Abe, Kobo.
Bo Ni Natta Otoko [The Man Who Turned into a Stick] (First Edition).
Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Just about Fine in blindstamped black cloth in the publisher's illustrated paper-covered slipcase, with belly band intact but slightly creased. The first edition of this important play cycle, translated in 1975 by Donald Keene as "The Man Who Turned into a Stick: Three Related Plays." Text in Japanese. [Book #114159]. (read more)

Agee, James.
Permit Me Voyage (First Edition).
New Haven, CT: The Yale University Press, 1964. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a spectacular, Fine dust jacket. The book is very slightly toned along the top edge and along the hinges, as almost always found. The jacket is spectacular, with just a touch of toning along the spine panel, and a minute crease at the top of the rear hinge fold. Far and away the best copy we have ever encountered. The author's first book. [Book #87158]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Dickens, Charles; Ida Applebroog (illustrations), Paul Davis (introduction).
A Christmas Carol (Signed Limited Edition).
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, one of 26 copies for private distribution (this being Letter L) SIGNED by Applebroog on the colophon page. Near Fine in green cloth and illustrated paper inset panels, in a Near Fine green cloth and red paper slipcase. Just a touch of rubbing to the paper spine label of the book and to the corners of the slipcase, else Fine. Illustrated with 50 drawings by Ida Applebroog. 116 pages, 10 x 13 inches, printed in handset Gloucester Old Style and Cheltenham Bold on French mouldmade Rives heavyweight paper. [Book #86801]. (read more)

Auster, Paul.
The Locked Room (First Edition).
New York: Sun and Moon Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with blank limitation page at the rear found in nearly half the copies we have seen over time. Third volume in Auster's New York Trilogy. [Book #87447]. (read more)

Bava, Mario (director); F.G. Snyder, Aleksei Tolstoy (stories); Boris Karloff (starring).
Black Sabbath (Combined Continuity Script).
American International Pictures [AIP], 1963. Combined Continuity Script for the 1964 American edit of the 1963 Italian film, "Black Sabbath," directed by Mario Bava, an anthology of three horror stories. Bava's second feature for AIP after "Black Sunday" was first released in Italy with the stories in this order: (1) "Il Telefono [The Telephone]," falsely credited to Guy de Maupassant, concerning a woman (Michele Mercier) receiving telephone calls from beyond the grave. This short sequence is famously the first Italian horror film to have been shot in color. The second and best of the three stories, "Wurdulak", by Aleksei Tolstoi, stars Boris Karloff as an aging vampire who can only feed on those he loves. The final tale, "La Goccia d'Acqua," falsely credited to Anton Chekhov, features Jacqueline Pierreux, who steals a ring from a corpse she is preparing for burial, only to be murdered by the old woman's ghost. The American version, represented by this continuity, was also cut by Bava, but differs in four major areas: the print is shorter, the stories appear in a different order, there is a linking device with Karloff speaking directly to the audience from a foggy void, and Roberto Nicolosi's musical score is replaced with one by lounge-icon Les Baxter. The American release of the film is also missing a comic coda featuring Karloff riding on horseback; this appears in most Eurpoean prints of the film, including Bava's original cut. Finally, "The Telephone" was re-dubbed and slightly re-cut by Bava at AIP's request to create a supernatural angle and disguise the lesbian overtones of the story. 57 pages, with the title page in blue, dated February 27th, 1964. Very Good+ condition overall, bound at the head with a metal clasp as typically found on AIP continuities of the 1960s. An extremely scarce document providing some detailed insight into a film that was released in several different versions. [Book #110590]. (read more)

Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Small Beer (Signed Limited First Edition).
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Good slipcase. One of 175 Limited Edition copies (this being No. 35), NUMBERED by the author on the Limitation page. This edition also contains an original watercolor SIGNED by the author. Light tanning to spine. [Book #67817]. (read more)

Bickerton, Derek.
Payroll (First UK Edition, Review Copy).
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. This is a REVIEW COPY, with the publisher's dated slip laid in. Basis for the 1961 British film noir. [Book #83433]. (read more)

Bogdanovich, Peter.
Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer (First Edition, Signed by Allan Dwan and Peter Bogdanovich).
New York: Praeger, 1971. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED by both Allan Dwan and Peter Bogdanovich on the title page. Director and film historian Bogdanovich's loving essay on the overlooked genius of early film pioneer Allan Dwan. Photo-illustrated throughout. The only copy we have ever encountered to have been signed by both directors. [Book #77250]. (read more)

Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
Descent of Man (Signed First Edition).
Boston: Little Brown, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Scott / Con amistad / T. Coraghessan Boyle / 11/29/93." Fine in a lightly rubbed, else Fine dust jacket. The author's first book. [Book #109344]. (read more)

Bresson, Robert.
Notes sur le cinematographe (Notes on Cinematography) (First Edition).
Paris: Gallimard, 1975. First Edition. First French Edition (and correct first) of the author's treatise on cinematography. Fine in wrappers (softcover) as issued. Rare, particularly in this condition. [Book #31795]. (read more)

Burnett, W.R.
High Sierra (Signed First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page. Near Fine lacking dust jacket, with only a small stain on the top page edges to note. Basis for the 1941 film noir directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the screen by John Huston, and starring Humphrey Bogart. Huston and Bogart became friends on the set of the film, and Huston ultimately cast Bogart in The Maltese Falcon, Huston's directorial debut that was released the same year. One of the three titles in Burnett's holy trinity of crime novels, the other two being The Asphalt Jungle and Little Caesar. An uncommon signature. [Book #107053]. (read more)

Cage, John.
Silence (Signed First Edition).
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Jacket is lightly nicked at the spine ends and corners (with one nick at the upper spine panel), but is still quite bright and clean. INSCRIBED by Cage at the front flyleaf: "For Pramray Whitney / John Cage / together in chaos." [Book #101992]. (read more)

Capote, Truman.
Other Voices, Other Rooms (First Edition).
New York: Random House, (1948). First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket with just a touch of tanning to the white spine lettering but which is still easily readable. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's slip laid in. Author's first book. [Book #70698]. (read more)

Chamberlain, George Agnew.
The Red House (First Edition).
New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition (stated), Near Fine in an About Very Good example of the scarce dust jacket. Jacket is complete, with a loss at the heel (affecting the "N" in "CHAMBERLAIN" and the "L" in "MERRILL"), a small chip at the crown (with no loss) and a few other tiny chips and tears. Basis for the 1947 film noir directed by Delmer Daves and starring Edward G. Robinson. Extremely scarce. [Book #100692]. (read more)

Chekhov, Anton (author); David Mamet, Spalding Gray, Wendy Wasserstein, John Guare, Michael Weller, Samm-Art Williams, Maria Irene Fornes (playwrights).
Orchards: Seven Stories by Anton Chekhov and Seven Plays They Have Inspired (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first edition, Near Fine in wrappers, with publisher's information stapled at the verso of the front wrapper as issued. The first appearance in print of these seven plays, all of which were inspired by Chekhov short stories, by seven of the most gifted playwrights of the 1980s. Uncommon in either the proof state or the first edition. [Book #102060]. (read more)

Coetzee, J. M.
Stranger Shores: Literary Essays 1986-1999 (Signed First Edition).
New York: Viking Press, 2001. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED by the reclusive author and Nobel laureate on the title page. [Book #59227]. (read more)

Connelly, Michael.
The Black Echo (Signed First Edition, with blue band).
Boston: Little Brown, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About Fine in a slightly rubbed, else Fine dust jacket, with the necessary blue band, also in Fine condition. Connelly's first book, and the first Harry Bosch mystery. [Book #113478]. (read more)

Coppel, Alec.
Over the Line (First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed at corners, else quite nice. A difficult title to find in any kind of condition, basis for the 1949 British film noir, "Obsession" (retitled "The Hidden Room" in the US release), directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Newton. [Book #99201]. (read more)

Cowan, Sam K.
Sergeant York and His People (First Edition).
New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ example of the scarce dust jacket. Spine gilt is very slightly dulled but completely intact; jacket is bright, with small chips at the crown and a couple of corners. Along with the later book by Tom Skeyhill, this is the factual basis for the classic 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Gary Cooper. The real-life Alvin York, a famed World War I "hillbilly sharpshooter" from Tennessee, who started out as a pacifist but ultimately became a war hero. York reportedly allowed the film to be made only on the condition that he be portrayed by Cooper. A very presentable copy, the only one we have ever encountered in a jacket. [Book #98927]. (read more)

Daley, Robert.
Prince of the City: The True Story of a Copy Who Knew Too Much (First Edition, Signed by Daly ).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by Robert Daley on the front flyleaf. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket has a touch of rubbing at the corners. Basis for the vastly underrated 1981 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Treat Williams. [Book #106164]. (read more)

De Haas, Arline (novelization); Raphaelson, Samson (original screenplay).
The Jazz Singer (First Movie Tie-in Edition).
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, Near Fine in a bright, Very Good+ dust jacket. There are two variant jacket illustrations for this title, with no priority, this one being the one with Jolson singing infront of a jazz combo. The first movie tie-in edition for the iconic 1927 film starring Al Jolson (shown in illustration on the front jacket panel without black-face). Jacket is exceptionally colorful, with only a few closed tears and small chips at the corners. [Book #102206]. (read more)

[Dickinson, Emily] Leyda, Jay.
The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson (Two Volumes).
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, two volumes. A Fine, unread set, with spine gilt bright, in Near Fine, slightly rubbed acetate dust jackets as issued, lacking slipcase. [Book #101550]. (read more)

Dorr, Nell.
In A Blue Moon (First Edition).
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. Slim quarto. Near Fine in Very Good+ slipcase, slightly soiled and rubbed. Spine a trifle sunned with a touch of faint foxing at the board edges. [Book #115151]. (read more)

Doyle, Arthur Conan.
Uncle Bernac, The Tragedy of the Korosko, The Green Flag (First American Edition).
Preston, CT: J. Askew and Son, n.d. (circa early 1900s). First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first printing of this omnibus edition. Green cloth (also noted in blue cloth) with board and backstrip illustrated in black and brown. Toning and rubbing to extremities, mild shelfwear, foxing to preliminary pages, Good to Very Good overall. Interestingly this copy has a label tipped onto the front pastedown regarding this book being a "prize" presented to a student at the Preston Co-operative Society's Evening Continuation Classes. James Askew and Son specialized in combination volumes for school and college prizes. They purchased the right to bind the sheets of the Newnes editions of Doyle's work under their own imprint, with an insterted title page consisting of either a single leaf or a double leaf with a frontispeice portrait of the author. The volumes date from 1903 to the 1920s. There were many different combinations of works by popular authors. [Green & Gibson, p. 567-68] [Book #109919]. (read more)

Dreiser, Theodore.
Twelve Men (First Edition).
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1919. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. about Near Fine lacking the dust jacket. Basis for the 1942 film "My Gal Sal" starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. A lovely copy, very slightly toned at the spine panel, with yellow stamping completely intact, navy blue cloth bright and clean. [Book #102829]. (read more)

Dulles, Allen.
The Craft of Intelligence (Signed Hardcover).
New York: Harper and Row, 1963. Hardcover. Later printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf: "To John Vance / a veteran from C.I.G. days, with the sincere regards of the author. / Allen W. Dulles / Jan 15, 1964." John Vance began his career in the intelligence community after serving as a interpreter during the Nuremberg trials, eventually becoming the Director of Central Reference where he remained until his retirement in 1971. Vance is best known for discovering and helping to halt the CIA's MKULTRA program, created by Dulles, in which the agency subjected unwitting subjects to LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Light offsetting to the endpapers. Jacket extremities are lightly chipped and worn, particularly the crown. Small, light dampstains to the top edge of the front panel and verso of the heel. A unique association between two of the key players in American Cold War intelligence. [Book #108879]. (read more)

Durrell, Lawrence.
Reflections on a Marine Venus: A Companion to the Landscape of Rhodes (First UK Edition).
London: Faber, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first). Very Good+ in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Slight spine lean, otherwise book is clean and bright. Jacket is complete, with chips at the spine ends and corners (lettering not affected), a small dampstain at the heel (visible only at the verso, book not affected), and a couple of closed tears. A collection of essays on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes. A difficult book to find in an acceptable dust jacket. [Book #104874]. (read more)

Ellroy, James.
The Black Dahlia (First UK Edition).
London: Century / Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Pages very lightly toned at the edges as usual, else an unread copy. Price of 11.95 net at the bottom of the front flap. The scarcest edition of this key Ellroy title, the first book in the L.A. Quartet and basis for the 2006 film directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Mia Kirshner, and Hilary Swank. [Book #105631]. (read more)

[Film Posters] Eisinger, Jo (novel); Lothar Mendes (director).
The Walls Came Tumbling Down (Insert film poster).
Columbia, 1946. American insert poster for the 1946 film noir, "The Walls Came Tumbling Down," based on the novel by Jo Eisinger and directed by Lothar Mendes. Very Good+ condition, folded, 14 x 36 inches. Quite colorful, with some brief foxing at the verso. A very nice example of an extremely uncommon poster. [Book #103160]. (read more)

[Film Posters] Peckinpah, Sam (director).
The Wild Bunch (One-sheet film poster).
Warner Brothers, 1969. Original American one-sheet film poster for Sam Peckinpah's classic 1969 revisionist western, "The Wild Bunch." Generally considered to be Peckinpah's masterpiece, and certainly the film that defined his style at the popular level. Fine condition, on linen, rolled, 27 by 40 inches. National Film Registry. [Book #104816]. (read more)

[Fine Bindings] O'Hara, John.
Appointment in Samarra (First Edition, in a fine artist's binding).
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1934). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in full hand dyed leather with onlay to both the front and rear boards after the striking dust jacket design. A beautiful modern binding by the Chelsea Bindery. O'Hara's famous first book, realistically detailing the three-day disintegration of Julian English in O'Hara's invented town of Gibbsville, PA. Making this copy even more interesting is the presence of a tiny blindstamp on the title page reading "PUBLIC LIBRARY / POTTSVILLE, PA." Pottsville was O'Hara's birthplace, and the basis for O'Hara's fictitious "Gibbsville." Publisher's errata slip tipped in after title page, as called for. A unique copy of this highspot, a serious beauty. [Book #115211]. (read more)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott.
The Great Gatsby (First Edition, first issue).
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. First issue, with all four textual variants present, including: page 60, line 16 "chatter" vs. "echolalia", page 119, line 22 "northern" vs. "southern", page 205, lines 9-10 "sick in tired" vs. "sickantired", and page 211, lines 7-8 "Union Street Station" vs. "Union Station". Scribner's seal on copyright page. Fine condition lacking the rare dust jacket. Simply a superb copy. Bruccoli [A.11.1.a]. [Book #113615]. (read more)

Francis, Dick.
Blood Sport (First UK Edition).
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. First UK Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Binding slightly cocked. Small owner name to front flyleaf. Jacket has a shallow crease at the top rear panel, and some shallow creasing and nicking at the spine ends. A bright copy overall. [Book #76343]. (read more)

Fuentes, Carlos.
Terra Nostra (First Spanish Edition).
Mexico: Joquin Mortiz, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing, preceding the American edition by one year. One of 5000 copies printed. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Single small cello tape reinforcement to the jacket verso, and a faint, shallow crease at the bottom rear panel. An attractive copy of the book generally considered to be the author's masterpiece. [Book #111729]. (read more)

Garden, John.
All on a Summer's Day (First UK Edition).
London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing, Very Good+ in a bright, Very Good+ dust jacket. Book has a touch of foxing to the front flyleaf, page edges, and front board, else clean. Jacket is nicked at the corners, with some foxing to the white rear panel. Basis for the 1950 British film noir, "Double Confession," starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, and Peter Lorre. Rare in or out of jacket. [Book #103095]. (read more)

Gardner, Erle Stanley.
The Case of the Queenly Contestant (Signed First Edition).
New York: William Morrow, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Nordy / with all best wishes from / Uncle Erle / Erle Stanley Gardner." Binding very slightly cocked, else Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket with just a hint of fading to the red spine lettering. A lovely copy. Perry Mason. [Book #116568]. (read more)

Gardner, Erle Stanley writing as A.A. Fair.
Kept Women Can't Quit (Signed First Edition).
New York: William Morrow, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by the author to his niece on the front flyleaf: "To Nordie / With all the best from your / Uncle Erle / Erle Stanley Gardner / Oct 1960." Binding a bit cocked, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A Bertha Cool & Donald Lam mystery. [Book #116557]. (read more)

Gissinger, Hans.
La Conversation (Suite of 14 Prints, Signed and Numbered).
Woodstock Editions, 2000. First Edition. First Edition. One of 200 numbered suites of 14 three-color prints, each print SIGNED by Hans Gissinger. These prints are from Gissinger's monograph, published simultaneously in 2000 by Woodstock Editions. 25 x 39 inches. Fine condition. An exquisite production. [Book #104938]. (read more)

Goldman, William (novel); John Gay (screenplay); Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal (starring).
No Way to Treat a Lady (Original Screenplay).
Paramount Pictures, 1967. Final Shooting Script for the 1968 film, "No Way to Treat a Lady," based on the 1964 novel by William Goldman, written for the screen by John Gay, and starring Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, and George Segal. One of the best unsung crime films of the 1960s, wherein Rod Steiger was given an opportunity for a field day as a serial killer who is a master of disguise; one of the few later roles he didn't overplay, and one of Segal's best performances as well. One of many fine adaptations of novels by William Goldman (Marathon Man, The Princess Bride), who was also a very successful screenwriter. Dark blue studio wrappers, stamped "FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT" on the front wrapper, and dated June 13, 1967 on both the front wrapper and title page. Credits on the front wrapper and title page for screenwriter Gay and producer Sol C. Siegel. 144 leaves, all eye-rest green, mimeograph, rectos only. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, with a glassine cover bound in ahead of the front wrapper, as issued. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #114642]. (read more)

Gorki [Gorky], Maxim.
The Lower Depths (First UK Edition).
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1912. First Edition. First UK Edition (and first edition in English), Near Fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gilt, red and black design, letter and rule. Backstrip very slightly faded. Basis for two superb films, the first in 1936 directed by Jean Renoir and starring Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet and Vladimir Zokoloff; the second in 1957, directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. [Book #67568]. (read more)

Greene, Graham.
The Confidential Agent (First UK Edition).
London: William Heinemann, 1939. First Edition. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing. Near Fine lacking the rare dust jacket. Publisher's blue cloth with red spine titles. Backstrip and endpapers are somewhat toned, prelims have lightly scattered foxing, else an exceptionally clean copy. Basis for the 1945 film noir starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall. One of the author's most difficult titles. [Book #105334]. (read more)

Grisham, John.
Skipping Christmas (Signed Limited Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in cream colored cloth and tissue dust jacket with glossy red gift box as issued. One of 350 copies SIGNED and numbered by the author on the limitation page, this being number 15. [Book #81559]. (read more)

Hals, Frans; Seymour Slive.
Frans Hals: Three Volumes (National Gallery of Art: Kress Foundation Studies in the History of European Art) (First Edition).
London: Phaidon, 1970 (Volumes 1 & 2), 1974 (Volume 3). First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in Fine dust jackets. Volume 2 dust jacket is price-clipped. Boards show only very light shelf wear to extremities of spine and tips and are otherwise Fine. A beautiful three volume monograph on the Dutch seventeenth century portrait painter. Volume 1: Text includes chronological history of Hals' life and work, illustrated in black and white and full color throughout. 240 pages. Includes bibliography, list of text figures and an index. Volume 2: Plates includes a list of plates, of which there are 345 in black and white duotone and 8 in full color. Volume 3: Catalogue contains an extensive critical catalogue in chronological order of Hals' 222 autograph paintings, 20 lost paintings confirmed by his hand and 81 paintings mistakenly attributed to Hals. 194 pages. [Book #78606]. (read more)

Harrington, Kent.
The American Boys (Signed Limited Edition) .
Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. one of 150 copies (this being No. 2) SIGNED by the author. Fine in quarter-morocco binding, marbled boards, Fine dust jacket and slipcase as issued. Quite desirable, as this is presumably the earliest copy in the numbered series that one could obtain. There was no lettered edition of this title. [Book #82454]. (read more)

Helseth, Henry Edward.
The Chair for Martin Rome (First Edition).
New York: Dodd Mead, 1947. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Neat owner name to the front flyleaf, and a touch of foxing to the page edges, else book is bright and clean. Jacket has some professional restoration at the extremities, and is extremely fresh and colorful. A very scarce title, basis for the 1948 film noir, "Cry of the City," directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Victor Mature and Shelley Winters. [Book #99116]. (read more)

Herbert, F. Hugh.
Meet Corliss Archer (First Edition).
New York: Random House, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. An extremely fresh, copy, with only slight toning at the edges of the flaps and rear panel to note. Basis for the 1945 film Kiss and Tell, directed by Richard Wallace and starring Shirley Temple and Robert Benchley. An exceptional copy of a book that is scarce in any kind of jacket. [Book #111767]. (read more)

Highsmith, Patricia.
Ripley's Game (First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Simply a stunning copy, with a brilliant pink topstain and dust jacket as new. The third Ripley book, basis for two fine films, "The American Friend" (1974) directed by Wim Wenders and starring Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper, and the recent "Ripley's Game" (2002), directed by Liliana Cavani and starring John Malkovich and Ray Winstone. By far the best copy we have ever encountered. [Book #107658]. (read more)

Hillenbrand, Laura.
Seabiscuit (Signed First Edition).
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A masterpiece of non-fiction on the great racing horse, basis for the 2003 film starring Jeff Bridges and Tobey Maguire. The signature, which is rare in any case, is neat and quite legible, suggesting this copy to be signed quite early in the book's publication. [Book #110168]. (read more)

Hillmore, Peter, Bob Geldof (introduction).
Live Aid: World Wide Concert Book (Signed First Edition).
New Jersey: Unicorn Publishing House, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED on the title page by Bob Geldof, Harvey Goldsmith, and Bill Graham. Near Fine condition with a slight bump to the heel. The definitive photographic document of the legendary concert, which brought in over $283 million in aid to Africa. According to a publisher's letter that is included, this is one of only four copies signed by the three major promoters: Geldof, who received a knighthood for his humanitarian work, Goldsmith, organizer of the London concert, and Graham, organizer of the US concert at J.F.K. Stadium in Philadelphia and already a legend in his own right. Full provenance available. [Book #108918]. (read more)

Hugo, Victor.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (First Edition).
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blachard, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover, two volumes. First American Edition, first printing. one of only 1000 sets printed. Original cloth-backed boards, Good to Very Good overall. uncut, with no repairs, re-backing or restoration of any kind. Paper labels nearly rubbed away, some overall foxing, and a contemporary owner's name in first volume. One of the great cornerstones of 19th century literature. Housed in a folding cloth clamshell protector and a full French morocco case, with raised bands, and gilt lettering, design and rule. [Book #73910]. (read more)