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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 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 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.
Association copy first printing of this collection of essays on murderers and others, from the personal library of fellow true-crime pioneer Jonathan Goodman.
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.
Gorgeously bound 9-volume set of Shakespeare, all uniformly bound in early 19th-century full tree calf with elaborately gilt-stamped spines.
THE MONTHLY REVIEW, volume 85, containing an anonymous review that argues the newly published FRANKENSTEIN is unworthy of meaningful notice.
First edition of this novel from the Irish author, a handsome copy in the original slipcase.
First edition thus of the striking movie-tie in edition, in beautiful condition.
First book edition of this humorous tale of the romantic (mis)adventures of two generations of the Pringle family, an ambitious clan with a love of hunting — with Leech's beautiful hand-colored plates.
First book edition of this countryside romp featuring the smooth-talking, fox-hunting Mr. Sponge's among a hilarious cast of characters, with beautiful hand-colored engravings by John Leech.
First US edition in book form of Thomas's unfinished novel and 20 additional stories, including "The School for Witches," "The Map of Love," "The Holy Six," and others.
Scarce advance copy of the first separate edition of the great Christmas classic.
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this posthumously published collection of Thomas's short works, selected by the author before his death.
First US edition of these collected short prose works, including "A Child's Christmas in Wales," enlarged from the UK edition with several stories and articles published in magazines as well as Thomas's radio broadcasts.
First edition in book form of Thomas's collected radio scripts, with both autobiographical scripts ("Memories of Christmas," "A Visit to America") and talks on literature and criticism ("Wilfred Owen," "Welsh Poets" et al.).
First US edition of Thomas's final completed work, a day of ghosts and villagers in a small Welsh coastal town, originally commissioned by the BBC as a radio drama and later adapted for theatre and film.
First edition in book form of Thomas's unfinished semi-autobiographical novel, introduced by poet Vernon Watkins.
First edition of Thomas's collected letters to his friend and fellow Welsh poet.
First edition of Thomas's unfinished film script, based on the Irish-language autobiography of Maurice O'Sullivan.
First edition of Thomas's screenplay adaptation of the classic Stevenson short story, first issued as a novella ten years after Thomas's death in conjunction with a planned but never produced Richard Burton film.
Limited deluxe issue of the Thomson edition, illustrating the popular historical novel about the Irish actress from the Georgian era, one of 200 large-paper copies on handmade paper.
Uncommon limited edition of these collected poems on a shared theme — by two Elizabethan conspirators and two 20th century war criminals, all four condemned to death.
Handsome set of the first printings (all) of the second US edition of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, comprising THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS, and THE RETURN OF THE KING — all review copies.
First UK edition of Tolstoy's masterpiece, in a spectacular artist's binding by the late Derek Hood.
First edition, publisher's file copy, of this unusual Cold War telepathy drama, a study of two men psychically linked by wartime experiments, reunited in the Middle East years later for a final struggle over geopolitical influence and occult corruption.