THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
First edition of this early popular science fiction story, an adventure following two young boys as they travel to Mars and face warring kings and giant eagles – in spectacular pictorial cloth.
First edition of this tale of a Cambridge Don's oft-wacky adventures on the Mediterranean, its publication leading to a "minor scandal" (Gallix) after the parents of one of his students read it.
First edition of this "lightly preposterous" story about the "oddest of Mediterranean antics" of a group of quirky hotel guests.
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
First US edition of the Booker Prize-winning novel.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First edition of Charlotte Brontë's second novel, published two years after the sensation created by her pseudonymously published JANE EYRE.
First edition of the first novel in English written in and about British Canada.
First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.
First UK edition of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Scarce first printing of this grim tale of Red, a miner in pre-WWII England whose longing for more out of life breaks him – in a stylish Art Deco dust jacket.
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Association first edition of Cartland's second novel — inscribed before publication by the Cartland to her uncle.
First edition, first printing, of this retelling of GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT primarily through perspective of a woman, the witch Vivian.
First impression of the influential early spy novel that set the model for the genre in the 20th century.
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
Complete set of first printings of all 21 books in the Sharpe series, each volume signed on the title page by Cornwell.
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSON CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
Rare early set of the realist novel that transformed English literature, comprised of the second edition of the work and the first edition of its sequel.
First edition of this major novel by Dickens, a critical turning point in his career.
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.
Signed limited first edition of this keystone of the fantasy genre, one of only 250 copies signed by both the author and the illustrator.
First edition, first issue of this literary classic describing everyday life in English society, an "incalculable influence" (Yardley) on the developing novel in English.