Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1973. FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY. Script custom bound in handsome presentation case. Original shooting script which won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay. A sensationally collectible copy as it is boldly inscribed and signed by the film's star on the title page as follows: SWEET DREAMS!.....
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1971. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. But for two quite miniscule chips to the dust jacket, this is certainly an excellent, highly collectible example of the author's scarce third book, a sprawling present-day Texas novel dealing with the various strains of violence that exist in.....
NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1986. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardback. As New First Edition of the now iconic bestselling author's first book to feature New Orleans homicide detective Dave Robicheaux.Tough, violent, yet surprisingly lyrical, an altogether page-turner of a novel which introduces a protagonist now firmly established at the.....
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. First Edition, First State of the highly esteemed author's second book, a thoroughly riveting tale centered around the black world of the coal mines and the enormous, remote beauty of the Cumberland mountains -- and its protagonist, a remarkable young.....
New York: Viking Press. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Fine First Edition, First State, in equally fine original dust jacket. Boldly signed on the title page by William S. Burroughs.
London: Grant Richards, 1903. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. First Edition, First State. A very Near Fine example indeed, tight, square, its gilt titles bright and shining. Written between 1873 and 1884 and published posthumously in 1903, this is regarded by many as the very first 20th century novel. Today.....
N/A. An unquestionable rarity. Raymond Chandler's actual two-page document to his lawyer Michael Gilbert, personally typed in blue ink by the author (with holograph corrections and additions) to serve as his will. Written from Palm Springs, California on January 18, 1957, he discusses the intricacies and legalities of such a......
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1964). First Edition, First Printing of the author's acclaimed collection of short stories comprising Killer in the Rain; The Man who Liked Dogs; The Curtain; Try the Girl; Mandarin's Jade; Bay City Blues; The Lady in the Lake; No Crime in the Mountains. Introduction by Philip Durham. A......
London: Conservative Unionist General Office, (1948). 8pp speech, from Churchill's period as Leader of the Opposition. The speech calls for the House to form a new Parliament. Churchill would ultimately head opposition to the Labour Government until the General Election of 1951, which returned the Conservatives to majority and Churchill.....
London: Library of Imperial History, n.d. (1976). First edition, one of but 3,000 sets. Four volumes. Octavo. Each volume has the publisher's presentation bookplate loosely inserted, noting that this set is number 8 of a limited edition (an uncommon extra). Bound in original quarter dark blue morocco with gilt titles.....
British Information Services, (1946). 85pp pamphlet published by the British Information Services, an agency of the British government. First Edition. This publication, British Speeches of the Day, Volume Four, Number Ten, published December, 1946 is likely to be the very first printed appearance of Churchill's speech on November 12, 1946.....
London: Cassell, 1950. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Fully bound in black oasis Morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and dentilles. First Edition, First Printing of fifty-two of Churchill's speeches delivered by the great man between 1947 and 1948. Edited by his son Randolph S. Churchill, this exquisitely bound 506pp volume is.....
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-1946. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST STATE. Handsomely bound in navy half calf with twin red Morocco title labels and gilt lion motifs to spines, raised bands, matching cloth over boards, and topedge gilt. A fine set in handsome leather binding. Truly monumental.....
Princeton University Junior Class. The 1918 yearbook of Princeton University, Volume XLII, put out by its Junior Class and featuring, in his very first appearance in print, student F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is listed as a member of the Triangle Club, Class of 1918; as one of the six editors.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. True First Edition, First State. Hardback. True First Edition, First State of the tenth James Bond novel, basis of course for the 1977 Lewis Gilbert-directed film starring Roger Moore. Unquestionably Fine copy in equally Original Richard Chopping-designed pictorial dust jacket which would classify as Fine but.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. True First Edition of the ninth James Bond novel. A truly Fine copy in its original Richard Chopping-designed pictorial dust jacket, equally Fine but for a couple truly minuscule chips. A lovely, collectible example and basis, of course, for the.....
NY: Knopf, (2003). As New First U.S. Edition, First Printing of the first volume of the acclaimed Nobel laureate's autobiography. An enthralling read.
NY: Knopf, (1997). As New First Edition, First Printing of the Nobel laureate's gripping chronicle of the 1990 kidnapping of ten Colombian men and woman -- nine of them journalists -- by the Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar. A thoroughly engrossing page-turner and, justifiably, an international bestseller. This superb copy.....
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Handsome Near Fine First Edition of the contemporary classic, basis of course for the landmark 1941 John Huston film starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet. Scarce today, this collectible copy comes enclosed in a handsome custom.....
Wonderful Christmas card inscribed (and signed) at length by Jack Kerouac to his then current and longtime girlfriend Lois Sorrells. Comes presented in beautiful custom-made standing plexiglass frame enabling the card to be removed and replaced at will. A great collectible, beautifully showcased!
London: Bloomsbury, (1990). True First Edition (UK) of this remarkable, illuminating, limitlessly fascinating autobiography of the legendary Miss Peggy Lee, a copy from the library of her friend Dom De Luise. Loosely laid into this absolutely Fine copy in equally Fine dust jacket, is the program of Miss Lee's sold-out.....
NY: Ace Books, 1953. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Paperback. Two books in one, softcover, bound back-to-back: An ACE Original. JUNKIE: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict by William Lee (William S. Burroughs' pseudonymous first book, an account of his years of drug use) and NARCOTIC AGENT by Maurice Helbrand. A very good.....
Cambridge, UK: Granta, (1989). As New First UK edition, First State of the Nobel laureate's true story of Miguel Littin, the man who risked his freedom to bring the world a true picture of life under Pinochet. From eighteen hours of taped interviews, the renowned author retells a string of.....
New York: VIKING, 1971. FIRST EDITION. A Fine First Edition copy with but moderate foxing on foredge pages. An extremely nice example of a highly collectible title, and boldly signed on the title page by both author Richard Matheson and also by Pamela Franklin, star of the successful film adaptation.....
Big Sur, CA: Emil White; (1961). First Edition in glossy wraps of this 101pp collection of the author's writing is, according to the editor, "...but a small sampling of an ever increasing body of critical work, mostly eulogistic, which keeps cropping up all over the world. Reading some of these.....
