New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 330 pp. Wear to jacket edges and a tear to upper left corner of front jacket cover. A very good copy. This is a first edition, third printing of Roth's bestselling novel. More
New York: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 457 pp. Several chips and closed tears around jacket edges. Binding is broken but attached at p. 285 and 310, making that section stick out a bit from the rest of the block. Previous owner marked favorite stories in..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1964. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 215 pp. Edge wear to jacket, with several chips and closed tears around edges. Slight cock to spine. This is a stated first American edition novel by the author of Lord of the Flies. More
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 177 pp. Ex-library with card pocket torn from front free endpaper, leaving behind some torn paper pasted in, as well as a stamp on title and dedication pages. A very good copy. This is a stated first..... More
New York: New Directions, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 275 pp. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, paste residue on front free endpaper, and stamp on title and contents pages. A very good copy. This is a first edition of post-modern writer Hawkes' short works. 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: Dutton, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 341 pp. Ex-library with stamp on bottom block edge, paste residue from a card pocket on front free endpaper, and a stamp on dedication page. A very good copy. This is a stated first edition literary thriller by John..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 426 pp. Ex-library, with sticker on spine, stamp inside front cover, and card pocket on rear endpaper. This is an early printing of Stephen King's novel of terror. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1965. Cloth. 8vo. Brown cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 582 pp. Cock to spine. Ex-library with sticker on spine, stamp on front free endpaper, and card pocket inside rear cover. A very good copy. This is an early printing of Fowles' acclaimed second novel. 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. A...... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 208 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Remainder mark on bottom block edge. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a first edition, 5th printing of Ellis' breakthrough debut novel. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 272 pp. Circlular stain on front jacket cover, seems to be from a water glass. 1/2" closed tear at top right and top left corners of rear jacket cover. Pen notes inside front cover. Some..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1945. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 351 pp. 1.5" strip of jacket at footer of spine is missing. Jacket spine also has a 1" chip at header, a 1/2" chip in center over the image of a cupola, and tear along left..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1945. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Cream-colored cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 351 pp. Ex-library with sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket inside rear cover. Jacket has several scuffs and small, closed tears around edges, with chips to corners and a 1/8" chip at..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 228 pp. Dust jacket has a number of tears around edges, including a large, curling tear at footer of jacket spine and splits at corners. Speckling along block edges. Ex-library, with stamps and card on front free endpaper..... More
New York: Knopf, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. White quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine and cover. Dust jacket. 228 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. 1/8" curled tear at header of jacket spine. Previous owner's name inside front cover. An excellent copy. This is a stated first edition..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 326 pp. Spine slightly cocked. Blue stamp on bottom block edge. Jacket has a moderate amount of edge wear, with a 1" creased closed tear on top edge of rear jacket cover, a tear at the flap crease..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 265 pp. Ex-library, with stamp on bottom block edge, tape residue on boards, a few reference markings on front matter, and stamps plus paste residue inside rear cover. Book is otherwise in excellent condition, and..... More
New York: Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Deckle edge. 246 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges. Remainder stamp on bottom block edge. An excellent, near-fine copy. This is a stated first edition novel by the author of True Grit. More
New York: Summit Books / Rolling Stone Press, 1979. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 602 pp. Top edge of jacket is thin; looks like there had once been tape on the inside which was peeled off and removed some of the inner layer. Jacket..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. 760 pp. Ex-library with sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and card pocket inside rear cover. 1" square of tape residue on jacket spine, as well as some sunning. Some speckles along right block edge. This..... More
New York: Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Cloth. Large 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. Deckle edge. 1192 pp. Slight cock to spine. This is a stated first edition of McElroy's tremendous (both in legacy and length) novel, a spiritual successor to Joyce's Ulysses. An excellent copy. More
New York: Harper and Row, 1976. First American Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue stained top edge. Deckle edge. 269 pp. Price-clipped. Ex-library, with a sticker on spine, stamp on title page, and paste residue from card pocket inside rear cover. Spine is slightly cocked. This is a stated..... More
New York: Knopf, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Dust jacket. Deckle edge. 159 pp. Comes with clipping of Michael Wood's New York Times review of this book from April 26, 1981. Patch of discoloration inside front cover from where clipping was laid in. Mild edge wear to..... More
Chicago: Big Table, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Book itself is fine. This is a stated first printing of Saroyan's conceptual novel. More