New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Revised (Second American) Edition. The author's second book and first collection of short fiction. This edition bears an introduction by Edmund Wilson and a 4-page introduction by the author not present in the previous editions. Hemingway also revised the text of "A Very..... More

Fort Lauderdale, FL: S.i., 1984. First Edition. Self-published draft of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's play, set in Hemingway's home in Cuba during the 1950's. In addition to working for south Florida's Sun Sentinel, de Groot was also a member of the award-winning team that covered the Kent State shootings in..... More

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. First Edition. Collection of poems accompanied by Hirschman's own mystically-themed collages. Issued as no.15 in the "YES! Capra Chapbook Series." Hardcover Issue, one of 75 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.39. Octavo (18.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards; 40,[8]pp. A Fine copy. More

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1990. First Edition. Limited Issue, privately printed and signed for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo (22.75cm); full navy blue leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; 256,[2]pp. A Fine copy, with the..... More

London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. First Edition. Hornby's second book and first novel, basis for Stephen Frears's film adaptation starring John Cusack, Jack Black, and Iben Hjejle. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 253,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page..... More

London: Hogarth Press, 1938. First British Edition. First Issue. Octavo; blue cloth, with titles stamped in black; photographic frontispiece; 312pp. A touch of minor offset to endpapers, else Fine and clean throughout. The gray dustjacket is lightly toned at the panels and flap folds, and slightly darker at the spine;..... More

London: Faber & Faber, 1986. First British Edition. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo; pale blue wrappers printed in black; 206pp. Slight lean to the spine, with a hint of nearly invisible soil to the text edges, otherwise Near Fine. A scarce British proof for the Booker Prize winner's second novel... More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Edition Thus. Attractive copy of the PEN Award-winning author's fourth book. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, each with an original full-page drawing (this is copy 'P'). Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and patterned cloth..... More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First Edition. Excellent association copy of this early collection of poems, inscribed to Albert M. Bender of San Francisco, "the most active buyer - and donor - of the work of California artists the state had ever known" (Harlow, Ann. "Albert Bender, Artists' Patron Saint,"..... More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. First Edition. First Printing of Johnson's influential novel - the first book to feature a flapper as a protagonist, and the inspiration for Zelda Fitzgerald's glamorous and destructive life. Johnson described a few breed of women, the "salamanders," who rejected domesticity for the intoxication of..... More

New York: Transition, 1937. First Edition. Contents include contributions by James Agee, Hans Arp, Randall Jarrell, Eugene Jolas, Raymond Queneau, Muriel Rukeyser, Paul Eluard, Forrest Anderson, and others. Notable contributions include James Joyce's "Work in Progress. Opening Pages, Part II, Section III," and the second part (of three) of the..... More

London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First UK Edition. An early published chapter of what would eventually become 'Finnegan's Wake,' published simultaneously in cloth and wrappers in an edition totalling 10,166 copies. Slocum & Cahoon 33. First Impression, cloth issue. 12mo; brown cloth over boards, with titles stamped in gilt on..... More

New York: Two World Publishing Company, 1926-1927. After finally getting Ulysses published in Paris, Joyce had encountered many problems before his novel finally saw publication by Random House in 1934. Between March 1918 and December 1920, The Little Review attempted to publish Ulysses serially; 23 installments appeared before publication was..... More