New York: Alfred Knopf, 1993. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of this collection of stories translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum and Jay Rubin. Stated first edition. Some spotting to page edges, else a solid very good copy in dustwrapper. Price intact. More
Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1979. Reprint. Leather Bound. Full leatherbound reprint edition of this classic London tale. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. A fine copy. Part of this publisher's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition thus. Leather Bound. Thick 8vo. Full leatherbound edition of this novel first printed in 1944. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in sheet. A lovely fine example. More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. First edition thus. Leather Bound. Thick 8vo. Full leatherbound edition of this novel first printed in 1946. Publisher's booklet laid in. SIGNED by the author on a special tipped in sheet. A lovely near fine example. More
London: Heinemann, 1960. First UK edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's only novel. A classic of American literature. Small unobstrusive bookseller sticker to inside front board else an especially sharp copy. Bright, clean and tightly bound. Price intact dustwrapper is one of the nicest this bookseller has seen..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Slender hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 115 pp fantasy novel. Illustrations by Thurber and Don Freeman. Gorgeous near fine hardbound volume in clipped, but otherwise very good or better dustwrapper. Nice copy. More
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 309 pp. First edition of this already classic novel about cooking and life lived well. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: MacMillan Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 64 pp. Early poetry book by Shange. A near fine copy in dustwrapper.. Light fade near spine. Review Copy with publisher's review sheet and author photo. More
London: Peter Owen, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in near fine dustwrapper of this novel by the author of Malcolm. This, a fine association copy. INSCRIBED by Purdy to Sam Steward (aka Phil Andros), a friend and noted gay artist. Several other Purdy titles inscribed to Steward also available..... More
