Budapest: Magveto, 1990. First Edition, 6th printing. Hardcover. In Hungarian. 12mo. Boards. Dust jacket. 167 pp. Fine condition, very minor bump to jacket corners. This is a scarce first edition of one of Kertesz's most acclaimed novels, part of his Holocaust trilogy. More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 208 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a stated first edition of Kosinski's 1973 novel. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 8.75"x5.75". Grey boards and white spine. Pictorial dust jacket. 832 pp. Jacket quite worn around edges, including a 1/2" loss at header of spine. Price clipped, and both jacket flaps are bent. Inscription on front free endpaper. This..... More
New York: Dial, 1965. First Edition, 3rd printing. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Dust jacket. 270 pp. Wear to jacket edges. Strip of spine torn away, about 1/4" from footer. A very good copy. This is a stated first edition, 3rd printing of Mailer's serialized novel. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Dust jacket. Damp stain on bottom edge at left bottom edge of front cover and left bottom edge of rear cover. Both of these spots have bled through the jacket, leaving a pink-colored stain. 1/2" closed tear at..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Minor tears on dust jacket, and price is stricken out. This is a stated first printing of Mano's first book. Included with this sale is a found article ripped from the fall 1970 issue of Columbia College Today called "From Kerouac to..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 179 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. Speckles along bottom block edge. This is a scarce first edition of the second book by bestselling mystery writer Maron. More
New York: George H. Doran, 1921. First American Edition. Boards. 8vo. Boards with pastedown on spine and front cover. 92 pp. Lacks the rare dust jacket. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Sunning to spine and quite a few dings and scuffs to boards. Chips around edges. Some light..... More
New York: Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1949. Preprint edition. Cloth. 8vo. 8"x5.75". Blue cloth with Gilt lettering on spine and cover. 133 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Stamp on front free endpaper from The Book Shop in Dekalb, IL. This is a limited edition preprint of A Writer's Notebook, which was to..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. 8.5"x5.75". Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Dust jacket. 241 pp. 1/2" tear with loss top center front cover of jacket. Edge wear to jacket. Price clipped. Tight and clean. This is a first printing of McCullers'..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Dust jacket. 261 pp. Minor edge wear. Jacket price clipped. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is a stated first printing of McPhee's classic essay collection. More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Dust jacket. 261 pp. Jacket has several tears and chips around edges. Remainder mark on bottom block edge. Stamp on front free endpaper. This is a stated first printing of McPhee's classic essay collection..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth. Dust jacket. 308 pp. Inscribed by McPhee on front free endpaper contemporary art gallerist Clint Roenisch. 3" closed tear to rear jacket cover. Wear to jacket edges. Red pen mark on bottom block edge..... More
Jersey City, NJ: Talisman House, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. 118 pp. No jacket as issued. Errata leaf laid in. 1/8" white scuff at top edge of front cover. This is a first edition poetry collection by Menashe. The hardcover first issue is..... More
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 426 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, stamp on dedication page, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. This is a first edition, 2nd printing of David Mitchell's first novel. More
New York: Atheneum, 1963. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 272 pp. Ex-library with stamp on bottom block edge, paste residue from card pocket on front free endpaper, jacket taped to boards, and several stamps in front matter. Tight and clean. This is a stated first edition of Morris'..... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 155 pp. Very minor edge wear at header and footer of jacket spine. A fine copy. This is a stated first edition of Morris' modernist novel. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1976. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 186 pp. Very minor scuffing to jacket edges. A fine copy which appears unread. This is a stated first edition of Morris' modernist story collection. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 198 pp. Signed by Nemerov on title page. Jacket is price-clipped. A few instances of underlining. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical essay collection. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. Quarter cloth over marbled boards. Dust jacket. 189 pp. Inscribed by Nemerov on half-title to Chicago-area poet Rick Holinger. Jacket is price-clipped and has scuffing and several closed tears to edges. This is a signed first edition of Nemerov's critical..... More
New York: Liveright. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. All volumes lack jackets. Attractive bookplate on front free endpaper of Mourning Becomes Electra. This is a uniform set of 5 early printing books by the great O'Neill, all in very good condition. Contains the following volumes: Plays (Desire Under the Elms; "The..... More
London: Gollancz, 1983. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 207 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's memoir of growing up in Sri Lanka, by the author of The English Patient. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1951]. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth. 206 pp. Lacks jacket. Several instances of red pencil markings in the margins. Circular damp stain on front cover. This is a first "New Classics" edition of Pound's critical literary theories. More
New York: Arbor House, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 140 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. 1/2" closed tear to top edge of front jacket cover. This is a stated second printing of the first edition of Purdy's novel. More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 225 pp. Minor shelf wear and slight cock to spine. Underlining and pen notations throughout. A fair copy. This is a first edition of Roth's bestselling novel. More