Ipswich: Limited Editions Club, 1954. First edition thus. Cloth. Four clothbound quartos contained in two hard slipcases. These volumes contain the sixty-five stories told by Shahrazade the Sultaness to divert Shahryar the Sultan from the execution of a vow he had made to avenge the disloyalty of his first Sultness... More
Normal, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 246 pp collection of the author's stories, essays and reviews. By the author of Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. A near fine copy in photo-illustrated dustwrapper. More
Providence: Lost Roads, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A trade paperback original book. Published as Lost Roads Number 37. Tales by the talented Arkansas poet. 151 pp. A near fine copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
New York: Viking Press, 1962. Third printing. Cloth. 8vo. Stated third printing of this Kesey iconic sixties-era novel. 311 pp. Source for the Milos Forman film of the same name starring a young Jack Nicholson. An extremely handsome copy in rich green cloth binding printed in yellow at spine. Easily... More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition thus. Full Leather. Full decorated leatherbound edition of one of the author's great literary achievements. Illustrated by Chet Jezierski. SIGNED by Cheever on a tipped in page with protective tissue guard. Publisher's Notes From The Editors booklet laid in. Other than some... More
New York: Viking Press, 1998. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. 565 pp. Translations by Andrew Hurley. One page dog-eared else a fine copy in dustwrapper. Later printing of this indispensable collection. More
New York: Random House, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition of the celebrated author's first novel. 341 numbered pages. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. Winner of the 2017 Man Booker Prize. More
New York: National Travel Club, 1929. First edition thus. Cloth. Clothbound octavo. 355 pp. With 67 illustrations. First edition thus following a special limited edition. A volume on whaling. Very good condition. Spine lettering a bit toned. Lacking any dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 157 pp. A short story collection by the author of Solo Faces. A very good clothbound copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Light stain to a small area of the topstain. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
Oxford: The Inky Parrot Press, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. Text and drawings by Searle with a foreword by Ippei Ito and an afterword by Ben Shahn and Groucho Marx. Unpaginated. A fine copy in thick bound illustrated wrappers. Copy 84 od 246 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 215 pp. Stated first printing of this memoir. A very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Some bits of stain to lower edge of textblock. Light spine roll. A serviceable copy of the African American author's third book. Jacket design... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first printing. A novel by the author of Mother Night and Player Piano. 295 pp. With illustrations by the author. A handsome near fine copy in orange cloth binding in lightly used price-clipped dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing stated of the gonzo journalist's most fully realized and respected book. 506 pp. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Very good indeed in black boards with minor scuffs and rubbing. First state dustwrapper is notably NOT price-clipped. A sharp copy with... More
