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 about ACT OF FAITH: And Other Stories
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 about ACT OF FAITH: And Other Stories
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 about THE AFRICAN WITCH
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. Fine in very good or better typical yellow Gollancz dust jacket which is lightly soiled with closed tear at top front panel affecting the "TH"... Item #55007 More about THE AFRICAN WITCH
London: Faber and Faber, (1957-60). First edition of each of the four volumes comprising his most critically acclaimed work. JUSTINE shows light foxing to page edges but is otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with slight toning to spine, light soiling and tanning and tiny chips... Item #53820 More about THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1972). First Edition. INSCRIBED by author Larry McMurtry "For Paul + Katie Zimmerman.This touching story of a lord with a simple heart - Best Wishes". Very good to near fine with small age toning on spine tail, faint foxing on page edges, apart from that... Item #54135 More about ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS
New York: Harcourt, Inc., (1999). First U.S. edition. Near fine uncorrected proof in paperwraps with a touch of soiling on page edges. Item #28980 More about ALL THE NAMES
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First U.S. edition, which differs somewhat from the UK. Top corners bumped otherwise near fine in fine blue-cloth dust jacket (as issued) with just a touch of minor wear. Item #54955 More about THE AMBASSADORS A Novel
New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition. From the collection of Adeline Lubell-Naiman. INSCRIBED, "To Adeline - In return for a long letter / Norman / Feb 1965." Spine unevenly faded, otherwise about very good in worn but still presentable dust jacket. Adeline Lubell-Naiman was the editor instrumental in... Item #49637 More about AN AMERICAN DREAM
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. The trade edition in two volumes, as issued. Precedes the limited edition by a year. Much scarcer in nice condition, in our experience, than the limited. One of Dreiser's most acclaimed books. Made into the 1931 film of the same name and... Item #52673 More about AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Volume one only of the two-volume trade edition, which preceded the limited edition by a year. One of Dreiser's most acclaimed books, made into a film in 1931 under this title and in 1951 as "A Place in the Sun" with Montgomery... Item #52707 More about AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Searle, Ronald. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First edition, preceding the UK edition. Translated and with an introduction by Graves; illustrated by Ronald Searle. Excess glue at upper spine and small spot on page fore edges, otherwise fine in very bright dust jacket with light soiling to rear... Item #35627 More about THE ANGER OF ACHILLES: Homer's Iliad
Searle, Ronald. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1959. First edition. Precedes the UK. Homer's ILIAD, translated and with an introduction by Graves. Illustrated with full-page drawings by Searle. Fine in fine dust jacket with just a touch of minor wear. Item #55037 More about THE ANGER OF ACHILLES: Homer's Iliad
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1934). First edition. His first book, considered one of his best and most successful. On a number of best-of lists of major works of the last century, including the Time Top 100. A bright, near fine copy with erratum slip tipped in, as called... Item #54288 More about APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1957). First edition. Gathered signatures laid in the first-issue dust jacket, with reviews of THE NATURAL on back panel--a presumed proof copy of his second book, which won the 1957 Daroff Fiction Award from the Jewish Book Council of America and the 1958 Award... Item #48435 More about THE ASSISTANT
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1962). First edition. Kerouac's fictionalized account of brief sojourns to Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's cabin in Big Sur. Crisp and fine in very good to near fine dust jacket which is slightly darkened, lightly soiled, and shows mild rubbing but only the barest shelfwear. Item #53802 More about BIG SUR
New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition of the author's third book, the second novel in his "Albany Cycle." One of our favorites, of his books. Fine in black dust jacket with minor rubbing on corners and spine ends and two short closed tears. Item #42836 More about BILLY PHELAN'S GREATEST GAME
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., (1932). First American edition. Discoloration on covers, spine darkened, fraying on ends of spine, and one corner bumped, otherwise good, tight copy. Lacking dust jacket. Item #52216 More about BLACK MISCHIEF
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition. His second book. Two volumes -- advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps and SIGNED first printing in dust jacket. Both are fine. Item #34461 More about BLUE RIVER: Advance reading copy & signed trade edition in dust jacket
New York: Poseidon/Ultramarine, (1990). First edition, limited issue by Ultramine Publishing from the Poseidon Press first printing sheets. Number 16 of 50 copies SIGNED by Crews. One of 40 copies finely bound in half leather by Denis Gouey (there were also 10 full-leather, lettered copies). Fine, as issued, without dust... Item #52588 More about BODY
New Haven/New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1981. First U.S. edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in the first-issue dust jacket priced $9.95. Item #36053 More about BOGMAIL
New York: Random House, (1971). First edition. SIGNED by Doctorow. His third book, about a man whose parents were executed who tries to find out more about them through research and interviews with their friends. Covers scuffed, otherwise very good to near fine in fine dust jacket with two small... Item #53681 More about THE BOOK OF DANIEL
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1955). First edition, third issue, with multiple copyright dates and bound in full cloth rather than boards with cloth spine. Fine in dust jacket with the barest rubbing on corners. Item #34793 More about THE BRIDE OF THE INNISFALLEN And Other Stories
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1955). First edition, second issue, with multiple copyright dates, copyright page tipped in and binding of blue-and-green mottled boards with green cloth spine and silver spine lettering. Tips very lightly rubbed, otherwise fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket with small, inconspicuous closed tear to... Item #35584 More about THE BRIDE OF THE INNISFALLEN And Other Stories
Charles Addams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1940. First edition. A proof copy bound in pictorial wraps with the illustration from the eventual trade edition dust jacket. "With the compliments of Houghton Mifflin Company" slip laid in. Spine slightly cocked and front hinge just beginning to split, otherwise very good or better... Item #40075 More about BUT WHO WAKES THE BUGLER?