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London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth, spine lettered in red and lightly faded. Very good. 317 pages. 18.5 x 12.5 cm. This is perhaps his most famous literary work. His writing juxtaposes the rise of National Socialism and the squalor of a city where poverty and violence were rampant, with the superficial hedonism… Read more about this item

New York: Dial, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth lettered in red. Near fine in chipped dust wrapper with loss as spine head and foot. 120 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. His reputation has endured since his death and his work has been adapted for the screen to great acclaim. His mother never revealed who his biological… Read more about this item

London: Hogarth Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. royal blue cloth. backstrip lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at head and foot.. 240 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. A volume of essays, the latter often published anonymously were not easily traced here gathered. Leonard Wolff in his editorial note presents further documentation. Owner… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1925. First American edition. Hardcover. Orig. orange cloth. Very good. 296 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Backstrip nicked head and foot. Paper spine label. Interior contents clean, tiny owner signature front free endpaper.

Austin: The Encino Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. two-toned brown/tan boards. Fine in fine slipcase. 177 pages. 23.5 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 53 of 250, signed on half title as issued, and additionally inscribed: Presentation copy to actor William Ely -- "The book took me longer than any novel, with good wishes, Larry McMurtry". This… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth backstrip lettered in white and blue with front inset in three colors. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 182 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Capote's trip to the Soviet Union in 1955 to present "Porgy And Bess" in Leningrad, as a cultural exchange attempt at the height… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth and white boards decorated in blind. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 111 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Music by Harold Arlen when first presented in 1954 in New York. His first attempt as a writer of musical comedy, although he wrote a theatrical adaptation to his… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine lettered in red and green. Fine in very good dust wrapper. 181 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His second novel in clipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. Double illustrated title page lettered in red.

New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth spine lettered in red. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.. 231 pages. 21 x 14 cm. His first novel in unclipped dust wrapper, a bright, very fresh copy. The only fault a very slight crease to front cover of the dust wrapper at the lower foot. … Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. striated red cloth, front cover with silver and white initials, backstrip decorated in black with gilt lettering. Teg. Fine in very good brown publisher slipcase with spine lettering. 348 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 768 of 1050 signed by Sinclair Lewis in black ink, printed on… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in very good dust wrapper top stained red, nicked at bottom front cover and backstrip head and foot. 383 pages. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Bright, very clean copy with seven short stories including, "The Bear." PETERSON A21d. Price clipped dust wrapper.

New York: Random House, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. maroon cloth, front cover decorated in black and slightly lighter maroon. Fine in very good dust wrapper nicked at edges, spine slightly faded. 437 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. This novel conceived in 1944 took nine years to completion. Time and place World War I. Very bright, fresh copy,… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 305 pages. 20.4 x 14 cm. Dust jacket designed by Milton Glaser. Unclipped dust wrapper with $4.95 price. Faulkner turns the corner to comedy with a heroic journey from Jefferson, Mississippi to Memphis. A… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth, front cover lettering in blue and gilt, slight fade to gilt. Fine in fine wrapper. 247 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. $3.00 price on front cover flap, dust wrapper designed by McKnight Kauffer. PETERSON A24b. Overall, a very bright, fresh copy. His first novel published since "The… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's beige nubby cloth and slate blue boards. Teg. Fine in worn slipcase. 448 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 380 of 500 signed by Lewis: becoming the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. H.L. Mencken called him "a red-haired tornado from the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt. backstrip with two green labels lettered and decorated in gilt. Very good/Near fine. 262 pages. 21 x 14 cm. With first edition confirmed by letter A on verso of title. This novel served as the basis for Howard Hawk's film co-scripted by Faulkner… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1954. First printing. Stiff Wraps. Orig. light tan printed stiff wrapper. Near fine. 88 pages. 25.5 x 18 cm. Entitled "The Word and the Machine," Auden discusses the negative effect of the Machine Age on poetry and the poet.

London: Faber and Faber, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. purple cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine in very good price clipped dust wrapper. 91 pages. 22 x14 cm. Slight loss at head, nicked at foot dust wrapper.

London: Faber and Faber, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. flat back nay cloth spine lettered in gilt and gray boards. Fine in price clipped dust wrapper. 57 pages. 22 x14 cm. Note by Edward Mendelson.

London: Faber and Faber, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth nicked at backstrip head. Very good. 123 pages. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Bookplate "From The Library of Julian Barnes," a prominent English author in his own right. Book label of Myers Co. Booksellers London. Small owner inscription front free endpaper.