THESE THIRTEEN
First trade edition, first issue of the first collection of Faulkner short stories, including classics like "A Rose for Emily," "Victory," and "That Evening Sun."
First trade edition, first issue of the first collection of Faulkner short stories, including classics like "A Rose for Emily," "Victory," and "That Evening Sun."
Rare first edition of this novel by a pillar of the Harlem Renaissance, following a middle-class Black family as they grapple with relationships, miscegenation, and how their community perceives them.
First edition of this rather surreal novel-in-cartoons of a man who has had enough of his responsibilities, and decides to become a child again.
First printing of the second book in Wurts and Feist's Empire trilogy, signed by Feist.
Inscribed first printing, the basis for the film starring Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean – with Nick Adams providing voiceover work after Dean tragically died late in production.
First edition, first issue of this literary classic describing everyday life in English society, an "incalculable influence" (Yardley) on the developing novel in English.
First UK edition and first hardcover edition of this science fiction classic, the origin of the "pod people" trope and the inspiration for numerous Hollywood films – in beautiful condition.
First edition of this Harlem Renaissance classic, depicting the inter- and intra-racial conflicts of the Black community in Harlem with a dash of satire.
First edition, a beautiful copy with college humor-laced provenance from the year of publication.
Rare first printing of Fitzgerald's second novel, a sharply satirical portrait of a Jazz Age couple very like the Fitzgeralds.
First edition, first printing of the famed novel exploring the poisons laced into the American dream — in the legendary original dust jacket, restored second issue (with "Jay" on rear panel).
First edition, first state of this collection of short stories, including tales of Josephine, "almost the original flapper of the world" (Louise Frazier Fort).
First printing of this anthology of the leading lights of the Jazz Age, published to benefit the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket.
First impression of the elusive 3rd James Bond novel, in a lovely original dust jacket with some light restoration.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First impression of the James Bond thriller set in Japan, often cited as one of the best in the series.
Inscribed first printing of this murder mystery set in an LA high school during the Civil Rights Movement.
First edition, first printing of Foer's debut novel, winner of the first Saroyan Writing Prize as well as the UK Guardian Prize for Fiction.
Handsome, clean first edition, first printing of Foer's beloved novel, adapted into a film in 2011.
First edition, with work by Joyce Carol Oates, Lydia Davis, Diane Ackerman, Siri Hustvedt, Robert Coover, and others.
First edition of this essay on the Arthurian legend of Percival's quest for the Holy Grail, as interpreted by the Wagner opera.
First printing of the Pulitzer Prize winner continuing the story of THE SPORTSWRITER.
First separately issued edition of this anthology of maxims and aphorisms, printed in the first year of the Restoration.