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New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946). First edition. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED "WITH LOVE" TO COMPOSER DAVID DIAMOND. The National Book Award-winning poet's first book, written when he was just 24 years old, two short years before he was to become the longtime poetry editor at The New Yorker. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For David,/ who doesn't write/ cliches for… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. First edition of the author's first book. First issue with "McClure, Phillips & Co." on spine. 8vo black cloth boards stamped in orange, green and white. Good to very good with spine dulled and barely readable and elaborate front cover illustration a bit rubbed and showing a few small color touch ups… Read more about this item

Paris: Crosby Continental Editions, 1932. First edition thus: the first English-language edition to be published in Paris. Number 7 in Careese Crosby's short-lived paperback series, "Crosby Continental Editions" published by her Black Sun Press. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert with an introduction by Andre Gide. 16mo cream-colored paperwraps with printed flaps; 189 pages. Very good to near… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First edition. His first book. SIGNED by Pearson on front endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: Atheneum, 1963. First edition. His first book. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "Best of luck from Fred & Sue Chappell to Peggy & Hugh Kerner. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with internal tape repair to head of spine where there are a few short rubbed tears.

London: Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, (1985). First UK edition of the author's first book with title changed from that of the original U.S. release. In presumed second-issue dust jacket with blurbs on rear panel and image of old car with tree and house in background on front (vs blank and with people on porch). Usual age-toning to… Read more about this item

New York: Obelisk Press, (1990). Istvan Banyai. First edition, a paperback original. Not issued in hard cover. The author's first book. Near fine.

(No-place: Crossroad Health Ministry, 1993). First edition. Paperback original; the only edition, SIGNED BY MASSON on title page. Her first book of poetry. Preceded only by INTERNATIONAL NURSING (1981), non-fiction written while nursing director at the global health initiative, Project Hope. The 17 poems herein arose from Masson's work as a family nurse practitioner and director of a small,… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Grafton Publishing Co., 1912. First edition of Jeffers' first book. One of only 500 copes; issued without dust jacket. [Broomfield A1]. Small 8vo linen-backed brown paper boards; top edge gilt. Issued with printed spine labels to front and spine. This copy with facsimile label at spine, otherwise very good to near fine with spine ends softened… Read more about this item

Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1916. First edition. Only 250 copies printed. His uncommon first book -- a selection of poetry published as number 7 in Blackwell's "Adventurers All" series of "young poets unknown to fame." Small 8vo cream paperwraps with lower and fore edges yapped (i.e., overhanging) and printed labels to front and spine; 51 pages plus one-page publisher's… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, (1941). First edition. His first and most famous book. Novel based on his father's life, made into the long-running Broadway musical. SIGNED BY SCHULBERG WITH CRYPTIC "46-61-72" beneath his signature on back of a portion of paper torn from a form still retaining partial name and "identity card number" of Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. Good,… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Co., 1948. First edition. Her first book. Loosely based on her childhood in an affluent California neighborhood. Very good to near fine with the usual darkening of the pages (due to the high pulp paper used during and after WWII), small tear near hinge of half-title page mended with archival tape on verso, hint… Read more about this item

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1965). First Canadian edition. Intended for use as a school text with a note about the author followed by 15 pages of notes and questions by Donald G. Rutledge at rear. 8vo orange paper boards printed in green and white on front and spine; with arresting illustration by John Elphick of bird in tree on… Read more about this item

London: W. H. Allen, 1959. First edition of his first book. Nine related stories including the title one which was the basis for the 1962 film of the same name with screenplay by Sillitoe. A poor Nottingham teenager with bleak prospects turns to long-distance running for emotional and physical escape. Very good to near fine with fading to cloth… Read more about this item

(Paris): Two Cities Editions, (1960). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. White paperwraps printed in blue and black. Very good or better with few small stains to covers.

Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co, (1915). First edition. His first regularly published book. Illustrated by Fontaine Fox. Slim, brown cloth boards stamped in gold and white on front only. Near fine lacking the publisher's box.

New York: Random House, (1968). First edition of his first book. Decorative bookplate SIGNED BY IRVING laid in. Fine in near fine to fine dust jacket with touch of minor wear and few light creases to corner of front flap. Housed in custom, molded clamshell case lettered in gilt on spine and with partial image from dust jacket embossed… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1930. First edition. The hard-boiled mystery writer's first regularly published book, essays of sorts in a series of imagined dialogues on the workings and non-workings of government. Octavo gray cloth boards stamped in black (or perhaps dark blue) on front and spine, publisher's logo blindstamped on back board; in first-issue dust jacket with dollar sign on… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co, (1956). First edition of his first book. A play set in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, where "The Quare Fellow," who is never seen or heard, is condemned to die the following day for an unnamed crime. Fine in very good or better, price-clipped dust jacket rubbed at spine ends and folds.

New York: Walker & Co., (1982). First edition. SIGNED BY SMITH. Her first book and first to feature San Franciscan lawyer turned sleuth, Rebecca Schwartz. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped otherwise fine; in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and corners.