Modern First Editions

Porvoo: WSOY, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Pietilä, Tuulikki. First Thus, the Finnish language edition of Tove Jansson's final, original book which was published in English as "Notes from an Island" in 2021. Written with her life-partner, Tuulikki Pietilä (who provides the striking illustrations) the book describes episodes from the many years spent at their remote summer cottage off the coast of Southern Finland and is a touching finale from these two great artists. Blue cloth with silver titles at the backstrip, pp. 102, a Presentation copy inscribed and dated to its recipients by Tuulikki ("in friendship") in the year of publication and signed simply by both "Tove" and "Tuulikki". A very pleasing copy of this attractive book.

First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine in a Good+ dustjacket. Signed by the author. Yellow and beige boards with red lettering on spine. Binding is solid, book is square with one corner lightly bumped and minimal shelf wear. Interior is clean with no bookplates, previous owner names, etc. The dustjacket has original $4.95 price intact, rubbed with chipping at head and foot of spine. Protected in archival Gaylord cover. Fourth novel from the author of The Manchurian Candidate and Prizzi's Honor. This is an association copy, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper to legendary Random House senior editor Joe Fox, signed and dated by Richard Condon on January 18, 1962. Basis for the 1969 British-American comedy Western film directed by Richard Quine and starring Richard Widmark, Chaim Topol, and Cesar Romero with a screenplay by Condon. Carefully packaged and shipped in a box.

London: Gollancz, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First UK edition of this collection of essays which Clarke himself described as "a first approximation to an autobiography". A Near Fine copy with a bump to the crown but otherwise a nice, square copy with sharp corners, covers clean and bright. The dustjacket is unclipped, bumped at the crown with some creasing along the top edges. At the half-title a signature-cut has been neatly pasted in

LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY JONI! Brand new and still SEALED in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Includes the bonus 5x7 photo of Joni suitable for framing as shown. My photos show the exact book you will receive. International buyers please request a shipping fee quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.

New York: Harper and Row, 1982. Signed by Saul Bellow on the colophon. First edition / First printing. Limited Edition #192 of 500 copies Burgundy cloth in a burgundy paper-covered slipcase. Very fine in very fine mylar jacket in fine slipcase. Saul Bellow was the Winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature, a three time the National Book Award Winner, and he won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Humboldt's Gift.

Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, London. 1929. FIRST EDITION. Small 8vo. (7.2 x 4.8 inches). Finely bound in recent full brown morocco. Spine with raised bands. Red title label, gilt. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A Lovely copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2006 Franz Kafka Prize. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Novels in 2006.

New York: Random House, 2009. Signed on a bookplate mounted to the half-title page by Colum McCann. First edition / First printing. Ivory paper spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in very dust jacket.

New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. White paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

My First Summer in the Sierra by John MuirHoughton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1911. 354 pages, 8vo. First Edition. Published June 1911. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Illustrated from drawings made by the author in 1869 and from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. The book itself is in excellent unmarked condition - The jacket (see photos) is very worn, fragile and in two pieces.About the book: Considered one of the fathers of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its preservation. My First Summer in the Sierra is Muir's account of his adventures and observations while working as a shepherd in the Yosemite Valley, which later became Yosemite National Park as a direct result of Muir's writings and activism. Muir's heartfelt and often humorous descriptions of his first summer spent in the Sierra Mountains.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984. Signed on the half-title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Bantam, 2004. Signed by Tom Robbins on the title page. Additionally inscribed: To Robert and April. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in about fine dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1994 Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Avon Books, 1999. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. 2000 Locus Award Winner for Best Science Fiction Novel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Signed by the author on the title page. Additionally inscribed: To Mark. First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket.