(New York): Random House, (1951). First edition, in the first-issue rough-cloth binding. Faint offsets to pastedowns (from jacket flaps) otherwise near fine to fine; in very good price-clipped dust jacket with light stain on front panel affecting final "S" in "GRASS," edges and folds a bit rubbed, few small tears..... Item #55016 More
New York: Random House, (1949). First edition. Near fine with minor offsetting to endpapers, light shelf wear, and inconspicuous wrinkle to cloth on spine; in about very good dust jacket with a bit of toning to the spine and rubbing along folds and edges. Although not indicated as such in..... Item #72726 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. First edition. The story of the Anglo-Irish Corner brothers, one who inherited Castle Corner with its responsibilities and the other who went to West Africa. Reportedly Cary meant this to be a three of four volume series but stopped after this book due to its..... Item #55172 More
London: Nicholson & Watson/The Liberal Book Club, (1939). First edition. The "Liberal Book Club" edition preceding the first trade. SIGNED by Cary on the title page and INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR J. B. PRIESTLEY on the front free endpaper, "J. B. Priestley/ from his most sincerely/ the author" in Cary's typical..... Item #55174 More
London, Michael Joseph, (1952). First edition. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled notations on rear endpaper and corresponding passages marked in pencil in margins. Near fine with gilt spine lettering a little rubbed. In very good, price-clipped dust jacket with few small chips..... Item #54214 More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. First edition. Her second book, a collection of short stories. Bookplate of lawyer, stockbroker, and book collector Charles Auchincloss on front endpaper. Rear endpaper repaired at hinge otherwise very good with spine slightly darkened and a bit of rubbed crimping to spine ends..... Item #54155 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First edition. "Three New Stories of the West," each one dealing with the death of a main character. Octavo, light green cloth boards; pale blue labels on front and spine printed in black and orange. Pale yellow dust jacket printed in dark red and..... Item #54180 More
New York: Knopf, 1940. First edition. Her last novel, the story of Sapphira Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young enslaved woman. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of the people..... Item #55984 More
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Del Monte, CA: Hotel Del Monte, (1936). First edition. Recipes compiled by Cerwin; illustrations by Whitman. Recipes includes "Poetic License" from Jeffers (onions baked in cream of mushroom soup); "Something to Remember" from Sherwood Anderson (cured ham simmered in milk); "Tortilla Flat" from Steinbeck (vinegar soaked beef in tomato sauce..... Item #55583 More
London: T. C. Newby, (1845). First edition. Published anonymously in 20 monthly parts issued from January 1844 to July 1845. Bound from the original monthly parts with title page dated 1845 added. Cover of Part IV, June 1844, bound in at front; illustrated with frontispiece and 39 engraved plates by..... Item #54123 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. First book appearances of eight stories written by Chandler in the 1930's for pulp magazines. Introduction by Philip Durham. Spine a little shaken otherwise near fine in very good to near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with edges rubbed and few tiny nicks and tears..... Item #53932 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. First U.S. edition, preceded by the UK. Crisp and very nearly fine with pin prick to front gutter; in about very good, price-clipped dust jacket with shallow rubbed chipping to spine ends and corners (touching a few letters in "Raymond" ar head of spine), and two..... Item #53931 More
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1958). First edition, preceding the U.S. edition. First issue boards stamped in silver versus yellow. The final (complete) Philip Marlowe. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends, tips and folds. Bottom half rear flap clipped out, good only thus. Item #53943 More
Istvan Banyai. New York: Obelisk Press, (1990). First edition, a paperback original. Not issued in hard cover. The author's first book. Near fine. Item #55138 More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, (1936). First edition. "...the inside story of the fight game by a man who knows just how crooked managers and fighters and promoters can be--and just how fine they sometimes are."---from the dust jacket flap. Octavo black cloth boards stamped in yellow on front and spine..... Item #54036 More
Blair Hughes-Stanton. [No-place]: Nonesuch Press, 1934. First edition. A collection of six stories Bleiler called "one of the great fantasy collections." Number 238 of 1,000 copies SIGNED BY COLLIER. Intended for distribution in both the UK and U.S. Frontis wood engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Small 4to green buckram stamped in..... Item #55013 More
Edward Wolfe. London: William Jackson (Joiner & Steele), 1932. First edition, limited issue. Frontispiece by Edward Wolfe, foreword by Osbert Sitwell. Number 24 of 550 copies SIGNED BY COLLIER. The story of a man-eating orchid surmised by some to be the basis for the 1960 film of THE LITTLE SHOP..... Item #55011 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (2011). First edition. The fourth Lincoln Lawyer novel to feature Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. SIGNED BY CONNELLY on the title page and dated 4-5-11. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED on the dedication page (beneath Connelly's printed dedication to him) by DENNIS "CISCO" WOJCIECHOWSKI, a real-life researcher..... Item #71691 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "Bruce, Best wishes, Michael Connelly/ 1-16-96." The first in his series featuring crime reporter Jack McEvoy (also his first not to feature Detective Harry Bosch. Fine in fine dust jacket. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman..... Item #71688 More
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. First edition. Published in the U.S. later the same month as A PERSONAL RECORD. Conrad's autobiography "with a fictional slant." 8vo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards. Very good with front hinge starting at first blank, flattened creasing to front pastedown, and light shelf wear to corners and..... Item #53951 More
London: The O.T.O., 1946. First edition. Selections from his poetry covering the years 1897-1946 published by the occult Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), of which Crowley was an influential member. In the rare Frieda Harris-designed dust jacket (Harris also illustrated his BOOK OF TOTH). One of only 500 copies. Quarto gilt-stamped..... Item #71679 More
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. First edition by "One Who Thinks for Himself." Illustrated with hand colored folding frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Very good to near fine with rubbing to edges, corners have bumping and are nicked, small cracking on joint ends, Armorial bookplate of R.H.A. Bennet on front..... Item #54240 More
London: Office of "The Bookman's Journal" 1924. First edition. "With collations, notes, approximate values, facsimiles and illustrations." Number 452 of 500 numbered copies. 4to brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; top edge gilt; illustrated with 31 plates, as called for; 375 pages including appendix and indices. Very good to near fine with..... Item #54539 More
. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1835. First edition. "A Series of Naval Tales and Sketches to Please All Hands, From the Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Head." Includes 8 full-page illustrations by Cruikshank plus illustrations in the text. Three-quarter red leather, marbled boards, raised..... Item #53944 More