Abe, Kobo. Kozui [The Flood] (Limited Edition). n.p.: Presse Bibliomane, 1973 First Edition. Softcover. First printing of this edition. One of 585 copies printed, this being copy No. 223. Fine in perfect bound wrappers with titles and top edge in gilt. Housed in original oatmeal Presse Bibliomane chemise. Chemise is Near Fine with just a hint of soil and a bit of bowing to the upper board. A short novel that first appeared in the magazine "Ningen" in 1950. Text in Japanese. [Book #114158]. (read more)

Albert, Marvin writing as Anthony Rome. The Lady in Cement (First Edition). London: Robert Hale, 1962 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition and first edition in hardcover (preceded by a paperback original in the US). Basis for the breezy 1968 film starring Frank Sinatra as Albert's detective Tony Rome, the second of two films featuring that character. About Near Fine in a like dust jacket. Book has a very slight lean and a touch of foxing to the page edges; jacket is bright, with no chips or tears, only light rubbing overall. A superb example of one the rare "white spine" Hale crime editions, produced in extremely small numbers and supplied mostly to British libraries upon publication. The only jacketed copy we have ever seen. [Book #114890]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Golding, Arthur; Arnold Freitag (original Latin), Marcus Gheeraerts (illustrations), Richard G. Barnes (editor). A Moral Fable-Talk (Limited Edition). San Francisco: Arion Press, 1987 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. limited to 400 non-numbered copies. Fine in full brown bonded leather with gold stamped titles and design. The unpublished manuscript of this translation of Aesopic fables in combination with the scholorship of Dr. Richard G. Barnes brings this work to print 400 years after its inception. The 125 etchings which illustrate the book are those which originally appeared in the 1579 French and Latin editions. Only an early number of this edition were bound in full leather, the later ones were bound in 3/4 goatskin. 356 pages, 8 x 6 inches, printed in Monotype Garamount with photo-engraved plates on Ingres d'Arches mouldmade paper. [Book #86802]. (read more)

[Arion Press] Sheppard, Sam; Stan Washburn (illustrations). A Lie Of The Mind (Signed Limited Edition). San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993 First Edition. Hardcover, large quarto. First printing of this edition, one of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies hors de commerce (this being Letter M) SIGNED by the playwright and the artist on the colophon page. Fine, in blue goatskin spine and red paper covered boards with white silkscreened titling and illustration. A much acclaimed work by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and actor. Illustrated with 15 scratch-board drawings by Stan Washburn. Lacking the CD recording of the music by the Red Clay Ramblers used for the first production of the play. 144 pages, 13 x 10 inches, in Monotype Ehrhardt, handset Janson and handset De Vinne wood type on mouldmade French Lana Royale paper. Illustrations printed from photopolymer plates. [Book #87500]. (read more)

Arthur R. Tofte, Eando Binder, Ross Rocklynne, Maurice Duclos, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr., A. Hyatt Verrill, Harl Vincent, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thornton Ayre, Nelson S. Bond, John Russell Fearn, Ed Earl Repp, Edmond Hamilton, F. Orlin Tremaine, Na. Fantastic Adventures: Volume I, No. 1 - 4 (First Edition). Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1939 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in wrappers rebound in a Near Fine hardcover cloth binding. Tanning to the pages, else Fine. The first issues of Fantastic Adventures science fiction magazine: May, July, September and November 1939. The No. 1 issue includes contributions by Arthur R. Tofte, Eando Binder, Ross Rocklynne, Maurice Duclos, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr., A. Hyatt Verrill, Harl Vincent; No. 2: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Thornton Ayre, Nelson S. Bond, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr., John Russell Fearn, Ed Earl Repp; No. 3: Edmond Hamilton, F. Orlin Tremaine, Nelson S. Bond, Nat Schachner, Eando Binder, Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.; No. 4: Polton Cross, Stanton A. Coblentz, Nelson S. Bond, Maurice Duclos, Thornton Ayre, and Henry Gade. [Book #79716]. (read more)

Belloc Lowndes, Marie. The Story of Ivy (First UK Edition, Signed). London: William Heinemann, 1927 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing, Very Good in blue cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author at the front flyleaf: "Dearest Pamela, with love from the writer, Marie Belloc Lowndes." Binding somewhat cocked, hinges slightly tender, else a reasonably bright, clean copy, with spine gilt intact. Basis for the 1947 film noir, "Ivy," directed by Sam Wood, written for the screen by Charles Bennett, and starring Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. [Book #101412]. (read more)

Berri, Claude. The Two of Us (First Edition). New York: William Morrow, 1968 First Edition. First American Edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Director Claude Berri's novelization of his classic 1967 film. Criterion Collection 388. [Book #109877]. (read more)

Biggers, Earl Derr. Seven Keys to Baldpate (Signed First Edition). New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1913 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by Biggers on the front flyleaf. Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Gilt intact on front board and spine, tissue guard frontis intact. Neat owner stamp to front flyleaf, else a lovely copy of the author's first book. Housed in a custom paper slipcase. [Book #113988]. (read more)

Boileau, Pierre & Thomas Narcejac. The Living and the Dead (First UK Edition). London: Hutchinson, 1956 First Edition. First UK Edition, first printing. also first edition in English and first in hardcover, preceded by the French edition. Very Good+ in an about Very Good, first issue dust jacket with a price of 10/6 at the bottom of the front flap. Book is quite clean, with a small dampstain at the top of the front board (pages and jacket not affected). Jacket is lightly chipped along the top and bottom edge, with a slightly larger triangular chip (about 1/3-inch deep) at the top of the front panel, and rubbing to the rear panel. Basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 classic film, Vertigo, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. Scarce. [Book #112673]. (read more)

Boyle, T. Coraghessan. Descent of Man (Signed First Edition). Boston: Little Brown, (1979) First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket but for a little scratching on the front panel. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Boyle's first book. [Book #70720]. (read more)

Brand, Max. Dr. Kildare's Search (First Edition). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1943 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown, completely hidden by front flap. Also includes "Dr. Kildare's Hardest Case." A collector's copy. [Book #77216]. (read more)

Bronte, Charlotte and Emily; Fritz Eichenberg (illustrations). Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (Inscribed by Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine). New York: Random House, 1943 First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. First printing of this edition. Jane Eyre is INSCRIBED by Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine, the actors who portrayed Edward Rochester and Jane Eyre, respectively, in the classic (and definitive) 1944 film version. The inscription is to William K. Jenkins, who began his career as managing editor of the Atlanta Journal, and went on to become the owner of the Georgia Theatre Company, a statewide chain of movie houses that included the famed Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Both volumes in Near Fine condition, slipcase Near Fine. An unusual and appealing inscription on this beautifully illustrated set [Book #110488]. (read more)

Buck, Pearl S. A House Divided (First Edition). New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light offsetting to the front flyleaf and front jacket flap, otherwise an extremely bright, fresh copy. [Book #104626]. (read more)

Burgess, Anthony. Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love-Life (First UK Edition). London: William Heinemann, 1964 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Fine in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket Extremely faint ring stain at the verso of the front panel, else an especially fresh and completely unfaded example. [Book #104435]. (read more)

Burnett, W.R. The Asphalt Jungle (First Edition). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. One of the best copies we have ever handled of this title, where jacket condition is nearly always a problem. Hint of toning at the top edges of the boards, topstain lightly faded, and a couple of minute rubs at the jacket corners, else an unread copy. The author's classic heist novel, basis for the classic 1950 film noir directed by John Huston and starring Sterling Hayden. [Book #101254]. (read more)

Cabell, James Branch. Jurgen (First Edition). New York: McBride, 1919 First Edition. First edition, first issue with line rules on page 144 intact. A Fine, tight copy with the lettering to the spine and front board unrubbed and unfaded, in a very Near Fine, white dust jacket with a small chip on the rear panel. Also present is a contemporary and possibly original glassine overjacket, Fine with slight wear at the extremities (not shown in illustration). A classic satiric fantasy, the book created a furor when it was published and the draconian attempts to suppress the book insured its immortality in publishing history, as well as served to make copies of the first issue difficult to find, and exceptionally scarce in jacket. A beautiful copy. [Book #70751]. (read more)

Carleton, Marjorie. Cry Wolf (First Edition). New York: William Morrow, 1945 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good+ dust jacket. Contemporary owner name and date to front flyleaf, faint foxing to board edges, else book is unread; jacket is lightly nicked at spine ends and at a couple of extremities. Basis for the 1947 film noir directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Erroll Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck and Geraldine Brooks. Extremely scarce. [Book #78771]. (read more)

Chandler, Raymond. Playback (First Edition, Review Copy). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's slip laid in, noting release date and and retail price. Jacket is rubbed with shallow creasing at corners and folds, with the faintest bit of foxing at the white rear panel. The last Philip Marlowe novel. [Book #101229]. (read more)

Chesterton, G.K. The Scandal of Father Brown (First Edition). New York: Dodd, Mead, 1935 First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Slightest fading to the topstain, else a pristine copy, virtually as new. Chesterton's fifth Father Brown book, a collection of stories. [Book #110800]. (read more)

Clancy, Tom. Rainbow Six (Signed Limited Edition). New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in navy cloth with silver titles to the front board and spine in a Fine matching cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION of 675 copies, of which this is No. 318, SIGNED and NUMBERED by the author on the limitation page. [Book #82083]. (read more)

Cobb, Humphrey. Paths of Glory (First Edition, Inscribed to Fritz Lang). New York: Viking Press, 1935 First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to legendary director Fritz Lang on the second blank: "To Fritz Lang: who is making my introduction to a new art a most pleasant and stimulating experience." Most likely Cobb met Lang in the mid-1930s during his brief Hollywood tenure (he turned in only one filmed screenplay, for San Quentin in 1937). Lang had also just arrived in Hollywood from Germany, but with a pre-established reputation as a director. Cobb died in 1944, never to know that thirteen years later Stanley Kubrick would one day remember the book from his childhood and decide to adapt it to film. The resulting classic starred Kirk Douglas and Ralph Meeker, and was written for the screen by Jim Thompson. Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, first state dust jacket. Light wear to the fore-edge of the front flyleaf; jacket is very bright, with the most minute professional touch-up at the spine extremities. Cobb's first and only book, and a superb association. In a custom chemise and quarter-leather clamshell box [Book #109760]. (read more)

Connell, Evan S. Mrs. Bridge (First Edition, Signed in the Year of Publication). New York: Viking Press, 1959 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf in the year and month of publication: "For Irving / with best wishes from Mrs. Bridge and Evan S. Connell, Jr. / February 6, 1959." Jacket shows a couple of tiny closed tears at the top edge of the front panel, slight fading to the pink on the spine panel, and rubbing along the front flap fold. The author's second and best-known title, which along with Connell's Mr. Bridge was the basis for the 1990 film Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Blythe Danner. [Book #60379]. (read more)

Conroy, Pat. The Great Santini (Signed First Edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. About Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A superb copy. [Book #103257]. (read more)

Crichton, Michael writing as Jeffrey Hudson. A Case of Need (First Edition). New York: NAL/World, 1968 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bookplate on the front pastedown, else a bright, clean copy. Filmed in 1972 by Blake Edwards as "The Carey Treatment," with James Coburn and Jennifer O'Neill. Crichton's first hardcover novel, winner of the Edgar Award. [Book #112008]. (read more)

Cross, Amanda. The James Joyce Murder (First Edition). New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. A collector's copy. [Book #77222]. (read more)

Curtiz, Michael (director); Patrick Quentin (novel), Reginald Rose (screenwriter). The Man in the Net (Original screenplay, director's bound copy). United Artists, 1959 Original screenplay for the 1959 film noir, "The Man in the Net," directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Alan Ladd. Specially bound copy of the revised final screenplay belonging to director Michael Curtiz, dated May 22, 1958. White mimeograph pages with pink revision pages, bound in brown leather with gilt titles, including Michael Curtiz' name at the bottom right corner of the front board. Pages and photos are Near Fine, binding is Very Good+ with some wear at the spine ends. A unique and important copy of an already uncommon film noir screenplay. [Book #104864]. (read more)

Davies, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street (First Edition). New York: Harcourt Brace, 1947 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket is bright, with small chips at corners and spine ends, along with a few small closed tears. Small chip at the crown affects a portion of the "M" in "Miracle." Basis for the classic 1947 Christmas film, starring Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara and a young Natalie Wood. [Book #101587]. (read more)

Dixon, Thomas. The Fall of a Nation (First Edition). New York: D Appleton & Company, 1916 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a jacket that is Fine but for a bit of rubbing to the spine and a tiny closed tear to the bottom rear panel. An exceptional copy of this title, sequel to Birth of a Nation, and basis for the 1916 film directed by the author. [Book #60377]. (read more)

Dubus, Andre. Blessings (Signed Limited Edition). Elmwood: Raven Editions, 1987 First Edition. First Edition, first printing. As new in pastepaper boards. One of 60 numbered copies (of a total edition of 70) designed and printed by Carol Blinn at the Warwick Press, and SIGNED by Dubus. Prospectus for the edition laid in. A scarce and attractive production. [Book #70736]. (read more)

Duff, Charles. A Handbook on Hanging: Being a short Introduction to the fine art of Execution, and containing much useful information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapitation and Electrocution;... All Very Proper to be Read and Kept in E. Boston: Hale, Cushman and Flint, 1929 First Edition. First American Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket with a slight touch of age-toning at the spine. A lovely copy of this curious little volume. A satirical screed against capital punishment written (ala De Quincey's Murder as a Fine Art) posing as a glorious celebration of it. Rare to find in this condition. [Book #109377]. (read more)

Eggers, Dave (ed.); Paul Collins, Amanda Davis, Jonathan Lethem, Neal Pollack, Sarah Vowell, Heidi Julavits, Tim Carvell (contributors). McSweeney's Journal (Quarterly) No. 2: Blues / Jazz Odyssey? (Signed First Edition). New York: McSweeney's, 1999 First Edition. Softcover. First Edition, first printing. first state, with page 192 misnumbered. SIGNED by Dave Eggers on the front flyleaf and with the Dave Eggers author trading card laid in. Near Fine in wrappers, just the lightest edgewear. [Book #102454]. (read more)

Fante, John with Daniel Fuchs and Sonya Levien. Jeanne Eagels (Original Screenplay, Art Director Ross Bellah's copy). Columbia Pictures, 1956 Final draft script for the 1957 film, "Jeanne Eagels," directed by George Sidney, based on an original story by Daniel Fuchs novel, written for the screen by Fuchs, John Fante, and Sonya Levien, and starring Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler, and Agnes Moorehead. A film based on the life story of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels, who bounced from beauty contest loser to carnival dancer to stage actress to Hollywood starlet, only to lose in the end to depression, alcohol, and drugs. Producer-director George Sidney found this ideal material for the literary likes of Fuchs and his contemporary Fante, and the resulting film is a dark but somewhat campy biopic that is rarely seen today. An important intersection between two major literary figures, Fuchs was a key New York writer of mid-century proletarian fiction and Fante a west coast novelist whose star rose toward the end of his life. Fante's legacy today is due largely to the accolades of Robert Towne and, in particular, Charles Bukowski, who discovered Fante's "Ask the Dust" at an early age, and later famously called Fante his "god." Bound in green studio wrappers, lacking rear wrapper but otherwise complete, stamped FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper, and dated December 11, 1956. This was Art Director Ross Bellah's copy, with his holograph pencil name on the front wrapper, and numerous penciled sketches and notations by him throughout, on both rectos and versos. Credit on the front wrapper for "George Sidney Productions; no screenwriter credits are present on the front wrapper or title page, but being that all three screenwriters were credited in the film and that this is the final draft, it would be correct to assign credit to all three for the content. Title page present, with a date of December 11, 1956, and credits for George Sidney Productions, 165 leaves, mimeograph, rectos only, a "rainbow copy" with numerous white pages and blue, pink, and yellow revision pages throughout, dated variously between December 12, 1956 and March 1, 1957. Pages Very Good front wrapper about Very Good, bound with two tarnished gold brads. [Book #114553]. (read more)

[Film Posters] Bresson, Robert (director). Le diable probablement [The Devil Probably] (Original French Film Poster). 1977 Original French grande poster for the 1977 film, "Le diable probablement" [“The Devil, Probably”], written and directed by Robert Bresson. Bresson's protagonist Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realizes the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option. One of Bresson's great, late masterpieces, and an illustrated poster that has always been extremely scarce. Bright and clean, easily Near Fine, folded. 47 x 63 inches. [Book #109597]. (read more)

[Film Posters] Stevenson, Robert (director); Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar (starring). The Woman on Pier 13 [I Married a Communist] (One-sheet film poster). RKO Radio Pictures, 1950 American one-sheet film poster for the classic 1950 film noir "The Woman on Pier 13," directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, and John Agar. The film was originally released in the US as "I Married a Communist" as an attempt to outwardly support (but actually undermine) the HUAC committee hearings, which were causing many of Hollywood's best and brightest to be blacklisted. Near Fine condition, 27 x 41 inches, linen-backed and rolled. [Book #102284]. (read more)

Forbes, Murray. Hollow Triumph (First Edition). Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, 1946 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Top page edges are foxed, else book is tight and clean; jacket has small chips at the corners and spine ends, rubbing at the flap folds., and a touch of foxing at the middle of the spine panel. The only novel by radio personality Forbes, basis for the classic 1948 film noir (better known today under its UK title, "The Scar"), shot by John Alton and starring Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett. Extremely scarce. [Book #100852]. (read more)

Fowles, John with the Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust. Steep Holm: A Case History in the Study of Evolution (Signed First Edition). Dorset: Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust / Dorset, 1978 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by John Fowles and dated 1980 on the title page. Laid in is a folding mini-map and history of Steep Holm. A nonfiction title by Fowles about this island nature reserve in the Bristol Channel, extremely uncommon to find signed. [Book #78468]. (read more)

Franzen, Jonathan. The Twenty-Seventh City (Signed First Edition, Association Copy). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG), 1988 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of author's first book. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A superb association copy. INSCRIBED by Franzen to Sherman Alexie: "3 November 96 / Jonathan Franzen / For Sherman / With great respect." Franzen and Alexie were both selected to the fabled Granta 20, a list of young American writers selected by Granta as the best of their generation. [Book #92128]. (read more)

Glasgow, Ellen. Phases of an Inferior Planet (First Edition). New York: Harper and Brothers, 1898 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Copy belonging to Howard Mumford Jones, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine condition. A lovely copy of the author's second novel. A nice copy connecting two Pulitzer Prize winners--Jones won for non-fiction, Glasgow won for fiction. [Book #109395]. (read more)

Greene, Graham and Ronald Matthews writing as Sheila Cousins. To Beg I am Ashamed (First Edition). London: Routledge, 1938 First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Slightest vertical crease to spine, else a superb copy, tight and clean. A fictitious "autobiography" of a London prostitute, written by Greene and Matthews under a pseudonym to avoid political scandal. The book was withdrawn from the market by the publisher after warnings were issued by various moralistic institutions in England, and the first edition remains very scarce. The extent of Greene's involvement in the authorship has never been fully ascertained. [Book #72631]. (read more)

Grubb, Davis (novel); Charles Laughton (director); James Agee (screenwriter); Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish (starring). Night of the Hunter (Original Film Pressbook). United Artists, 1955 Original pressbook for the 1955 film, "Night of the Hunter," directed by Charles Laughton, based on the 1953 novel by David Grubb. Written for the screen by James Agee, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, and Lillian Gish. After sharing a cell with a thief, con man and murderer Harry (Robert Mitchum) seduces his widow (Shelly Winters) in an attempt to find the hidden loot. After the children flee with the money, Harry pursues them. 15 pages, saddle stitched, 11 x 17 inches. Near Fine condition. Faint horizontal fold crease at the center of the wrapper and pages with a small amount of starting to the center of the hinge fold. Wrappers slightly rubbed overall but still bright. Laid-in is a single page flyer, in Fine condition but for the fold crease, detailing the world premiere in producer Paul Gregory's hometown of Des Moines, IA. Laughton's only directorial credit, with tremendous performances by Mitchum and Gish. One of the classic noir films of the 1950s. [Book #110959]. (read more)

Hathaway, Henry (director); Ben Hecht (screenwriter); Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Colleen Gray, and Richard Widmark (starring) . Kiss of Death (Original Film Pressbook). Twentieth Century Fox, 1947 Original pressbook for the seminal 1947 film noir, "Kiss of Death," based on the novel by Eleazar Lipsky, directed by Henry Hathaway, written for the screen by Ben Hecht, and starring Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Colleen Gray, and Richard Widmark (in his screen debut). Very Good+ condition, saddle stitched, quite clean with a single corner crease to the front wrapper, and a faint horizontal crease from having been folded once. 24 pages, 11 x 15.5 inches. Extremely scarce. [Book #107560]. (read more)

Hemingway, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees (First Edition, First Issue). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a bright, Very Good+ or better dust jacket. Jacket is first issue, with a yellow spine, lightly rubbed to the extremities, with moderate foxing to the verso and one short closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. A sharp copy, uncommon thus. [Book #87606]. (read more)

[Hemingway, Ernest] Baker, Carlos (editor). Ernest Hemingway: Selected Letters (First Edition, Inscribed by Carlos Baker). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by editor Carlos Baker in the year of publication on the title page, to Saturday Review writer John Barkham: "Inscribed for John Barkham with warm best wishes from Carlos Baker / 2 March 1981." Jacket spine panel lightly faded, else a very sharp copy. Not to be confused with the more common signed limited edition. [Book #77317]. (read more)

Hughes, Langston. The Big Sea (First Edition). New York: Knopf, 1940 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a just about Near Fine dust jacket, with a bit of wear (but no loss) at the spine corners, mainly the crown. Otherwise, a colorful, bright example of Hughes' autobiography, which he completed sixteen years later with "I Wonder as I Wander." A much nicer copy than is usually found. [Book #108846]. (read more)

Jones, Raymond F. This Island Earth (First Edition). New York: Shasta, 1952 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Basis for the classic 1955 science fiction film. A sharp copy, uncommon thus. [Book #19374]. (read more)

Kennedy, William. The Ink Truck (Signed First Edition). New York: Dial, 1969 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing to the front panel. A bright, superior copy of the author's first book, much better than usually encountered. [Book #109435]. (read more)

[King, Stephen] Beahm, George (text, photographs). Stephen King Country (Signed Lettered Edition, Letter ZZ). Philadelphia: Running Press, 1999 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. one of 52 lettered copies (this being letter ZZ) SIGNED by writer/photographer George Beahm. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with clear lucite slipcase as issued. Slipcase has a chip at one corner and a couple of minor rubs, else Fine. Scarce in this limitation. [Book #82132]. (read more)

Langham, James R. Sing a Song of Homicide. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a bright, just about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket shows some rubbing to the spine ends and a faint vertical crease at the rear panel, else uncommonly nice for this title. Basis for the 1942 film noir, "Night in New Orleans," starring Preston Foster and Albert Dekker. [Book #83932]. (read more)

Lethem, Jonathan. The Lives of Bohemians: Growing Up With My Father's Painting (Signed Lettered Edition). Santa Monica, CA: Danger Books, 2008 First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. one of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Jonathan Lethem and his father, Richard Lethem, who supplies the stunning (and disturbing) color paintings that are the subject of this text. A superb production, with full-color plates of Richard Lethem's oil paintings bound in at the center of the text. A superbly-wrought letterpress production, bound in lime green cloth in a matching slipcase, with no dust jacket as issued. [Book #103661]. (read more)

[Limited Editions] Morrow, James. The Godhead Trilogy: Towing Jehovah (Volume I), Blameless in Abaddon (Volume II), The Eternal Footman (Volume III), and The Godhead Trilogy: Reflections and Refractions (Four Volumes, Signed Limited Edition). North Webster, IN: Dimension House / Delirium Books, 2004 First Edition. Hardcover. Four Volumes. Each is the first printing of this edition, and each is one of 26 numbered copies, all copies being No. 1. SIGNED by James Morrow on the limitation page. Fine in full leather binding with gilt titles in a Fine leather slipcase. A very sharp copy of this edition. [Book #103135]. (read more)