THE BELL JAR
Rare true first edition of Plath's only novel, a modern classic, published in London under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" and unpublished in the US until after her death.
Rare true first edition of Plath's only novel, a modern classic, published in London under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" and unpublished in the US until after her death.
Beautifully inscribed first edition of this dark satire on the patriotic narrative of American triumph in World War II, with a brief accompanying letter from Heller.
Inscribed first printing of the influential literary achievement by a towering figure of the counterculture.
Signed first UK edition of the famous radical science fiction novel on gender and isolation by one of the most influential writers in the genre — an exceptionally beautiful copy.
Signed first printing of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels.
First edition of Plath's first book-length work, and the only poetry collection published within her lifetime.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
Inscribed first printing of the still-shocking story of captivity and resistance.
Scarce inscribed first printing of this gunboat epic set in 1920s China, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Steve McQueen.
Association first edition of Southern's collected short fiction and essays, inscribed to popular '60s comedy duo Bob Booker and George Foster.
Uncommonly attractive first edition of Theroux's novel about a worthless young man shipped off to a pointless war, and the elderly sentimentalists who set out to bloodily avenge him.
Signed first printing of Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade.
Signed first paperback printing and movie tie-in edition of the second and scarcer of Grafton's two mainstream literary novels.
First edition of William Melvin Kelley's first novel, the story of an exodus of the Black population from a fictional Southern US American state after a traumatic event.
Inscribed first edition in English of this "elegiac reminiscence" (NEW YORK TIMES) of a midwestern Black childhood — inscribed to "To / Gene / My Buddy / and right / arm,"; likely his producer, Gene Wolsk.
Signed first edition of White's collected dispatches to THE NEW YORKER, affectionately inscribed to the Sarasota physician whose good advice White cordially ignored.
First edition thus, the first to be published with the author's real name, following its initial UK publication in 1963 under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas."
First edition of Rhys's great postcolonial reimagining of JANE EYRE, the story of ill-fated Antoinette Cosway, Jamaican-born first wife of the fearful and hateful Edward Fairfax Rochester.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
Signed Franklin Press edition of this dark satire on the patriotic narrative of American triumph in World War II, in the original box.
Highsmith's acute psychological study of the "ecstasy of danger" and the aftermath of violent crime.
Uncommon first UK edition of this noir thriller, originally published in paperback in 1961, with spectacular cover art by Barbara Walton.
First US edition of Rhys's great postcolonial reimagining of JANE EYRE, the story of ill-fated Antoinette Cosway, Jamaican-born first wife of the fearful and hateful Edward Fairfax Rochester.
First printing of the acclaimed novel, basis for the Academy Award-winning film.