JONATHAN TROY
(1954)
First printing – and only edition – of Abbey's hated first book.
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THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES
1964
First edition in English of the visceral existentialist novel, one of the greatest Japanese novels of the 1960s.
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
(1980)
Inscribed first American edition of the beloved science-fiction adventure.
THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
(1980)
Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
MEG
(1997)
Inscribed first printing of the science-fiction horror novel about Megalodons – giant prehistoric sharks.
KANE AND ABEL
(1979)
First printing of the multi-generational epic of "a shared hatred," a pop-culture phenomenon that sold over one million copies in its first week – with a tipped-in bookplate signed by Archer.
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.
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.
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
1984
First printing of Ballard's important World War II novel, a partly autobiographical story of an eleven-year-old boy living in a Japanese internment camp near Shanghai, with interesting provenance.
MR. MUNCHAUSEN
(1901)
First edition, third printing of this characteristically odd and humorous story of Baron Munchausen beyond the grave, a genre of story now called Bangsian fantasy.
TRACK OF THE CAT
(1993)
First printing of the first book in the Anna Pigeon series of mysteries revolving around United States national parks.
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.
JAWS
(1974)
First UK edition of "the birth of a phenomenon" that would lead to the turning point in Steven Spielberg's career.
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.
PSYCHO
1959
First printing of Bloch's influential thriller, a lovely copy in the iconic original jacket borrowed by Hitchcock for his film's logo.
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.
FAHRENHEIT 451
(1953)
Triply signed first printing of the anti-censorship science-fiction classic.
THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
1950
First printing in book form of this poetic exploration of colonizers' lives on Mars, one of the classics of mid-century science fiction.
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.
TWO HOURS TO DOOM
(1958)
First printing of the novel of an Atomic Age-nightmare, the basis for Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece.
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.
HELTER SKELTER
(1974)
First printing of this gripping account of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, written and inscribed by the successful prosecutor of Charles Manson.
THE MASTER AND MARGARITA
(1967)
First US edition of Michael Glenny's superior translation, published the same year as the Grove Press first that lacked over 20,000 words.
