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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1956 Bedrooms Have WindowsLondon: 1956The scarce first UK edition of this Bertha Cool-Donald Lam mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner.
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1963 Try Anything OnceLondon: 1963A very scarce first UK edition of this 'Cool and Lam' detective novel, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1990 I Cannot Get You Close Enough: Three NovellasBoston: 1990A first edition, first impression of Ellen Gilchrist's collection of three novellas exploring love and family in Southern America.
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1950 Across the River and Into the TreesLondon: 1950An excellent example of the first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's novel, in an exceptionally vibrant dust wrapper.
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1961 Clock Without HandsLondon: 1961An excellent example of the first UK edition of Carson McCullers's searing novel about racial integration in small-town 1950s Georgia.
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1946 The Member of the WeddingLondon: 1946The first UK edition of Carson McCullers's 'overlooked classic', in the uncommon original dust wrapper.
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1935 The Garden Murder CaseNew York: 1935The first edition of S. S. Van Dine's thrilling murder mystery novel in which detective Philo Vance is called to investigate a murder within a group of socialites.
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1930 The Scarab Murder CaseNew York: 1930A bright, first edition of the fifth novel in S. S. Van Dine's Philo Vance series, surrounding a murder investigation in a museum of Egyptology.
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1947 Lonely CrusadeNew York: 1947A superb, first edition of Chester Himes' compelling novel concerning race conflict in America, set during the Second World War, presented here in a bright example of the original dust wrapper.
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1952 Barbary ShoreLondon: 1952An excellent example of the first UK edition of award winning American writer and journalist Norman Mailer's second novel, 'Barbary Shore'.
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1977-1994 Black God's Shadow; Obsession; The Ultimate Good Luck; Anita; Out of This WorldRhode Island; New York; London; Philadelphia: 1977-1994A wonderful selection of fantasy, horror, thriller and science fiction titles.
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1940 For Whom The Bell TollsPhiladelphia: 1940The first Blakiston edition of Ernest Hemingway's celebrated novel set during the Spanish Civil War, with this edition being published the same year as the first due to a collaboration with Charles Scribner's Sons.
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1966 A MiscellanyLondon: 1966An anthology collecting together a variety of fiction and non-fiction writings of E. E. Cummings, the first U.K. edition.
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1953 Save Me the WaltzLondon: 1953The first U.K. edition of Zelda Fitzgerald's only novel, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper, an exploration of the Jazz Age.
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1957 The Wapshot ChronicleNew York: 1957A first edition of the prizewinning debut novel of American author John Cheever, surrounding the eccentricities of the Wapshot Family.
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1949 The Naked and the DeadLondon: 1949A bright copy of the first UK edition of Norman Mailer's debut novel, based on the author's own experiences of war, presented here in the original pictorial dust wrapper.
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1950 NightwoodLondon: 1950The second UK edition of Djuna Barnes' important modernist work of lesbian fiction, the first UK edition to contain an introduction by T. S. Eliot, presented here in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1969 Goodbye, ColumbusLondon: 1969An early edition of Philip Roth's 'Goodbye, Columbus' with five short stories, published to commemorate the release of the film starring Richard Benjamin and Ali MacGraw, presented here in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1945 The Crack-UpNew York; London: 1945The first edition of this anthology of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including letters and poems.
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1993-2004 A Collection of John Updike's Novels and Short StoriesLondon: 1993-2004A very pleasing set comprising four of John Updike's novels and one short-story collection.
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1934 The Rose Bath RiddleNew York: 1934A bright, first edition of this dramatic murder mystery novel in which "Jigger" or J. C. K. Masters must uncover the truth behind the death of a chemical magician.
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1933 The Tragedy of Z: A Drury Lane MysteryLondon: 1933The scarce first UK edition of this thrilling Ellery Queen mystery novel, published under the pseudonym Barnaby Ross.
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1931 Edge of the WorldNew York: 1931A scarce Lost World sci-fi novel by American author George Brydges Rodney, the first edition, in the original dust wrapper.
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2002 America and Americans and Selected NonfictionNew York: 2002An advance uncorrected proof copy of this collection of previously uncollected essays by John Steinbeck.
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1941 Riot at Red WaterNew York: 1941A scarce Western by Frederick R. Bechdolt, the first edition of this exciting adventure novel.
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1936 On the Golden TrailNew York; Toronto: 1936The first edition of this brilliant Western adventure novel of the California Gold Rush by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
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1931 Murder at Belly ButteNew York: 1931The first edition of Longstreth and Vernon's collection of short stories set amongst the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.
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1925 A Son of His FatherLondon: 1925The first edition of American author Harold Bell Wright's western novel, set on the Mexico-US border, in the original dust wrapper.
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1942 Hot GoldNew York: 1942An uncommon Western by Frederick R. Bechdolt, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper.
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1951 Doubtful ValleyBoston: 1951The rarely seen first edition of this Western by Garland Roark, signed by the author. -
1954 Bugles WestNew York: 1954The very scarce first edition of Frank Gruber's thrilling novel about a Unionist captured by the Confederates and imprisoned at Andersonville.
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1955 The HighwaymanNew York: 1955A vibrant first edition of Frank Gruber's thrilling cowboy novel, set in the Civil War west.
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1927 Oil! A NovelLondon: 1927The third UK impression of Upton Sinclair's family drama about oil in Southern California, written in the context of the Harding administration's Teapot Dome Scandal.
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1926 Scott Burton's ClaimNew York: 1926A very scarce Western novel by Edward G. Cheyney, following a forest ranger in a Western forest.
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1945 Dragon's TeethLondon: 1945A bright fifth impression of Upton Sinclair's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, covering the period of the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s.
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1941 Arizona FeudNew York: 1941A smart first edition of this uncommon Western by Frank R. Adams, in a bright dust wrapper.