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.
First edition in English of the visceral existentialist novel, one of the greatest Japanese novels of the 1960s.
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
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.
Victorian edition in beautiful original cloth of Austen's first novel, in which one Dashwood sister shows too much stoicism, and the other too much passion – with a lovely inscription by an 1849 buyer to "My dearest Frances... with most true love."
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.
First trade edition of this captivating slang dictionary of the late Victorian era, revised from the limited subscribers' edition in 1889.
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.
Beautiful first printing of Bierce's satirical lexicon, later expanded into the longer work known as THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY.
First printing of Bloch's influential thriller, a lovely copy in the iconic original jacket borrowed by Hitchcock for his film's logo.
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.
Signed first edition of Bowen's first book, with the Brackenburn bookplate of novelist Hugh Walpole.
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.
