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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2002. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sophomore effort from the author of the highly lauded first novel, "The Secret History," written a full decade after that first success. 555 pages. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, this hardcover octavo has black paper over boards, stamped in silver… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. Scarce Anchor title & another in the series that the late Edward Gorey did for this publisher, here doing both the cover art & typography! A must for Gorey completists! 1912, this is the first Anchor mass market paperback edition… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Author's first book, which "marks the stunning debut of the first voice of a new generation," "this decade's Catcher in the Rye." Written when he was a 20-year-old college student at Bennington, he would become a key member of the… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1992. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A FIRST EDITION, Third Printing, from 1992 of the author's first novel, now widely credited as initiating the "dark academia" genre in contemporary fiction. 522 pages. Hardcover octavo has black & gray paper over boards, title box to… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harper/Harper Collins, 2022. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The author's 10th novel, a powerful retelling of Dickens' tale, set in present-day Appalachia & featuring a 21st-century band of "lost boys." In 546 pages + Acknowledgments that speak to contemporary child poverty & the opioid crisis. A FIRST EDITION,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Book Find Club/Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Author's first novel, in which he starkly addresses the complexity of racial & ethnic relations & the fear of the "other" in an urban setting. "Could very well be to the virus of American anti-semitism what "Uncle Tom's Cabin' was to… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1947. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG-/G+/Good. Author's second book, a novel set in the world of prize fighting. Basis for the 1956 movie starring Humphrey Bogart & Rod Steiger. A true FIRST EDITION, First Printing (with statement) from 1947, this hardcover small octavo has black cloth-over-boards with… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Signet, 1958. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. Collection of 7 short stories. Orig. published in hardcover in 1956, this is the First Printing of the FIRST MASS MARKET PAPERBACK EDITION from Signet (#S1535) from June 1958. In 143 pages, it is in VG+ condition: very clean & bright,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Bantam, 1970. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Author's 4th work of fiction, about which the critics said, "Reading this novel is like driving a Maserati flat out...the most brilliant novel of the year!" First published in hardcover in July 1970, this was the First Printing from the next… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+. Second novel of the author's trilogy about the "origin, rise, & dominance" of the Snopes family of Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1957, with appropriate statement & repeated line on page 257, but Second State DJ: $3.95 price,… Read more about this item

London, England: Paternoster Press, 1958. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-. Wade, Graham. Book #13 in a series of 20 books published 1940s-1970s about the famous "jungle doctor" written by Paul White (1910-1992), based largely on his own experiences 1939-1941 in Central Tanganyika as a missionary. He also turned the series into a popular… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1955. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. An Irreverent Escapade,'' the novel that inspired all the movies & stage plays. Orig. published in 1955, this is the 34th printing. Hardcover octavo has matte black cloth-covered boards lettered in silver to spine & blindstamped to… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Her masterpiece,'' this book is considered to have been an inspiration for Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby, documenting the decline of wealthy socialites in tandem with the decline of the American frontier. In 174 pages. Oddly, page 157-158 is… Read more about this item

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/G-. Second book in what would become the author's "District of Columbia" trilogy about a contemporary American family, the Spotswoods. In 304 pages, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1943. Hardcover 8vo has dull red/tan cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering to front & … Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+/G+. Author's second novel, in 569 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1974, this hardcover 8vo has black cloth-covered boards lettered in matte gilt to spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, pages creamy white & unmarked, binding strong & straight,… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Fictionalized account of the real-life "Goodbar" murders in New York City in 1973 & basis for the 1977 movie starring Diane Keaton & a then-unknown Richard Gere. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1975, this hardcover 8vo has dark brown… Read more about this item

Cleveland/New York: Modern Library, 1937. First Thus Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autobiographical novel based on Woolf's own family visits to St. Ives in Cornwall during the summers of her childhood. Considered '' one of the finest novels of the 20th century'' since its original publication in 1927, this is… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964. First Edition Later Printing 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Bestselling novel about a large inner-city high school in New York City, a teacher, & her students in the mid 1960s. Made into a movie of the same name in 1967, starring Sandy Dennis. A FIRST EDIITON, Fourth printing from 1964, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vanguard Press, Inc., 1955. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. An Irreverent Escapade,'' the novel that inspired all the movies & stage plays. A FIRST EDITION, Third printing, this hardcover has decorative pink/black/white decorative paper over boards, with a design that matches the DJ. Condition is Fair-Good: generally clean, binding straight… Read more about this item

Viking, 2021. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A brilliantly inventive novel about loss, growing-up, & our relationship with things,'' by this award-winning Zen Buddhist priest, filmmaker, & author, in 546 pages. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, 2021, this hardcover 8vo is Fine in an equally Fine DJ: just a tad less crisp than Brand New!… Read more about this item