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
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 Complete Stories of J.G Ballard
New York: W.W Norton & Company, 2009. First printing. Hardcover. 1196 pp. Price of $35.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Introduction by Martin Amis. 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
A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain
New York: Henry Holt and Company (1992), 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [14], 249, [9] pp. Pale green paper-covered boards quarter bound in beige cloth with maroon lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A sharp copy of Butler's..... More
Cathedral
New York: Alred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [13], 5-227, [3] pp. Quarter grey cloth over grey paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $13.95 on front flap of jacket. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a collection of short stories by a...... More
Werewolves in their Youth; Stories
New York: Random House [1999], 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 3-212, [2] pp. Green paper covered boards bound in black cloth, gold lettering on spine with author's initials embossed on front board. Price of $22.95 on front flap of dust 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
Chekhov: The Early Stories, 1883-1888
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. [1982], 1982. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], 203, [1] pp. Quarter black cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. Chosen and translated by Patrick Miles and Harvey Pitcher. A Near Fine book..... 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
The Complete Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad; The Tales Volume III
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press [1992], 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-xviii, [2], 296, [4] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $24.95 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Edited with an introduction by Samuel Hynes. Includes..... More
Skin and Other Stories
New York: Viking [2000], 2000. First American edition. Hardback. 8vo. [8], 212, [4] pp. Black paper boards with copper lettering on the spine. Price of $15.99 on front flap of dust jacket. 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
Angry Candy
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xxiv, [4], 3-324, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over black paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Illustrated with a few in-text decorations. Very Good with some faint rings of..... 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
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
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