Let Us Now Praise Famous...
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)
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)
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Flower, Fist, and the Bestial...
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)
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The Master and Margarita
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First edition thus. First Harper and Row edition, and the first US translation by Michael Glenny. This translation follows the Mirra Ginsburg translation..... (Item #3136)
The Master and Margarita
New York: Grove Press, 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 1967..... (Item #3296)
A Clockwork Orange
London: Heinemann, 1962. First edition. Fine in original black publisher's cloth, in just about Fine jacket. Trivial toning to text block; unmarked but for a neat ownership signature to the..... (Item #3422)
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)
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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)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. A very nearly Fine copy of the book in like jacket that is bright and unfaded. Some offsetting to front and rear pastedowns;..... (Item #3491)
In Cold Blood
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt and silver, red endpapers, top edge black, others untrimmed. With the dust..... (Item #3324)
In Cold Blood
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. Near Fine in like jacket, with just a hint of toning to front and rear panels. Gentle rubbing to lower corners. Top stain..... (Item #3425)
In Cold Blood (Inscribed)
New York: Random House, 1965. Sixth Printing. Inscribed on the half-title "for Barbara Cushman with all good wishes Truman Capote." A Near Fine copy of the book in Very Good+..... (Item #3303)
The Lady in the Lake...
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1944. First UK edition. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. Faint publisher’s stamp to rear free endpaper verso. Spine minimally..... (Item #2960)
Mastering the Art of French...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 1970. First edition. Both volumes of Child's impactful cookbook. Both books in Fine condition, in original dust jackets. Jacket to volume one in Near..... (Item #3299)
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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 tender but holding, minor toning..... (Item #3484)
How Women Can Make Money...
New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1928. Original blue publisher's cloth binding with faint spotting to boards. Top stained yellow. Square, tight, and unmarked internally. In a VG+ jacket..... (Item #3473)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition. Originally published in the US three years before being published in the UK. True first issue of this children's classic with the..... (Item #3531)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine book with bright embossing to spine and front board; green endpapers. Top of textblock a bit foxed, but in..... (Item #3532)
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)
The Cat in the Hat...
New York: Random House, 1957. First edition. True first printing in matte boards with a single signature and original dust jacket, priced at 200/200. A Near Fine copy of the..... (Item #3482)