The 9.50 Up Express (The Lost Classics Sseries)
Crippen & Landru. First Edition. Hardcover. A Fine copy of this first edition (with complete numberline) in a Fine dust jacket. More
Rare Fiction
DramaContemporary: Latin America (PAJ Books)
PAJ Publications, June 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. 186, [3] pages. Contains English-language versions of 4 short plays in all: 'The Kiss of the Spider Woman' by Manuel Puig (the film script version, adapted by..... More
The Watcher in the Shadows
Weidenfeld & Nicolson. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. A fine copy of the first English edition. Hardcover in original boards. More
The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West
E.P. Dutton, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author Edward Abbey on front free endpaper. A fine copy of the first edition (with complete number line) in a fine jacket. More
Contes chinois, traduits par mm. Davis, Thoms, le P.'Entracolles, etc. Tome Troisieme [volume III]
Chez Moutardier, 1827. First Edition. Leather. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. This volume includes 'San-iu-leou ou les trois étages consacrés — Les deux jumelles — La matrone du pays de Soung.' Volume III of 3 only. Bound in period full brown speckled calf, spine with twin black morocco..... More
Stand on It
Aztex Corp, August 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by co-author Bill Neely on sticker on inside front wrap. Very light wear to spine and wraps. More
A Death in the Family
McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1st issue ('Walking' opens page 80, title page in blue. A very good copy in jacket (cloth faded through jacket; jacket has some nicks and wear). . [10], 339, [2] pages. First issue of the famous 3-part memoir (preceded by the short..... More
The Clerk's Journal: Being the Diary of a Queer Man: An Undergraduate Poem ...
Eakins Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG+/VG in DJ (slight rubbing to DJ). Tall 4to with DJ [4]+26+[25] Previously unpublished poem, written in 1911 at Harvard, with the author's memoir. Notable for the facsimile of the manuscript, with Dean Briggs' commentary in the..... More
Chicago: City on the Make
Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author on front endpaper. A very good first edition hardcover in a fair original jacket (jacket has chips and tear, and a large stain affecting rear cover, front cover, and spine). More
A Walk on the Wild Side
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed By Author on front endpaper. A fine copy of the first printing hardcover (stated) in a very near-tio-fine original jacket (jacket has very faint wear to rear panel; boards have usual faint fading from white areas of jacket. A superb copy..... More
The Brand of the Sea
Century Co., January 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Very scarce novel, translated from the Danish. Original orange cloth stamped in black (spine faded; some wear). More
Three American Plays
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Sunning, slight fading, rubbing and browning to spine and spine label; slight rubbing and browning to covers (cloth over boards; chiefly to edges); slight bumping to corners; previous owner's bookplate on front attached endpaper; few..... More
Death in the Woods
Liveright, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Scarce first edition, in the original red cloth stamped in black (cloth has slight fading and wear with some tape stains to boards; old gllue residue oon rear endpaper; rear inner hinge tender). More
Many Marriages
B.W. Huebsch, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG/VG (sm chips/sl stains to DJ). Sm 8vo with DJ [10]+264 Dedicated to auth or/critic Paul Rosenfeld. Uncommon in jacket. More
A New Testament
Boni and Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good (spine sunned; sl rubbing to cloth). Tall 12mo 118 Series of short prose poems, dedicated to publisher Horace Liveright. In protective acetate jacket. More
A Palace-Prison; Or, the Past and the Present.
Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Exceptionally rare anonymous first edition. Fictionalized account of what is represented as the true story of a young woman involuntarily committed to an insane asylum. Original dark mustard cloth stamped in gilt and black, gray endpaper..... More
The Life of John Mytton, Esq., Of Halston, Shropshire ... With His Hunting, Racing, Shooting, Driving, and Extravagant Exploits / By Nimrod
George Routledge and Sons, 1869. First Edition. Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall thin). Lacks most of illustrative material (18 plates by Alken and Rawlins; engraved half-title is present at front); slight rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly at edges); previous owner's bookplate on front attached endpaper; slight..... More
Night Call and Other Stories of Suspense
Crippen & Landru Publishers, July 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy of the hardcover first edition in a fine jacket. Quite scarce. More
Mostly Dead Things
Tin House Books, June 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed by author on half title. Slipcased first edition from Powell's Books Indiespensable Series, complete with separate pamphlet. A near fine copy (has faint wear) in very good slipcase (slipcase has general light surface wear)... More
Die Gefangene Gottes
Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in cloth (slight sunning/rubbing to cloth). Small 8vo 300+[3] Text in German (translation by Siegfried Schmitz). At head of title: Schalom Asch. Signed (as 'Schalom Asch') by Asch on half-title page. Rare..... More
Autograph Letter Signed
The Author, 1981. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rare Autograph Letter Signed from author Lester Atwell, 2 pages on a single 8vo leaf, March 26th, 1981. Atwell's discusses a search for his books (he was apparently out of them), which the recipient and his son..... More
Autograph Letter Signed Discussing 'Life with Its Sorrow, Life with Its Tear'
The Author, 1981. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rare Autograph Letter Signed from author Lester Atwell, 2 pages on a single 8vo leaf, April 22, 1981, discussing his novel 'Life with Its Sorrow, Life with Its Tear', and the attitude of one of his sons..... More
Autograph Letter Signed Discussing 'Life with Its Sorrow, Life with Its Tear'
The Author, 1981. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rare Autograph Letter Signed from author Lester Atwell, 2 pages on a single 8vo leaf, February 27, 1981, discussing in part his novel 'Life with Its Sorrow, Life with Its Tear'. The author discusses at length his..... More
Life with its Sorrow, Life with its Tear
Simon & Schuster, June 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A rare signed Lester Atwell. Laid in on half title is an autograph note signed and inscribed by author 'For... with my thanks and good wishes Lester Atwell'. First edition, first printing (stated) in jacket (cloth..... More
Love is Just Around the Corner
Simon and Schuster, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition, first printing (stated) in jacket (cloth has some darkening and wear; text age-toned; small ink stamp and small ink # on endpapers; jacket has very large chip to front cover, plus some chipping, tears and..... More