New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First edition, first printing with publisher's colophon on copyright page. Signed by Du Bose Heyward on the front free endpaper; the front free endpaper has been glue repaired at the gutter. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in gilt; lacking the dust..... More
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1962. First British edition and first hardcover edition; first printing. Bound in publisher's original rust-colored cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Good. Lean to spine and rubbing to lettering on spine. Textblock edge is heavily foxed and wit ha remainder mark to the bottom edge. Pages toned..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale red cloth stamped in red and lettered in gilt. Very Good. Spine darkened corners bumped, cloth lightly soiled and with several small punctures. Former owner bookpalte to front free endpaper, ffep partially detached..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over beige cloth spine with gilt titles blocked in maroon. Near Fine with light toning to pages and some offsetting to endsheets. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning, and light..... More
New York: Scribner, 2014. First edition. Signed by Anthony Doerr on blank page at front. [viii], 531 pp. Publisher's blue boards with powder blue cloth backstrip lettered in blue. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with a very tiny spot of wear on front panel, else Fine. The Pulitzer-winning war novel..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1964. First edition. 304 pp. Publisher's black cloth and red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in red. Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small nick in spine, two small closed tears in edges. Selby's dark masterpiece, which was the basis of the 1989 Uli Edel..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, first printing, first issue lacking the disclaimer on page x. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with bronze title label printed in black to spine and upper board. Very Good+ with light lean to binding. Covers lightly worn, spine and pages toned..... More
London: John Lehmann, 1952. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Paul Bowles and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page, "For Gregory Stephenson [,] inscribed in Tangier on the occasion of his first visit there. 15/VIII/79 [signed] Paul Bowles". Bound in publisher's original pale blue cloth with..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition, first printing. Signed by Haruki Murakami and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's printed blue paper-covered boards. Fine with faint shelf wear, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with a small crease to the front flap. A superlative copy of..... More
Elgin, Illinois: Brethren Publishing House, 1947. First edition, first printing. Signed by William Stafford and inscribed to a former owner on the recto of the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original pale green cloth stamped in gilt, Near Fine with light fading to cloth, in a Near Fine unclipped..... More
New York: Berkeley Publishing Corporation / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. Signed first edition. [vi], 185 pp. Publisher's white cloth with green lettering. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to former owners. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket with light toning and edge wear. The second novel..... More
New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. First American edition, all first printings with properly dated title pages and publisher's imprint on all copyright pages. Six volumes. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and black stamping, dark brown endpapers. Near Fine with wear at heads and tails, tips a little rubbed..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by Stephen King on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original red paper-covered boards over black spine cloth stamped in silver and metallic red. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light shelf wear and light..... More
Woody Creek, Loose Valley, BlueGrass, and High Desert: Gonzo International, Steam Press, Petro III Graphics, and Sylph Publications, 2004. First edition, copy #2 of 150 numbered copies signed by both Thompson and Steadman, additionally inscribed to former owner (a supporter of the printer, Joe Petro) with a face made of..... More
St. Petersburg: Znanie, 1904. First publication of the classic play The Cherry Orchard anywhere. 324 pp. Original gray wrappers with full margins. In Russian. Near Fine with toning and light soiling, front wrapper expertly reattached, a few small rub spots to back wrap, contents have light thumb-soiling and slight edge-curling..... More
Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1914. First edition, and the first of three musicals for which the future Great Gatsby author wrote the lyrics of while a student at Princeton University. Bound in publisher's original printed stiff wraps with orange cloth spine. Very Good with chipping and soiling to front cover..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First trade hardcover edition, and one of 500 unnumbered copies of such. Bound in publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards over black corduroy spine with brown paper title label, in publisher's unprinted acetate jacket. Near Fine with slight spine lean and minimal foxing to textblock edge..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in red and gilt. Near Fine with faint perfume odor to pages, endsheets faintly offset from binder's glue. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket, which is a bit shelf worn..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original gray paper-covered boards over turquoise spine cloth lettered in silver. Thin strips of sunning to spine ends, else Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First edition. Variant with laid paper, no priority as per BAL 191. [iv], 208, 16 pp. Publisher's green cloth ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, floral endpapers. Near Fine, a little worn at extremities, slight lean. A nice copy of the penultimate novel in the..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition, first issue with ad for Pink and White Tyranny at front stating "Nearly Ready." Sig. mark 1 present, no priority. BAL 167. [iv, ads], [vi], 376 pp. Publisher's terra-cotta cloth with gilt stamping, brown endpapers. Very Good with lean to spine, cloth worn..... More
Harper & Brothers, 1850. First American Edition. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth decorated in blind with titles in gilt on the spine. Good. Heavy lean to spine, and gilt lettering mostly all rubbed. Wear to cloth at corners, spine ends and joints, with some lifting at the front cover..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First one-volume edition. Signed by Thomas Mann on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original green cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with some nibbling at the top of the spine, spine toned. Front inner hinge started and tender, foxing to endsheets..... More
Bogota, Columbia: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1985. First Colombian edition. Publisher's yellow cloth with black spine lettering. Near Fine with light shelf wear, light rubbing at joints, light toning to pages and light spotting to top edge of textblock. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light crimping, light toning..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with boards lightly splayed. Cloth toned, worn and soiled. Pages toned. Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises..... More