New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. Bradbury's fourth novel, in which a "carnival comes to a sleepy, peaceful, provincial American town and with it come quirky forces of evil and magic. An often macabre tale of an adolescent's rite of passage, this is Bradbury's most accomplished fantasy novel" (Barron, Fantasy..... More
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. A sharp copy of Southern's second novel published under his own name, centered around an eccentric billionaire and his adopted heir, who spends their time playing elaborate jokes on people. Basis for Joseph McGrath's 1969 black comedy, starring Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, and..... More
New York: Gnome Press, 1952. First Edition. Second 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
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1953. Revised, First English Edition. Revised UK edition of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, incorporating all of his final revisions to the text, and including a preface by Malcolm Cowley not present in the 1948 Grey Walls Press edition. Basis for Henry King's 1962 film adaptation..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First Edition. The author's first novel, the story of a reluctant smuggler who betrays his colleagues and the aftermath of his betrayal. Basis for the 1947 adventure film directed by Bernard Knowles, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Attenborough. Wobbe A2.a; Hubin, p.175. First Impression, one..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Bradbury's third book, a collection of 18 short stories (with a prologue and epilogue). Basis for Jack Smight's 1969 film adaptation, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in dark grey on..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Sharp copy of Kesey's first published novel, one of the defining works of the 1960's, set in an Oregon psychiatric ward. Basis for Miloš Forman's Oscar-winning 1975 film, starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. First Impression, without Kesey's name blacked-out on copyright..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1969. First Edition. A casebook on the film adaptations of three of Capote's stories: "Miriam," "Among the Paths to Eden," and "A Christmas Memory." "The original text of the stories followed by the film scripts enables the reader to see for himself how a moment..... 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, 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, 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
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 Viking Press, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); two-tone blue and rose-colored cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; maroon topstain; dustjacket; [vi],265,[1]pp. Gentle sunning to spine, starting oxidation to spine gilt, with some very faint blotches at upper spine and front..... More
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1984. Second Edition. "The Gunslinger begins the quest by Roland, the gunslinger, to track and confront the "man in black," who knows, perhaps, the secret of the "Dark Tower." As he travels across the barren landscape of King's alternate world, sometimes alone, sometimes with..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. Easily toward the top of the list of King's finest work - a volume collecting four novellas, each written after completing a major novel: The Body, Apt Pupil, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, and The Breathing Method. Three of the four..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. First U.K. Edition. Superb copy of Remarque's best-selling novel, based on his experiences in the German Imperial Army during World War I. A monumental work by the German author, who at the age of 18 went straight from school into the army. "During the course..... More