First illustrated edition, and first single-volume edition, of Austen's third published novel, centering on the comedic neighborhood drama caused by the amateur production of a play, with the inferred specter of the slave trade hovering beneath the plot.
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.
First printing of the popular anti-Western, the basis for the film of the same name.
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.
First edition in English, published the same year as the French first, the basis for the classic film co-written by Rod Serling and starring Charlton Heston.
Signed first edition of this mystery thriller, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon's first outing, in which he takes on the Illuminati – adapted into a 2009 film starring Tom Hanks.
Signed first printing of the popular hit in which a symbologist and cryptologist become entangled in secret society mysteries, to much audience enjoyment – with signature dated April 22, 2003.
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.
Signed first printing of the pivotal true-crime book – signed by Capote, and with the ownership signature of Dorothy B. Hughes, author of the inverted noir masterpiece, IN A LONELY PLACE (1947).
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
First printing of the second novel by the master of the hard-boiled, a worthy follow-up to THE BIG SLEEP (1939).
Inscribed first edition of Lee Child's "electrifying debut" (jacket), the first appearance of quick-thinking ex-military policeman; the character was adapted into a film franchise starring Tom Cruise.
First impression of the influential early spy novel that set the model for the genre in the 20th century.
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.
First edition of the book written to accompany the landmark film, whose screenplay Clarke wrote simultaneously with Kubrick.
Inscribed first edition, first printing of the beloved romantic adventure novel set during the civil wars that led to the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate.
First edition of this Cold War thriller about an American soldier brainwashed into becoming a sleeper agent for the Societ Union, and his commanding officer's efforts to uncover the truth; twice adapted into critically-acclaimed films.
Signed first printing of Conroy's semi-autobiographical first novel, in which a family is dominated by the brutal paternal authority of a Marine fighter pilot.
Inscribed first edition of Conroy's magnum opus.
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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 this undersea psychological thriller, later adapted into a film starring Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson.
First edition of Elkins's first novel, introducing the smooth-talking, mystery-solving physical anthropology professor Gideon Oliver.
First printing of Farrell's camp-gothic masterpiece.
First printing of Faulkner's consideration of Southern racism, explored through the unusual (for Faulkner) device of a murder mystery.
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.
