New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Minor wear at the foot of the jacket spine. The story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved thousands of Jews from the concentration camps of World War II. A beautiful copy. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid into the book. Signed. More
New York: Walker, 1964. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor wear to the extremities and some toning to the rear white panel. The first book by Australian best seller Thomas Keneally, best known for his novel that was made into the film Schindler's List. This is a mystery set in a Catholic seminary in Sydney, Australia. Signed by the author on the title page with his smiley face. More
London: Macdonald, 1970. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in a near fine plus dust jacket. Sticker ghost on front board. The author's first book. Signed by the author. More
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. First British edition. A close to fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Top corners lightly bumped. Light sunning to the dust jacket spine. The third and final book in Kerr's Berlin Noir Trilogy that features the indelible character of Berlin detective Bernie Gunther. This is a stated first printing with a sticker price of $18.95 on the front jacket flap along with the British price of £13.99 on the bottom of the front flap. Signed by the author on bookplate laid into the book. More
New York: Viking, 1989. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Slight browning to the pages, endemic to this title. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Both the U.S. price of $17.95 and the British price of £11.95 are on the front flap, which has not been clipped. This is the first book in Kerr's Berlin Noir Trilogy that features the indelible character of Berlin detective Bernie Gunther. It is 1936 and Gunther is investigating the theft of a diamond necklace as the Nazi party and their new converts--which sprouted like "March violets"--continue its rise to power. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking, 1990. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A bright, tight copy. The second book in Kerr's Berlin Noir Trilogy that features the indelible character of Berlin detective Bernie Gunther. With the original sticker price of $16.95 on the front flap. Later editions had the sticker price clipped and a new one of $18.95 added. The scarcest of all the Bernie Gunther novels. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking, 1990. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Ken Kesey reeaxmaines the Merry Pranksters' 1964 voyage and journey aboard the magical bus. Signed in a colorful gold ink by Kesey on the front free endpaper. Signed by the author. More
New York: Doubleday, 1974. First U.S. edition. The author's first book. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Wear at the extremities of the book and faint remainder spray on bottom edges. The story of the Juan Corona and the 25 murders of farm workers that he committed outside Yuba City in California's Central Valley. The author was unhappy with the book and has not allowed it to be reprinted. Signed by the author. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in near fine dust jacket. Foxing to the top edges. Minor wear to the extremities and a short closed tear on the rear panel. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for poetry. Signed and inscribed by the Galway Kinnell with beautiful signature on the front free endpaper. Sgned by the author. More
Oberon Press, 1978. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The scarce hardcover edition of Kinsella's second book, published in a quite small press run. A collection of Indian stories set on the Hobbema Reserve in western Canada. Kinsella would later write his iconic novel, Shoeless Joe. Signed and inscribed by Kinsella on the front free endpaper, "Best Wishes." Signed by the author. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine copy in plain gray wraps. This is an early an uncommon state of he Canadian author's mystical baseball novel. It was the basis for the movie Field of Dreams that starred Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones. More
New York: Penguin Press, 2014. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. One of the best books to come out of the Iraq/Afghanistan Wars. Winner of the National Book Award in 2014. Klay takes readers to the front lines "asking us to understand what happened there and what happened to the soldiers who returned," says the publisher. Klay is a Dartmouth graduate who served in Iraq after graduating. A fine copy that has been signed by Klay on the title page. Signed by the author. More
New York: Lyons & Burford, 1990. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Minor toning to the jacket flaps. A lovely copy of the first book by the acclaimed author Into the Wild, Into Thin Air and Under the Banner of Heaven. This is a collection of essays on mountain climbing and mountaineering from around the world. More
New York: Villard, 1996. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The tragic story of Chris McCandless who heads off into the wilderness of Alaska and disappears. Signed and inscribed by the Krakauer on the title page in 1996, the year of publication: "To Henry -------/ Thanks for your help. I'm sorry that I won't get to have dinner with you in Boston/ Jon Krakauer. January, 1996." More
New York: Knopf, 2008, 2009, 2009. Hardcover. First U.S. editions. This is a set of the three books by Stieg Larsson that comprise the Millenium Triolgy. These are the first U.S. editions, all fine copies in fine dust jackets. All were best sellers in the United States and around the world and were subsequently made into successful films in the U.S. and in Larsson's native Sweden. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. As new copy. The basis for the movie that starred Philip Seymour Hoffman in his last movie. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A selection of eight stories. The author's second book and first short story collection. The first English edition and translated from French by Daphne Woodward. Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature. More
New York: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of an early novel by the 2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature. Signed by LeClezio on the title page. Signed books by the author are uncommon. More
New York: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Closed tear at the top of the front panel. An early novel by the 2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature. Translated from the French by Peter Green. More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light erasure mark on the front free endpaper. The author's third novel following The Flood. Translated by Barbara Bray. Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature. An uncommonly clean copy. More
Port Townsend: Graywolf, 1979. Hardcover. Limited edition. A fine book without dust jacket, as issued. Binding is 1/4 white over oatmeal cloth with paper label to the spine printed gilt. Alimited edition, one of 220 signed copies. This is number 210. Signed by the author on the limitation page. More
New York: Norton, 1975. Hardcover. Second Printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A couple of closed tears at the top of the front panel that have been reinforced with tape on the inside of the jacket. This is the authorized autobiography of farm labor leader Cesar Chavez that was published just as the Farm Workers Union was winning labor contracts with California growers. Signed and inscribed to Peter Carlson by Chavez on the half title page and dated in 1984. More
Barcelona: Barral Editores, 1971. Paperback. Second edition. A very good book in original illustrated wrappers. Foxing on page edges and the rear panel. Some darkening to the spine. Signed by Llosa on the title page and uncommon as such. Signed by the author. More
New York: Farrar Straus Grioux, 2017. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The Peruvian author's most recent novel. The story of a Peruvian businessman who is blackmailed and drawn into the politics and intrigue of the oppressive regime of former Peru president Alberto Fujimori. Signed by the author on the title and uncommon as such. More
New York: Grove Press, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book published in the US. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by the author. Signed by the author. More
