MEG
(1997)
Inscribed first printing of the science-fiction horror novel about Megalodons – giant prehistoric sharks.
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THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
(1980)
Inscribed first printing of the intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
(1965)
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
TRACK OF THE CAT
(1993)
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
JAWS
(1974)
First UK edition of "the birth of a phenomenon" that would lead to the turning point in Steven Spielberg's career.
LITTLE BIG MAN
1964
First printing of the popular anti-Western, the basis for the film of the same name.
THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK
1906
Beautiful first printing of Bierce's satirical lexicon, later expanded into the longer work known as THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY.
PSYCHO
1959
First printing of Bloch's influential thriller, a lovely copy in the iconic original jacket borrowed by Hitchcock for his film's logo.
DEADLY HONEYMOON
(1967)
First printing of Block's first hardcover publication, a revenge thriller he wrote because he couldn't shake the plot idea suggested by another writer.
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
1934
First printing of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
(1958)
First printing of this collection of short fiction, including the first book publication of the famed novella that became the basis for the film starring Audrey Hepburn.
IN COLD BLOOD
(1965)
Signed first printing of the pivotal true-crime book – signed by Capote, and with the ownership signature of Dorothy B. Hughes, author of the inverted noir masterpiece, IN A LONELY PLACE (1947).
ENDER'S GAME
(1985)
Inscribed first printing of the beloved science-fiction novel, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, with a fantastic inscription by Card.
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
(1984)
First edition, first issue of Clancy's first novel, introducing Jack Ryan.
SO WE READ ON: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
(2013)
First printing of Corrigan's engaging re-examination of The Great Gatsby's greatness.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
1895
First edition, second issue, of the most influential piece of war fiction in American literature, with the armorial engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt on the front pastedown, and Roosevelt's clipped signature additionally tipped onto the front free endpaper.
DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?
1968
First printing of the science fiction classic, in which an android bounty hunter navigates a bleak future society.
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
(1962)
First printing of this landmark work of science fiction, an alternate history in which Japan and Germany won World War II.
AMERICAN PSYCHO
(1998)
Signed first hardcover printing of what will always be Bret Easton Ellis's best book, whether he likes it or not.
INTRUDER IN THE DUST
(1948)
First printing of Faulkner's consideration of Southern racism, explored through the unusual (for Faulkner) device of a murder mystery.
GIANT
1952
Inscribed first printing, the basis for the film starring Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean – with Nick Adams providing voiceover work after Dean tragically died late in production.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
1922
Rare first printing of Fitzgerald's second novel, a sharply satirical portrait of a Jazz Age couple very like the Fitzgeralds.
OUT OF THE BURNING
(1960)
First printing, tales of "[b]urglary, mugging, gun battles in the streets, orgies in the cellar club, the suffering of adolescent romance, thirteen arrests and beatings by the police, a year in state training school..."
JOHN STEVENS' COURTSHIP
1909
First edition of the first Mormon romance novel published in book form, a historical romance set during the 1857 Utah War.
THE HAUNTED LOOKING GLASS
(1959)
First printing of this collection of ghost stories selected and illustrated by Gorey.
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