ARCs & Uncorrected Proofs from Classic Books and Ephemera

London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery, 1801. Very Good. 1 aquatint engraving 316 x 460 mm. (image is 235 x 313 mm.). In Very Good Condition: minor soiling in margins; light creasing along lower edge; otherwise, clean and bright.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Paperback. Very Good -. 338 leaves; 28 cm. Orange wrapper with publisher's HBJ emblem repeated across it. White label on front wrapper identifying it as an Advance Uncorrected Proof of The Sunday Woman with a probable date of publication of Sept. 29, 1973. Stamped at the head of the… Read more about this item

New York: TOR Books, 1985. Paperback. Very Good +. 350, [2] p.; 22 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black. Uncorrected Bound Proofs. Front cover notes: "A November Hardcover Published by Tor Books. Distributed by St. Martin's Press." ISBN: 0-312-93332-0. The second (and non-series) novel by the author of the Venus Prime series.… Read more about this item

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 351 p.; 22 cm. Light blue wrappers with blank spine. Uncorrected Bound Proofs. Front cover indicates that the book would be published as a hardcover in September 1985, distributed by St. Martin's Press. Kim Stanley Robinson is a prolific writer of science fiction, with most… Read more about this item

New York: TOR Books, 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. [6], 279 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with light beige cover printed in black. Uncorrected Page Proofs. Front cover notes anticipated publication date of September 1986, to be distributed by St. Martin's Press. "A thought-provoking mix of science fiction, fantasy, action and social satire blend into an exciting new novel… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Perennial, 2008. Paperback. Fine. xiii, 270 p.: 14 pages of black and white illustrations; 20 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Signed on the titlepage: "S. Elliott." Uncorrected Proof. The back cover details the national marketing plan and gives the anticipated publication date of February 2008. Includes short biographies of the contributors.… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. Paperback. Near Fine. 189 p.; 22 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Includes notes and acknowledgments. Advance Reader's Copy; Uncorrected Proof. Back cover gives anticipated publication date of March 2002. ISBN: 0-7432-2283-0. The first novel by the Armenian-American writer about a food-obsessed bomber. In Near Fine Condition: very… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Paperback. Fine. [14], 144, [4] p.; 21 cm. Yellow paper wrappers over mockup for front of hardcover dust jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Anticipated publication date of 24 August 2001. "The brilliant debut of an O'Henry Award-winning short-story writer, Dogwalker assembles its cast from society's misfits: the disabled and the blind,… Read more about this item

New York: Franklin Watts, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. [4], 198 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with plain orange covers printed in black. Uncorrected Page Proof. A novel of time travel employed by an overpopulated world, with the main character, a time surveyor, travelling to the Paleozoic and the 1840s. The author, Charles Leonard Harness (1915-2005), worked… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Paperback. Fine. x, 289, [3] p.; 21 cm. Paperback with cover design by Abby Weintraub. Includes acknowledgments and a note about the author. "Advance Reader's Edition" -- at head of front cover. "Uncorrected Proof" -- at lower edge of back cover. Anticipated publication date of May 2001. … Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. 396 p.; 24 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Back cover, along with a description of the book, notes that it would be published in July 2001. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof, signed by the author on the title page. Historical fiction set in Missouri from 1826… Read more about this item

New York: Schocken Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/fine. [4], 155 p.: frontispiece; 21 cm. Black paper textured to resemble cloth over boards, with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped cover title. The gold, black, and white dust jacket is shorter than the book, thus in keeping with the title it reveals fragments of the cover. It identifies it as… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Paperback. Fine. [8], 195 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Uncorrected Proof. The back cover notes that the tentative publication date [for the hardcover] was May 2002, while the first page, a publisher's blurb, indicates that the book would be 144 pages. Jamaica Kincaid,… Read more about this item

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Paperback. Fine. vii, 209 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated front cover. Uncorrected Proof. First page features a blurb with marketing strategy, noting as well that the book, to be 224 pages, would be published in January. "Eleven big-hearted tales by… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Paperback. Near Fine. [10], 229 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Label on front cover reading: "Advanced Uncorrected Proof." Virtually all the front matter, typical with uncorrected proofs, is incomplete. Back cover discusses the marketing plan and notes that the expected publication date was June… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. [12], 365 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated cover. Volume 5 in the Mission Earth series. Advance Reading Copy. Front cover notes anticipated publication date of October 5, 1986, in hardcover. Back cover provides the marketing strategy. ISBN: 0-88303-211-1. In Very Good Condition: cover… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. xii, 192 p.; 21 cm. Red paper covers. Includes essay on sources. The illustrations not included, since it is an uncorrected proof. Advance Uncorrected Proof. "Instead of trying to evaluate which presidents set consistent and worthy policies and brought them to fruition, Kuklick… Read more about this item

New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. xiii, 609 p.: 19 in-text and full-page illustrations; 23 cm. Paperback with color illustrated front cover. Includes notes and index. "Uncorrected Page Proofs" at head of front cover. "Peasants, religious heretics, witches, pirates, runaway slaves, prostitutes and pornographers, frequenters of taverns and fraternal society lodge rooms, revolutionaries,… Read more about this item

Boston, Mass: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Good. This is an ARC (Advanced Readers Copy). 650 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Yellow paper covers printed in black. The illustrations are in a separate 48-page booklet and are slightly taller than the volume: 24 cm. In Good Condition: the cover is slightly sunned and soiled; it… Read more about this item