Rare Fiction
The Diadem for MDCCCXLVI: A Present for All Seasons
Carey & Hart, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fair+ in cloth (spine & corners worn, cloth rubbed/soiled). 4to 95+[1]+plts Contains 3 of Emerson's poems ('Loss and Gain', 'A Fable', and 'The Fore-Runners'), all of which later were collected in the 1847 volume ('Poems'); other..... More
The Disenchanted: Screenplay ... Adapted from the Novel By Budd Schulberg
Seven Arts Associated Corporation, 1961. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight rubbing to wrappers (chiefly at edges); slight creases and browning to few leaves (chiefly at foredges). [1], 158 leaves (rectos only). Xeroxed copy of the screen treatment by the noted American screenwriter of..... More
Apologia
University of Georgia Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. [24] pages (unpaginated). Author's praise for the natural wonders of several Western US locations, with woodcut interpretations. Originally published in a limited edition (of 50 copies) in 1997. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by..... More
Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection
Gallery Books, September 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #48 of 100 numbered copies Signed By Author. A fine copy of this first edition in a fine jacket. More
The Trojan Women of Euripides
Oxford University Press, 1915. First Edition. Leather Binding. A very good copy in full period navy blue morocco by Grabau, spine with raised bands and gilt titling, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, inner dentelles with a single gilt fillet, top edge gilt (some rubbing to front hinge, spine..... More
The Confessions of Owen Keane
Crippen & Landru, January 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed and numbered limited edition, number 170 of a print run of 200. Signed by Author. Contains loose separately-printed pamphlet entitled 'Good Night, Dr. Kobel' by Terrence Faherty. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. More
Man o'War
Random House, 1962. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy in a presentation binding. Signed and inscribed by author Walter Farley of 'Black Stallion' fame to Patricia and Elliott Roosevelt (son and daughter-in-law of FDR and Eleanor): 'For Patty and Elliott - wih my thanks for..... More
Go Down, Moses: And Other Stories
Random House, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TRUE FIRST EDITION. A good copy of the first edition in the original black first issue cloth and a fine ffacsimile of the first printing jacket (book spine is rubbed with tarnished lettering; some fraying to spine..... More
The Mansion
Random House, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A Near fine copy in a very good jacket (jacket has slight wear; slight evidence of paper adhesion to lower jacket spine). [12], 436 pages. First issue of the conclusion of the Snopes family chronicle.Title Page (blue/black). More
Requiem for a Nun
Chatto & Windus, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in very good- dust jacket with slight soiling, rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly to edges); slight buckling to front endpapers (at spine edge of front attached endpaper); slight internal browning to..... More
Requiem for a Nun
Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #16 of 750 numbered copies Signed By Author. Near fine in original black cloth over marbled boards (slight wear). Original clear plastic jacket present (plastic has large chips and tears). More
The Unvanquished
Random House, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #32 of 250 numbered copies Signed By Author. A near fine copy in original red cloth over patterned boards, top edge gilt (very slight fading to spine, minor wear to boards). Drawings By Edward Shenton. More
Selected Letters of William Faulkner (The First Edition Society)
The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly at edges); else a near fine copy internally. xxiii, [1], 594 pages. ' ... limited first edition ... privately printed exclusively for Members of The First Edition Society' (second preliminary..... More
What Way My Journey Lies
Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight wear to extremities (chiefly to spine edges and corners); slight rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly to edges); slight internal browning to edges and endpapers (chiefly to edges). [6], 243 pages. Second and last published..... More
Experimental Animals (A Reality Fiction)
Solid Objects, November 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Inscribed by the author to fellow noted author David Shields: To David, your fan, (signed) Thalia. A nice clean copy, tight binding; in a Near Fine dust jacket. More
Yellowstone Kelly / Clay Fisher
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy with slight fraying to head and foot of spine; slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth over boards; chiefly to edges); previous owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; browning to few..... More
Long Before Forty
Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by the author's wife - 'To Peg, with love & best wishes from Dorothy Forester April, 1972'. Also includes the text of 'The Hornblower Companion'. More
Lord Hornblower
Little Brown & Co, January 1946. First Thus. Hardcover. Stated First (American) Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewar, toning, chipping at the top & bottom of spine, a mar on the spineward edge of the front cover..... More
A Passage to India
Edward Arnold, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this classic novel, basis for the film of the same name. A good copy in the original red cloth stamped in black (cloth has some fading and wear with bumping to corners, offset to endpapers). 3 pages of ads at rear..... More
The Collector
Franklin Library, 1981. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by Author. Bound in full burgundy leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Author's first book; novel concerning the kidnapping of an art student by a clerk (who happens to be a butterfly enthusiast)..... More
Jocasta & the Famished Cat
John Lane The Bodley Head, 1923. First Edition. Leather. Small 8vo. Bound in 3/4 red polished calf over light red cloth, gilt-stamped spine with raised bands, tan marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A very good copy with slight rubbing to upper and lower edges; slight browning to endpapers. xi, [5]..... More
Dead Cert
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, second printing (stated, 1963). Scarce in the original jacket, complete with $3.50 price (jacket has 2 chips to top edge with some tears and wear to edges; book has some shelf and readubg wear, particularly at foot of spine)..... More
Dead Cert (A Rinehart Suspense Novel)
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 220 pages. Barzun & Taylor #875 (inexplicably giving the publisher as 'Harper'): 'This English tale of horse racing shows how one should write to create suspense'. Few short tears, nicks, creases and rubbing to jacket;..... More