London: Faber and Faber, [1955]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's first book (first published mcmlv on copyright page). 8vo: 200pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in yellow, salmon-pink dust jacket illustrated by Pearl Falconer, who also contributed full-page line drawings throughout. Fine, square, and tight (apparently..... more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1931. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. A superb First Impression (with misprint "hölder" for "holder" on p. 70) of Beckett 's scarce first commercially published book (after Whoroscope, brought out the previous year by Nancy Cunard's Hours Press), one of only 3,000 copies printed. Crown 8vo (185..... more

London: Secker & Warburg [through 1992], 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Three Fine and Signed first impressions. Complete in three tall octavo volumes, in the fabulous dust jackets illustrated by Irene von Treskow: viii,376; [8],280; x,388pp. Don Emmanuel: Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in while, hunter green end papers, jacket priced..... more

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957. First Edition. First Impression of Braine's first book, offered with the scarce uncorrected proof. Crown 8vo (189 x 122mm): 256pp. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gold, in the striking dust jacket (price-clipped) illustrated by John Minton. An excellent example (spine ends very lightly bruised)..... more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. First Printing (U.S. issue, with "Scribners" to tail of spine) of the photographer's first book, introduced by Raymond Mortimer. Royal 8vo (235 x 180 mm): 8pp, with 63 full-page captioned gravure plates by Brandt. Publisher's glazed photographically illustrated boards, spine..... more

Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (no additional printings noted) of the author's first novel, translated into English by Archibald Colquhoun. 8vo: [6],145,[1]pp. Publisher's coarsely woven sea-green cloth, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed; illustrated dust jacket priced $3.50. Fine (hint of rubbing to spine ends); about..... more

Boston and New York / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press, 1899. First Trade Edition. Pictorial Cloth. First Printing of the author's first book, seven interrelated folk tales set in antebellum North Carolina and told "in Negro dialect" by an old gardener. Crown 8vo (175 x 110mm): [4],229,[3]pp. Publisher's..... more

London: John Macrone [from 1836], MDCCCXXXVII [1837]. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. "Second series" of this collection of short pieces of literary journalism that marked the launch of the young author’s meteoric career. Crown 8vo (194 x 120mm): [4],viii,377,[1],]pp, with 10 steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece and vignette title page dated 1836)..... more

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. First (and only) Impression, First State, of the author's first books, one of only 750 copies printed and bound. Small 8vo: 128pp. Publisher's pale blue mesh cloth, front cover and spine stamped in navy blue, text printed on heavy stock white..... more

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing (Scribner's "A" on copyright page) of Duvoisin's scarce first book. Tall, wide 8vo (245 x 203mm): 56 unnumbered pages, with numerous illustrations (many full-page, in color). Publisher's blue, red, pink, and white patterned cloth; red paper..... more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's important first novel. 8vo: 283 [1]pp. Publisher's rust-colored cloth with matching top stain, spine stamped in gold; price-clipped first issue dust jacket (without reviews) illustrated by Tom Adams. A Fine, bright example, probably unread, with crimp to head..... more

New York: Pantheon, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing (with full number line) of the author's first novel, set in Greece, Scotland, Greenwich Village, and Long Island, tracing the lives of a Scottish family. Signed by Glass, without inscription, on title page. 8vo: 353pp. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards, spine lettered in..... more

London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. First British Edition of Goyen's acclaimed debut novel, touching on themes of family, sexuality, time, place, and memory. Crown 8vo (183 x 120mm): 223,[1]pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, beautifully illustrated dust jacket by Biro, priced 10s / 6d. A handsome example, about Fine..... more