New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. The fourth and final book of short stories published during Fitzgerald's lifetime, with a single printing of 5,100 copies. Among the 18 stories collected are some of Fitzgerald's finest short fiction, including "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," "First Blood," and "Babylon Revisited."..... 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
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1948. Second English Edition. Octavo (19cm); light grey cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-269,[3]pp. Light wear to spine ends, faint foxing to cloth and text edges; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 8s.6d. net), gently spine-sunned, a little edgeworn and..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1920 [but 1923]. Fitzgerald's first novel, an examination of the lives of well-to-do youth before and after World War I, showing "sensitive and intelligent young people reacting to new sex customs, new literary ideas, and prosperity" (Coan, America in Fiction, p.115). Bruccoli A5.1.n. Fifteenth Printing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Fitzgerald's first novel, an examination of the lives of well-to-do youth before and after World War I, showing "sensitive and intelligent young people reacting to new sex customs, new literary ideas, and prosperity" (Coan, America in Fiction, p.115). Bruccoli A5.1.a. First Printing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. First Printing, one of 7,650 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); full hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; [viii],145,[1]+[2]pp ads. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else a fresh..... 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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. Second American Edition. First Printing, with "A-6.59" code on copyright page. Octavo (20.75cm); teal cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-189,[3]pp. A single, faint adhesive shadow on front and rear endpaper, some rubbing along the center of the front joint; contents..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First Edition. Attractive copy of the first James Bond novel, introducing 007, M, Vesper Lynd, and criminal mastermind Le Chiffre. Basis for Martin Campbell's 2006 film adaptation, starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Judi Dench. Gilbert A1a (1.2); Pronzini & Muller, p.252; Hubin, p.144. First Impression..... More
London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1947. First U.K. Edition. "A collection of surrealistic material verging on dada, presented in experimental modes...The book is designed with collages, secondary use of 19th century prints, and a few original (though minor) works by Yves Tanguy, Pavel Tchelitchew, Man Ray, Alexander Calder, and Max Ernst"..... More
[New York: The New Yorker, 1926]. First Edition. Sharp copy of this humorous volume commissioned by The New Yorker magazine and published the year after its founding, a tongue-in-cheek look at all phases of the magazine's production told in twenty installments, which were originally serialized in the magazine beginning August..... More
Missoula, MT: S.i., 1983. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first letter to Salter, written in response to his appreciation of Ford's Esquire essay "The Three Kings: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald" (December 1, 1983). Ford expresses his appreciation of the letter, mentioning "I didn't think I'd done much for the Faulkner-Hemingway-Fitzgerald canon..... More
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Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966. First Editions. The fifth and seventh publications of John Martin's Black Sparrow Press, printing two poems by southern California poet Michael Forrest, who was the second author (after Charles Bukowski) published by the press. Martin relayed the following to us, when we queried him..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Attractive copy of Freeman's first novel, introducing the public to Dr. John Thorndyke, whose scientific approach to detection was something of a departure in the genre during this period. Thorndyke attempts to clear the name of a young man who stands accused of..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914. First Edition. An early Freeman mystery featuring Humphrey Challoner, a specialist in criminal anthropology, who after the murder of his wife dedicates his life to the apprehension and punishment of criminals (and by "apprehension and punishment" I mean he murders them, shrinks their..... More
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1962. First Edition. An early novel by the highy-regarded Mexican author and a seminal work in the Latin American Boom, centered around a corrupt politician and soldier, lying on his deathbed and recalling the many events which shaped his life, from the Mexican Revolution to..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,241,[7]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.95), with some trivial wear to extremities and a single, tiny tear to upper..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,9-281,[7]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.95), with light wear and a few tiny tears, and a tiny bruise to lower..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); slate grey cloth, with titles stamped in burgundy on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,246,[2]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.95), with light wear to crown and extremities. The 53rd Perry Mason novel, in..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1960. First Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's rubber-stamped slip laid in. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; vi,247,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced..... 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
[Paterson, NJ: S.i., 1981]. First Edition. Promotional broadside advertising a series of festivities at the Great Falls Historic District in Paterson, NJ, held on the fifth anniversary of its designation by President Gerald Ford as a National Historic Landmark. The weekend activities included the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Festival, including live..... More
Lawrence, KS: T. Williams, Publisher, 1967. First Edition. Broadside printing a poem written by Ginsberg at midnight, February 12, 1966, on his way to Kansas. Lino-cut of the title, Ginsberg's name, and his trademark three-headed fish uncredited. Morgan AA7. Original illustrated broadside, offset printed in black on light brown wove..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. First UK Edition. First English language edition of Constance Garnett's translation of The Overcoat, issued as Volume III of her five-volume Works of Nikolay Gogol, published between 1923-28. Contents include "The Nevsky Prospect," "A Madman's Diary," "The Prisoner," "The Carriage," "The Nose," "The Portrait," and..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition. The Philadelphia author's third novel, a bizarre paean and cathartic payback to his estranged wife, Elaine Astor. The novel tells the story of Clara Ervin, a manipulative, calculating, and cold-blooded woman who systematically emasculates and ruins her husband, as well as..... More