New York: Random House, 1968. Presumed First Edition with no additional printings on copyright page. Octavo. 139 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$4.95" price present. Black boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. First book from the writer of the Weekend at Bernie's screenplay. Dust jacket rubbed..... More
Iowa City: Iowa City Women's Press, 1978. Second printing. Oblong octavo. 258 pages. Black and white illustrations and diagrams throughout. Comb-bound illustrated wraps. McCormick became the first journeywoman carpenter in the United States in 1975 and eventually established her own construction and cabinet company. She eventually moved back..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1885. First Edition, later issue. Octavo. 300 pages + 32 pages publisher's advertisements dated "July, 1885." Publisher's green cloth with red floral pattern and spine lettered in gilt. Floral endpapers. Boards worn at extremities with exposure. Spine toned. Repair to spine ends, rear hinge..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 322 pages + 8 pages publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece plus 11 additional black and white illustrations. Red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Slate endpapers. Ownership signature of "Ripley Hitchcock," presumably the American editor and author, to early leaf... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. Limited Edition of 100 copies this being #95. Signed by editor Keith Cushman facing copyright page. Octavo. 153 pages. Publisher's acetate dust jacket. Illustrated boards with paper spine label. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show some light shelfwear. Binding is..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark green boards stamped in gilt. Brown endpapers. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Very slight lean to spine and a touch of rubbing to spine ends. Binding sound. Pages toned but unmarked. More
Edinburgh: Polygon Books, 1985. First Edition. Signed by Kelman without inscription on title page. Octavo. 309 pages. Printed dust jacket. Grey boards stamped in gilt. Second novel from the Scottish novelist who would go on to win the Man Booker Prize for How Late It Was, How Late..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. 229 pages. Publisher's green cloth stamped in dark green and yellow. No dust jacket. Posthumously published set of seven stories all set in Hawaii. Boards are worn at extremities with brief exposure. Some scuffing to spine and..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1896. Limited Edition of 250 copies, this being #157. Octavo. 303 pages. Red cloth with paper label to spine. Two frontis portraits with tissue guards. Top edge gilt. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure. Rubbing to spine label. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Bradbury loosely laid in at front. 16mo. 192 pages. Cover art by Frank Frazetta. Black and white illustrations printed horizontally as a comic book throughout. Illustrated wraps. A collection of comic book adaptations of eight Bradbury stories, originally..... More
New York: Lancer Books, 1972. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Koontz loosely laid in at front. 16mo. 157 pages. Illustrated wraps. Early science fiction novel from Koontz, originally published by Lander in mass market paperback format. Wraps rubbed around edges with some general toning. Binding is..... More
New York: Lancer Books, 1973. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Koontz loosely laid in at front. 16mo. 192 pages. Illustrated wraps. Early science-fiction title from Koontz in its original mass market publication format. Light edgewear and general spotting / rubbing to wraps with one long vertical..... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo. 191 pages. Black and white illustration of Moby Dick to early leaf. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Patterned orange endpapers. Screenplay for the 1956 John Huston film, which Bradbury had been known to call the "polar star" of..... More
New York: Associated Music Publishers, 1972. FIrst Edition. Signed by Ray Bradbury on title page without inscription. Octavo. 43 pages. Printed wraps. Sheet music commissioned for the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Society for their diamond anniversary. Wraps toned with some light wear to edges. Binding is sound and..... More
[Glendale, CA]: Roy A Squires, 1974. Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which this is #181. Octavo. Unpaginated. Brown string-tied stiff card wraps stamped in black. A poem concerning the influence of Shakespeare upon Herman Melville and the inception of Moby Dick. Signed by Bradbury on front free endpaper..... More
New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Signed by Ray Bradbury on title page without inscription. Large thick octavo. 893 pages. Printed dust jacket. Red and white boards stamped in blue. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed at top of flaps. Boards show light edgewear. Binding is..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. First Edition. Octavo. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.50" price present. Red boards stamped in black. Basis for the 1965 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth. Dust jacket rubbed with some..... More
London: T.V. Boardman & Company Limited / American Bloodhound, 1955. First UK Edition. Octavo. 189 pages + advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange boards stamped in black. Basis for the Stanley Kubrick 1956 noir film "The Killing," with Jim Thompson writing the screenplay. Unclipped dust jacket is worn..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. 222 pages. Ionicus-illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped and creased at extremities with small neat tape repair to jacket verso near top of spine. Light staining to rear panel and verso. Slight lean..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition with "A" to copyright page. Octavo. 313 pages. Red cloth stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Only mystery written by Lambert, promoter of Listerine and avid yachtsman. Boards lightly worn at extremities with brief exposure. Light general staining..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1944. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 262 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$2.00" price present. Brown-orange boards stamped in black. Connington's pen-ultimate publication, featuring Viking gold, death prophecies, and lethal psychic forces. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and toned along edges..... More
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First U.S. Edition, lacking "Braunworth & Co" statement at bottom of copyright page. Octavo. 357 pages. Color frontispiece with tissue guard and four color full-page illustrations by Castaigne. Original embossed red cloth with yellow lettering. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities with repair..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1928. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 320 pages. Beige boards stamped in black. Lacks the scarce dust jacket. Originally published in 1924 as Hardis-Gras ou le fils des trois pères. Boards worn at extremities with exposure, with heavier fraying and loss to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Reprint. Bookplate signed by Bradbury loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 269 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Orange topstain. Unclipped dust jacket is worn with some creasing along edges. Boards show some light toning to edges and spine..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1949. First Thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 559. Folio (31cm.); publisher's blue cloth-backed pictorial gilt paper-covered boards stamped in blue, gilt-lettered spine, matching paper-covered slipcase, spine lettered in blue; viii,[4],275pp.; blue line illustrations throughout, silkscreened gilt and blue initials based..... More