New York: Simon & Schuster, 1940. First Edition. The author's first full-length work of crime fiction, the first of his "Black" novels, and his first deep foray into the revenge narrative he would craft so expertly throughout his career. "Julie Killeen's husband is killed on the church steps moments after..... More
London: Voyager / HarperCollins, 2005. First U.K. Edition. Fourth volume in Martin's best-selling Song of Ice and Fire series, basis for HBO's Emmy Award-winning series Game of Thrones. Inscribed to long-time friends Mike and Mary Fitzsimmons, who together with Mike's first wife, Barbara, founded and ran Archon, a multi-genre convention..... More
Chicago: The Book Supply Company, 1911. First Edition. A remarkably well-preserved copy of Wright's best-selling western novel (ca.2.8 million copies), dealing with "the reclamation of the Imperial Valley and the formation of the Salton Sea in 1906 and 1907. The heroine, a foundling rescued from the desert, wins and chooses..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1953. First UK Edition. A cornerstone work of film journalism, originally conceived by Ross as a series of articles she wrote for The New Yorker on the production of John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage (1951). "She takes one picture...from the time the property was..... More
Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1937. First Edition. First appearance in any format of this Hercult Poirot novel, which Christie considered to be "one of the best of her 'foreign travel' books and with principal characters who seemed to her 'to be real and alive'" (Wagstaff & Poole, p.130). Poirot..... More
New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1957. First American Edition. The French crime fiction duo's third novel, preceded by the French edition (Denoël, 1954) and the English (Hutchinson, 1956). Basis for the iconic 1958 film noir Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel Geddes..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1952. First American Edition. American edition of Akutagawa's best-known collection of work, first published in English (in Japan) by the Charles E. Tuttle Co. in 1952. The stories were written by Akutagawa between 1915-1921, published in literary magazines. The first two stories, "In A Grove"..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Superior copy of the author's best-known work, a violent dystopia, and basis for Stanley Kubrick's highly-regarded 1971 film of the same name. The idea for Burgess's novel, sadly, was inspired by real-life events: his wife Llewela was violently assaulted by several G.I.'s during..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. First Edition. The National Book Award-winning author's first collection of short stories, narrated by a troubled man identified only as "Fuckhead," exploring the lives of several addicts living in rural America. Basis for Alison Maclean's 1999 film of the same name, starring Billy..... More
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. A spare, suspenseful novel from the author's Appalachian period - the story of a murderer and necrophile who is outcast from his small community, and living with the decomposing bodies of his victims in the mountains and in an underground cave. Basis for..... More
Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal / Fawcett Publications Inc., 1964. First Edition. Basis for Bertrand Tavernier's French language adaptation Coup de Torchon, starring Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, and Stéphane Audran - an interesting adaptation which transports the novel's corrupt sheriff in the American South of 1910 to 1930's French West Africa..... More
New York: Popular Library, 1955. First Edition. Thompson's thirteenth paperback original, pairing an ex-boxer and an alcoholic woman who get tangled in a scheme to kidnap a wealthy kid. Basis for James Foley's 1990 film starring Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, and Bruce Dern. Hubin, p.393. First Printing, a paperback original..... More
Berkeley: Quinto Sol Publications, Inc., 1972. First Edition. The author's first book, a coming-of-age novel set in New Mexico after World War II, and one of the cornerstone works in the Chicano literary canon. According to the American Library Association, it continues to be among the most frequently challenged books..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book, based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle. Miller was tasked by Hollywood to gather material for "an honest movie" about American GI's during the war, about their training, daily life, their..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. The second of two bound galleys for McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, both issued prior to the uncorrected proof copy in blue printed wrappers. The first state of the galleys was issued roughly six months prior to the publication date of October 2..... More
[New York: S.i., 2006]. Complete draft typescript of McCarthy's tenth novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007, and basis for the 2009 John Hillcoat film starring Viggo Mortenson. This copy originated with Gary Fisketjon, McCarthy's long-time editor at Knopf, who oversaw the publication of The Border Trilogy..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First Edition. Orwell's towering work of dystopian fiction, the vocabulary of which has become a part of the fabric of our culture. Basis for two notable film adaptations: Michael Anderson's 1956 film starring Edmund O'Brien, and the Michael Radford's later picture starring John Hurt and..... More
New York: Random House, 1953. First Edition. Distinguished copy of this western novel, centered around a bounty hunter who tries to bring a murderer to justice, and forced to accept the help of two unsavory strangers in the process. Basis for Anthony Mann's 1953 film adaptation, starring Jimmy Stewart, Janet..... More