Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Octavia E. Butler on the title page. Near Fine with bruising to base of spine. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear and two horizontal lines of offsetting across the entirety..... More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. First American edition. xii, [2], 111 pp. Crimson cloth with white spine lettering. Fine in a Near Fine, lightly shelfworn dust jacket with a little sticker wear to back panel, unfaded. Rare in such nice shape. A holocaust memoir better known as Man's Search for Meaning..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First edition stated, first printing with "I-P" code on copyright page. Publisher's beige cloth binding stamped in darker brown, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, with lean to spine and previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise a rather nice copy of the beloved..... More
Chicago & New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1897. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth elaborately stamped in gilt. Previous owner name, bookplate and light soiling to front endsheet, pages lightly toned, still easily Fine. A fantastic copy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth. Near Fine with minor wear, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with a small chip at the foot of the spine, trivial edge wear and light soiling. Uncommon in such nice condition..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1929. First edition, first printing. Signed by Robert L. Ripley and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original grayish-green cloth stamped in red; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with light fading to spine, light rubbing to extremities..... More
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1899. 2 Volumes. First edition, first printing; second state with inverted comma present on page 459 of Volume II. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with slight darkening to spine cloth, light rubbing to cloth at extremities; horizontal tear to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition, first state without the publisher's colophon. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with upper board stamped in blind and spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Good. Lean to spine. Cloth marked and edge-worn, rubbed through at corners and bottom edge..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition, first state without the publisher's colophon. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with upper board stamped in blind and spine lettered in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good+ with lean to spine and light wear to cloth at extremities and front..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First edition, slightly battered type on pages 38, 90 and 248; in a dust jacket with lips just faintly battered. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in blind on the upper board, and stamped in gilt on the spine. Light lean to spine..... More
San Francisco: The Japanese American News, 1922. Second printing of the first American edition. (Stated "Second impression" on copyright page, also referred to erroneously as "Second Edition" on title page. See Rogala A Collector's Guide p. 167). Publisher's boards bound with white rope. Despite noticeable wear along gutters and edges..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. First edition. 286 pp. Publisher's white and red boards, spine lettered in black. Very Good with light dampstain to bottom corner of front board, contents uneffected; rubbing along top edge. In a Near Fine dust jacket, lightly rubbed, unclipped. A club kid's memoir that..... More
London: The Readers Library Publishing Company, 1927. First edition in English. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt. Good, with darkening and wear to covers. Binding is a little wonky with glue repairs evident and original glue a little brittle and dried out. Pages toned, previous owner name to..... More
North Vancouver, B.C. Hancock House Publishers, Ltd., 1980. First edition. Signed by stuntman and actor "Bad Chuck" Roberson on the verso of the half title, with "Good Luck," and then inscribed by co-author and prolific historical novelist Bodie Thoene below that, "'NEVER LOOK BACK-- (THEY MIGHT BE GAINING ON YOU!)'"..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1979. First edition. 188 pp. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, toned with age, with a few tiny nicks along top edge. Nice shape overall. The novel that inspired the 1988 film Die Hard, directed by..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition, first printing, first issue with textual errors present: page 60, line 16 "chatter"; page 119, line 22 "northern"; page 165, line 16 "it's"; page 205, lines 9-10 "sick in tired"; page 211, lines 7-8 "Union Street station." Publisher's dark green cloth binding..... More
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1949. First edition. [vi], 218 pp. Publisher's illustrated boards. Very Good+ with small tear at head, light wear, a little sunning to spine. No dust jacket, but boards mimic the publisher's typical jacket design so it's possible it was not issued with one. The..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company / The Crime Club, 1941. First edition. [vi], 298 pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with offsetting to endpapers, bookplate on paste down, in pictorial dust jacket with a tiny chip at head, a few tiny puckers to gutter, still..... More
New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1943. First edition. 213 pp. Publisher's orange cloth with black lettering on spine. A Near Fine copy with former owner's bookplate on paste down, tiny bump to back board but very clean and sharp, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf wear, faint..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company / Crime Club, 1952. First edition. 194 pp. Original cloth. Very Good with well-toned contents, light foxing to edges and endpapers, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with foxing to flaps and verso. An uncommon Gothic mystery set in New England. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. [vi], 279 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering, red topstain. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with foxing along top of flaps and verso, bright and unfaded, unclipped. A rare novel by a New York author who..... More
New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. [x], 206 pp. Original gray paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in silver. Very Good+ with a light staining to edges, faint stain to front free endpaper, tiny corner crease to bottom tip of prelims, in a spine panel faded unclipped dust..... More
New York: Round Table Press, 1935. First edition. [viii], 52 pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with very subtle toning to spine, corners a little bumped, former owner's name written on front free endpaper. Lacking jacket. A classic anti-war essay by a decorated former Marine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First American edition. [viii], 62, [2] pp. Publisher's tan cloth with metallic green spine lettering, gilt to front board. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with small tape mends to head recto as well as twice to verso, worn tips with a few tiny..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1943. First edition. 252 pp. Blue cloth with red lettering on spine. Very Good+ with some curvature to boards, spine lean, a little foxing to edges, small smudge to half title. In an unfaded dust jacket with a crease along the top of the front panel..... More