Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. First Edition thus. Stiff Wrappers. English translation, by Austryn Wainhouse, of Gamiani, ou Deux Nuits d‘excès, an erotic French novel, issued in a limited edition of 750, this copy unnumbered (as are many, as was the copy Kearney examined for his bibliography). Small 8vo (182 x...... more

London: Methuen, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of this thriller set in a Spanish village. Crown 8vo (200 x 132mm): 200pp. Publisher's forest green finely woven cloth, spine lettered in silver, striking dust jacket illustrated by David Watson and priced 15s. A handsome example, tightly bound and clean throughout;..... more

London: Parrett & Neves, for the Universities Mission to Central Africa, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce First Printing of this semi-fictionalized account of life on Likoma Island in Lake Malawi, written by an Anglican missionary. Slim crown 8vo (182 x 120mm): [8], 60,[2],60pp, with four inserted leaves of plates after..... more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Scarce Third Impression (the first four impressions are all scarce in the illustrated dust jacket) of the author's first book, one of the Imperial War Museum's Wartime Classics. Crown 8vo (191 x 125mm): 224pp. Original cinnamon cloth stamped in burgundy, illustrated dust jacket..... 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: 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

New York: A. A. Wyn, 1950. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo; 252pp. Original quarter-bound beige cloth lettered in red with black cloth boards; in a bright pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.50. Fine, tight and square, in a Near Fine or better jacket with a lightly rubbed spine. The..... more

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1908. Hardcover. First Printing of the prolific Irish author's best known work, a romance novel filmed multiple times and the first installment of The Blue Lagoon Trilogy, with The Garden of God (1923) and The Gates of Morning (1925). Crown 8vo (184 x 118mm): [12],326;[12]pp. Publisher's..... more

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

New York: United States Book Company, 1891. Decorative Cloth. Very early unauthorized edition, apparently unrecorded, preceding the first trade edition of 1892 (and "probably the earliest appearance in book form anywhere of The Red-Headed League and The Boscombe Valley Mystery and one of the earliest appearances of A Study in..... more

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the second installment in Eco's trilogy of children’s books, also including The Bomb and the General and The Gnomes of Gnu Bompiani, all illustrated by Eugenio Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. Tall, slim 8vo: unpaginated, with 17 stunning..... 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: 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