Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 319 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original green cloth binding. Light soiling to covers. DJ a bit chipped at spine ends and folds. Front end page clipped at top for..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1977. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 243 PP. Stated "Tenth Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by L'Engle to Sandra Bradley on the FFEP. Light lean to spine and..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 155 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $20.00 intact on front flap. Signed by President Carter directly on the title-page. Price-clipped DJ..... More
New York: Pyramid Books, 1973. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 X 7 Inches. 301 PP. Paperback original of the first novel by Clive Cussler. First "Dirk Pitt" adventure! Scarce stated "First Printing, November 1973" copy. Signed by Clive Cussler on laid-in bookplate. While it is a paperback original, the..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 5/8 Inches. 194 PP. First printing with the publisher code "E-S" (May, 1918), but no first edition statement as this did not start until 1922. Fairly scarce autobiographical account of one mother's pain over the loss of her..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 365 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $7.95 intact on front flap. Fairly uncommon collection of Mailer short stories. Light rubbing and wear to gutters. DJ scuffed a bit. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1903. Howard Chandler Christy. First Thus. Hardcover. 7 1/4 X 9 7/8 Inches. 152 PP. Original decoarted blue cloth binding. Gilt title-stamping to front cover and spine. First illustration loose, but all illustrations present. Light dampstain to front hinge. Binding a bit shaken, but a complete copy great..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 639 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Original story for John Clark, one of Clancy's recurring characters..... More
New York: Gold Medal Books, 1954. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 1/8 Inches. 160 PP. Stated "First Printing, July 1954" on the copyright page. Basis for three films: Last Man on Earth, Omega Man and I Am Legend (although Robert Neville's original enemy was legion of..... More
New York: Library of America, 2012. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 403 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $20.00 intact on front flap. New introduction by Thomas Mallon. A sharp copy in all respects. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 353 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Hickam (The Rocket Boy himself) directly on..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 244 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Scarce original tale following the exploits of the "Wolves" of Cherryville Junction. Light rubbing to spine ends..... More
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Lot of two editions of Mark Twain's Elizabethan short story "Fireside Conversation in the Time of Queen Elizabeth" (1601). Lot includes the 1943 Mexico City limited edition of only 1000 unnumbered copies. This copy bears scuffing to covers and wear to edges..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 240 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.95 intact. Typical remainder spray on bottom gutter. A very attractive copy overall. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 300 PP. Stated "First Trade Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.95 intact. The further art adventures of Rabo Karabekian, from Breakfast of Champions fame... Light scuffing to gutters and DJ. Crease..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 243 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.00 intact on front flap. Extremely sharp copy with perfect black topstain. Looks like an unread copy. DJ lightly scuffed and a bit..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 5/8 Inches. 486 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Grisham directly on the half title-page. DJ laminate starting..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 5/8 Inches. 376 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Grisham directly on the half title-page. More
New York: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 5/8 Inches. 341 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Grisham directly on the FFEP. More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs and Co., 1907. Clara Elsene Peck. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 Inches. 262 PP. Original illustrated cloth bindng with frontis intact. Wonderful illustrations throughout by Clara Peck. Spotting and some minor mottling to covers. Front hinge a bit loose. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1983. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/4 Inches. 270 PP. First printing with the complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original "Die-Cut" porthole cover. Signed by Clive Cussler directly on the title-page. While not stated, this book is..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 277 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Kotzwinkle directly on the title-page. Special thanks to..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 257 [1] PP. The autobiographical account of Robert Burns, who twice escaped a Georgia Chain Gang. Basis for several films including the modern classic of the same name starring Val Kilmer as Burns. This "Photoplay..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1960. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 14 X 7 Inches. 183 [1] PP. First paperback printing of this collection of 22 Bradbury stories. Light bump to edge and a PO name on the first page. A very clean copy with an unbroken spine. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1956. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 210 [2] PP. First printing of this collection of short stories featuring Bradbury, Dahl, Kuttner and Shirley Jackson amongh others. A very attractive copy with light wear to spine (but book appears to be unread)..... More