THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM.
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. First edition. A fine, bright copy, lacking dust jacket. Item #51740 More about THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
NOVEL
NEVER COME MORNING.
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 about NEVER COME MORNING
TAKE ME BACK.
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 about TAKE ME BACK
THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1917). First edition. Good condition with cloth binding lightly rubbed and soiled. Spine faded and spine ends and the bottom corner of the front board bumped slightly. Rear endpapers have offset. Endpaper split at front hinge. Inside clean. Lacking dust jacket. Item #51855 More about THE RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY
GALATEA.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Near fine with two tiny specks of soiling along the hinge of the front board. In a near fine dust jacket with one 1/4" chip to the top of the spine and otherwise minor wear to... Item #51508 More about GALATEA
THE MOTH.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Fine in a near fine, lightly tanned dust jacket with just two shallow chips to head of spine and one to the top right corner. A very nice copy. Item #51488 More about THE MOTH
NOT HONOUR 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 about NOT HONOUR MORE
THE UNIVERSAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, INC.: J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. His second novel. About a fantasy baseball league powered by the roll of the dice. 8vo silver-stamped quarter red cloth, tan paper boards stamped in red; top edge blue. Page top and board edges faintly foxed, flattened crease in paper on front board... Item #54065 More about THE UNIVERSAL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION, INC.: J. Henry Waugh, Prop
PEOPLE ON THE EARTH.
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 about PEOPLE ON THE EARTH
CAR.
London: Secker & Warburg, (1972). First UK edition. Near fine with light rub mark to the front board. In a near fine, lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket with reddish-pink coloring fading on the spine and light wear to the spine ends and corners. Item #51494 More about CAR
WHERE THE RED VOLLEYS POURED.
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 about WHERE THE RED VOLLEYS POURED
JUSTINE.
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 about JUSTINE
DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS.
New York: Poseidon Press, (1985). First edition. His first book. "Daring, haunting, sensual. Steve Erickson has that rare and luminous gift for reporting back from the nocturnal side of reality." -- Thomas Pynchon. Fine in about fine dust jacket with barest wear. Item #50322 More about DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS
THE LIFE OF GOD: (As Told by Himself).
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1996). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #51005 More about THE LIFE OF GOD: (As Told by Himself
THE YOUNG LOVELL: A Romance.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1913. First edition. Not published in the U.S. 32 pages of publisher's ads at rear, as called for [Harvey, A41]. In his entry for this book, Harvey quotes a letter from Ford effusing over YOUNG LOVELL as "a pretty big and serious historical work, rather like... Item #53757 More about THE YOUNG LOVELL: A Romance
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE.
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 about SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. First edition, second printing per Kelly (pp.9-13) without publisher's device on title page and with battered type to "near the" on p.39:4 and very slightly to "warm" p.41:3. We'd say this copy is a mixed state but presume instead there is a typo... Item #48813 More about THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: A Novel.
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, otherwise fine. Item #50511 More about MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: A Novel
UNDER GREEN APPLE BOUGHS.
George Plank. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936. First edition. Illustrated by George Plank. The story of making a home out of a dilapidated weekend cottage. Near fine in good to very good price-clipped dust jacket with light chipping to spine ends and corners, spine a bit tanned and... Item #54479 More about UNDER GREEN APPLE BOUGHS
THE END OF THE AFFAIR.
London: William Heinemann, (1951). First edition. Semi-autobiographical novel set in London at the end of WWII. Basis for the 1955 movie starring Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson and the one in 1999 starring Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore. Endpapers, half-title and last blank darkened, as usually seen, otherwise near fine... Item #54165 More about THE END OF THE AFFAIR
OUR LADY OF THE FOREST.
[New York]: (Knopf, 2003). First edition. Proof for internal distribution only. Perhaps for the sales reps? 8 1/2 x 11". Fine in yellow printed paperwraps with black cloth spine. Item #51427 More about OUR LADY OF THE FOREST
WARLOCK.
(New York): Delacorte Press, (1981). First edition. Near fine with light foxing to the outside edges of the text block (inside clean) and light fading to edges; in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny chips and creases. Item #51474 More about WARLOCK
THE WOMAN LIT BY FIREFLIES.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. Number 118 of 225 SIGNED copies. Fine in slipcase with a few light spots of soiling. Item #51493 More about THE WOMAN LIT BY FIREFLIES
BEAT THE DEVIL.
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 about BEAT THE DEVIL
ANGEL.
New York: George H. Doran, (1926). First edition. "The Carolina Edition" in marbled paper boards with cloth spine. Number 29 of an unspecified number of SIGNED copies. Very good with some wear to the corners, spine lightly soiled, and faint evidence of perhaps a sticker removed from bottom of the... Item #50684 More about ANGEL