Watership Down
New York: Macmillan, 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a 2nd printing of the first American edition of the classic novel. More
Modern First Editions
A Death in the Family
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
Wilderness Tips
New York: Nan A. Talese, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 227 pp. Minor shelf wear. Jacket price-clipped. This is a first edition with full number line of Atwood's story collection. More
Chilly Scenes of Winter
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
The Hawkline Monster; A Gothic Western
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
The Ticket That Exploded
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
Cities of the Red Night; A Boy's Book
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
Great Lion of God
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
Caligula and Cross Purpose (Le Malentendu)
[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
Odes
Chicago: Big Table, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. 78 pp. including 5-ft. foldout poem bound in. No dust jacket. Ex-library with sticker and torn-out card pocket inside front cover and several "Discarded" stamps in front matter. This is a stated first printing of beat poet Carroll's..... More
The Hunger Games
New York: Scholastic, 2008. First Edition, 8th Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Very minor shelf wear. This is a stated first edition of Collins' bestselling YA dystopian novel. More
9 Inscribed First Edition Poetry Books by Robert Dana
This is a lot of 9 first edition poetry books by former Iowa poet laureate and North American Review editor Robert Dana. All are association copies inscribed to Dana's friend, Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Some have dog-eared..... More
Underworld
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
Underworld
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
Paneros; Some words on aphrodisiacs and the like
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
Dutch Shea, Jr.
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
Portrait of an Artist with Twenty-Six Horses
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
Misreadings
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
The Confidential Clerk
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
The Family Reunion
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
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
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
12 Inscribed First Edition Poetry Books by Dave Etter
This is a lot of 12 first edition poetry chapbooks and books by beloved Midwestern poet Etter, including uncommon first editions of Alliance, Illinois and I Want to Talk About You. All are association copies inscribed to Etter's friend, fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger. All of these books are in..... More
Go Down, Moses
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