Black Ajax
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 248, [2] pp. Quarter red cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. More
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 248, [2] pp. Quarter red cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of jacket. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 3-287, [5] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spine; purple topstain. Price of $6.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A historical parody from Fraser, telling the story of how Flash is marooned in the Atlantic, then..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 9-320 pp. Quarter red cloth over grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine and a gold decoration on the front board. Price of $16.95 on front flap of dust jacket. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [17], 5-347, [7] pp. Quarter black paper over yellow paper boards. Price of $25.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. More
[London]: HarperCollins Publishers (1999), 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-318, [2] pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £16.99 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by A.E. Barbosa. Light foxing to the top textblock; jacket with a few wrinkles to its..... More
London: Barrie & Jenkins (1973), 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-286, [2] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of £2.25 net on front flap of dust jacket. A Very Good book with a name on the verso of the free front endpaper, mildly askew with..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins (1969), 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-256 pp. Red paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Maps printed on the endpapers and pastedowns. Publisher's price sticker of £2.25 on the front flap of the dust jacket (the original price clipped away). Jacket design by A.E...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 3-405, [1] pp. Quarter red cloth over black cloth boards with gold lettering on the spine and a gold decoration on the front board; grey topstain. Price of $16.95 on front flap of jacket. Black paper-covered boards quarter-bound..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (1997), 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 356, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over blue cloth with orange lettering on the spine. Price of $24 on front flap of the dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. Misprint on page 25 ("man-woman" later corrected..... More
London: Victor Gollancz [2000], 2000. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-274, [6] pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. '£16.99 in UK only' printed on front flap of dust jacket. A Near Fine book with a stray mark on the half-title page in a Fine dust jacket. More
New York: St. Martin's Press (1999), 1999. First printing. Hardcover. [9], 2-243, [3] pp. Black paper board with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $23.95 on front flap of dust jacket. The author's first novel. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 332, [4] pp. Grey cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Ahearn 067a. A presentable copy, difficult to find in the dust jacket. Very Good+ book with a gift inscription on the front flyleaf dated..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 1-400, [6] pp. Dark yellow cloth with pictorial design on front board in black, lettering and decorations in black on the spine. Price of $2.00 on front jacket flap. Frontispiece and three additional plates with illustrations by E...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers [1940], 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 301, [5] pp. Pink cloth with blue lettering on the front board and spine. Ahearn 071a. Near Fine book with a small bump to bottom edge of front board in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 2-310, [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. With a frontispiece, several in-text decorations, and with 18 plates (two of which are in color, the facsimiles of the Sherd of Amenartas). Illustrations by..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2003), 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-278 pp. Quarter beige cloth over beige patterned paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.00 on front flap of jacket. A novel concerning a man trying to find his way in the world..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2004), 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [11], 5-79, [1] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine.Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. A Very near Fine book in a price clipped, but otherwise Fine dust jacket. More
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1986), 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 3-209 pp. Quarter black cloth over orange paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. A very attractive copy of the..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1991), 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [8], 792 pp. Quarter teal cloth over pale yellow boards with gold lettering on the spine. A Very Good+ book with the front board minorly warped and a small concavity to the spine; dust jacket is price-clipped with..... More
New York: Random House [1963], 1963. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], xi-xii, [2], 3-306, [2] pp. Quarter brown cloth over orange paper boards with red lettering on the front board and gold lettering on the spine; green topstain. Price of $4.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with a map..... More
New York: Random House [1960], 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-viii, [2], 3-242, [6] pp. Quarter black cloth over grey cloth boards with silver lettering on the spine; red topstain. Price of $3.95 on front flap of jacket. A nice copy of Henry's well-regarded Civil War novel, basis for..... More
New York: Random House [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 3-236, [4] pp. Quarter white cloth over grey boards with orange decoration and lettering on the front board and spine, spine also with brown lettering; orange topstain. Price of $4.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 11-339, [1], 1-16, [2] pp. Blue cloth with white, black, blue and gilt decorations and white and black lettering on the front board, gilt lettering and gilt and white decorations on the spine; all edges decoratively stained black. Coated..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster [1986], 1986. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 11-316 pp. Quarter navy cloth over blue paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with a name concealed by white out on free front endpaper;..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1976], 1976. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 311, [3] pp. Quarter brown cloth over red paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on front flap of jacket. A Near Fine book with age toning to the pageblock in a Near..... More