Fiction from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

1st ed., 8vo, yellow cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 247 [1] pp. Charles Brackett practiced law for several years before being hired as drama critic at The New Yorker, on the strength of his short stories for The Saturday Evening Post and his second novel, Week-End. He left New York to work as a Hollywood screenwriter, and had his greatest… Read more about this item

The Century Company. Near Fine. 1913. 1st edition, second state. 1st ed, second state.12mo. "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at foot of title page.1 page undated ads at back. Original light green cloth decorated in dark green and black, in dust jacket . First Edition of London's prizefighting tale. frontispiece by Gordon Grant. This copy is in the second… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow. 2003. 1st ed. Inscribed by Bradbury on title page. Pristine copy! .

Springfield: Gauntlet Publications. 1995. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Matheson, George Clayton Johnso n, Matthew R. Bradley, Dan Simmons, and Dennis Etchison. Bound in full red leather with gilt letter spine and front cover. In Fine original black leather covered slipcase. Red silk ribbon bookmar k. 8vo. 258 pp. .

London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1928. 1st ed.. 1st ed. 8vo brown cloth; gilt titles. Color pictorial dust jacket designed by William Orpen (unclipped; short tear; few nicks). .

William Morrow. Fine. 1955. 1st ed. 1st Edition. 8vo, green boards, black titles. A fine, virtually p ristine copy with just a hint of wear at bottom edge of spine. I n near-fine d/w with 1/4” closed ear at upper right front; ½† closed tear at lower front flap, slight surface wear. .

NY: Doubleday. Fine. 1972. 1st ed.. 1st ed., 8vo, illustrated cloth. Matthiessen's first and only chi ldren's book, with an ecological theme. Jacket and illustrations by William Pene du Bois. This copy is with the special reinforced library binding, as originally issued. A pristine copy in near f ine d/w. The book itself is flawless; the jacket… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers. 1954. 1st ed.. The author's first novel, published just after he returned from P aris, where he helped found the Paris Review. Very Good-near fin e in VG d/w. The book itself is clean, bright and tight; the onl y interior flaw is a prior owner’s inked signature at top of FF EP. No… Read more about this item

Mysterious Press. Fine. 1984. Special edition; limited.. Inscribed by author on half-title page . Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, thi s being copy J. Octavo burgundy cloth in pictorial dust jacket, s lipcase; xv,[1],234pp. Signed on the colophon page, as normal, b ut with an added signature on the title page and an… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Row. 1968. 1st ed., in d/w. Fine copy of Llosa's second novel in d/w with 1/ 2" open tear on front top edge. .

Atheneum, New York. Fine. 1960. 1st ed.. 8vo, ¼ cloth, maroon boards. Stated First Edition. . s was a British-born screenwriter, television writer, and novelis t. He wrote the screenplays for Clash by Night [ Fritz Lang], Isl and in the Sun, and was a co-writer on Roberto Rossellini's Paisa n in 1946 for which he was nominated for… Read more about this item

NY: B. W. Dodge & Company. Fine. Hardcover. 1909. 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition. 8vo, 1st American ed., third issue of the unauthorized edition; i n pictorial blue cloth with red printed titling. 360 pp. This pir ated edition by Dodge predates the authorized Doubleday edition b y two months. Dodge published only one edition,… Read more about this item

Brussells: Louis Hauman et Comp. Good. Marbled boards. 1836. 1st Brussells. CUSTINE, Astolphe (Marquis de) . As It Is] . lgian edition. 16mo. Half-leather, marbled boards. 4 raised band s, gilt titles on burgundy labels, marbled edges. 278 pp. 322 pp. First published in Paris in a larger format,1835.##### . omedy, quite popular in its time. The… Read more about this item

New Pearson's Magazine. 1923. 1st edition thus. "Holiday", a 3-page short story, is one of Hammett’s earliest w orks of fiction. It is not a crime story, but a sensitive vignett e, possibly autobiographical. War veteran Paul Hetherwick is a pa tient at Public Service Health Hospital in San Diego. He obtains a day pass, withdraws $100 from the… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus and Company. Near Fine. 1948. First edition (with stylized FS to the copyright page.) Pages bro wned as usual, else fine in good, price-clipped dustwrapper with very minor edgewear and large tear to rear panel. Where the origi nal price was clipped, there is a small rubber-stamped $3.00 pric e. Uncertain if this was a… Read more about this item

Alfred A. Knopf. 1927. First ed.. 1st ed., 12mo, decorated boards. . rical play that was the basis for several popular Broadway produc tions and films about sex, murder, and âRoxie Hartâ -- including the 2002 Oscar winning production with Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger. . First book in the New Theater series edited by George Jean… Read more about this item

Boston and NY: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Good. Cloth. 1903. 1st edition. TWO COPIES. 1st ed. 1st and second states. Decorated green cloth. The classic children’s novel about the trials of life, wisdom, and understanding. . he first edition. The imprint at the bottom of spine was first p rinted at 1/16” height. The second state… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans . Good. Marbled boards. 1845, 1848. 1st thus. 3rd edition of the original work, first edition of the latter. Pr inted by Charles wittingham at the Chiswick Press in a single vol ume. 12mo. 220 pp. [1] 216 pp. A later 19th century rebinding, marbled boards, leather label. Full-page woodcut… Read more about this item

William Morrow. Fine. 1973. William Morrow and Company, New York, 1973. 1st ed., 8vo, black b oards, gilt titles. A fine, pristine copy in fine, mylar protecte d jacket -- not price-clipped. .

Livingston [Montana]: Clark City Press. Fine.. 1993. 1st . Signed. . 5"x9" stapled wrappers, 34 pp.. Publishers announcement containi ng selections from forthcoming works, including an excerpt from M atthiessen's anticipated book Red and Blue Days/Writings on the A merican West. The book was never published, leaving this excerpt as the only published survivor. Fine. … Read more about this item