Literature

Serenade.

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First edition. Octavo, original black cloth with titles to the spine and front panel in silver. Inscribed by the author, “To Frank Whitbech, Who has more Cain first editions than Cain has and the more power to him. James M. Cain Los Angeles, Calif June 5, 1944”. Bookplate of the recipient on the front freeContinue reading "Serenade."

Irving, John

A Widow for One Year.

Toronto : Alred A. Knopf, 1998.

First Canadian edition of Irving’s powerful ninth novel. Octavo, original boards. Signed by John Irving on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.

Coetzee, J.M

Dusklands.

Johannesburg : Raven Press, 1974.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light soiling to the extremities.

Coetzee, J.M

White Writing: On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.

South Africa : Radix, 1988.

First South African edition, which precedes the American edition. Octavo, illustrated wrappers as issued. Signed by J.M. Coetzee on the title page. In fine condition.

Coetzee, J.M

Boyhood.

London : Secker & Warburg, 1997.

First edition. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Elizabeth Costello.

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First British Edition. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Bellow, Saul

L’Homme De Buridan [Dangling Man].

Paris : Libraire Plon, 1954.

First French edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. In near fine condition.

Bellow, Saul

Dangling Man.

London : John Lehmann, 1946.

First British edition of the author’s first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Saul Bellow on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lightest of wear. Jacket design by Robert Medley.

Bellow, Saul

The Dean’s December.

New York : Harper & Row Publishers, 1982.

Uncorrected Proof of the first edition of the first novel Bellow published after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976. Octavo. Fine in light green wrappers as issued. Signed by the author.

Bellow, Saul

Summations: The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature.

: Bennington College, 1987.

First Edition. Signed by Bellow. A lecture delivered at Bennington College in 1987 in an edition of 1,000. Thin Octavo. Signed by the author in facsimile in the back of the title, although not called for this copy is signed by the author in his own hand on the title page.

Roth, Philip

The Professor of Desire.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

First edition of this “thoughtful and elegant novel” (The New York Times Book Review) . Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. A very sharp example.

Roth, Philip

Operation Shylock: A Confession.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 1993.

First edition of Roth’s 19th book. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by the Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Paula Scher.

Heaney, Seamus

Door Into The Dark.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1969.

First American edition of the author’s second book. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with two closed tears to the front panel. A very sharp example.

Roth, Philip

Our Gang.

New York : Random House, 1971.

First edition of Roth’s fifth book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Philip Roth on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Vargas Llosa, Mario

The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986.

First edition of this novel by “one of the master storytellers of our time” (Denis Lynn Heyck, Chicago Tribune Book World). Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by Mario Vargas Llosa. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated by Alfred MacAdam.

Vargos Llosa, Mario

A Fish In The Water: A Memoir.

New York : : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Mario Vargas Llosa on the title page. Review copy with material laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Boswell, James

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

London : George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1891.

Octavo, 6 volumes, bound in three quarters red morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, top edge gilt, illustrated with portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds. In near fine condition. An attractively bound set.

Cornwell, Bernard

Sharpe’s Company. Richard Sharpe and the Seige of Badajoz, January to April 1812.

London : Collins, 1982.

First edition of the third book in the Richard Sharpe series. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author who has added the first lines of this book as follows, “With all best wishes- A pale horse seen a mile away at sunrise means the night is over. Bernard Cornwell.”

Cooper, Susan

The Dark is Rising Series: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

London : Jonathan Cape, 1965-1977.

First British editions and true firsts of each book in the Dark is Rising Sequence. Octavo, 5 volumes. Each copy is signed or inscribed by the author. Each are in excellent condition in the original dust jackets. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

Paterson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins.

New York : Thomas Crowell, 1978.

First edition of this realistic children’s novel, which was ranked number 63 among all-time children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Katherine Paterson on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket art by Fred Marcellino.

Montgomery, L.M

Anne of Windy Willows (Anne of Windy Poplars).

London : George G. Harrap, 1936.

First British edition of this novel in Montgomery’s acclaimed Anne series. Octavo, original blue cloth. Light wear, else fine in the original dust jacket with some chips. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

Burton, Virginia Lee; Selected and Edited by Anne Malcolmson; Music Arranged by Grace Castagnetta

Song of Robin Hood.

Cambridge, MA : The Riverside Press, 1947.

First edition of this classic retelling of Robin Hood. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation, inscribed by Virginia Lee Burton, “Greetings to the ‘Caner’ from Virginia Lee Burton.” Near fine in the original dust jacket with some wear and tear.

Saramago, Jose

La Flor Mas Grande Del Mundo.

Madrid : Alfaguara, 2001.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s only children’s book. Thin quarto, original boards, illustrated throughout. Signed and dated by Jose Saramago. In fine condition.

Kertesz, Imre

A Kudarc.

Budapest : Magveto, 1988.

First Hungarian edition and true first. Octavo, original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Imre Kertesz on the title page.