"New York" [actually Shelton, Connecticut]: The First Edition Library: reproduction of Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952 edition, 1952. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth. 8vo (8 1/4" x 5 5/8"), gray-blue cloth with silver lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by "A," B&W photograph of EH [without pipe] on rear... More about THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
"New York" [actually Shelton, Connecticut]: The First Edition Library: reproduction of D. Appleton and Company, 1895 edition, 1895. Facsimile of First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"), yellow cloth with red & black lettering on spine & front cover (adding an Illuminated "The"), decorative slipcase reproducing the... More about THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE; An Episode of the American Civil War / By Stephen Crane
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers: Illustrated Junior Library, 1947. Norman Price. G&D Reprint. Cloth and boards. Small 8vo, green quarter cloth with label & gold lettering on spine over beige pictorial boards decorated with light green ship's lockers, blocks & tackle, illustrated by Norman Price with several full-page full-color..... More about TREASURE ISLAND; Illustrated by Norman Price
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First American Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 8vo, tourquoise cloth with gold lettering on spine and embossed "obscene bird" delineated in gold on front cover, flamboyantly pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a yellow-orange bird above a somewhat grotesque colorful family painted by Robert Logrippo... More about THE OBSCENE BIRD OF NIGHT; by José Donoso / Translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin and...
New York: Viking, 1992. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with copper-gilt lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) from painting by Synthia Saint James, black endpapers, xiv + 409 pages. Terry McMillan (born... More about WAITING TO EXHALE
New York: Pantheon Books, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small 8vo (7 7/8" x 5 1/2"), yellow quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over black boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of stary night sky has been protected with archival quality clear plastic film, 226 pages +... More about SEARCHING FOR STARS ON AN ISLAND IN MAINE
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. First Edition. Boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, green pebble-grain boards with gold lettering and wave motif on spine, Mylar-protected cartoon decorated dust jacket (price-clipped) drawn by Nicole Hollander, [xiv] + 241, [242] pages. Larry Heinemann (born 1944) is... More about COOLER BY THE LAKE; A Novel
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Early Low Cost Reprint. Cloth. 8vo, beige pebble-grain cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by AKA, 861 pages. SCARCE edition--especially in this SUPERIOR overall condition. Originally published in 1951 at $4.50. The dust jacket of this edition touts... More about FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; By James Jones
New York: Random House, 2017. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED with a large flourish & dated "3-[2]-17" by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth over blue-gray boards, illustrated with a B&W half-tone of tombstones [of Lincoln's sons], pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting..... More about LINCOLN IN THE BARDO; A Novel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Fred Marcellino. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, quarter cream cloth with gold lettering on spine over green paper boards with author's initials in gold on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Fred Marcellino depicting a sophisticated couple in fine attire... More about MY UNCLE OSWALD
New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED and dated by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Darryl Joe, protected by an archival clear plastic... More about BRICK LANE
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1968. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards with title blindstamped, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a hippie girl beside a rattlesnake by Stephen Gosnell, protected by a quality archival clear plastic cover, 172 pages... More about THE JACKLOVE AFFAIR; A Novel by Peter Menegas
New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on half title, 8vo, red quarter cloth with silver lettering over black boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped), 246 + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About the Author pages. Eric Bogosian... More about MALL; a novel
Scranton, Pennsylvania: William Morrow & Co., 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards with a small six-pointed star on cover, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Charles Klein protected by... More about FOUR SPIRITS; a novel
New York: SOHO Press, Inc., 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, gray quarter cloth over beige boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with paintin of waterfall by Gérard Valcin, endpapers reproduce letters, 312 pages. Second novel by this Haitian-American author... More about the farming of bones; a novel
New York: Viking Press, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page, thick 8vo, charcoal quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over charcoal boards, lettered dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Lynn Buckley, protected by a quality archival clear plastic sleeve, [xii}... More about THOMAS JEFFERSON DREAMS OF SALLY HEMINGS; A Novel
Boston New York London: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black boards with gold lettering, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) protected by quality archival clear plastic cover, 425 pages + [2] Acknowledgements. Peter Blauner (born 1959)... More about MAN OF THE HOUR; A Novel by Peter Blauner
New York: ECCO Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a special publisher's preliminary sheet, 8vo, white textured quarter cloth with black lettering over gray-blue boards, an archival quality clear plastic cover protects the pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped) depicting the gaunt steel... More about LET ME BE FRANK WITH YOU
New York: ECCO Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a special publisher's preliminary sheet, 8vo, orange quarter cloth with gold lettering over light red boards, an archival quality clear plastic cover protects the lettered dust jacket (not price-clipped), 420 pages. Richard Ford... More about CANADA
New York: Scribner, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, butterscotch quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white speckled boards, archival plastic film protects the pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with detail of an angel from Pietro Della... More about THE FALL OF A SPARROW; A Novel
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall & thick 8vo, gray quarter cloth with title in black & author's name in silver gilt over maroon boards with author's name in black script on front cover, protective clear archival film sleeve over pictorial... More about THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Bound galley. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, wrappers with depiction of an open egg carton (one egg cracked) designed by Caroline Cunningham, pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped) has an archival protective clear plastic... More about family and other accidents
Orlando Austin New York San Diego Toronto London: Harcourt, Inc., 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Uncorrected Proof. SIGNED & dated by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, pale blue lettered wrappers, an archival quality clear plastic cover protects the pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), [x] + 482 pages. Jenna... More about THOSE WHO SAVE US; a novel