Item 10349The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
NY: Harmony Books, 1979. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. As New First Edition of the classic literary collectible. Best copy imaginable.
New Arrivals
Item 10402THANK YOU, FOG
London: Faber & Faber, 1974. FIRST UK EDITION. Hardback. As New First Edition, First State of the esteemed poet's final book of poetry. A lovely copy, as new.
Item 10401ON THE FRONTIER
London: Faber & Faber, 1938. FIRST UK EDITION. Hardback. Fine First UK edition of this three-act melodrama, a play in prose and verse.
Item 10375LAY DOWN MY SWORD AND SHIELD
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.....
Item 10376THE NEON RAIN
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.....
Item 10373TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN
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.....
Item 10369EXTERMINATOR!
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.
Item 10371THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
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.....
Item 10311EUROPE UNITE
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.....
Item 10298MR. CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO YOU
The Conservative and Unionist Central Office, McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., London, (1950). A well-preserved political leaflet from Churchill's time as Leader of the Opposition. Printed in 1950, in this address Churchill concisely evokes the war victory he had done so much to secure, only to have been turned out of.....
Item 10350WAR SPEECHES 1938-1945
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.....
Item 10414THE DESCENT OF MAN and SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX
London: John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1871. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. First Edition, First Issue. Extremely scarce. With "transmitted" the first word on p.297 in the first volume; in the second volume, printer's note on verso of half-title, errata on verso of title, and the postscript leaf after p.viii. January.....
Item 10368MIAMI
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1987. FIRST EDITION. Hardback. First Edition, First State of the author's critically acclaimed book, personally inscribed by her on the front free endpaper to her friend as follows:"For Joe / Not written / around the / fire pit. xx / Joan Didion / 7 Oct. '87"A superb.....
Item 10406THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
NY: Alfred A.Knopf, 2005. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardback. As New First Edition, First Printing of the noted late author's highly emotional, deeply moving account of personal tragedy. A superb copy.
Item 10392BOOKED TO DIE
New York: Scribners, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition First Printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Debut novel in the hugely successful Cliff Janeway mysteries.
Item 10397THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE
NY: Scribner, 2004. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Pristine As New First Edition of the author's third novel in the acclaimed Cliff Janeway series.
Item 10396THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE
NY: Scribner, 1995. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. As New First Edition, First State of the award-winning author's encore to his bestselling BOOKED TO DIE. An immaculate copy boldly signed on the title page by John Dunning.
Item 10398THE SIGN OF THE BOOK
NY: Scribner, 2005. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Pristine As New First Edition of the acclaimed author's fourth installment in his acclaimed Cliff Janeway Bookman series. Gorgeous copy.
Item 10404TARANTULA
NY: Macmillan Company, 1966. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardback. Fine First Edition of the Nobel Laureate's debut book of poetry. A fine copy but for a red remainder mark dot on topedge pages.
Item 10367INVISIBLE MAN
New York: Random House, 1952. FIRST EDITION. Hardback. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE SIGNED copy of this winner of the National Book Award, and a Burgess 99 title. As well as Native Son, this is one of the two post-Harlem Renaissance African-American novels that have entered "the Western Canon" as acknowledged.....
Item 10356THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. FIRST UK EDITION. A First UK Edition. This is signed on a tipped in card by IAN FLEMING as well as a signed card by Roger Moore who stared in the film. Stunning copy.
Item 10358THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
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.....
Item 10377STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1978. JEFFERS, Susan. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardback. First Edition, First Printing of this first picture book version of the classic Robert Frost poem. Coffee table (8 1/2" x 10 1/2") size example in its pictorial dust jacket. A Fine example.
Item 10370THE MALTESE FALCON
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.....
Item 10399My Guru and His Disciple
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. First Edition. Inscribed For Bill/and signed .