Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Faux leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and covers. Gilt edges. Hubbed spine. 362 pp. This is an attractive Franklin Library printing of Faulkner's classic novel. More
New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Grey cloth with maroon top edge. 293 pp. Lacks jacket. Sunning to spine. A damp stain on top block edge has led to a small amount of maroon stain visible on the top edge of several pages. This is a stated..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold and green lettering on spine and cover. 339 pp. Jacket flaps are pasted to board. Jacket edges are scuffed with several closed tears and chips to jacket spine. Bookseller's marking on front and rear..... More
New York: Viking Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 383 pp. Signed on tipped in page. "Signed copy" sticker on front cover. A fine copy. This is a signed first printing of the first volume of Fforde's Jack Spratt series. More
Scolar Press, 1973. Paperback. Jacket is ripped at top right corner. This is a paperback facsimile of a 1731 copy of Fielding's classic tale. More
New York: Macmillan, 1995. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 189 pp. Ex-library with sticker on cover, stamp on title page, and card pocket inside rear cover. Hinges repaired. Pen marks on bottom block edge. A good copy, though not the most attractive. This is a first book club edition..... More
Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Some scuffing and a stain on cover and spine. This is a first American edition of the last novel in Ford's classic Parade's End sequence. More
Viking Press, 1971. First Edition. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. First edition of Forsyth's Edgar-winning thriller that has been adapted into several feature films. More
Nonesuch Press, 1942. Oberle, Jean. First Thus. Hardcover. A fine limited edition of France's bloody novel of the French Revolution. 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: Harper and Row, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 422 pp. Spot of binder's paste on top block edge. Otherwise fine. This is a fine first paperback edition of Garcia Marquez's classic magical realism novel. More
Librairie Gallimard, 1936. First Edition. Paperback. In French. This is a stated first edition of Gide's novel that concludes his trilogy that began with The School for Wives (1929) and Robert (1930). Stains and bends on cover and a bit of the covering is missing on the top and bottom..... More
PAX, 1963. Pamphlet. In Polish. This is a rare war novel by the Polish poet Gielo. More
Spineless Books, 2005. First Edition. Paperback. A curious post-modern book of self-criticism. The left-hand pages tell the story of grad students in love, while the right-hand pages reflect on the form, composition, and theory involved in crafting it. More
New York: Modern Library, 1947. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 294 pp. Strip chipped from header of jacket spine and several other chips around jacket edges. Sunning to jacket spine. Damp stain on fore block edge. This is a first Modern Library edition of Godden's classic novel. Uncommon in dust jacket..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1982. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Purple quarter cloth over maroon boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 202 pp. Minor wear to jacket edges and a 1/4" closed tear at top right of rear jacket cover. Small scuff on bottom block edge. Laid in..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1982. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Purple quarter cloth over maroon boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 202 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is the first American edition of Golding's story collection. By the author of Lord of the Flies. 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
Norfolk: Hampton Roads, 1989. First Edition. Boards. 8vo. 9.5"x6.25". Decorative boards with illustrated rear endpapers. 1081 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an epic, 1000+ page occult fantasy poem by astrologer Linda Goodman about her previous relationships. According to the introduction of later editions by Dr. David G. Sikes, "This is not..... More
Harcourt, 1972. First Edition. Cloth. Missing dust jacket. Stamp inside front cover. This is a first edition, second printing of Grass' postmodern autobiographical novel about travelling through West Germany. More
New York: Viking Press, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over marbled green boards. Black stained top edge. Pictorial dust jacket. 309 pp. Jacket edges are rather worn. Right edge of front jacket cover is torn with 2.5" loss. Some chips at header and footer of spine. This is..... More
London: Bodley Head / Anthony Blond, 1985. 2nd impression. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth. Dust jacket. 158 pp. This is a 2nd impression of Greene's previously unpublished 1944 lost manuscript. More
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. 8vo. White quarter cloth over violet boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 244 pp. This is a first American edition, first printing of Greene's classic novel. More
Triangle Books, 1942. Hardcover. Missing dust jacket. A romantic drama with the tagline: "He bought her a husband--but he forgot the power of a woman's passion." Lovely boards with a distinctive lattice pattern. More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1913. Cloth. 8vo. Publisher's cloth with pastedown. 326 pp. Minor shelf wear. Hinges overopened. Jacket flap taped inside front cover. This is an early reprint of Zane Grey's tale of the Wild West. More