I'm back from vacation with a quick list of 25 modern first editions.
First Edition. "In her first book since Against Our Will, her landmark study of rape, Susan Brownmiller addresses another subject of immense significance: the set of societal structures, esthetic ideals, and assigned 'characteristics' which governs the lives of half of America, and which goes by the name of Femininity."—dust jacket.....
Price: $75
First Edition. Excerpts from Bukowski's journals from 1991 to 1993, with illustrations by R. Crumb, including an original signed serigraph frontispiece. "Why are there so few interesting people? Out of the millions, why aren't there a few. Must we continue to live with this drab and ponderous species. Seems their.....
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First US edition. Five graphic novel-style short stories from an acclaimed author-artist who became known for her online comics. The book was issued simultaneously in paperback and hardcover; this is the less-common hardcover. The correct first printing of this book is the London edition by Faber and Faber, which went.....
Price: $200
First edition. The author's first book, number 8 in the Chicano Chapbook series, published by the poets Lorna Dee Cervantes and Gary Soto. Unpaginated but 12 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
Price: $1,250
First Edition. The first Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch novel. Winner of the Edgar Award for best mystery. 375 pages. First edition (first printing; numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear and bumping at the spine ends. Signed by the.....
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![Item No: #362744 Hieronymus Bosch / Mickey Haller [Signed, Numbered]. Michael...](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/362744.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684533892)
First Edition. Two essays, one each about Connelly's two main characters, a Los Angeles police detective and his half-brother, a defense attorney. This is one of 350 hardcover copies signed by Connelly on a limitation sheet inserted in between the two books. This is the first appearance of the Haller.....
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First British edition. Crews' fourth novel. This UK edition might be the least common of all of Crews' trade novels. First UK edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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First Edition. A novel set in a boarding house in Jacksonville, Florida. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Crews on the title page.
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First Edition. Crews's third novel, "the story of the struggle between life (a woman) and death (another woman) for the small body and large soul of a midget masseur named Jefferson Davis Munroe"—the dust jacket. 186 pages. First edition (first printing, with no additional printings noted). Generally very good, with.....
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First Edition. The first separate edition of the sequel to the Gospel Singer (first published in England in a combined edition of the two novels). Issued in an edition of 426 copies. 105 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Crews (but not Steadman) and inscribed.....
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First Edition. An exploration of human behavior, based on interviews with more than fifty scientists, including Stephen Jay Gould. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Corners bumped. This copy is inscribed to the evolutionary biologist and.....
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First Edition. This is one of 350 numbered copies, signed by Hague with an original sketch bound in. In this case, Hague has drawn a merboy (a young male mermaid), a character from the beloved, troubling Andersen story, The Little Mermaid. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in.....
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First Edition. A graphic novel about a 12-year-old roller derby player in Portland, Oregon. 240 pages. Full color. Newbery Honor book. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). Fine in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author with a small drawing, "To Mary! So nice to.....
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![Item No: #362743 Chew: Smorgasbord Edition, Volume 1 [Convention Exclusive]....](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/362743.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684533892)
First Edition. A volume collecting Chew comics nos. 1 to 20, with extras at the end. The story follows detective Tony Chu, who gets psychic emanations from all foods except canned beets—it's a hard-boiled satire of foodie culture. The artist, Rob Guillory, a Louisiana native, is one of the too-small.....
Price: $500
First Edition. A novel about a shady real estate development about to go very badly; by the author of the Travid McGee mysteries. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped (part of the dollar sign still present) dust jacket. An.....
Price: $150
First Edition. A novel about a TV preacher by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by MacDonald on the front free endpaper.
Price: $150
First Edition. A collected edition of this eight-issue series; this is the first hardcover edition, limited to 2000 copies signed by Miller and Sienkiewicz. First edition (first printing). A near fine to fine hardcover in a near fine dust jacket, with minor edge wear along the top and bottom edges.....
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![Item No: #362747 Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook [Issues 1 to 15]. Stan Sakai](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/362747.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1684533892)
First Edition. The first fifteen issues of these short (24 to 48 pages) collections of sketches, ideas, and Usagi Yojimbo drawings. The first twelve issues were black and white; numbers 13 to 15 include color reproductions. All issues are signed by Sakai. This set includes signed, numbered, and sketched copies.....
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First Edition. The second volume of Spiegelman's holocaust tale, probably the most critically acclaimed graphic novel. It was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992; to date, the only graphic novel so honored. The first Maus graphic novel appeared as a paperback original in 1986, after having been serialized in.....
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First Edition. A picture-book biography of the first formerly enslaved American poet. Winner of the Ezra Keats Book Award. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed, "To: Mary. Love words. Don Tate." Scarce signed.
Price: $50
First Edition. Poetry by Dickinson illustrated with reproductions of Tudor's paintings. 63 pages. First edition (states "First impression"). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Tudor on the title page. Tudor's thank you card laid in.
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First Edition. The Nobel Peace Prize winner offers ideas of peace and hope. 134 pages. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed on a publisher's bookplate mounted on the front free endpaper. With ephemera from an event.....
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First Edition. Shelley's classic novel illustrated from woodcuts by Lynd Ward. In his introduction to A Contract with God, the first commercially successful graphic novel, Will Eisner says of this book, "Frankenstein fell into my hands in 1938 and it had an influence on my thinking thereafter. I consider my.....
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First Edition. An "adult reading" novel, issued as a paperback original. "The publisher insisted Willeford add sex scenes into the book before they would accept it... The advance was $500, which seems to have been Willeford's standard advance during his paperback years"—Don Herron's bibliography in Everybody's Metamorphosis. NSL U170. Fifty-cent.....
Price: $250
First Edition. The substantial catalog of Williams' show at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art + Design. This is one of 300 copies, signed and numbered by Williams on a label affixed to the verso (back) of the front free endpaper. 240 pages. 10-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches.....
Price: $250
