Autograph manuscript of THE MISTRESS OF SHENSTONE
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
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.
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.
Signed first hardcover edition of the first book in the Dragonriders of Pern series, first published as a paperback original in 1968.
Signed first printing of the fourth book in the Patternist series — inscribed to the owner of an important Black bookstore.
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 fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
Signed first printing, the second of the Kinsey Millhone series, in which the hard-boiled Santa Teresa private detective investigates a missing person case.
Signed first printing of the third Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the hard-boiled private detective continues an investigation on behalf of a murdered client.
Inscribed first printing of Bradley's influential re-evaluation of Arthurian legend.
THE MONTHLY REVIEW, volume 85, containing an anonymous review that argues the newly published FRANKENSTEIN is unworthy of meaningful notice.
Association copy of the first printing of Barbara Cartland's exclamation-laden fever-dream of health tonics and daily affirmations, worshipfully inscribed to the "lovely" Margaret Thatcher, who is also profiled in the book.
Highsmith's acute psychological study of the "ecstasy of danger" and the aftermath of violent crime.
True UK first edition, first printing of this World War II-era spy novel, written by a master of the espionage thriller.
Inscribed first printing of the second Amelia Peabody mystery, set in Egypt during the 1890s and famously written by a trained Egyptologist.
Rare first printing of the US edition, revised from the English edition and the author's preferred version of perhaps the greatest children's gothic.
Inscribed first printing of this Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, adapted into the widely acclaimed HBO series of the same name.
Signed first editions of the first 15 titles in Evanovich's popular series about a woman bounty hunter, from ONE FOR THE MONEY through LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, and with the first two holiday novellas.
First edition of Hitchens's best-known crime novel, inspiration for one of Godard's greatest films.
Signed first printing of the fourth Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the private detective finds herself investigating a murder when all she wanted to do was get paid by the man who stiffed her.
First US edition of Simpson's historical gothic, her second novel adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.
First printing of the great crime novelist's last novel, a powerfully atmospheric thriller full of menace and gloom.
First printing of the first book in Patricia Cornwell's long-running mystery series featuring the beloved medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Signed first printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery, in which the detective is framed and must unravel the layers of fabricated evidence against her.