![A Death in the Family [First Issue]. James AGEE](/pictures/thumb/BB1858.jpg?v=1551965992)
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Agee's Pulitzer prize-winning meditation on his southern childhood. First Issue, with title page printed in blue and "walking" for "waking" on p.80. Tall, thick 8vo: [10],339,[3]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in silver and green..... more
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. First Impression. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's second novel, after Lucky Jim. Near Fine publisher's red cloth (very neat gift inscription to the FFEP, dusty top edge, gilt lettering to the spine slightly dulled), in an about Near Fine (darkened spine, rubbed to the crown;..... more
London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo; 224pp. Publisher's red cloth, the spine titled in gilt; in a yellow dust jacket lettered in red and black and priced at 18/-. A just about Fine copy, with a lightly spotted top edge; in a just about Fine jacket..... more
![Horses and Men. Tales, long and short, from our American life ["I'm a Fool"]. Sherwood ANDERSON](/pictures/thumb/BB1555.jpg?v=1503715556)
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1923. First Printing. Hardcover. First Issue (with orange topstain), including the author's most famous short story, "I'm a Fool." 8vo: xiii,[1], 347,[1]pp. Publisher's orange cloth, printed paper label to spine, top edge stained orange, beige typographic dust jacket priced two dollars on spine panel. About Fine..... more
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. First Printing (no additional printings noted). 8vo: xviii,346pp. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt within blue title block, upper cover lettered in gilt with vignette of farmhouse and barn, top edge stained black, fore-edge untrimmed, title page printed..... more
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing (number line descending to "1" on the copyright page). As New and apparently unread. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are..... more
![Flaubert's Parrot [Signed]. Julian BARNES](/pictures/thumb/BB1416.JPG?v=1499085300)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression ("First published 1984") of the author's "most celebrated book . . . hailed as an exemplary postmodernist text . . ." (Literary Encyclopedia) 8vo: 190pp. Publisher's lime-green cloth, spine stamped in gilt; pictorial dust jacket priced £8.50. Signed and dated (not..... more
London: Secker & Warburg, 1962. First UK Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (no additional printings mentioned) of the author's third book. Fine publisher's black cloth-covered boards, the spine brightly stamped with silver lettering, in a Near Fine priced dust jacket, with light soiling to the rear panel and a moderately..... more
Boston: Little, Brown, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition (so stated). Publisher's mustard-yellow cloth, the spine lettered in black, in an illustrated dust jacket priced at $3.75. A Fine copy, probably unread, in a just about Fine jacket with a small loss to the rear panel (not affecting lettering..... more
![The Ash Garden [Signed]. Dennis BOCK](/pictures/thumb/BB1185.jpg?v=1499796740)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Advance Reading Copy. Stiff Wraps. Uncorrected Proof, ARC. 8vo: [10],285,[1]. Publisher's stiff wraps, with cover design by Carol Devine Carson, with publisher's reply card laid in. Signed and dated ("June 2/01") by Bock on title page. As New and unread. Bock's first novel, following..... more
London: Peter Owen, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Bowles only short stories, collecting "Plain pleasures," "Everything is nice," "A Guatemalan idyll," "Camp cataract," "A day in the open," "A quarrelling pair," and "A stick of green candy", ranging in place from North Africa to South American. Slim crown..... more
![Cork [Hand-Colored]. William BOYD](/pictures/thumb/BB1567.jpg?v=1503882878)
London: Ulysses, 1994. Limited Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. First Limited Edition, one of only 26 copies, lettered A to Z (this being copy D), with hand-colored frontispiece and signed and dated by both author and artist (Ian Beck). Tall , slim 8vo: unpaginated (14 leaves). Original pale yellow paper-covered boards patterned..... more
![An Ice-Cream War [Signed]. William BOYD](/pictures/thumb/BB1339.jpg?v=1504531934)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression, signed by Boyd on the title page. 8vo: [12],363,[1]pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine stamped gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced 7.95. About Fine (minor speckling on top edge) and probably unread, in About Fine jacket very mildly (almost imperceptibly) faded to..... more
![The White Horses of Vienna [Signed]. Kay BOYLE](/pictures/thumb/BB0888.jpg?v=1499796703)
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1936. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: [10], 355, [1]pp. Publisher's light blue cloth, the spine lettered in silver, the top edge stained grey, the fore-edge untrimmed; in an illustrated dust jacket priced $2.50. A Near Fine copy, tight, clean, and very lightly read..... more
![Twenty-Four Hours [24 Hours]. Louis BROMFIELD](/pictures/thumb/BB1527.jpg?v=1551755953)
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Bromfield's eighth novel (Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for "Early Autumn"). Thick 8vo: [8],463,[1]pp. Publisher's textured vivid orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in blue, top edge stained orange, fore-edge untrimmed, yellow patterned end..... more
London: William Heinemann, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author’s fifth published novel. 8vo: [6],161,[1]pp. Publisher's lime green cloth, spine lettered in red; illustrated dust jacket by John Rowland, priced 16s. Light spotting to fore- and top edges, jacket's spine panel gently toned and rubbed to crown, else..... more
London: William Heinemann [through 1959], 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impressions of the author's first published fiction. Crown 8vo (196 x 128mm): [8],214; [6],221,[1]; [6],237,[1]pp. Original publisher's French blue (first and third installments) and navy blue cloth, spines lettered in gold or silver; illustrated dust jackets by R. F. Micklewright..... more
London: William Heinemann, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of this fictional biography of Shakespeare, alleging a number of amorous relationships, including one with the notorious Elizabethan prostitute, Lucy Negro. 8vo: 234pp. Very Fine (and likely unread) publisher's blue cloth, the spine titled in gilt (still brilliant); in a Fine..... more
![Junkie] Junky [Signed]. William S. BURROUGHS](/pictures/thumb/BB1627.jpg?v=1503716002)
New York: Penguin Books, 1977. Stiff Wrappers. With an Introduction by Allen Ginsberg, recounting his role in the original paperback publication. Rare unrevised proofs, signed by Burroughs on title-page; laid-in is the original printed invitation to the publication party at Gotham Book Mart to meet the author. Small 8vo: xvi,166pp..... more
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this collection of 16 short stories abiout Gerogia poor whites from the author of "Tobacco Road." 8vo: 206pp. Publisher's coarsely woven slate blue cloth, spine and upper cover ruled in red and lettered in black, top edge stained slate..... more
New York: Phalanx Press, 1935. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Caldwell's scalding indictment of tenant farming and sharecropping in the Depression-era South, reserving especial contempt for Eugene Talmadge, then governor of Georgia. Signed by Caldwell on the title page. Slim 8vo (195 x 135mm): 30,[2]pp. Drab green stapled wrappers, upper cover..... more
New York: Viking Press, MCMXXXIII [1933]. First Printing. Hardcover. First Trade Edition (following a limited edition of 250 copies) of Caldwell's second collection of stories. 8vo: viii,264pp. Publisher's ivory cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in brown and forest green, top edge stained brown; illustrated dust jacket, by Alfred Maurer..... more
![On the Black Hill [Signed]. Bruce CHATWIN](/pictures/thumb/BB1529.JPG?v=1499085303)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. 8vo: 248,[2]pp. Publisher's slate grey cloth, spine stamped in gilt, wraparound pictorial dust jacket, by Mon Mohan, unclipped and unpriced (one of the export copies Jonathan Cape issued; priced copies include the exception, "UK only"). Signed by Chatwin (without dedication) on..... more
Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers [through 1998], 1988. First Edition. A trio of publications (Advance Reading Copy, Advance Excerpt, and First Printing), all unread and virtually pristine, documenting four years of litigation in state and federal courts that ended in a stop-publish order barring a volume of uncollected short stories by..... more
![Girl with a Pearl Earring [First State, Signed]. Tracy CHEVALIER](/pictures/thumb/BB1510.JPG?v=1499796839)
London: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no further printings noted), in the scarce first state dust jacket, with 'earing' misspelled on back panel. Small 8vo: [6],248,[2]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt (still brilliant); pictorial dust jacket, priced £9.99. Signed by Chevalier on title..... more