page top edge; in good or better, price-clipped dust jacket with tear at head of spine with small hole beneath (affecting "D" in "Dead" and "No" in "Novel") internally..... Item #41383 More
THE LAST SIX MILLION SECONDS.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1997). First edition. Uncorrected bound galleys, fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Item #36739 More
THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED.
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1985. First edition. One of an undisclosed number of copies of this SIGNED limited edition published for members of "The Signed First Edition Society." Precedes the first trade edition. Includes an introductory "special message for the first edition" by Burgess and illustrations Ronald De Felice not..... Item #71908 More
ON GOING TO BED.
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1982). First edition. "A wealth of general bedlore, illustrated with colour plates which shows scores of beds from antiquity to present." Small imperfection in rear board, otherwise fine in dust jacket with ink mark through price on front flap. A very bright, interesting book. Item #27794 More
APG 133.3 (2004)
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BURNING ANGEL: A Dave Robicheaux Novel.
New York: Hyperion, (1995). First edition. Fine in dust jacket, SIGNED on half title page. Item #52792 More
CIMARRON ROSE; (2 volumes: first trade edition & "Advance Reader's Edition").
New York: Hyperion, (1997). First edition. Two volumes. His first novel to feature attorney Billy Bob Holland. Ther first trade is fine in fine dust jacket and the ARC shows a little minor edge rubbing but is otherwise fine. Item #56113 More
THE CONVICT: Stories.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First edition. Burke's scarcest book with reportedly only 500 copies of the hardcover issue printed. Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually as new. Item #72098 More
An instant James Lee Burke collection TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN; TWO FOR TEXAS; THE CONVICT; THE NEON RAIN; HEAVEN’S PRISONERS; BLACK CHERRY BLUES; A MORNING FOR FLAMINGOS; A STAINED WHITE RADIANCE; IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD....
New York et al: Various, 1987 - 2018. First edition -- unless otherwise noted -- of each of the 39 volumes, 24 of which are SIGNED BY BURKE. Covers 17 titles in total with, in some cases, a signed limited edition, first UK edition, and/or advance reading copy provided in..... Item #71680 More
IRON MAN.
Edna M. Reindel. New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press, 1930. First edition. His second book, the story of a mechanic's helper who becomes a middle-weight champion prize fighter. Basis for the 1931 pre-code movie of the same name starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow. 8vo. blue cloth boards..... Item #54995 More
THE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS; With His Life, by Allan Cunningham.
London: James Cochrane and M'Crone. 1834. First edition thus. Complete in eight foolscap octavo volumes, Bound by Reviere and Son in full polished green calf with gilt-titled spine labels in red and brown, gilt ornamentation and ruling to spine and board edges, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, and elaborated tooled..... Item #40671 More
MASTER SKYLARK Or Will Shakespeare's Ward.
New York: The Century Co., 1916. Later printing. "A dramatization from the story of the same name by John Bennett." Illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper "To Jeanie dear, to whom all that the dedication implies belongs, and more, much more. From "the author." Jan. 1916."..... Item #33128 More
CARSON OF VENUS: in ARGOSY - Volume 278, Number 6.
New York: Frank A. Munsey Company, January 15, 1938. First edition. Part two of six parts. Also includes the first of six parts of LONDON SKIES ARE FALLING DOWN by Garnett Radcliffe, which is featured in the cover art. Very good in pictorial paperwraps with light water stains. Item #26079 More
TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD: in ARGOSY - Volume 229, Number 1.
New York: Frank A. Munsey Company, April 16, 1932. First edition. Conclusion of six parts. Also includes the first of five parts of THE INSECT INVASION by Ray Cumming, which is featured in the cover art by Robert A. Graef. Damp stain to bottom front corner otherwise about very good..... Item #26080 More
APG 134.3 (2004)
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THE SOFT MACHINE.
Paris: The Olympia Press, (1961). First edition with June 1961 on copyright page (opposite the title page); second issue with "new price"-stamp over printed price on rear cover. No. 88 in the Travellers' Companion Series. The first novel in Burroughs "Nova Trilogy" and using his experimental "cut-up" technique created with..... Item #54099 More
ABRIDGED WORK OF ADMIRALTY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF HER MAJESTY'S MOST HONORABLE PRIVY COUNCIL: British Ship Australia, formerly American Ship Rob Roy.
Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Company, 1860. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BURROWS on front endpaper to "The Honorable Judge McCurdy/ From his old friend & Most [illegible] Servent [sic]/ Silas E. Burrows." Burrows' record of the proceedings before the court in the case of the American citizen Silas Enoch..... Item #56131 More
THE MINIATURIST.
(London): Picador, (2014). First edition. SIGNED BY BURTON on title page. Her well-received debut novel; the basis for the BBC miniseries of the same name. 8vo brown simulated-cloth boards lettered in silvery blue on spine; floral endpapers; 435 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #72167 More
DOMESTIC PARTICULARS: A Family Chronicle.
(New York): New Directions, (1976). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author to his editor at New Directions on front free endpaper. Page edges slightly age darkened, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Item #27799 More
GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH: A Photographic Profile.
College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, (1997). First edition. One of 1,250 SIGNED copies. Signed by both the former President and the compiler and principal photographer, David Valdez. Large book, measuring approximately 11 x 11". Includes color and black-and-white photographs from his birth in 1924 until he left office in..... Item #54973 More
DECISION POINTS.
New York: Crown Publ. (2010). First edition. Special "Decision Points" BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BUSH laid in along with a pre-printed card from the "Office of George W. Bush," thanking the recipient for his/her support, etc. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51658 More
KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1946). First U.S. edition of the author's first novel, which was first published in 1940 in England by Jarrolds shortly before they were bombed out in the blitz (from dust jacket). Red cloth boards speckled, slight offset from boards to endpapers but otherwise about very..... Item #53283 More
THE ALLEYS OF EDEN.
New York: Horizon Press, (1981). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK--SIGNED. Cloth slightly sunned at spine ends otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #11348 More
COUNTRYMEN OF BONES.
New York: Horizon Press, (1983). First edition. Slight discoloration where tape removed on front pastedown, otherwise fine in dust jacket with very minor wear. SIGNED on title page. Item #16121 More