New York: Penzler Books, 1988. First American Edition. Collection of 11 short stories dealing with Highsmith's usual themes of murder, insanity, secrets, and violence, exposing the underbelly of American middle-class society. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.18. Octavo (21.75cm); green cloth-covered... More about MERMAIDS ON THE GOLF COURSE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998. First Trade Edition. Sharp copy of Wolfe's second novel, following his best-selling The Bonfire of the Vanities. First Printing. Thick octavo (24.25cm); illustrated boards; publisher's die-cut dustjacket; [xii],742pp. Signed by the author on a preliminary leaf. Fine in a very Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket... More about A MAN IN FULL: A NOVEL - SIGNED
[New York]: The Fantod Press, 1994. First Edition. ABC book illustrated by Gorey, comprised of creatures contorting into the shapes of letters via acrobatic poses. Toledano A110b. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.171. 16mo. (11.5cm); illustrated card wrappers; unpaged; illus. A.... More about FIGBASH ACROBATE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1982. First Edition. "A curious culinary adventure incorporating a caveat against Lesser Literature and an instance of startling Sensibility" (from front flap). Toledano A84a. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (16cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Trivial... More about THE WATER FLOWERS - REVIEW COPY
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1974. First Trade Edition. "An Exemplary Alphabet for Connoisseurs of Syntax, Semantics and Subtleties" (from front flap). Toledano A59c. First Printing. Octavo (17.25cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Hint of sunning to upper board edges, pinpoint wear to extremities, else Near Fine. Dustjacket... More about THE GLORIOUS NOSEBLEED. FIFTH ALPHABET
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. First Trade Edition. Humorous and macabre tale about a creepy serial-killer couple. #marriagegoals?Toledano A67c. First Printing. Octavo (17.25cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaged; illus. Hint of sunning to upper board edges, a few tiny foxed spots to front cover, else very Near Fine..... More about THE LOATHSOME COUPLE
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1983. First Edition. Limited Issue, specially bound and signed by the author exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo (21.5cm); maroon leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; 291,[5]pp. Fine, with the... More about THE ANATOMY LESSON - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
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 about THE CRACK IN SPACE - SIGNED
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1965. First Edition. "A post-nuclear war society struggles to reconstruct itself in an isolated setting. Kept in contact with the outside world by an orbiting disc-jockey, the group's members include Bill, an encysted telepathic twin; Bruno Bluthgeld, the weapons expert responsible for the war; and... More about DR. BLOODMONEY, OR HOW WE GOT ALONG AFTER THE BOMB - SIGNED
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1840. First Edition. Dashkova (1743-1810) was a close friend and confidante to Empress Catherine the Great, and involved in the coup that put her on the throne. Her memoirs were first published in Paris in 1804; the English edition was edited by Mrs. Martha WIlmot Bradford... More about MEMOIRS OF THE PRINCESS DASCHKAW, LADY OF HONOUR TO CATHERINE II. EMPRESS OF ALL THE RUSSIAS:...
Paris: Librairie Baudouin, 1829. First Edition. Narrative of Levasseur's travels with the Marquis de Lafayette during his last visit to the United States, from July 1824 - September 1825. During that period, the French general and hero of the American Revolution had been the "Nation's Guest," received with affection and... More about LAFAYETTE EN AMÉRIQUE, EN 1824 ET 1825, OU JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE AUX ETATS-UNIS
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. Fifth book in Cleary's popular Ramona Quimby series, winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1981. A surprisingly elusive title in the first printing. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine;... More about RAMONA AND HER MOTHER
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1981. First Edition. Sharp copy of the sixth book in Cleary's popular Ramona series, named a Newberry Honor book in 1982. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red-orange paper and beige cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket;... More about RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8 - INSCRIBED
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1955. First Edition. Attractive copy of the first installment in Cleary's beloved series of Ramona Quimby novels. Told from the perspective of Ramona's older sister, Beezus, the novel explores the dynamic between the two girls, conveying the valuable message that it's possible to love... More about BEEZUS AND RAMONA
New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. & Loujon Press, 1965. First Edition. Scarce "Bayberry Edition" of Bukowski's books printed by John and Louise Webb's Loujon Press. Many of the poems were written, variously, while Bukowski visited with the Webb's at their New Orleans home and at several bars... More about CRUCIFIX IN A DEATHHAND: NEW POEMS 1963-1965 - "BAYBERRY EDITION" ONE OF 10 COPIES,...
Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company, 1895. First Edition. Chittenden's first book, a comprehensive guide to Yellowstone, based on his extensive daily notes taken since being posted there in 1891. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); olive green cloth, with titles stamped in green on spine and front cover; frontispiece, xvi,397pp; illus; with... More about THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2009. First Edition. Penultimate novel by the National Book Award-winning author, centered around the lives of the notoriously eccentric Collyer brothers of New York City. Limited Issue, one of 1,100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.888. Octavo (24cm);... More about HOMER & LANGLEY - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Lenghty essay on the poetry of D.H. Lawrence, parts of which first appeared in American Review and Massachusetts Review. Morrow & Cooney 154b. Limited Issue, one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.214. Octavo (20.5cm); decorative paper-covered... More about THE HOSTILE SUN: THE POETRY OF D.H. LAWRENCE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
[Denver, CO]: Alekos Records / Wax Trax Records, 1981. The Beat poet's first shot a punk rock credibility, released a year before he appeared on The Clash's "Ghetto Defendant." Side A records his anti-Reagan poem "Birdbrain" backed by Mike Chapell's Denver-based band The Gluons, with the bands "Sue Your Parents"... More about BIRDBRAIN / SUE YOUR PARENTS
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Basis for Dudley Nichols's Oscar-nominated film adaptation, starring Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Kirk Douglas and Raymond Massey. Atkinson A32-I-1.a. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (21cm); publisher's blue-green 'V' cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt to spine and..... More about MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA: A TRILOGY
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. First American Edition. First Printing, a review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo; tan paper-covered boards, titled and blocked in black and gilt on spine and front panel; 224pp, [2]. Faint foxing to text edges, with previous owners name discreetly written... More about PREOCCUPATIONS: SELECTED PROSE 1968-1978 - REVIEW COPY
New York: S.i., [ca.1963-64]. Superb, early letter, connecting three of the most influential illustrators of the 1960's. We find young Crumb living in New York - well before the wide recognition Zap Comix would bring him - appealing to his friend Harvey Kurtzman for help. Kurtzman, formerly of EC Comics..... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Paris: Simon Kra, 1926. Gatsby Le Magnifique was the first translation of any Fitzgerald novel into a foreign language. The task of translation was assumed by Peruvian author and translator Victor Llona (1886-1953), who began working on it in the fall of 1925. Llona, who grew up in Paris, quickly... More about GATSBY LE MAGNIFIQUE - INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hammett's fifth and final novel, a commercial success upon publication, selling more than 30,000 copies within a few months of its release on 8 January, 1934. Basis for W.S. Van Dkye's film of the same name released later the same year, and... More about THE THIN MAN
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Paris: Booster Publications, 1938. First Edition. A pair of distinguished copies inscribed to Huntington Cairns, a young Baltimore lawyer who in September 1934 was appointed official U.S. Censor by the Secretary of the Treasury. It was Cairns who declared Miller's 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer (and subsequently, Black Spring, Tropic... More about MONEY AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY [TOGETHER WITH] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY - INSCRIBED TO HUNTINGTON...