New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. "The greatest of all bibliomysteries introduces Cliff Janeway, a second-hand book dealer who investigates the murder of a book scout" (Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p.43). First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in metallic blue on..... More

New York: Gnome Press, 1951. First Edition. First volume in Asimov's epic series inspired by the fall of Rome, portraying "the destruction of a human galactic empire and the efforts of psychohistorians to shorten the coming dark ages. To do this, they set up the hidden Foundation to guide humans..... More

New York: Grove Press, 1962. First American Edition. An early collection of short fiction by the Argentine author, collecting 19 stories translated by Anthony Kerrigan, Alastair Reid, Anthony Bonner, Helen Temple, and others. First published by Editorial Sur in 1944, the collection remains a towering work of Latin American literature..... More

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. First Edition. First Printing, one of 500 numbered copies, this being copy no.137. Octavo (22.75cm); dark brown paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [10],11-77,[3]pp. Slight lean, decorative bookplate to front endpaper, with some faint dust-soil to text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), lightly edgeworn, with..... More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1959. First Edition. 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. Winner of the William Faulkner Award for Best First Novel, and adapted into film by..... More

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1911. First U.K. Edition. 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 locked-room elements. Basis for the..... More

New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title and early serial killer novel that author Vincent Starrett magnanimously cited as "one of the ten greatest detective novels ever written." Hubin, p.28; Pronzini & Muller, p.52. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth..... More

London: The Grey Walls Press, 1951. First Edition. Collection of nine stories - all previously published but collected under this title for the first time - selected by Alan and Jennifer Ross. Includes "Crazy Sunday," "Babylon Revisited," and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," et al. Bruccoli AA3. First..... More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1957. First Edition. A collection of 14 uncollected short stories and 6 uncollected essays, along with reproductions of photographs of Fitzgerald culled from his scrapbook in the Princeton University Library. Bruccoli A22.1.a. First Printing, one of 1,500 copies. Octavo (24cm); russet cloth, with titling and..... More

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1956. First Edition. The author's first novel, and the first volume in his Malayan Trilogy. Boytinck 812; Brewer A27. First Impression. Octavo (19.25cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],214,[2]pp. Trivial wear to base of spine, with faint dust-soil to text edges;..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, [1984]. First Edition. Attractive prospectus for this important collaborative work between Bukowski and Crumb, issued as Black Sparrow Press Broadside/Flyer No.12. Not in Krumhansl. Original broadside, with text and illustration printed in three colors on pink stock, measuring 25cm x 43cm (9 13/16" x 17")..... More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, [1982]. First Edition. Prospectus for Bukowski's autobiographical fourth novel, reproducing a humorous excerpt from the book. Issued as Broadside/Flyer No.8 (but actually No.9). Krumhansl 74a. Original broadside, with text printed in four colors on yellow stock, measuring 25.5cm x 43.25cm (10" x 17"). Two old..... More

Topanga, CA: The Floating Bear, 1962. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of Diane Di Prima's highly-regarded poetry magazine, reprinting a letter from Lew Welch, and poems by Richard Baker, Dale Landers, Robert Creeley, and A.B. Spellman. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets, printed recto and verso and stapled at upper left corner; [10]pp..... More