New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Signed. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Yellow printed wraps with publisher's letter laid in. Signed by Patricia Cornewell in black marker on the title page. Very Good. Light wear to wraps, light reading crease to front joint, horizontal crease at bottom of..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Signed advance uncorrected reader's proof. [x], 249 pp. Yellow wraps with publisher's sticker. A Fine copy. Signed by Crews on title page. An uncommon advance issue. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. Uncorrected galley proofs of the first edition. 136 unbound sheets printed on rectos only plus one final blank sheet; without illustrations. Textual pages dated 23.11.87 at tops; question marks in the heading of the Contents page indicate no printer had been appointed yet; chapter pages on..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Publisher's special presentation proof edition; copy #65 of a limited 500 copies. Bound in publisher's pictorial glazed boards. Near Fine, with some crackling to the glaze finish. The last children's book Dahl wrote, which was published several months after his death. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. 249pp. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's salmon colored wraps printed in black. Good. Lean to spine. Wraps toned, worn and soiled, with faint cup ring to front cover. Corners bumped. A collections of short stories, scarce in this format. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Special Advance Copy of the first edition. Unsophisticated sewn binding with uncovered spine, as issued; with thicker stock cream colored front and rear cover, title label printed in red affixed to front cover, and same patterned endpapers as in the first edition. Very Good..... More
New York: The Viking Press. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Publisher's white printed string-bound wraps, less common in this format than in the advance reading copy. Very Good or better, with light edge wear and light soiling to wraps. A nice copy of this uncommon format. More
San Francisco & Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller Inc., 1981. A one-of-a-kind archive of pre-publication materials for Daniel J. H. Levack's bibliography of the works of science fiction visionary Philip K. Dick. Near Fine overall with little wear beyond typical aging, offsetting, and fading to some of the contents, which were not..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Advance reading copy of the first American edition. (Hole-punched stamp "Advance Copy for Review / Not for Sale" on title page. First state titles opposite title page without this title mentioned, "A" on first page of text. Follows the British edition, using British sheets.)..... More
Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1986. Advance reading copy. 80 pp. Side-stapled yellow sheets with publisher's prospectus stapled to front cover. Blue text on yellow sheets has faded significantly; it's still legible but just barely. Apparently created on a ditto machine. Rear wrap (last page of text), creased. Front staple a...... More
New York: Random House, 1986. 297 pp. Originally published in 1936, this is an advance proof copy for a 1986 Random House reissue. In yellow printed wraps with publisher's review slip taped to the cover. A few blue spots to text. Wraps show light soiling and light wear. Review slip..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Advance review copy. [viii], 408 pp. Plain brown wrappers with title, author, and publication date written in pen on front wrap. Very Good, faint dampstain affecting the lower quarter of the title on the wrapper and free endpaper, the text block with a minute..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Bound in publisher's original green wraps printed in black with publisher's monogram in white. Very Good, with light creasing to the spine, and staining to bottom of front and rear cover lightly affecting first and last several pages. Housed..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. Advance uncorrected proof of the first British edition in beige printed wraps. Good with lean to spine, half-inch tear-aways at the spine ends, wraps lightly soiled, and a bit of separation to binding at the title page. The author's third novel, involving a horse breeder-turned-investigator. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition. In Good condition. Wear to wraps, with marking on front, chip from bottom corner and front cover partially detatched with splits at both ends of the fold. Pages show signs of reading. Fragile, though rare in this format..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1981. Uncorrected Proof, issued before the first edition to book reviewers and those in the publishing industry. Signed by Jim Harrison on the first page. [x], 276 pp. Publisher's yellow wraps with label on front wrap. Fine, housed in a tan custom slipcase..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Advance uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Bound in publisher's grey printed wraps. 187 pp. Near Fine with faint toning to wraps and several small, light creases to the front panel at the spine joint. Very scarce in this pre-publication format, this classic of..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. Advance uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Bound in publisher's blue wraps printed in black with review slip laid in. From the library of Irish writer Francis Stuart, with presentation inscription on the half-title from Ted Hickey reading, "For Francis Stuart from Ted Hickey..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Advance reading copy, preceding the first edition. 443 pp. Wraps. Very Good+ with toning to wraps, concavity to spine, light edge wear, rear endpaper has initials in light crayon. The rare advance issue for book reviewers and publishing industry figures of Heller's first novel..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. 127 pp. Advance uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Bound in publisher's brown wraps printed in black. Two-inch corner lacking from the front cover, not affecting text. Light lean to spine. Light foxing, toning to pages. A rare format of one of Hemingway's most beloved..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Very Good. Light soiling, edge wear, toning and faint staining to wraps. Rare. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Uncorrected proof of the first edition, in grey printed wraps. Light toning to wraps, light creasing throughout, and a half-inch split at the top of the spine crease. A rare format of Hughes' first poetry book intended for children. More
New York: Random House, 1972. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. In Very Good condition, in blue printed wraps. Creasing, light sunning and soiling to wraps. Half-title page shows spotting and a black mark. Rare. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1965]. Signed by Kael on verso of front cover. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. 239 pp. Comb-bound wraps. Very Good, wraps worn and creased towards bottom edge, comb foot chipped, covers and contents toned. A rare advance format of the film reviewer's first book..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. Advance review copy. 499pp. Publisher's salmon wraps. Very Good+ with slight finger-soiling, rubbing to spine, slight wear at head, corners slightly bumped. An uncommon prepublication copy of Kerouac's first published novel. More