New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Lengthy anthology of short fiction from the golden age of science fiction (1920-1938), edited by Isaac Asimov. Contributors include Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, Neil R. Jones, S.P. Meek, P. Schuyler Miller, Clifford Simak, Charles Tanner, Jack Williamson, Laurence Manning, Donald Wandrei, Murray..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. First US hardcover edition of Ballard's first two novels, published by Berkley Publishing Corp. in 1962 as paperback originals. In The Wind From Nowhere, "catacylismic winds ground all air travel and then grow stronger, capsizing huge ocean-going tankers. Eventually, the..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. First Edition. Handsome edition of the African American singer, actor, and social activist's memoir, in which he looks back on his entertainment career and his work as a civil rights activist. Limited Issue, one of 700 numbered copies signed by the author, this being..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Comprehensive collection of Bowles' short fiction in its most limited state. Desirable in the deluxe issue, this being the only copy we've seen or handled with a contemporary presentation inscription by the publishers. Miller A35d. Deluxe Issue, one of 60 numbered copies..... More
Detroit: Planet Detroit Chapbooks, 1986. First Edition. A fresh, Fine copy, notably absent any hint of toning. Original tan wrappers, stapled, printed in red and brown. One of 500 copies offered gratis to subscribers of Planet Detroit Poems. Krumhansl 101. More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Attractive advance copy of Capote's best-known book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction, an Edgar Award, and basis for the 1967 Richard Brooks film Starring Robert Blake ad Scott Wilson. First Printing. Octavo (cm); publisher's brick red unprinted wrappers, bound into the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1934. First Edition. Wall Street mystery featuring Dr. Hiram Arthur, an engineer-turned-private investigator who serves the upper echelons of Manhattan's financial district. After a financier is murdered in his private office, "wily old Dr. Arthur and his team of voluptuous secretaries tangle with the..... More
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1963. First Edition. "Frozen sleep seems like a humane way to end unemployment and overpopulation pressures: Send the excess citizens to the future. The government warehouses are filled with bibs when a political fight erupts over whether or not to dispose of them through a...... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Attractive copy of the second installment in Everson's "The Crooked Lines of God" trilogy. The holograph poem is untitled, though Everson states it is "from Gethsemani", written on Holy Thursday, 1978. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Morrow & Cooney 306d. Deluxe Issue..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition Thus. Preceded by the 1938 Stackpole edition. A Near Fine copy, with the top edges of the boards imperceptibly toned, in a Very Good acetate jacket with one small chip and a few splits. The edition consisted of 500 cloth trade copies..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. The first book in Farmer's "Riverworld" series, originally serialized in 'Worlds of Tomorrow' between 1965-66. In it, adventurer Sir Richard Burton finds himself resurrected on the banks of an endless river. He soon learns that he is only one of billions of..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1951]. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies bound from British sheets. Octavo (22.25cm); teal cloth, with titling and rule stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,425,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, tiny tear at crown, with some faint dust-soil along upper board edges; contents..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Attractive copy of Freeman's first novel, introducing the public to Dr. John Thorndyke, whose scientific approach to detection was something of a departure in the genre during this period. Thorndyke attempts to clear the name of a young man who stands accused of..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914. First Edition. An early Freeman mystery featuring Humphrey Challoner, a specialist in criminal anthropology, who after the murder of his wife dedicates his life to the apprehension and punishment of criminals (and by "apprehension and punishment" I mean he murders them, shrinks their..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 751 numbered copies signed by the author. Octavo; 3/4 jade green paper-covered boards over quarter brown cloth, with titles stamped in black and gilt on spine and decorations gilt-stamped on front panel; original publisher's paper-covered slipcase; 63pp..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1952. First Edition. Prior to the publication of his first novel, Gault was already a prolific writer for the pulps, publishing more than 300 stories for magazines like Argosy, Black Mask, and Dime Mystery. By the time the 1950's came around, the pulp industry..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. First Edition. Goodis's fifth novel, his last one in hardcover before churning out a dozen of the finest paperback originals ever written. Basis for the 1956 Pierre Chenal film 'Section des Disparus' starring Guillermo Battaglia and Amalia Bernabé. Hubin, p.173. First Printing. Octavo;..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1938. First U.K. Edition. An early, superlative thriller by Greene, charting the rise and fall of a sociopathic teenage gang leader in the seaside town of Brighton. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, and basis for two film adaptations: the 1947 John Boulting film, starring Richard Attenborough, and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. A superlative copy of Hemingway's classic novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and generally considered the catalyst for Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize. Basis for the 1958 John Sturges film starring Specer Tracy. Grissom A.24.1.a; Hanneman A45a. First Printing. Octavo..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1986. First British Edition. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo; pale blue wrappers printed in black; 206pp. Slight lean to the spine, with a hint of nearly invisible soil to the text edges, otherwise Near Fine. A scarce British proof for the Booker Prize winner's second novel... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1954]. Mid-1950's edition of the sixth Nancy Drew mystery. Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (1905-2002) wrote the earliest Nancy Drew and Dana Girls mysteries under the penname Carolyn Keene for the Stratemeyer Syndicate between 1929-1947. The year before her death, she was given a Special Edgar..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1947. First UK Edition. One of Kersh's bleakest novels, telling the story about the hunt for the murderer of a ten year-old child in Soho, carrying the reader through the seamy underbelly of London. Inscribed to American photographer Carl Perutz, a friend and traveling companion of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First American Edition. Advance copy of the Knowles' first book, the story of a friendship between two 16 year old boys at a New England prep school, just before America's involvement in World War 2. While the first printing of the trade edition has..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2009. First Edition. The author's eighth novel, inscribed to his friend, advocate, and correspondant of 25 years, who he holds in high esteem; Lethem has written effusively about Berger and his work in The Paris Review and The New York Times. A distinguished copy, connecting two prominent..... More
Boston: D.L. Guernsey, Publisher, 1882. First Edition Thus. "Almost anyone who encountered Lincoln in a significant way felt compelled sooner or later to tell about it, often less with a view to adding to the historical record than to caressing Lincoln's memory. As the supply and demand for reminiscences fed..... More