New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over gold boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the colorful Tarot card Fool, [viii] + 485 pages. Edward Paul Abbey (1927 – 1989) was an American author and... More about The FOOL'S PROGRESS; An Honest Novel
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 1997. First New York Public Library Collector's Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 12mo, frontispiece of LMA after a photograph ca.1850s, illustrated with pictures of Louisa, family, friends, & manuscripts, striped blue and gray-blue endpapers, 369 pages. EXCEPTION ANTHOLOGY in TOP CONDITION internally... More about LOUISA MAY ALCOTT:; An Intimate Anthology
New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, light blue boards with gilt spine lettering, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with orange & blue backgrounds with a four-panel depiction of an Indian & The New Yorker circular seal stating that the Author... More about THE TOUGHEST INDIAN IN THE WORLD
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahay, 1956. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED PRESENTATION by the AUTHOR, 8vo, yellow quarter cloth with green lettering over blue-gray lettered boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the author in a shadowy alley, [vi] + [1] 3-346 pages. Nelson Algren (1909 – 1981)... More about A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
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 London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Books, November 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering over green boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Evan Gaffney, protected by a quality archival... More about THE JAPANESE LOVER; A Novel / Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson
New York: Planet Press, 1930. Marcel Arnac. First Edition Limited to 2,000 copies of which this is No.198. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with green lettering on spine, illustrated with several B&W light-hearted drawings by the author, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of an infant perched on a tilted yardstick against... More about "36 INCHES OF ADVENTURE"; Marcel ARNAC / Translated by Louis Coleman
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page, 8vo (9 1/4"" x 6 1/2"), green quarter cloth over matching green boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with art by Alan Dingman, 309 pages + [310] Credits... More about A PIECE OF THE WORLD; a novel
North Liberty, Iowa: Ice Cube Books, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, pale yellow speckled cloth over boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a man and boy in swimsuits by the ocean, illustrated with several B&W half-tone photographs, 259 pages + [6]. "A story... More about A GOOD MAN; A Novel by Larry Baker
New York: HarperFlamingo / HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998. First Edition. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR, tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over off-white boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a white-bearded old farmer--suggesting abolitionist John Brown-- standing outside his mountain... More about CLOUDSPLITTER; A Novel
New York: Delacorte Press, 2011. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth over black boards with an embossed "M" on the cover, Mylar-protected black dust jacket (unclipped) with a large green eye with yellow banded "eyebrow," elaborate black & white sketches as endpapers, [vi] +... More about MODELLAND
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, maroon quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over gray boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) designed by David Gatti, [i-viii], ix-xx + 281 pages. John Simmons Barth (born May 27... More about THE FRIDAY BOOK; Essays and Other Nonfiction
Boston New York Toronto London: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, tan quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue-gray boards, Mylar-protected color photographic dust jacket (unclipped) designed by Robert Farber, [i-vi], vii, [viii] + [1-2] 3-257 pages. John Simmons Barth (born... More about ON WITH THE STORY; Stories
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/8"), black cloth with red lettering on spine and front cover, [xii] + 359 pages. Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 – 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known... More about THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author with flourish on free front endpaper, tall 8vo (9 3/8" x 6 1/2"), cinnamon quarter cloth over tan boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of a woman's face, gold "Signed Copy" sticker on dj... More about THE DREAM LOVER; A Novel
New York: Redfeld, 1853. Engraved frontispiece. New Edition, Revised by the Author. Rebound in brown cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 7/8"), original text rebound in a brown "library" cloth binding, engraved frontispiece and title pages, xi, [xii: blank], [13]-391 pages. SCARCE: NEAR FINE, clean, tight copy with unform light... More about NICK OF THE WOODS; or the Jibbenainosay
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: Dutton, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, sky blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gold boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of a girl in a field pointing up at a tornado, 373 pages... More about THE STORMCHASERS; a novel
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
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
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Thick tall 8vo (or small 4to: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4"), black boards with scarlet lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Gustave Moreau's painting "Jupiter and Semele," decorative endpapers, [i-xii] + {1-2]-898 pages. Roberto Bolaño... More about 2666; Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer
New York: The Modern Library / Random House, 1960. Reprint of 1952 in 1960. Cloth. 12mo (7 1/4" x 4 7/8"), red cloth with black labels on spine and cover with gold rules, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a colored sketch of Dr. Johnson in a London street, publisher's... More about THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON; Abridged, with an Introduction by Bergen Evans
New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Marbled boards. 8vo, marbled glossy brown marbled boards with tan lettering, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) designed by the Paul Bacon Studio, 354 pages. Vance Bourjaily [pronouced Bour-ZHAY-lee] (1922 – 2010) was a prolific American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing... More about BRILL AMONG THE RUINS; A Novel
New York: Viking, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on front endpaper, 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), brown quarter cloth with bright copper-colored lettering on spine over light yellow boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) reproducing S. R. Gifford, "A Gorge in the... More about MARCH; A Novel
New York: The John Day Company, 1970. First Book Club Edition. Cloth. 8vo, yellow cloth, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mandala, [vi] + 376 pages. Exceptional Condition for a Scarce title by Pearl Buck (1892-1973) a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author, whose life and creative works were deeply... More about MANDALA; A novel of India