Literature & Classics from Back in Time Rare Books, LLC

Paris: A. Quantin, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 1/2 X 10 3/4 Inches. 312 [4] PP. Important work on French women of all societal levels during the Victorian Era. While Octave seems to have a great interest and appreciation for women and their adornments, he makes the case that women are too taken to debauchery and… Read more about this item

New York: Amy Einhorn Books / Putnam, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 460 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.95 intact on front flap. Basis for the HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. A few… Read more about this item

New Orleans, LA: Anne Rice, 1995. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine. 8 5/8 X 11 Inches. 11 PP. Orignal 11 page printed newsletter housed in original issus glassine wrap. In the days before Anne Rice had a modem or internet connection (as she freely admits), this newsletter was a way for the author to answer some of… Read more about this item

Nashville, TN: Self-Published, 1931. First Edition. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 190 PP. Splendid travel biography from a well-known Vanderbilt grad and personal friend of many Fugitive poets. Creighton was also the head of his family owned contracting company that built many of the structures Nashville is known for, including the Parthenon on West End. Introduction by Vandy Professor,… Read more about this item

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1996. First Edition. Leather bound. Very Good. 6 X 9 1/8 Inches. 227 PP. One of the signed copies of the Limited First Edition produced by The Franklin Library. Signed by Didion on the publisher limitation page. AEG. From the author of the fabulous Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The Year of Magical… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8 Inches. 212 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $22.95 intact on front flap. A sharp copy!

New York: Katherine Tegen Books, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 525 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $17.99 on rear cover. Signed and inscribed "To Liz" on the title-page. Impressive dystopian young adult novel that is part… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam-Skylark, 1989. First Edition. Original wraps. Near Fine. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 118 PP. Classic 1980's young adult book originally sold mostly via school book fairs! Hint of toning to interior pages.

New York: Library of America, 1999. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 942 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original satin bookmark intact. A few minor blemishes to slipcase.

New York: Random House, 1988. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. Very Good. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 667 PP. Original "unrevised proof" advance copy with typed letter of introduction from the publisher laid-in. A scarce ARC of this title from the creator of Jason Bourne! Scuffing and a few light stains to covers.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1943. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 224 PP. Original yellow cloth binding with discreet original spine label at top of spine. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Light wear to edges. PO inscription to FFEP. Jacket lightly worn and chipped at edges.

New York: Scribner's, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 3/8 X 9 3/8 Inches. 531 PP. Original first printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.00 intact on front flap. Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the basis of the Netflix series of… Read more about this item

Bloomington, IN: David Denman, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 306 PP. First printing of Denmar's first book. Signed on the front pastedown by author. Hint of rubbing to jacket edges.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 204 PP. First printing copy with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.00 intact on front flap of DJ. A very attractive copy. No PO writing, plates etc.

New York: Delacorte, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 418 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $27.00 intact on front flap. Signed by Child on official Del Rey / Delacorts bookplate affixed to FFEP.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 536 PP. Signed by Pat Conroy directly on the half title page. Inscribed, "To Blue Spruell, Here's to your writing career, Pat Conroy / June 28, 1984." Blue is an Atlanta based attorney and author of the TARO (young… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 214 PP. Stated "First Printing" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. Basis for the film of the same name.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1892. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 182 PP. Original decorated binding with white title stamping to spine. Some fading to ink on covers. PO name and date on the FFEP. Light foxing.

New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6 3/8 X 9 5/8 Inches. 118 PP. "Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Beat Generation - that historic encounter in 1944 in New York City between Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs - Cosmopolitan Greetings is the first new collection… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 159 PP. An unusually fine copy in like dust jacket. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Book appears unread, atypical condition for this third effort in Steinbecks "Play/Novelette" style. Dust jacket exhibits the slightest hint of wear… Read more about this item