DARKTOWN STRUTTERS
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
First edition of this novel set amid civil war-era Mozambique, chosen as one of the twelve best African books of the 20th century by the panel of African organizations that made the "Africa's 100 Best Books" list.
Inscribed first edition of this Civil War drama, the story of a Confederate deserter's journey home – winner of the National Book Award, and adapted into an Oscar-winning film.
First edition of this story of the men of a WWII Naval Auxiliary ship as they wage "war" against boredom, apathy, and their "pig-headed" captain – adapted into a 1955 film starring Henry Fonda and James Cagney.
First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the profound influence of the institution of slavery, on cultural and deeply personal levels.
First edition of this comedic and explosive Prohibition-era drama, featuring whiskey, gangsters, and dynamite – adapted into a film in 1970.
First US edition, a story of a hedonist during Europe's Belle Epoque by the South African and British author of THE DROWNING PEOPLE.
First edition of this novel by a physicist that "captures the special excitement — intellectual, sexual, emotional — which surrounded the Los Alamos laboratories in 1943-1945" (front flap).
Inscribed first printing of the second Amelia Peabody mystery, set in Egypt during the 1890s and famously written by a trained Egyptologist.
Signed first printing of this reflection on the difficulties experienced by Chinese women in pursuit of independence and love in the past, as seen by a ghost.
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of the surprise Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel recreating the Battle of Gettysburg.
Signed first printing of this Victorian mystery following Sarah Woolson's rise as a lawyer in 1880 San Francisco, and her first case: the murder of an abusive husband that is less simple than it appears.
First edition of this nostalgic series of snapshots of Victorian England, as experienced by Mundy, son of a groom – in the scarce and vivid original dust jacket.