Drop City (Advance Uncorrected Proofs)
New York: Viking Press, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 444pp. Tight and Fine in the original wrappers. Includes a special foreword for booksellers, signed in print by Boyle. More
New York: Viking Press, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 444pp. Tight and Fine in the original wrappers. Includes a special foreword for booksellers, signed in print by Boyle. More
[Pasadena]: The Castle Press, 1981. First Edition. Broadside, with text, decorative elements, and ruled border letterpress printed in red and black on cream deckle-edged stock, measuring 11.5" x 18" (29cm x 45.5cm). While not called for, this copy has been signed by Bradbury at lower margin. A Fine copy of..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, with publication date on title page and "47G" code present in lower gutter of p.405. Octavo; rust-colored cloth, with titles stamped in black and gilt on spine; dustjacket; 406pp. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front endpaper in an early (though..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First Edition. A novel of modern marriage, described by one contemporary reviewer as a "fictional study of sadism." Iowa author's first book; Iowa setting. Uncommon, especially in dustjacket. Not in Hanna. Octavo. Red cloth boards lettered in black and gilt; dustjacket; 256pp. Light wear;..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original decorative cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [8],320pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with minor puncturing to spine affecting text without loss of meaning, yellow portion of spine sunned to white, cloth a bit spotted else Very..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928 [but 1936]. Reprint. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow pictorial dust jacket; [8],264pp. Some shelf wear to jacket extremities including one-inch closed tear at top of upper spine edge, light dust-soil, including to top textblock edge, spine a bit toned, else Near Very..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in blue on spine; dustjacket; [xii],244,[8]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Light wear to base of spine, evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm.); green spine over red boards with red stamped on spine; dustjacket; 301pp.; light foxing to right edge of textblock; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75) Fine dustjacket. Author's first book. Basis for the film featuring Laurence Harvey..... More
London: Bodley Head, 1965. First U.K. Edition. Braithwaite's third novel, exploring the complex dynamics of inter-racial relationships in mid-20th century England. First Impression. Octavo; brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 198pp. Corners tapped (though still sharp), rough erasure to front endpaper, with a small British..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1962. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo; green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 219pp. Hint of a forward lean, with some rough erasure to front endpaper; very Near Fine, without a trace of foxing. Dustjacket is price-clipped, else Fine. The Guyanese author's..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1959. First American Edition. Braithwaite's highly-acclaimed first book, a semi-autobiographical novel recounting his teaching experiences in the slums of London. Basis for the 1967 film directed by James Clavell, starring Sidney Poitier. First Printing. Octavo; tan boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and decorative elements..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1922. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Original green cloth, stamped in black on front and spine; plain endpapers; [i]-[viii],312pp. Bookplate of Canadian collector Charles Boddy Fisher to front pastedown. Straight but lightly rubbed, spine sunned, chips to head, scattered foxing: Good or better. The second collection..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First Edition. The second Dr. Kildare book, and basis for the 1939 film of the same name, directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore. First Printing. Octavo; chickpea-colored cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; vi,[2],206pp. General wear to jacket extremities, including tiny chips, crease to upper panel, red spine portion quite faded, tape repair to jacket extremities verso not showing through to exterior, else Near..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in yellow-green pictorial dust jacket; [6],216pp. General wear to jacket extremities, including closed tears and chipping, some light dust-soil, spine a bit cocked, else Near Very Good and sound. The last of the Dr. Kildare..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original orange cloth lettered in black, orange topstain; [6],227pp. A hint of shelf-wear, else a Fine copy lacking the scarce dust jacket, topstain still brilliant. Features the popular fictional character Dr. Kildare, who would inspire a number of television..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1932. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); original yellow cloth, upper cover and decorative spine printed in black; [6],285pp.; title page vignette. A Fine, vibrant copy. Western novel originally serialized in four parts as "The Giraldi Trail" in Western Story Magazine (1932). A later edition (1942)..... More
[New York]: Quip Publishing, 1924. First Edition. Bleiler-listed pastiche of humorous fantasy vignettes featuring the title character, clearly modeled on the eponymous fictional character invented by Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 18th-century fantasy Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. Brandeis was a long-time attending physician..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1993. First University of Texas Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [7],8-298,[6]pp. Light wear to extremities, two tiny corner creases, with an original price sticker to rear wrapper; Near Fine. Reissue of the Brazilian author's 1881 novel, "a scathing exposé of his native city, São..... More
London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper (priced £6.95 at base of front flap). The ninth novel featuring Brett's fictional detective Charles Paris. More
London: Gollancz, 1984. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 176pp. Fine in a price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. The tenth novel featuring Brett's fictional detective Charles Paris. More
London: Gollancz, 1976. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20.5cm). Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 191pp. Fresh and fine, in a price-clipped, else Fine dustwrapper. Brett's second novel and the second appearance of his fictional detective Charles Paris. An especially clean copy. More
London: Gollancz, 1975. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 192pp. Spine ends lightly pushed. Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.95) with sunning to the spine and a thin strip of toning along upper jacket edge; Very Good+. Fourth..... More
London: Gollancz, 1979. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 160pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; mild sunning to board edges; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £3.95) slightly faded with sunning to the spine and jacket edge; Very Good+..... More
London: Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; yellow dustjacket; 160pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; small ding to rear cover; Near Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped; else Fine. The sixth Charles Paris mystery: "Charles Paris has started a new career..... More