New York: The John Day Company, 1931. First Edition. Scarce anthology of horror and weird fiction selected by Hammett himself, for which he provides a 3pp introduction. Notable contributions include William Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily," "The Music of Eric Zann" by H.P. Lovecraft, and Donald Wandrei's "The Red Brain,"..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. 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..... 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
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1948]. Late 1940's edition of the 14th 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..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1909. First American Edition. First edition in English of Leroux's second novel featuring police reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille, first published in French in 1907 as Le Parfum de la Dame en Noir. A sequel to Leroux's 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room, featuring..... More
Cleveland, OH: S.i., [1968]. Brief rejection letter from d.a. levy to Dante Thomas, pseudonym of Dante Thomas Zaccagnini, distinguished Professor of English at SUNY Genesco from 1966 through the early 1990's. Thomas had submitted poems for inclusion in a late (unnamed) levy publication, to which levy responded: "nice poems, but..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. The first volume in Mann's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. Easily the most elusive of the four books..... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1928. First Edition. First Trade edition of Milne's beloved book, the second chapter of which introduces us to the ever-energetic Tigger. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); salmon-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt; dustjacket;..... More
London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1965. First UK Edition. The first Lt. Clancy novel, and the first to be published under the Robert L. Pike pseudonym. Basis for the Oscar-winning 1968 film Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, and Robert Duvall, in what would produce one of modern cinema's most intense..... More
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894-1895. First Trade Edition. "The most ambitious publishing project of Stone & Kimball, conceived in enthusiasm and carried out with care, this has remained the standard edition of Poe" (Kramer, History of Stone & Kimball, 35). At the time of publication, it was the first complete..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Long narrative poem chronicling a watershed year in the history of the U.S., told in Sanders's unique voice, who lived, and wrote, and screamed, and sang through it. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author..... More
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New York: Story Magazine, Inc., 1936. Important copy of this magazine "devoted solely to the short story," marking the debut of a young Carson McCullers, while she was attending New York University. While enrolled in a creative writing class taught by Sylvia Chatfield Bates, one piece in particular caught the..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1972. First Edition. Glowing critical volume on the work of the late Trinidadian Nobel Prize-winner, by his then-literary protégé Theroux. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 144pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a...... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. Woolrich's fifth "Black" book, basis for the 1946 film noir starring Dan Duryea, Peter Lorre, and June Vincent. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine and front panel; 300pp. Spine ends gently..... More