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(New York): Scribner, (1996). First edition, SIGNED on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #16334 More
(New York): Scribner, (1996). First edition, SIGNED on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #16334 More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). First edition. A high-school dropout's inaugural acid trip leads to an accusation of murder. A trippy mystery / cautionary tale for young adults by the detective and sci-fi pulp fiction writer. 8vo gray paper boards stamped in blue; 126 pages. Near fine in..... Item #50254 More
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1954). First edition. His first book, a novel. Very good to near fine with 1/4" area of darkening to base of spine affecting few letters in publisher's name and inch-wide offsets at hinges (from the binding); in good or better dust jacket chipped at spine ends and..... Item #54154 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First edition thus: an omnibus gathering three of his books. Spine shaken otherwise near fine in dust jacket with light soiling on folds. Item #52403 More
New York: Anchor Books, (1993). First edition, a paperback original. Illustrated with photographs by John Lueders-Booth. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His first book, a non-fiction narrative in which "after a brief look at the plight of 'undocumented workers'' crossing into the U.S., Urrea focuses on..... Item #55449 More
New York: Random House, (1946). First edition. Very good with foxing on endpapers and light soiling on cloth; in dust jacket with spine tanned, shallow chipping (two chips on top edge of back panel slightly larger) and closed tears. Item #29392 More
New York: Random House, (1946). First edition. Endpapers lightly offset and name and date on front free endpaper, otherwise near fine in dust jacket with spine vey slightly tanned. A bright, attractive copy. Item #30301 More
New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To the Tucker's --- with hope for deep snow and unbroken legs --- Irwin Shaw." Cloth a bit faded and corner tips slightly worn, but still very good in slightly darkened oatmeal dust jacket with a few chips and a closed tear..... Item #45907 More
Caldwell, Idaho/New York: Caxton Printers/Vanguard Press, 1947. First edition. Minor cover wear, otherwise fine in a near fine, bright dust jacket with the barest wear. Item #52056 More
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. Styron's tribute to Warren. Number 197 of 250 SIGNED copies (there were also 26 lettered copies). Black-and-white frontis photograph of Warren. Plain white heavy wraps and blue dust jacket with printed paper label. Fine. Item #54474 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. First U.S. edition. "...a very human, very timely picture of young and old beatniks in London." -- from the dust jacket flap. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with touch of light soiling and spine just slightly toned. Item #71667 More
Albany, N.Y. S. Shaw, 1824. First edition. An early Albany imprint. Wright credits Edward Hull as the author. The book was copyrighted by the publisher Shaw but is also credited by some to John Johnson, who was the printer. A narrative tale: Edgar and Caroline, after 280 pages or so..... Item #52532 More
Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen & Landru, 1998. First edition. Script from the radio play originally broadcast on "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" January 20, 1944. One of 1000 copies issued in honor of Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee), the "Ghost of Honor" at Malice Domestic X, May 1-3, 1998..... Item #46531 More
London: Putnam, (1955). First edition. A novel started several years before his death. Small bump to front board otherwise bright and fine in very good or better dust jacket with spine lettering tanned. Item #54750 More
Geraldine Spence. London: Collins, 1963. First UK edition. Translated by Antonia Neville. Very good, with 4 tiny purple marks on the bottom edge; in good or better pictorial dust jacket with some chipping and closed tear at top edge. Runner-up for the Hans Christian Anderson Award. Item #47874 More
London: Ellis and White, 1876. First edition. Good in rubbed, gray-blue cloth boards with spine label chipped and worn, boards visible at corners, and front hinge starting. [Forman 41]. Scarce. Item #52484 More
London: Kozmik Press Centre, (1976). First edition. SIGNED, dated, and numbered "106/ 220." Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with a few tiny chips and small closed tear. Item #42997 More
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1981. 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 Snow and illustrations by Howard Rogers not..... Item #71909 More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1936. First edition of his third book, a novel set in West Africa. Small tasteful bookplate on front pastedown under flap, of "Claude" (Smith) a cartoonist for The New Yorker, Playboy, et al. Top front cover a little bumped, otherwise the black cloth and spine gilt..... Item #35502 More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936. First edition of his third book, a novel set in West Africa. Book Society bookplate of Arthur Thomas Dutton on front pastedown. Rub to fore edge of front board otherwise would be near fine; in very good or better typical yellow Gollancz dust jacket with..... Item #55007 More
New York: Viking Press, (1964). First edition. One of 499 SIGNED numbered copies for sale. There were also 500 copies for private distribution. One of his most personal plays, a thinly veiled personal critique centered on Miller's recent divorce from Marilyn Monroe. The book is very good with spine slightly..... Item #54687 More
New York: Random House, (1967). First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with small, faint, round stain on front cover. Item #41836 More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1957. First edition. Introduction and notes Arthur Mizener. Near fine with foxing to page fore edges and a few spots on front endpapers; in lightly soiled dust jacket a little tanned on spine edges but otherwise near fine. Item #54102 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., no-date [circa 1936]. First U.S. edition, one of only 260 copies in the first-issue beige cloth bindin and bound up using sheets from the Faber 1936 first edition. Later U.S. issues were in three different bindings and used sheets imported in the 1950's [Armitage]..... Item #55227 More
(London): MacMillan, (1970). First UK edition. The correspondence between Yeats and Margot Ruddock, edited by Roger McHugh. Spine ends slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine in dust jacket with light edge wear. Item #35247 More