Search Results: Fiction from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

NY: B. W. Dodge & Company. Fine. Hardcover. 1909. 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition. 8vo, 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition; i n pictorial blue cloth with red printed titling. 360 pp. This pir ated edition by Dodge predates the authorized Doubleday edition b y two months. Dodge published only one edition, but with three b inding variants. The third issue was the first to include a dustj acket, although Richards believes. A fine copy except for prior o wner's inked signature on fep. In VG d/w. Collects many pieces that were originally printed in the Civil and Military Gazette an d Turnovers. [Martindell 112; Livingston 328, Richards A227] .

The Century Company. Near Fine. 1913. 1st edition, second state. 1st ed, second state.12mo. "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at foot of title page.1 page undated ads at back. Original light green cloth decorated in dark green and black, in dust jacket . First Edition of London's prizefighting tale. frontispiece by Gordon Grant. This copy is in the second binding state, which is identical in design to the first except for the colors. Sisson & Martens p. 70; Blanck 11945. Near fine; a clean tight copy with just some dust discoloration on top edge. In very good d/w with just a few small edge and corner nicks. Bookstore ink-stamp on back end-paper. .

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1950. 1st ed.8vo, burgundy cloth in d/w. A collection of 11 short stori es. . on on the front end paper from “Bill Saroyan” to Armen and Ro ss Bagdasarian. Bagdasarian, Saroyan’s cousin, is better known by his stage name David Seville -- singer-songwriter, record pro ducer, and actor, best known for his 1958 hit “Witch Doctor” and for creating “Alvin and the Chipmunks” later that year. Small bump to lower right corner of front board, otherwise fine. in very-good d/w: $3.50 price at lower right corner but upper rig ht front corner is clipped; lightly rubbed and creased at corners and edges; spine darkened. .

New York: Putnams. 1974. First printing, inscribed by Westheimer on front end-paper. Fine copy with light soiling from shelf-dust on top edge, in fine dust wrapper. .

Dutton, New York. Fine. 1960. 1st American edition. First U.S. edition; first state. His first major novel, originall y published in Paris in 1936. Advance review copy with review sli p dated "Sep 14 1960" laid in. Conforms to the first issue point s identified by McBride's "Points Of Issue" (1996): Front flap st ates "Lawrence Durrell's Black Book is the first piece of work by a new English writer …" not "T.S. Eliot said…" - Also with t he year 1936 x’d out on the copyright page and replaced by 1959 . A fine copy in very good d/w; just a hint of rubbing to spine e nds and corners. Jacket is not price-clipped but has wear to edge s and corners with several small nicks and creases. .

Doubleday Doran & Co: Crime Club. 1944. First ed.. First edition. Basis for the 1946 film noir The Chase, starring R obert Cummings and Peter Lorre. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 296. A very good copy; clean and tight with no damage other than very light rubbing to lower corners and a small rectangle of paper/glu e residue on ffep possibly from a prior bookplate removal. [1/2†x1”] Dust jacket is fair only; not price-clipped but with sig nificant chipping to edges and corners and 1” closed tear at bo ttom of spine. .

William Morrow. Fine. 1973. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1973. 1st ed., 8vo, black b oards, gilt titles. A fine, pristine copy in fine, mylar protecte d jacket -- not price-clipped. .

William Morrow. Fine. 1955. 1st ed. 1st Edition. 8vo, green boards, black titles. A fine, virtually p ristine copy with just a hint of wear at bottom edge of spine. I n near-fine d/w with 1/4” closed ear at upper right front; ½† closed tear at lower front flap, slight surface wear. .

William Morrow. Fine. 1975. 1st ed. 1st ed., 8vo, black boards, white titles. Published posthumously, an unusually scarce Gardner title -- especially in this conditio n. The title story is the only short story Gardner wrote featurin g his most famous character Perry Mason. Other: The Jeweled Butte rfly, Something Like a Pelican, and A Man is Missing) . s-new copy in fine, mylar protected jacket -- not price-clipped. .

Dutton. Near Fine. 1967. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Braun to her sister Florence. . 1st edition in dustjacket. A nice association copy inscribed by B raun to her sister Florence, with the stamped paw print of cat Ko Ko. Near fine: some age-toning to top edge; lightly cocked to ri ght; otherwise fine. Dustjacket is very good; has some light edge wear and age-toning. Not price-clipped. .

Alfred A. Knopf. 1927. First ed.. 1st ed., 12mo, decorated boards. . rical play that was the basis for several popular Broadway produc tions and films about sex, murder, and âRoxie Hartâ -- including the 2002 Oscar winning production with Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger. . First book in the New Theater series edited by George Jean Nathan. A Very good copy with light rubbing to edges and corners, several small nicks at top and bottom of spine, some light spotting to end paper hinges. In the very scarce dust jacket; very good with mild darkening to spin e, tiny chip at top. .

Livingston [Montana]: Clark City Press. Fine.. 1993. 1st . Signed. . 5"x9" stapled wrappers, 34 pp.. Publishers announcement containi ng selections from forthcoming works, including an excerpt from M atthiessen's anticipated book Red and Blue Days/Writings on the A merican West. The book was never published, leaving this excerpt as the only published survivor. Fine. .

1st ed., 8vo, yellow cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 247 [1] pp.
Charles Brackett practiced law for several years before being hired as drama critic at The New Yorker, on the strength of his short stories for The Saturday Evening Post and his second novel, Week-End. He left New York to work as a Hollywood screenwriter, and had his greatest success in a long-running collaboration with Billy Wilder, including Ninotchka, The Lost Weekend and Sunset Blvd. "Entirely Surrounded" is a humorous novel about nineteen-thirties New Yorkers who holiday in Vermont. Many of the characters are stand-ins for a who's who of the Algonquin Club; Brackett was one of the members of that literary social circus and he dedicates the novel to "Dorothy" [Parker]. Brackett also became a film producer as well as president of the Screen Writers Guild (1938-1939) and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1949 through 1955. He won three Academy Awards (for writing the scripts for The Lost Weekend… Read More

NY: Harper & Row. 1968. 1st ed., in d/w. Fine copy of Llosa's second novel in d/w with 1/ 2" open tear on front top edge. .

Springfield: Gauntlet Publications. 1995. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Matheson, George Clayton Johnso n, Matthew R. Bradley, Dan Simmons, and Dennis Etchison. Bound in full red leather with gilt letter spine and front cover. In Fine original black leather covered slipcase. Red silk ribbon bookmar k. 8vo. 258 pp. .

Brussells: Louis Hauman et Comp. Good. Marbled boards. 1836. 1st Brussells. CUSTINE, Astolphe (Marquis de) . As It Is] . lgian edition. 16mo. Half-leather, marbled boards. 4 raised band s, gilt titles on burgundy labels, marbled edges. 278 pp. 322 pp. First published in Paris in a larger format,1835.##### . omedy, quite popular in its time. The protagonist, Edmond d'Offli ze, boasts that he can seduce a very rich heiress whose face is s o ugly that it would be acceptable "only in the land of the frogs ." A great muddle of ardor and manners ensues. The Marquis de Cus tine (1790-1857) was a French aristocrat. His father and grandfat her sympathized with the French Revolution but were both guillot ined. Custine's mother was imprisoned and barely escaped the same fate. Although happily married, Custine lived openly in Paris w ith his English lover Edward Saint-Barbe. Aloys, another of his n ovels deals explicitly with homosexuality long before such subjec ts were common to discuss… Read More

New York: William Morrow. 2003. 1st ed. Inscribed by Bradbury on title page. Pristine copy! .

London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1928. 1st ed.. 1st ed. 8vo brown cloth; gilt titles. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by William Orpen (unclipped; short tear; few nicks). .

Culver City: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios. 1934. Final shooting script. Culver City: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, 1934. 4to, pale blue st udio covers, 2-hole punched with brad fasteners. 225 pp. Based up on the 1932 best-selling novel, this is the complete shooting script, dated Dec 27,1934. Studio label on front cover with producti on no. 0554; â2072â stamped in upper right corner. All pages are white with black mimeographed text; no colored page insertio ns or written interlineations. The film was produced by Irving Th alberg and directed by Frank Lloyd. Starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, it was one of MGM's biggest hits of the 1930âs an d was a critical success. Despite some historical inaccuracies, later film critics consider this adaptation to be the best cinema tic work inspired by the mutiny and the film is #86 on the Americ an Film Instituteâs list of 100 best American films. It was no minated for eight Academy Awards, including best screenplay, and won the award for Best… Read More

NY: Harper & Brothers. 1954. 1st ed.. The author's first novel, published just after he returned from P aris, where he helped found the Paris Review. Very Good-near fin e in VG d/w. The book itself is clean, bright and tight; the onl y interior flaw is a prior owner’s inked signature at top of FF EP. No rubbing or chipping to covers, as often bound, but a thin fade line at top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket is not price-c lipped but spine is lightly rubbed at top and bottom with some ag e-toning. .