New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Navy cloth. Dust jacket. 339 pp. Price clipped. Scuffing to jacket edges. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first issue ("Walking" on p. 80) of Agee's landmark final novel. More
New York: Poseidon Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. Stamp on bottom block edge and on first free endpaper. Stray pen mark on verso of first title page. This is a first printing horror novel by Barker. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over gray boards. Dust jacket. 280 pp. Minor jacket wear. This is a first printing of Ann Beattie's first novel. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 187 pp. Minor shelf wear. Remainder mark on bottom block edge. This is a first printing of Brautigan's surreal novel. More
Paris: Olympia, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. 12mo. Original wraps. 182 pp. Lacks jacket. Dark scuff on bottom block edge near spine footer. Slight ding on fore edge and edge of rear wrap. Residue likely from a removed sticker on front and rear free endpapers. A very good copy..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Tall 8vo. Wraps. 266 pp. Sunning to wraps. Small crease to bottom corner p. 59. An excellent clean and unmarked copy. This is an advance uncorrected proof of Burroughs' 1980 novel. More
New York: Evergreen Black Cat / Grove, 1966. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12mo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear to wraps. Chip to bottom right corner of front cover. Creases and scuffs to wraps. Evergreen subscription card bound in. This is a first mass market paperback printing of Burroughs' classic counterculture novel..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 629 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Doubleday stamp inside front cover. Previous owner's sticker on front free endpaper. This is a stated first edition of Caldwell's novel about St. Paul. More
[New York]: New Directions, 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 158 pp. Several chips to jacket edges and a 1/2" closed tear at bottom of front jacket cover. Some notes in pencil on rear jacket cover. Signature of late bookseller Paul S. Rohe on front free..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. This is a first printing of Cunningham's first novel. More
New York: Scribner's, 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 827 pp. Minor edge wear. Des Plaines Public Library stamp on top block edge and title page. Top right corner of front free endpaper clipped. Tight and clean. This is an advance readers copy of Delillo's most celebrated post-modern..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 827 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a first printing of DeLillo's post-modern classic. More
Florence: Privately printed for subscribers by G. Orioli, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorative cloth. 166 pp. Signed twice by Douglas. Signed and numbered on limitation page and inscribed on half-title. Spine covering is removed and laid in. Binding is tight. This is a twice-signed limited edition..... More
New York: Linden Press / Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 352 pp. An excellent copy. New York Times review and other clippings laid in. This is a first printing literary thriller by John Gregory Dunne, the late husband of Joan Didion..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated quarter cloth over boards. Dust jacket. 221 pp. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library with a stamp on bottom block edge, paste residue from a card pocket on front free endpaper, and a stamp on title and dedication pages..... More
San Diego: Harvest, 1993. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Paperback. Small 8vo. Wraps with French flaps. Minor shelf wear. This is a stated first printing paperback original of Eco's satirical essay collection. More
Harcourt Brace, 1954. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Dust jacket is faded and has some rubbing. Unclipped, but dust jacket paper is brittle and some of the corners have snapped. This is a first American edition of T.S. Eliot's play in verse. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering..... More
Harcourt Brace, 1939. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Missing dust jacket. Stamp inside front cover and owner's name written on flyleaf. A nice, affordable first American edition of Eliot's Greek mythology-inspired family drama. More
Harcourt Brace, 1954. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a first American edition of Eliot's classic study of literary theory. In protective overwrap. Stamped inside back cover. More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. 383 pp. Lacks jacket. Inscription on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. This is a stated first printing of Faulkner's second novel. There are variant bindings of the first printing, and this is the red cloth variant..... More
Milwaukee: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Tan buckram stamped in blue and orange. 480 pp. Lacks jacket. A good copy with an excellent interior. Scuffing to edges and sunning to spine. Corners are bumped. Two small white specks on front cover next to..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth. 349 pp. Lacks jacket. Some of the text on spine is rubbed and difficult to read. Small Grolier Book Shop sticker on front free endpaper. An excellent copy. This is a stated second printing of Faulkner's second..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with black stripe. 315 pp. Lacks jacket. Minor scuffing to edges and front cover. Quite a bit of sunning to spine, which has a faded look. This is a stated first printing of Faulkner's..... More
