New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1931. First Edition. "The final installment in what Tully considered his five-volume autobiographical cycle (following Beggars of Life, Circus Parade, Shanty Irish and Shadows of Men), this book essentially picked up where Shanty Irish had left off, following the passage of young Jim from a Cincinnati..... More

New York: Vanguard Press, 1940. First Edition. Novelist decides to try his hand at crime fiction. Befriends the leaders of two rival gangs, then invites them both to his country house for a weekend of "fact-finding." Hijinks ensue. Nice copy of a later work by our one of our favorite..... More

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); original printed staplebound self-wrappers; iv,107pp.; illus. Fine. Report of investigations held in the states of California and Texas, complete with photographic evidence involving marijuana, cocaine, and automatic weapons used against Cuban drug lord Alberto Sicilia-Falcon. More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; dustjacket; [xii],276pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £14.99). Sharp copy of the Scottish author's second collection of short fiction, containing three novellas..... More

New York: Random House, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black and gray patterned paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver and yellow on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],183,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Crown slightly nudged, trivial wear to base of spine, with some gentle..... More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1986. First Edition. Special edition of this novel, produced exclusively in a run of 1,000 copies for Neiman-Marcus stores. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being letter Z. Octavo; black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in copper on..... More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. First, Limited Edition. An episodic series of six novellas featuring Westlake's middle-aged Brooklyn detective Abe Levine. A sharp copy, with interesting provenance. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'B.' Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in silver..... More

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1913]. Small octavo (19.75cm.); original teal decorative boards, unadorned spine; [8],94pp. Spine ends chipped, corners slightly dinged, else Very Good and sound. First published in 1910 during the author's tenure as mayor of Toledo (1906-1914). More

New York: Troisème Canadian/Willifo Associates Inc., 1975. First American Edition. Novel of a black man's attempt to rise above his circumstances and environment, "who sets out to become rich and almost loses his soul." Set in New York between the offices of Park Avenue and the underbelly of Harlem. Octavo..... More

New York: W.A. Townsend & Company, 1860. First American Edition. Highly uncommon American edition of this anonymously-published novel of the Victorian underworld, describing the descent and eventual redemption of a young woman who falls from grace, beginning as a respectable lady's maid, seduced, impregnated and abandoned by an Oxford student..... More