London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; xii,13-254,[2]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Rough erasure to upper front endpaper, trivial wear to base of spine, with a tiny stain to rear..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); royal blue paper and goldenrod cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [2],xii,206,[4]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Gentle sunning to upper and lower board..... More
Berkeley: Quinto Sol Publications, Inc., 1972. First Edition. The author's first book, a coming-of-age novel set in New Mexico after World War II, and one of the cornerstone works in the Chicano literary canon. According to the American Library Association, it continues to be among the most frequently challenged books..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; rough brown cloth over boards, quarterbound in teal cloth, with titles and designed stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Stamp of Edmund Grainger Productions on front endpaper, dated 1952, and likely from a production company involved..... 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
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. First novel featuring Ball's African American homicide detective Virgil Tibbs, who finds himself immersed in racial conflict after a murder takes place in a small Southern town. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1966, and basis for..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Ballard's sixth and best-known novel, a postmodern dystopia centered around sexual fetishism involving car crashes. "After the narrator, named "Ballard," survives a serious automobile accident, he becomes fascinated and excited by car crashes, especially after he meets Vaughan, a fanatical "hoodlum scientist," whose..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning author's fourth book, containing the title novella, three short stories, and a one-act play. "The title piece, a truncated novelette which is heavily introspective, concerns a New York Jew who has failed miserably in marriage, as he longs for..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First Edition. Attractive copy of Berlin's first book published by the Black Sparrow Press, collecting short stories written between 1977-1990, including "Angel's Laundromat," and the highly-regarded "Manual for Cleaning Women." Basis for a forthcoming film adaptation, starring Cate Blanchett. Winner of the American Book..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. First Edition. Biggers's second Charlie Chan novel, in which a string of pearls holds the key to the death of a mysterious millionaire. Chan travels from Hawaii to California and goes undercover in the desert to find the answer to a clue spoken in Chinese..... More
Paris: Denoël, 1952. First French Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Very Good+ example of the rare dustjacket. The jacket has one shallow chip at the crown of the spine, with a light rubbing and a several short closed tears to the extremities. The French crime fiction duo's..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1956. First British Edition. Preceded only by the wrappered French First, the British Edition was the first in hardcover and the first to be translated into English. Basis for the 1958 film noir 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. The Dark Page..... More
Paris: Denoël, 1954. First French Edition. True first edition of the French crime fiction duo's third novel, preceding the British edition by two years and the American by three. Basis for the iconic 1958 film noir Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel..... More
Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, 1951. First Edition. First Printing. Near Fine in illustrated self-wrappers. Tiny owners name stamp to half-title and title page, and aside from some very discreet touch up to the black near the crown of the spine, a bright, Fine copy with the text remarkably unfoxed. A...... More
New York: New Directions Books, 1949. First American Edition. Bowles's first novel, following a trio of Americans who travel deep into the Sahara desert after the conclusion of World War II, who embark seeking different things, but ultimately find only deception, despair, and death. Basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1990 film..... More
London: Scribners, 1990. First Edition. First Impression. Tall quarto (33cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [8],9-93,[3]pp; illus. A Fine copy of this richly-illustrated volume, documenting the filming and production of Bertolucci's adaptation of Bowles's first novel. Contents include a foreword and contributions by Bowles, various essays, and interviews. A...... More
New York: The H.K. Fly Company Publishers, 1919. First Edition. Collection of Boyle's Boston Blackie stories, first published in Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and American magazine, which he cobbled together and revised slightly to resemble a novel. His stories, featuring the explots of this gentleman safecracker, were wildly popular in their time..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First UK edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. Burgess 99. First Impression. Octavo; hunter..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First American Edition. Braine's first book, a classic "angry young man" novel centered on the rags-to-riches journey of Joe Lampton. Basis for Jack Clayton's Oscar-winning 1959 adaptation starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, and a more recent BBC production. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red paper..... More
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1984. First Edition. Bukowski's script commissioned by director Barbet Schroeder, filmed with Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway and released in 1987. A superb association copy inscribed to Bukowski's long-time friend, American actor and film director Sean Penn, and his wife Madonna. In..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry Chinaski through post-WW2 America as he blows through a series of dead-end jobs. Basis for Bent Hammer's 2005 film adaptation, starring Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, and an appropriately sleazy Matt Dillon. Krumhansl 51d. Deluxe Issue..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. The smallest available limitation of this substantial collection of the Bukowski's poetry from the mid-1970's, basis for Dominique Deruddere's 1987 film Crazy Love. Krumhansl 60d; Morrow & Cooney 312e. Deluxe Issue, one of five specially designated copies set aside for the author..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First Edition. Bukowski's finished script for the 1987 film directed by Barbet Schroeder, including all deviations from the original screenplay. Illustrated throughout with stills from the film, depicting Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, and others. Krumhansl 103e. Deluxe Issue, one of five copies..... More
Los Angeles: Playboy Productions / New Visions, Inc., [1977]. Draft screenplay of Bukowski's 1971 novel, adapted by California author and screenwriter Don Carpenter (1931-1995). Not mentioned by Krumhansl, with no stated limitation; we note another variant of the screenplay, velo-bound, also with a preliminary leaf signed by Bukowski. OCLC notes..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Scarce advance copy of one of Burnett's best-known novels, the story of a hardened criminal just out of prison, a heist gone bad, and a stand-off with police high in the snow-capped Sierra's. Basis for two superb adaptations: the 1941 film noir..... More