The Sweetness of Water
Harris, Nathan Little, Brown, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by this Austin author, the very well-received Civil War story of two freedmen and their alliance with a Georgia farmer and his wife. Fine/Fine but for some bumping at the head and foot of the spine. Signed by Harris on the half-title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.- $125
- $125
The Committed
Nguyen, Viet Thanh Grove Press, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The sequel to the Pulitzer-Prize-winning THE SYMPATHIZER, the well-received story of the "man of two minds" as he arrives in 1980's Paris. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine. Signed by Nguyen on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
Great Circle
Shipstead, Maggie Knopf, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The bestselling first novel by the author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS, the well-received story of a female aviator determined to chart her own course -- at any cost. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the foot of the spine. Signed by Shipstead on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $125
- $125
The Prophets
Jones, Jr., Robert Putnam, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this New York City author, the well-received story of the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine. Signed by Jones on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
Klara and the Sun
Ishiguro, Kazuo Faber & Faber, 2021. First British Edition (first printing). The eighth novel by the author of NEVER LET ME GO and THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, the story of an Artificial Friend who (from her place in the store) watches the behavior of those who come in and those who pass in the street outside. This is one of the beautiful copies produced for Waterstones -- with the blue sky and yellow sun on the page edges. Fine/Fine. Signed by Ishiguro on the half-title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $150
- $150
John Henry Days
Whitehead, Colson Doubleday, 2001. First Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and HARLEM SHUFFLE, the story of a young black journalist attending a local "John Henry Days" festival juxtaposed with stories of the real folk hero. A finalist for several literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fine/Fine. Signed by Whitehead on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $150
- $150
Apex Hides the Hurt
Whitehead, Colson Doubleday, 2006. First Edition (first printing). The third novel by the author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS, the story of a "nomenclature consultant" who is hired to find a new name for the town of Winthrop. Fine/Fine but for very slight "waviness" to the dust jacket panels. Signed by Whitehead on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $150
- $150
A Pale View of Hills
Ishiguro, Kazuo Faber and Faber, 1982. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and KLARA AND THE SUN, the story of a middle-aged Japanese woman living alone in England dwelling on the recent suicide of her eldest daughter. Fine/Near Fine -- incidental crimping at the head and foot of the spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $1,700
- $1,700
In Persuasion Nation
Saunders, George Riverhead (Penguin Group), 2006. First Edition (first printing). The third full story collection by the author of CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE and LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, which includes "The Red Bow" -- winner of the National Magazine Award. Fine/Fine but for very slight crimping at the foot of the spine and the usual slight tanning to the pages. Signed by Saunders (with his sketch making the flower into a person and a peace symbol) on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
The Night Watchman
Erdrich, Louise Harper (HarperCollins), 2020. First Edition (first printing). The seventeenth novel by the author of LOVE MEDICINE and LAROSE, a story based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather -- who carried the fight against Native American dispossession all the way to Washington, D. C. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine but for an incidental crimp at the head of the dust jacket spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $300
- $300
A Book of Common Prayer
Didion, Joan Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition (first printing). The third novel by the author of SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM and THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, the story of a woman who is left by her husband's death a large arable piece of property in a country called Boca Grande. Near Fine/Fine but for incidental fading to the dust jacket spine. A very clean copy. Signed by Didion on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine.- $750
- $750
Asymmetry
Halliday, Lisa Simon & Schuster, 2018. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by this Whiting Award winner, two seeming disparate stories that are brought together in a third section with unexpected connections. Fine/Fine. Signed by Halliday on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $125
- $125
Between the World and Me
Coates, Ta-Nehisi Spiegel & Grau, 2015. First Edition (first printing). The second book by the author of THE WATER DANCER, a non-fiction essay that confronts the intimate concerns of a father for his son by offering a new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine/Fine. Signed by Coates on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $450
- $450
The Remains of the Day
Ishiguro, Kazuo Faber and Faber, 1989. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The third novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of NEVER LET ME GO and KLARA AND THE SUN, the story of an aging butler's six-day motoring tour which is disturbed by memories of his life in service. Winner of the Booker Prize and basis for the award-winning film. Near Fine/Near Fine -- almost imperceptible fading to the dust jacket spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $275
- $275
Great Circle
Shipstead, Maggie Knopf, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The bestselling first novel by the author of SEATING ARRANGEMENTS, the story of a female aviator determined to chart her own course -- at any cost. Fine/Fine. Signed by Shipstead on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $85
- $85
Altered Carbon
Morgan, Richard Gollancz, 2002. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of THIN AIR, the popular story set in the twenty-fifth century when it is possible to store a person's consciousness in a cordial stack at the base of the brain -- where it can be downloaded into a new body, making death nothing more than a minor blip. Basis for the Netflix television series. Fine/Fine but for the usual light browning to the pages. Signed and dated 5/2/02 by Morgan on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $600
- $600
White Noise
DeLillo, Don Viking, 1985. First Edition (first printing). The eighth novel by the author of UNDERWORLD, the story of an ominous "airborne toxic event" which threatens to engulf a small liberal arts college town. Winner of the National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fine/Fine but for slight crimping/bumping at the foot of the spine and incidental toning to the white dust jacket. Signed by DeLillo on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $450
- $450
The Nickel Boys
Whitehead, Colson Doubleday, 2019. First Edition (first printing). The seventh novel by the author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and HARLEM SHUFFLE, the story of two boys sentenced to a Florida reform school during the "Jim Crow" era. Longlisted for the National Book Award, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine. Signed by Whitehead on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $150
- $150
Tales of the South Pacific
Michener, James A. Macmillan, 1947. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of THE DRIFTERS and HAWAII, a story collection told by a young naval officer whose duties took him up and down the islands in the south Pacific during World War II. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis for the musical play and film ("South Pacific"). Very Good+/Very Good+ -- the usual browning to the pages and the front hinge just starting. Price intact -- this is the issue with the $3.00 horizontally indicated at the bottom of the front dust jacket flap. Slight crimping and miniscule chipping at the head and foot of the jacket spine but overall a relatively clean copy of a book which is notorious for turning up in ratty condition. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.- $650
- $650
Love Medicine
Erdrich, Louise Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the author of THE ROUND HOUSE and THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, the story of the intertwined fates of two Native American families on and around a North Dakota Reservation. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Near Fine/Near Fine -- one short closed tear and slight rubbing to the rear dust jacket panel. Inscribed by Erdrich on the title page, as follows, "To Eda, Luck, Louise Erdrich.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $150
- $150
Never Let Me Go
Ishiguro, Kazuo Faber & Faber, 2005. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The sixth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and KLARA AND THE SUN, the story of a group of pupils at an idyllic countryside school who are sheltered from the outside world -- for a reason. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and basis for the film. Fine/Fine. Signed by Ishiguro on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $750
- $750
Shuggie Bain
Stuart, Douglas Grove Press, 2020. First Edition (first U.S. -- and true first -- printing). The debut novel by this Scottish author who now works in New York fashion design, the story of a 1980's Glasgow family with an alcoholic mother. Shortlisted for the National Book Award and winner of the Booker Prize in Britain. In the first issue dust jacket with NO mention of awards. Fine/Fine but for a tiny bit of crimping at the foot of the spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $300
- $300
Memoirs of a Geisha
Golden, Arthur Knopf, 1997. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this Massachusetts author, the very popular story of the life of a Japanese geisha -- "rich with detail and a vast knowledge of history." Near Fine/Near Fine -- a few flecks of foxing to the top edge of the pages and crimping at the head and foot of the spine. There is a light fold to the rear dust jacket flap. Inscribed by Golden on the title page, as follows: "For Marie, with warm regards, Arthur Golden.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $125
- $125
The Round House
Erdrich, Louise Harper (HarperCollins), 2012. First Edition (first printing). The fourteenth novel by the author of THE NIGHT WATCHMAN and LAROSE, the story of an Ojibwe woman who is attacked on a reservation in North Dakota and how her thirteen-year-old son sets out to get answers for details of the crime. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine/Fine. Signed by Erdrich on the title page (who has added "Birchbark" -- the name of her bookstore -- under the signature). . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $55
- $55
The Bingo Palace
Erdrich, Louise HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition (first printing). The fourth novel by the author of LOVE MEDICINE and THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, the story of a young man summoned home by his grandmother to find that he is torn between success and meaning. Fine/Fine. Signed by Erdrich on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $45
- $45
LaRose
Erdrich, Louise HarperCollins, 2016. First Edition (first printing). The fifteenth novel by the author of THE ROUND HOUSE and THE NIGHT WATCHMAN, the story of a man who accidentally shoots his best friend's five-year-old son. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the foot of the dust jacket spine. Signed by Erdrich on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $50
- $50
Novotny’s Pain (Lettered Edition)
Roth, Philip Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. First Edition (first book printing). One of an Edition Limited to 26 lettered copies (this is letter "C") of this story by the author of PORTNOY's COMPLAINT and AMERICAN PASTORAL, the story of a Polish-American who received a discharge from the Army due to a low back ailment. Fine hard cover in Fine slipcase as issued. Signed by Roth on the limitation/colophon page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket.- $350
- $350
Never Let Me Go
Ishiguro, Kazuo Knopf, 2005. First Edition (first U.S. printing). The sixth novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and KLARA AND THE SUN, the story of a group of pupils at an idyllic English countryside school who are sheltered from the outside world -- for a reason. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and basis for the film. Fine/Fine. Signed by Ishiguro on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $250
- $250
A Gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor Viking, 2016. First Edition (first printing). The bestselling second novel by the author of RULES OF CIVILITY, the story of a Count who is sentenced to house arrest by the Bolsheviks during some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history. Near Fine/Near Fine -- crimping at the head and foot of the spine. Signed (along with his "castle/Kremlin" and "top hat" stamps on the opposing page) by Towles on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $250
- $250
The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
Wolfe, Tom Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the popular author of THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES and THE RIGHT STUFF, an essay collection that "takes a sharp-eyed look at the American scene..." Near Fine/Near Fine -- very light toning at the top and bottom of the boards and a light crease to the front dust jacket flap and the rear jacket panel. Inscribed by Wolfe on the front free end paper, as follows: " For Chuck Lawlis, with Best Wishes and Appreciation , from Tom Wolfe.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $650
- $650
Arcadia
Groff, Lauren Voice (Hyperion), 2012. First Edition (first printing). The second novel by the acclaimed author of FATES AND FURIES and the upcoming MATRIX, the acclaimed story of a commune "utopia" set in 1970's western New York State. Fine/Fine but for crimping at the head of the spine. Signed by Groff on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $50
- $50
About Grace
Doerr, Anthony Scribner, 2004. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE and the upcoming CLOUD CUCKOO LAND, the story of a man who sometimes sees things before they happen -- and who dreams of his own infant daughter's death. Fine/Fine. Signed by Doerr on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
Rules of Civility
Towles, Amor Viking, 2011. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the author of A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, the 1930's story of a chance encounter which propels a young woman from the secretarial pool to the upper echelons of New York society. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the foot of the spine. Signed by Towles (together with his "big band" rubber stamp) on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $175
- $175
Midnight’s Children
Rushdie, Salman Jonathan Cape, 1981. First British Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of THE SATANIC VERSES and JOSEPH ANTON, a story with epic sweep which follows twin protagonists in the evocation of a vast and complicated land and its people -- modern India. Winner of the Booker Prize and subsequently twice selected as the winner of the "Booker of Bookers." Also, winner of the James Tate Black Memorial Book Prize and the English Speaking Union Literary Award. Basis for the film. Very Good+/Near Fine. A previous owner's name to the front free end paper. Lightly bumped corners but only a slight amount of the usual fading to the blue dust jacket spine. Signed by Rushdie on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.- $1,500
- $1,500
The Orchard Keeper
McCarthy, Cormac Random House, 1965. First Edition (first printing). The debut novel by the celebrated author of THE ROAD and BLOOD MERIDIAN, a story that takes place in an East Tennessee community which was "still off the main path of the advance of civilization and a little outside the rule of law." Includes a "compliments of the publisher" card which was sent to early reviewers. Near Fine/Very Good -- some wrinkling to the front dust jacket panel, slight fading to the red letters on the jacket spine and archival tape applied to the back of the jacket where the front flap and panel are joined together (this book is notorious for detachment of the front flap as the jacket was scorred twice during publication). A presentable copy of an important first book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.- $2,500
- $2,500
Whereabouts
Lahiri, Jhumpa Knopf, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The most recent novel by the author of INTERPRETER OF MALADIES, the story of an unnamed woman in an unnamed city who traverses the streets around her house to feel less alone. Fine/Fine. Signed by Lahiri on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $85
- $85
The Nickel Boys
Whitehead, Colson Doubleday, 2019. First Edition (first printing). The seventh novel by the author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and HARLEM SHUFFLE, the story of two boys sentenced to a Florida reform school during the "Jim Crow" era. Longlisted for the National Book Award, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $25
- $25
The Underground Railroad
Whitehead, Colson Doubleday, 2016. First Edition (first printing). The sixth novel by the author of THE NICKEL BOYS and the upcoming HARLEM SHUFFLE, the chronicle of a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Named as an Oprah Book Club selection and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Also, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in Britain and basis for the Prime Video television series. Fine/Fine but for an incidental crimp at the foot of the spine.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
The Prophets
Jones, Jr., Robert Putnam, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by this New York City author, the well-received story of the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine. Unlike most available online, this copy has been signed by Jones on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $125
- $125
The Committed
Nguyen, Viet Thanh Grove Press, 2021. First Edition (first printing). The sequel to the Pulitzer-Prize-winning THE SYMPATHIZER, the well-received story of the "man with two minds" as he arrives in 1980's Paris. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine. Unlike most currently available online, this copy has been signed by Nguyen on the title page.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
The Year of Magical Thinking
Didion, Joan Knopf, 2005. First Edition (first printing). The bestselling memoir by the author of SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM and A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, her attempt to make sense of death, illness, marriage and children during the year after her daughter's brain hematoma and her husband's fatal coronary. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and basis for the Broadway play. Fine/Fine but for slight crimping at the foot of the spine. Signed by Didion on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $550
- $550
The Handmaid’s Tale
Atwood, Margaret Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Edition (first U.S. printing). The sixth novel by the author of THE BLIND ASSASSIN and THE TESTAMENTS, a story set in what was once the United States in the near future where there are bizarre consequences for women. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in Britain and basis for the award-winning Hulu television series. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine. A clean copy with only slight toning to the creamy white dust jacket. Includes the publisher's "Bookcard" issued to promote the book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $375
- $375
Everything is Illuminated
Foer, Jonathan Safran Houghton Mifflin, 2002. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, the very well-received story of a young man who sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Fine/Fine. Signed by Foer on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $100
- $100
The First Four Volumes in the “World of Tiers” Series – The Maker of Universes, The Gates of Creation, A Private Cosmos and Behind the Walls of Terra
Farmer, Philip Jose Ace Books, 1965. First Editions (first printings). The first four novels in the "World of Tiers" series by the author of the RIVERWORLD books. Each of was published by Ace Books as a paperback original -- The Maker of Universes (1965), The Gates of Creation (1966), A Private Cosmos (1968) and Behind the Walls of Terra (1970). Each volume is Near Fine (with no spine creasing and only very light page browning) and each is individually SIGNED by Farmer.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.- $200
- $200
Emerald City — True First Edition
Egan, Jennifer Picador, 1993. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The first book by the celebrated author of A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD and THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS, a story collection somewhat prematurely subtitled "The Collected Works of Jennifer Egan." A slightly different collection with the same title was published in the U.S. three years later. Fine/Fine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $200
- $200
The Intuitionist
Whitehead, Colson Anchor (Doubleday), 1999. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the acclaimed author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS, the story of the first black female elevator inspector in a world of "Empiricists" vs "Intuitionists." Fine/Fine but for slight crimping at the foot of the spine. Signed by Whitehead on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $250
- $250
A Gentleman in Moscow
Towles, Amor Viking, 2016. First Edition (first printing). The bestselling second novel by the author of RULES OF CIVILITY, the story of a Count who is sentenced to house arrest by the Bolsheviks during some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history. Fine/Fine but for incidental crimping at the head of the spine and a small scrape to the front dust jacket panel where (apparently) a sticker was removed. Signed by Towles on the title page (with his "hat" and "castle/Kremlin" stamps on the opposing page). . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $300
- $300
The Sympathizer
Nguyen, Viet Thanh Grove Press, 2015. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the author of THE REFUGEES and THE COMMITTED, the well-received story of a half-French half-Vietnamese communist sleeper agent living in America after the end of the Vietnam War. Winner of multiple literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. Near Fine/Near Fine -- slight crimping at the head and foot of the spine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $175
- $175
Klara and the Sun (three volume set)
Ishiguro, Kazuo Faber and Faber, 2021. First British Editions (first printings). All three British versions of the trade edition of the most recent novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author of THE REMAINS OF THE DAY and NEVER LET ME GO, the well-received story of an Artificial Friend. Includes (1) the "Waterstones" version with an orange dust jacket, colored end papers and page edges, (2) the "Independent Booksellers" version with a blue dust jacket, black end papers and white page edges and (3) the standard "hardback" version with an orange dust jacket, black end papers and white page edges. Each of the three Fine/Fine volumes is a first printing and each is signed by Ishiguro on the half-title page. Includes the publisher's promotional card for the book. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $500
- $500
Jurassic Park
Crichton, Michael Knopf, 1990. First Edition (first trade printing). The seventh novel pubished under his own name by the author of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, the bestselling story of a remote jungle island with genetically engineered dinosaurs. Basis for the film franchise. Fine/Fine. Signed by Crichton on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $1,000
- $1,000
Angels
Johnson, Denis Knopf, 1983. First Edition (first printing). A Review Copy (with the review slip and promotional postcard) of the first novel by the author of JESUS'S SON and TREE OF SMOKE, the story of two desperate people who come together on a Greyhound bus. Fine/Near Fine -- a hint of toning to the dust jacket flaps. Inscribed by Johnson on the half-title page, as follows: "For Mitchell, Denis Johnson." . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $250
- $250
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Irving, John Bloomsbury, 1993. First British (and true first) Edition (first printing). The first story/essay collection by the author of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP and A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY. The British Edition preceded all others -- including the US Edition by three years -- and did not include the memoir, THE IMAGINARY GIRLFRIEND (which was published separately in Britain). Fine/Near Fine but for incidental crimping at the head and foot of the spine. Inscribed by Irving on the title page, as follows: "For Craig & Christina/with my love/John Irving.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $250
- $250
Ocean of Words
Jin, Ha Zoland Books, 1996. First Edition (first printing). The first fiction book by the author of WAITING, a collection of stories about soldiers in the People's Liberation Army set on the Chinese-Russian border in the early 1970's. Winner of the PEN Hemingway Award. Published as a paperback original -- a hardcover version was produced some time later. Fine in pictorial wraps as issued. Inscribed by Jin on the title page, as follows: "For Larry: with good wishes, Ha Jin Jan 1999.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket.- $75
- $75
Ship of Fools
Porter, Katherine Anne Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1962. First Edition (first printing). The only novel by the celebrated author of FLOWERING JUDAS and PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER, the story of a 1931 ocean voyage from Veracruz to Germany which is a composite portait of the world drifting towards disaster. A finalist for the National Book Award and basis for the Academy-Award-winning film. Near Fine/Near Fine -- light rubbing to isolated spots of the dust jacket. Signed by Porter on the half-title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.- $350
- $350
Daughter of the Tejas
(McMurtry, Larry) Ray, Ophelia New York Graphic Society, 1965. First Edition (first printing). A story which was ghostwritten by Larry McMurtry (according to many sources), the story of a twelve-year-old girl who sets out in pursuit of a band of Apaches who kidnaped her mother. Near Fine without the dust jacket -- a clean copy in grey cloth.. Unsigned. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.- $65
- $65
The Optimist's Daughter
Welty, Eudora Random House, 1972. First Edition (first printing). The sixth novel by the author of THE PONDER HEART and DELTA WEDDING, the story of a young woman who returns from Chicago to spend a few days at her former Mississippi home after her father dies. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine/Fine -- an uncommonly clean copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $200
- $200
Life of Pi
Martel, Yann Knopf Canada, 2001. First Canadian (and true first) Edition (first printing). The second novel by the author of SELF, the acclaimed story of a solitary man on a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger -- or it is? Winner of the Man Booker Prize in Britain and basis for the award-winning film. Fine/Fine. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $300
- $300
The Night Circus
Morgenstern, Erin Doubleday, 2011. First Edition (first printing). The first novel by the Massachusetts author of THE STARLESS SEA, the well-received story of the fierce competition between two young illusionists who travel the world in a circus that arrives without warning. Fine/Fine. Signed by Morgenstern on the page following the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.- $65
- $65
Interpreter of Maladies
Lahiri, Jhumpa Mariner (Houghton Mifflin), 1999. First Edition (first printing). The first book by the author of THE LOWLAND and WHEREABOUTS, an acclaimed story collection which transcends the boundaries of nations and generations. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN Hemingway Award. This is the true first, published as a paperback original (the first hardcover was published approximately a year later following the Pulitzer win). Near Fine in pictorial wraps as issued -- the usual browning to the pages and an incidental crease to the front cover. Signed by Lahiri on the title page. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.- $125
- $125