Modern First Editions

New York: Doubleday, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Edition (so stated) of the author's second novel. 8vo: 354pp. Publisher's mustard-yellow linen, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket priced $3.95. Fine, apparently unread copy, in an about Fine jacket, head of spine panel lightly rubbed. Provenance: Inscribed in blue ink to the front fly-leaf: "Tom Wolfe / His Book." Wolfe and Hoffman were classmates in the 1950s at Washington and Lee University, where both studied creative writer with George Foster. If Wolfe's celebrity is now greater, Hoffman also earned a measure of success, receiving the John Dos Passos Prize For Literature, an O. Henry Prize and the Dashiell Hammett Award. As was ttrue of The Trumpet Unblown, his debut novel, he drew upon his war experiences for Days in the Yellow Leaf (the title is from Byron: "My days are in the yellow leaf; / The flowers and fruits of Love are gone;"). In all, Hoffman published thirteen novels and four… Read More

William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.2 x 6.3 inches). Neat previous owners name, dated vi, 35, on the front free endpaper otherwise this is a near fine copy in the original black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine. The front board with the Author's symbol, lettering and decorative floral border, all in gilt. The rear board with the publishers Windmill logo blind stamped. The gilt and the cloth are still very bright and fresh. In the uncommon original dustwrapper, which reproduces the book front cover and spine in gold on black paper, with 8/6 price still intact on the front inner flap. Lower panel has list of works by Maugham printed in black on white. Loss to the top and bottom of the wrapper, not affecting the lettering. A couple of V shaped chipsbut generally a very ngood dustwrapper on a near fine book. Stott A49a.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression, translated from the Spanish, of this "landmark of modern literature." (Diefendorf) Edited and with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan. Crown 8vo (190 x 121mm): [6],7-174pp. Publisher's grey coarsely woven cloth, spine lettered in gilt, typographic dust jacket priced 21s. About Fine lightly read copy, square and tight with former owner's name neatly penned on front fly-leaf; about Fine jacket, the fugitive pinks and yellows still vibrant, spine panel without usual heavy toning, lightly soiled back panel, very short closed tear to lower left front panel. A sharp copy of the uncommon British edition. Diefendorf (NYPL Books of the Century), p. 29. Foster A56.6. A collection of essays and short stories, and the first of Borges books to be translated into English. Ficciones "is composed of two distinct sections, The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices. The former was first published in 1941, in Spanish, as a… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1984. Author's own copy. Second printing before publication. 8vo. (9.5 x 6.6 inches). Specially bound by the publisher for the author in full black calf with his initials stamped in gilt to the front board. Spine with double gilt rules and lettering. Marbled endpapers. Edges untrimmed. A little rubbing to the extremities but generally a better than very good copy.

Dallas: Book Club of Texas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. First and only printing in English (although the text later appeared in Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner, in 1979), no. 189 of 300 numbered copies. Preface by Henry Nash Smith. 8vo: xii,29,[2]pp. Publisher's reddish-brown V-cloth, spine and upper cover ruled and lettered in gold, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, title page printed in brown and black. Very light wear to spine tips, else clean, tight, bright and unmarked; about Fine (and apparently unread), without the original unprinted glassine dust jacket. Petersen A12.1. Man Working 621. Probably written in 1929, three years before publication in this special edition of only three hundred copies. The short story centers on development of the title character, whose mother raises her as a virtual prisoner. "Though it is crude in its handling of sexual imagery and suffers from a number of other technical problems that betray it as an early story, it does create two vivid… Read More

Saskatoon: Tthistledown Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Rutherford, Kath Kornelsen. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited/Numbered Signed. Fine, unread copy, in a fine jacket. # 50 of 124 numbered and signed. ( there were also 26 lettered copies )..

Random House, New York, 1997; First Edition, First Printing; 8vo, 321 pages. Debut novel of Arundhati Roy, four years in the writing, which won the 1997 Booker Prize and was named one of the five best books of the year by Time Magazine. It was however not without its adversaries both abroad and in India, with the Indian government itself bringing suit on charges of obscenity. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy.

Vancouver: Vancouver Writers Fest, 2012. Book. Near Fine. French Flaps. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Essentially fine, with miniscule traces of wear to extremities of affixed wraps. Signed by MacLeod on the title page. An exceptional copy..

Portland: Press-22, 1981. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by McPhee on the limitation page. 200 are numbered and 50 are roman numeralled. Copy #108. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Lacks slipcase. Fine condition. Contents are a short story written, as McPhee explains in his "Author's Note, "around 1960" before "I became completely absorbed by what the New Yorker calls 'long fact pieces.' " Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Toronto: Copp Clark Company 1915, 1st Canadian Edition. (Hardcover) 415pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The covers and spine are edgeworn and lightly faded, there are a few minor tears to the cloth of the spine and there is a previous owner's name and a very small previous bookseller's stamp on the front free endpaper. "The last word of this novel was written on the 29th of May 1914. And that last word was the single word of the title. Those were the times of peace. Now that the moment of publication approaches I have been considering the discretion of altering the title-page. The word Victory, the shining and tragic goal of noble effort, appeared too great, too august, to stand at the head of a mere novel" - from the author's note. (Fiction, Fiction, Modern Firsts).

New York: Scribners, 1949. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Some spotting, age toning to page edges; Jacket fairly worn and quite spotted with a light stain to the of the spine and covers.. 233 pages.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. 12mo., 5" x 7 1/2", vi+256pp., 7pp. ads, illustrated with b/w plates, frontis. Yellow cloth with dark blue titles. top edge tinted yellow. Previous owner bookplate on pastedown. Near fine, bright, crisp, tight. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo.

Jonathan Cape. London. 1950. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. This UK edition precedes the U.S edition. Finely bound in recent full dark green morocco leather. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.

Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2000-10-09. 1st Ed. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x5. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY YOKO with her full name and dated in 2001. Also briefly inscribed as shown. Yoko's signature has been professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA and includes their full Letter of Authenticity (PSA sticker on LOA, not in the book). A beautiful 1st printing of this Simon & Schuster edition in Near Fine condition (one corner bumped, mild wear on the dust jacket). Extremely scarce authenticated; my books are likely the ONLY authenticated Yoko autographs offered anywhere in the world right now. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

New York: Random House, 2000. Signed on the title page by Zadie Smith. Additionally inscribed: To Bob. First U.S. edition / First printing. Ivory paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Winner of The Guardian First Book Award. Nominated for the Whitbread Award. In September 2019, White Teeth was chosen by Guardian UK critics as one of the 100 Best Books published in the 21st Century.