New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a brilliant, Fine dust jacket. Some tiny stains on the rear board, else as sharp a copy as one could hope for. Not an uncommon title, but rarely found in superior condition. (read more) about Fire on the Mountain (First Edition)

Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine in a Fine illustrated slipcase. A hint of rubbing along the board edges of the book with a little darkening at the spine. A historical drama never translated into English. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Enomoto Takeaki (First Edition)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1984. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Fine in a Fine publisher's illustrated paper-covered slipcase with original bellyband. This title was translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter as "The Ark Sakura" in 1988. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Hakobune Sakura-Maru [The Ark Sakura] (First Edition)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1984. First Japanese Edition, first printing. INSCRIBED by Abe in white ink on the front endpaper to Harvard literature professor Howard Hibbett. Text in Japanese.This title was translated into English by Juliet Winters Carpenter as "The Ark Sakura" in 1988. Fine in a Near Fine publisher's printed slipcase with a couple of short tears to the belly band. (read more) about Hakobune Sakura-Maru [The Ark Sakura] (Signed First Edition)

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1970. First printing of this edition. Near Fine in paper covered boards in a Near Fine printed publisher's slipcase and bellyband. Book lightly soiled at the spine and along the bottom edge. Slipcase has a touch of rubbing and a couple of bumps to the corners. Originally published in 1954. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Kiga Domei [Starving Unions] (Hardcover)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1974. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Just about Fine in a Near Fine publisher's illustrated, paper-covered slipcase with original bellyband intact. Abe staged this play later the same year and won the Yomiuri Literary Prize for this work. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Midori-Iro No Stokkingu [The Green Stockings] (First Edition)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971. First Edition. Just about Fine in a Near Fine printed slipcase with original bellyband. Slipcase has a few corner bumps. Never translated into English. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Mihitsu Na Koi [Willful Negligence] (First Edition)

Tokyo: Tojusha, 1965. First printing of this edition. Fine in cream paper-covered boards in a Fine printed slipcase and bellyband. A heavily revised reissue of Abe's first novel, originally published by Shinzenbi in 1948. A novel that established the author's reputation early on. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Owarishi Michi No Shirube Ni [At the Guidepost at the End of the Road] (Hardcover)

Tokyo: Togensha, 1964. First printing of this edition. Near Fine in black cloth with white spine title and original glassine, in a Near Fine, illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Spine titles lightly rubbed. An uncommon collection of short stories originally published in 1952. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Suichu Toshi [The City in the Sea] (Hardcover)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards in a Near Fine printed slipcase with bellyband. Tiny ink dot to top page edges, else FIne. Slipcase lightly rubbed at the corners and along the spine. A collection of essays. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Uchi Naru Hnkyo [The Border Within] (First Edition)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1975. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Fine in beige cloth in a Near Fine publisher's illustrated, paper-covered slipcase, with original bellyband intact. Cloth slipcase is rubbed under the glassine in a couple of places, else Fine. An interesting collection of short works by the author. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Warau Tsuki [Laughing Moon] (First Edition)

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971. First printing of this edition. Previously published in 1959. Just about Fine in a Near Fine printed slipcase and bellyband. First staged in 1958, this play won the Kishida Drama Prize. Never translated into English. Text in Japanese. (read more) about Yurei Wa Koko Ni Iru [The Ghosts are Here] (Hardcover)

New York: D. Appleton, 1931. First Edition. Author's first novel, after a series of children's books in the 1920s. After graduating from Earlham she attended Columbia University where she graduated as the only women of the first class of the Pulitzer School of Journalism. Addington worked as manuscript and copy reader, and a series of free lance articles garnered her... (read more) about Dance Team (First Edition)

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1993. First Hardcover Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Alexie on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris O / With love, respect, and friendship / Sherman / 9/29/97." Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best... (read more) about The First Indian on the Moon (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1992. First Edition, first printing. Association copy, INSCRIBED by Dorothy Allison to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "Chris / Thank you for being in the world and writing what you do / I need your words / Best / Dorothy Allison."From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight”... (read more) about Bastard out of Carolina (First Edition, inscribed to fellow author Chris Offutt)

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the author's first book, preceding the First Edition. Presentation set of bound galley sheets prepared for the friends of Algonquin Books, preceding all but the original manuscript. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). (read more) about How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Uncorrected Proof, signed)

London: Moorhouse and Sorensen, 1994. First Edition. One of 100 copies (this being No. 34) SIGNED by the author, out of a total limitation of 326. The first book publication of Amis' first published story, "Denton's Death," published in the October 1976 issue of "Encounter" magazine, along with "Let Me Count the Times," a revised and retitled edition of his... (read more) about Two Stories: Denton's Death and Let Me Count the Times (Signed Limited Edition)

New York: Ballantine Books No. 185, 1957. First Edition, published simultaneously in hardcover. A hired gun named Ross Ringler comes to a town where his reputation gets the better of him!Cover art by Mel Crair, whose primary output was between 1954-1963. Slight loss at the crown, else about Fine in illustrated wrappers. Schreuders (UK), p. 203. (read more) about Shadow on the Border (First Edition)

Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1980. Two borderless photographs from the 1980 film. Though most often remembered as Peter Sellers' final role, it also was the last success for the great Hal Ashby, as well as Jack Warden's first shot at portraying the President of the United States. Photographs 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Brief emulsion defect to one of the photographs, else Fine. (read more) about Being There (Two still photographs from the 1980 film)

Los Angeles: Sun and Moon, 1992. First American Edition, greatly expanded from the UK edition published ten years early. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Not to be confused with the more common signed limited edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. (read more) about The Art of Hunger (Signed First Edition)

Cambridge: Sun and Moon, 1985, 1986. First Edition. Three volumes, with each volume SIGNED by the author on the title page. "City of Glass" in the first issue jacket without the publisher's seal on the spine. Each volume Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges of "City of Glass." (read more) about The New York Trilogy: City of Glass, Ghosts, and The Locked Room (Signed First Editions)

New York: New Directions, 2002. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collection of previously published essays. Fine and unread. (read more) about The Red Notebook (Signed First Edition)

Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1976. First Edition, a paperback original, one of 500 copies. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers with light soil. (read more) about Wall Writing (Signed First Edition)

Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1996. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. (read more) about Why Write (Signed First Edition)

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. First American bililingual Edition. An early work of translation for noted author Paul Auster. Near Fine and unread in card wrappers and a Near Fine dust jacket as issued. Book and jacket lightly toned at the extremities. (read more) about A Tomb for Anatole (First Edition)

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. First Edition. Part of the "Understanding Contemporary American Literature" series. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. (read more) about Understanding Paul Auster (First Edition)

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1973. Draft script for the 1973 film. Copy belonging to uncredited crew member, Betty St. Clair, who was a costume designer, with her name in holograph ink on the first page of text. Based on the 1938 collection, "Trader Horn: The Ivory Coast in the Earlies," edited by Ethelreda Lewis (foreword by John Galsworthy), detailing... (read more) about Trader Horn (Original screenplay for the 1973 film, crew member's copy)

New York: Putnam, 1964. Third printing. INSCRIBED by the author-screenwriter on the half-title page to actress Joanne Woodward: "To Joanne / Who has more than a touch of Jacataqua / With warm regards / Elliott." File copy belonging to Metro-Goldyn-Mayer film studios, with their rubber stamps and notations in holograph ink on the front endpaper, including a date of 06/23/64... (read more) about A Fine Madness (Hardcover, inscribed studio file copy)

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1948. First edition. Octavo, brown buckram with gilt titles and patterned paper-covered boards. One of 500 numbered copies (this being No. 451). Twelve wood engravings by Clifford Webb. A novel about the Amazons and the lost city of Atlantis. Near Fine, lacking the onion skin dust jacket. (read more) about The Amazons (Limited UK Edition)

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1931. Later printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Virginia Allan / from Margaret Ayer Barnes." Winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Barnes also wrote "Dishonored Lady," a play twice adapted to film. Beginning in the 1890s, the story follows an upper-middle class girl from youth to adulthood, struggling within a changing... (read more) about Years of Grace (Signed Hardcover)

New York: Delta, 1988. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by Barrett on the title page. Slightest toning to the page edges, still Fine in wrappers (trade softcover) as issued. The author's first book. (read more) about Lucid Stars (Signed First Edition)