JONATHAN TROY
(1954)
First printing – and only edition – of Abbey's hated first book.
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THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
(1980)
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
CALIFORNIA LA BELLA
(1926)
Rare signed true first edition of this novel of Mexican immigration to the United States from one of Bolivia's most celebrated writers.
THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR
(1980)
Inscribed first printing of the intensively researched, massive bestseller about a young woman growing up in prehistoric times.
MANSFIELD PARK
1833
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.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
(1965)
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.
TRACK OF THE CAT
(1993)
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
ARGOT AND SLANG: A New French and English Dictionary
1911
Handsomely rebound Edwardian edition of this invaluable 19th century dictionary of French slang, defined in English.
ALL STRANGE AWAY
(1976)
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.
SHIRLEY
1849
First edition of Charlotte Brontë's second novel, published two years after the sensation created by her pseudonymously published JANE EYRE.
CRAZY IN BERLIN
(1958)
First edition of Berger's first book, set in postwar Allied-occupied Germany.
LITTLE BIG MAN
1964
First printing of the popular anti-Western, the basis for the film of the same name.
DEADLY HONEYMOON
(1967)
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.
PLANET OF THE APES
(1963)
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.
TESTIMONY AGAINST GERTRUDE STEIN (Transition Pamphlet No. 1)
February 1935
First printing of this group protest against Gertrude Stein's characterization of the authors in her book AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ALICE B. TOKLAS.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
1848
First American edition of the wild Gothic tale of romance and betrayal, published only a few months after the nearly unobtainable London first.
ANGELS AND DEMONS
(2000)
Signed first edition of this mystery thriller, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon's first outing, in which he takes on the Illuminati – adapted into a 2009 film starring Tom Hanks.
THE DA VINCI CODE
(2003)
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.
DARKTOWN STRUTTERS
(1994)
Inscribed first printing of Brown's second novel, exploring the collision of of art, racism, and violence in 19th-century minstrel performance.
TRAGIC MAGIC
(1978)
First printing of Brown's acclaimed first novel, edited and championed by Toni Morrison.
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
1915
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.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
(1962)
First printing in the first-issue dust jacket, with the original last chapter as Burgess intended.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
(1965)
First US paperback edition, with an afterword by Stanley Edgar Hyman.
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
1934
First printing of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS
1920
First edition of the work that coined the word "robot," and one of the most influential texts in the history of science fiction.
