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
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
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
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First U.S. edition, which differs somewhat from the UK. Top corners bumped otherwise near fine in near fine blue-cloth dust jacket (as issued) with a few small stains and just a touch of light edge rubbing. Item #54955 More
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
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Two volumes. The trade edition, preceding the limited. One of Dreiser's most acclaimed books: a Haycraft-Queen title; on the Time 100 list; and made into a film in 1931 under this title and again in 1951 as "A Place in the Sun"..... Item #56145 More
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Brentano's, 1899. First U.S. hardbound edition. This edition was unauthorized, with the first authorized U.S. edition not published until 1901. Spine ends and tips slightly rubbed and tips lightly bumped, otherwise bright and near fine. Item #33864 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First U.S. edition, first issue/state, unrecorded. In the exceedingly scarce to rare dust jacket. According to Kirkpatrick, the entire first U.S. edition was published using sheets from the 1923 second printing of the 2nd UK edition [Kirkpatrick A5b&c] which was printed by Turnbull &..... Item #29087 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). First edition. His second book. A PEN/Faulkner Award winner. Fine in dust jacket. Item #36383 More
![Item #53844 THE COLOSSUS OF MAROUSSI; [Inscribed, in facsimile dust jacket]. Henry Miller](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/53844.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1560716439)
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1941). First edition. This non-pornographic piece must have disappointed publishers anticipating something more lurid from Miller after his "Tropic of Cancer" because ten New York publishers rejected it before Colt Press accepted it with an advance of only 100 USD [Shifreen & Jackson A26b]. INSCRIBED..... Item #53844 More
Norfolk: New Directions, (1939). First edition, first issue, with eye on front cover of book. This collection contains a number of Henry Miller's most important shorter prose writings. They are taken from the Paris books Black Spring (1936) and Max and the White Phagocytes (1938) and were for the most..... Item #51815 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First illustrated edition (but second U.S. edition). 94 illustrations including frontispiece, title page illustration, and map -- 92 are full-page plate engravings by Meyer and Barbant. As in most if not all copies, the illustration listed for page 201, "A halt for the night,"..... Item #51981 More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First UK edition. First binding in blue. Very good or better with light wear on spine ends and corners. Book plate on front pastedown. Lacking dust jacket. Item #50131 More
(London): Duckworth, (1973). First edition. SIGNED BY BAINBRIDGE, "Best wishes, Beryl Bainbridge" (not to anyone in particular). A pyschological novel about the struggles of a repressed dressmaker and her sister to look after their 17-year-old niece, who is having a delusional affair with an American soldier during WWII (inspired by..... Item #51994 More
New York: Knopf, 1960 - 2000. First edition of each of the four volumes in the "Rabbit" quartet, plus LICKS OF LOVE, a collection of short stories including the sequel novella, "Rabbit Remembered." RABBIT, RUN with 3 x 5" card laid in INSCRIBED "For - - , Best wishes, John..... Item #49847 More