The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss - 1957

Satori in Paris, complete in Evergreen Review Magazine; #39, #40 and #41. New York, 1966, softcover, First Editions, Very Good+ condition, with no markings, light rubs, lightly age-toned edges. Specifics: No. 39, Very Good+, small spot near head of spine. No. 40, Near Fine, No 41, Very Good+, top corner bumped. The complete text of Satori in Paris in three installments preceding the Grove Press hardcover publication as noted on the copyright page. Other major contributors of new material include; Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, George Grosz (details from Ecce Homo), Alan Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Eugene Ionesco, Eric Bentley and Lenore Kandel.

Victor Gollancz, London, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 185pp. Pink pebbled cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A small smudge to the front free endpaper, and three tiny instances of very light miscellaneous soiling to the fore edge. Very good indeed in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, somewhat tanned at the spine panel with five tiny enclosed areas of loss, and a little rubbed at extremities with two tiny closed tears and several further slivers of loss. The author's second book and first novel - extremely elusive in this UK edition (which was issued the same year as the more common US edition)..

Constable, London, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 187pp. Brown cloth, lettered in black at the spine and upper board and with a black-stamped decoration. Top edge dust marked, and with just a touch of rubbing to the spine ends and corner tips. Newspaper clippings have been pasted to the rear pastedown and free endpaper, along with some pencilled notes (which could easily be erased), and a third clipping is pasted to a blank rear flyleaf, with a panel of offset browning to the adjacent verso page. A very good copy in tanned and chipped dust wrapper, with an inch of loss from the base of the spine panel, and several further slivers of edge loss. The front flap of the wrapper is detached but included. The author's extremely uncommon first novel, a semi-autobiographical narrative which she continued with her second novel, 'Two Selves' (1923)..

New York: The Armchair Detective, 1991. Signed by Richard Condon on the colophon. Limited Edition / First Printing. Number 87 0f 100 copies. Maroon cloth in a Maroon cloth slipcase Very fine in a very fine slipcase. With a new introduction by Richard Condon. Basis for the 1962 John Frankenheimer film, starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Orange-red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy of both the book and the fragile dust jacket. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Blue paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A superb copy of this title! Author's first novel.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.

New York: Crown, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition.. First printing (no additional printings listed). Black paper-covered boards quarter bound in red cloth. The spine is slightly slanted. The top edge is dust-spotted. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has light edgewear, with frayed spine ends. The rear panel is lightly soiled. The price, $4.95 (with an overprint stamp), is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon, (1962). First U.S. edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in price-clipped jacket about fine. The author's first novel, and most famous work. This is a bright sparkling copy. The jacket is on a heavy stock with a thick varnish. Though price clipped, it is not to be confused with the lighter uncoated book club issue. Gunter Grass was the Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Beautiful Condition: Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dustjacket. Overall, this is a beautiful, clean copy of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama - Very light wear to the dust jacket tips and crown of the spine.