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London: John Rodker, 1927. Third British Edition. Gertrude Stein's first published book, featuring stories about the difficult lives of three working-class women in the fictional city of Bridgepoint, which was based on Baltimore. This is the third British edition in the extremely scarce dust jacket. Wyndham Lewis has contributed a blurb to the upper panel of the dust jacket. Grafton Press,… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Best-selling antiwar novel about the execution of some French soldiers on false charges of cowardice in World War I. "Paths of Glory" was the Book of the Month Club choice for June 1935. The book also was the basis for Stanley Kubrick's 1957 film of the same name starring Kirk… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Smoking Mirror Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED on the title page to Nathan May, the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32, the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. Four "one-page novels," three of which run longer than a page and all of which are written in stream of consciousness. One of 500 copies, scarce signed. PHYSICAL… Read more about this item

San Francisco: William Windmill's Pressing, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. INSCRIBED on the title page to Nathan May, the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32, the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. A short story about chickens, written in stream of consciousness. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm), [2], 7,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates on the front cover. A short story about a friend's drowning, published as Sparrow 10. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 inches; 237 x 153 mm), [16] pages, in printed wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Fine.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Joyce Carol Oates on the front cover. A short story. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Small Quarto (9 3/8 x 6 inches; 237 x 153 mm), [16] pages, in printed wrappers (soft cover). CONDITION: Slight soiling to rear cover. Near Fine.

Genève: Éditions du Sablier, 1920. First Edition. French author Romain Rollands novella about two adolescent lovers in Paris, Pierre and Luce, during World War I. A beautiful production bound in full morocco, the book features 16 striking woodcuts by the Belgian graphic artist Frans Masereel. One of 1,250 numbered copies printed on Vélin pur fil du Marais, Pierre et Luce… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by John Edgar Wideman on the title page, a collection of 10 short stories. This is the hard-cover issue; most copies on the market are the paperback issue. In addition, signed copies of any kind are unaccountably scarce in the antiquarian book trade. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/2 x 5… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1986. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Charles Johnson on the title page: "For Brian, / with my thanks. / Charles / Johnson / 4/22/98." A collection of eight short stories, many of them dealing with Black life. The book was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 210 x… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 213 x 138 mm), 286 pages, in black quarter cloth spine and green cloth boards, dark gray top stain, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. The sequel, in the form of a novel and play, to Faulkner's Sanctuary… Read more about this item

New York: The Free Press, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 140 mm), 194, [2] pages, red quarter cloth over black boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket (hard cover). INSCRIBED by David Mamet on the title page. A review copy with publisher's letter laid in.… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x145 mm), 178 pages, in quarter cloth over boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped, illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Doris Lessing on the title page. A novel in which 18-year-old Ben is victimized by a variety of… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1961. Later printing. Small Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 inches; 196 x130 mm), 245, [1] pages, in orange cloth, titles to spine, in an illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by John Wain on the front end paper: "Jonathan's / copy / best wishes from / John / Blackheath 1963." John Wain's first volume of short stories,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 130 mm), 127, [1] pages, in gray cloth, in an illustrated dust jacket by Baldwin Hawes. Christopher Isherwood's novel about the making of a film, based on his experiences as a screen writer. But it's much more than that: it's a meditation… Read more about this item

A love story set in New York, a departure from the author's usual settings in his native Kentucky. Copies with the original dust jacket are scarce to the market. PHYSICAL DETAILS: 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 281, [1] pages plus advertisements, in green cloth, top edge gilt, beautiful gold medallion to the upper panel, in an… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 142 mm), 512 pages, in publisher's original orange cloth, gray top stain, in a price-clipped, illustrated dust jacket. Robert Penn Warren's novel, set in his native Kentucky, about a 19th-century love affair and a murder trial. CONDITION: Boards a bit… Read more about this item

New York: Creative Age Press, Inc. , 1944. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Heinrich Mann's novel about a tyrannical schoolmaster who gets mixed up with a cabaret singer, originally published in German in 1905. The novel was the basis for the 1930 movie, The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich. Scarce in dust jacket. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/2… Read more about this item

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 235 x 158 mm), 358 pages, in quarter cloth and cream-colored boards, titles to spine, in a printed dust jacket (hard cover). SIGNED by Amy Tan on the title page. A novel of two sisters, one of whom speaks to ghosts. … Read more about this item

[Palma de Mallorca, Spain]: The Divers Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo (6 3/4 x 5 inches; 172 x 125 mm), 141, [3] pages in French-fold dust jacket (soft cover). SIGNED by Robert Creeley on the title page and featuring 11 stories and a preface. Published by Creeley's own Divers Press while he was living in Mallorca in 1953-54.… Read more about this item

[New York: [Alfred A. Knopf], [1994]. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 212 x 138 mm), 51,[1] pages in photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. With a letter from the publisher. SIGNED by Alice Munro on the title page, number 1362 of an unknown number of copies published to promote "Open Secrets," a collection of Munro's stories. She won the 2013 Nobel Prize… Read more about this item