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
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 231 pp. Clean very good first edition of the author's first book, a collection of short stories. Bright very good price intact dustwrapper with a hint of wear to spine ends. Very nice copy. This copy with a...... More
New York: Random House, 1967. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarter red cloth spine over tan boards. A 63 pp extended story by the author of Breakfast At Tiffanys and In Cold Blood. Later printing. Comes in a hard slipcase with a tipped on sepia photo of a young boy with his..... More
Baltimore: LaughingManPress, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Stapled photo-illustrated wrappers. A slender 20 pp chapbook of experimental writing by Cardarelli. One of 300 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Offsetting to both the top and bottom of the front cover, else a very good example of this uncommon volume... More
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1991. First Australian Edition. Hardcover. First Austalian and true first edition of this novel by the author of Oscar and Lucinda. A fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper with typical light fading to spine. This copy is signed. Signed by Author. More
Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. Small, wide trade paperbound book. A re-issue of this early Carey classic, one of his first novels. Originally published in 1991. A handsome very good plus copy in bound wrappers with French flaps. INSCRIBED by Carey on the title page. An uncommon..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book. Near fine with light shelfwear and one light stain to small area of text block in a near fine slightly creased at flaps unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1858. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. Dark brown pebbled cloth covers with raised floral decorations gilt lettering and design element with man hoisting up a harp on his back. [viii] 9-368 numbered pages followed by 16 pp of advertisements. Engraved frontis with most of tissue..... More
New York: Angel Hair, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Thick side-stapled wrappers. 63 pp printed on rectos only. A volume of stories. One of 350 trade copies. A very good copy with staples holding nicely. Light stain to the penultimate page of text. Cover art by Rafael Soyer... More
Richmond: Westover Publishing, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Square quarto in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. An unpaginated monograph on the talented cartoonist Jeff MacNelly. Foreword by Ross Mackenzie. Bump to lower front corner of front panel. A solid and handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. This copy comes INSCRIBED by..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. First printing stated. 255 pp. Filled with text and cartoons by Herbert Block (Herblock). Small hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Boards are somewhat soiled, but interior pages are very clean. The price-intact dustwrapper has a few small chips and wear to edges..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 189 pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed acetate. Includes essays, poems and stories by the author of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Special limited edition. A short story by Carver. Illustrator unstated. This book was published in an edition of 200 numbered copies plus 26 letered copies in special quarter leather binding over patterned boards. This copy however, is labeled "Publisher's Copy" (not..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Trade. Hardcover. Fine first trade edition of this collection of stories by the late master of the genre. Follows a limited leatherbound edition. More
Vineburg: Engdahl Typography, 1992. First edition. Cloth. First and only edition of this play written by Carver when he was at Humboldt State University. Tall clothbound octavo with printed paper label on the front panel and spine. Frontis and three illustrations by Mayona Engdahl. Introduction by Richard Cortez Day and..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Stated first edition. A novel which won the National Book Award. 375 pp. A fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter navy cloth spine over illustrated boards. A 45 pp short story by the author of Spartina. This is one of 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Fine condition in a fine example of the unprinted navy dustwrapper. The first copy we have..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1932. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 230 pp. First edition stated. Green cloth binding is toned at spine at along the edges of the binding. With the ownership bookplate of James B. Vickery afixed to the inside front pastedown. The original dustwrapper is in solid very good..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Green cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 280 pp novel by the author of Death Comes for the Archbishop. Stated first edition. Some discoloration to spine color, but less than typically seen. Otherwise a handsome very good or better copy. The dustwrapper is just..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Second printing. Hardcover. Small hardbound octavo. Navy covers ruled and stamped in gilt. Slight corner wear else a clean copy marred only by a small inked name/date (from 1912) on the front endpaper and a small bookseller stamp afixed to the inside..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. Reprint. Cloth. Early reprint edition of this 373 pp memoir by the late night television host and commentator. Cloth covers are somewhat soiled. Age-spotting to page edges. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with some dampstaining to the rear panel. This copy..... More
New York: Creative Times, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 338 pp. An exploration of the ideas of Samuel Beckett's play set in the streets of a post Katrina New Orleans. Texts by Susan Sontag, Anne Pasternak, Kalamu Ya Salaan, Chan and others. With dozens of color and black and white..... More
Flint: The Shaw Society of America, 1953 - 1957. First edition. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Five random issues from the 1950's of the Shaw Bulletin, a publication devoted to the writings and life of playright George Bernard Shaw. Includes Number Four Summer, 1953, Number Five May 1954, Number Six September..... More
Norwalk: The Eason Press, 1992. Reprint. Leather Bound. Special leatherbound reprint edition of the author's first book. 205 pp. Illustrated frontis. A very handsome near fine copy in dark green full-leather binding with gilt decorations, all gilt edges and integral silk bookmark. More
