New York: Roy Publishers, 1954. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 140 pages. Black and white photographs including La Belle et la Bete frontis. Price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Green boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped along edges with soiling and rubbing throughout, predominantly to edges. Spine..... More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First thus. Octavo. 319 pages. Printed dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Koestler's first book, originally published in 1939, is the story of Spartacus and the slave revolt of 73-71 BCE. First in Koestler's political trilogy of idealism gone wrong, along..... More

Frome, UK: Chicken House, 2008. Signed Limited First Edition, this being #755 of 1000. Signed bookplate affixed to half title. Octavo. 713 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated purple boards in illustrated slipcase. Text in English. Boards lightly worn at corners. Binding is sound. Corner-creasing to pages 58 and..... More

Bogota: CO: Villegas Editores, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 147 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Mustard boards stamped in gilt. Color and photo photographs throughout. Black endpapers. Book-length photo essay on the history of Colombia, touching upon race, colonialism, and environmental degradation. Dust jacket is lightly worn at..... More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1965. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 109 pages. Black and white illustrations. Unclipped printed dust jacket. Brown boards with spine stamped in gilt. Dust jacket is chipped along edges with general sunning and rubbing. A few small punctures along spine. Boards are worn..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1943]. Stated First American Edition. Octavo. 218 pages. Busoni-illustrated dust jacket with original $2.00 price present. Light blue boards stamped in black. One of Simenon's first "hard novels," as opposed to his more popular mystery novels often featuring Inspector Maigret... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. First thus. Octavo. 398 pages. Black and white illustrations by Gaskin. Olive boards stamped in green and gilt. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Lacking volume II. Publishers' "Literary Note" laid in at front. This volume includes "Thumbelina," "The Ugly Duckling," and..... More

New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. Stated First American Edition. Octavo; xvii, 199pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $8.95 price intact; book in silver-stamped patterned cloth-covered boards with beige cloth spine with silver lettering. Jacket very lightly rubbed at bottom corners and tail of spine, but with no chips or tears. Boards..... More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1970. First UK Edition. Octavo. 416 pages. Printed dust jacket. Navy boards stamped in gilt. Skvorecky was born in Czechoslovakia but lived much of his life in Canada. He supported Czech dissident writers while writing on the horrors of totalitarianism. He was also an..... More

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. First English Edition. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "For Jeffery Paine, very best wishes, Kjartan Fløgstad." Octavo; [viii] + 203pp. Three-color dust jacket with Pegasus Prize image and explanation on back. Tan boards with red metallic stamping on spine. Unclipped jacket with..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition of Brownjohn translation. Octavo. 227 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Grey and brown boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Unfortunate brown/yellow discoloration to flaps, and also found at endpapers of boards. Boards otherwise show..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 311 pages. Pink and beige boards spine stamped in purple and gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Some staining to boards, more heavily along upper portion of rear panel. Binding is sound but with separation towards top of spine. Previous..... More

New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 186 pages. Printed off-white dust jacket with original $5.95 price present; book in off-white boards stamped in black at spine. Jacket shows some toning, rubbing, and general edgewear, but no chips or tears. Toning to edges of boards..... More