Modern First Editions from Antiquarian Book Shop

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 212 pages; Clean and tight in original binding in very good dustjacket with minor edgewear, esp. at foot of spine, dust speckling to top edge. A nice example of this Spencer Novel. A bitter divorce is only the beginning.… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 370 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers toned at spine. "Complimentary Copy" "To be published in June 1977" An advance reading copy sent out to reviewers before the actual publication of the book; precedes the hardcover first edition.… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Capra Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 138 pages; Clean and secure in original red cloth binding in very nice dustjacket. Illustrated with with black and white photographs. Reminiscences by the author of such once-banned books as 'Tropic of Cancer' and The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy;… Read more about this item

London: Methuen. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 279 pages; Original owner's name on ffep "Chloe Champcommunal", otherwise clean and secure in original beige cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with chipping at spine ends and corners and quarter-sized piece missing at top left corner of front panel, now in mylar… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Colt Press. Very Good. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. 244 pages; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding with printed title spine label; corners and spine ends rubbed, front board unevenly faded. Former owner's name and date on ffep - "David W. Lusher / Jan. 30, 1944 / Washington, D.C." … Read more about this item

New York: Gothic Publishing Co. Very Good+. 1922. First Edition. Paperback. 94 pages; Clean and secure in original black wrappers with red lettering, tiny chip at bottom corner of yapped wrappers, minor wear at head of spine. A native of Southern Illinois, Stanley Kimmel, known for "The Mad Booths of Maryland" and other historical works on… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's orange cloth, spine lettered and cover design by the author, both printed in red. An attractive copy in a color pictorial dust jacket with a drawing by the author reproduced on the front panel -- front flap price… Read more about this item

New York: Penzler. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 408 pages; Note on ffep in Kim Roosevelt's handwriting - "Feb 16, 1990 / from Jonathan" indicating the book was a gift from his son Jonathan Roosevelt. Otherwise clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Dustjacket design by George… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 729 pages; Inscription on ffep "Kim / from Joe" otherwise clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. A fine adventure story of Africa in the 19th century, in the tradition of H. Rider Haggard… Read more about this item

New York: Reynal and Hitchcock. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 92 pages; Owner's signature on ffep - "K and ML Roosevelt / Christmas 1947" otherwise clean and secure in original cloth binding in very good dustjacket with minor wear at top of rear panel. From the collection of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. (viii), 177, (7) pages; Clean and secure in original binding of green cloth spine over olive boards in very nice dustjacket with some wear at spine ends. OCLC 1297023019 Translated from the Japanese by Howard Hibbett.… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Alexandria Quartet; 250 pages; Former owner's note and signature on ffep - " Bought from lending library / June 1959 / Kermit Roosevelt" Quite a worn copy in original black cloth binding, scraped at lower boards, endpapers stained from… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. First American Edition. Hardcover. Alexandria Quartet; 287 pages; Former owner's signature on ffep - "Kim Roosevelt / April, 1960" otherwise clean and secure in original black cloth binding in dustjacket faded at spine with some shallow chipping. This convoluted tale of… Read more about this item

Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1957. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 369 pages; Contents clean and secure in original gray cloth binding; small eraser mark on ffep, in very nice dustjacket (clipped). States First Modern Library edition on copyright page. Toledano 85.3 Spine No. 8 .

London: Michael Joseph. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First British Edition. Hardcover. 222 pages; Clean and secure in original blue cloth binding in very good dustjacket with some minor wear at spine ends and light toning to rear panel of dustjacket. During the Occupation of Japan at the conclusion of World War II,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good-. 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 366 pages; Contents clean and secure in original yellow wrappers, scattered foxing to wrappers, especially rear wrapper. "Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof" Welcome to the wild, hot-blooded adventures of Billy the Kid, the American West's most legendary outlaw. Larry McMurtry takes us on a… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Europäische Verlagsanstalt GmbH. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. 340 & [4, ads] pages; Publisher's green linen, spine lettered in gilt, top edges stained pale yellow. A nearly fine copy, in the publisher's dust jacket, lettered in black against a background in tan and white. The… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean and secure in original binding of cream cloth spine with navy blue boards; lower corners very clightly rounded in dustjacket with edgewear and chipping, now in mylar cover. Quite a decent example of the first edition of Matthiessen's third book.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 258 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. Inscribed and Signed by the author on titlepage -- "For Kay Evans / with love from / her old friend / Ward / 19 Sept 06" PROVENANCE: Katherine "Kay"… Read more about this item

Princeton: Princeton University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xii, (2), 607 pages; Clean and secure in original binding in very nice dustjacket. list of b&w illustrations, note on dates, introduction, Part I. Russia: Lody; Part II. Europe: Sirin; acknowledgments, abbreviations, notes, index. Second Edition, 1990 "This first major critical… Read more about this item