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NY: Harper & Brothers, (1851. Very first appearance of Moby Dick in any form: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XVII, October, 1851, Vol. III, the opening chapter of the classic, here entitled, The Town-Ho's Story. Further explanation provided as, From 'The Whale,' the title of a new work by Mr. Melville, in the press.....
NY: Random House, (1949). Bright, square, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket of the true First Edition (not the limited) of the acclaimed author's ultra-scarce second book. This copy all the more unique as it is signed by the author (James A. Michener) as well as dated by him (Feb. 7.....
NY: Random House, (1954)_. Beautiful really sharp Fine First Edition in equally Fine original dust jacket of this beloved Japanese-American love story. Basis, of course, for the immensely popular 1957 Joshua Logan-directed film adaptation by Paul Osborn which starred Marlon Brando, Myoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Ricardo Montalban, Martha Scott and.....
NY: Viking Press, (1949). First Edition of this modern classic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, countless other international commendations, and widely considered the single most important American play of the century. Basis, of course, for the 1951 film adaptation starring Frederic March and Mildred Dunnock. A......
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1977). First Edition of this printing in paper wraps of the author's compilation of his collected short works: ON TURNING EIGHTY REFLECTIONS ON THE DEATH OF MISHIMA FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF GREECE WATERS REGLITTERIZED REFLECTIONS ON THE MAURIZIUS CASE MOTHER CHINA AND THE WORLD BEYOND A tight.....
NY: Grove Press, (1961). First American edition of this modern classic first published in Paris in 1934. Lawrence Durrell wrote that this title "stands beside Moby Dickand that "American literature today begins and ends with what he [Miller] has done". Basis for the 1970 film starring Rip Torn. A price-clipped, very.....
Paris: Obelisk, (1954). Scarce 1954 Obelisk Press publication. Preface by Anais Min. Priced at 600 francs and with the disclaimer: MUST NOT BE IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND OR U.S.A. Very good copy in original wraps.
NY: Grove Press, (1961). First American Edition of this long-banned masterpiece first published in Paris in 1939, the companion to Miller's earlier Tropic of Cancer. An unsparing account of what it means to grow to manhood in America, the magic leaps from the page in uninhibited, subversive, often hilarious -- never.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, (1980). Special limited edition published during July 1980 in order to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of D.H. Lawrence. This appreciation of Lawrence, limited to only 250 copies, is absolutely Fine but for a bumped upper corner to the front board. This copy is.....
NY: MACMILLAN COMPANY, 1936. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. HARDBACK. Absolutely Near Fine First Edition, First State copy of the American classic. A handsome example made even more collectible as it contains not only two letters written by Margaret Mitchell enclosed in their original 1938 and 1939 stamped envelopes, but also.....
Paris: Olympia Press, (1955). Superb example of the True First Edition of this contemporary classic, rarely if ever seen in such pristine condition. The Olympia Press two volumes, seemingly unread, with the original 900 francs price on each verso -- prior to the price raise and without any hint of.....
Wichita: Watermark Press, (1990). Superb, As New First Edition copy of this, the late author's one and only novel, a classic study of alcoholism and the basis for the hugely successful film starring Nicolas Cage, who won his Best Actor Academy Award for his performance. This pristine copy in its flawless.....
London: Cape, (1929)_. Lovely, tight and square True First Edition in stunning original first state dust jacket of the landmark novel by the acclaimed author of The Informer. Rarely seen in any condition, let alone in this beautiful state -- a true collector's copy -- this scarce First Edition is boldly.....
NY: Random House, (1933). Number 306 of only 325 First Edition copies of this signed/limited printing of the highly successful Broadway play about turn-of-the-century small-town Americana, even today a perennial favorite for revivals. Basis for the 1935 film adaptation with Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney. An obviously unread.....
NY: Boni & Liveright, (1928). Very good First Edition copy of this scarce title in the seldom seen, virtually rare, almost Fine pictorial dust jacket, exhibiting but the most minor, quite negligible chipping at spine extremities. This landmark play by Eugene O'Neill, winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature.....
NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1950). First U.S. Edition. Tight, square, virtually very near fine in its equally near fine pictorial dust jacket. A "kind of cavalcade of England between 1893,(when George Bowling, the book's protagonist) was born, and 1938, when the main action occurs." A departure from the usual.....
London: Victor Gollancz, (1937). First Edition ("Left Book Club Edition / Not for Sale to the Public"). Part I of the book describes the living condition of coal miners in the industrial North of England, illustrated with photographs. Part II describes Orwell's own middle-class upbringing, and the development of his.....
London: Secker & Warburg, (1949). London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. A handsome example bound in forest green three-quarter leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before he died of that disease, the.....
London: Secker & Warburg (1949). London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel, one of the very scarcest modern first editions to be found. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before he died of that disease, the novel is a work "of.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. first American Edition. hardback. A Pristine Copy in like dust jacket.
Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., (1962). Signed by Katherine Anne Porter This bestselling novel outsold every other American novel published in 1962. The story was based on a journal Porter kept in 1931 during her sea voyage from Mexico to Germany, and the characters in the novel were based on.....
Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott, (1963). A highly unique copy of this First edition, notably scarce, perhaps rare. Seemingly a family copy. On the front pastedown it bears the heraldic bookplate (VERITE SANS PEUR) of the Pynchon family. First Edition of the renowned author's first book, one of the key titles.....
NY: Random House, (1957). First Edition of the landmark title, according to a Library of Congress poll in the 1970s, the book second only to the Bible in influence across all U.S. college campuses. Certainly a much better than very good copy in its rather sensational original dust jacket, top-corner.....
Indianapolis/NY: Bobbs-Merrill, (1943). Very good STATED First Edition of the author's landmark novel, an enduring literary classic and basis for the acclaimed 1949 King Vidor film version starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Raymond Massey. Square and tight, this extremely scarce, highly sought after First Edition, First State copy in the original.....
London: Bloomsbury, (2000). True First Edition, First State copy of the fourth book in the series. As new copy in the pictorial dust jacket boldly signed in blue ink on the half title by J.K. Rowling. Full authentication, provenance and gold ticket provided. .
