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New York: Viking Press, 1941. First edition of the book which is near fine in a very good dust jacket darkened on spine and edges. Promotional letter laid in from Kroch's & Brentano's with sales pitch for A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, Hecht's 1954 autobiography which Adolph Kroch calls "the..... Item #55558 More
New York: B. W. Dodge, 1909. First edition, unauthorized. Third issue with red lettering printed vs stamped (or gilt); in dust jacket--the only one of the three to be issued in one. Short stories and one poem. Very good in good dust jacket with old tape repair to chips and..... Item #54088 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
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
London: William Heinemann, (1933). First edition. A book of short stories. About fine with few scattered foxed spots to page edges, in dust jacket with some rubbiing and light wear but still very good. Item #54047 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, second or third printing with battered type to pp. 38, 248, and 90. Few small spots of foxing, pastedowns mildly darkened, few roughly opened leaves at front; otherwise bright and near fine lacking original dust jacket but with facsimile provided. Item #56128 More
New York: Knopf, 1929. First edition. August 1929 issue of the monthly review edited by Mencken. Good to about very good in heavy plastic cover protector. Item #35154 More
Prairie City: The Press of James A. Decker, (1942). First edition. Collects stories and poems from 1941 appearances in “little” magazines which Swallows describes in his introduction as often short-lived and with low circulations but important for their embrace of new authors and experimental fiction. Contains a number of first..... Item #71943 More
New York: Poseidon Press, (1988). First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Item #50757 More
New York: Viking Press, (1972). First U.S. edition, using the English sheets. Fine in near fine dust jacket with touch of light creasing and inconspicuous tear. Item #50313 More
New York: Viking Press, (1972). First U.S. edition, printed and bound in England from the English sheets. Review copy with publisher's slip (with publication date Oct. 19, 1972) and "News from Viking" letter laid in. Fine in dust jacket with slight discoloration along upper edge front flap but otherwise quite..... Item #54990 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1923). First edition. Six short stories, two of which ("Big Brother" and "Recoil") were each the basis for both a 1920s silent film and 1930s pre-code "talkie." 8vo red cloth boards stamped in black on front and spine; 367 pages. Very good in about very..... Item #71730 More
London: Heinemann, (1981). First edition. A book of short stories. Very good to fine in dust jacket with blue on spine a bit faded. Item #54459 More
(San Francisco: Tales for Travellers, 1982). First edition thus: Number 7 in the short-lived "Selected Short Stories by Great Writers" series devised by James H. Schmidt in 1982 with the intent of providing quality reading material for daily commuters that was inexpensive enough to share. Originally issued in 4 slipcased..... Item #71813 More
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1934). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Sadie L. Cohn James T. Farrell." Very good copy in edgeworn dust jacket with a chip at the top of the spine, some age darkening, and tape repair/reinforcement on verso. Item #53846 More
New York: The Vanguard Press, (1934). First edition. INSCRIBED but we don't not know to whom. Long, hand written, filling pastedown and front end paper, also signed on next blank. "Here are some of my first stories, written between 1927 and 1934." then discussion about the titles of the stories..... Item #54602 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First U.S. edition. The first collection of Wetjen's best sea-faring stories, mostly from magazines such as Collier's and Saturday Evening Post. Light sunning to the spine and a very little bumping to the extremities, otherwise near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket darkened at..... Item #47434 More
London: Heinemann, (1974). First UK edition. Also includes "The Candy Kid," "The Vanishing Corpse," and "The Affair of the Reluctant Witness." Few small dents to rear panel of jacket and rear board otherwise both the book and dust jacket are bright and fine. Item #54884 More
New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Author and critic Doris Grumbach's copy with her initials at bottom of front endpaper. Board edges lightly toned as usually seen otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with small tear to upper rear panel. Item #29245 More
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1874. First edition. His third book. Dark fairy tales collected from his appearances in the British periodical "Fun"; illustrated with satirical wood engravings by the Dalziel Brothers. It should be noted although Starrett (4) contends an 1873 paperback precedes this hardcover, BAL (1100) proved the..... Item #54109 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1965). First American edition of her National Book and Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Adding four stories and a new author's preface to the British edition which preceded. The book is near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with chipping on edges. Still an attractive copy. Item #49605 More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1969). First edition. A remarkably bright copy, fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54561 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1975. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine ends, otherwise fine in dust jacket with light soiling, shallow chip to bottom of spine and light edgewear. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Item #34602 More