A Bad Man.
Random House, 1967. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. More
Random House, 1967. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. More
New York: Grove Press, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Light soiling to the front panel of the jacket, some fading to the jacket spine. The story of a displaced national seeking an identity card in a maze of Iranian indifference. In this comic masterpiece we follow this alienated man on a journey to freedom against the backdrop of a society dominated by ceremonious formalities, politeness, responsibility and confusion. A scarce book. More
London: Fulcrum Press, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth novel. Precedes the British edition. More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1955. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Some chipping at the head and foot of the jacket spine, light soiling to the rear panel. A stain on the bottom edges of the book. A faint 1.99 on bottom edge. First state dust jacket with "383 Madison Avenue" on rear flap. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely and tight unread copy. The author's second novel. Jacket design by Paul Bacon. More
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865. Pamphlet. First edition. Terra cotta wrappers printed in black with the emblem device interlocked T & F on scroll on the front panel within rule. Edges and the top corner chipped. The book has been folded vertically with slight presence of the fold present. Spine is cracking. A period newspaper article that reviews the book is glued in at the obverse side of the rear page. Overall a good to very good copy. A dramatic sketch of a man who spends his life atoning for a hotheaded moment of his youth. First published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1863. More
New York: Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in about a fine dust jacket. Light toning to the edge of jacket flaps. The second novel by the author of Catch 22. A finalist for the National Book Award. More
New York. Random House, 1980. Hardcover. First edition. a fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Light wear at the extremities. Price of $15.95 is present on the front flap. The first edition thus that includes Irving's first three books: Setting Free the Bears The Water-Method Man and the 158-Pound Marriage. A nice copy of a book that is not often found in collectable condition. More
London: William Heinemann, 2002. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy. The third novel by the author of Waiting, winner of the National Book Award. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. An advance uncorrected proof of the first American edition. A collection of baseball stories... Kinsella at his best. More
New York: David R. Godine, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's promotional card laid into the book. Small crease on front flap. The book, by the author of Shoelss Joe, includes 16 stories that are set on the mythical Erminskin Reservation in Western Canada. More
New York: Dutton, 2002. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book, widely acclaimed. Signed by the author. More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2002. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Bogota: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1989. Hardcover. First edition. This is the true first edition with "Primera edicion : marzo 6 de 1989" on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed. A near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. Hardcover. First British edition. A near fine book in a fine dust jacket. Slight spine lean. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2001 and the basis for the movie of the same name that starred Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. More
New York: Scribner, 2006. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel that follows the saga of the Santerre family. Signed by the author. More
New York. Scribner, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of stories that won strong reviews from critics. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1990. Hardcover. First edition. Fine without dust jacket as issued. An annotated guide to writings about poet Sylvia Plath. More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1978. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A clean, unread copy. The author's first novel , a screw-ball comedy in Hollywood. More
New York: Knopf, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with a touch of sunning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. A lovely copy of this classic work. Named by The New York Times as the best work of fiction in the past 25 years in a survey done in 2006. More
Munich: Luchterhand, 1995. Hardcover. First German Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. One of the enduring works on the Vietnam War. A collection of linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. Based on O'Brien's experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division. More
New York: Knopf, 2018. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Unread copy. A debut novel that explores the plight of the native American Indian in an urban environment. The book has received glowing reviews and is a strong bestseller. Longlisted for the National Book Award. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1946. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor wear to the jacket extremities and light wear to head and foot of the dust jacket. Short closed tear at the top of the rear panel. All four corners of the flaps are clipped, but price of $1.75 clear present. First issue dust jacket with no mention of "Printed in the USA" on the rear panel. More