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Woodstock, GA: Overlook Connection, 1999. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Ketchum's first novel, which was too violent and grim for its original publisher in 1981. The original manuscript is lost-this version is based on the text after the first round of edits. This is one of 1000 numbered copies signed by Ketchum, with an introduction… Read more about this item

London: Head of Zeus, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A debut thriller about missing girls. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by Blok on the title page.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's first novel. First edition (stated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has less wear than most, but its back panel and the endpapers are heavily foxed.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A dystopian first novel that won just about every SF award. This is one of 500 signed, numbered copies. 587 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a near fine slipcase. This is copy no. 208 signed by Bacigalupi.

Nueva York [New York]: Colección Mensaje, 1972. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. The Texas author's first book, a scarce key work in the Chicano literary canon. The first edition is not dated; a second printing was issued in 1974. Dating of this copy is based on the publication dates of the other books by the same publisher… Read more about this item

New York: New York University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A nicely incribed copy of the author's first book, a sort of road/crime novel. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by the author to the founder of the Mysterious Press, Otto… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Clavell's first two books, each with a full-page inscription and housed in a custom leather and marbled-paper box. Tai-Pan is a first edition (first printing); King Rat is a third printing. Generally speaking, inscribed copies of Clavell's early books are not common on the market, and few… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first book, a novel, by the author of True Grit. Harry N. Abrams, the publisher of the current paperback edition of this book describes it as follows: "Out of the American neon desert of Roller Dromes, chili parlors, country music, and girls who… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. The acclaimed writer's first book, a comic novel about a baseball player, an elephant, and a 9 year old runaway who adopts them both. Everett is finally gaining a wider readership because of the award-winning film American Fiction made from his novel, Erasure, a farce about… Read more about this item

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The author's first book, a Civil War novel made into a fine film. Winner of the National Book Award. 356 pages. First edition (first printing with numberline ending in one). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the John Berendt blurb sticker and a price sticker… Read more about this item

London: Viking an Imprint of Penguin Books, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first book in one of the most popular of recent murder mystery series. This tale of four amateur sleuths solving crimes from their retirement homes has been optioned by Stephen Spielberg, who plans to direct the film adaptation. First edition (first printing, with "001" on… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A farce involving a dermatologist, an alcoholic detective, a mad judge, a high-speed car crash, and a hash (hashish) party. Correct first edition (UK), published before the American edition, of the author's first book. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A very good… Read more about this item

Göttingen: Steidl, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The photographer's first monograph, a collection of color images taken near the Mississippi River. Essays by Patricia Hampl and Anne Wilkes Tucker. Short afterword by the photographer. 11-1/2 by 11 inches. First edition (first printing, with yellow cover). Bottom of spine somewhat bumped, else a fine copy. No dust… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A debut SF novel. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and dated with a quote from the book (signed & lined).

London: Bantam Press, 2019. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First book in the Black Sun trilogy, and the author's, a war correspondent, first book. First UK edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

London: Orbit, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An acclaimed debut fantasy novel. 768 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Ward on the title page.

London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The author's first book. This is one of a special edition with a pop-up inside the front cover designed by Chris Riddell. The book was issued signed by Riddell and Whelan. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in illustrated boards.

London: Harper Voyager in Association with Goldsboro Books, 2019. First British edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 250 signed and numbered copies of the UK edition of this debut fantasy novel that incorporates elements of voodoo and African American folklore. Bound with black-dyed page edges. First UK edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Scholastic Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A debut fantasy novel. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. With a promotional postcard laid in.

London: Scholastic Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The third book in the series that began with Mortal Engines. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page.