War Dances
New York: Grove Press [2009], 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 5-209, [1] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $23.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Short Stories (single Author)
Einstein's Monsters
New York: Harmony Books [1987], 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 149, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over dark grey paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $12.95 on front flap of jacket. Very near Fine book in a Near Fine jacket with some mild age toning..... 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
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
The Watch; Stories
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
The Time of Friendship; A Volume of Short Stories
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 215, [3] pp. White paper boards lettered and decorated in red; blue topstain. Price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Near Fine book in a bright Very Good+ dust jacket with a small closed..... More
The Toynbee Convector
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii, [3], 3-275, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $17.95 on front flap of jacket. A Very Good book with a small damp stain the..... More
The Toynbee Convector
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii, [3], 3-275, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $17.95 on the front flap of the jacket. More
The Enormous Radio; And Other Stories
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 4-237, [11] pp. Blue-green cloth with gold lettering on the spine; dark yellow topstain. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 002a. A collection of Cheever's short stories that were published in..... More
The Enormous Radio; And Other Stories
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 4-237, [11] pp. Blue-green cloth with gold lettering on the spine; dark yellow topstain. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 002a. A collection of Cheever's short stories that were published in..... More
The World of Apples
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 3-174, [2] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine, light orange topstain. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Ahearn APG 016b. A very..... More
Shadows and Light
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc. [1968], 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [6], 7-122, [6] pp. Quarter olive-green cloth over beige cloth boards with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.95 on front flap of dust jacket. With a few full-page, colour illustrations by..... More
Without A Stitch in Time; A Selection of the Best Humorous Short Pieces
Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1972], 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vii-viii, [2], 3-328 pp. Quarter yellow paper over orange paper boards with red and black lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on jacket flap. Mild toning and foxing to textblock; dust jacket is Very Good with a...... More
Lives of the Poets; Six Stories and a Novella
New York: Random House [1984], 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [12], 4-145, [5] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. More
Tour of Duty
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-336, [2] pp. Blue cloth with black lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With two in-text illustrations. Ahearn APG 031b. A collection of short stories on the Second..... More
The Best Short Stories of Dostoevsky
New York: The Modern Library (1955), 1955. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [6], vii-xxiii, [3], 3-322, [6] (pages of publishing advertisements) pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Grey endpapers and pastedowns. Translated with an introduction by David Magarshack..... More
The Harlan Ellison Hornbook
New York: Penzler Books (1990), 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xxviii, [2], 417, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text decorations. A tiny separation between the backstrip..... More
Big Woods
New York: Random House (1955), 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [20], 11-198, [16] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and black decorations. Price of $3.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by several in-text drawings. Decorations by Edward Shenton. Ahearn APG 045a. A very attractive copy. Very near Fine book..... More
Knight's Gambit
New York: Random House [1949], 1949. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-246, [2] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in black and a gold decoration on the front board and spine; grey topstain. Title page printed in red and black. Ahearn APG 027b. A name on the free front..... More
The Unvanquished
New York: Random House, 1938. First edition [1938]. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-293, [3] pp. Grey cloth with navy and red decorations and lettering on the front board and spine; red topstain. Price of $2.50 on front flap of jacket. Illustrations by Edward Shenton. Ahearn APG 020b. A collection of short..... More
The Collected Tales of E.M. Forster
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-ix, [3], 3-308, [2] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $2.75 on front flap of jacket. Ownership stamp of science fiction editor, publisher, and writer Donald Wollheim on the rear endpaper. Near..... More
Yellow Gentians and Blue
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-vi, [2], 3-188, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements) pp. Quarter blue cloth over tan textured boards with a paper label printed in blue on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket..... More
Something Out There
New York: The Viking Press (1984), 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], 10-203, [3] pp. Quarter black cloth over yellow paper boards with gold and silver lettering on the spine. Price of $15.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Book is nearly Fine with a tiny bump to the bottom..... More
Blue Feather and Other Stories
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers [1961], 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 3-234 pp. Quarter black cloth over blue paper boards with a gold publisher's seal on the front board and with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A...... More
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xi, [2], 10-398, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [3] pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with pink lettering on the spine. Publisher's device on the title page. BAL 7626. The first issue of the first American edition. Preceded by the British..... More