Writing from Callaghan Books South

Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy, DJ beneath library plastic and clear-taped inside covers. DJ glossy light green with a photo of a typewriter at center front, dark blue behind title and author and spine top, another photo at top back, 327 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ has tiny holes to… Read more about this item

The Lyons Press, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, heavy, thicker sturdy book, black spine, yellow boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, a small fel-tip cross-out at top inside front cover, 492 pages. Bottom tips lightly creased on pages 143-147. DJ glossy with blue… Read more about this item

Little, Brown, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, white covers, silver lettering and design bright on spine, 628 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ beneath mylar, a beautiful color-illustration of harbor city on front, spine and back, praise on back from The New Yorker, Anita Brookner in Sunday… Read more about this item

Doubleday, 1997. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (New York Public Library Collector's Edition) Small, sturdy book, dark green cloth spine, cream boards, bright silver lettering and borders on spine, vertical stripes in light and dark purple inside covers and adjacent end papers, 369 pages including a Checklist for… Read more about this item

John Hopkins University Press, 2019. 1st U.S. . Cloth. As New/As New. Essays on Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner. Large, sturdy book, quality yellow cloth, very bright blue lettering on spine, 338 pages, some illustrations. DJ glossy with background in shades of yellow and blue, a color-illustration of black cross-out to face of… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Large, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers with dark blue, orange and red tint to illustrations of Wilde and others, cream back wrapper, 366 pages plus extensive catalog. Light smudge at bottom right of first front end paper. Very Good.

Crown Publishers, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Smaller, sturdy book, green spine, cream boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 246 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed and illustration, front looks like pages of open book, tiny green car, soccer ball and trout on hook on front, green spine… Read more about this item

Scribner, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Smaller, sturdy book, purple spine, yellow boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 288 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed and illustrated, a view of cellar doors and window on front and spine, purple borders to back with an excerpt in pale yellow. DJ and book, both… Read more about this item

Viking, 2013. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Sturdy book, blue covers, very bright silver lettering on spine, 248 pages of letters between two writers. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, dark blue spine, top and bottom front and back too, light blue center front with illustration of pens and photos of the two writers. DJ has light… Read more about this item

Arcade Publishing, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Sturdy book, black spine, green boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 240 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar, a photograph of Singer in a park on front, black spine, blue-green back. DJ has tiny tear at spine top edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine… Read more about this item

University of Chicago Press, 2008. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Larger, thinner book, quality maroon cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, blue color inside covers and adjacent end papers, ink owner's name at top of first front end paper, 96 pages from lectures at Rice University. DJ beneath mylar, glossy with… Read more about this item

Writer's Digest Book, 1991. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Larger, sturdy softcover, glossy wrappers that are yellow and lighter yellow at center front and back wrappers, a color-illustration of a flower at bottom front, 211 pages plus Index to Exercises. Mint.

Clarkson N. Potter, 1984. 1st U.S. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Fine. (1st U.S. edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright silver lettering on spine, gray color inside covers and adajcent end papers, 275 pages. Light crease to top tips from pages 83-106. Frontispiece glossy with color portrait of younger Maugham. DJ glossy gray background,… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2015. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy book, black spine, light brown boards, bight silver initials at top front, silver lettering bright on spine, 332 pages including two glossy photo sections. DJ glossy with dark background, Forsyth in the shadows on front, very bright silver author's name, a… Read more about this item

Henry Holt, 1999. 1st U.S. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st U.S. edition, 1st printing) Larger, sturdy book, dark brown spine, brown boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 324 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ glossy with close-up portrait of Swift on front, bronze border along bottom edges, black spine and back with praise from British… Read more about this item

Crown Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. As New/As New. (3d printing) Large sturdy book, quality purple cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 417 pages. DJ glossy black background, a color photo of smiling Nabokov on front, white back with photo of young Nabokov in red frame at top back, praise from Sunday Telegram, The National Observer, the Los Angeles… Read more about this item

Other Press, 2014. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Fine. Large sturdy book, purple cloth, silver lettering very bright on spine, 390 pages with some photographs. DJ glossy with surreal illustration on front, spine and back, a small photo of youngsterson bottom back. Remainder mark (red dot) at pages' bottom edge. Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Harper Perennial, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (Finalit of the National Book Critics Circle Award) Edited by Greg Johnson. Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy purple, pink and blue background and lettering, 509 pages including a photo section. Neat ink underlining on a few pages. Light wear to front and… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, 2010. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, thicker, sturdy book, black spine, cream boards, 655 pages including a glossy photo section. DJ glossy with a photo portrait of Dahl smoking pipe on front, three tiny color cartoons including Willy Wonka and Matilde on front, a montage of photos at… Read more about this item

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, sturdy, thick book, blue spine, gray boards with embossed initials at bottom front, silver lettering very bright on spine, dark red color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 514 pages with many small photographs throughout. DJ glossy, a blue-tinted photo of Gertrude… Read more about this item