RUN MAN RUN
(1966)
First printing of this thriller touching on police violence and racism in 1960s New York, the story of a young Black man pursued by a murderous cop intent on silencing him forever.
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A LONG WAY DOWN
(2005)
Inscribed first printing of Hornby's fourth novel.
A CASE OF NEED
(1968)
First edition of this Edgar Award-winning medical thriller, the only work Michael Crichton wrote under the Jeffery Hudson pseudonym.
IN A LONELY PLACE
(1947)
Elusive first edition in the original dust jacket of the pivotal noir novel, with a subtly feminist shift in the genre's typical structure that has influenced countless others in the field.
FINE CLOTHES TO THE JEW
1927
First edition of Hughes's "greatest collection of verse" (Arnold Rampersad), in the scarce original dust jacket designed by Aaron Douglas.
STUDY IN BRONZE
(1928)
First edition of this scarce novel by the English-born West Indies writer, about a woman in Jamaica with a Black mother and a white father.
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH FLOOR
(1965)
Handsome first printing of this Cold War-inflected political thriller of a near-future Chinese-Soviet-American military conflict.
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
(1985)
Inscribed first edition of John Irving's Maine epic, following a doctor who is an "ether addict and abortionist" (front flap), sympathetically touching on reproductive rights issues in the time before Roe v. Wade.
THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE
(1981)
Signed first printing of the first trade edition, a whimsical family saga of a hotel and a bear and an opera house.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP
(1978)
Inscribed first edition of this epic and intimate, humorous and tragic story of writer T. S. Garp's life – adapted into a 1984 Oscar-nominated film starring Robin Williams and Glenn Close.
CHOURMO
2006
Uncorrected proof of the first US edition, the second book of the neo-noir Marseilles Trilogy beginning with TOTAL CHAOS.
THE LOTTERY
(1949)
First paperback edition.
WITHOUT DUE PROCESS
(1992)
Signed first edition, first printing of the "hardcover debut of paperback hero J.P. Beaumont" (Kirkus Reviews).
PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES
1824
Early US edition of this domestic prayerbook, with prayers to be said for every occasion – this copy a fascinating illustration of cost-saving in book production.
SEMI-TOUGH
1972
Signed first printing of the classic football novel.
THE COWBOYS
(1971)
Signed first printing of the Western by the gay rights icon, written as a companion to the film treatment for what would become the acclaimed movie starring John Wayne.
THE CINCINNATI KID
(1963)
First edition, first printing of this poker classic, adapted into a Hollywood film starring Steve McQueen.
THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON
(2012)
Inscribed first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in North Korea.
THE ADVENTURER
1762
Fourth edition of this collection of all the issues of THE ADVENTURER, a bi-weekly paper featuring some of Bluestockings member Hester Chapone's earliest writing.
THE KNOWN WORLD
(2003)
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the profound influence of the institution of slavery, on cultural and deeply personal levels.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1951
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.
FEAR OF FLYING
(1973)
First printing of the phenomenon that captured women's exploration of the newfound freedoms in second-wave feminism and the sexual revolution.
A PERFECT EVIL
(2000)
Inscribed advance uncorrected proof copy of this crime novel.
THE HIGHFLYERS
1919
First edition of this patriotic WWI romance between a young aviator and a girl with divided loyalties.
SANCTUARY
(1994)
Signed first edition, first printing of this Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Mystery, a thriller of the diamond trade set in Los Angeles, New York, and Tel Aviv.
