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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First edition. A Near Fine copy on account of a faint red smudge to the closed page block, not affecting the inner sheets, otherwise in excellent... (Item #1715)
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En attendant Godot [Waiting for...
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1952. First edition. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition, following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book, uncommon in this condition... (Item #2261)
Psycho (Association copy)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. A fantastic inscription from Bloch "For Alvin Germeshausen - This fragment of autobiography with much affection - Robert Bloch." Sir Alvin Germeshausen... (Item #1501)
The Sheltering Sky
New York: New Directions, 1949. First American edition. Author's first book, basis for the 1990 Bernardo Bertolucci film starring Debra Winger and John Malkovich. Fine and unread in a Very Good+... (Item #1912)
Fahrenheit 451
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First trade edition. A Fine copy of the book, with a tiny bit of dust soiling to the top-edge of the closed page block, but... (Item #1734)
ALL THE ASSHOLES IN THE...
Bensenville, Ill. Open Skull Press, 1966. First edition. Publisher's illustrated saddle-stitched wrappers, 12 unpaginated leaves, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. One of about 400 copies. This copy in Fine condition with... (Item #639)
FACTOTUM (W. ORIGINAL ARTWORK)
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. One of 75 numbered copies signed by Bukowski and with an original painting by him tipped in. A Fine copy of... (Item #321)
FLOWER, FIST AND BESTIAL WAIL...
Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, [1960]. First edition. One of 200 copies of Bukowski's debut chapbook. This copy one of approximately five "author's edition" copies with an original illustration by the... (Item #1041)
The Master and Margarita
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1967. First American edition. The first appearance of the Master and Margarita in the US. Translated by Mirra Ginsburg. Preceding the other American edition of... (Item #2516)
The Naked Lunch
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First edition. An about Fine copy in like dust jacket. There is a small toned area at the lower, inner margin that runs through the... (Item #1559)
The Naked Lunch
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First edition. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket. A small black ink spot on the lower edge of the page block, otherwise in... (Item #1709)
Everybody Does It (Presentation Copy)
New York: Signet Books, 1949. First Edition. No. 759. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "To Kurt Enoch / With my... (Item #2069)
Galatea (Presentation Copy)
New York: Signet Books, 1954. First Edition. No. 1152. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "To Kurt Enoch / Another in... (Item #2066)
Love's Lovely Counterfeit (Presentation Copy)
New York: Signet Books, 1957. First Edition. No. 1445. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "To Kurt Enoch / With warmest... (Item #2065)
The Moth (Presentation Copy)
New York: Signet Books, 1950. First Thus. No. 811. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "To Kurt Enoch / 'Long may... (Item #2067)
Serenade (Inscribed)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 2nd Printing. Inscribed by the author in the year after publication: "To Miriam Geiger / In memory of pleasant times / James M. Cain... (Item #1917)
Serenade (Signed Association Copy)
New York: Penguin Books, 1947. First Thus. No. 621. First printing of this edition. SIGNED by James M. Cain on the first blank. From the Kurt Enoch collection, with a.... (Item #2071)
Lord Jim. A Tale
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1900. First Edition. Dark green stamped cloth with gilt to spine. A Near Fine copy overall. Front hinge expertly repaired, minor toning to... (Item #2386)
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964, 1972. First Editions. Chocolate Factory was originally published in the US three years before being published in the UK. True first issue of this... (Item #2237)
Jericho The South Beheld
Birmingham: Oxmoor House, 1974. First Edition. Folio (measures 406 x 330 mm). Number seven of ten numbered copies signed by Dickey and the book's production team. Publisher's full leather with... (Item #2482)
20 hrs. 40 min.: Our...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. An about Fine copy of the book, sharp, square and unread and with the gilt bright. In a Very Good dust... (Item #1822)
20 hrs. 40 min.: Our...
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First edition. Number 22 of 150 copies of the limited first edition, signed by Earhart and the publisher and with an small American... (Item #2141)
FOUR QUARTETS
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. First American edition. One of 788 copies left after recall and one of a handful surviving in Fine condition. Book Fine, bright and... (Item #379)
The Waste Land
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. First Edition. Flexible covers. A remarkably well preserved copy of T. S. Eliot's magnum opus. A true first state copy with flexible boards and... (Item #464)
The Fine Art of Mixing...
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Early printing. Inscribed by the author: "Inscribed by the author with deep gratitude to Miss Mildred S. Withington whose keen interest and generous help... (Item #1035)