THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH.
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: 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: 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: William Morow & Co., 1940. First edition. A Perry Mason mystery. Tiny bumps to top corners otherwise fine in bright, near fine dust jacket with spine lettering toned. PERRY MASON MYSTERY. Item #54769 More
New York: Basic Books, (1978). First edition. The author's goal, he felt, was to take moral stands, especially on social issues, which he felt his peers weren't doing, thus endearing him to many of them. Fine in fine dust jacket with the barest wear. Review slip laid in, indicating publication..... Item #52001 More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1969). First edition. Uncorrected proof in olive-green paperwraps with Cape-logo design; in proof dust jacket priced "25s" (vs 6.95 pounds) on front flap and with "PROOF ONLY" on the back flap followed by the "Provisional Publication Date" which has been blacked out and has "June 26th 1969"..... Item #72261 More
Wolf, J. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First edition. Ornaments by J. Wolf. Fine in dust jacket. A bright, beautiful copy that looks new. Item #34294 More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. There were 300 SIGNED, numbered copies and 100 which also included an original drawing by the author. This copy states, "This is a presentation copy," is signed by Gardner and has a drawing of Vlemk on blank before colophon page drawn and initialled..... Item #37129 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. The first volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. Walter Sullivan's ownership signature on first blank and INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ My thanks for much/ & best wishes to you -/ George," above which he's added his initials beneath..... Item #72188 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition. A traveling troupe descends on a small town for an "Old Timey Revival Meeting" (from the jacket flaps). Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Walter Sullivan's ownership signature on front endpaper and INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "To Walter/..... Item #72187 More
New York: Doubleday, (1990). First edition. Advance reading copy in glossy pictorial paperwraps. The third and final volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter & Jane with love & squalor -- Best wishes/ George Garrett/ 10/13/90." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime..... Item #72191 More
[Winston-Salem, NC]: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. “Palaemon Broadside Number Eight.” Broadside poem printed in black and dark orange on buff-colored heavy paper measuring 9 x 12." Number 89 of 100 SIGNED numbered copies (of 126 copies total). Fine. Item #71850 More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1992). First edition. Collection of essays and reviews. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter/ with admiration &/ all best/ wishes/ G" and signed in full above his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on..... Item #72215 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1983. First edition. The second volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ with admiration &/ all best wishes" and signed in full beneath his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72190 More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1982). First edition. Memoirs of a sort in which Garrett has rewritten "personal experience and history pretty much as he will" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter & Jane/ Love & thanks --/ G" and signed in full beneath..... Item #72189 More
New York: Mercury Press Inc., 1959. First edition. Bestseller Mystery Magazine, May 1959, Vol. 1, No. 6, Whole No. 215. Features the story "The Man on the Cliff," by Andrew Garve, an abridgement of "Riddle of Samson." Near fine in blue, printed paperwraps with previous owner's identification faintly stamped on..... Item #51685 More
New York: Viking Press, 1960. First American edition. Written anonymously and attributed to Jonathan Gash. If so, his first book. The view from the prostitute's vantage. Fine in dust jacket. Item #23279 More
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New York: Knopf, 1970. First edition. Essays on writing and writers. Fine in near fine dust jacket with mild soiling and tanning. Item #37248 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: Harper & Row, (1968). First edition of author's second book. Collection of five stories includes the title story plus "The Pedersen Kid," "Mrs. Mean," "Icicles," and "Order of Insects." Minor spine crimps, otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket folded onto the book slightly off-center. Jacket..... Item #49138 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
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1926). First edition. A "Photoplay" edition, illustrated with colored plates after the scenes in the movie starring Douglas Fairbanks and with a montage of black-and-white movie stills on rear panel of the dust jacket. Red cloth boards stamped in black; 12 pages of ads at..... Item #54733 More
Paris: E. Dentu & H. Floury, 1892 – 1903. First edition. French language. Eight volumes, complete. First 4 volumes published by E. Dentu, last 4 by H. Floury. Collects Geffroy's impressions, criticism, and reviews of art and artists of the day, covering the Paris Salons of the period as well..... Item #71544 More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2018. First U.S. edition and first English-language edition. A paperback original. Translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney. Winner of the International Aura Estrada Literature Prize. Illustrated with line drawings throughout by Gerber Bicecci, who describes herself as a visual artist who writes. "How do you..... Item #71638 More
New York: Random House, (1969). First edition. Basis for the film starring Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart. Eillen Heckart won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the film. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Near fine with a small bookstore stamp on..... Item #29091 More