SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Uncorrected proofs of this tragic romance, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep.
Uncorrected proofs of this tragic romance, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep.
Franklin Library limited first edition of this tragic romance, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep.
First edition of this novel by the famous Japanese American author about a teenage girl growing up in rural Japan amidst the cultural upheavals of the Meiji era.
Inscribed first printing of this intergenerational novel built upon the game of mahjong, following the lives of Chinese-American women in San Francisco — a beautiful copy.
First and only printing of these curious scientific tall tales of Maine inventors and eccentrics, mixing the art of the yarn with the developing genre of science fiction.
First printing of the first US paperback edition, a bleak future fiction from the author of cult classics QUEEN'S GAMBIT and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
Scarce uncorrected proof (stated) of this bleak future fiction from the author of cult classics QUEEN'S GAMBIT and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
First edition of Twain's final travel book, following his lecture tour through Hawaii, Australia and the South Pacific, India, and South Africa, an unusually bright copy.
Early 20th-century finely printed edition of the story that first brought Twain fame, exceptionally scarce with his signature on the front pastedown.
First UK edition (technically published slightly before the US first edition) of Twain's tale of twins, role switching, comedy and tragedy – all set in the small Missouri town of Hannibal before the Civil War.
First edition of the work that introduced a wider audience to the archetype of the cowboy, laying the groundwork for popular conceptions (and misconceptions) of the American West.
First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance — the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) — inscribed by the author to her brother.