JONATHAN TROY
(1954)
First printing – and only edition – of Abbey's hated first book.
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SHAKESPEARE: The Biography
2005
First US edition, first printing, signed by the author on the publisher-issued bookplate tipped onto the front free endpaper.
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.
MOODS
1865
First edition of Alcott's first novel published under her own name, an unconventional philosophical romance.
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.
LONDON LOVERS
1906
First edition of this high society contemporary romance from the Edwardian golden age of the genre, "daringly, about the problems of Jews entering London society" (Rachel Anderson).
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.
THE ANGEL ON THE ROOF: The Stories of Russell Banks
(2000)
Inscribed first edition of this collection of stories by the O. Henry and Best American Short Story Awards winner.
THE SEA
2005
First US edition of the Booker Prize-winning novel.
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.
COME BACK, DR. CALIGARI
1964
Signed first edition of Barthelme's first collection of experimental short stories.
OVERNIGHT TO MANY DISTANT CITIES
1983
Signed first edition of this collection of short stories by the postmodernist writer.
PRESENTS
1980
Signed limited first edition, featuring tipped-in collages by the postmodernist author.
BELIEVERS: A Novella and Stories
(1997)
Signed advance reader's edition in a specially issued slipcase.
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.
TI MARIE
(1988)
Inscribed first edition of this Caribbean romance set in the late 18th-century West Indies, written in conscious subversion of the overwhelming whiteness of the genre.
SHIRLEY
1849
First edition of Charlotte Brontë's second novel, published two years after the sensation created by her pseudonymously published JANE EYRE.
THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS
2005
Signed first printing of Berendt's tale of Venice and the catastrophic fire at the Fenice Opera House,.
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.
