KING SOLOMON'S MINES
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition of Smith's bestselling crime thriller, the author's first novel and the basis for a Sam Raimi film adaptation starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda.
First edition of this legal thriller, John Grisham's second book and first bestseller, later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Cruise.
First edition of King's sprawling and terrifying coming-of-age epic, set in Derry, Maine, where friendship is forever if the clown in the drains doesn't get you.
First printing of the modern thriller, following FBI trainee Clarice Starling's increasingly chilling interviews with Hannibal Lecter while in search of a serial killer.
First edition of the fifth of King's novels to be published under his own name, one of his most successful works and the basis for a film adaptation by David Cronenberg.
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First printing of Hammett's final novel, an unusually nice copy of a book difficult to find in collectible condition.
First edition of Romero's own co-authored novelization of his sequel to zombie classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
Twice inscribed first edition, first state of the first Tarzan novel, warmly presented from Burroughs to his niece.
First printing of the second novel by the master of the hard-boiled, a worthy follow-up to THE BIG SLEEP (1939).
First edition run of all 24 novels in the Tarzan series, including TARZAN OF THE APES in the rare original dust jacket and five inscribed books — along with Burroughs's rare 1917 AUTO-BIOGRAPHY and two further Tarzan titles.
First printing of Straub's eerie and artful fifth novel, a critical and popular success whose film adaptation starred Fred Astaire in his last role.
Midcentury reprint of the classic Atomic Age science fiction disaster novel, with far-reaching cultural influence from the 1951 film adaptation to the lyrics of the Rocky Horror Picture Show opening number, reissued together with its 1934 sequel in a single volume.
First edition of this anthology of eerie and supernatural speculative short fiction by John Wyndham, J.B. Priestley, Robert Heinlein, and others, including the editor, whose "The Greatest Gift" was the basis for the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."
First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket.
Signed first edition of the second book in the V. I Warshawski series, basis for the 1991 film "V.I. Warshawski," starring Kathleen Turner as Paretsky's private detective.
First edition of the fifth Mike Shayne mystery novel, inspiration for the successful 2005 neo-noir thriller KISS KISS BANG BANG.
First edition of Hitchens's best-known crime novel, inspiration for one of Godard's greatest films.
Advance review copy of this 25th novel by the world's best-selling living author, the basis for a 1993 made-for-television movie starring Jennie Garth at the height of her celebrity.
First UK edition of the novel based on Fletcher's legendary radio play, exploiting the startlingly modern anxiety that a terrible, terrible thing will happen if you make a phone call.
First US edition of Simpson's historical gothic, her second novel adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock.