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Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
Scarce first edition of Achebe's second novel, set in contemporary Nigeria and following the grandson of Okonkwo, hero of THINGS FALL APART.
First edition thus of the classic collaborative portrait of three Depression-era tenant farmer families, an expanded second edition with a new foreword by Walker Evans and 30 additional photographs not included in the first edition.
First US edition of this comedic novel that follows the exploits of a TV panel show host and his (mis)adventures in love.
With an editorial essay on the rising importance of James Baldwin and Sylvia Plath, as well as original poetry by Anne Sexton, Karen Gershon, Ted Hughes, and more.
Catalogue of an exhibition on the epic of Gilgamesh, incorporating both modern visual art and archaeological artifacts, and with original silkscreened cover and frontispiece by Baumeister.
First edition of this uncommon anthology classifying and interpreting the 20th century short story, with commentary by authors and editors including Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, William Saroyan, Kay Boyle — in the scarce dust jacket.
First edition of the acclaimed novel about a Black man just released from prison, "the bright boy of infinite promise [...] and the very old parolee of twenty-two, who sees little difference between the prison world and the world outside."
This volume includes the induction of Katherine Anne Porter into the Academy, as well as commemorative tributes to Edward. Hopper by Andrew Wyeth, Carson McCullers by Truman Capote, and Dorothy Parker by Lillian Hellman.
Uncommon edition of "Parson's Pleasure," a satisfying short story of a dishonest antiques dealer too clever for himself, from Dahl's KISS KISS collection.
Weighty and resplendent limited reprint edition of Davies's 1913 descriptive catalogue of German books printed from c.1455 to 1680 housed in the library of artist, dealer, and collector Charles Fairfax Murray.
First edition, paperback original, of this post-apocalyptic science fiction novel of the far future, in which war and technology are weaponised for control.
First edition thus, the first collected edition of three of Delany's earliest novels: CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME, THE TOWERS OF TORON, and CITY OF A THOUSAND SUNS.
First paperback edition of Delany's mythic cyborg space opera, nominated for a Hugo Award and rich with allusions to Melville's MOBY DICK, Arthurian legend, and Tarot lore.
First printing of Didion's iconic collection of essays of 1960s and 70s California culture.
First US edition of Dinesen's four-part coda to her classic OUT OF AFRICA, recalling the dreams and memories of her years in Kenya.
First American edition, translated by Lorraine O'Grady Freeman.
First edition of this novel about an African American Korean War veteran's experiences of violence while trying to exercise his right to vote in the segregated South.
First printing of Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize-winning final novel, containing "some of the most hair-raising and bizarre horse racing in the history of fact or fiction" (jacket) — in exceptional condition.
First printing of this scarce anthology of classic American short fiction in Polish translation, with cover art by midcentury poster designer Marian Stachurski.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
Inscribed first printing of the still-shocking story of captivity and resistance.
Handsome first printing of Fowles's postmodern evocation of the Victorian novel.
First printing, tales of "[b]urglary, mugging, gun battles in the streets, orgies in the cellar club, the suffering of adolescent romance, thirteen arrests and beatings by the police, a year in state training school..."
First printing, in which a dying philosopher travels from San Francisco to Batavia, New York (Gardner's own hometown) for his last days, to do as much thinking as possible before terminal illness, childhood memories, and Upstate gloom join forces to drag him to his end.
Signed first printing of Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade.