New York: Whittlesey House, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. 359 pp novel with illustrations by Stephen J. Voorhies. Offsetting to endpapers. General light wear. A very good copy in lightly used and price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. More about Excuse My Dust (Signed
London: Cassell, 1940. First UK edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. 252 pp. Includes 25 half-tone illustrations. Offset to ebdpapers. This copy is marred by some fairly heavy age spotting, mostly to the page edges, but also affecting some interior pages, particularly the first few pages. Forward by Mrs. S. Lawernce. The... More about The Golden Reign; The Story Of My Friendship With Lawrence Of Arabia
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. First edition of the author's first novel. 156 pp followed by two pp of ads for an earlier work by Wharton. Olive green cloth covers stamped and printed in gilt. Small former owner bookplate to the inside front pastedown... More about The Touchstone
Norfolk: New Directions, 1963 - 64. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth spine over yellow cloth-covered boards. Number 32 of only 100 special copies SIGNED by Hawkes and contained in a hard slipcase. Printed on Flemish laid paper. A fine copy in near fine hard slipcase with printed paper label. A novel. More about Second Skin (Signed Limited Edition
Miami Beach and Brooklyn: Dennis McMillan Publications and C. J. Scheiner, 1987. First edition thus. Cloth. Small clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 128 pp. An erotic autobiography originally printed in 1867. With new introduction by C. J. Scheiner. One of 374 numbered copies bound in cloth. A fine example in illustrated dustwrapper. With illustrations. More about The Ups And Downs Of Life
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 221 pp. A humorous novel by the author of Madder Music. Light spotting to page edges else a sound very good plus copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author to fellow novelist Mary Dunn. More about Consenting Adults OR The Duchess Will Be Furious (Inscribed
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1939. First American edition. Cloth. 8vo. 340 pp. First U.S. edition of the author's first book. Just a hint of light spotting to page edges, else a near fine copy in dark green cloth binding. The price-intact dustwrapper is also in exceptional condition with just... More about Enemies of Promise
New York: Something Else Press, Inc., 1968. Facsimile. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. Facsimile or re-issued edition of the 1922 classic by Stein with a foreword by Sherwood Anderson. 419 pp. A near fine copy in deep aqua cloth covers in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. Only blemish seems to be a small... More about Geography and Plays
New York: Alfred Knopf, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. 188 pp. A memoir by the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Fine copy in dustwrapper. Briefly INSCRIBED by Didion on the title page. More about Blue Nights (Inscribed
New York: Hill & Wang, 1978. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 234 pp. Translated by Richard Howard. Stated First American edition. Some light spotting to edges. A very good hardbound copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Thoughts on the language and syntax of love. More about A Lover's Discourse
Flint: The Shaw Society of America, 1953 - 1957. First edition. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Five random issues from the 1950's of the Shaw Bulletin, a publication devoted to the writings and life of playright George Bernard Shaw. Includes Number Four Summer, 1953, Number Five May 1954, Number Six September... More about The Shaw Bulletin (Five Issues
Los Angeles: semiotext(e), 2014. First edition. Paperback. Stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. 23 pp. A conversation between these two writers. Fine copy. Published as Number 17 in a series of 22 publications produced on the occasion of the 2014 Whitney Biennial. More about Week One
London: Sherwood Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Trade paper book. 13 unnumbered pages. A single short work of fiction by the poet and publisher. Fine condition in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. An early book by the author of Tiger Beat. SIGNED by Cooper on the third front endpaper. More about My Mark (Signed
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. First edition of the author's first novel, a story of a man fighting his personal demons with alcohol. Source for the Billy Wilder film of the same name starring Ray Milland. 244 pp. Red cloth binding stamped in black... More about The Lost Weekend
New York: George Wittenborn, Inc., 1962. Revised. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Special revised edition collectors copy (one of 500 printed) and SIGNED by Hilaire Hiler on the front cover. Originally published in 1946. This book contains three essays: Why Abstract? by Hiler, A Note on Hilaire Hiler by William Saroyan... More about Why Abstract? (Signed by Hilaire Hiler
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Large, thick 8vo. States first edition. 659 pp including appendix. A gorgeous fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Sixty-five short stories taken from the author's four earlier collections. With preface by Dmitri Nabokov. More about The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. A 304 pp novel by the author of Black Narcissus and An Episode of Sparrows among others. A handsome fine copy in rose cloth covers in a near fine price-intact dustwrapper. A lovely copy. More about China Court
New York: No Place, 1949. First edition thus. Paperback. 4to. 20 pp including covers. An early program guide / promotional booklet for the Irene M. Selznick presentation of Elia Kazan's production of William's most famous play starring Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Kim Hunter and Karl Malden. A very good copy... More about A Streetcar Named Desire (Program Guide / Promotional Booklet
