Advance Reading Copy. A historical novel set in Italy. Spine a bit faded, else a fine copy in red printed wrappers. This copy is inscribed by Sontag to Peter Perrone, who is thanked on the copyright page, "for Peter, guardian angel—with all my love and gratitude—Susan."

First Thus. A very attractive re-issue of Olsen's first book, originally published by Lippincott in 1961, a collection of four stories. All four stories were included in Best American Short Stories the year they were first published in literary journals. Olsen is considered an important American writer, despite publishing just.....

First Edition. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in very good dust jacket, inscribed by Ellis, "For Gregg, best wishes Brett Easton Ellis." With a large previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown and a small triangular chip missing from the back.....

First Edition. A novelization of the life of the Chinese emperor Guangxu (Kwang Hsu) by a lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Der Ling was three-quarters Chinese and one-quarter American. Her father was a Chinese diplomat and her maternal grandfather was a a Boston merchant. She learned English and French.....

First Edition. A collection of short, comic stories about hotel life, by the illustrator best-known for his Madeline children's books. Bemelmans contributes two-color illustrations at the beginning of the chapters. This is one of 245 numbered copies, "bound in the draperies of a famous New York hotel." (There were also.....

First hardcover edition. The first book in Elena Ferrante's worldwide bestselling series, the Neapolitan Quartet, published here in a stunningly beautiful signed, limited edition of 126 copies, comprising the entire first hardcover edition in English. Essentially, this edition offers the only obtainable signed books anywhere in the world by Ferrante.....

A terrific large poster for a 1914 silent film based on a Jack London short story. London's story of the same name, published in the January 1900 issue of The Atlantic, is set in Klondike-era Alaska. One of the central characters, Naass, is an Aleut whose great-great grandfather was a......

First Edition. A Duane Moore novel, a character who first appeared in The Last Picture Show. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. 195 pages. First edition (first printing); Three Dog Books issue, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by the author on an inserted limitation page. A fine.....

First Edition. Short stories that originally appeared in the New Yorker magazine. 183 pages. First edition (first printing stated). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some patches of discoloration on the white jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

A promotional booklet of advertisements for the George Roy Hill adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel about the Dresden firebombing during the Second World War. 10 leaves in thin printed wrappers. 8-3/4 by 13-3/4 inches. Edge wear to the outer edge of the rear cover, which extends beyond the width of.....

An essay about Vonnegut and his books, by Jessica Teisch, illustrated with a full-color portrait of Vonnegut. A fine copy of the magazine. Signed by Vonnegut on his portrait photograph and dated 9/11/03. Vonnegut signed in silver Sharpie, which has smudged a bit.

First Edition. This is a brochure / exhibition catalog for a show of screenprints by Kurt Vonnegut and Ralph Steadman, with assistance on a few items by Hunter S. Thompson and William S. Burroughs. Vonnegut and Steadman both contribute essays. Three works illustrated in color plus various spot illustrations, including.....

First Edition. In addition to being a prolific novelist, Murakami has done extensive translation work, including bringing many American writers like Raymond Carver, Raymond Chandler, Ursula LeGuin, Truman Capote, J. D. Salinger, and Fitzgerald into Japanese. Translation, with running, is one of his main avocations, something he does for fun.....