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..... 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: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth. Dust jacket. 221 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge. An excellent copy. This is a first printing of Carrie Fisher's first book, an autobiographical novel adapted into a 1990 Meryl Streep film. More
New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 467 pp. Inscribed on front free endpaper. Slight ripple to first few pages. This is a signed stated first edition novel by the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. 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..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 309 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Ghose's novel of magical realism. 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..... 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..... 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
New York: A&W Publishers, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. 247 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon advance uncorrected proof of Goldsmith's novel. 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..... 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: Dutton, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. 341 pp. Signed on bound-in page. Sticker on front cover. This is a signed first edition of Green's first 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
Mercato San Severino, Italy: Collana Paestum, 1953. First Edition. Wraps. In Italian. Large 8vo. Wraps. Tissue guard jacket. 143 pp. Pages are unopened. Some scuffing to tissue jacket. Cock to spine. Small dent along top block edge. In OCLC as "Amore!" This is a very scarce collection of Italian short..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green quarter cloth over blue boards. Dust jacket. 320 pp. Minor shelf wear. Signed by author on front free endpaper. This is a signed first edition novel by the author of Ordinary People. More