IN SEARCH OF A CHARACTER: Two African Journals.
London, The Bodley Head, (1961). First edition. Fine in near fine slightly spine-toned dust jacket with small, light stain on rear panel. Item #54217 More
London, The Bodley Head, (1961). First edition. Fine in near fine slightly spine-toned dust jacket with small, light stain on rear panel. Item #54217 More
London: William Heinemann, (1953). First edition. Author's first play. Near fine in dust jacket with narrow chip at head of spine just touching the first letter in author's name and another at base of front panel not affecting any lettering but otherwise very good. Item #54162 More
New York: Viking Press, (1974). First U.S. edition. Biography written in the thirties by Greene -- who referred to Rochester in two of his books -- dusted off, revised, and presented here for the first time. Profusely illustrated. Near fine in better than very good dust jacket with some edge..... Item #50575 More
London: William Heinemann, (1955). First edition. "An entertainment." Touch of tanning to base of spine otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with a few small chips and spine a little tanned. Item #54218 More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951. First edition. Essay collection broken into four sections, two of which are autobiographical. The rest deal with his views on fellow novelists and on poets and artists. Near fine with foxing to top edge of cloth and subtle reflection of dust jacket design on spine;..... Item #54185 More
London: The Bodley Head, (1967). First edition. Short stories. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket very slightly toned at spine, with staining to verso and a little to upper edge rear panel where there's one short closed tear. Item #54200 More
London: Heinemann, (1958). First edition. Story centers on a British Secret Service agent in the Caribbean. Small stain to page fore edge and edges a little rubbed, still, very good in about very good dust jacket with old tape repair to upper rear spine fold and shallow chipping and few..... Item #54216 More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, (1932). First edition. Second issue as usually seen with "Quin Savory" vs. "Q. C. Savory" – a character name change made at the insistence of J. B. Priestley who “sued Greene for defamation, believing this vain, pompous writer was based on himself -- and rather proving..... Item #71752 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof in yellow printed paperwraps with probable publication date January 1981. Publisher's info tipped inside front cover with small piece of tape, presumably as distributed to reviewers. Touch of light soiling to rear cover otherwise bright and fine. Item #39672 More
New York: Dial Press, (1936). First edition. Very good with a bump on top front panel, pages slightly age darkened and offset on endpapers. In a bright dust jacket with light rubbing, a few small closed tears, spine slightly sunned and some soiling on back panel. Item #40217 More
New York: Mason Publishing Co., 1937. First of this edition. Published by Dial in 1930. There is an unavoidable offset caused by the binding glue. The dust jacket shows slight edgewear and foxing. Otherwise, very good to fine in dust jacket. Item #45438 More
New York: Rinehart & Co., (1949). First edition of each volume. His second novel; the story of a group of patients and their battle against fear, disease and death. Both volumes are near fine to fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. One has a decidedly gray jacket..... Item #56092 More
[Ann Arbor]: Passim Editions, 2000). First edition. Lines from the circa 1621 publication. Fifty copies were printed by hand on an 1862 Albion Press by Wesley B. Tanner. Small (about 6.5 x 5"), oblong, sewn, printed paperwraps; 16 pages. Fine. Item #54604 More
GreyZ.pdf. Item #22809 More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First edition. Small light erasure at top of front endpaper and very minor cover wear, otherwise very good to fine in nice pictorial dust jacket with minor chipping on corners and spine ends. Item #45099 More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1934). First U.S. edition. 8vo, maroon cloth boards stamped in black on front and spine. Very good to near fine with faint crease to spine; in dust jacket with a touch of white paint to spine, small chip to base of spine, and few tiny..... Item #54932 More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1932. First U.S. edition. An Inspector Anthony Slade Mystery. Gribble (1908-1985), a founding member of the Crime Writers Association, also wrote Westerns and books on criminology and other subjects. His many pseudonyms included Sterry Browning, James Gannett, Leo Grex, Louis Grey, Piers Marlowe, Dexter..... Item #54771 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1983). First edition. Name (just six letters) at top of front endpaper,otherwise fine in dust jacket with light edge wear on corners and spine ends and one small closed tear. Item #32248 More
GrimesM.pdf. Item #22810 More
New York: Orchard Books / Scholastic Inc., (2002). First edition. Children's book about the determination and struggles of Bessie Coleman [1892 - 1926], the first Black woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license in the U.S. and first Black person to hold an international pilot's license. INSCRIBED..... Item #71784 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1982. First edition. Inexplicably scarce 4th book by the author of the award-winning time-travel novel REPLAY. Set in Louisiana where 2 journalists uncover a Russian plot to rule the world using telepathy-inducing drugs as a means of mind control. (The book seems to have been..... Item #71955 More
New York: The Dodge Publishing Co., (1938). First edition. "Blazing guns -- yes. Intrigue and theft and double dealing and fear and high courage and depth of despair"--- What more can we say? It's got it all. Gift inscription on front endpaper, otherwise very good or better in a slightly..... Item #32554 More
San Francisco: The Roxburghe Club, 1987. First edition. Limited to 225 copies. The final work of the Grace Hoper Press with an introduction by Rice, who put the final touches on Grover's work after his sudden death. Includes 21 aphorisms from various sources collected by Grover for what was to..... Item #55531 More
GrubbD.pdf. Item #22811 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First edition of his third book, a novel of the Civil War. Top corners just a bit bumped, few small spots on page top edges, otherwise fine in dust jacket by Richard Powers that is edgeworn with one closed tear, but still attractive. Item #44926 More