Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson - 1971

Riverhead Books. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 1. 2003. Hardback. Fine. First Edition. First Print. Signature only by author on the title page in both Farsi and English. Authors first book. Basis for the movie with the same name. Very collectible copy, excellent addition to your collection. Dust jacket is protected with a Mylar cover. Books are packed and shipped in boxes.

1947 E.P. Dutton Stated TRUE FIRST EDITION of Spillane's 1st mystery with a **SIGNED** CARD of Mickey Spillane tipped in.
A VeryGood+ Hardback and VeryGood+ Dustjacket:
The HB is very clean and tight with the only real wear being some small chips at the spine ends and tiny bumps at the corners.
It is wrapped in a Facsimile DJ also in VG+ condition with almost no wear or marks as well. A VERY RARE COLLECTIBLE!
**BONUS** Also receive a Signet paperback of another early book, The Long Wait in Good condition.
***Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed***

New York: Random House, 1959. First Random House edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth decorated in black with gilt lettering and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Creasing to board edges with some rubbing to cloth; minor edgewear and scuffing to dust jacket. Near-fine.. Bright first Random House edition of Ayn Rand's (1905-1982) debut novel about life in post-revolutionary Russia. First published by Random House in 1959 following the commercial success of Rand's 1957 best-seller Atlas Shrugged, We the Living tells the story of Kira Argounova, a fierce and independent spirit who struggles against the collectivism of Soviet Russia during the early 1920s. The novel was first completed in 1934 but, despite H. L. Mencken's support, failed to attract a publisher until 1935 when Macmillan agreed to publish the work. Macmillan's agreement to publish Rand's novel purportedly sparked debate within the publisher's editorial ranks, with certain communist-sympathetic editors objecting to its publication. We the… Read More

Signed Limited Edition. Chapman & Hall, London. 8vo.
Large paper copy. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 58, Mr. Allen Johns's copy. Signed by Evelyn Waugh and the illustrator Stuart Boyle.
Book is internally very clean with no markings, inscriptions, foxing or spotting. Title page in black and sepia. Several woodcuts in sepia by illustrator Stuart Boyle. Top edge gilt with other edges untrimmed.
Olive green cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine a little faded and with a little fading to top portion of rear board. Else fine.
A lovely near Fine copy.
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St. Martin's Press, 1988. Book Club. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY THOMAS HARRIS directly to the half-title page. NOT inscribed to anyone. A highly appealing book club edition in VG+ condition with clean text and beautiful boards (one bumped corner). Dust jacket has edgewear but still looks very attractive with a new mylar cover. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1959. First Edition, First Printing [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good Minus DJ. 8 1/4" Tall. 298 Pages. First Printing Stated; First Issue Dj With $3.75 Price, And The Following Additional Points Identifying This As The Scarce First Issue Jacket: Alignment Error Of Black Printing, Which Is Too Close To Edges Of Jacket, I. E. Bottom Of Price On Front Flap Is Spaced 19/32" Above The Top Of The "I" In "Is" In The First Line Of Text, Top Of Price Meets The Top Edge Of Front Flap; On The Spine The Publisher's Name "Hmco" Is Spaced 1 1/16" Below The Last Letter Of The Author's Name, And Thus Placed Along The Very Bottom Edge Of The Jacket Spine; On The Front Panel, The White Outline Of The Left Side Of The Window Passes Through The Left Of The "D" In "Goodbye" And The "B" In Columbus. [In The Second Printing The Dj Is Identical Except That The Price Is Spaced… Read More

861 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 6") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Inscribed by the author. First printing, with 'A' on copyright page, first issue jacket with authors photo on rear panel rather than reviews found on later issue jackets.Jones' first book, basis for the 1953 film starring Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, and Frank Sinatra.From Here to Eternity is the debut novel of American author James Jones, published by Scribner's in 1951. It is loosely based on Jones' experiences in the pre-World War II Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry and the unit in which he served, Company E ("The Boxing Company"). Fellow company member Hal Gould said that while the novel was based on the company, including some depictions of actual persons, the characters are fictional and both the harsh conditions and described events are inventions. From Here to Eternity won the National Book Award and was named one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library Board.… Read More

William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1940. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of his Hawthornden Prize-winning tenth novel. 8vo. 280pp. Yellow cloth lettered in red at the spine. Spine ends just a little bruised, and the top edge lightly dust marked. A narrow strip of discolouration to the head of the upper board, and with some notable browning to the half-title, which is also a little tender. Several small tape residue marks to the pastedowns. A nice, crisp copy. No dust wrapper. A slip of paper bearing the author's signature, the name of a recipient and the date 1982 has been pasted to the front free endpaper. Uncommon. Wobbe A16..

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Hardcover, purple paper, white cloth spine, slipcase but missing glassine. Very Good in Good slipcase/No Jacket. Signed, limited edition in slipcase, presentation copy. Purple paper is faded, and there are some small ink (?) spots on back cover, as well as a small smudge on the bottom corner of the limitation page. SIGNED limitation page with 'Dorothy Parker' in blue ink, states Ôthis edition limited to 275 copies, of which 250 are for sale.Õ This copy is numbered in the same blue ink as 322, and the word ÔPresentationÕ in black ink follows. 75 pages, many unopened, printed on Boni & Liveright watermarked paper. Slipcase worn and faded, all edges rubbed, splitting at top and bottom. Label affixed to slipcase states ÔAutographed Edition. This edition is limited to 275 numbered copies. Each copy is signed by the author.Õ At the upper right corner is the number 322 in ink, mirroring the number on the limitation page of the volume. From the family of T. R. Smith, who… Read More

Some discoloration to spine of book. Discoloration of pages due to age of book.DJ without clipped corners. Original price $2.50.DJ has rubs to edge and spine edge. Slight toning to spine.1st edition