New York: Knopf, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the blank before the half-title page. Lahiri's second novel, set in India and America, concerns two brothers bound by tragedy. A fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past. A country torn by revolution and a love that lasts..... More
New York: Knopf, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. A near-future thriller that casts new light on how we live today, and what may be in store for us tomorrow. Featuring a Los Vegas 'water knife' named Angel Velasquez,who is a detective, assassin, and spy, who "cuts" water for the boss of..... More
New York: Disney Press, (1996). Lane Smith, Kelly Adam Asbury. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach' is one of the most beloved children's books, and here, for the first time, is his daughter's recollection of how it all began. Lucy Dahl offers a rare..... More
New York: Random House, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Walker on the title page. 12 stories with an epilogue. 200pp. More
New York: Harper Collins, (2011). First edition. Hardcover. And so begins a new chapter in the epic story of sixteen-year-old Candy Quackenbush and her journeys through the world of the Abarat, where every hour is an island in one eternal day, and nothing is as it seems. A heavy, thick..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of Frank Buxton on the front pastedown. Inscribed by Max Wilk on the bookplate, "Best wishes to a / paying customer! / Max Wilk." Laid in is a TLS from Max Wilk to Frank Buxton with the envelope (no date on TLS..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Parrish on the half-title page. Robert Parrish directed his first film in 1950, Cry Danger. His credits include 'The Purple Plain', 'Fire Down Below', 'The Wonderful Country', and 'Casino Royale'. Earlier, as film editor, he worked with such directors..... More
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1938. Jack B Yeata. 2nd edition. Paperback. Small 4to. Here, Yeats depicts the collapse of his paradigm for Ireland's renewal through culture and discerns the seeds for a new cultural movement rooted in education and eugenics. For Yeats, cultural nationalism had the potential to unite the nation..... More
New York: Rinehart & Co, (1951). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second novel, written after his great success with his 1948 debut The Naked and the Dead. It concerns a protagonist who rents a room in a Brooklyn boarding house with the intention of writing a novel. More
New York: Random House, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on a tipped-in blank sheet. Here, Keaton shares the wisdom she's accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. 188pp. More
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. The story of the hours and days of an English (Cornish) country house and of the five generations who have peopled it. 305pp. Margaret Rumer Godden (10 December 1907 – 8 November 1998) was an English author of more than 60 fiction..... More
Austin: University of Texas, (1996). First edition thus. Hardcover. Signed by John Graves on the half-title page. This anthology contains selections from 'Goodbye to a River and his two other major books, "Hard Scrabble (1974) and "From a Limestone Ledge" (1980). It also includes short stories and essays, some of..... More
New York: Knopf, 1960. Russell Waterhouse. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title page. A three-week trip down the Brazos River, into which is woven a history of the people who have lived along its banks; Indians, settlers, warriors, and wanderers. 305pp. More
London and New York: Verso, (2001). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is briefly inscribed by the author on the title page. Here, Hitchens examines the alleged war crimes of Henry Kissinger, the National Security Advisor and later United States Secretary of State for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. 159pp..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. R. Crumb. One of 26 Lettered Copies. Hardcover. 4to. Copy 'O' in the deluxe binding (with a red, black, green, blue, and purple patterned cloth backstrip) signed by both Bukowski and R. Crumb on the colophon page. This hardback edition consisted of 376 copies..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Here, in this novel, the author returns to Gilead in the unforgetable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder. More
New York: Random House, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, this copy inscribed on the front endpaper by Jackson, "To ______ / I've always looked / up to you -- you've been / like an older sister! / I hope this makes / your blood percolate / Love /..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed on the title page, "D. B. Newton / ("Dwight Bennett"). Newton was one of the six founding members of the Western Writers of America. D.B. Newton also wrote under the names Clement Hardin, Ford Logan, Hank Mitchum, Dwight Bennett..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1966). First edition. hardcover. Author's fifth novel that concerns two women, one a young American wife of the present day, the other a Portuguese nun of the seventeenth century. This copy inscribed on the front endpaper, "For ________ / The Birth of Love..... More
Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, (1980). One of 1500. Hardcover. 4to. Mardersteig, 1892-1977, moved to Switzerland in 1922, founded a hand press, the Officina Bodoni, and began producing books. In 1927 he moved his press to Verona, Italy, partly in order to print a state-funded edition of the complete works of Gabriele..... More
San Francisco & New York: Straight Arrow & Simon Schuster, 1973, 1975, 1977. paperback. 3 volumes, all in wrappers, each volume signed by Bill Owens and dated 1978. All housed in a black cloth slipcase. Each volume measures 10 x 10 inches. Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer..... More
New York: Putnam, (1966). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Coover's first book. A catastrophic explosion has rocked the small coalmining town of West Condon. Ninety-seven have died but one man, Giovanni Bruno, has miraculously survived. Now he has claimed that he was saved in..... More
New York: The Dial Press, (1969). First edition. Hardcover. More than any other Black Leader, H Rap Brown, former Chairman of SNCC, has come to symbolize the ideology of Black Revolution, a challenge America cannot afford to ignore. This book records the journey he and so many of his generation..... More
Bristol: Scorpion Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. #39/75 numbered copies in a special binding, leather and boards, and signed by the author. One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find..... More
Aspen: Thomas W Benton, 1970. Thomas W Benton. First edition. Single sheet. A vintage poster from 1970 when Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado. Measures 22 x 15 inches, framed under glass. Overall measurement: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Black frame. (shipped at cost). The Dr. of Gonzo..... More
