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(London): Macdonald, 1969. About fine in about fine jacket.. Signed first UK edition of the famous radical science fiction novel on gender and isolation by one of the most influential writers in the genre - an exceptionally beautiful copy. In this novel, inhabitants of the alien planet "Winter" are androgynous, becoming temporarily male or female at periods of fertility. The protagonist is a male visitor from another world, thrown into political machinations that take him on a journey of survival across the ice with a single companion: a native whom he instinctively distrusts. While reckoning with different ways to envision gender, they develop a deep human bond that becomes central to their survival. Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, this UK edition was issued the same year as the US first. One of the great science fiction novels that feels more significant with each passing year. Signed copies are quite scarce. 7.75'' x 5''. Original textured purple paper boards, gilt-stamped spine. In… Leer más

Boston / Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1967. First printings (stated) all; first edition thus. Near fine in near fine jackets.. Handsome set of the first printings (all) of the second US edition of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, comprising THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS, and THE RETURN OF THE KING - all review copies. Tolkien's Middle Earth grew not only from his experiences in World War I and studies as a professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford, but from his childhood hobby of constructed languages (conlangs). Tolkien argued in his essay "A Secret Vice" that "for perfect construction of an art-language it is found necessary to construct at least in outline a mythology" along with it. In other words, "your language construction will breed a mythology." Middle Earth sprang into being in part so that Tolkien could draw on a mature culture, history, and mythology for his beloved conlangs. As a result, we have Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam; Gandalf the… Leer más

Brooklyn: (Walt Whitman), 1856. Very good.. Landmark second edition of the epic American poetry collection, the first to include among the most famous blurbs in literature - Emerson's complimentary quote stamped, without permission, on the book's spine. When LEAVES OF GRASS was first published in 1855, few recognized the transformative effect it would have on American literature - but Ralph Waldo Emerson, the era's most respected literary critic, was among those who did. Upon receiving a complimentary copy from Whitman, Emerson responded with a letter of thanks and perceptive praise as to Whitman's achievement: "I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." A section at the rear of this edition entitled "Leaves-Droppings" prints Emerson's complimentary letter in its entirety, but Whitman also printed one part of the letter - "I greet you at the beginning of a great career" - on the spine, becoming one of the first modern blurbs. Unfortunately, he did not… Leer más

(New York): HarperCollins, 1981. Fine in fine jacket.. Inscribed later printing of Silverstein's beloved second collection of children's poetry. Silverstein's illustrated verses, combining his singular voice and instinct for whimsy with the slightest, mostly buried hint of a mean streak. Silverstein's assured style and strength of personality enabled him to pull off the rare trick of writing more than one classic - classics not only inflicted on children by nostalgic parents, but loved by children themselves. Winner of the 1984 William Allen White Children's Book Award, A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC was the occasional target of censorship for, allegedly, encouraging children to break dishes ("How Not To Have To Dry The Dishes") and threaten to die of broken hearts in order to get their way ("Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony"). The poet was unbothered, saying: "I think if you're a creative person, you should just go about your business, do your work and not care about how it's received." 8.75'' X 7''.… Leer más

London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. First edition. About fine in near-fine jacket.. First impression, first issue of the 2nd James Bond novel, a lovely copy in the rare first-state dust jacket. LIVE AND LET DIE was the second Bond book but the first to be banned (by the Republic of Ireland), which naturally led to higher sales. Its polarized reception would become characteristic of the series, with those decrying the latest installment facing those who admitted helplessness in the face of the fast-paced intrigue and violence that Fleming so skillfully composed. As an early Bond novel, its first issue print run was significantly smaller than later books in the series: fewer than 5300 copies, with only a portion of those including the first-state dust jacket as here. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original black cloth, gilt-stamped central coin vignette on front board, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (10s. 6d. net) magenta dust jacket with yellow letterforms, no… Leer más

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 2002. First printing. Fine in like jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this runaway bestseller, with original invitation to the launch party for the book laid in. Something of a surprise sensation when released, Sebold's THE LOVELY BONES imagines a murdered girl narrating not only from and about the afterlife, but also the aftermath of her killing on her family, friends, and neighbors. Heartbreaking and beautiful, with exceptional provenance. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original blue boards. In unclipped ($21.95) original color pictorial dust jacket. 328 pages. Inscribed by Sebold on title page: "7/29/2020 / To Amber / VIVA / Alice Sebold." Laid in is the postcard invitation to the launch party. Invite has minor wear. Book bright, sharp, and crisp.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition, review copy, of Ellis's semi-autobiographical first novel, an explosive success published when he was still a student at Bennington College. Of the novel's path to publication, Simon and Schuster editor Morgan Entrekin recalled: "What you did at S&S in those days was circulate the manuscript. Herman Gollob was a senior editor, and he wrote on the sheet for Less than Zero, 'If there's a market for callow fragmentary fiction about rich self-indulgent coke-sniffing cock-sucking zombies, then let's buy it.'" There was a market for that, it turned out. There still is. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with black boards. In original unclipped ($15.95) dust jacket. 208 pages. Publisher's original review slip and press release laid in.

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. Very good plus.. First printing, first issue of this classic of US literature, a major influence on the development of the Western, American Romanticism, and North American-set historical fiction. One of the earliest writers born in the United States to achieve success on an international scale, Cooper has had a formative influence on the path of American literature that is difficult to overstate. Cooper was perhaps the most significant popularizer of "key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary romance" (Franklin, xi). His works sought to build a uniquely American tradition, and his books' sales went a long way towards doing so. In defining the path for future writers, Cooper laid the groundwork for American masterpieces like Hawthorne's SCARLET LETTER and Melville's MOBY-DICK. Even those who disliked his work, like Mark Twain, owe him a debt (which Twain well knew): as Wayne Franklin puts it, "without Cooper, there could… Leer más

London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. Very good.. First UK edition of the non-fiction companion to HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a memoir of Twain's experiences as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War. LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI draws together two major strands of Twain's writing: the pensive regional descriptions of the South of his younger years, and the spirited travel narratives that took readers with him on adventures. Twain biographer Justin Kaplan sees the development of this memoir and HUCKLEBERRY FINN, written at the same time, as "symbiotic": when stuck on one, Twain would turn to the other. The relationship between the two was so close that material from HUCK actually ended up in LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, including an entire chapter. The first UK edition is technically the first to reach the public, preceding the US edition by several days for copyright purposes. Octavo, 7.5'' x 5''. Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Brown leaf-patterned endpapers. Illustrated in black and white. Publisher's… Leer más

(New York): Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First printing (stated). Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of Faulkner's seventh novel, a naturalistic treatment of Southern racial paranoia and transgressive violence. Written at the height of his artistic maturity, LIGHT IN AUGUST has been recognized since its first publication as one of Faulkner's major works, less experimental in style than some of its predecessors but no structurally complex or thematically rich. Asked about the novel's religious imagery, Faulkner did not deny its presence, but replied that "the people to me come first. The symbolism comes second." An attractive copy of one of the 20th century's great novels. 8'' x 5.5''. Original orange-lettered tan cloth. Orange topstain. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket. "Jefferson" substituted for Mottstown" in first line of page 340 (Massey 103). 480 pages. Jacket with light edgewear, small chip to front panel with old tape repair to verso, a bit of rippling and toning to… Leer más

New York: Viking, 1940. Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of McCloskey's first book, a stunning depiction of small-town life in the 1940s United States. 12'' x 9''. Original tan cloth stamped in red. In original unclipped ($2.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by McCloskey lavishly in black and white throughout. Title printed in red. Unpaginated. Jacket with some edgewear and rubbing, closed tear at foot of spine repaired with tape, two other closed tears at rear joint and front fold respectively. Book with only light soil to boards.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this journalistic account of the Swiss Army by the veteran NEW YORKER writer, following the army service of a Swiss winemaker. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original light grey cloth stamped in blind, spine lettered in black. In original unclipped ($12.95) silver dust jacket. [8], 150 pages. Small bump to head of spine. Else crisp and clean.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. First edition. Very good plus.. Advance uncorrected proofs of Ellis's semi-autobiographical first novel, an explosive success published when he was still a student at Bennington College. Of the novel's path to publication, Simon and Schuster editor Morgan Entrekin recalled: "What you did at S&S in those days was circulate the manuscript. Herman Gollob was a senior editor, and he wrote on the sheet for Less than Zero, 'If there's a market for callow fragmentary fiction about rich self-indulgent coke-sniffing cock-sucking zombies, then let's buy it.'" There was a market for that, it turned out. There still is. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original printed yellow wrappers. 183, [1] pages. A few brief marginal notes and neat underlinings in pen to text. Minor edgewear and sunning to wrappers.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. Very good plus.. First edition of this nautical-psychological journal, in which the antihero travels far and wide in pursuit of anonymity. On a quest to forget about his cowardly actions during a crisis at sea, Jim lands at a remote port in the South Seas, where he becomes a community leader but eventually sacrifices his life for moral redemption. Many of Conrad's works, still steeped in a white European perspective, nevertheless grapple with race and colonialism in a more skeptical way than most of his white contemporaries, and LORD JIM is no exception. Historian Elleke Boehmer contrasts LORD JIM to Rudyard Kipling's KIM, published a year later, noting that Conrad voices deep concern about British colonialism while Kipling's support of the Empire shows through in his narrative; LORD JIM, she notes, "can be seen as a defining tale of the doubt which threatened the project of European expansion" (59). 7.5'' x 5''. Original green cloth binding… Leer más

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing of this collection of short interrelated mysteries solved by lucky lottery winner Alvirah Meehan and her plumber husband Willy, with inscribed bookplate laid in. Mary Higgins Clark was one of the most popular mystery and suspense writers of the latter half of the 20th century and the first part of the 21st, with each of her 51 books a bestseller in the US. 9.25'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($22.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 266 pages. Card inscribed by Clark loosely laid in, "For Antoinette ---- / warmest wishes." Remainder mark to tail. Jacket and binding with a touch of edgewear. Firm.

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this cozy Southwestern mystery, in which lawyer-turned-sleuth Neil Hamel must defend the mother of her childhood friend from murder charges, while working to find out what really happened the night a young girl was run over. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original two-tone boards. Original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Fore-edge machine-deckle. 260 pages. Signed by Van Gieson to title page. Tight and clean.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition, first printing of this "candid, sexy and wonderfully mood-strewn collection" (Penguin Random House) of poetry by Cisneros. Playful and provocative: "They say I'm a bitch. / Or witch. I've claimed / the same and never winced." 8'' x 5.25''. Original quarter blue cloth, purple paper boards. In original unclipped ($16.00) color pictorial dust jacket with collage by Ralfka Gonzalez and design by Barbara de Wilde. [2], xiv, 115, [7] pages. Signed by Cisneros in blue ink to title page. Tiniest bit of bumping to spine ends.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this tale of the dark sides of suburban parenting, adapted into the 2006 Todd-Field directed, Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original textured paper covered boards, reflective green lettering to spine. In original unclipped ($24.95) illustrated dust jacket. 355, [1] pages. Tiny bit of wear to upper spine end, jacket. Otherwise about fine throughout.

New York: Little, Brown, 2007. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this adaptation of the classic fairy tale, with lively, vibrant illustrations by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney. Winner of five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Caldecott Honors, a Caldecott Medal (for THE LION AND THE MOUSE), and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, Jerry Pinkney was a prolific author and illustrator of children's literature, and one of the preeminent artists in the field. "Jerry used his talent as one of America's great watercolorists to tell stories in pictures [...]with the goal of moving society to a better place," said William R. Valerio, director of Woodmere Art Museum, at time of Pinkney's death in 2021. 11'' x 9.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($16.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Signed by Pinkney to title page. Sharp and bright.

London: Pavillion, 1997. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this moving story about the common sailors and fishermen who helped evacuate Dunkirk. THE GUARDIAN identifies Michael Foreman as "one of the best-known British writer-illustrators," in part thanks to his remarkable output: since he began his career in 1961, he has published over 300 books for children and adults. He has earned two Kate Greenaway Medals, and has twice been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. 7.5'' x 10''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped (£9.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Foreman to title page, in St. Ives. Sharp and bright.