ENCOUNTERS
1923
Signed first edition of Bowen's first book, with the Brackenburn bookplate of novelist Hugh Walpole.
New Arrivals
THE WAVES
1931
First edition of the experimental novel Woolf described as a "play-poem," published by her own Hogarth Press and with jacket design by her sister Vanessa Bell.
THE PERFECT STORM
(1997)
Signed first printing of this true story of the fishing boat Andrea Gall, caught in the "storm of the century."
SHOELESS JOE
1982
Signed first printing of this beloved baseball novel adapted into the Kevin Costner film FIELD OF DREAMS.
THE MAZE RUNNER
(2009)
Signed first printing of this dystopian YA bestseller.
THE WALTER LANTZ STORY : With Woody Wookpecker & Friends
(1985)
Second printing of this biography of the creator of Woody Woodpecker, inscribed by Lantz himself with an original drawing of the character.
LASSIE COME-HOME
(1940)
First printing of the children's book about a heroic collie, adapted into a series of beloved films and television shows beginning in 1943.
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
1908
Presentation copy of the first edition of this English romance set against the churches and galleries of Florence.
THE DA VINCI CODE
(2003)
Signed first printing of the popular hit in which a symbologist and cryptologist become entangled in secret society mysteries, to much audience enjoyment – with signature dated April 22, 2003.
JUST SO STORIES
1902
First edition, first impression in the second issue binding, of this children's classic with twelve myths about the origins of the animals, illustrated by the author himself.
OUR MAN IN HAVANA
(1958)
First printing of Greene's cynical spy novel, the tale of an accidental Secret Service agent in Cuba whose naiveté leads to serious consequences.
STAR WARS: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
(1976)
First hardcover issue of Alan Dean Foster's ghostwritten novelization.
V IS FOR VENGEANCE
(2011)
Signed first printing of Grafton's 22nd 'Alphabet' mystery.
U IS FOR UNDERTOW
(2009)
Signed first printing of one of the last installments with the celebrated Kinsey Millhone, "a sharp-tongued, observant loner who never forgets that under the thin veneer of civility is a roiling dark side to the soul" (front flap copy).
G IS FOR GUMSHOE
(1990)
First printing of this gritty installment in the Kinsey Millhone series, filled with "guilt and guile" – "G is for good: very, very good indeed" (rear flap copy).
BREAKING INTO THE MOVIES
(1921)
First printing, in the scarce original dust jacket, of this guide for ambitious amateurs by the author of GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES and the most successful screenwriter of her era.
A SEPARATE PEACE
1960
First American edition, in the more common second-issue dust jacket featuring blurbs of acclaim from the likes of E.M. Forster and Truman Capote.
A SEPARATE PEACE
1960
Review copy of the first printing of the first American edition, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket.
CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
1948
First printing of the acclaimed social protest novel by the South African anti-apartheid activist.
THE JOY LUCK CLUB
(1989)
First printing of this intergenerational novel built upon the game of mahjong, following the lives of Chinese-American women in San Francisco.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
(1977)
First printing of the book adaptation of Spielberg's ambitious, high-tech, and awe-inspiring film.
THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK AND OTHER TALES
1848 [i.e. December 1847]
First edition of this early collection in English of Andersen's new fairy tales, including six appearing in English for the first time.
ELSON-GRAY BASIC READERS PRIMER
(1936)
Early revised edition of the forerunner to the Dick and Jane curriculum, including 4 stories with Dick and Jane – a remarkably clean copy.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
1930
Limited edition of this highly sought version of ALICE with full-page plates by the French avant-garde artist, one of 350 copies for the US.
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
1940
First printing of Hemingway's novel of the Spanish Civil War, based in part upon his own experiences as a war correspondent there.
