THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
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.
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.
First printing of Hemingway's tragedy of ill-fated love amidst the fighting of World War I.
First edition of Hemingway's second short-story collection, a beautiful copy in the second-issue dust jacket (within a month of the first issue).
First edition of this tender story of the life of an old schoolmaster, adapted into an Oscar-winning film in 1939 and again in 1969.
First edition of this patriotic WWI romance between a young aviator and a girl with divided loyalties.
First edition, first impression of Maugham's collection of interrelated stories about a writer employed as a spy in World War I, drawing from the author's personal experience in the British Secret Intelligence Service.
First Lion Books edition.
First printing of Wharton's post-war novel, "the beginning of a revitalized and extraordinarily experimental late period" (Sensibar) in her career – in the scarce original dust jacket.
Inscribed first printing of this speculative fiction novel about a wounded Black soldier in the Vietnam War who hallucinates about fighting in major American battles across history.