Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1892. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 5vol. 594 pp.; 576 pp.; 543 pp.; 645 pp.; 541 pp. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board, top edges of all volumes are gilt, edges of boards are beveled. Revised and corrected with...

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Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. 244 pp. Price of 25s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited and translated by Peter Geach and Max Black with the (uncredited, in this edition) bibliographic assistance of Ludwig Wittgenstein. Until the publication of this book, the work of...

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. 318 pp. Bound in light blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. First printing of the first American edition. A very attractive copy of the third book in the Aubrey/Maturin...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. 428 pp. 8vo. Three-quarter bound in red morocco, over red cloth with five raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Gilt rules between the leather and the cloth, top edge gilt. Endpapers and pastedowns are...

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 301 pp. Price of $21.00 on front flap of dust jacket. The first book in McCarthy's "Border Trilogy" and a best-seller that brought him to national prominence. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Basis...

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Hartford, CN: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First printing. Hardcover. 712 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Includes several black and white illustrations. The first printing of the first American edition. BAL 3451. An account of Twain's travels around the British empire, expressing his disdain...

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London: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". 243 pp. Bound in dark brown cloth with gold designs embossed on the boards and the spine. The front board's design shows a vampire flying and grinning evilly. Frontispiece and fifteen plates plus additional black...

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New York: St Martins Press (1984), 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 191 pp. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 018a. A beautiful copy of the first Hoke Moseley mystery. Fine in a Fine dust jacket with a tiny crease to the corner of the front flap.

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. 388 pp. Price of $6.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 001a, 4,500 copies printed. A very attractive copy of the author's first book. Jacket shows some light edge wear and has a small closed tear to the top left of...

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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 625 pp. Half bound in green leather over marbled cloth, spine with 4 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering and decorations, light yellow endpapers and pastedowns, engraved frontispiece and vignette titlepage along with 38 additional plates by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). All...

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1954], 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 201 pp. Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a teal dust jacket. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. The Library of America Biography. Edited by Oscar Handlin. Inscribed by...

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New York: E.P Dutton, 1978. First printing. Hardcover. 437 pp. Price of $10.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A rollicking and eccentric novel centered on T. S. Garp, a writer with an unconventional upbringing who bears some resemblance to the author himself. Winner of the National Book Award and...

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