New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Philip R. Goodwin & Charles Livingston Bull. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first edition of perhaps the most iconic work of an archetypally American author and giant of early twentieth century literature. Though Jack London had experienced some preceding success..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, Limited, 1883. First edition. Full leather. This is the two-volume first edition, strikingly bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in exotic full black ostrich skin, referencing the ostriches prominently featured on the illustrated spines of the original pictorial cloth binding. This first edition of The Story of..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. John Lockwood Kipling. First edition. Hardcover. This is a compelling set of British first editions of perhaps Kipling’s most famous works – the first and second Jungle Books. These copies were previously owned by Churchill’s friends and publishers, Frank and Nelson Doubleday, and apparently used..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. First edition, sixth printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, sixth printing of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, signed by both Robert A. Heinlein and his wife, Virginia. Both signatures are inked in black on the title page, “Robert A. Heinlein” directly above..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1974. First edition, first printing. Here is a jacketed first edition, first printing, of Michael Shaara's celebrated Civil War novel. Michael Shaara (1929-1988) began his career as a writer of short stories, primarily science fiction. As a prolific short story writer he enjoyed a...... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First edition. Hardcover. This inscribed and jacketed first edition of Bradbury’s first major work and enduring classic, The Martian Chronicles, is inked in blue in four lines on the title page: "BILL! | BEST FROM | RAY BRADBURY | OCT. 1966". First edition..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. A superior first edition with impeccable genre association. This is a Donald A. Wollheim’s publisher’s review copy, a collector-worthy example in dust jacket and an important association copy that belonged to “one of the most important editorial influences on sf”. Doubleday..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publications, 1953. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a magnificent first edition of Revolt in 2100, a collection of stories that are part of Heinlein’s “Future History” series, nominated for the 1966 Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. This copy is noteworthy for condition alone. Rendering it..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the author’s second novel, a superior copy approaching near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The dark blue cloth binding, illustrated in light blue on the front cover and printed in light blue..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1969. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first printing of the first hardcover edition of Ursula K. LeGuin’s Hugo and Nebula Award winning novel, retaining its original dust jacket and accompanied by an unattached bookplate signed by LeGuin. This copy would be in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. This is the first edition of the author’s early novel about an overpopulated future Earth where faster-than-light gates to other planets are allowing extra-solar colonization – and requiring a new breed of intrepid and resourceful pioneer. The first edition was bound..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. Harold R. Millar. First edition. Hardcover. This is a magnificent copy of the British first edition, second printing in the exceptionally scarce dust jacket. The second printing was issued the same month as the first printing and is nearly identical. The dust jacket differs..... More
New York: Tor, 1986. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a superlative, double signed first edition, first printing of the novel that won Orson Scott Card back-to-back Hugo and Nebula Awards – making him the only author to win both of science fiction’s top prizes in consecutive years. Speaker..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. This is an excellent copy of the first edition of Revolt in 2100, a collection of stories building upon Heinlein’s “Future History” timeline. Revolt in 2100 followed the Future History collections The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950) and The Green Hills of..... More
London: Gyldenal, 1922. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. This is an exceptional copy of the first English edition of Sigrid Undset's The Garland, the first volume in her Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, which was the basis for her being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928. This copy is scarce..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Vita Sackville-West's 1924 novel Seducers in Ecuador is seldom seen thus, in near fine condition and still bearing the original dust jacket. One of 1,500 copies, this copy features a beautifully bright, square, and tight binding, with sharp corners, paper spine label..... More
Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Joseph Mugnaini. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is a pristine copy of the strikingly handsome Limited Editions Club edition. There were 2000 copies of this edition issued, each signed by both the author and the illustrator. This particular copy is unnumbered, acquired from..... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. This is a signed first edition of the author’s first novel, intriguingly steeped in Chinese history, literature, and philosophy though written in English for a notional American audience by a Chinese expatriate then living in Paris. The author’s signature is..... More
Cape Colony, Eastern Province & Natal, South Africa: J.C.Juta & Co. Impey, Walton, & Co. P. Davis & Sons, 1892. Irving Montagu. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Irving Montagu, this volume is in near-fine condition. The publisher's original red cloth binding is clean, bright, and square with no fading, sharp..... More
New York: Hyperion, 2011. Troy Nixey. First edition. Hardcover. This first edition, first printing of Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro’s Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is signed by del Toro and co-author Christopher Golden. This copy is as new in a near-fine dust jacket. Both signatures are inked..... More
New York: Crown, 2017. Uncorrected Proof / Advance Reader's Copy. Paperback. This is a signed Uncorrected Proof Advance Reader’s Copy of the author’s second published novel. Condition is immaculate, as-new and unread. Weir signed in black felt tip on the title page directly below the printed designation “UNCORRECTED PROOF”. Artemis is..... More
New York: Del Rey, 2014. Pre-publication Advance Reader's Edition. Paperback. This is a pre-publication Advance Reader’s Edition of the author’s acclaimed debut novel. Condition is better than very good plus, the wraps binding square, clean, bright, and tight with only trivial wear to extremities and no spine creasing, the contents..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First English edition. Hardcover. This volume contains a series of short stories with original publication dates ranging from 1890 to early 1893. With this English first edition, “Macmillan became the sole English publisher of Kipling’s prose works for the rest of his life.” It was..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Official Biography of Winston Churchill, initiated by Randolph Churchill but completed by Martin Gilbert, is an epic piece of scholarship about a singularly epic life, comprising eight mammoth main text volumes and - so far - seventeen accompanying document or "Companion"..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing of Heinlein's novel about a rich and powerful man who has the power to purchase a new body, but is faced with moral and philosophical consequences beyond his expectations. Condition is..... More