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 10382THE EXORCIST
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!.....
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 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 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 10357THUNDERBALL
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.....
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 10301Louis M. Jason's Literary (and other) Celebrity Doodles
LA: J.H.PALM, (2021). This is the follow up to the best-selling Literary Celebrity Doodles. AS NEW in AS NEW DJ Signed and with an original doodle by the author.
Item 10335METAMORPHOSIS
NY: Vanguard Press, (1946). Drawings by Leslie Sherman First U.S. Edition. Fine in its original dust jacket, which easily qualifies as Fine but for a half-inch chip at foot of spine. Rarely seen in such presentable condition.
Item 10386JUNKIE and NARCOTIC AGENT Two Books In One
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.....
Item 10020A GAME OF THRONES: A Song of Ice and Fire
NY: Bantam Books, (1996-2011). All five books, First Editions, First Printings, in fine condition. Source of course for the epic series, recipient of worldwide adulation. Each of the books, fine, and boldly signed in two of the volumes by George R.R. Martin.
Item 10108KINGS JAZZ AND DAVID
Paris: Les Presses Modernes, 1927. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. Scarce First Edition of this volume, highly regarded and sought after by music afficionados. The book, privately published by the internationally famed music critic (and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor), collects twenty-seven studies on music and modern musicians, of.....
Item 10363HELLAS
London: Charles & James Ollier, 1822. FIRST EDITION. Hardback. Stunningly bound First Edition of the poet's verse drama celebrating the Greek revolution against Turkish rule and reiterates the political message of LAON AND CYTHNA -- that the struggle for human liberty can be neither totally defeated nor fully realized, since.....
Item 10366THE COMPLETE ANGLER
London: Thomas Hope, 1760. Illustrated with Cuts of the Several Kinds of River-Filth, and of the Implements used in Angling, Views of the principal Scenes described in the Book and Notes Historical, Critical and Explanatory. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. RARE. TRUE FIRST EDITION of this renowned treasure. 134pp. The.....
Item 10201Complete Poems & Prose Containing LEAVES OF GRASS
Camden, NJ: Printed for the Author by Ferguson Brothers, 1888. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Extremely scarce, highly important Author's Edition of the landmark Whitman magnum opus in its original binding. A fine, tight copy. A superb investment. Number 37 of only 600 copies signed by Walt Whitman.