ENCOUNTERS
Signed first edition of Bowen's first book, with the Brackenburn bookplate of novelist Hugh Walpole.
Signed first edition of Bowen's first book, with the Brackenburn bookplate of novelist Hugh Walpole.
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.
Signed first printing of this true story of the fishing boat Andrea Gall, caught in the "storm of the century."
Signed first printing of this beloved baseball novel adapted into the Kevin Costner film FIELD OF DREAMS.
Signed first printing of this dystopian YA bestseller.
Second printing of this biography of the creator of Woody Woodpecker, inscribed by Lantz himself with an original drawing of the character.
First printing of the children's book about a heroic collie, adapted into a series of beloved films and television shows beginning in 1943.
Presentation copy of the first edition of this English romance set against the churches and galleries of Florence.
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.
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.
First printing of Greene's cynical spy novel, the tale of an accidental Secret Service agent in Cuba whose naiveté leads to serious consequences.
First hardcover issue of Alan Dean Foster's ghostwritten novelization.
Signed first printing of Grafton's 22nd 'Alphabet' mystery.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Review copy of the first printing of the first American edition, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket.
First printing of the acclaimed social protest novel by the South African anti-apartheid activist.
First printing of this intergenerational novel built upon the game of mahjong, following the lives of Chinese-American women in San Francisco.
First printing of the book adaptation of Spielberg's ambitious, high-tech, and awe-inspiring film.
First edition of this early collection in English of Andersen's new fairy tales, including six appearing in English for the first time.
Early revised edition of the forerunner to the Dick and Jane curriculum, including 4 stories with Dick and Jane – a remarkably clean copy.
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.
First printing of Hemingway's novel of the Spanish Civil War, based in part upon his own experiences as a war correspondent there.