Great Britain: Chatto and Windus, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. (24 cm.) 421 pp. Midnight-black full cloth binding with titles in stamped silver on spine. Dust jacket art depicts colorful and lovely birds and snails on a rich, black background. Fine condition. One of Britain's most acclaimed writers, Booker Prize winner..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). 496 pp. Murder-black, half-cloth, with like boards. Titles on spine in gilded-age copper gilt. Very minor edge wear to dust jacket. Overall, a solid, clean, beautiful copy. Fine. Caleb Carr's true debut as a popular novelist. "The Alienist" is fast-paced detective..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2002. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm.) 529 pp. Hay-colored half-cloth with copper blind-stamped lettering to boards and spine. Colorful dust jacket with delicate cherub emerging from a water flower. Signed by author on publisher's label affixed to half-title page. An epic family story, "Middlesex" is..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1952. Lynton Lamb. First Edition, First Printing. Original pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), acquamarine green cloth, with gilt-stamped titles on spine. Open chip to head of spine of dust jacket, affecting one letter of text, some additional small chipping and closed tear to top of jacket. Very light..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First American Edition. Octavo. (21 cm.) 188 pp. Royal-purple full cloth, top staining to text block in like color, titles to spine in gilt. Expressive, photo llustrated dust jacket. Fine. Inventive and fascinating short stories, by literary giant, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, about Latin Americans..... More
New York: Scribner's, 1999. William Matthew. Octavo. (24.5 cm.) 283 pp., vi ills. Sea-foam green half cloth. Black spine with titles in silver gilt. Photo illustration of watercolor art on dust jacket. Very slight and contained wrinkling to bottom of front end paper and half-title page. Overall Fine. "Close Range..... More
New York: Scribner, 2005. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm.) 288 pp. Half-cloth, slate-blue boards, and light grey spine with titles in silver. Pictorial dust jacket with photo of whispering children. "Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Tolstoy Jeannette Walls is the archetype of the writer who took a...... More
New York: New American Library, 1985. Book Club Edition. First Edition Hardcover. With "P19" stamped to left bottom of page 109 Octavo. (21.5 cm.) Full crimson-red boards. Dust jacket in crimson and white with striking image of the title character. Chipping at corners of jacket with some loss but not affecting..... More