Things fall apart
London: Heinemann, 1978. First paperback edition, 1978 printing. Paperback. Paperback octavo with yellow and white spine. VIII, 150 pages : b/w frontispiece, African writers series || Nigerian writers. Okonkwo. Obi tribe. More
Fiction
Little men; life at Plumfield with Jo's boys
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in green gilt boards. [8], 376 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (wood-engravings) ; 18 cm 8vo. Series: Louisa May Alcott anthology; || Sequel to Little women || Contents: Nat -- The boys -- Sunday -- Stepping-stones --..... More
Chief the Honourable Minister
London: Heinemann, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Paperback octavo with white spine. 214 pages, 19 cm. Series: African writers series ;; 70; || Abstract: A satire of the calamity resulting from a schoolmaster's appointment as minister of works in a newly independent African country. || Politicians -- Fiction. Languages & Literatures..... More
The debauched and the depraved :; two novels
Los Angeles: Lookout Publication Co., 1975. Paperback. Paperback yellow octavo. 192 pages ; 18 cm. Translation of Les onze mille verges and Les exploits d'un jeune don Juan. || "Two French Classics of Erotic Realism" -front cover. Eros, erotica, sexuality. || Series: A Biblion classic ;; BC 108;. More
Robots and empire
Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover small quarto in blue and color illustrated DJ. 383 pages ; 22 cm. Sequel to: The robots of dawn. || Abstract: Dr. Kelden Amadiro is determined to bring total annihilation of the planet Earth, but Lady Gladia vows to stop him..... More
The Injustice Collectors
Cambridge, Mass. Houghton Mifflin, 1950. first edition. Hardcover. Octavo in grey cloth boards in color illus. (spine) and white dust jacket; 248 p., 22 cm. Contents: The Miracle -- Maud -- The Fall of a Sparrow -- Finish, Good Lady -- The Unholy Three -- The Ambassadress -- The Edification..... More
Ozma of Oz :; a record of her adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger : besides other good people too numerous to mention faithfully recorded herein
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., N.D. Early reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto with tan cloth. Color Illustrated pastedown to front cover with black text and illustration to spine. 270 pages : b/w illustrations throughout (no color plates) ; 23 cm. 1907 is only date listed; presumably printed sometime between 1929 and..... More
The Wizard of Oz
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1956. White cover ed. (Tall). Hardcover. Hardcover quarto in light green cloth boards. 236, [14] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. Uncommon edition || Abstract: Dorothy gets swept into the Land of Oz by a cyclone. She meets a living Scarecrow, a man made..... More
The house of Dr. Edwardes
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1928. Copyright pages states "Reprinted January 1928", thus presumably the second printing of first edition. Hardcover. Hardcover black octavo. 312 pages ; 19 cm. Horror. Mystery. Fiction. More
Waiting for the end of the world
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Hardcover in black DJ with white spine. 322 pages ; 24 cm. Terrorists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. More
Regiment of women
London: Methuen, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. Medium Octavo in white photo-illus DJ; 349 p. ; 21 cm. Transvestites, cross-dressing; Novel; fiction. More
Red Hot; A Thrilling Romance
N.Y., N. Y. Universal Publishing, 1937. A Universal Romance Special Edition (reprint). Paperback. Paperback octavo with white spine. 127 pages, 19 cm. Scarce || "A Universal Romance Book"-title page. || "The unexpurgated adventures of luscious Carmine Mitchell, whose natural warm-blooded passions were checked too long by a jealous sister. When..... More
16 Edgar Rice Burroughs Pocketbooks
New York, N.Y. Ace Publishing Corporation, 1950s-1960s. Various printings. Pocketbook. 16 pocketbooks (3 duplicates). All with color illustrated covers. Most part of the Ace Science Fiction Classic series. A few covers illustrated by Frank Franzetta. Titles: The People that Time Forgot (x2), The Monster Men, Beyond the Farthest Star, Tarzan..... More
The guest
Mankato, Minn. Creative Education, 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in color illustrated DJ (white spine). 32 pages ; 23 cm. Abstract: An Algerian schoolteacher develops a strange alliance with the Arab prisoner temporarily left in his charge, giving him the chance to select his own destiny. More
The lost steps
New York: Knopf, 1972. Second American edition. Hardcover. Hardcover small quarto in black and color illustrated DJ. xvi, 278 pages ; 22 cm. Translation of Los Pasos Perdidos. || Translated from the Spanish by Harriet de Onís, and with an introduction by J. B. Priestley. More
Bob Hansen Tenderfoot
Philadelphia: Penn Pub. Co., 1921. First edition? Hardcover. Octavo in dark green boards; 223 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Boy Scouts -- Juvenile fiction. More
Telegraph Avenue; a novel
New York: Harper, 2012. Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto with red DJ. 468 pages ; 24 cm. Inscribed by author. "This signed edition of Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon has been specially bound by the publisher"-second free end paper. || Contents: 1. Dream of Cream -- 2. The Church..... More
The boys in the band
New York: Dell, 1969. First Dell printing. Paperback. Paperback white pocketbook. 185 pages 19 cm. Series: Dell Book,; 0773; || Gay men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama. Interpersonal relations -- Drama. More
Cattle country
Bend, Or. Maverick Publications, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Paperback off white quarto. 122 pages ; 22 cm. Signed by author on title page. || Ranch life -- Oregon -- Juvenile fiction. More
Damage control; stories
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Hardcover large octavo in teal DJ. 294 pages ; 22 cm. "New York Times Bestselling Author of The Starboard Sea"-front of DJ. Contents: Lyndon -- Damage control -- The order -- A splendid wife -- Stella..... More
The divine invasion
New York: Timescape Books : Distributed by Simon and Schuster, 1981. Book club edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in color illustrated cover with black spine. 239 pages ; 22 cm. Lovely copy with stunning front jacket illustraion in full-color. Abstract: God is not dead, he has merely been exiled to an..... More
Tales from old Ireland
New York: Barefoot Books, 2000. Hardcover. Hardcover large quarto with yellow spine. 95 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Includes 2 CDs. || Contents: Children of Lir -- Fair, brown, and trembling -- Twelve wild geese -- Lusmore and the fairies -- Son of an otter, son of a...... More
Shams, or, Uncle Ben's experience with hypocrites; a story of simple country life giving a humorous and entertaining picture of every day life and incidents in the rural districts, with Uncle Ben's trip to the city of Chicago and to California, and his experience with the shams and sharpers of the metropolitan world
Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1887. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Hardcover quarto in red cloth boards. xv, 412 pages : b/w illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm. Country life -- Fiction. Humorous fiction. Pastoral fiction. California. Illinois -- Chicago. More
Up the junction
London: Pan Books, 1966. 7th Pan Books printing. Paperback. Paperback pocketbook with black spine. 122 pages, b/w illustrations ; 18 cm. Line drawings by Susan Benson. || Pan Books G712. More
The circle :; a novel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. Third printing. Hardcover. Hardcover large octavo with red dust jacket, 491 pages ; 23 cm. Author signed on title page. "The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book..... More