London: Michael Joseph, 1979. First British edition. Signed by James Baldwin on dedication page, inscribed to former owner. 597 pp. Black cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped jacket with foxing to back flap, spine a little sunned, front corner nicked. The author's sixth novel, about a.... More about Just Above My Head
Boston: Beacon Press, 1959. Signed by James Baldwin on title page in blue ink. 175 pp. Wraps. Second printing of the First Beacon Press paperback edition. Good+ with spine slightly cocked and creased with a faint dampstain, edges a little foxed and rubbed, endpapers lightly foxed as well. The African-American... More about Notes of a Native Son
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1973. Signed by both Baldwin and Giovanni on title page. First edition, wrappered issue. Review copy with b/w photo of authors laid in, review slip laid in as well. 112 pp. Near Fine with a little toning to wraps. A wide-ranging... More about A Dialogue
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1863. First American edition. 397, 2 [ads] pp. with fold-out map at front. Original brown ribbed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Good+ with head and tail cloth worn away, cloth stained and a little rubbed, spine dulled, hinges starting, gift inscriptions at front, a.... More about African Hunting: From Natal to the Zambesi, Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from...
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. Inscribed to former owner on title page, "From Virgil Tibbs and John Ball." 184 pp. Original half cloth and boards, lettered in silver. Near Fine with a few finger smudges, in price-clipped dust jacket, easily Very Good+ with a lot less wear... More about In the Heat of the Night
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. 184 pp. Original half cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in silver. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slightly sunned spine panel. An uncommonly neat, unrubbed example of the dust jacket. The author's first book. Winner of the Edgar... More about In the Heat of the Night
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1973. First American edition. 224 p. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Jacket has small stain on front panel, small tear near top corner, else fine. Price intact ($6.95). An attractive copy. More about Crash
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First British edition, first printing. Very Good in a Good dust jacket with price intact. Front board lightly bowed. A few small spots of bleeding to front end paper. Water warping to just jacket, with wrinkling to laminate; ding to front panel near spine. Served as... More about Crash
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First British edition, first printing. Very Good in a Good dust jacket with price intact. Light storage odor to pages. Foxing to edge of page block. Spine and top edge lightly faded; gilt stamping sharp and bright. Dust jacket shows heavy foxing, light soiling, light edge... More about The Drought
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1964. First edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp on paste down. Fore edge foxed, corners a bit bumped, small stain on bottom edge. Jacket price-clipped, small closed tear along spine edge, slight edge wear, spine panel a bit darkened. The English sci-fi... More about The Terminal Beach
Brighton: Unicorn Bookshop, 1968. First edition, first printing. Publisher's white stapled wraps silkscreened in red and blue. One of 250 copies in the first printing, this copy unnumbered. Very Good, with wear and toning to wraps. Splits started at spine fold, though binding is solid. A short work written in... More about Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition, first issue with seven titles listed on last page of ads, illustration 128 precedes 126 on list at front. viii, 204pp. with four pages of ads at rear. Original tan cloth lettered in gilt on spine, stamped in black, red, blue on... More about The Pursuit of the House Boat
Havana: Impreso en los talleres de Artes Graficas, 1939. [ca 1939]. 63 pp. Cocktail recipes printed in Spanish and English. Very Good. Rubbing to wraps at edges and rear cover. One inked bracket in margins. A promotional cocktail recipe guide from La Florida in Havana, Cuba. The renowned cafe and... More about Cuna Del Daiquiri Cocktail
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1927. First US edition. 235 pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with slightly toned spine panel, else Near Fine. A very nice copy. More about Jesus
London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1691. Second edition. [181]-236 pp. Complete text but does not include Appendix: "Robert Barclay, His Vindication[...]" other copies were apparently bound with. Disbound with paper tape on spine. Very Good with slightly worn corners, small stains on last page and a small marginal checkmark there... More about The Anarchy Of the Ranters and Other Libertines, the Hierarchy Of The Romanists, and Others...
Clarksburg, WV: Saucerian Books, 1970. First edition. 151 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Worn small bookplate on front flyleaf. Edges and flaps of jacket have been sampled by Mothman's little minions, as is common, but the main panels aren't much effected and there is less rubbing than... More about The Silver Bridge
Paris: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Edward W. Titus, 1928. First edition, copy number 83 of 1050 copies, privately printed for the author and with the information on Edward Titus blacked out. Near Fine with light soiling and light shelf wear to wraps, slight wear at spine ends... More about Ladies Almanack showing their Signs and their tides; their moons and their Changes; the Seasons,...
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Inscribed in black ink to former owner who correspondended with the author about The Antiphon in the early sixties: "With regards to / Nancy Mazzocco, / and the author's thanks, / [signed] Djuna Barnes / May 1961." Second edition, early printing. 239pp. Original purple cloth... More about Nightwood
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Near Fine. A beautiful copy with elaborate gilt stamping still rather sharp and bright, spine cloth toned. Previous owner notation in pencil to front free endpaper, small stain to top edge of page block. A lovely copy of this... More about Peter and Wendy
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Limited deluxe edition, bound in white vellum, hand numbered and signed by the illustrator, Hugh Thomson. #403 of 1000 copies. In Very Good condition. Rubbing and light soiling to boards, bumped corners. Silk tie is detached but present. Binding lightly pulled at the top of... More about Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Limited deluxe edition, bound in white vellum, numbered and signed by the illustrator, Hugh Thomson. #16 of 1,000 copies. In Very Good condition. Rubbing to boards, bumped corners. Silk tie missing. A nice copy, beautifully and richly illustrated. Signed by Hugh Thomson. More about Quality Street: A Comedy in Four Acts
New York: Doubleday, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition. Small spot to side edge of page block. Light shelf lean, light rubbing and edge wear. The jacket shows edge wear and wear along the folds, sunning, and a few small spots to the rear panel. More about The End of The Road
New York: Appleton Century Crofts, 1956. First Edition, First Printing, in a price-clipped dust jacket. Very Good. Previous owner name to front free end paper, and inkless emboss to the half-title and title page. Cloth shows light wear. The dust jacket shows sunning, edge wear, light staining, light creasing, rubbing... More about The Floating Opera
London: Secker and Warburg, 1968. Signed first British edition. (Follows two American editions.) 247 p. Crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Inscribe dby author on title page to former owners. Light bumping to corners. Chip at foot of jacket, laminate bubble at edge of... More about The Floating Opera
London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1966. First British edition. Signed by Donald Barthleme on bookplate mounted on front free endpaper. [viii], 183 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The author's first collection of stories. More about Come Back, Dr. Caligari