Snow White.
New York: Atheneum, 1967. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light toning to the rear panel. The author's first novel. More
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The Descent.
London: Arthur Barker, 1960. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Some soiling to the rear panel. The author's first novel set oin 1964 amid the arms race between the U.S. and Russia. More
Beautiful Children: A Novel.
New York: Random House, 2008. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. The first novel by Bock, which has received much favorable comment and reviews. Set against a compelling and corrupt Las Vegas landscape, the book revolves around the disappearance of a surly 12-year-old boy. Signed and dated by Bock (with a small drawing) on the title page. More
Let It Come Down.
New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor creasing to the rear panel and a couple of nicks to the extremities. The author's second novel following The Sheltering Sky. More
An Ice Cream War.
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982. Hardcover. First British edition. A nearly fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Slight spine lean. The author's second novel set in British East Africa during Wor War I. More
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
London: David Fickling Books, 2006. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. As new copy. The book, intended for a young adult audience, is a fable set in World War II. Signed by the author. More
Diary of a Bad Year.
New York: Viking, 2007. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. More
Summertime.
London: Harvill & Secker, 2009. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. By the author of Dusklands and The Life and Times of Michael K. More
Waiting for the Barbarians.
New York: Penguin, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in plain, orange wraps. This is the uncorrected proof of Coetzee's uncommon third book. It was published as a paperback original in the United States. With a blurb by Joseph Lelyved, former editor of the New York Times, on the front cover. More
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. (Een hartverscheurend verhaal van duizelingwekkende genialiteit.).
Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2000. Hardcover. First Dutch edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. This is the first Dutch translation of Dave Eggers first book. Browning to some of the pages because two different kinds of paper stock were used. Signed by the author on the title page. More
To Touch the Water.
Boise: Ahsahta Press, 1981. Paperback. First edition. A very good book in plain green wraps. Minor nicks to the extremities. No dust jacket as issued. There was no hardcover edition. A scarce first printing of the author's second book, a collection of poetry. More
Little Man, What Now?
New York: Frederick Ungar, 1960. Paperback edition. An early paperback edition of the U.S. edition of this book.. Very good in printed wraps with some wear at the extremities and browning to the rear panel. Translated by Eric Sutton. An uncommon title in the U.S. printing. More
The Clothes on Their Backs.
London: Virago, 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. First British edition. A finalist for the Man Booker Prize. The hardcover printing was quite small. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Tin Drum. (Translated by Ralph Manheim).
New York: Pantheon, 1962. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Darkening to the jacket spine and some toning to the white jacket. Price of $6.95 is present on the jacket flap. Grass's first novel, one of the most acclaimed post World War II literary events. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by Grass. Signed by the author. More
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom.
New York: Knopf, 1990. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a dust jacket. The author's second book, a collection of short stories. More
Pinktoes.
New York: Putnam/Stein And Day, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Slight spine lean to the book. As with most copies of this book there is fading to the jacket spine. A satirical novel of inter-racial marriage. Signed by Himes on the title page. More
A Thousand Splendid Suns.
New York: Riverhead, 2007. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Both the English and American editions were apparently published on the same day in May. More
Crooked Little Heart.
New York: Pantheon, 1997. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Fever.
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
The Flood.
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
The Flood.
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
terra amata.
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
Half in Love.
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
Suite Francaise.
London: Chatto & Windus, 2006. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. The first English language edition, preceding the U.S. edition. A classic book by Irene Nemirovsky about the fall of France in May, 1940. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. More
In the Lake of the Woods.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Advance Reading Copy. Fine paperback with pictorial wrappers. This signed advanced reading copy is one of the few instances where the ARC actually preceded the galley proof. This ARC is textually significant in that the text differs substantially from the actual published book. Signed by the author. More
