NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1956. Later printing. 709, [11] pp. 9 pages of adverts at rear. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Map eps. Dust jacket. More
Modern First Editions
AFTER DARK. A Novel.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2007. Uncorrected Proof. 191, [3] pp. Trade cover reproduced as first leaf of text block. 9" x 5-1/2". Printed blue paper wrappers. More
The BEST Of The BOLOS. Their Finest Hour.
New York: Baen Publishing Enterprises, 2010. 1st edition thus. [6], 342, [4 (blank)] pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Glossy black paper covers printed with orange & white lettering. A compilation of BOLO stories, by such authors as David Weber, S. M. Stirling, David Drake & Linda Evans. More
SAM'S BAR.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Chawst. Unpaginated. Promo material for a Chwast exhibit at Jack Gallery. Illustrations by Chawst. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Sea foam green quarter cloth, nblack paper wrapped boards, stamped in black to back strip. Pictorial eps. No dust jacket... More
FAERY LANDS Of The SOUTH SEAS.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921. Early printing ('M-V'), issued one month after the 1st edition ('K-V'). Cf. NPAA III, p. 139. [10], 354, [2] pp. Frontis + 29 inserted plates by George A. Picken. Royal 8vo. Original publisher's olive green cloth with elaborate gilt lettering/decoration. Green pictorial eps..... More
LATINOS In LOTUSLAND. An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature.
Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press / Editorial Bilingüe, (2008). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, from the Author, to Jerry Brown. SIGNED in full by Olivas. viii, [2], 310 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. Presented to Brown while he was serving as California's Attorney General. More
NATURAL SELECTION. A Novel.
New York: Viking, [1990]. Uncorrected Proof. 208, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Peach colored paper covers, printed in black. More
The SOUND Of MOUNTAIN WATER.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. 1st pb edition (Colberg A20.3.a). INSCRIBED, and SIGNED by Stegner on the half-title page. 286, [2 (blank)] pp. 8" x 5-1/8". Blue glossy paper covers printed in yellow, white & black. This edition with an new introduction by Stegner. More
JIGGERY - POKERY A Compendium of Double Dactyls.
New York: Atheneum, 1967. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED, and SIGNED by Hecte on the half-title page [in 1972]. [6], 112, [2] pp. Drawings by Milton Glaser. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Yellow eps. Yellow topstain. White dust jacket. More
The ART Of EATING. The Collected Gastronomical Works of M. F. K. Fisher.; With an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman.
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1954). 2nd printing (Tarpey-Schwed, p. 25). 749, [3] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. Rough weave linen cloth spine over plum paper wrapped boards. Maroon topstain. Dust jacket, $6.00 price. More
The ONE SANE MAN.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1934. 1st US edition (Hubin I, p. 60). vi, 314 pp. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth binding with black stamping. Dust jacket. More
THEY CAN'T HANG ME.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. 1st US edition (Hubin I, p. 697). [2], vi, [2], 276, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Grey cloth binding with red stamping to spine. Red topstain. Dust jacket. More
PENCIL POINTS To MURDER. A Christopher Storm Mystery.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. 1st edition. [14], 304, [2 (blank)] pp. T.p. vignette drawing. Text illustrated with drawings by the artist-dectective, Storm. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-5/8". Black cloth binding with red stamping. Red topstain. Yellow dust jacket with red &..... More
CAPTAIN NEMESIS.
New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1931. 1st edition (stated). 295, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. Dull yellow cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Yellow, green & black dust jacket [w/o a printed price, presumed so published by Putnam]. "Deprived of his good name and..... More
DEATH Is A LONELY BUSINESS.
New York: Knopf, 1985. 1st trade edition. 278 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
ETHAN BENJAMIN BOLDT.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Uncorrected Proof. 66, [2] pp. Errata slip laid-in at rear. 8vo. Printed yellow paper covers. More
ONE To COUNT CADENCE. A Novel.
New York: Random House, (1969). 1st edition. 338 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Black topstain. Dust jacket. Crumley's first novel. One of Firsts! '26 Contenders' with respect to those works considered the 'Best' of Vietnam War Literature [Mar '92]. More
NOTEBOOK 1967 - 68.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. 1st Edition. [14], 161, [1] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Violet topstain. Blue dust jacket. More
AMONG The DAHLIAS. And Other Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1957. 1st Edition (NCBEL IV, 728). SIGNED by Sansom [on a sheet affixed to the front paste-down]. 213, [1] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Yellow cloth binding with brown stamped spine lettering. Brown & yellow dust jacket. More
THREE. Stories.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1946. 1st Edition (NCBEL IV, 728). 160 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black & white dust jacket. Author's 2nd book of stories, and 3rd publication overall. More
JEFF CLAYTON'S LOST CLUE Or The Mystery of the Wireless Murder.; Adventure Series No. 44
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Company, (1910). 1st printing (presumed). Cf., Hubin, p. 839. [3] - 177, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustration, p. 5 6-7/8" x 4-7/8". Color pictorial wrappers. "Hart" series advert to rear wrapper. More
SONS Of The PURITANS.; With a Preface by Christopher Morley.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. 1st edition. viii, [2], 313, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-5/8". Orange cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Orange topstain. Dust jacket. Completed and published according to notes left by the author. More
POETICS TODAY. Volume 9, Number 1.; Interpretation in Context in Science and Culture.
Durham: Duke University Press, 1988. 1st Printing. [2], 250, [4 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. Light brown paper covers printed in maroon & black. More
STRAIGHT. Poems 1971 - 1975.
Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1975. 1st Printing. [10], 79, [7] pp. 8vo. Grey paper covers with a "Straight" card hand to front cover. "This is a remarkable book." [Ted Berrigan - rear cover blurb]. More
The LACEMAKERS
New York: Gnosis Press, (1992). 1st Printing. 78, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Maroon paper covers. "There is much to charm and entertain in The Lacemakers." [James Tate - rear cover blurb]. More