New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 501pp.Solid First Edition Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild bumping to spine ends. Boards toned. Small, neat ownership signature on both the front end-paper and front paste-down. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.75), has some rubbing, creasing and some..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 292pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or any of the toning so typically found. A gorgeous collectable copy..... More
Londion: Faber and Faber, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 200pp. Beautiful First Edition of the author's first book. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (12s, 6d net), has a miniscule closed tear on the..... More
New York: Random House, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 290pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($28.00), is fresh and bight with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 263pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition of the Czech writer's third book. Best known for "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" published a decade later. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the heel but quite..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo., 512pp. Beautiful First Edition, Advance Reading Copy. One of an unknown limitation. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Fine publisher's printed box has a touch of wear at the corners. Signed by Updike on the front..... More
New York CIty: The Viking Press, 1957. Bemelmans. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 218pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of wear to the spine ends. Top board edges lightly toned but quite minor. Very attractive dust-jacket, ($3.50), has some minor wear to spine ends..... More
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1960. Bemelmans. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 245pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to the heel. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.95), has a toning spine as is common and a tiny scratch at the bottom of front..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 230pp.. Beautiful Stated First Edition of this winner of the1999 Pulitzer Prize for Literature and the PEN/Faulkner Award Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.00), is fresh and bright with chipping..... More
New York: Signet, 1949. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback Signet #710. Sharp First Paperback Printing, April, 1949. No Cover Price Square, tight and clean throughout with some moderate toning to page edges and spine. Very minor edge-wear. Cellophane starting but complete. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases..... More