THE STORY OF BURNT NJAL
1861
First edition in English of the Njals Saga, one of the most popular tales of medieval Iceland.
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LA VIE ET LES AVANTURES SUPRENANTES DE ROBINSON CRUSOE
1720
First printing of the first French edition of ROBINSONÂ CRUSOE, one of the first ever translations of the book that has more translations than any work except the Bible.
THIS SUNDAY
1967
First American edition, translated by Lorraine O'Grady Freeman.
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
1912
First edition in English, introducing Dostoevsky to British readers on a large scale for the first time, a gorgeous copy.
POOR FOLK
1894
First edition in English of Dostoyevsky's first book, in beautifully sinister pictorial cloth designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
HAPPY FAMILIES: Stories
(2008)
Advance uncorrected proof copy of Fuentes's short story collection, with review materials laid in.
STILL LIFE WITH A BRIDLE: Essays and Apocryphas
(1991)
First edition, a very nice copy of this collection of writings by the Polish author, translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter.
CHOURMO
2006
Uncorrected proof of the first US edition, the second book of the neo-noir Marseilles Trilogy beginning with TOTAL CHAOS.
FLOWER SHADOWS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
1959
First US edition of this classic Chinese novel dating from the end of the Ming period, here translated from Franz Kuhn's German version by Vladimir Kean.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO / THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE / THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS NEST [Trilogy]
2008, 2009
Scarce first printings in English of Larsson's Millennium trilogy.
OTHER PEOPLE'S TRADES
1989
First edition of these collected essays, translated by Raymond Rosenthal and published shortly after Levi's death.
CASANOVA'S ESCAPE FROM THE LEADS: An Excerpt From the Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt
1929
Early Knopf Pocket Book edition, in the lovely and uncommon Art Deco jacket, of Casanova's account of his bold midnight escape from solitary confinement in 1750s Venice.
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT
(1974)
First edition, second printing of this handsome and complete set of the classic Middle Eastern folk tales.
MARY
(1970)
First English-language publication of Nabokov's first novel, untranslated for 45 years.
THE NABOKOV-WILSON LETTERS 1940-1971
(1979)
First edition of the selected correspondence between to major midcentury literary figures, whose longstanding friendship became public over their "embittered 1965 debate" on Nabokov's translation of a Pushkin novel.
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COUNTESS DRACULA [The Bloody Countess]
(1970)
First English-language paperback edition of LA COMTESSE SANGLANTE, re-titled to coincide with the release of the Hammer horror film based on Penrose's singular gothic historical fantasia.
HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES
1856
First edition in book form of the first of Baudelaire's highly influential French translations of Edgar Allan Poe.
UDOLPHO
(1948)
Uncommon and stylish French edition of the ur-Gothic novel, with the finest paperback cover illustration ever offered to Ann Radcliffe in any language.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(1950)
First Lion Books edition.
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
1935
First US edition of the classic Western tale of three Americans' quest for gold in Mexico, adapted into an Oscar-winning movie starring Humphrey Bogart.
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