London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. Small 8vo: 253,[1]pp. Publisher's royal blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained navy blue, illustrated dust jacket priced £1.50. Very slightly canted, else As New in a Fine jacket, tight, square, unmarked, and unread. Jones & Newman (eds.) 65... more
![The Handmaid’s Tale [Signed]. Margaret ATWOOD.](/images/noimage.png)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition (complete number line) of Atwood's political fable and cautionary tale. Signed on the half-title without inscription. Tall 8vo: [8],311,[1]pp. Publisher's turquoise quarter-cloth lettered in silver, steel grey paper-covered boards, matching grey end papers; illustrated dust jacket by Fred Marcellino, priced... more
London: André Deutsch, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the UK edition ("First published 1974 . . ." on copyright page). 8vo: 272pp. Publisher's coarsely woven red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (still sharp), pink end papers; illustrated dust jacket, priced £1.95 beneath residue of removed sticker. Fine, tight... more
London: Bodley Head [through 1950], 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. A superb set of Brooke's semi-autobiographical novels, all First Impressions uniformly bound. Small 8vo: 134,[2]; 252; 186,[2]pp, with full-color frontispiece repeating cover illustration and two line drawings (Military Orchard) and numerous illustrations and line drawings (Mine of Serpents). Publisher's (respectively) chestnut... more
New York: Fredk. A. Stokes C, n.d. [c. 1905]. First Printing. Stiff Wrappers. First American Edition, the rare first separate book publication of this "classic, perhaps the best haunted-house story ever written." (Sullivan) Small, slim 8vo: 57,[3 blank, advertisement, blank]pp. Original chromolithographed wrappers, flat spine lettered in black, back panel... more
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston Viking [through 1987], 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, all First Printings, all signed (but not inscribed) by Burroughs on title pages. Tall octavos: xviii (including frontispiece and title page), 332; [12],306; [12],258pp. Red Night: Publisher's beige paper-covered boads initialed in blind, terracotta cloth... more
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of Cain fifth novel. 8vo: [8],218,[2]pp. Publisher's ruby red cloth, spine and covers stamped in black, top edge stained matching red, other edges rough-trimmed; illustrated dust jacket by Bob Smith, priced $2.00. A superlative example (probably unread)... more
![Three of a Kind [Double Indemnity]. James Mallahan CAIN.](/pictures/thumb/BB1848_1.jpg?v=1533856618)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the first appearance in book form of Double Indemnity. 8vo: xv,[5],327,[3]pp. Publisher's finally woven copper tone cloth, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained rose, fore-edge uncut; price-clipped dust jacket illustrated E. McKnight Kauffer. Unread and virtually pristine... more
![Pines of Jaalam [Signed]. Daniel CHASE.](/pictures/thumb/BB0004.jpg?v=1499796634)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Signed copy of a scarce title. Stated first edition of the New England author's second book. About Fine (beautifully preserved, save for slight soiling to the text block) publisher's green cloth with crisp black lettering, in a Near Fine or better dust... more
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of Clarke's "most characteristic and most enduring" novel (Magill). 8vo: viii,310pp. Publisher's blue and grey marbled paper-covered boards decorated with silver, red, yellow, and green stars, spine lettered with silver foil, illustrated dust jacket, with author's photograph to... more
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, n. d.. [1987]. First Edition thus. Hardcover. First Printing in one hardcover volume of Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders, signed by Davies on title page. Tall, thick 8vo: 864pp. Publisher's French blue paper-covered boards, spine stamped in gold, dust jacket, illustrated by Robert... more
![A Horseman Riding By; [with] The Green Gauntlet. R. F. DELDERFIELD.](/pictures/thumb/BB1751.jpg?v=1513261877)
London: Hodder and Stoughton [through 1968], 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impressions of Delderfield's two-volume elegy for the traditional, pastoral society blown apart by the First World War. Thick 8vo: 1151; 475,[3]pp. Horseman: Publisher's forest green cloth, spine stamped in gold, map end papers; dust jacket with wraparound illustration by... more
![Big As Life [Signed]. Edgar. Lawrence DOCTOROW.](/pictures/thumb/BB1583.jpg?v=1503516308)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Doctorow's second novel and scarcest book, never reprinted and later orphaned by the author (his web site makes no mention of this title). 8vo: (6),218pp. Publisher's crimson cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained crimson, cream-colored typographic... more
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911. First Edition. Cloth. An exemplary example of "Pain's best general short story collection." (Wilson) 8vo: [8],320,[10, advertisements]pp. Publisher's sea green textured cloth, front and back covers stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, title page (with vignette) printed in blue and black. Light spotting to... more
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Impression. Hardcover. First Printing ("First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1971" on copyright page). 8vo; 194pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, the spine stamped gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Graham Humphreys and priced at £1.75. A just about Fine copy, probably... more
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (first published . . . 1958), collecting five stories set in the West Indies and featuring Horatio Hornblower, now an admiral. 8vo: 283,[1]pp. Publisher's royal blue cloth, the spine stamped gilt; in a price-clipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Biro. A.... more
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Fowles's fourth novel and "one of the masterpieces of the late twentieth century novel." (enotes) Thick 8vo: 704pp. Publisher's chestnut brown cloth, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained slate blue; typographic dust jacket, priced £4.95. Pages lightly browned (as... more
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Fowles's "first historical novel since The French Lieutenant's Woman and arguably a work of equal significance." (Literary Encyclopedia) 8vo: 460pp. Publisher's black boards, spine stamped in gold; pictorial dust jacket, priced £9.95. An excellent example, firmly and squarely bound (probably... more
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the second installment in the Flashman Papers cycle of eleven novels and a collection of short stories. 8vo: 261,[1]pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine stamped in gold, map end papers; wraparound illustrated dust jacket by A. E. Barbosa, lettered in... more
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). Octavo, 157pp. Publisher's grey cloth, the spine and upper board lettered in blue, the top edge stained brown. About Fine, in an about Fine pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.00. Very scarce thus. Note: With... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing (Scribner's "A" on copyright page) of "one of the two or three best of Heinlein's 'juveniles.'" (Pringle). 8vo: x,302pp. Publisher's grey cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in red, illustrated end papers and double-page title, dust jacket design by... more
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: [10], 11-256pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth lettered in gilt with green paper-covered covers and "time line" end papers; in a pictorial dust jacket, priced $3.00, brilliantly illustrated by Hubert Rogers. A Fine copy, tightly bound, with bright, clean... more
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing. Near Fine (offsetting to end papers) publisher's red boards with bright silver lettering and a beautiful lavender top stain, in a Near Fine or better (some soiling to rear panel) pictorial dust jacket. "The 'Cardi' is William Jones who comes home... more
London: New English Library, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Issue (with gutter code R49 at page 447) of the first UK edition of King’s third novel and the first to hit the New York Times bestseller list, marking the beginning of his long reign as the heavyweight of contemporary popular... more
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: [6],329,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, map end papers, title page printed in pink and black; pictorial dust jacket by George Illian, priced $2.50. Near... more