THE AZTEC TREASURE HOUSE: New and Selected Essays.
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, (2001). First edition. Bound galley proofs, fine in paperwraps. Item #30615 More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, (2001). First edition. Bound galley proofs, fine in paperwraps. Item #30615 More
London: Delisle, (1963). First edition thus, with introduction and conclusion by Vincent Long and postscripts by The Very Rev. Dr. W. R. Matthews, Professor John Macmurray and Sir Henry Self. Spine ends and tips very slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing, sticker shadow on..... Item #33073 More
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, (1998). First edition thus, a specially SIGNED, LIMITED bound from the sheets of the Orion edition with "An Appreciation of Michael Connelly" by George P. Pelecanos added. Quarter leather with gilt-stamping at spine and marbled paper covered boards. Number 59 of 115 numbered copies SIGNED BY CONNELLY..... Item #71686 More
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Boston: Little, Brown, (1998). First edition. Two volumes -- the hardback book which is fine in fine dust jacket and a fine advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps. Both are SIGNED BY CONNELLY on title page. The first in Connelly's series featuring semi-retired FBI criminal profiler Terry McCaleb and basis..... Item #71687 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (2011). First edition. The fourth Lincoln Lawyer novel to feature Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael "Mickey" Haller. SIGNED BY CONNELLY on the title page and dated 4-5-11. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED on the dedication page (beneath Connelly's printed dedication to him) by DENNIS "CISCO" WOJCIECHOWSKI, a real-life researcher..... Item #71691 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "Bruce, Best wishes, Michael Connelly/ 1-16-96." The first in his series featuring crime reporter Jack McEvoy (also his first not to feature Detective Harry Bosch. Fine in fine dust jacket. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman..... Item #71688 More
(Los Angeles: Steven C. Vascik), 2004. First edition thus: a special signed, limited edition. Number 22 of 125 numbered copies SIGNED BY CONNELLY. (There were also 75 copies reserved for author presentation as well as 26 lettered copies.) The first book in Connelly's series featuring reporter Jack McEvoy; originally published..... Item #71747 More
New York: Charles Scribners, 1936. First U.S. edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, published in Paris earlier in the year. Small name on front pastedown, otherwise very good or better in worn dust jacket with small chips to edges, closed tears and old tape on verso. A presentable copy of..... Item #28975 More
London: Heinemann, (1926). Second impression, published just one month after the first. INSCRIBED "To Walter & Caroline Pilcher, affectionately from Jessie Conrad/ April 1928." Caroline Pilcher was the widow of Arthor Marwood, a friend of both Conrad's and Ford Madox Ford (Ford is said to have based his Christopher Tietjens..... Item #71772 More
London: Heinemann, 1901. First UK edition. Conrad and Ford's collaborative quasi-science-fiction novel exploring a societal shift in power. Two volumes: the first issue without dedication page [Cagle A6(3)a] together with a copy of the seldom seen remainder issue [Cagle A6(4)]. FIRST ISSUE is in Cagle's binding "a" with top edge..... Item #53845 More
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., (1919). First UK edition, preceded the same year by the U.S. edition. "T. Fisher Unwin" at base of spine, white wove endpapers, headpiece intact p.67. Contemporary gift inscription, endpapers a bit darkened, few tiny nicks in cloth at head of spine which also shows a...... Item #53859 More
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1924. First U.S. appearance, first edition thus. One of the last essays written by Conrad before his death. This U.S. appearance is preceded only by the very limited separate edition privately published in the UK in only 30 copies in January 1924. Later collected in..... Item #71773 More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1940. First edition. Letters written to his closest friend and fellow novelist. Translated from the French and edited by John A. Gee and Paul J. Sturm. Small 4to blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped spine; 147 pages including appendices and index; illustrated with a few facsimile..... Item #71774 More
London: Methuen, (1906). First edition. Essays recounting memories and impressions from his time at sea. 8vo green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, top edge gilt, rest untrimmed; 40-page publisher’s catalog dated August 1906, which Cagle calls the first issue. Minor wear on corners and spine ends and spine a bit darkened but..... Item #53770 More
London: Heinemann, 1898. First UK edition. His third book, a novella partly based on his experiences during a voyage from Bombay to London. Preceded by the 1897 U.S. edition issued as CHILDREN OF THE SEA. Serialized in London's The New Review as "The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’; a Tale of..... Item #53745 More
London: Fisher Unwin, 1896. First edition. With the typographical errors, as called for. His second novel; inspired by his experience as chief mate of a small steamer. Basis for the 1951 film of the same name. 8vo green cloth, lower edge rough trimmed, top edge gilt. About very good with..... Item #53743 More
No-place: Ridgway Company, 1919-1920. First U.S. edition thus: the first appearance in the U.S. as a seven-part serialization in "Romance" magazine preceding the book publication. Preceded only by the 1919 UK serialization in "Land and Water" magazine. "Romance" was a short-lived venture edited by Arthur Sullivan Hoffman and intended as..... Item #54532 More
Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1923. First American edition. Gift inscription, slight foxing on top edge, and dark blue cloth a bit rubbed on corners, otherwise very good or better in dust jacket tanned on spine and with minor chipping on corners and spine ends. Item #42919 More
London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1923. First edition, limited issue. Number 245 of 1,000 SIGNED, numbered and specially bound copies. Play based on his 1907 book of the same name. Spine a little tanned otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with internal archival-tape repair to split..... Item #53797 More
London: Methuen, (1908). First edition. Includes "Gaspar Ruiz," "The Informer," "The Brute," "An Anarchist," "The Duel," and "Il Conde." Half-title and title page canceled and pasted on stub, as usually seen (only 2 to 4 copies with integral pages believed to be extant). One of 2,500 copies in the domestic..... Item #53741 More
London: The English Review, 1912. First edition. First appearance of Conrad’s essay in the periodical founded by his friend and sometimes collaborator, Ford Madox Ford . Later collected as “Certain Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic” in NOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERS (1921) and issued..... Item #71857 More
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1912. First edition. Published in the U.S. later the same month as A PERSONAL RECORD. Conrad's autobiography "with a fictional slant." 8vo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards. Very good with front hinge just starting at first blank, flattened crease in front pastedown, covers lightly rubbed,and corners and spine..... Item #53951 More
London: Heinemann, 1903. First UK edition. Publisher’s windmill device on title page, without "Reserved for the Colonies only" on verso of title page, and with publisher's monogram on rear cover. One of only 1500 copies. The first publication in book form of all the stories except the title novella "Typhoon,"..... Item #53768 More