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 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
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
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
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
Te Kaihau/The Windeater
New York: George Braziller, Inc. (1987), 1987. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [8], 9-239, [1] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine.Price of $15.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A collection of short stories. A Very Good book with hints of foxing to..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
London: Richard Bentley, 1840; 1842; 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 8vo. [3], iv-v, [4], 2-338, [4]; [5], vi-vii, [4], 2-288, [2]; [5], iv-vi, [3], 2-364, [2] pp. Full contemporary red morocco, spines in six compartments with gilt decorations and lettering, boards ruled in gilt; all edges gilt. Bound by..... More