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
[New York]: Viking, (1990). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Uncorrected proof, fine in light green paperwraps. Item #29674 More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
New York: Farrar, Straus, (1965). First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Illustrated with photographs of Bradley in action as "the greatest player in the history of the Ivy League." INSCRIBED BY THE FUTURE SENATOR, "For ---- Thanks. Bill Bradley". Bright and near fine in dust jacket with..... Item #54674 More
New York: Medusa, 1940. First U.S. edition -- albeit an unauthorized one -- of Miller's first and most famous book. One of only 1000 copies in the first-issue binding of light green linen boards with gilt spine lettering. According to Shifreen & Jackson, an overrun of 200 to 500 unbound..... Item #52777 More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1957). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Cross country trip in the mid-1920s narrated by Dudley's nephew, The Kid, who recalls how his uncle recruits a group of seven passengers traveling east and uses their deposits to purchase a rattletrap car. Along the way, they..... Item #51957 More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946). First edition. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED "WITH LOVE" TO COMPOSER DAVID DIAMOND. The National Book Award-winning poet's first book, written when he was just 24 years old, two short years before he was to become the longtime poetry editor at The New Yorker. INSCRIBED on..... Item #72096 More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1983). First UK edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Tiny nick in rear spine gutter, otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny closed tear to front spine fold, and short split in front flap with tiny nick at top. Item #15869 More
New York: Summit Books, (1987). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, preceded only by two translations from North Canadian Algonquin languages. Uncorrected proofs. Near fine in light blue paperwraps with background of spine and top edge of rear panel very slightly faded. Item #33811 More
London: Neville Spearman, (1955). First UK edition of the author's first book. One of the best and strongest southern writers, in our opinion. Endpapers a trifle dark and about an inch of an offset line on half title page, otherwise fine in an unchipped dust jacket showing a little age..... Item #40357 More