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
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
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1945. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks diagonally on front free endpaper. Second printing of the first edition, referred to as "Second Edition" on copyright page. vi, 57, [1] pp. Original cloth, blocked in salmon, lettered in gilt. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket with internal..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1969. 508 pp. First edition, first printing in first issue jacket. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. Near Fine with light surface wear to cloth, and light soiling to textblock edge. In a Very Good unclipped first issue dust jacket with Barbara..... More
New York: Dial Books, 1992. 192 pp. First edition, first printing. Signed and dated by Rosa Parks on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original quarter purple cloth and maroon paper covered boards. Very Good with light spine lean, light soiling and light shelf wear to covers. In a Very..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. First American edition, first printing. Near Fine with toning to pages, in a Very Good+ un-clipped dust jacket with toning, edge wear, and a short closed tear to the top of the front spine joint. A lovely copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First edition, first printing stated. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. Near Fine with bumping to corners and spine ends, light shelf wear. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light rubbing, light edge wear and..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. First edition, with 4-page advert at front, and publisher's 16 page catalogue at rear. Pages uncut, in publisher's original terracotta stamped cloth. Good. Light soiling to cloth. Spine cloth slightly darkened Softening to bottom corners, bump to center of rear board at edge..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First edition. Bound in publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Good+. Spine faded. Cloth mottled, scuffed at rear and worn at corners and spine ends. A solid first of The Talented Mr. Ripley author's first novel, which was the basis of the classic..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1948. First edition. [vi], 343 pp. Original pale blue cloth with navy stamping. Near Fine with spine a little toned, boards a little bumped, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket; droplet stains to spine panel, which is also toned; light wear and toning. The British..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. Advance reading copy, issued to reviewers before publication of the first edition, with publisher's slips pasted onto paste down and title page. Publication date of May 9, 1918 written on slips. vi, 363, [1], [6, ads] pp. Original blue ribbed cloth lettered in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's original white fleur-de-lis patterned cloth. Near Fine with light toning to pages, in a Good unclipped dust jacket with soiling, toning, wear at extremities, tape to rear flap fold on front side, and to all borders..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. First edition. Signed by Didion on first blank page, dated 10 Aug [?] 1982. [vi], 214 pp. Original cloth. Fine and unread in Fine unclipped, unfaded dust jacket. In great shape. An uncommon signed first of one of the California author's best-known works..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1943. First edition in first issue dust jacket with Hurrell photo of author in reclining pose on back panel. 295 p. Green cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing at edges and spine ends, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket..... More
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth green cloth, with gilt stamping and title blocked in black on the spine. Near Fine with thin strip of residue at bottom edge of covers from an old-style dust jacket protector, area of soiling to bottom edge of textblock..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. 283 pp. Signed limited first edition. Number 216 of 225 copies signed by Willa Cather. Bound in publisher's green cloth-backed floral patterned paper-covered boards with extra title label tipped in at rear; lacking the slipcase. Very Good or better, with sunning to spine cloth..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First edition, first printing. First issue with light yellow-brown vertically ribbed cloth, with the period following "CO" on the spine touching the O. The typographical error "chince-bugs" for "chinch-bugs" is present on page 60, though it is not a point of issue since it persists..... More
London: Collins / The Crime Club, 1939. First edition, first printing with date listed on copyright page. Publisher's orange cloth with titles printed in black on spine. Near Fine with light lean to spine, foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages. In a restored dust jacket, with front flap..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth lettered in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near fine with minor shelf wear, a small scuff to the front cover and slight ridge to backstrip. A fantastic copy of Zora Neale Hurston's best-known work..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition, first printing. Signed by Julia Child on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's white cloth decorated in blue and red. Good. **MISSING PAGES 479-498**, which have been neatly excised, else Near Fine with a slightly toned..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pebbled black cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Very Good with wear at spine ends, light rubbing to cloth. Pages heavily foxed at early and last pages; small, dark stain to bottom corners..... More
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good with heavy lean to spine, rubbing to gilt and rear cover and slight crease to top edge of upper board. Front inner hinge exposed..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Twenty-seventh printing. Signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the half-title page, inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's white Fleur-de-lis patterned cloth. Very Good, cloth heavily toned at spine and edges, lightly soiled, heavily faded at the spine. In a...... More
