Modern First Editions

NY: Grove Press, 1959. First US edition, first prnt. (1962). Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Black cloth and black paper-covered boards. Topedge with black topstain. First issue dustjacket with correct price printed on front flap (six dollars) and no zip code on rear panel. Beginning page toning and spine cloth slightly pushed, spine gilt lettering intact; dustjacket with a quarter-inch closed tear and shallow crease at the front panel topedge, toning on the rear flap fold, touch of wear at the front panel upper corner and spine topedge. A clean, tight and bright copy. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover.Burroughs' most famous work and permanent entry in the Beat-era canon. Basis for the1991 David Cronenberg film with Peter Weller, Judy Davis and Ian Holm.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, [1971].. Cloth and boards. A few marks and smudges to fore-edge, else about fine in dust jacket. First edition, British issue, consisting of (contrary to the imprint on the verso of the title) U.S. sheets with a cancel title and prelim, in the U.S. binding, still bearing the Simon & Schuster imprint. Inscribed and signed by the author.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. PEN/ Faulkner Award winner.

Ultramarine Press, 1990. First. Hardbound. fine as issued. here offered is copy "F". of an edition of 126, this is one of 26 lettered copies finely bound in full leather by Denis Gouey and signed by Price. 192 pp.

First UK edition, a Fine minus book with crimping to top of spine and some fade to the salmon-colored top stain, in a Near Fine jacket that has touch of edge and corner wear, tiny chip in gutter back board at top of spine, touch of sun toning to spine and along top edges of white flaps. The corners are uniformly clipped and 18s .net price is present. This copy very tight and unread. The UK edition does not have the B/W photos, 8 pages mostly from Paris in the 1920s, that are included in the Scribners edition. See Grissom bibliography A.36.2a.

New York: New Directions, 1970. Signed and Inscribed by the author: With all good wishes to Alice and David Malone. Hayden Carruth. 1 December 1970. First edition / First printing. Turquoise cloth spine, teal paper-covered boards. Fine in close to fine dust jacket with one small tear.

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1981. Decorative label signed by Robertson Davies laid in. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Fine in close to fine dust jacket with one short closed tear to the rear panel. An exceptional copy of the fragile dust jacket.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1881. First edition thus. "New Edition: India Proof Edition, printed at hand press from the original wood blocks." Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, number 362. Full vellum and gilt. Published London: George Routledge and Sons, c1881. Folio, 11 3/4" x 15 3/4", unpaginated, 30 full page illustrations - lovely views of rural England, wood-engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with verses and poems by Tom Taylor, plus two Dalziel advertisement leaves and a colophon leaf of Camden Press. Bound in full vellum over beveled boards, with gilt and brown titles, gilt, brown and orange cover designs. Slight loss and rub at the heel, minor rub/soil to covers, else very good plus. Internally near fine, pages and plates, clean, bright with only light, occasional foxing. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Foster, Birket. Folio.

New York: Random House, 1994. Signed by E. L. Doctorow on the title page. First trade edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

This Book, written by well-known American Actress, Katharine Hepburn, is an account of the making of the Movie, African Queen. It details the relationships between Hepburn, Bogart, Bacall and other cast members on the movie set. This Book contains 45 photographs.

NY: American Spectator Inc., 1932. Consecutive run of the first 21 issues of The American Spectator, Volume 1, number 1 (November, 1932) through Volume 2, number 21 (July, 1934). 15 of the 21 issues have original wraparound bands. Each issue is one or more 22 1/2" x 35" sheet, printed 2 sides and folded to 16 pages. Published by Richard R. Smith and edited by George Jean Nathan, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, James Branch Cabell, and Eugene O'Neill. Articles include: Havelock Ellis - The Physician and Sex; Frank Swinnerton - English and American Publishers; Theodore Dreiser - The Great American Novel; Sean O'casey - Laurel Leaves and Silver Trumpets; Eugene O'Neill - Second Thoughts; Sherwood Anderson - To Remember; The Line-Up; Branch Cabell - Lament for Falstaff; Aldous Huxley - Alypius in a Brown Shirt; John Dos Passos - The Persian Merchant and the Red Army Soldier; Notes on the Back of a Passport; Mildred Cram - Author in Hollywood. Editorials include Nazi Germany and… Read More

First Edition. First Printing. Fine. Signed by Author. Dust Jacket - Not price clipped. This is an excellent signed first edition of Barry's Hannah's High Lonesome. The dust jacket is in excellent condition, and there are no visible marks on any pages. High Lonesome was the final short story collection published during the storied southern author's lifetime. Most readers and collectors look for earlier works like Geronimo Rex (1972) and Airships (1978), but High Lonesome was a significant work in its own right. It was the only work by Hannah to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. This final chapter in the author's life is the perfect addition to a collection featuring such a master of the short story form.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Signed by the author on the title page. Additionally inscribed: To Mark. First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.

No Thanks by e. e. cummings
Golden Eagle Press, New Rochelle, NY. 1935. First trade edition limited to 900 copies. Hardcover beveled bound in tan cloth, titles in red on the cover and spine. Oblong, 16mo. Unmarked and in VG condition in the original paper jacket - torn and fragile. the front board is very slightly bowed. "No Thanks contains some of Cummings's most daring literary experiments, and it represents most fully his view of life―romantic individualism. The poems celebrate an openly felt response to the beauties of the natural world, and they give first place to love, especially sexual love, in all its manifestations."

Celadon Books, 2021. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 106x17x151. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY ERIN FRENCH on the front endpaper. NOT personalized to anyone! Includes a flower sticker likely added by Erin at time of signing (see photo). A lovely 5th printing in near fine condition inside and out. Comes with a recipe card for "Dad's Meatloaf" from Lost Kitchen cookbook. Looks terrific with a new mylar cover added to dust jacket. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.