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1. Aldington, Richard.
Death Of A Hero.
New York: Covici-Friede Inc, 1929. First American edition. 398 pages. 27 x 14.5 cm. Aldington's first novel which preceded publication in the UK and France. His celebrated novel forced him to censor to assure the publication of the book would not be challenged by the English authorities. A tale of World War I whose main character is Captain George Winterbourne a causality in battle. The author also served in WWI. Laid-in is a 1916 photograph of Aldington in his British uniform, and a second photograph of Aldington by Man Ray in civilian attire. Aldington was also a distinguished poet and editor of "The Egoist," a literary journal, and an early associate of the Imagist movement. Dust wrapper loss at lower front spine corners and at head of rear cover. Orig. beige linen cloth lettered in brown. Top edge red. Very good in original unclipped dust wrapper. $350.00
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2. Baldwin, James.
The Fire Next Time.
New York: Dial, 1963. First edition. 120 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. His reputation has endured since his death and his work has been adapted for the screen to great acclaim. His mother never revealed who his biological father was, but he always considered his stepfather, simply "father" throughout his life. Orig. white cloth lettered in red. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper with loss as spine head and foot. $220.00
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3. Barth, John.
Todd Andrews to the Author A Letter from Letters.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. 39 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 37 of 50 specially bound, signed by John Barth in black ink, and printed on 100 percent rag Arches, designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom. As new copy. Full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Fine. $125.00
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4. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.
Tarzan And The Leopard Men Illustrated by J. Allen St. John.
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1935. First edition. 332 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Bright, very fresh copy with $2.00 price dust jacket intact and protected in clear plastic wrapper. Tiny nick head of dust wrapper. Published by the author, his seventeenth Tarzan novel. Orig. blue cloth, covers and spine lettered in orange. Near fine. $325.00
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5. Caldwell, Erskine.
Tobacco Road.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. 241 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy to Paul Carman signed by Erskine Caldwell. Interior contents fresh and clean. A novel about a dysfunctional family of Georgia sharecroppers during the Great Depression and often portrayed as a work of social realism. Saxophonist Paul Carman is a veteran of the Frank Zappa Band of the late 1980's (in Frank's own words, "the best band you never heard in your life"). Orig. green cloth decorated in blind and silver. Near fine. $275.00
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6. Capote, Truman.
The Muses Are Heard.
New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. 182 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Capote's trip to the Soviet Union in 1955 to present "Porgy And Bess" in Leningrad, as a cultural exchange attempt at the height of the cold war. Almost as new copy in unclipped dust wrapper, tiny nicks at foot. Orig. black cloth backstrip lettered in white and blue with front inset in three colors. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $190.00
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7. _____.
Breakfast at Tiffany's A Short Novel and Three Stories.
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. 179 pages. 27 x 14 cm. Jacket design by Ismar Howard with 10/58 date code and $3.50 notations interior of front cover dust rapper. Interior contents clean and sharp. Dust wrapper with a few nicks at edges, and some mottling to cover edges head and foot. Orig. yellow cloth, backstrip in black and yellow in unclipped dust wrapper. Very good in very good dust wrapper. $895.00
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8. _____.
The Grass Harp.
New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. 181 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His second novel in clipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. Double illustrated title page lettered in red. Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper. $310.00
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9. _____.
Other Voice Other Rooms.
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. 231 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His first novel in unclipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. The only fault a very slight crease to front cover of the dust wrapper at the lower foot. Orig. cream cloth spine lettered in red. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $310.00
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10. Capote, Truman & Harold Arlen.
house of flowers.
New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. 111 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Music by Harold Arlen when first presented in 1954 in New York. His first attempt as a writer of musical comedy, although he wrote a theatrical adaptation to his "The Grasp Harp." Very sharp almost as new copy, dust jacket price clipped -- tiny nick dj head. Orig. black cloth and white boards decorated in blind. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $195.00
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11. Cheever, John.
The Day The Pig Fell Into The Well.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. 23 pages. 25 x 16.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 74 of 275 signed by John Cheever in black ink, and printed on Curtis Tweedweave paper. As new copy. Orig. quarter brown cloth and decorated boards. Fine. $115.00
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12. Clarke, Arthur C.
Islands in the Sky.
Philadelphia & Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1952. First edition. 209 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. An early work directed by Clarke and the publisher for a juvenile audience. The novel's theme -- As a prize for winning a TV quiz show the protagonist is sent to an orbiting space station. He encounters adventures involving space pirates and a runaway rocket ship. It was considered a routine adventure story, but the technology necessary for space travel was called "exceptional." See: [BARRON, ANATOMY OF WONDER 5-23]. CURRY p.114. Price clipped dust wrapper, decorated endpapers, chipping to head and foot of dust wrapper. Orig. black cloth. backstrip lettered in orange. Near fine in illustrated nicked dust wrapper. $350.00
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13. Coover, Robert.
Charlie In The House Of Rue Wood Engraving By Jerome Kaplan.
Lincoln, MA: Penmean Press, 1979. First edition. 44 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 73 of 300 signed by Jerome Kaplan and Robert Coover, printed on 100lb. Mohawk Superfine Text, and designed by Michael McCurdy. As new copy. Orig. three quarter navy cloth and decorated boards. Fine. $105.00
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14. De La Mare, Walter.
The Captive And Other Poems.
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First edition. 19 pages. 24 x 15.5 cm. One of 600 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge. This, a presention copy to "Just Jim," Christmas 1928 signed by De La Mare, and also signed by him on half title. Almost as new copy. Orig. two-toned gray boards, backstrip titled in silver with silver front and cover decorations. Fine. $125.00
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15. _____.
Lispet, Lispett And Vaine.
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1923. First edition. 48 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 49 of 200 signed by de la Mare. This being the third of the Vine Books issued to subscribers from "The Bookman's Journal, decorated with three original wood blocks designed and engraved by W.P. Robins. Printed on hand-made paper at the Morland Press. A lovely, fresh copy, wide text margins, decorated endpapers in an LLV monogram. Orig. full vellum with yapp edges. Teg. Fine . $190.00
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15A. Doctorow, E.L.
World's Fair.
New York: Random House, 1985. First edition. 288 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 300, signed by El. Doctorow in blue ink. Backstrip a hint sunned. Orig. navy blue cloth, backstrip and front cover lettered in gold. Near fine in matching near fine slipcase. $100.00
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16. Eliot, T.S.
The Cocktail Party a comedy.
London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition. 168 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Appendix: music and original cast. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This edition published one year later than the play's performance at the Edinburgh Festival of 1949. Slight loss at dust wrapper head. Orig. green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. $90.00
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17. _____.
The Confidential Clerk.
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. 136 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 10. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. Last page with The Cast of the First Production at the Edinburgh Festival, 1953. Owner inscription free endpaper dated 1954. Orig. blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Very good in nicked and spine darkened dust wrapper. $90.00
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18. _____.
Poetry And Drama.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. First edition. 35 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 7s. 6d. price noted on dust wrapper. This address presented at The Theodore Memorial Lecture Harvard University November 21, 1950. Clean, crisp copy. Orig. red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at backstrip head. $90.00
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19. _____.
Selected Essays.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Third edition Enlarged. 516 pages. 22 x 14 cm. 20s price noted on dust wrapper. First published 1932. In his Preface Eliot states, "I have expanded the original volume.....by including a few more essays from the now superfluous 'Essays Ancient and Modern." Orig. maroon cloth. Very good with backstrip head nick and at head of slightly darkened dust wrapper spine. $75.00
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20. _____.
A Song For Simeon Drawing By E. McKnight Kauffer.
London: Faber and Faber, 1928. First edition. 5 leaves. 22 x 14 cm. Large-paper edition, copy 280 of 500. Signed by Eliot. GALLUP A11b. Printed on hand-made paper presenting the limited issue of Ariel poem no. 16. The Mcknight Kauffer illustration very fresh and bright. Gilt lettered front cover title. Spine slightly darkened. Orig. pale white boards. Near fine. $1,050.00
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21. Fante, John.
The Brotherhood Of The Grape.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First edition. 178 pages. Limited edition, copy Z of 176 deluxe copies hand bound in boards by Earle Gray with a special marbled board spine. His early semi-biographical novel about Los Angeles in the 1930's, inspired Charles Bukowski and Robert Towne. Illustrated boards in clear mylar dust wrapper. Fine. $200.00
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22. Faulkner, William.
A Fable.
New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. 437 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This novel conceived in 1944 took nine years to completion. Time and place World War I. Very bright, fresh copy, covers and contents, price clipped dust wrapper. Orig. maroon cloth, front cover decorated in black and slightly lighter maroon. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at edges, spine slightly faded. $225.00
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23. _____.
Go Down, Moses And Other Stories.
New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. 383 pages. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Bright, very clean copy with seven short stories including, "The Bear." PETERSON A21d. Price clipped dust wrapper. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper top stained red, nicked at bottom front cover and backstrip head and foot . $790.00
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24. _____.
Intruder in the Dust.
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. 247 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. $3.00 price on front cover flap, dust wrapper designed by McKnight Kauffer. PETERSON A24b. Overall, a very bright, fresh copy. His first novel published since "The Hamlet" in 1940. Orig. black cloth, front cover lettering in blue and gilt, slight fade to gilt. Fine in fine wrapper. $250.00
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25. _____.
The Reivers A Reminiscence.
New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. 305 pages. 20.4 x 14 cm. Dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Unclipped dust wrapper with $4.95 price. Faulkner turns the corner to comedy with a heroic journey from Jefferson, Mississippi to Memphis. A bright, fresh almost as new copy. Orig. crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $250.00
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26. Fowles, John.
The Magus.
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1965. First American edition. 582 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The first novel written (but second published) by British author John Fowles which is centered on a small Greek Island. Orig. lime green cloth, spine head and foot slightly toned. Very good in very good dust wrapper housed in clear plastic over wrapper. $150.00
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27. Galsworthy, John.
A Mistaken Rhapsody. American and Animals. Kansas City: Earle J. Bernheimer, 1943. First edition. Unpaginated. 27 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 30. Copies of hand written letters by Galsworthy, and commentary on World War I. Spine slightly toned. Quarter vellum spine and green boards. Near fine. $130.00
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28. Gardner, John.
Vlemk The Box-Painter.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. 138 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Illustrated by Catherine Kanner, and signed by her on the title page. Also signed by John Gardner on free endpaper with a portrait of the main character. Book in Aldus type by Hermann Zapf. As new copy. Orig. brown cloth with author signature in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $125.00
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29. Golding, William.
Lord of the Flies.
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1955. First American edition. 243 pages. 21 x 14 cm. First American of the British classic named to Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list of English-language novels published during the 20th century. GEKOSKI & GROGAN A2(B). In original unclipped dust wrapper, a few tiny spots of edge wear corners. Orig. quarter tan cloth spine stamped in green and darker striated tan and black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $2,000.00
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30. Grass, Gunter.
The Tin Drum Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.
New York: Pantheon Books, 1962. First American edition. 592 pages. 22 x 15 cm. This work, his first novel has been translated into all major European languages, and its meaning implies we are all moral hunchbacks. Book jacket drawing by Gunter Grass. Glossary. Slightest of nicks at spine head and foot. Orig. red cloth front cover illustrated in black, lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. $150.00
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31. Graziano, Rocky with Rowland Barber.
Somebody Up There Likes Me The Story Of My Life Until Today.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. 375 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Signed presentation copy by Graziano "To Frank Mastro the swell fellow" in blue ink. Frank Mastro boxed before he became a boxing reporter for the Chicago Tribune from 1930 to 1969, known for his straw skimmer and big cigar. Laid-in Mastro's membership card "Chicago Press Veterans Association" dated 1969. illustrated with photographs. Orig. white spine lettered in red and dark gray boards. Near fine in worn and chipped dust wrapper. $295.00
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32. Isherwood. Christopher.
Goodbye To Berlin.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. 317 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. This is perhaps his most famous literary work. His writing juxtaposes the rise of National Socialism and the squalor of a city where poverty and violence were rampant, with the superficial hedonism of the last dregs of the post-Weimar era. Clean copy, tiny bookplate (EHK) front cover pastedown. Orig. beige cloth, spine lettered in red and toned. Very good. $325.00
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33. Jones, James.
From Here To Eternity.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. First edition. 861 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. This novel, his first won the 1952 National Book Award. With first issue dust wrapper, and with an additional later issue dust wrapper. Gilt spine lettering with minor loss. Orig. black cloth in slightly nicked dust wrapper at upper corners and backstrip head. Very good. $190.00
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33A. Korda, Michael.
Making the List * A Cultural History of the American Bestseller 1900-1999 as seen through the annual bestseller lists of Publishers Weekly.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2001. First edition. 228 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 64 of 100, signed by Michael Korda in ink. Index. Orig. maroon cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gold. Fine in fine matching slipcase. $100.00
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34. Lee Harper.
To Kill A Mockingbird The Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Edition Of The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel.
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. 323 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Signed by Harper Lee on the half-title in blue ink. With certificate of authenticity. This title has been translated into more than forty languages and sold over thirty million world-wide. As new copy. This Anniversary edition, gilt-stamped quarter cloth over gray paper-covered boards, with black endpapers, in illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $1,350.00
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35. Lehman, Anthony L.
D.H. Lawrence, Idella Purnell and Palms.
Los Angeles: George Houle, 1986. First edition. 21 pages. Limited edition, copy C of 26 hardbound lettered A to Z, signed by the author and Richard J. Hoffman, the printer with the following author inscription: "This is George Houles' with the author's thanks for seeing that this work was so handsomely printed, and dated 5/31/86." Orig. dark green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine. $130.00
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36. Lewis, Sinclair.
Kingblood Royal.
New York: Random House, 1947. First edition. 348 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 768 of 1050 signed by Sinclair Lewis in black ink, printed on Laid paper. The first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. H.L. Mencken called him "a red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds." Bright, very fresh copy. Title page printed in red and black. Orig. striated red cloth, front cover with silver and white initials, backstrip decorated in black with gilt lettering. Teg. Fine in very good brown publisher slipcase with spine lettering. $350.00
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36A. Mailer, Norman.
Tough Guys Don't Dance.
New York: Random House, 1984. First edition. 229 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 350, signed by Norman Mailer in black ink. Orig. navy blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gold, front cover with Mailer initials. Fine in medium blue slipcase. $120.00
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37. Mansfield, Katherine.
In A German Pension.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American edition. 199 pages. 19 1/2 x 14 cm. Mansfield first book written at the age of 21 in 1911. Two years later she married J. Middleton Murray, eminent British critic. A New Zealander, this book, a collection of short stories was out of print for 14 years. Mansfield died at the early age of thirty-four in 1923, the promise of a distinguished literary career unfulfilled. In scarce dust wrapper, bookplate. Orig. forest green cloth with very fresh printed spine label. Fine in dust wrapper lacking half centimeter at head and foot of spine, and with light dampstain lower front cover corner. $120.00
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38. Maugham, W. Somerset.
The Moon And Sixpence.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First American edition. 314 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. Rubbing to corners and backstrip, interior contents clean. Orig. green cloth lettered in black. Very good. $100.00
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39. McMurtry, Larry.
Buffalo Girls.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First edition. 351 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The author pays tribute to Calamity Jane and the old wild west including Buffalo Billy Cody and Sitting Bull added to the drama of the times. Orig. quarter red cloth and gray boards. Fine in fine dust wrapper housed in clear plastic cover. $170.00
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40. _____.
In A Narrow Grave Essay on Texas.
Austin: The Encino Press, 1968. First edition. 177 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 53 of 250, signed on half title as issued, and additionally inscribed: Presentation copy to actor William Ely -- "The book took me longer than any novel, with good wishes, Larry McMurtry". This was the author's first book of non-fiction, and is the second (correction) printing that was preceded by a first printing that was so littered with typographical errors that it was recalled and destroyed. Orig. two-toned brown/tan boards. Fine in fine slipcase.$3,050.00
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41. McMurtry, Larry & Diana Ossana.
Zeke and Ned A Novel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First edition. 478 pages. 24 x 16 cm. A tale of Cherokee warriors after the Civil War in the Ozarks. Signed by McMurtry and Ossana on the title page. As new copy. Photographic brown board covers. Fine in fine dust wrapper housed in clear plastic cover. $170.00
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42. Merrick, Leonard.
Four Stories.
London: The Bookman's Journal, 1925. First edition. 101 pages. 24 x 17 cm. The sixth of the Vine Books produced by Wilfred Partington issued by "The Bookman's Journal with woodcuts by Norman James, printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper at the Baynard Press, and bound by McLeish. Mostly unopenend. An almost as new copy with backstriip lettered in gilt. Orig. full vellum with yapp edges. Teg. Fine in near fine gray board slipcase. $170.00
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43. Michener, James A.
Caravans.
New York: Random House, 1963. First edition. 341 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Map of Afghanistan endpapers in color. Full brown morocco. Fine. $125.00
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44. _____.
Chesapeake.
New York: Random House, 1978. 865 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Endpaper maps of The Choptank Area and The Chesapeake Bay Region in color. Full brown morocco. Fine. $100.00
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45. _____.
The Covenant.
New York: Random House, 1980. 873 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Chapter head illustrations. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Glossary and Genealogical Charts. Full brown morocco. Fine. $100.00
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46. _____.
The Floating World.
New York: Random House, 1954. 403 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Sixty three illustrations in color and black and white. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Chronological Chart. Biographies. Bibliography. Index and Glossary. Full brown morocco. Fine. $100.00
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47. _____.
The Source.
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. 909 pages. 21.5 x 15 cm. Bound by The Monastery Hill Bindery in full brown morocco stamped in gilt foot of inside back cover, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt, triple gilt cover border panels. Two maps at rear, refrained as endpapers in color: The Locale and The Galilee. Full brown morocco. Fine. $125.00
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49. Miller, Arthur.
Death of a Salesman Certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem. New York: Viking Press, 1948. First edition. 139 pages. 25.5 x 14 cm. The quintessential theater production considered a landmark of American theater. Signed on title page in ink by Arthur Miller. It was the first play to win all three major drama awards upon its opening in 1949: the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Tony Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Spine slightly faded. Orig. orange boards front cover illustrated. Very good. $1,490.00
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50. Nicolson, Nigel.
The English Sense Of Humor An Essay.
London: Dropmore Press, 1946. First edition. 70 pages. 23 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 189 of 500 printed on a hand press on paper made by J. Barcham Green of Maidstone. Binding by Evans of Croydan. Title page printed in red and black, wide text margins, an almost as new copy. Orig. navy cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine. $95.00
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51. O' Brian, Tim.
Northern Lights.
London: Marion Boyers, 1975. First English Edition. 356 pages. 21.5 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy, "For Ken, Peace, Tim O'Brian." A tale of wilderness survival in the rugged Arrowhead area of Minnesota, his second book -- two brothers caught in a blizzard. His first novel, "If I Die In A Combat Zone," is one of the finest fiction novels on the Vietnam war. Orig. black cloth spine lettered in silver. Fine in price clipped illustrated dust wrapper. $420.00
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52. Sinclair, Upton.
Boston.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition. 755 pages. 19 x 13 cm. in blue ink Signed presentation copy on half title, "To Clarence Darrow with admiration and regard Upton Sinclair." An historical novel based on the Sacco/Vanzetti trial and a pointed indictment of the American criminal justice system. Both Sinclair and Darrow were noted political activists and self-proclaimed Socialists. Darrow, Sinclair and others formed the Intercollegiate Socialist Society to promote their Socialism to America's college population. Upton was denied the Pulitzer Prize as the committee called its "Socialist tendencies" unsuitable. Corners rubbed, slight spine darkening, book label Vol.II front cover paste down. Orig. green cloth gilt stamped and black lettered front covers. Very good. 2 Vols. $650.00
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53. Sinjohn, John (John Galsworthy).
The Rocks.
Kansas City: Earle J. Bernheimer, 1937. First edition. Unpaginated. 27 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 59 of 60. An article written by Galsworthy in 1899 in a now nonexistent newspaper with the original corrections made by Galsworthy. Spine slightly toned. Quarter vellum spine and green boards. Near fine. $175.00
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54. Steinbeck, John.
The Grapes Of Wrath.
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition. 619 pages. 21 x14 cm. With dust wrapper noting "First Edition," and noting the $2.75 price at publication. Dust wrapper designed by Elmer Hader. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic. Perhaps the most influential, and best remembered book to come out of the Great Depression. Goldstone and Payne A12a. Decorated endpapers, a musical score of the "Battle Hymn of The Republic." Nicks to backstrip head of dust wrapper with slight loss, front cover of dust wrapper at lower foot slightly rubbed, interior contents fresh and clean. Orig. illustrated beige cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. $2,750.00
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55. _____.
The Red Pony I. The Gift * II. The Great Mountains * III. The Promise.
New York: Covici Friede, 1937. First edition. 81 pages. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 343 of 699 signed by John Steinbeck, set in monotype Italian Oldstyle, printed on hand-made La Garde paper, and printed by the Pynson Printers under the supervision of Elmer Adler. Steinbeck's novella in which the first three chapters were published in magazines, 1933-1936 -- stories of a boy's life on a California ranch. Small bump front cover lower corner. Orig. pictorial cream cloth. Near fine in original publisher's slipcase. $1,750.00
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56. _____.
The Winter Of Our Discontent.
New York: Viking Press, 1961. First edition. 311 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 copies bound for the friends of the author and the publishers. Original acetate dust wrappers which bears "Limited Edition" in red. Latter is chipped at bottom with slight loss. This title is often regarded as one of his most powerful works, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. The story follows Ethan Allen Hawley, a former member of a wealthy family who is now struggling financially and morally. He begins to consider dishonest actions to restore his wealth and status, but ultimately faces a crisis of conscience. The novel explores themes of morality, corruption, and the American Dream. Interior crisp and clean almost as new. Orig. black cloth with beveled edges lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $800.00
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57. Tarkington, Booth.
The Gentleman from Indiana.
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. First edition. 384 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. Tarkington's first novel and first edition/first state with "eye" and "so pretty" on p.245 and "brain" of Zeus on p.342. Also, in the earliest binding with the ear of corn on the spine pointing up. Ownership signature dated the year of publication. Tarkington, a Midwestern regionalist set much of his fiction in his native Indiana. BROCCOLI & CLARK p.369. Clean, fresh copy, tiny front cover spot. Orig. green cloth stamped in red and tan, spine gilt lettered. Teg green. Near fine in very good lined brown cloth chemise, and housed in a near fine brown morocco slipcase, spine sunned. $325.00
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58. _____.
The Midlander.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Comany, 1923. First edition. 493 pages. 22 x15 cm. Limited edition, copy 54 of 377 copIes signed by Booth Tarkington. The novel takes place in a midwestern town between the end of the Civil War to the early part of the 20th century and traces the declining fortunes of the Ambersons, a once aristocratic family. Orig. navy cloth front cover decorated in gilt. Slight spine fade. Teg. Near fine. $105.00
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59. _____.
Presenting Lily Mars.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1933. First edition. 321 pages. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. Signed presentation copy " For Mrs. Lucas with the admiration and best wishes of Booth Tarkington Kennebunkport, August 26, 1933." The novel was adapted for a Hollywood motion picture. Decorated endpapers. Orig. black cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Near fine.$105.00
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60. Vidal, Gore.
Empire.
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. 486 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 250, signed by Gore Vidal in black ink. Orig. maroon cloth, front cover and front cover with inset black label lettered in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase. $100.00
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61 Wilder, Thornton.
The Ides Of March.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1948. First edition. 198 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Wilder creates a study of Julius Caesar and of Rome during the last year of the latter's life. Signed by Wilder on title in ink, New Haven, Conn. Sept 1948. Wilder's study of life in pre-Christian Rome. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper nicked head and foot. $220.00
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62. Woolf, Virginia.
Granite And Rainbow.
London: Hogarth Press, 1958. First edition. 240 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. A volume of essays, the latter often published anonymously were not easily traced here gathered. Leonard Wolff in his editorial note presents further documentation. Owner inscription free front endpaper. Clean, fresh copy. Orig. royal blue cloth. backstrip lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at head and foot.$200.00
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63. _____.
Jacob's Room.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1923. First American edition. 303 pages. 19 1/2 x 14 cm. One of 1500 copies. KIRKPATRICK A66. Faint owner inscription, interior contents bright and clean, slight rubbing to backstrip head and foot. Orig. mustard yellow cloth with printed paper spine label. Very good.$125.00
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