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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1948. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First UK edition of the novel based on Fletcher's legendary radio play, exploiting the startlingly modern anxiety that a terrible, terrible thing will happen if you make a phone call. Lucille Fletcher's SORRY, WRONG NUMBER was first written and produced as a radio play in 1943, in which form it eventually won an Edgar Award and the highest of high praise from Orson Welles (for whom she would write the equally legendary "The Hitch-Hiker.") In 1948, Fletcher adapted her story as a screenplay for what was to be a classic film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster, and in the same year this novelized version, written with Allan Ullman, was published. Scarce. 7'' x 5''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (7/6) dust jacket. 118 pages. Light edgewear; offsetting and some foxing to endpapers. Light soil to jacket panels; moderate foxing to jacket verso and chipping to spine ends.

(New York): Viking Press, 1999. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of Ullmann's first novel that "ranges from present-day Oslo to 1930s Brooklyn." 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original quarter white cloth over white boards in unclipped ($23.95) photographic dust jacket. Inscribed by Ullmann to title page. 291, [1] pages. Light rubbing to jacket. Interior clean, sharp throughout.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition. Near fine.. Illustrator's presentation copy of Untermeyer's anthology of poetry for children, warmly inscribed by Birch, with an elaborate original watercolor drawing of a young boy receiving this book from a kindly Mother Goose and a testy actual goose. 9'' x 6.75''. Original bright blue cloth, stamped in silver. Red topstain. Lacking dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers and illustrations by Birch. 498 pages. Housed in custom blue cloth clamshell box. Original watercolor by Birch on half title, with his inscription: "To Dickie the 'middler' with 'big heap' love / Christmas 1935 Reginald Birch." Light scuffing to boards, topstain slightly faded.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Fine in fine slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's sparkling departure from type, a tale of empowered coastal elites learning a little about the Devil and a lot about life. The novel inspired a highly successful 1987 film adaptation, with Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Cher all "gorgeous and doing evil," and Jack Nicholson as a Devil with a well-practiced schtick who rapidly wears out his welcome. A beautiful copy. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter oxblood cloth with decorative paper-covered boards. Red topstain. In original protective mylar jacket and original grey pictorial slipcase. 307, [2] pages. Edition of 350 specially bound copies; this copy no. 231. Signed by Updike on limitation page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's second compilation of stories about Henry Bech, a middle-aged writer with more than a hint of self-portraiture beneath his Bellovian, Rothlike exterior. 8'' x 5''. Original copper-lettered textured black cloth. Red topstain. Pictorial endpapers. In original pictorial dust jacket and slipcase. Endpapers, jacket, and slipcase illustrations by Arnold Roth. Edition of 500 specially bound and printed copies, this copy no. 81. Signed by Updike on limitation page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Fine in fine jacket and slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Updike's narrative of a dim clergyman obsessed with sex and with himself. 8'' x 5.25''. Original red and brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original red and brown dust jacket (no price). In original slipcase. Black topstain. 228 pages. Edition of 450 copies printed on special paper and specially bound, this copy no. 262. Signed by Updike on limitation page.

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1908. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of this beautifully illustrated Edwardian fantasy of an "unsophisticated little boy" who sets out to rescue a Princess on orders from a fairy. 9.75'' x 10''. Original red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated throughout with full-page chromolithographs and additional line drawings in-text. Unpaginated. Some rubbing and wear to boards. Light soil to interior.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, 1897. Very good plus.. First edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of simply rhyming verses about the everyday life of little children at the turn of the century - quite scarce in this condition. 9.25'' x 8''. Original cloth spine, paper pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout (cw: depiction of golliwog doll). 62, [2] pages. A bit of rubbing and light soil to boards, hinges starting to crack but still firm.

London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First edition. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing, in which 16 favorite Sam stories are newly illustrated by Leslie. 9.5'' x 6''. Original cloth. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by Leslie in black and white. 333, [1] pages. Faint small mark on front endpaper. Jacket frayed at spine ends.

London: Faber and Faber, 1941. Very good.. First edition of this book of piggish fairy tales, illustrated by Alec Buckels. 5.5'' x 8''. Original boards. Owner inscription.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. First edition. Fine.. First printing of the third installment of Uttley's long-running, gently satirical series of animal tales, in unusually lovely condition. 7'' x 5.5''. Original tan boards with pictorial paste-on. Pictorial endpapers and 24 color illustrations by Margaret Tempest. Offsetting to endpapers and just a touch of wear to boards. Beautiful.

London: Faber & Faber, 1955. Fine.. First edition of the seventh Sam Pig book, a nice copy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original cloth. In original dust jacket. Illustrated in black & white by A.E. Kennedy.

London: Faber & Faber, 1948. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of the fifth Sam Pig book, featuring the four pigs and Brock the Badger, a nice copy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original cloth. In original dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white and with color dust jacket by A.E. Kennedy. 212 pages. Dust jacket lightly worn on edges.