First printing of this tale of a WWII veteran struggling with a morphine addiction – winner of the 1950 National Book Award for Fiction.

Inscribed first printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans – inscribed to the founder of the Lord John Press.

Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.

Signed first edition of Block's first novel, a psychological melodrama of prewar marital discontent.

First edition in book form of this "man on the run" spy novel, in which Richard Hannay escapes to Scotland just ahead of accusations he has murdered a secret agent.

First UK edition of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.

Inscribed first UK edition of the last Simon Templar novel written solely by Charteris, his creator.

Inscribed first printing of this satirical Mafia thriller that finds the underboss of the Prizzi crime family romantically entangled with a hitwoman hired to bump him off.

First US edition of Joseph Conrad's second novel, an adventure of steamers and the African jungle published three years before his HEART OF DARKNESS.

First printing, first issue of this classic of US literature, a major influence on the development of the Western, American Romanticism, and North American-set historical fiction.

First edition of Michael Crichton's first book written under his own name, an important early techno-thriller that established his career.

First edition in book form of this classic story of love and the weight of family history set during the French Revolution, one of Dickens's best-known works.

Handsome copy of the first complete English-language edition in book form — and still the mostly widely read English translation — of the classic tale of vengeance delayed, but never denied.