Fiction
The Milkmaid's Millions; A Sultan's Harem Mystery
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 181, [3] pp. Green cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Moderate foxing to top of textblock along with few hints of wear to edges of boards; jacket is price-clipped and shows fading to spine panel..... More
The Regulators
[New York]: Dutton (1996), 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [19], 20-466, [14] pp. Quarter beige cloth over orange paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations. The first hardcover edition. This..... More
The Best of Kage Baker
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-501, [3] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $40 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations throughout the volume by J.K. Potter. A beautiful copy of the celebrated science fiction..... More
Black Projects, White Knights
[Urbana, IL]: Golden Gryphon Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], ix-xv, [3], 3-288, [8] pp. Grey cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $24.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A collection of short stories, The Company Dossiers. More
Not Less than Gods
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-325, [3] pp. Purple cloth with orange lettering on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $60 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few full-page drawings by J.K. Potter. The deluxe hardcover edition. Number..... More
Rude Mechanicals
[Burton, MI]: Subterranean Press, 2007. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-114, [4] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $35 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several full-page illustrations throughout the volume by J.K. Potter. Signed on the limitation..... More
Room Temperature
New York: Grove Weidenfeld (1990), 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-116, [4] pp. Quarter blue cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
Crimson Shadows
New York: Pinnacle Books (2003), 2003. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. [5], 6-411, [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Pictorial covers printed in red and white. Faint creasing to the spine, else Fine. More
Going to Meet the Man
New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 15-249, [7] pp. Black cloth with Baldwin's signature embossed in facsimile on the front board in red, black and red lettering blocked in yellow on the spine; yellow topstain. Red-orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $4.95 on the front..... More
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-484, [4] pp. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. White cloth with brown lettering on the spine. Fairbanks and Engeldinger 9. Baldwin's novel focused on an actor who contemplates his role in a...... More
The Unlimited Dream Company
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1979], 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii, [2], 238, [4] pp. Quarter navy cloth over green paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A nice copy. A Near Fine book..... More
Chronopolis and Other Stories
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 7-319, [1] pp. Black cloth with white lettering on the spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Slight separation between textblock and top of backstrip, some wrinkling/damage to top corner of final..... More
Empire of the Sun
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-278, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated by a full-page map. In the first state dust jacket (FIRSTS, October 2010, 30). A sharp copy of Ballard's harrowing novel based on his experiences growing up during..... More
Millennium People
New York: W. W. Norton & Company (2011), 2011. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-288 pp. Half black paper over white paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A beautiful copy, published several years after the British..... More
Transition
New York: Orbit Books (2009), 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 2-404 pp. Quarter black paper over black paper boards with white lettering on the spine. Price of $25.99 on front flap of jacket. Some mild age toning to pageblock, else a Fine book in a like dust jacket. More
Affliction
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers (1989), 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 355, [1] pp. Quarter maroon cloth over blue paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. More
Success Stories
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers [1986], 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-183, [1] pp. Quarter beige cloth over brown paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with a tiny discoloration to the corner of the..... More
The Sweet Hereafter
New York: HarperCollins Publishers [1991], 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 257, [3] pp. Quarter navy cloth over light blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $20.00 on front flap of jacket. More
The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [3], vi-viii, [1], vi-lxxii, [1], 2-344; [3], vi, [3], 4-470 pp. Half later blue calf over marbled boards with the spines in five compartments, a purple and a brown morocco label on each spine, gilt..... More
The Thief of Always; A Fable
[New York]: HarperCollins Publishers [1992], 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x, [4], 5-225, [5] pp. Quarter blue paper over orange paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $20.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With full-page illustrations by the author..... More
Death & the Princess
New York: Scribners, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 8-183, [7] pp. Black paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $10.95 on front flap of jacket. More
Death in a Cold Climate
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1981), 1981. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-196, [4] pp. Grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of jacket. Slight fading to spine, creasing to top corner of front flap; few traces of foxing to textblock, fading..... More
Death of a Perfect Mother
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1981], 1981. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-188, [4] pp. Brown paper boards with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $9.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Traces of age toning to jacket. More
School for Murder
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1984), 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 8-201, [7] pp. Black paper boards with pink lettering on the spine. Price of $12.95 on front flap of jacket. Faint traces of foxing to textblock; traces of age toning to jacket. More