Boston: Ginn and Company, 1917. Cloth. 8vo. Brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on cover. Photographic plates throughout and color maps in rear matter. 191 pp. Scuffing to edges, especially at header of spine. In very good condition for a book of this age, appearing almost new. This is a...... More
New York: Harper, 2017. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 306 pp. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by author on title page. This is a signed first paperback edition of Gay's award-winning memoir. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth over grey boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 323 pp. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by author on title page. This is a signed first edition of Orlean's biography of the famous actor dog, by the author of The Orchid Thief. More
New York: Knopf, 1949. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth. Blue stained top edge. Pictorial dust jacket. 292 pp. Wear to jacket edges. 1" loss at top of front jacket cover. 1/2" closed tear on left edge of lower jacket spine. This is a first American edition of Gide's classic..... More
New York: Markus Wiener, 1984. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 379 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is a scarce reprint of the 1942 autobiography of German writer and dissident Mann. 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: Harper Collins, 2000. Advance Reading Copy. Hardcover. 8vo. Purple boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 238 pp. Advance reading copy sticker on front cover. Otherwise identical to first printing. This is an advance copy of the first Princess Diaries novel, which went on to become a bestselling series of books and films..... More
[New York]: Delacorte, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 285 pp. Ex library. Stamp on bottom block edge. Card pocket pasted on front free endpaper. Sticker residue on title page. Pencil notations on copyright page and gutter of facing Acknowledgements page. Glue residue inside both..... More
New York: Knopf, 1983. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 256 pp. Shelf wear to jacket. Inscribed by the author on half title. This is a signed autobiography of legendary opera singer Domingo of the Three Tenors. More
San Francisco: Aunt Lute, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback original. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 269 pp. Minor shelf wear. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed paperback original memoir of lesbian activist poet Grahn. More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska, 1997. First Edition. 8vo. Blue cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 148 pp. Minor edge wear. Inscribed on verso of dedication page to Kathy, "whose bakery is so fine" by both authors. Sharon has signed as Okee-Chee and doodled a drawing of a horse. This is a signed..... More
New York: Vintage, 1997. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 192 pp. Minor edge wear. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed paperback edition collecting poems from Ondaatje's scarce early works, by the author of The English Patient. More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1987. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 244 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's novel, by the author of The English Patient. More
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 156 pp. Price-clipped. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first edition of Ondaatje's poetry collection, by the author of The English Patient. More
London: Marion Boyars, 1979. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Olive cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 156 pp. Price-clipped. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Ondaatje's first novel, by the author of The English Patient. 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
New York: Norton, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 267 pp. Edge wear and some scuffing to jacket. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first printing of Mosley's novel about blues legend Robert Johnson. More
New York: Soho Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 559 pp. Minor edge wear. This is a first edition retrospective of the important contemporary art magazine. More
London: Bloomsbury, 1996. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Black ribbon attached. 206 pp. Minor edge wear. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Wolff's 1996 novel. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 296 pp. This is a signed first edition of Mosley's science fiction novel. More
New York: Norton, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 208 pp. This is a signed first edition of Mosley's first Socrates Fortlow novel. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and red boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 260 pp. Minor edge wear. This is a signed first edition of Mosley's second Socrates Fortlow novel. More
London: Serpent's Tail, 1996. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 266 pp. Signed twice by Mosley, once on Waterstones bookplate affixed to half title and again directly on title page. This is a signed first UK edition of Mosley's fifth Easy Rawlins mystery novel. More
Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over grey boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 244 pp. This is a signed first edition of Mosley's sixth Easy Rawlins mystery novel. More
New York: DAW, 1997. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 770 pp. Minor edge wear. Autograph sticker on front jacket cover. Some scuffs and dings to block edges, including a small dent on bottom right edge. Signed by author on..... More