Roxana:; The Fortunate Mistress
New York: Penguin Books, 1987. Later Printing. Paperback. Handsome reissue of Defoe classic with cover art by Peter Lely. Wraps. 404 pages plus B&W map of London in rear of book. New with no flaws. More
Literature
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1983. Reginald Marsh. Easton Press Edition. Leather bound. 354pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown leather with raised bands, gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and gilt stamped vignettes on the covers. All edges gilt. Cream colored moire endsheets. Very good. The edges of..... More
Cosmopolis
New York: Scribners, 2003. Advance reading copy. Paperback. 209pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] White pictorial wrappers. Fine. More
Falling Man
New York: Scribner, 2007. Advance reader's edition. Paperback. 246pp. Octavo [23 cm] Blue pictorial wrappers. Near fine. More
Mao II
New York: Penguin Books, 1992. Later printing. Paperback. 241pp. Octavo [19.5cm]; illustrated wraps. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K "One of the most intelligent, grimly funny voices to comment on life in present-day America" (The New York Times)..... More
Underworld
New York: Scribner, 1997. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. SIGNED. 827pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Underworld
New York: Scribner, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. 827 pp. Octavo [20.5]; Illustrated wraps. "Nick Shay and Klara Sax knew each other once, intimately, and they meet again in the American desert. He is trying to outdistance the crucial events of his early life; she is an artist who has made..... More
White Noise
New York: Penguin Books, 1986. Later printing. Paperback. 326pp. Octavo [19.5cm]; illustrated wraps. Winner of the National Book Award - a "eerie, brilliant, and touching" (New York Times) family drama about mass culture and the numbing effects of technology Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a liberal arts college in Middle..... More
Zero K: A Novel
New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; New Delhi: Scribner, May 2017. First Scribner trade paperback edition. Paperback. 274pp. Octavo [20.5cm]; illustrated wraps. A New York Times bestseller, "DeLillo's haunting new novel, Zero K--his most persuasive since his astonishing 1997 masterpiece, Underworld" ( The New York Times), is a meditation on death..... More
Borrowed Hearts: New and Selected Stories
New York, London and Toronto: Seven Stories Press, 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED. 322pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray paper over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The paper at..... More
The Burning Women of Far Cry
New York: Arbor House, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. DOUBLE SIGNED. 315pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 natural woven cloth-effect paper with brownish orange paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on the spine. Near fine condition. The spine and covers show light edge wear. The foot of the spine is just..... More
The Coming Triumph of the Free World
New York: Viking, 1988. Hardcover. SIGNED. 177pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 dark blue cloth with beige paper over boards, and the title stamped in silver on the spine. Very good condition. The covers are just a little bit warped. In a very good dust jacket, with only very minor edge..... More
Under the Wheat
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 157pp. Octavo [23 cm] Green cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Light green endpapers. Fine condition. In a very good dust jacket, with subtle surface rubbing. Winner of the sixth Drue Heinz Literature Prize (1986). Inscribed by the..... More
The Voice of America: Stories
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 215pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 dark gray cloth with light gray paper over boards, and silver lettering on the spine. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's book..... More
The Year of the Zinc Penny
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 173pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 blue cloth with light gray paper over boards. Very good plus. The spine ends are gently bumped, and there is a subtle ding in the top edge of the front cover. There are..... More
Village Daybook:; A Sac Prairie Journal
Chicago: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth spine and boards. Very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and just the faintest rub to the tip of the lower rear corner. There is a University Library stamp on the upper and lower edges of..... More
The Wind Leans West
New York: The Candlelight Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine and boards with green lettering and gilt ornamentation. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Three spots (one on the upper edge of the rear cover and two on the upper edge of the front)..... More
Mountain Time
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 357pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Gray cloth over boards stamped in red and gilt. The spine ends are just a little bruised, and the pages are tanned. In a price-clipped dust jacket with toning, sunning to the spine (title still bold), and..... More
Big Girl Small
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 294pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue paper over boards. Signed by the author on the title page. More
David Copperfield
London: The Nonesuch Press in association with Duckworth Publishers, 2005. Phiz. Hardcover. 871pp. Very thick octavo [26 cm] 1/2 gray bonded leather with rust colored cloth over boards, and a gold-stamped bonded leather panel affixed to the spine. Pictorial endsheets. Very good plus. There is a small indentation in the..... More
The Works of Charles Dickens (24 of 25 volumes)
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1911. Anniversary Edition. Hardcover. The Anniversary Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens, February 7, 1812. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red cloth over boards with stamping in gilt and blind on the backstrips. Illustrated. Extremities moderately rubbed and dinged; occasional soft hinges and cracks..... More
Works of Charles Dickens (26 volumes)
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Library Edition. Leather bound. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] 3/4 green leather with marbled paper over boards, and gilt tooled spines. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. Illustrations by H. K. Browne, G. Cattermole, F. Walker, and George Cruikshank, among others. The extremities are rubbed and the..... More
The Works of Charles Dickens: The London Edition (13 volumes)
London: The Caxton Publishing Co, No date. Hablot K. Browne. The London Edition. Hardcover. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and gilt tooled designs on the spines. The majority of the volumes are in very good condition, however a few of the volumes are in good..... More
Deliverance
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2011. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 278pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Yellow silk ribbon page marker. Blank Easton Press bookplate laid in. The gilt on the fore-edge of..... More
A Book of Common Prayer
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 262pp. Octavo [23cm]. Green bonded leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Green satin ribbon pagemarker. Slight fading to border of green moire..... More