New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in gilt, ruled in blue. Very Good. Cloth soiled and spine-sunned with light wear at the spine ends. Rear endpapers a bit soiled and with previous owner inkless emboss. The author's first of two novels, which... More about Quicksand
New York: Random House, 1967. Signed, limited tenth anniversary edition. Number 922 of a limited 2,000 copies signed by Ayn Rand. Bound in publisher's coarse blue cloth. Hinge at title page slightly exposed, else Fine, in Near Fine mintuely chipped acetate wrapper, and Near Fine publisher's slipcase, which is sunned... More about Atlas Shrugged
Westport, CT. Lawrence Hill & Company, 1987. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slight rubbing at tips, toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, a small... More about Assata: An Autobiography
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. 356 pp. First edition, first printing with dated title page. Bound in publisher's buff buckram cloth, with titles stamped in brown. Very Good with cloth lightly spine toned and soiled, pages toned. In a Very Good first state dust jacket, with publisher's price intact, faded... More about The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
New York: Morrow Junior Books. 1975 [but later, ca. 1990s]. Book club edition. Signed by Beverly Cleary and inscribed to a former owner on the half title page. Bound in publisher's red paper covered boards stamped in black. Near Fine with light reading wear, softening to spine ends. In a.... More about Ramona the Brave
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition. [iv], 570 pp. Original tan cloth with blue lettering. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine cloth foxed, edges slightly foxed as well; corners lightly bumped. A very straight, study copy. The author's first book, of which only 3,000 were printed. More about We the Living
Indianapolis & New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition, first printing. Copyright page states "First Edition," with all other errors or issue points irrelevant. In second issue green cloth binding, lacking a dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth shows wear at extremities, light rubbing. Spine shows reading creases and lean to... More about The Fountainhead
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Spine cloth toned, lean to spine. Cloth and edge of page block a bit foxed. Pages toned. Several small rusted staple ghosts to rear end sheet. A rather presentable copy of the author's first... More about We the Living
Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. Two volumes. First edition, first printing; Hobart and Robbins listed on both copyright pages, title pages lack printing statement as called for. Finely bound in contemporary marbled paper covered boards over black leather spine with raised bands and gilt tooling. Very... More about Uncle Tom's Cabin
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First edition. [viii], 312 pp. Original purple cloth lettered in black. Former owner's name stamp on front free endpaper, else Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, light edge wear, spine a little sunned. An attractive copy of a mystery that's rare in... More about Shady Doings
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good. Heavy lean to binding. Spine ends lightly worn, light speckles to spine cloth. Dampstain to rear cover, textblock edge and lightly affecting the last half of the... More about Pride and Prejudice
London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First edition, first printing. Original crimson cloth lettered in gilt, black endpapers. A Good+ copy, lacking the dust jacket. Ex-Boots Library copy with small area of paper residue to front cover and label remnant at rear paste down, tipped-in slip at last page. Head cloth... More about Anthem
New York: Dial Books, 1992. Signed by Rosa Parks on the half title in black ink, inscribed to former owner and dated 8/5/93. 192 pp. Quarter purple cloth and maroon paper covered boards. First edition, fifth printing. Slightly tapped corners, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A signed autobiography... More about Rosa Parks: My Story
[Las Cruces, NM]: Puerto Del Sol, 1975. First edition. Inscribed to former owner by Joy Harjo on title page, dated April 1, 1976. Gift inscription beneath that in another hand. [166 pp.] Original sewn wrappers with french flaps. Puerto Del Sol Chapbook No. 1. Near Fine with small sticker shadow... More about The Last Song
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Signed by Margaret Mitchell on the front free endpaper. Very Good, with a short tear to the cloth at the top of the spine, light general rubbing and light wear, and toning... More about Gone with the Wind
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First edition. (Title page dated 1941, matching copyright page, which publisher used for identification of first printings.) [vi], 340 pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, well-rubbed and a little worn along edges, dampstain to verso of... More about Now, Voyager
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Iris Murdoch and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Review copy with publisher's black and white author photograph laid in, chipped at the bottom edge. Near Fine with light uneven sunning to rear cover... More about The Sea, The Sea