Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. Twentieth Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [14],15-307,[5]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to text edges and board extremities, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. A substantial collection..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. Nineteenth Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-205,[7]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Fitzgerald's fourth novel, first serialized in the pages of Scribner's Magazine. "...a wonderful evocation of the second phase of American expatriates esconced in glittering villas on the Riviera in contrast to the home-spun tipplers of The Sun Also Rises. The break-down of..... More
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1946. First Edition. The author's second hardcover book, and the one that propelled him to fame and success. Before being published by Messner, the book was first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, for which Goodis received the hefty sum of $25,000. Warner Brothers purchased..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1997. Limited Edition. The author's first published book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 and basis for Robert Mulligan's Oscar-winning 1962 film starring Gregory Peck. Uncommon signed; the Easton Press never issued a signed limited edition of Lee's novel - this copy..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. First U.K. Edition. Kafka's second novel translated into English, written between 1914-1915 and first published as Der Prozess by Verlag Die Schmiede in 1925. Centered around protagonist Josef K., a bank teller, who wakes up in his thirtieth birthday and is promptly arrested by two..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. First publication in book format of three short novels: Career in C Major, The Embezzler, and Double Indemnity. Because screenwriting in Hollywood occasionally dried up, Cain often found himself in need of money; Double Indemnity was written during one of those dry..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First Edition. A presentable copy of Dreiser's most enduring novel, in which a young man makes a tragic and ill-fated attempt to break from his lower-class background. Fleeing Kansas City from a crime he didn't commit, he settles in a fictional New York town..... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1977. First Edition of this translation. Handsome edition of Fowles's translation of Claire de Durfort's 1824 novel. In his introduction, Fowles explains how the acquisition and reading of a badly foxed copy in a London bookshop inspired his third novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969). The..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1970]. Attractive copy of White's beloved book, a barnyard story which has enchanted generations of readers since it was published in 1952. A Newbery Honoree, and basis for two well-received film adaptations – a 1973 animated film and a more recent production by Gary..... More
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Editions. The second book in a three-book deal made with Scribner's, involving a series of "interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War" (from front flap)..... More
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Tokyo: Hayakawa Books, 2010. First Edition. A key translation by Haruki Murakami of Chandler's sixth novel - the apex of 20th century detective fiction, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1955, and basis for Robert Altman's 1973 film starring Elliott Gould and Sterling Hayden. While Murakami is..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Black Widow Thriller Edition. Chandler's first and best-known novel, and the debut of Philip Marlowe - perhaps the most imitated character within the mystery genre. "On one level, this is a complex murder mystery with its fair share of clues and corpses. On..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958. First Olympia Press Edition. Odd format Olympia Press edition of Genet's 1947 novel Querelle de Brest, centered around bisexual thief, prostitute, and serial killer Georges Querelle. Basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1982 film of the same name, starring Brad Davis and Jean Moreau. Kearney 13..... More
New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1986. First American Edition. A contender for the heavyweight champion of modern horror novels, and the source for an entire generation's deep-seated fear of clowns. "In the summer of 1958, seven oddly assorted children - losers all - band together as a defense against the..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue-green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black and gilt on spine, and embossed onto front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [x],404,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Subtle fading to topstain, else Fine in..... More