WAY OF THE WORLD AND LOVE FOR LOVE
1929
First edition thus of this pair of comedies by 18th-century playwright William Congreve, with stylish Beardsley-esque illustrations.
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SO WE READ ON: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures
(2013)
Signed first printing of Corrigan's engaging re-examination of The Great Gatsby's greatness.
THE WALLS OF JERICHO
1928
First edition of this Harlem Renaissance classic, depicting the inter- and intra-racial conflicts of the Black community in Harlem with a dash of satire.
ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN
1926
First edition, a beautiful copy with college humor-laced provenance from the year of publication.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
1922
Rare first printing of Fitzgerald's second novel, a sharply satirical portrait of a Jazz Age couple very like the Fitzgeralds.
THE GREAT GATSBY
1925
First edition, first printing of the famed novel exploring the poisons laced into the American dream — in the legendary original dust jacket, restored second issue (with "Jay" on rear panel).
TAPS AT REVEILLE
1935
First edition, first state of this collection of short stories, including tales of Josephine, "almost the original flapper of the world" (Louise Frazier Fort).
SAMPLES
(1927)
First printing of this anthology of the leading lights of the Jazz Age, published to benefit the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind.
THE PROPHET
1923
Scarce first edition of Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece of verse — in remarkably sharp condition.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1930
First edition in book form of the hard-boiled classic, in which private detective Sam Spade chases a valuable artifact with the femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy.
THE MALTESE FALCON
1930
First edition in book form of the hard-boiled classic, in which private detective Sam Spade chases a valuable artifact with the femme fatale Brigid O'Shaughnessy, rarely found with the original dust jacket (here professionally restored).
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
1929
First printing of Hemingway's tragedy of ill-fated love amidst the fighting of World War I.
FINE CLOTHES TO THE JEW
1927
First edition of Hughes's "greatest collection of verse" (Arnold Rampersad), in the scarce original dust jacket designed by Aaron Douglas.
DODSWORTH
(1929)
First edition of this novel-slash-travelogue, the story of a husband and wife drifting apart during a European grand tour – adapted into an Oscar-nominated film in 1936.
ELMER GANTRY
(1927)
First edition of this scathing satire of fundamentalist Christianity in US America, with printed presentation slip signed by Lewis tipped onto the front endpaper.
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
1925
Inscribed first issue of the famous bestseller of the Jazz Age, chronicling the high life of a Hollywood flapper's trip to Europe.
MOCKINGBIRD
(1981)
First printing of the first US paperback edition, a bleak future fiction from the author of cult classics QUEEN'S GAMBIT and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH.
THE CHILDREN
1928
First printing, first state, of this Jazz-Age assessment of Modernism through the lens of the most famous woman author of the era, in the scarce original dust jacket.
THE GLIMPSES OF THE MOON
1922
First printing of the Jazz-Age novel published at the peak of Wharton's career, skillfully assessing the effects of gender roles in high society.
LES HUIT RENOMMEES
(1927)
Inscribed first edition of this exquisite collaboration between two great French-Japanese artists.
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