First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original wrappers. Karov dustjacket art. Mailer's monumental novel of World War Two. Very Good in wrappers, modest edge wear, price clipped front flap. Item #27445
First European Edition. Very Good with some cloth wear in Very Good dustjacket with wear to top edges, minor wear to spine ends and minor surface wear to back panel. Item #11483
First Edition stated, First Issue with "Lovely Pearl" on the first line of page 19, $2.50 price at front flap of jacket and no later printing slug. F. M. Rines dustjacket art. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. Served as the basis for the 1947 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Ronald Colman. This copy signed by Marquand at front free endpaper. Near Fine bright copy, acidic paper stock showing tread like pattern to somewhat less than half of total pages, soiling at top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks, rubbing and short closed tears at edges, top spine end with small chip and shadow from old piece of scotch tape, piece of scotch tape at verso of top front panel. Item #26383
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First Edition, Advance Proof Copy. Original printed wrappers. Very scarce. Note in pencil at front panel states: This was not used for final reading as it differed so much from our setting copy which contained Maugham's corrections. Nearly Very Good, front hinge tender, some minor loss to spine material, ink corrections to some pages. Item #35868
First Edition. Near Fine in almost Near Fine dustjacket. Item #27651
First Edition. Bob Antler dustjacket art. Author’s first book, introducing Paul Christopher, the main character in most of his later novels. International espionage novel presented in the form of a Dossier. Dustjacket includes endorsement by Eric Ambler, stating, “This is the most intelligent and enthralling piece of work I have read for a very long time." Near Fine in a Very Good plus dustjacket, with price sticker to front inside flap, modest rubbing to edges. Item #19688
First Edition. Modern literature. Near Fine, some foxing to page edges, in Very Good dustjacket, yellow of spine sunned, small chip at mid-spine, shallow chipping at spine ends. Item #16809
First Edition. Signed on front free endpaper by author and signed and inscribed on second endpaper. Novel. Very Good copy with corners bumped and wear to spine end cloth. Item #16174
First Edition, Limited Edition of 300 copies. Original stiff green wrappers, four printed pages, Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. This copy inscribed and signed by Moss at title page. Inscription reads: "Don't you ever get into this wicked city". Near Fine. Item #12917
Advance “Review Copy,” with two large publisher's postcards laid in. Novel of two inventors who made a “food pill,” and the political, economic, and personal consequences of the distribution of their discovery. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket, small chip to top front flap corner, some surface wear, shelf wear to top edge of rear panel and spine ends, very light stain to verso of lower spine area. Item #17846
First Edition, Advance Review Copy / Uncorrected Proof Copy in original yellow printed wrappers. Very Good. Item #15887
First Edition. Scarce Review Copy, with Review slip laid in. American playwright’s masterpiece, which won him, posthumously, the 1957 Nobel Prize for Drama. A semi-autobiographical drama in four acts set in a seaside Connecticut home and addressing the themes of addiction, alcoholism, and the resulting family dysfunction. Very Good plus in a Very Good dustjacket, few very shallow chips and short closed tears, light edge and surface wear. Item #18919
First Edition. Original sepia printed wrappers with wraparound art printed in silver. Collection of stories written in Spanish by acclaimed Venezuelan writer, for which the “Venezuelan Writers Circle Award” Writer of the Year is named. Very Good plus with yellowing to page edges and adhesive remaining from sticker to front wrap. A very attractive copy. Item #18707
First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author. Cape Cod themed poetry. Octavo, original green boards patterned with gilt fleur-de-lis on both covers and spine, with gilt block and black lettering to front cover, original gilt endpapers. Photocopy of typed letter laid in dated March 19, 1958 with a poem “A Package in the Mail” and the note “Some of your talent rubbed off on me! Take real / good care of yourself, we miss you. Love to everyone. / REL” unsigned. Black and white photographic portrait of author at frontispiece. Very Good with wear to cloth at spine ends and cover corners, spine gutters have few small punctures, inside front cover shows slightest bend to board. Item #18448
First American Edition, Review Copy, with publisher's advance review slip laid in. Author's scarce second book. Fine in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #16703
First American Edition, Review Copy with publisher's advance review slip laid in. Author's first book. Fine and presumed unread judging from tightness, top of front free endpaper slightly bumped, in Near Fine or Fine dustjacket. Item #16702
First Edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. This copy inscribed and signed by Picard at front free endpaper. Near Fine in wrappes. Item #16266
First Edition, First Issue dustjacket. The author's first book, a classic of modernism and literary science-fiction. Mead A1a. Near Fine, hint of fading to cloth at edges and hint of foxing to page fore-edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some usual surface wear at spine and front panel, nicking at spine ends. Item #25924
Uncorrected Proof. First Edition American, Scarce Proof. Octavo, original printed blue wrappers. “Secret Agent Miles Flint wants, just for once, not to botch a case. But is it possible to stay uninvolved in the violent world of Belfast?” Near Fine, only light sunning to spine. Item #18311
First English Edition. Signed and Inscribed by author. Story of a college student whose summer job mowing lawns led him to secrets, suspense, and horror. Very Good but for soiling to top page edge and modest cocking in a Near Fine dustjacket. Item #18100
Taiwan Piracy. Near Fine in Near Fine bright dustjacket. Item #5306
First Edition. Original printed wrapper side-stapled. Rare poetry collection with illustrations. Good with some staining to front cover and crease to lower corner of front cover. Item #18130
First edition. Novel of 10th century England. Very Good with slight slant in Very Good plus dustjacket with minor shelf wear. Item #11041
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original illustrated wrappers and publisher's stamp at title page. Alajalov illustrations. Narrative of a European trip by two young ladies. Very Good, but split along front spine edge, spine faded, general shelf wear. Item #11502
Advance Proof Copy. Very Good with spine creasing to publisher's paper wrappers. Item #11504
