THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
1949
First printing of this tale of a WWII veteran struggling with a morphine addiction – winner of the 1950 National Book Award for Fiction.
1950s
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
(1956)
First printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans.
A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
(1956)
Inscribed first printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans – inscribed to the founder of the Lord John Press.
THE BROKEN SWORD
(1954)
First edition of Anderson's swashbuckling fantasy adventure, warmly inscribed to fellow science fiction writer Reginald Bretnor and translator Helen (Harding) Bretnor.
BAKER-STREET STUDIES
1955
Limited BSI edition of these classic studies in Sherlock Holmes, reproduced in facsimile by the Baker Street Irregulars and introduced by Edgar W. Smith.
SIDE STREET
(1950)
Inscribed first edition of this engaging first novel by the son of Robert and brother of Peter, set in midcentury Manhattan.
CRAZY IN BERLIN
(1958)
First edition, first printing of Thomas Berger's first novel, the start of a series focused on US army medic Carlo Reinhart in the aftermath of World War II.
THE DEMOLISHED MAN
(1954)
First paperback edition of the first ever Hugo award-winning novel set in a future society with telepaths, "a masterful compounding of science and detective fiction" (Boucher and McComas).
FIRST LOVE AND OTHER SORROWS
(1957)
Attractive first edition of the author's debut book, a collection of short stories from a master of the form.
THE NAKED I
(1953)
Scarce inscribed first edition of this hardboiled midcentury novel by the screenwriter and author of JOHNNY GUITAR and THE BALLAD OF CAT BALLOU.
THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY: Stories of Science Fiction
(1954)
First edition of Christopher's collected early SF stories, in the vivid and uncommonly well preserved dust jacket by Eric Mudge-Marriott.
THE FAR TRAVELLER
(1956)
Scarce first US edition of this ghost adventure by the pseudonymous writing team of Adelaide Manning, formerly of the War Office, and her neighbor, British intelligence officer Cyril Coles.
LONG AGO, FAR AWAY
1953
First appearance of this complete romance novel, issued as the special Saturday edition of the Toronto Star Weekly on 28 March 1953.
REBECCA'S PRIDE
(1956)
Uncommon first printing of this Edgar Award-winning first mystery novel by author and architect Douglass, set in the Caribbean and starring police chief Bolivar Manchenil.
RIVER OF ETERNITY
1983
Lovely signed limited first edition of Farmer's Shasta Science-Fiction Prize-winning novel, written in 1952 but not published until some thirty years later due to unscrupulous publisher shenanigans and the vagaries of fate.
THE END OF THE AFFAIR
(1951)
First edition of this Catholic novel set during the London Blitz, partly based on Graham Greene's own affair – adapted into two films and an opera.
GERONIMO REX
(1972)
First edition of this semi-autobiographical novel of growing up in the American South in the 1950s, Barry Hannah's first novel.
THE NOTCHED HAIRPIN
(1951)
Scarce first UK edition of Heard's third murder mystery starring Mr. Mycroft, a loosely disguised Sherlock Holmes, involving the depths to which the overeducated human soul may sink when in possession of no morals and too many opinions about art.
FOOLS' GOLD
1958
First edition of Hitchens's best-known crime novel, inspiration for one of Godard's greatest films.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
1951
First edition of the National Book Award-winning novel of intersecting lives in Hawaii in the months before the attack on Pearl Harbour – adapted into a star-studded, Oscar-winning film.
EXILES
(1951)
Limited first US edition of James Joyce's only play, a semi-autobiographical story of the tangled lives of two couples.
LETTERS
1958
Beautiful first printing of this important collection of correspondence from one of the greatest authors of the 20th century.
BRUSH COUNTRY KILLERS
(1952)
First printing of this Western murder mystery, in which the famous Batwing Jones must piece together how his friend's death connects to a story of vengeance and gold.
THE STONES OF SUMMER
2003
First printing of the Lost Books Club edition (second overall), a long out-of-print modern classic that served as inspiration for the documentary "The Stone Reader."
LOLITA
1979
Ostentatiously fine limited edition of this Great Book of the Twentieth Century, in exceptional condition and in the scarce publisher's box.
