New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1956). First edition of his scarce second novel. Basis for the 1962 movie, “Lonely Are the Brave,” starring Kirk Douglas, Gena Rowlands and Walter Matthau. A presentable ex-library copy with extensive professional repair. Endpapers replaced, color touched up where tape and labels removed from..... Item #72129 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First edition. Illustrated with 31 haunting black-and-white photographs by Evans. “...a violent and beautiful book; a supremely moving picture of one stratum of American life and of the effect of this life on two sensitive observers.”—from the dust jacket flap. 8vo silver-stamped black cloth boards; 471..... Item #72066 More
[Toronto]: (McClelland & Stewart), no-date [circa 1977]. First edition. First appearance of the final story for Atwood’s then-upcoming DANCING GIRLS, her first collection of short stories. Issued as an “Advance Uncorrected Proof” containing only “Giving Birth” (pp. [207]-[222] in the proof; pp. 239-254 in the book). 8vo stapled cream paperwraps..... Item #72062 More
No Place: Blue from the Death Edition, 1994. First edition. Number 3 of only 39 copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ARTIST. First separate appearance of Bell's short story about buskers in New York City; illustrated with five woodcuts by de la Fontaine. Chinese-style cloth scroll, 18 x 32 inches, with..... Item #53353 More
London: John Camden Hotten, [1873]. True first edition, preceding the U.S. [BAL 1096]. Bierce's first book, written while he was living and working in London, and for which he was never paid -- Hotten died before the post-dated check he'd given Bierce came due. 12mo gilt-stamped purple-brown cloth with gilt..... Item #71993 More
New York: Underground Communications, 1967. First edition of each, the only two issues published by the short-lived digest. “The Underground Digest selects and edits the best of the new press -- the lively new writing that characterizes an age of drastic change throughout the country...[from]...the best of hundreds of regional..... Item #72140 More
Detroit / Chicago: Broadside Press / Third World Press, (1972 / 1996). First edition of each volume. The first one, “REPORT FROM PART ONE,” IS INSCRIBED on the half-title page, “For Richard and Joan, Warm regards!/ Sincerely,/ Gwendolyn Brooks”; and the second one, “REPORT FROM PART TWO,” IS SIGNED TWICE..... Item #72131 More
New York: Crown Publ. (2010). First edition. Special "Decision Points" BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BUSH laid in along with a pre-printed card from the "Office of George W. Bush," thanking the recipient for his/her support, etc. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51658 More
New York: Random House, (1987). First edition. SIGNED by Jimmy Carter on front endpaper. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Item #29266 More
(New York): Random House/Times Books, (1994). First edition. Written with Susan K. Golant. INSCRIBED by Carter, former First Lady of the U.S., on the half-title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46871 More
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Del Monte, CA: Hotel Del Monte, (1936). First edition. Recipes compiled by Cerwin; illustrations by Whitman. Recipes includes "Poetic License" from Jeffers (onions baked in cream of mushroom soup); "Something to Remember" from Sherwood Anderson (cured ham simmered in milk); "Tortilla Flat" from Steinbeck (vinegar soaked beef in tomato sauce..... Item #55583 More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1940. Exceedingly scarce first U.S. edition, the first edition with this title. Originally published in the UK with a racist term in the title. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE is the world's best-selling mystery and one of the best-selling books of all time. Adapted numerous times..... Item #71776 More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1915. First edition. The last collection of Conrad's stories to be published during his lifetime. A near fine copy of the book with only a little darkening to endpapers; in dust jacket lacking the spine portion and with internal archival tape repair but..... Item #53761 More
(New York): Viking, (1985). First edition. National Book Award winner and basis for the 2022 movie starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, et al. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Barbara [underlined]/ Don DeLillo," Near fine in near fine dust jacket with both book and jacket showing only the very..... Item #72137 More
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Williamsburg, PA: [no-publisher], 1928. First edition. Scarce souvenir booklet published by Stultz’s hometown of Williamsburg, PA, in commemoration of his historic trans-Atlantic flight June 17-18, 1928, with Lou Gordon and Amelia Earhart. Issued on the occasion of his “Home-coming Celebration” in Williamsburg on July 18, 1928. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER..... Item #71961 More
New York: Random House, (1959). First edition. Third volume in the Snopes family chronicle. Near fine with gentle vertical crease to spine and just a touch of light rubbing to tips; in very good or better dust jacket lightly creased and rubbed at spine ends and corners and, more subtly..... Item #72162 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: Doubleday, (1996). First U.S. edition. Boldly SIGNED BY GORBACHEV in felt-tip marker on the half-title page (few tiny specks of bleed through to title page). Mildest of shelf wear but still fine in fine dust jacket. "In every generation, a handful of individuals radically alter the course of..... Item #71588 More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1948. First edition. Her first book. Loosely based on her childhood in an affluent California neighborhood. Very good to near fine with the usual darkening of the pages (due to the high pulp paper used during and after WWII), small tear near hinge of..... Item #55196 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First U.S. edition, which differs somewhat from the UK. Top corners bumped otherwise near fine in near fine blue-cloth dust jacket (as issued) with a few small stains and just a touch of light edge rubbing. Item #54955 More
New York: Knopf, 1954. First edition. SIGNED BY JARRELL on front endpaper. 8vo emerald-green boards with blind-stamped front and gilt-lettered spine, top edge pale orange, 277 pages. Spine slightly toned with gilt a bit dulled but readable, otherwise very good in about very good dust jacket with rubbing to edges..... Item #71734 More
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Pasadena: The Flame Press, 1930. First edition. One of approximately 15 copies printed and bound by Ward Ritchie but not issued due to spelling errors [Broomfield A11a] Original black paper-covered flexible boards with star-motif white label printed in black on front; 8 pages (unnumbered); errata slip tipped in at rear..... Item #55936 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1960). First edition. His scarce second book. SIGNED BY JONES on the title page. A story of "the Tennessee frontier of 1802 -- the crude, scattered settlements ... [and] ... oceanic forest, in whose depths reality blurs into dream, nightmare, obsession" (from the jacket..... Item #72149 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1929. Finely bound in full red polished calf by Reviere & Son. Spine with gilt-stamped raised bands and six compartments: four elaborately tooled in gilt; two with gilt lettered and ruled title labels of blue and green leather, respectively. Boards bordered in gilt double rule with..... Item #54294 More
New York: Margaret Anderson, 1917. First edition. Volume IV, Number 6, containing the first appearance of "Cantelman's Spring-Mate," which was collected the following month in THE IDEAL GIANT. The story that LAUNCHED THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE AND THE LITTLE REVIEW. Lewis’s tale of the seduction of a...... Item #71567 More