Tortuga
Berkeley: Editorial Justa Publications, Inc., 1979. First Edition. Paperback. Fine copy in decorated bound wrappers of the author's third novel. More about Tortuga
Modern Literature / First Editions
Under Western Eyes
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. A short novel printed on rectos only. No limitation provided. A good to very good copy in illustrated side-stapled wrappers. Reproduces the author's holograph printing. More about Under Western Eyes
Night Dogs
Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's second book, a dark crime novel set in Seattle. A fine clothbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Unread. This copy SIGNED by Anderson on title page. Highly recommended. Signed by Author. More about Night Dogs
The Poet Assassinated
New York: The Broom Publishing Company, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated from the French with a Biographical Notice and Notes by Matthew Josephson. One of 1,250 hand numbered copies. A very good plus copy in pale blue boards with vellum spine. Unclipped dustwrapper shows wear and... More about The Poet Assassinated
Color Of Time
New York: Zone, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 52 pp. Translation and introduction by Barbara Gerber. A play. This is a clean very good or better copy in printed and bound blue wrappers. Uncommon title. More about Color Of Time
The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Four Books in Two Volumes)
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 about The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Four Books in Two Volumes
Vada Nothing Personal Just Politics (Inscribed by Vada's Son); My Life in the Arkansas House and Senate
Mountain Home, AR: Sheids Corporation, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 250 pp. A memoir of Vada Sheid and her life in the Arkansas statehouse. A fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Vada Sheid's son, Richard. More about Vada Nothing Personal Just Politics (Inscribed by Vada's Son); My Life in the Arkansas House and...
Blood Brother (Movie Source Book)
New York: Duell Sloane & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this novel of the American West. Made into the film Broken Arrow starring Jimmie Stewart. A very good copy in cloth binding in a good price clipped dustwrapper. Some chipping to spine ends and a tape repair... More about Blood Brother (Movie Source Book
Waterscapes, Landscapes
New York: Glenn Horowitz, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this book of paintings by Gornik with introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. One of 100 SIGNED copies by Gornik and Vonnegut. A fine copy in blue cloth in fine slipcase. No dustwrapper, as issued. Signed by Author. More about Waterscapes, Landscapes
Alice (with several related promotional inserts and an Original Drawing)
Germany: Thalia Theatre, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound quarto. 63 pp. With illustrations by Robert Wilson. A new "take" on the Alice In Wonderland story by Wilson, Waits and Schmidt. Clear tape reinforcement to spine else a very good copy in bound wrappers. Laid into this copy are several... More about Alice (with several related promotional inserts and an Original Drawing
Where Flies The Flag
London: Collin's Clear-Type Press, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this title, an adventure story illustrated by Arthur Rackham with all six colour plates present. Very good indeed in variant red decorated boards. No date specified but 1904. One of the earlier books to feature Arthur Rackham's work and... More about Where Flies The Flag
City of Glass
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected page proof of Auster's breakout novel, the first in the New York Trilogy. Near fine in gray wrappers. One of the scarcest uncorrected proofs of the last 30 years. More about City of Glass
Facing the Music
New York: Station Hill Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Fine copy in decorated wrappers, one of 1,000 unnumbered copies. There was no hardcover edition. More about Facing the Music
Ghosts
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing with complete number row of the second book in the New York Trilogy. Near fine with light age spotting to bottom edge in lightly used unclipped jacket. More about Ghosts
The Invention Of Solitude
New York: Sun, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original. Early volume of prose by the author of Unearth. A sharp, well-bound copy in photo-illustrated bound wrappers. 173 pp. Stated first edition. More about The Invention Of Solitude
The Locked Room (Uncorrected Proof)
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected page PROOF of the third book in Auster's New York Trilogy. A near fine copy in beige wrappers. A scarce proof. More about The Locked Room (Uncorrected Proof
Man In The Dark (Signed)
New York: Henry Holt, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. A 180 pp novel by the author of The Music of Chance and Oracle Night. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Front panel of wrapper has faint evidence of a sticker removal. SIGNED by Auster on the title page. More about Man In The Dark (Signed
Unfinished Journey
New York: Oxford University Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 303 pp. An autobiography of life in Rhondda Valley, the worst of England's derelict mining areas, and beyond to the author's participation in the Boer War. Preface by the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George. A handsome very... More about Unfinished Journey
A Writer's Life (Inscribed)
New York: Alfred Knopf, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. 430 pp autobiography by the author of Honor Thy Father and Thy Neighbor's Wife among other bestsellers. A fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 2006 on the title page. More about A Writer's Life (Inscribed
The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman (Inscribed)
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1955. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 304 pp. Autobiography of a self-described fair-skinned woman who voluntarily called herself and identified as a negro growing up in the American South. Founder of the Chicago branch of the International Friendship House and staff member of the National... More about The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman (Inscribed
Sky High; The Story of Aviation
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1929. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 337 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Red cloth covers printed in black. Minor soiling. With the scarce illustrated dustwrapper. Wrapper is clipped at front flap and has some small chips and tears at edges, but a handsome example. More about Sky High; The Story of Aviation
The Black Flower
Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a moving story set during the American Civil War. A fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. This copy signed by the author. Collector's copy. Highly recommended. Signed by Author. More about The Black Flower
Southern Girls (Inscribed by Dura Temple)
Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing, 1996. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound volume. A 64 pp memory play by Bailey and Temple. Fine condition in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Dura Temple on the title page. More about Southern Girls (Inscribed by Dura Temple
The Convert (Inscribed); A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing. A book about Islam and the West. Near fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. More about The Convert (Inscribed); A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Rabelais and His World
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 484 pp study of the writings and life of Rabelais. Translated from the Russian by Helene Iswolsky and with a foreword by Krystyna Pomorska. A very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vertical crease to front flap. More about Rabelais and His World