New York: Dutton, 1978. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Minor scuffing on the front panel, creasing at the top of the rear panel. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by John Irving. Signed by the author. More
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. This is one of 1,000 signed and limited copies of the first printing. This precedes all other copies of the book. It is a handsome edition with brown boards showing a small inset of the dust jacket on the front of the book. Though not called for, this copy is signed by the author. More
New York: Random House, 2015. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. By the author of Remains of the Day and the Unconsoled. Ishiguro's first novel in a decade tells the allegorical tale of two elderly Britons searching for their son that they have not seen in years. Signed by the author on a publisher's tipped in page. Signature only. More
New York: Putnam, 1982. First American edition. A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. A bit of browning to the edge of the front and rear flap. The first book by the Japanese/English novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017 for his works that ìuncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.î Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Knopf, 2000. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The story of Christopher Banks who is orphaned at the age of 9, but who returns to Shanghai to discover what happened to his parents. By the author of Remains of the Day. This is a review copy with publisher's promotional material laid in. Signed by the author and dated in the year of publication. More
New York: Pantheon, 2012. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. Unread copy. Signed by the author. More
New York: Pantheon, 2007. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tale of Chinese immigrants. This is his first novel set in the U.S. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half title page. More
New York: Pantheon, 2007. Hardcover. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in pictorial wrappers. A tale of Chinese immigrants. This is his first novel set in the U.S. Signed by the author. More
New York. Continuum, 1991. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An energetic look at the early work of E. L. Doctorow. Signed by Doctorow on the rear endpaper. More
New York: FSG, 1992. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. A well-reviewed collection of stories, perhaps Johnson's best-known work, that was made into a quite successful film. A small first printing which has made first editions truly scarce. The book takes its title from the Velvet Underground song "Heroin." Signed by the author on a note laid into the book. More
New York: FSG, 1992. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. A well-reviewed collection of stories, perhaps Johnson's best-known work, that was made into a quite successful film. A small first printing which has made first editions truly scarce. The book takes its title from the Velvet Underground song "Heroin." This is a publisher's review copy with a FSG review laid into the book. Signed by Denis Johnson on a bookplate laid into the book. Signed by the author. More
London: Picador, 2007. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A clean, crisp copy. One of the best novels of Vietnam War, critics have said. Winner of the National Book Award. The title is taken from the lyrics of a Bob Dylan song. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Random House, 1982. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in plain orange wraps. Precedes the paperback original that was the author's first trade publication. A 70-page collection of poetry, part of the National Poetry Series that was selected by Mark Strand. Signed and inscribed by Denis Johnson to the late well-known book collector, Larry Owens. Signed by the author. More
New York: Dutton, 2008. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. As new copy. The author's newest novel. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York. Pantheon, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in plain, gray wraps. This copy of the author's family memoir was a review copy given to fellow writer William Kittredge. He has written his name on the front end paper and there is a letter to him from Pantheon Press asking him to give encouragement to Ms. Jordan who apparently took much longer to write the book than expected. A nice association copy of two Western writers. More
London: Canongate, 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. The story of a siege in Albania in the 15th century by Turkish forces. More
New York: Dutton, 1948. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and her husband, actor James Mason, to whom the book is dedicated. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. This is a very good copy of the uncorrected proof of the first British edition, which precedes the American edition later renamed Schindler's List. There is some light soiling to the front cover and a crease long spine area. Proof copies of this book are quite uncommon. The story of Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved thousands of Jews from the ovens in World War II. The basis for the Academy Award winning film that starred Ralph Fiennes. Laid into the book is a book plate signed by Keneally. Signed by the author. More
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
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A near fine copy in plain, yellow wraps. This copy belonged to novelist Ivan Doig who has underlined and made notations on numerous pages in the course of writing a review. Laid into the book is a carbon copy of the glowing review that Doig wrote for The Washington Post. Doig has signed and dated the book on the title page. Also laid into the book is correspondence with an editor at Simon and Schuster. An interesting association. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking, 2011. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
