A Walk Among the Tombstones.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1992. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Signed Books
X. The Death of Nathalie and Other Stories.
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1995. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A author's second collection of stories. Sign ed by the author on the title page. More
When the Killing's Done.
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
Descent of Man.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1980. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a nearly fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
The Women.
New York: Viking, 2009. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half title page. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
Descent of Man.
Boston: Atlantic-Little Brown, 1979. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Minor rubbing to the front book tips. The author's first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author on the title page. 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
Red Sky At Morning.
New York: Lippincott, 1968. hardcover. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in publisher's wrappers. Large format paperback. Advance reading copy. First issue copy with price of $.95 on the front cover publication date of May 24th. A classic, coming-of-age novel of a boy whose family moves from Alabama to a small New Mexico mountain town during World War II. The basis for the movie of the same name that starred Richard Crenna, Claire Bloom and Richard Thomas. Quite scarce in the signed edition. Signed by the author. More
The Cowboy from Phantom Banks and other stories from southeastern New Mexico.
Point Reyes: Floating Island Publications, 1982. Paperback. First edition. A fine copy in original printed wrappers. Slight toning to the front and rear covers. A collection of stories about the "god forsaken" land in southern New Mexico. John Nichols writes an evocative introduction. Signed and inscribed by John Nichols on the front free endpaper. Signed by the author. More
Knight of Swords.
London: Old Street Publishing, 2009. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. One reviewer called it "a story of multiple deceptions and concealed identities that unfolds like a pack of cards . . . A space filled with intrigue and potential danger, with hints of Kafka or Mervyn Peake. " More
Dog Heart: A Memoir.
Boston: Harcourt, 1999. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A memoir in which Breytenbach journeys to the South Africa of his youth. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. More
People of the Book.
New York: Viking, 2008. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March. More
Passions of the Mind.
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. A collection of essays. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Journeyman.
New York: Viking, 1935. Hardcover. First edition. A limited edition of 1475 copies, this being number 640. Though not called for it is signed by Caldwell on the limitation page. A near fine copy with original paper tissue wrapper. Issued without a dust jacket. Slipcase is a heavily worn and darkened and the top and bottom seams are split. Signed by the author. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
This Very Earth.
New York: 1948. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Owner name on the front endpaper has been scratched out in pen. Jacket is price clipped with some darkening to the spine and chipping at the extremities. Signed and inscribed by Caldwell on the front free endpaper. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. Signed by the author. More
All Night Long.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Hardcover. Book League. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with sun fading to the spine. A novel of guerilla warfare in the Soviet Union during the great war with Germany. Caldwell was an eyewitness to the war. Signed by the author. More
God's Little Acre.
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Limited edition. A limited edition, signed by Erskine Caldwell. A Fine Book in full brown leather binding, raised bands spine, gilt lettering. Silk moire endpapers. Silk bookmark. Illustrated by Harry Schaare. A beautiful production. Signed by the author. More
Gretta.
New York: Little, Brown, 1955. hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. A handsome book with slightest of a spine lean. Signed by the author on the half-title page. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
Place Called Estherville.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine and wear at the extremities. Price clipped. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
Trouble in July.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Foxing and browning to the front and rear endpapers. Soil spot on bottom edges. Dust jacket is clipped at all four corners. Light wear at the extremities. Fading to the spine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. More
We Are the Living.
New York: Viking, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. First trade edition. Very good overall. Darkening to the edges of the tan boards and book spine. Sun fading to the cover and darkening at the jacket spine. This copy is signed by Caldwell on the front free endpaper, and scarce thus as collectible copies of the trade edition are uncommon. More
We Are the Living.
New York: Viking, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. A limited, signed edition, one of 250 copies. A fine book in yellow cloth binding with original acetate cover, all housed in the original cardboard slip case. The number of the limited edition--#224--is on the spine of the slightly worn slipcase. An outstanding copy of this early work by a great Southern writer. The book is signed by Caldwell on the limitation page. More
Fat Tuesday.
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1983. First edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Wear to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Rubbing to the front panel. Remainder dot on bottom edges. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Emperor of the Air.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in anear fine dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine. The author's first book and winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship. Canin was selected by Granta magazine as one of the 20 best young novelists in America. He is the author of America America, published to excellent reviews. Signed by the author on the title page. More
