Item 10432MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., 1995. TRUE FIRST CANADIAN EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. 127 pages of the acclaimed author's award-winning poetry.An As New copy SIGNED on the title page by Margaret Atwood.
New Arrivals
Item 10433NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEAD
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Pristine As New true (UK) First Edition of the award-winning author's acclaimed book on the development of her own illustrious writing career.
Item 10431ORYX AND CRAKE
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc., 2003. FITRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. As New First Edition of the award-winning author's hugely successful futuristic novel, boldly signed be her on the title page.
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 10457IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
NY: DIAL PRESS, 1974. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. HARDBACK. Sparkling As New First Edition of the acclaimed author's bestseller, a work critics called, "A masterpiece"
Item 10426IMAJICA
NY: HarperCollins, 1991. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback in matching custom slipcase. Copy #75 of only 500 copies numbered and signed by Clive Barker. The author at the height of his powers in this epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. A......
Item 10423THE HALLOWEEN TREE
NY: Knopf, 1972. MUGNAINI, Joseph. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardback. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of one of the beloved author's classic works. An absolutely sparkling pristine copy but for a small sliver of a chip to the bottom of the front pictorial dust jacket. Boldly signed on the half-title page.....
Item 10452THE MUSIC MAN
London: Metro, 2006. FIRST EDITION. Hardback. As New First Edition of this fascinating autobiography by multi-award-winning songwriter Leslie Bricusse. An absolute page-turner. 405 pages of total entertainment.
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 10441BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
NY: Random House, 1958. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback.
Item 10416IN COLD BLOOD
NY: Random House, 1966. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. Hardback. First Edition, First State. Fine copy of the bestselling Capote true crime novel which zoomed to the top of Best Seller lists and was, of course, basis for the hit Richard Brooks film adaptation.
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 10418THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK
NY: RICHARD R. SMITH, INC., 1930. RUMBOLD, Gilbert. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. HARDBACK. First American Edition. Decorations by Gilbert Rumbold. Original illustrated gold foil over boards. One of the most recognizable and decorative cocktail books. Very Good copy showing a degree of wear but with the gilt design and lettering.....
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 10456BLUE NIGHTS
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE. HARDBACK. As New First Edition, First State copy of the esteemed late author's heartbreaking work on the loss of her daughter.Superb copy signed by the author.
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.