THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
First printing of this tale of a WWII veteran struggling with a morphine addiction – winner of the 1950 National Book Award for Fiction.
First printing of this tale of a WWII veteran struggling with a morphine addiction – winner of the 1950 National Book Award for Fiction.
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 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.
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First printing of Block's first hardcover publication, a revenge thriller he wrote because he couldn't shake the plot idea suggested by another writer.
Signed first edition of Block's first novel, a psychological melodrama of prewar marital discontent.
First edition of this post-apocalyptic tale of an unlikely hero who manages to rally disparate groups against glorified doomsday preppers in the ruins of the West Coast, winner of the 1986 Locus Award.
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.
Twice inscribed first edition, first state of the first Tarzan novel, warmly presented from Burroughs to his niece.
First UK edition of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
Inscribed first UK edition of the last Simon Templar novel written solely by Charteris, his creator.
Signed first edition, first printing of this western-framed exploration of mob mentality and justice, adapted into an Oscar-nominated western-noir film starring Henry Fonda.
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 edition of this nautical-psychological journal, in which the antihero travels far and wide in pursuit of anonymity.
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.
Inscribed first edition of Conroy's magnum opus.
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.
Complete set of first printings of all 21 books in the Sharpe series, each volume signed on the title page by Cornwell.
First edition of Michael Crichton's first book written under his own name, an important early techno-thriller that established his career.
First edition of this undersea psychological thriller, later adapted into a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson.
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.
Inscribed first edition of this suspenseful tale of a backwater rafting trip gone horribly wrong, adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight – James Dickey's first novel.
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.