New York: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First edition. INSCRIBED BY ALGREN, "For Jimmy Cannon, Who knows it's from the depths the stars shine clearest, God bless his Merry Christmas. Nelson Algren, '57." Journalist Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973) was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the..... Item #54153 More
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Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1985). First edition. SIGNED BY ATWOOD on bookplate affixed to front endpaper. True first edition of Atwood's best-known work, a harrowing picture of a religious dystopia set in what was once the United States. Winner of the first Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987, short-listed for..... Item #72730 More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1972). First edition. Her second novel. INSCRIBED in the year of publication on title page: "For Beth Appeldoorn/ + her fantastic/ bookstore/ September 1972/ with best wishes/ Margaret Atwood." 1972 was the year Appeldoorn and partner Susan Sandler founded Toronto's Longhouse Books -- a shop specializing..... Item #72633 More
New York: Coward-McCann, (1938). First edition. A novel by the playwright most famous for his plays "Holiday" (1928) and "The Philadelphia Story" (1939), which were both made into films starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant (Wiki). Rough, light-brown cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on front and spine. Endpapers a...... Item #41774 More
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1931. First U.S. edition. Translated from German by Basil Creighton. Dust jacket artwork by ESH. Near fine with a touch of shelfwear and faint soiling; in near fine dust jacket with faint rubbing at spine ends and corners and spine subtly toned. Item #72521 More
New York: The Dial Press, (1981). First edition. SIGNED by author on half-title page, and INSCRIBED with quote from opening paragraph, "like a sleepy dauphin." Very good with remainder spray on bottom page edges, thin black ink line on top page edges (tucked along the top of the spine), and..... Item #50157 More
Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1992. First U.S. edition in hardback. Adds an introduction by Stephen King. Near fine with light evidence of erasure on front endpaper; in very good or better dust jacket with a bit of rubbing along edges, and head of spine lightly nicked and rubbed. Item #72711 More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2021. First edition. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 2022. Fine in fine dust jacket with slight bumping to spine ends. Item #72455 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1966). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on title page: "with fondest regards/ -- Anthony." Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy is from the collection of Walter Sullivan. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on..... Item #72567 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1965). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on title page: "with fond regards/ Anthony." Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy is from the collection of Walter Sullivan. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern..... Item #72569 More
London: Michael Joseph, (1955). First edition. A few of the first pages uncut, faint unavoidable offset on endpapers and corners lightly bumped. In a near fine bright dust jacket with a minimal amount of shelfwear to the edges and just a touch of soiling to the white back panel... Item #50762 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1998). First edition. SIGNED on publisher's tipped-in leaf. The second Jack Reacher novel. Fine in fine dust jacket, both with barest shelfwear. Item #72649 More
New York: Random House, (1937). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED twice on front endpaper. Very good with light soiling to edges and endpapers a little darkened but otherwise only minimal wear. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling, a tanned spine, a few tears repaired with tape..... Item #51500 More
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., (1907). First edition. Illustrated by Charles Grunwald. A novel of the Civil War. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth boards; top edge gray. Interesting, presumed book-club copy with "This was written by a friend of mine and if you don't like it you are to be sure..... Item #55414 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1970. First edition. Author's first novel and basis for the 1972 movie of the same name. From the collection of sportswriter Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his brief penciled notations about the text on last page and corresponding passages marked in pencil in margins. Crisp and..... Item #72715 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1894. First U.S. edition and first with the author's illustrations; previously serialized in Harper's Magazine. Front board illustration designed by Margaret Armstrong. Spine mildly tanned and bumped, boards a touch soiled, and light edgewear, otherwise near fine with text block clean and bright. Item #72511 More
New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1957. First U.S. edition. The first volume in his "Alexandria Quartet." Very good with previous owner's name on front endpaper and two small nicks to the rear board, near the spine. Spine has been lightly rubbed. Inside clean. No dust jacket... Item #51819 More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. First UK edition. Faulkner's last novel, published a month before his death, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Basis for 1969 film of the same name. Spine ends lightly bumped and boards mildly bowed, otherwise very good in like dust jacket, unclipped..... Item #72458 More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1996). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #51005 More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931. First U.S. edition. From the novelist best known for his Horatio Hornblower series, the story of a pugilist-poet who foregoes his medical studies only to take them up again on the verge of literary fame. Very good to near fine with few creases..... Item #71779 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. The story's source are his grandfather's letters to loved ones. The book and pictorial dust jacket are in fine condition. Item #46790 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition. Scarce uncorrected proof; in blue, printed paperwraps. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, one of the surprise hits at the time. Made into a film in 2005. Crease to back cover extending to last several pages otherwise near fine. Item #50511 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
