THE FALL OF THE TOWERS
First edition thus, the first collected edition of three of Delany's earliest novels: CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, THE TOWERS OF TORON, and CITY OF A THOUSAND SUNS.
First edition thus, the first collected edition of three of Delany's earliest novels: CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, THE TOWERS OF TORON, and CITY OF A THOUSAND SUNS.
First edition, association copy, of DeLillo's breakout novel, a postmodern meditation on mortality and winner of the National Book Award — inscribed to fellow National Book Award winner Edmund Morris and his wife Sylvia.
Signed first edition of the first book in DeMille's Paul Brenner series, following an elite Army undercover investigator.
First UK edition of Dick's novel, a significantly expanded version of his 1964 novella "The Unteleported Man."
Beautiful first UK and first hardcover edition of Dick's tenth novel, originally published in 1956 as half of an Ace Double.
First printing of Dick's late-period masterpiece of paranoia and personal disintegration.
Uncommonly complete and exquisitely preserved set of the landmark Nonesuch Press publication, one of the most fully realized and beautifully executed Dickens collections ever produced — this with the original packing material and documents and in the rare original dust jackets.
Inscribed first edition of this suspenseful tale of a backwater rafting trip gone horribly wrong, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight – James Dickey's first novel.
First printing of Didion's iconic collection of essays of 1960s and 70s California culture.
Beautiful first US edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this evocative memoir of the author's experiences in Kenya.
First US edition of Dinesen's four-part coda to her classic OUT OF AFRICA, recalling the dreams and memories of her years in Kenya.
Harry Dickson, born in New York City circa 1890 and first described in print in Germany, rose to his greatest fame when chronicled in pulp magazines of the 1930s by the great fantasist Jean Ray; these New Adventures by Dôle carry on the tradition of the King of Detectives.
Second installment in the New Adventures of Harry Dickson, the American Sherlock Holmes, written by Dôle following themes previously developed by Jean Ray, who (as John Flanders) wrote the most famous and fantastical Dickson pulps in the 1930s.
Signed first printing of the second volume of Donaldson's Mordant's Need duology.
First American edition, translated by Lorraine O'Grady Freeman.
Inscribed first edition of Douglas's sixth cat-narrated murder mystery, involving psychic investigations and the summoning of Harry Houdini from beyond the veil.
Uncommon first printing of this Edgar Award-winning first mystery novel by author and architect Douglass, set in the Caribbean and starring police chief Bolivar Manchenil.
First edition of this collection, with a title story predicting the submarine warfare strategy of the first World War and a preface by Doyle noting its composition 18 months before that war began.
First U.K. edition of this collection of childhood sketches, five of which were first published in the Strand, an exemplary example of post-Edwardian sentimentality by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Uncommon edition of Doyle stories, illustrated with distinctive wood engravings by Musacchia.
Signed copy of this rare limited (and only) edition of Drucker's early short fiction.
Signed, slipcased first edition of the acclaimed novelist's memoir of his youth in 1970s Massachussetts, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Inscribed first printing of this enthralling mystery that sees a series of pranks against a parking enforcement company escalate to murder, with lawyer Jill Smith left to pick up the pieces.
Uncorrected advance proof of the first Cliff Janeway mystery.
Signed first US hardcover edition of this Edgar-nominated mystery by a Denver bookseller and former journalist, originally published as a paperback original in 1981.