THE RED FOX.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First U.S. edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in dust jacket with light crease in front panel. Item #36200 More
AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA.
New York: Random House, (1950). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. A very nice copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Shirley Booth won both the Tony and an Oscar for her performances in the play and the film. Fine in dust jacket with a few closed tears and a...... Item #42921 More
SETTING FREE THE BEARS.
New York: Random House, (1968). First edition of his first book. Decorative bookplate SIGNED BY IRVING laid in. Fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear and few light creases to corner of front flap. Housed in custom, molded clamshell case lettered in gilt on..... Item #55106 More
THE ROAD THROUGH THE WALL.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1948. First edition. Her first book. Loosely based on her childhood in an affluent California neighborhood. Very good to near fine with the usual darkening of the pages (due to the high pulp paper used during and after WWII), small tear near hinge of..... Item #55196 More
FLAGONS AND APPLES.
Los Angeles, CA: Grafton Publishing Co., 1912. First edition of Jeffers' first book. One of only 500 copes; issued without dust jacket. [Broomfield A1]. Small 8vo linen-backed brown paper boards; top edge gilt. Issued with printed spine labels to front and spine. This copy with facsimile label at spine, otherwise..... Item #55918 More
FRUITS & VEGETABLES.
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). First edition. Her first book, although she went on to become more famous for her FEAR OF FLYING. Presumed review copy, without a review slip but with photo of Jong laid, which differs from the one used on the back of the dust..... Item #49470 More
MICHIGAN ROLL.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1988). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in dust jacket. Item #43330 More
THE INK TRUCK.
New York: The Dial Press, 1969. First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in black cloth with one tiny spot on the front cover and two small spots of soiling on the rear endpapers, but inside otherwise clean. In a very good dust jacket that is somewhat rubbed and soiled..... Item #51526 More
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA.
[New York]: Viking, (1990). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Uncorrected proof, fine in light green paperwraps. Item #29674 More
DEATH IN BLOODHOUND RED.
Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, Inc., (1995). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. First state with "Anthony" misspelled "Athony" on front panel of dust jacket. A beautiful copy, fine in dust jacket. Item #32854 More
BIB BALLADS.
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co., (1915). First edition. His first regularly published book. Illustrated by Fontaine Fox. Slim, brown cloth boards stamped in gold and white on front only. Near fine lacking the publisher's box. Item #55089 More
CALL FOR THE DEAD.
London: Gollancz Ltd., 1961. First edition of his first book. Endpapers replaced otherwise very good or better with gilt spine lettering strong but unevenly tarnished, text block somewhat aged, offset to half-title from item previously laid in, and minor cover soiling and wear. Lacking original dust jacket but with facsimile..... Item #48949 More
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1965). First Canadian edition. Intended for use as a school text with a note about the author followed by 15 pages of notes and questions by Donald G. Rutledge at rear. 8vo orange paper boards printed in green and white on front and spine; with arresting..... Item #55421 More
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Kiev: Dnipro Publishers, 1977. First English-language Ukranian edition. The foreword by Matuzova -- who mistakenly asserts Lee practiced law after graduating Alabama State University and died in 1975 -- calls the novel "a tangible contribution to the cause of struggle ... against racial discrimination and for social justice .... [that]..... Item #54818 More
THE BOUNTY HUNTERS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First edition of his first book -- the scarce hard cover issue, one of only 1,000 copies. Issued simultaneously with the Ballantine paperback (both are copyrighted 1953 but were issued in 1954). Leonard is best known for his crime fiction and suspense thrillers -- many of..... Item #54586 More
ULTRAMARINE.
Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, (1963). First Canadian edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST book. Originally published by Jonathan Cape in 1933, this edition reflects revisions Lowry made before his death and contains a new introduction by his widow, Margerie Lowry. Name and address stamp on front free endpaper, otherwise fine..... Item #30992 More
FOREIGN MATTER.
New York: Atheneum, 1988. First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. A few spots on page edges, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's slip and promotional letter laid in. Item #36173 More
THE MAN WITH THE HOE: and Other Poems.
New York: Doubleday & McClure, 1899. Clothbound, first edition thus. The author's first book. It initially appeared as a 4-page supplement to the San Francisco Examiner, then as paperwraps edition. This is the second edition but the first clothbound edition. First issue with "fruitless" p.35:6 (versus "milkless"). Very good or..... Item #54436 More
A DANDY IN ASPIC.
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1966). First U.S. edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. An uncorrected proof in pale green printed wraps with the plain spine faded and the author and title written in ink. Minor edge wear, otherwise very good. Item #22448 More
A DANDY IN ASPIC.
New York: G.P. Putnams's Sons, (1966). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket with front flap corner creased and a few short closed tears. Item #43298 More
JUST WHO: A Collection of Poems and Photographs from Community Medical Care.
(No-place: Crossroad Health Ministry, 1993). First edition. Paperback original; the only edition, SIGNED BY MASSON on title page. Her first book of poetry. Preceded only by INTERNATIONAL NURSING (1981), non-fiction written while nursing director at the global health initiative, Project Hope. The 17 poems herein arose from Masson's work as..... Item #56041 More
BRIGHT CENTER OF HEAVEN.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. About very good with cloth binding lightly rubbed and soiled, spine ends and corners rubbed, spine slightly faded and bumped on ends, small tear in cloth at top of spine, rear endpaper lightly soiled, and a few small..... Item #51856 More
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MURDER: A Mystery Introducing Stokes Moran.
New York: Scribner's Sons, (1994). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, a biblio mystery of sorts featuring a mystery reviewer attempting to write his own mystery. SIGNED and dated 6-30-94. Review copy with publisher's slip and promotional letter laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54804 More
THE SPORTING CLUB: A Novel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1968). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Remainder mark on bottom page edge, otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor edge creasing. Item #51452 More