Recent Arrivals from RC Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the dust jacket "the first work of fiction by a President of the United States-a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence." SIGNED on the title page by President Jimmy Carter. 465 pages.

Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Russell Chatham. An environmental essay by Rick Bass on wolves in Montana. Number 17 of only 125 copies in this Limited Edition. SIGNED by Rick Bass on the title page. 166 pages with some photos and nice drawings… Read more about this item

New York: The Free Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Leading space exploration authority" Dr. Robert Zubrin with Richard Wagner offer a pragmatic and visionary plan for settling Mars. Inscribed by and SIGNED by author on title page. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. Soiling to front cover of book. 328… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Honest and interesting story from the late sixties, turned into a 1970 movie of the same title. Probable third printing. 153 pages. Age-toning and light wear. Date of 4/69 on rear flap of unclipped dust jacket, which is protected with a Demco… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A historical and suspenseful novel featuring the charming Bernhard Gunther solving a case involving Adolf Hitler. First Edition, SIGNED by the author. 528 pages.

New York: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A scholarly, collective biography and "a passionate and poignant history of German Jews." 447 indexed pages with some illustrations. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket is price-clipped. No names or marks.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1986. Facsimile . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the first edition, originally published by Random House in 1958. Includes "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory." The publisher's book information card is laid in. Jacket has a 1/8 inch closed… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. , 1944. 1st Edition 7th Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seventh printing of the first edition. A revealing story of an alcoholic man, later brought to the screen in a four oscar-winning film starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. Previous owner's name on inside front… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1962. Eighth Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book contents are five chapters or "books," Family, Fellowship, Work, Freedom, and Form. A light crush to cloth at spine tail. Unclipped dust jacket, protected in a Brodart cover, has age-toning, light stains, a one-inch chip at spine… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Young, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A unique novel of a woman plagued by a multiple personality disorder. First Edition, First Printing. Some age-toning to paper. Some light shelf wear. Unclipped jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has some fading,… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mystery with the Sherlock consort Shadwell Rafferty on the case. Was it anarchists or union-busters involved with the murder? No names or marks. 322 pages.

Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Oblong 8 Vo - 8 1/2 by 11 Inches. Quality architectural overview of the Via di Borgo Pio. 74 pages including appendix and bibliography. Two pages have a mild spot of soiling. Previous owner's bookplate on front free end paper. Jacket has… Read more about this item

London: Chancellor Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Various Illustratrors . A well done collection of works form the unique, brilliant Oscar Wilde. First edition of this illustrated collection featuring various artists including Aubrey Beardsley and Charles Ricketts. A light three inch scratch to front cover of dust jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Classic Kinsey Millhone mystery, SIGNED by Sue Grafton. This is the UK edition preferred by collectors issued in a very limited run by Macmillan, preceding the US publication. 351 pages. A true Grafton signed first edition in fine condition. Jacket in an… Read more about this item

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the First Edition of the classic novel. Mild shelf wear to book. Some light edge wear to dust jacket. Handsome slipcase has a slight scrap and a small chip, otherwise very sound. Tight and clean with no… Read more about this item

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fascinating, in-depth history of the Manhattan antiquarian book trade, especially along Fourth Avenue. Foreword by Madeleine B. Stern. 407 indexed pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. End paper maps with photographs. Unclipped jacket protected… Read more about this item

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979. 1st Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the jacket flap "once in a decade, perhaps less often, a novel so clearly breaks the mold of a particular genre that its appearance becomes a publishing event.... It becomes an unparalleled… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1943. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The story of a daring escape by three men from Japanese-occupied Java in 1942. 166 pages with eight pages of black and white photographs. A few page edges affected by rough opening but not having any effects… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1897. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Subtitled "With a Review of the Events of the Campaign." Authored by Henry P. Johnston (1842-1923), professor and author who specialized in the American Revolution. Published for the Columbia University Press. Printed at the Norwood Press. 234 pages.… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Intimate and interesting account of Stalin, Russia, and the second front of World War II. Age-toning and light soiling to boards and paper. Unclipped dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has edge wear and a sticker removal… Read more about this item