Oracle Night
New York: Henry Holt & Co (2003), 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 2-243, [3] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. More
New York: Henry Holt & Co (2003), 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 2-243, [3] pp. Quarter black paper over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 12-190 pp. Quarter blue cloth over white paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. First printing of the first American edition. Short-listed for the Booker Prize. More
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et C, Editeurs, ca. 1866. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. [3], vi-vii, [1], 230, [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with decorations in gold and black on the boards, spine lettered in gold; all edges gilt. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Baron and with..... More
New York: Pocket Books (1991), 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-279, [1] pp. Quarter blue cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of jacket. Three tiny spots of discoloration on textblock. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company [1996], 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 12-254, [2] pp. Half white cloth over white paper boards with copper lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $21.00 on front flap of jacket. Minor wear to the edges of the boards, else FIne..... More
New York: Random House [1972], 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 4-308, [6] pp. Dark yellow cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedown. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Winner of the National Book Award in 1973. A touch of wrinkling..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x, [5], 4-201, [3] pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Ahearn APG 005b. Very near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with some age..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-366, [2] pp. Quarter navy cloth over tan paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
New York: W W Norton & Company [1989], 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 13-190, [2] pp. Half teal cloth over dark blue paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $16.95 on front flap of jacket. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 4-382, [2] pp. Light green cloth with bright green lettering on the front board and spine; green topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. An early novel from a prolific pastoral writer, Bates' work..... More
New York: Ballantine Books (1986), 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-330 pp. Quarter purple cloth over purple paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $16.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Cover painting by Barclay Shaw. Front board bowed with a small bump to..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 14-283, [5] pp. Quarter brown cloth over light brown paper boards with black lettering on the spine. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Ahearn APG 002b. Beattie's second book, a collection of short stories. Very..... More
Dublin: The Black Cat Press (1992), 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], vii-xvii, [3], 241, [3] pp. Blue cloth with green lettering on the front board and spine. Edited by Eoin O'Brien and Edith Fournier. Foreward by Eoin O'Brien. More
New York: Grove Press Inc. [1958], 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 3-179, [5] pp. Grey cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Translated from the French by the author. The final book in Beckett's..... More