New York: W.W. Norton, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, a terrific crime novel that many have hailed as the finest of it's kind. Made into a memorable film with Dustin Hoffman called Straight Time. A very good plus copy in cloth covered boards with... More about No Beast So Fierce
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 about A Vision of Battlements
London: Sidgewick and Jackson, 1962. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of this novel by Pelegri translated into English by Anthony Burgess. A bright near fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper with mild rubbing to rear panel. This copy INSCRIBED by Burgess in year of publication. Signed... More about The Olive Trees Of Justice
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 about The Lost Get-Back Boogie
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 copy. More about Goodbye To The Past
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 about Little Caesar
London: John Calder, 1963. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. Very good or better with light soiling to edges in very good price intact dustwrapper. More about Dead Fingers Talk
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 about Domestic Particulars (Inscribed, Review Copy
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of this novel by the author of Duel In The Sun. 307 pp. Source for the film Till The End of Time starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Hollywood Ten member Edward Drmtryk who has SIGNED this... More about They Dream Of Home (Signed by Edward Dmytryk, Film Director
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 about The Alleys of Eden
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 about The Crystal Cabinet; My Childhood At Salterns
New York: John Day Company, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. No additional printings noted. Illustrated with photographs. 361 pp. More about Journey With Genius Recollections and Reflections Concerning the D. H. Lawrences
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. A very good copy in oatmeal cloth covers. Issued without dustwrapper. 63 pp. One of 500 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by both Byrne and Penzler. Prior owner bookplate. Book contains brief quotes from famous writers about what book and authors... More about Attacks Of Taste (Signed
Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of his first book. Near fine copy with light wear to lower spine end, otherwise quite nice in about near fine unclipped jacket with some light chipping to upper spine. Overall, one of the nicer copies I have seen... More about The Path to The Nest Of Spiders
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, published in the US as T Zero. A very good clothbound book with sticker shadow to front endpaper and small bump to top front corner else a clean tight copy in very good price clipped dustwrapper with a short... More about Time and the Hunter
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 226 pp. A fine copy in black cloth binding stamped in silver at spine. issued without dustwrapper. Essays on Updike, Franzan, Art Spiegelman and more. More about Syncopations; Beats, New Yorkers, and Writers In The Dark
Verona: Stamperia Valdonega Editions, 1989. First edition thus. Paperback. Paperbound 8vo in slipcase. #89 of only 250 copies printed thus with new introduction by Donald Windham and with several black and white photographs. A fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. Book comes in the original green paper slipcase. A handsome edition. More about Mrs. Joyce of Zurich and Mr. Forster of King's
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1961. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first American edition. 272 pp. A volume of essays by the author of The Plague and The Fall. Translated into English by Justin O'Brien. A handsome very good or better copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Nice copy. More about Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
San Francisco: San Francisco Stories, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Literary magazine featuring the first published story of Ethan Canin "Lies". Also includes stories by Molly Giles, Barry Gifford and many more. About near fine in white wrappers lightly tanned along edges. More about San Francisco Stories Vol I, No. II
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original book. A collection of stories. 214 pp. A handsome near fine example. Perhaps read once carefully. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author to a fellow writer. More about All Fall Down (Inscribed
No Place: The Southern Classics Library, 1983. Reprint. Leather Bound. Marvelous leatherbound copy which reprints two of Capote's classic short works of fiction. Red leather binding with gilt edges and four raised bands at spine. Lined and lettered in gilt. With integral silk bookmark. A special reprint edition published by... More about A Christmas Memory / The Thansgiving Visitor (Leatherbound Edition
New York: Modern Library (Random House), 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proof of the collected stories. A near fine copy in thick bound glossy wrappers. Introduction by Reynolds Price. More about The Collected Stories of Truman Capote
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first state of this early novel by Capote. A lovely near fine clothbound copy in near fine priceclipped dustwrapper. More about The Grass Harp
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Gorgeous fine first edition of this musical by Capote and Harold Arlen in bright near fine clipped dustwrapper. No fading to spine. Beautiful copy. More about House of Flowers
New York: Random House, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. This is the Uncorrected First Proof copy of this 240 pp collection of writings by Capote. A very good example in bound red wrappers printed in black. More about Music For Chameleons (Uncorrected First Proof
