Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First edition. Signed by the book's subject, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, in ink on the front free endpaper and inscribed to former owner, one Katherine "Kay" Kehoe of Chevy Chase, MD, whose name and address are written on rear endpaper. [xviii], 413 pp. Light brown..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition, first printing. Signed by Arthur Miller and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original maroon and yellow pin-striped grey paper covered boards over grey cloth spine. Near Fine with light soiling, toning and wear to edges..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First American edition. [viii], 308 pp. Original cloth. About Very Good with rubbing to silver stamping, toning to cloth, light wear at head and tail, stain along fore edge. Lacking dust jacket. A British novel that was the basis of a 1945 film noir directed..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1958. First edition. xii, 209 pp. Dark navy cloth, gilt lettering. Very Good with staining to tip of front board, ding to back board, in Good+ unclipped dust jacket with tearing along fold at bottom, worn at tips and head. More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. Tabard Inn Library issue. First American edition. (One Brunton's variants. Title page appears to be tipped-in with no statement of "Illustrated." States "Published March, 1902, R" on copyright page; no "1" on pg. 27.) Maroon cloth with gilt lettering, boards ruled blind, spine..... More
Washington, D.C. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974. Original 10.5 x 16" poster mailed to post offices in 1974. Wanted Flyer #475 A, Revised October 16, 1974. A Fine poster housed in protective mylar, folded for first-class mailing as issued with seal on verso. Four photographs each of two members of..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. First edition. (Paperback original. Dated 4-72" on last page of ads, price of $3.95 on back cover.) 478, [2] p. Illustrated wraps. Near Fine in uncommonly nice shape with very bright, white pages-- hardly any of the toning most copies exhibit-- square, straight binding..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. First edition. [x], 376 pp. Early 20th century three quarter leather binding with marbled paper sides, titles and ruling in gilt on black and crimson spine compartments. Very Good with wear along edges; foxing to endpapers; occasional thumbsoil, creased corner, and bit of foxing to contents;..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1962. First British edition, uncommon uncensored state. (States "First published in Great Britain in 1962" on copyright page with no additional printings, author's name not blacked out on copyright page.) [viii], 311 pp. Crimson cloth with gilt and turquoise stamping on spine. Near Fine with..... More
Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First trade edition, first printing. One of 750 numbered copies from an edition of 1,000 total copies, this being number 909. Finely bound in full dark blue morocco decorated in gilt, with inner dentelles, top edge gilt; bound without first two and final blank leaves..... More
New York: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First edition. 506, [6] pp. Original slick black cloth with white spine lettering. Very Good+ with foxed top edge, bottom edge of cloth rubbed, slightly bumped corners. In second state unclipped dust jacket with tear to front panel, repaired on verso with tape, worn..... More
New York: Beacon Publications Corp. 1955. First edition. 191, [1] pp. Illustrated wraps. A Very Good+ copy with an uncreased spine, bright wraps, slight lean to spine and shelf wear, slight crease to bottom of front wrap, rubbing to back wrap. An excellent noir novel by the Miami Blues author..... More
Chicago: Newsstand Library Books, 1960. First edition. 192 pp. with 2 pp. of ads in middle of text. Illustrated wraps. A Fine copy with a little light rubbing to uncreased spine, nice bright wraps. An excellent copy. This novel features one of Charles Willeford's memorable anti-heroes: used car salesman-turned movie..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1944. First Edition. xxii, [ii], 428 pp. Original brown cloth lettered in silver. A Near Fine copy, lacking dust jacket. Contents free of markings and bright, lettering sharp. Small London bookseller's ticket on paste down. A little foxing to spine cloth, but otherwise an excellent..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. [x], 214 pp. Original cloth. Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with wear at extremities, small closed tear to top of front panel, light rubbing, a few spots of wear from removed tape on verso. The novel that inspired the recent..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1894. First American edition. 303 pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. A Good+ copy with a leaning spine, edge-worn and rubbed, two small holes in spine cloth, contents lightly foxed, old price written on front free endpaper. The first American appearance of the animal-centric..... More
Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971. First edition. xv, [1], 607 pp. Original purple cloth with green lettering. Very Good+ with a few tiny spots of gnawing along edges of cloth, a few small stains to top edge, but internally clean and bright. In Very Good..... More
New York: Abelard Schulman, Inc., 1955. Signed by Adamski on front free endpaper. 256 pp. Original cloth. First edition. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly worn. A signed memoir by one of the most famous UFO contactees of all time. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title with the inscription "Bon Appetit." Former owners' 1964 gift inscription underneath that. xvi, 684, xxxii, [2] pp. Original cloth. First edition, eighth printing. Very Good with faded spine, light stains to fore edge, a few reading smudges..... More
Redwood City, CA: Johnson Meyers, 1964. First edition. Two volumes bound in tan cloth with maroon lettering, housed in original slipcase. Fine in Near Fine dust jackets with small tears at heads, housed in Very Good slipcase with rubbing and light wear. Lacking glassine jacket-protectors. Illustrations also have inserted glassine..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886. First American edition. ix, [1], 381 pp. Original green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, floral endpapers. A Near Fine copy with dulling to spine lettering, a few scuffs, rubbing along edges. Small ticket to rear paste down. An attractive copy. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1940. First edition. (No subsequent printings listed and "Adventure" in italics on the front cover.) 376 pp. Zebra-striped tan cloth. Very Good, lacking jacket. A little foxing to cloth, slight musty smell. As The Atlantic Monthly once stated: "As good an 'escape story' as you..... More
Unknown: None. 35 skillful ink drawings on small sheets paperclipped to a small string-bound notebook with handwritten assignments; a penciled war-themed drawing laid in with message "I Need Your Help / Stay on the Job." Overall the notebook looks like it's from the 1950s or 1960s, possibly from an art..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First edition, #349 of 426 numbered copies signed by Bukowski & illustrator Robert Crumb. 17, [3] pp. Pink paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Fine in original acetate wraps, slightly cloudy with age. More
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1945. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner"To Dr. Garski whose family / lived together with me in the Warsaw ghetto / [signed] Mary Berg / New York Febr. 9-1945." Special Edition Sponsored for the National Organization of Polish Jews..... More