Modern First Editions

Toronto: Ryerson Press [1949], 1st edition. (Hardcover) 45pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, bibliography. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and owner markings on the front endpaper, also the dust jacket has minor edgewear, some minor peeling at the foot of the spine, and some offsetting on the front flap from a rubber stamp on the front endpaper. R.e. Memoir by Dorothy Livesay. (Poetry--Canada).

Plainfield, Vermont: Daughters, inc.. Near Fine. 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0913780049 . First edition. Paperback original. Author's first book. Signed by author on title page. Book is in Near Fine condition - scratched front cover; top of spine, creased; moderate tanning of pages due to age.; Signed by Author .

New York: Doubleday, 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine-. First Edition (so stated) of the author's second novel. 8vo: 354pp. Publisher's mustard-yellow linen, spine lettered in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust jacket priced $3.95. Fine, apparently unread copy, in an about Fine jacket, head of spine panel lightly rubbed. Provenance: Inscribed in blue ink to the front fly-leaf: "Tom Wolfe / His Book." Wolfe and Hoffman were classmates in the 1950s at Washington and Lee University, where both studied creative writer with George Foster. If Wolfe's celebrity is now greater, Hoffman also earned a measure of success, receiving the John Dos Passos Prize For Literature, an O. Henry Prize and the Dashiell Hammett Award. As was ttrue of The Trumpet Unblown, his debut novel, he drew upon his war experiences for Days in the Yellow Leaf (the title is from Byron: "My days are in the yellow leaf; / The flowers and fruits of Love are gone;"). In all, Hoffman published thirteen novels and four… Read More

William Heinemann Ltd. London. 1935. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.2 x 6.3 inches). Neat previous owners name, dated vi, 35, on the front free endpaper otherwise this is a near fine copy in the original black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine. The front board with the Author's symbol, lettering and decorative floral border, all in gilt. The rear board with the publishers Windmill logo blind stamped. The gilt and the cloth are still very bright and fresh. In the uncommon original dustwrapper, which reproduces the book front cover and spine in gold on black paper, with 8/6 price still intact on the front inner flap. Lower panel has list of works by Maugham printed in black on white. Loss to the top and bottom of the wrapper, not affecting the lettering. A couple of V shaped chipsbut generally a very ngood dustwrapper on a near fine book. Stott A49a.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression, translated from the Spanish, of this "landmark of modern literature." (Diefendorf) Edited and with an introduction by Anthony Kerrigan. Crown 8vo (190 x 121mm): [6],7-174pp. Publisher's grey coarsely woven cloth, spine lettered in gilt, typographic dust jacket priced 21s. About Fine lightly read copy, square and tight with former owner's name neatly penned on front fly-leaf; about Fine jacket, the fugitive pinks and yellows still vibrant, spine panel without usual heavy toning, lightly soiled back panel, very short closed tear to lower left front panel. A sharp copy of the uncommon British edition. Diefendorf (NYPL Books of the Century), p. 29. Foster A56.6. A collection of essays and short stories, and the first of Borges books to be translated into English. Ficciones "is composed of two distinct sections, The Garden of Forking Paths and Artifices. The former was first published in 1941, in Spanish, as a… Read More

Dallas: Book Club of Texas, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-. First and only printing in English (although the text later appeared in Uncollected Short Stories of William Faulkner, in 1979), no. 189 of 300 numbered copies. Preface by Henry Nash Smith. 8vo: xii,29,[2]pp. Publisher's reddish-brown V-cloth, spine and upper cover ruled and lettered in gold, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, title page printed in brown and black. Very light wear to spine tips, else clean, tight, bright and unmarked; about Fine (and apparently unread), without the original unprinted glassine dust jacket. Petersen A12.1. Man Working 621. Probably written in 1929, three years before publication in this special edition of only three hundred copies. The short story centers on development of the title character, whose mother raises her as a virtual prisoner. "Though it is crude in its handling of sexual imagery and suffers from a number of other technical problems that betray it as an early story, it does create two vivid… Read More

Saskatoon: Tthistledown Press, 1989. Book. Illus. by Rutherford, Kath Kornelsen. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Limited/Numbered Signed. Fine, unread copy, in a fine jacket. # 50 of 124 numbered and signed. ( there were also 26 lettered copies )..

Random House, New York, 1997; First Edition, First Printing; 8vo, 321 pages. Debut novel of Arundhati Roy, four years in the writing, which won the 1997 Booker Prize and was named one of the five best books of the year by Time Magazine. It was however not without its adversaries both abroad and in India, with the Indian government itself bringing suit on charges of obscenity. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. A pristine copy.

Vancouver: Vancouver Writers Fest, 2012. Book. Near Fine. French Flaps. Signed by Author(s). First Printing of the First Edition. Essentially fine, with miniscule traces of wear to extremities of affixed wraps. Signed by MacLeod on the title page. An exceptional copy..

Toronto: Copp Clark Company 1915, 1st Canadian Edition. (Hardcover) 415pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The covers and spine are edgeworn and lightly faded, there are a few minor tears to the cloth of the spine and there is a previous owner's name and a very small previous bookseller's stamp on the front free endpaper. "The last word of this novel was written on the 29th of May 1914. And that last word was the single word of the title. Those were the times of peace. Now that the moment of publication approaches I have been considering the discretion of altering the title-page. The word Victory, the shining and tragic goal of noble effort, appeared too great, too august, to stand at the head of a mere novel" - from the author's note. (Fiction, Fiction, Modern Firsts).

New York: Scribners, 1949. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Some spotting, age toning to page edges; Jacket fairly worn and quite spotted with a light stain to the of the spine and covers.. 233 pages.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. Second Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. 12mo., 5" x 7 1/2", vi+256pp., 7pp. ads, illustrated with b/w plates, frontis. Yellow cloth with dark blue titles. top edge tinted yellow. Previous owner bookplate on pastedown. Near fine, bright, crisp, tight. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo.

John Murray. London. 1960. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. A bright and clean copy in publishers green cloth binding with blind stamped Bells design to both boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Bell design endpapers. A fine copy of the book in the original, red and black printed on buff paper, dustwrapper which shows a little toning to the spine bt is overall very clean and bright.

Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2000-10-09. 1st Ed. hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x1x5. Signed. BEAUTIFULLY SIGNED BY YOKO with her full name and dated in 2001. Also briefly inscribed as shown. Yoko's signature has been professionally authenticated by PSA/DNA and includes their full Letter of Authenticity (PSA sticker on LOA, not in the book). A beautiful 1st printing of this Simon & Schuster edition in Near Fine condition (one corner bumped, mild wear on the dust jacket). Extremely scarce authenticated; my books are likely the ONLY authenticated Yoko autographs offered anywhere in the world right now. Expedited and international shipping are welcome; signed by author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. Signed and dated 5/96 by the author on the half-title page. Additionally inscribed: To Shirley -- with best wishes. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth spine, gold paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for the best Natural History writing in a 5 year period. Selected by the Editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 1996. Nominated for the National Book Award. A major new look at evolution and extinctions in today's shrinking world.