London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1953. First U.K. Edition. Fitzgerald's first and only published novel, written over the course of six weeks while being treated for schizophrenia at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Drawing heavily on her own life and marriage with Scott, the novel follows the story of..... More
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1948. Second English Edition. Octavo (19cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-269,[3]pp. Light wear to spine ends, faint foxing to cloth and text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 8s.6d. net), gently spine-sunned, a little edgeworn and..... More
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1948. Second English Edition. Second UK edition of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, with a newly-designed dustjacket by George Woodman. Basis for Henry King's 1962 film adaptation, starring Jason Robards, Jennifer Joans, and Joan Fontaine. Bruccoli A14.4; Connolly 100. Octavo (19cm); light gray cloth-covered boards, with..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); maroon cloth, with titkes stamped in peach and silver on spine, and cross motif in black and blind on front cover; dustjacket; [x],437,[1]pp. Fine in a price-clipped, else Fine dustjacket, without the usual toning and soil. A novel..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Novel set in rural Mississippi during the 1940's, dealing heavily with race relations and centered around the murder of a white man and the black man accused of the killing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title, and basis for the highly-regarded 1949 Clarence Brown film..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. "Faulkner intended this as a novel, though it includes material previously (or concurrently) published as individual stories. The sections are entitled "Was," "The Fire and the Hearth," "Pantaloon in Black," "The Old People," "The Bear," "Delta Autumn," and "Go Down, Moses." Generally these..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titling and rule stamped in..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Sharp copy of the final volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press. The remainder of his posthumously-published work would be issued by Ecco Press. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies bound with an original serigraph print, this being..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); light brown paper-covered boards and mustard cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in black on spine; [iv],200pp. Signed by Hillerman following the copyright page. Spine ends gently nudged, with some trivial rubbing to titles, else Near Fine in a...... 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
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); blue and yellow cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in bluish-gray on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[5],6-806,[8]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid-in. Light wear to spine ends and board edges, with some gentle sunning and dust-soil to..... 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
Toronto: Anansi, 1970. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue - the correct first state, without mention of the Governor Generals Award on the front cover. Octavo (22.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-105,[7]pp. Pinpoint wear to extremities, with a faint stress crease to lower right corner of front wrapper; a fresh, Near..... 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: 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
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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. First Edition Thus. A collection of 14 uncollected short stories and 6 uncollected essays. Contents are identical to the 1957 edition published by Princeton University, though the scrapbook photos are omitted. Bruccoli A22.1.b. First Printing, with A.2-58 code on copyright page. Octavo (24cm); brown..... 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, [1983]. First Edition. Attractive prospectus for this key collection of Bukowski's short fiction, with a brief synopsis and an exceprt from one story. Krumhansl 80a. Original broadside, with text printed in four colors on white stock, measuring 25.5cm x 42.5cm (10" x 16.75"). Two old..... 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, [1983]. First Edition. Attractive prospectus for this important collaborative work between Bukowski and Crumb, issued as Black Sparrow Press Broadside/Flyer No.11. Not in Krumhansl. Original broadside, with text and illustration printed in three colors on pale blue stock, measuring 25cm x 43cm (9 13/16" x...... 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
Newark, VT: Janus Press, 1986. First, Limited Edition. One of 250 copies signed by the author. Octavo (23cm); letterpress printed sheets stitched into marbled card wrappers; [26]pp. A Fine copy. An attractive fine press edition of Le Carré's speech - the G. Harry Poulder Memorial Lecture - delivered at Johns..... More