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New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1961. First U.S. edition of his second book. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in (indicates publication date of February 20, 1961). 8vo black textured-paper boards stamped in silver on spine; 170 pages. Very good or better with rubbing to spine ends and corners..... Item #72380 More
New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition. Review copy with slip, photograph and publisher's letter laid in. INSCRIBED and dated on front endpaper. Laid in is a TLS from Apple "...I also remember that years ago when you were at The New Republic you were, I think, the first person..... Item #30775 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition. Presumed advance copy with publicity folder containing 2 different photos of Chute; announcement of her availability for interviews in San Francisco; signed (by) publicist letter dated May 10, 1988 (prior to June 30 publication date); and 10 pages of xeroxed reviews of..... Item #29616 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Fine in dust jacket. Item #36208 More
New York: Poseidon Press, (1992). First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #32336 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1992). First U.S. edition. Winner of the Gold Dagger Award in England. Review copy with promotional material and review slip laid in. Fine in dust jacket. Item #27568 More
New York: Dutton, 1960. First U.S. edition. His first major novel, originally published in Paris in 1936 when he was just 24. Advance review copy with review slip dated "Sep 14 1960" laid in. Comprised of the unbound signatures (i.e., groups of pages) from the book laid into the trade..... Item #51983 More
New York: Knopf, 1990. First U.S. edition, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. A review copy with review slip and promotional photo laid in. Fine in dust jacket. Item #29658 More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1985). First edition. Personal copy of author Doris Grumbach with her intitials on front endpaper. Review copy with slip and publicity letter laid in. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Item #29465 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. Personal copy of author Doris Grumbach with her initials on front endpaper. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in dust jacket with one short closed tear and slight soiling. Item #29467 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1975. First edition. Review copy with publisher's slip indicating publication date of November 7, 1975 laid in. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #34602 More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1951). First edition. A REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. Helvick was the pseudonym of Claud Cockburn, a noted British radical journalist. Born in Peking, China, in 1904, he was the scion of an aristocratic family--one of his ancestors was the British commander who ordered..... Item #51502 More
New York: Random House, 1933. First edition. A review copy. Number 50 of 487 numbered copies. Frontispiece of a bust of Jeffers tipped in. Original cloth with gilt stamped black leather spine label, with spine and top edge faded and bottom front corners slightly bumped, otherwise very good or better..... Item #55873 More
New York: Random House, 1931. First edition. ONE OF 50 SIGNED COPIES DESIGNATED FOR REVIEW, issued in addition to and, one would assume, prior to the 500 copies in the regular signed/limited issue (Broomfield A14[1]). Publisher's review slip laid in with projected publication date December 7, 1931. SIGNED BY JEFFERS..... Item #55820 More
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
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1955. First U.S. edition, an advance "Reviewers' Edition" with proposed publication date of February 21, 1955, stated. Original printed paperwraps with minor creases on front cover and one corner otherwise very good or better. Scarce. ADVANCE ISSUE SENT FOR REVIEW. Item #54961 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: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1988). First U.S. edition. A review copy, with publisher's blurb laid in. Fine in pictorial dust jacket. Item #48516 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. First U.S. edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, one of only two novels to be published in his lifetime--25 years apart. Winner of the Hawthornden Prize for the "best work of imaginative literature," the oldest literary award in the UK. Fine in a very good..... Item #40297 More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1967). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in bright dust jacket with closed tear in rear panel (with tape repair on verso) and light foxing along flap folds and top edges of flaps. Review copy with publisher's slip tipped to front free endpaper. Item #36198 More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1973. First edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #51174 More
New York: William Morrow and Company Inc., 1979. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with very light edge wear. Review copy with review slip and publisher's promtional letter laid in. Item #36193 More
London: Picador, (1996). First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. SIGNED on title page. Winner of the 1996 Booker Prize, and basis for 2001 movie of the same name. Small oblong stain at bottom of pages 1 and 2, but otherwise bright and fine; in fine dust..... Item #72489 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978. First U.S. edition. SIGNED by Theroux on half-title page. Review copy with publisher's review slip and publicity letter laid in. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #47579 More
Alberto Beltran. New York: Hill and Wang, (1968). First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Illustrations by Alberto Beltran, including the wrap-around dust jacket illustration. Crisp and fine in near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear to head of spine. Item #55154 More