New York: Privately Printed, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of only 100 copies. The author's only novel. Published one year after his death. A love story set in the Phillipines. Deckled paper, gilt top-edge. A sharp clean near fine copy in decorated boards with leather spine. Quite scarce in..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First UK edition of this novel by the Booker McConnell Prize winner. 205 pp. Paper tanned with age, else a near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. More
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo. 313 pp. A collection of interviews with American authors including Lee Smith, Peter Beagle and Frank Stanford. A near fine clothbound copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Small octavo. 92 pp. A play for children. A fine copy in two-toned cloth binding. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the author to Winthrop Ames and his wife Lucy and dated in year of publication. Ames was..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 246 pp. Stated first edition. Genre writer Fredric Brown takes a turn at writing a non-genre book. A character study of the lives of seven people who once worked together in a small office. Condition is good with fairly heavy..... More
Silver Spring: Broken Watch Press, 2004. First edition. Loose Sheets. 8vo. A single sheet, folded to form a small booklet. Interior printed on raw silk. This is letter T of 26 special hand-labeled and SIGNED copies. Very good condition. Excerpts from the author's novel Booga... More
San Francisco: Coyote Books, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound 8vo. 219 pp. A volume of experimental prose. Paper a bit toned and spotted at edges. A very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated 11/12/72 in Bolinas, CA... More
Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 130 pp. The hardbound edition of this extensive collection of interviews with the late novelist Thornton Wilder. A beautiful fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. State first edition. An early novel by the author of Thank You For Smoking and other satirical pieces. 224 pp. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. The wrapper is a bit creased and torn at the lower right hand..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo. 413 pp. An early (1954) conservative take on Senator Joe McCarthy and his efforts to expose "security" issues in American government. A very good clothbound book in about very good dustwrapper. Wrapper has some noticable rubbing and wear, especially to..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Limited first edition of this early short story collection by the author of Post Office and Ham On Rye. This is number 142 of only 300 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies in special hardbound binding with multi-colored cloth spine. A sharp near..... More
Madrid: Espase-Calpe, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Classic history of bull fighting in Spain and in other parts of the world. Text in Espanol with numerous color and black and white illustrations. Published between 1951 and 1961. Matching one quarter leather bindings over blue cloth. Sound copies with general light wear..... More
Corte Madera: Illuminations Press, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. First edition of the author's first book, a play. 31 numbered pages plus additional info at rear of book. A sharp near fine example in photo-illustrated wrapperes. African American lit. More
New York: Viking, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's second book, a work of prison life by a man who knows of what he speaks. Highly recommended author. A fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper with a hint of toning to spine, much less than..... More
London: Sidgewick and Jackson, 1965. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of this novel first written in 1949, but not published until this 1965 edition. Slight lean else a tight bright copy in very good priceclipped dustwrapper with sticker shadow to inside front flap. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in fine price intact dustwrapper of this novel which precedes Burke's acclaimed detective fiction series. More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2012. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous stated first trade paperbound edition. 186 pp. Book contains a variety of interviews with Wallace with Helen Dudar, David Streitfeld, Mark Caro and others. A fine example. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this novel by the author of Little Caesar and Dark Hazard. A bright clean near fine copy in red cloth binding in very good price intact dustwrapper with some small chips and tears to edges. A solid collectible..... More
New York: Literary Guild, 1929. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Early reprint edition of Burnett's classic novel which was made into a memorable film starring Edgar G. Robinson. Toning to spine, else a clean very good copy in decorated green boards printed in black and yellow. Very small stamp to inside front..... More
New York: New Directions, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original. A good copy of this novel by the author of I Wanted A Year Without Fall. Dampstain to lower edge. This is a Review Copy with review slip and publisher letter laid in. This copy has also been INSCRIBED..... More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 181 pp. The author's third novel and first to be published first in the USA. A handsome fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Light vertical abrasion to inside front pastedown else a clean very good copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Original $12.95 price is present on the front flap. More
Huntington Beach: James Cahill, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in hard slipcase. Issued without dustwrapper. A 333 pp novel. This is one of 150 copies SIGNED by the author. A fine, as-new copy, still in publisher shrinkwrap. #38. More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 296 pp. Foreword by Camilla Bagg. Afterword by Barbara Wagstaff. First restored edition of this literary memoir. Board corners lightly bumped else a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Corner crease to rear flap. More
New York: Workman Publishing, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Metal ringbound 4to. A clean very good copy of Gorey's 1979 illustrated calendar. Includes the original printed envelope. More
