CRAZY IN BERLIN
First edition, first printing of Thomas Berger's first novel, the start of a series focused on US army medic Carlo Reinhart in the aftermath of World War II.
First edition, first printing of Thomas Berger's first novel, the start of a series focused on US army medic Carlo Reinhart in the aftermath of World War II.
Attractive first edition of the author's debut book, a collection of short stories from a master of the form.
Signed limited edition set of Truman Capote's two semi-autobiographical Christmas stories, nostalgic tales of rural family holidays spent in the company of his older cousin.
First edition of this Cold War thriller about an American soldier brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent for the Societ Union, and his commanding officer's efforts to uncover the truth; twice adapted into critically-acclaimed films.
First appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.
First UK edition and first hardcover edition of this science fiction classic, the origin of the "pod people" trope and the inspiration for numerous Hollywood films – in beautiful condition.
First edition of this Catholic novel set during the London Blitz, partly based on Graham Greene's own affair – adapted into two films and an opera.
First printing of Gunn and Williamson's collaborative science fiction classic.
First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel of growing up in the American South in the 1950s, Barry Hannah's first novel.
First edition of Highsmith's debut novel, a slow-burn thriller in which one murder becomes a prelude to a larger psychological drama in which anyone can become a killer.
First edition of the National Book Award-winning novel of intersecting lives in Hawaii in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbour – adapted into a star-studded, Oscar-winning film.
First edition of this collection of 19 previously published stories by Kornbluth, selected and introduced by his longtime collaborator/colleague Frederik Pohl.
Signed first trade edition, first printing of this sweeping epic recounting the history of HAWAII, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Julie Andrews.
First printing of the Lost Books Club edition (second overall), a long out-of-print modern classic that served as inspiration for the documentary "The Stone Reader."
First printing of the "most ambitious of John O'Hara's novels" (front flap), the basis for the 1960 film starring Paul Newman.
Scarce Gregg Press reprint edition of Symmes Chadwick Oliver's first novel.
First edition in Russian of Pasternak's epic, its international success helping to cement his Nobel Prize win of the same year.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, about a small Ohio town as it develops in the mid-19th century.
First edition of Steinbeck's return to CANNERY ROW, following up on the stories of the motley inhabitants of the California community.
First edition in English of this major novel of 1930s cosmopolitan Shanghai from one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Chinese literature.
First printing of Van Vogt's alien-shapeshifter adventure, expanded into a novel from six connected short stories originally published in Astounding Science Fiction.
First edition of this sf adventure story – beautifully bound, likely for presentation, with a pencil annotation at the rear noting "From the library of Michael Howard," one of White's editors at Jonathan Cape, who was best known for working with Ian Fleming.
First printing of this clever Cold War-era satire, following the chaos after the tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick declares war on the United States.
First edition of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning third play, adapted into the 1958 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
Lovely first printing of this collection of two novels by Williamson, THE LEGION OF TIME and AFTER WORLD'S END, each originally published in serialized form in ASTOUNDING and MARVEL STORIES.