Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, June 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A SUPERB PRESENTATION COPY, signed and inscribed by author to noted author Denise Levertov, who provided a long and positive blurb to the rear jacket cover (the only one used on the book): 'For Denise..... More
St. Martin's Press, September 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1st printing (stated, with complete number line). A very good hardcover in a good jacket (jacket spine has some nicks, tears and dings). Includes 'The Fire Next Time' and other essays complete (over 50 pieces in all). xx+[2]+690 pages. More
Vintage, August 1985. Unknown. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by author on title page: 'To Mike + Cheryl J. G. Ballard.' The basis for the film of the same name, 'Crash's is Ballard's disturbing novel on symphorophilia (car-crash sexual fetishism). Good copy in the original..... More
Avon Paperback, 1968, January 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by author on title page (NOT tipped-in). The first British ediiton of the auhtor's first book, and the first edition of the original (restored) version of the work, issued as Barth intended it. Very good..... More
Little, Brown and Company, October 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A great presentation copy, signed and inscribed by author to noted American writer David Shields, who contributed a significant blurb to the rear cover of this book: 'For David - thanks & more thanks Frederick.'..... More
Viking, January 1929. First Thus. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Good copy in a Poor dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, rubbing, creases, chipping at top & bottom, bumped corners, severe edgewear, toning, a 2 1/2' tear to the bottom of the back cover near the..... More
John Rodker, 1928. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Deluxe limited edition, bound in original quarter vellum over patterned boards, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt (boards rubbed, corners bumped, vellum spine darkened and bumped at foot). Copy #34 of only 50 numbered copies signed..... More
Pantheon, February 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First Printing with a complete numberline. Inscribed by the author on the half title: For Robert with much admiration and in friendship (signed Charles) Feb. 27, 2015. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. More
Grove Press [1967], 0000. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy of the first edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has light wear and scratch to rear cover). Contains 3 'stories' and 13 'texts' (16 short stories in all); originally published in France in 1958. Illustrated by Avigdor Arikha. VG/VG in..... More
New Directions, 1962. Second Edition. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear; DJ has sheflwear, soiling & edgewear. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in. More
Shakespeare And Company / Sylvia Beach, 1929. First Edition. Paperback. 194pp., in original printed wrappers. Moderate toning to the spine and edges of the wraps, and light creasing in places, else a Very Good copy, with signatures unopened. From the library of noted American poets and academic William H. Matchett's..... More
John Calder, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition. A near fine first printing in a very good jacket (jacket price-clipped with light wear). More
Five Cent Novel Company / Springfield Publishing Company, 1893. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" This rare 19th-century novel by English author Sophy Beckett is sometimes erroneously credited to Charlotte Mary Brame (or Braeme), but it is by Sophy Beckett. Original brown printed wraps (covers and text browned;..... More
Hillary Music Incorporated, 1962. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. VG signed and inscribed by author copy. Slight rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly to edges); slight bumping to lower left corner; slight internal uniform browning throughout (chiefly to edges). 117 pages. Series of letters..... More
The Viking Press, January 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. First Issue in the First Issue dust jacket with all the issue points. Just a touch of light wear, else Very Good to Near Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket that has some edgewear, a chip to the top of the..... More
Harper & Row, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on publisher's special limitation page. Number 74 of a limitation of 500 copies signed and specially bound for the publisher. A Near Fine copy in a Fine clear plastic dustjacket and a Very Good slipcase. Slipcase has shelfwear, and a...... More
The Viking Press, October 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has a touch of shelfwear; DJ has a touch of shelfwear. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. Presents magnificently. 8vo. - over 7¾' in..... More
The Viking Press, October 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. First Ediiton. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has a touch of shelfwear; DJ has edgewear, a couple of scattered nicks, toning, and a touch of soiling. Interior is tight, clean, and..... More
The Viking Press, January 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. A signed First Edition. A clean copy, tight binding. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. More
Targ Editions, January 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies signed by the author. A Fine copy with the original plain cream jacket (just a touch of light wear along the top). More
Viking Adult, April 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. First Edition w/ complete numberline. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket. Book has a touch of shelfwear; DJ has a touch of shelfwear. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in..... More
The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author on front free endpaper. First edition, first printing. A Very Good copy of the first edition in a Very Good jacket (book has slight bumping and wear to edges; jacket spine a bit faded with slight edge wear). More
Random House, 1930. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Set of 6 individual short stories by some of the most popular American writers of the post-World War I era, separately published and collectively issued under the series title 'Prose Quartos'. Each approx. 32pp. with color..... More
