THE DIALECT OF CRAVEN, IN THE WEST-RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK, WITH A COPIOUS GLOSSARY
Second enlarged edition of this dialect and glossary of the Deanery of Craven, by a native of that region and champion of its linguistic features.
Second enlarged edition of this dialect and glossary of the Deanery of Craven, by a native of that region and champion of its linguistic features.
First printing – and only edition – of Abbey's hated first book.
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
Rare signed true first edition of this novel of Mexican immigration to the United States from one of Bolivia's most celebrated writers.
Inscribed first printing of the science-fiction horror novel about Megalodons – giant prehistoric sharks.
Inscribed first printing of the intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times.
First illustrated edition, and first single-volume edition, of Austen's third published novel, centering on the comedic neighborhood drama caused by the amateur production of a play, with the inferred specter of the slave trade hovering beneath the plot.
First printing of the first mystery introducing Virgil Tibbs, a Black police detective who helps solve a murder case in a racist community in South Carolina.
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
Handsomely rebound Edwardian edition of this invaluable 19th century dictionary of French slang, defined in English.
Signed limited first edition, signed by Gorey and one of only five copies specially inscribed by Beckett, out of a total edition of 200 copies.
First edition of Charlotte Brontë's second novel, published two years after the sensation created by her pseudonymously published JANE EYRE.
First UK edition of "the birth of a phenomenon" that would lead to the turning point in Steven Spielberg's career.
First edition of Berger's first book, set in postwar Allied-occupied Germany.
First printing of the popular anti-Western, the basis for the film of the same name.
First printing of Block's first hardcover publication, a revenge thriller he wrote because he couldn't shake the plot idea suggested by another writer.
First edition in English, published the same year as the French first, the basis for the classic film co-written by Rod Serling and starring Charlton Heston.
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
First American edition of the wild Gothic tale of romance and betrayal, published only a few months after the nearly unobtainable London first.
Signed first printing of the popular hit in which a symbologist and cryptologist become entangled in secret society mysteries, to much audience enjoyment – with signature dated April 22, 2003.
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 in the first-issue dust jacket, with the original last chapter as Burgess intended.
First US paperback edition, with an afterword by Stanley Edgar Hyman.
First printing of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
First American edition of the first English translation of L'ETRANGER, and the first to use the English title THE STRANGER.