THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
(1980)
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
20th century
CALIFORNIA LA BELLA
(1926)
Rare signed true first edition of this novel of Mexican immigration to the United States from one of Bolivia's most celebrated writers.
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
(1980)
Inscribed first printing of the intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times.
LONDON LOVERS
1906
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
(1965)
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.
THE SEA
2005
First US edition of the Booker Prize-winning novel.
TRACK OF THE CAT
(1993)
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
COME BACK, DR. CALIGARI
1964
Signed first edition of Barthelme's first collection of experimental short stories.
OVERNIGHT TO MANY DISTANT CITIES
1983
Signed first edition of this collection of short stories by the postmodernist writer.
PRESENTS
1980
Signed limited first edition, featuring tipped-in collages by the postmodernist author.
BELIEVERS: A Novella and Stories
(1997)
Signed advance reader's edition in a specially issued slipcase.
ALL STRANGE AWAY
(1976)
Signed limited first edition, signed by Gorey and one of only five copies specially inscribed by Beckett, out of a total edition of 200 copies.
TI MARIE
(1988)
Inscribed first edition of this Caribbean romance set in the late 18th-century West Indies, written in conscious subversion of the overwhelming whiteness of the genre.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
(1973)
A superlative and scarce Avon Satanic Gothic by the legendarily accomplished Banis as "Lynn Benedict".
CRAZY IN BERLIN
(1958)
First edition of Berger's first book, set in postwar Allied-occupied Germany.
LITTLE BIG MAN
1964
First printing of the popular anti-Western, the basis for the film of the same name.
DEADLY HONEYMOON
(1967)
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.
PLANET OF THE APES
(1963)
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.
THE EMPTY HOUSE
(1956)
First edition of this 1950s Arcadia House romance, featuring a widowed heroine and a hero in hiding.
TESTIMONY AGAINST GERTRUDE STEIN (Transition Pamphlet No. 1)
February 1935
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
FIRST LOVE AND OTHER SORROWS
(1957)
Attractive first edition of the author's debut book, a collection of short stories from a master of the form.
LORD SATAN
(1972)
First printing of the ne plus ultra of the Avon Satanic Gothic.
DARKTOWN STRUTTERS
(1994)
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
TRAGIC MAGIC
(1978)
First printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
TRAGIC MAGIC
(1978)
Inscribed first printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
