New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. "The greatest of all bibliomysteries introduces Cliff Janeway, a second-hand book dealer who investigates the murder of a book scout" (Penzler, Bibliomysteries, p.43). First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue paper-covered boards and navy blue cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in metallic blue on..... 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: Gnome Press, 1951. First Edition. First 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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. First Edition. First Printing, one of 8,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xxiv,159,[9]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, else very Near Fine in like dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.50), with some minute rubbing. Posthumous volume collecting the 17..... 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
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
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First 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. First Printing, one of ca.5,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); brown paper over light green cloth, with..... 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: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. First Edition. True first edition 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 Impression. Octavo (cm); bluish-gray cloth, with titles..... 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
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1957. First Edition. A collection of 14 uncollected short stories and 6 uncollected essays, along with reproductions of photographs of Fitzgerald culled from his scrapbook in the Princeton University Library. Bruccoli A22.1.a. First Printing, one of 1,500 copies. Octavo (24cm); russet cloth, with titling and..... More
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New York: The Mysterious Press, 1981. First Edition. Sharp copy of King's tenth novel. "Set in Castle Rock, King's mythical small town in Maine, Cujo is principally the story of Joe Chamber's two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard of the same name. The animal is not by nature a BAD DOG, but becomes..... 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
Topanga, CA: The Floating Bear, 1962. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of Diane Di Prima's highly-regarded poetry magazine, reprinting a letter from Lew Welch, and poems by Richard Baker, Dale Landers, Robert Creeley, and A.B. Spellman. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets, printed recto and verso and stapled at upper left corner; [10]pp..... 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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition. Attractive copy of the third and final volume in Gibson's Bridge Trilogy, set in a postmodern, dystopian, post-cyberpunk future. First Printing, a review copy, with three pages of publisher's publicity sheets folded and laid in. Octavo (cm); goldenrod and black paper-covered boards..... More