A DIFFERENT DRUMMER
First edition of William Melvin Kelley's first novel, the story of an exodus of the Black population from a fictional Southern US American state after a traumatic event.
First edition of William Melvin Kelley's first novel, the story of an exodus of the Black population from a fictional Southern US American state after a traumatic event.
Signed first edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, following Francis Phelan as he experiences homelessness in the Great Depression – adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson.
Twice inscribed copy of this boldly illustrated shipwreck adventure story, inscribed by Rockwell Kent to Washington D.C. poet Ernest Kroll.
First printing of this classic Beat novel, written on a large continuous scroll over a ten-day period, much the same method Kerouac used when composing ON THE ROAD.
Inscribed first printing of the influential literary achievement by a towering figure of the counterculture.
Signed first edition of Karen Kijewski's first novel, following private eye Kat Colorado as she takes down criminals and a "somehow ominous" real estate company.
First printing of this voting rights and Black Power book, by one of the co-founders of the Harlem Writers Guild and a major mid-century author of protest novels.
Signed first edition of Laurie R. King's first book, the first of her series about lesbian detective Kate "Casey" Martinelli.
First edition of this epic novel of the colonial Great Game, one of Kipling's most beloved works.
Inscribed second printing of this collection of autobiographical stories from this frequent contributor to NPR's All Things Considered.
Review copy of the first printing of the first American edition, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket.
First US edition of this classic Chinese novel dating from the end of the Ming period, here translated from Franz Kuhn's German version by Vladimir Kean.
First printing of a scarce and early Koontz crime thriller in the gritty noir mode.
First edition of this collection of 19 previously published stories by Kornbluth, selected and introduced by his longtime collaborator/colleague Frederik Pohl.
Signed first printing of the novelization of Melissa Mathison's original screenplay by the World Fantasy Award-winning Kotzwinkle.
Scarce first printing of this modern cult classic of sexuality, gender, and obsession — basis for the recent and well-received Amazon series directed by Joey Soloway and starring Kathryn Hahn and Kevin Bacon.
Limited edition, signed by the illustrator, of Lamb's diverting and digressive essay on the Pig, for whom he has much appetitive affection but no pity whatever.
Scarce first edition of poetry by the fairy-tale specialist arranged in categories like "Science," "Cameos," and "Rhymes a la mode."
First printing of this youth poetry anthology, reflecting the urgency of the Civil Rights Movement, the '68 Chicago riots, the Vietnam War, illustrated with prize-winning children's photographs of urban scenes.
Scarce first printings in English of Larsson's Millennium trilogy.
First edition thus, an illustrated version of du Maurier's 1951 mystery-romance novel, with appropriately unsettling art by Errol Le Cain.
First paperback edition of this collection of humorous and moralistic tales from the 11th-century storyteller NASRUDIN – the inspiration for the famously fraught motion picture THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER, animated by Le Cain and Williams.
First edition thus, an illustrated version of Wouk's 1951 novel of ethics and authority on board a WWII ship, with appropriately imposing art by Errol Le Cain.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
First paperback edition of this short story collection, including tales that would connect to her acclaimed novel THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS ("Winter's King") and the Earthsea seris ("The Word of Unbinding" and "The Rule of Names").