Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin, 1950. first edition. Hardcover. Octavo in grey cloth boards in color illus. (spine) and white dust jacket; 248 p., 22 cm. Contents: The Miracle -- Maud -- The Fall of a Sparrow -- Finish, Good Lady -- The Unholy Three -- The Ambassadress -- The Edification... More
London: Methuen, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. Medium Octavo in white photo-illus DJ; 349 p. ; 21 cm. Transvestites, cross-dressing; Novel; fiction. More
Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1921. First edition? Hardcover. Octavo in dark green boards; 223 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Boy Scouts -- Juvenile fiction. More
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. 1st ed. Hardcover. Large octavo wine cloth, mustard d.j. in archival mylar wrap, deckle edge; 320 pages 20 cm. Jazz age novel || "With this poignant love story, Philip Gibbs has woven together the threads of immensely exciting modern events as they... More
New York: Ballantine Pub. Group, 1998. 1st Ballantine books hardcover ed. hardcover. Octavo maroon cloth spine; illus maroon d.j. xvi, 399 pages ; 22 cm. "Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto green boards, brown spine in gold illustrated d.j.; olive green slipcase; 248 pages ; 25 cm. Signed by author || "A middle-aged autistic resident of a therapeutic community where he was sent as a young child rebels against changes in... More
New York: Scribner, [1954?]. Presumed first edition, later unknown printing. hardcover. Octavo, blue cloth, illustrated DJ, mylar wrap; 140 pages ; 22 cm. $3.00 price printed to flyleaf. Rear jacket panel incudes a large b&w photo of Hemingway beneath his name and "Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1954"... More
New York: Macaulay Co., 1931. 1st ed. Hardcover. Large octavo aqua-blue cloth, black illus d.j. in archival mylar wrap; 415 pages 20 cm. "But the rogue can write."– H.L. Mencken. More
[Birmingham, Ala.]: [Manchester Press], 1977. Paperback. Large octavo paperback in white illus wraps; 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Signed by author on title page. Author apparently did active tours of U.S. Naval duty on subs. || Submarines, United States Navy, Fiction, Military. More
New York: William Morrow, 2012. 1st ed; first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Quarto illus. blue boards; 403 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm. Inked inscription by author on title page || Map on lining papers. || Baker-turned-painter Lucien Lessard and bon vivant Henri Toulouse-Lautrec vow to... More
London: Harvill Secker, 2011. 1st UK printing. Hardcover. Black cloth quarto, black dj with color illus; 364 pages ; 24 cm. English; Translated from the Japanese. "An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in olive green boards; xxxvi, 295 p. ; 21 cm. Married women -- Fiction. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. advance reading copy. Paperback. Yellow quarto; 316 pages ; 25 cm. Advance reading cop. Novel. || "Politicians have brought the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males. Working-class men dream of... More
New York: Minotaur Books, 2009. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Large octavo in brown and black color illus jacket; 330 pages ; 22 cm. Fine in fine jacket; small remainder mark to top edge. Fine copy of the first printing of author's first book. "Four bodies, each... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. 1st ed. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth quarto, viii, [2], 257, [5] p. (last 5 p. blank) ; 20 cm. More
Ringwood, Vic. Penguin Books, 1990. Paperback. Octavo yellow spine; 391 pages ; 20 cm. Scarce || Women poets, Greek. A novel. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 1st ed. hardcover. Octavo in sand-colored cloth spine with original printed paper spine label, colored geometric paper-backed boards, in mylar wrap, deckled edges [8], 261, [3] p. (last 3 p. blank), [1] leaf of col. plates ; 20 cm. Handsome contemporary owner signature of one Henry Carter to front free endpaper. More
New York: Grove Press, 1968. 1st printing (stated). Hardcover. Quarto black cloth in white d.j. and archival mylar wrap; 451 pages 24 cm. A very attractive copy of the first printing in jacket. City and town life -- Fiction. Artists. More
Toronto; New York, N.Y: Bantam, (1983)1984. First pocket book printing (full number line). Paperback. Pocket book (mass market paperback) in white color-illus paper wraps; 322 pages ; 18 cm. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction. More