SHE WOULD BE KING
(2018)
Signed, slipcased first edition of Moore's first novel, a historical retelling of Liberia's founding with touches of magic realism, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Woman Author
BEFORE YOU SLEEP
(1999)
Inscribed first edition of Ullmann's first novel that "ranges from present-day Oslo to 1930s Brooklyn."
A BOOK
(1923)
First edition of this important landmark of lesbian literature.
NIGHTWOOD
(1936)
First edition of Barnes's masterpiece, published a year before the US edition, in the rare dust jacket.
SO MUCH FOR THAT
(2010)
Advance uncorrected proof of Shriver's National Book Award finalist, a critique of the American health care system, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
ANYWHERE BUT HERE
1987
First edition, advance uncorrected proof copy of Simpson's first book, later adapted into the film starring Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman.
VIDA
(1980)
Signed first Danish language edition of Piercy's novel about 1960s American revolutionaries, set in the 1980s with flashbacks to the '60s.
THE COLOSSUS
1962
First US edition of the only Plath poetry collection published within the author's lifetime, originally published by Heinemann in 1960 and issued by Knopf two years later with several poems omitted.
HOW TO WRITE
[1931]
First edition of one of Stein's best and most important works.
OUT OF AFRICA
(1938)
Beautiful first US edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this evocative memoir of the author's experiences in Kenya.
THE LOTTERY
1949
First printing of Jackson's spectacular first collection of short fiction.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
1959
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of the greatest haunted house novel of the twentieth century.
THE NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN
(1925)
Elegant 1920s set of Austen's novels in ten volumes, with gorgeous Art Deco gilt-stamped spines.
THE FEMALE MAN
(1975)
First edition, first printing of Russ's New Wave masterpiece, a kaleidoscopic feminist vision of a woman's alternate lives on and off Earth, in the stifling present and possible futures.
Collection of Stephanie Plum Books
1994-2007
Signed first editions of the first 15 titles in Evanovich's popular series about a woman bounty hunter, from ONE FOR THE MONEY through LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, and with the first two holiday novellas.
BALTIMORE BLUES
(1997)
Signed first edition of the first Tess Monaghan book, in which the recently unemployed journalist and rower must take on some sleuthing jobs in Charm City to pay the bills.
WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME
(1976)
First paperback edition of Piercy's feminist utopia, an early contribution to what would later be termed cyberpunk, the story of a Mexican American woman from Spanish Harlem.
HUMAN?
(1954)
First edition of this eye-catching anthology of well-chosen eerie oddities, including stories by Margaret St. Clair (Idris Seabright), John D. MacDonald, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, John Collier, Isaac Asimov, don marquis, and Walter M. Miller.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE NIGHT: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
(1982)
First paperback edition of Le Guin's massively influential collected critical essays, including her "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie," "Science Fiction and Mrs. Brown," and "Is Gender Necessary?," followed by Jeff Levin's thorough bibliographical checklist.
THE DIPLOIDS
(1962)
First edition of MacLean's first short story collection, including her prescient 1950 classic "Incommunicado," anticipating the modern internet search engine and its many lurking horrors.
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
(1980)
First printing, signed in the year of publication, of this intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times.
OUR VILLAGE
1893
Early reprint of the famed Hugh Thomson-illustrated edition, a collection of English countryside vignettes by the contemporary and Hampshire neighbor of Jane Austen.
CRANFORD
1892
Early reprint of the famed Hugh Thomson-illustrated edition of the "structureless" novel, defining what would become known as the popular "Cranford" style of Macmillan's turn-of-the-century illustrated gift books.
ROCANNON'S WORLD
1979
First UK edition of Le Guin's 1966 debut novel, a space opera blending ethnography and the tropes of high fantasy, set in the universe of her Hainish Cycle.
THE DIVER'S CLOTHES LIE EMPTY
(2015)
Signed, slipcased first edition of the fourth novel by Vida, a founder of THE BELIEVER magazine and past winner of the Kate Chopin award, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
