Search Results: Uncorrected Proofs from Royal Books, Inc.

London: William Heinemann, 1976. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition, and preceded by the First Edition published by Random House the same year. Slight yapping on the top edges of the dust jacket, else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1964. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus in wrappers. Wrappers with toning at the extremities and spine, and a small chip at the fore-edge of the front wrapper.

London: Peter Davies, 1958. UNCORRECTED PROOF for the First UK Edition, preceded by the First American Edition published by Coward-McCann the year prior, in 1957. Rare. Very Good in publisher's card wrappers, with spine lean, moderately worn spine, and moderate foxing to wrappers and title label.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover).

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1995. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Just a hint of a bump to two top corners, else Fine and bright in white trade size wrappers (softcover).

New York: Methuen, 1979. First Edition. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition in 1979. With copied manuscript annotations throughout. A collection of Fuchs' short stories and personal essays. Approximately 285 pages, with copied manuscript corrections by proofreaders throughout. Very Good plus in large format wrappers, with light soil overall and light edgewear, with a white comb binding.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1987. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Very Good plus in lightly soiled, perfect-bound wrappers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. A collection of essays. Fine and unread in red printed wrappers.

New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, and preceded by the First UK Edition published by Andre Deutsch in 1987. SIGNED by the author on the front wrapper. Near Fine in wrappers.

New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, and preceded by the First UK Edition published by Andre Deutsch in 1987. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collection of Gore Vidal's essays, seen here under an earlier title, changed to "At Home: Essays 1982-1988" before publication. Near Fine in wrappers.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW copy, with publisher's materials and two postcards addressed to science fiction writer George Zebrowski laid in. Fine and unread in illustrated gray wrappers.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the First American Edition. Very Good in publisher's standard card wrappers, stating "SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY: For private and confidential use only." Tipped on on the front wrapper, as issued, is the full-color illustration from the first edition jacket. Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the screen by W.R. Burnett, and starring George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Turhan Bey. Very Good, lightly worn at the extremities, slight lean and roll with corresponding faint vertical creases to the spine. The only advance copy we have ever encountered of this key Ambler title.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in wrappers.

London: Michael Joseph, 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "Barry / Hi! / Dick Francis." 1969 Edgar Award nominee for Best Novel. Very Good plus in brown wrappers as issued. Very slightly cocked, with vertical wrinkling at the spine and a small splash on the bottom edges of the front wrapper and first two leaves.

New York: Coward McCann, 1931. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. The author's fifth book. Very Good in printed wrappers. Spine faded, light dampstain to the lower front wrapper, separation on the front hinge.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Original printer's proof for the jacket of the first edition, published by Little, Brown and Company in 2008. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Little, Brown and Company Senior Editor Asya Muchnick, on Little, Brown and Company letterhead, to a "Barry" [Barry Zeman] asking his opinion of the cover. Card stock, 6 x 8.5 inches, folded at the flaps and the front spinefold. 20.25 x 8.5 inches unfolded. Fine.

New York: Scribner, 1190. First Edition. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in wrappers.

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first book in the Narratives of Empire series. Near Fine in wrappers.

New Haven and New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1982. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in wrappers, with two small manuscript annotations in ink, noting the publication date, on the front wrapper and top right corner of the first leaf.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in a white printed wrappers.