First Thus. A revised edition of the author's first book. First edition thus (states "First published 1933" on the copyright page). Red cloth covers darkened; lacking the dust jacket. This copy is, however, nicely inscribed, "To Nora Sherwood whose face should launch a thousand ships. I think I'll be taking.....

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.....

First Edition. The author's first book and the first novel featuring the African American private eye Easy Rawlins. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with bumping at the spine ends. Jacket correctly priced at $18.95.

First Edition. Heine's first book, a collection of poems published by a Berlin bookstore in December 1821 (but dated on the title page 1822). A scarce book by one of the most important 19th century German poets. viii, 170, [1] pages. Collating as: [i] title, [ii] blank, [iii-iv] Zueignung, [v-viii].....

First Edition. The bestselling novel that started as a blog and ended up on the big screen in a movie starring Matt Damon. One of the better straight SF books of recent years; basically a clever Robinson Crusoe on Mars. 369 pages. First edition (first printing with a numberline ending.....

First Edition. The most famous American cookbook for which there are no recorded copies of the first printing in any library. This is the rare fragile, self-published first edition, published in an edition of just 800 copies. The Moosewood Cookbook, perhaps more than any other cookbook, brought vegetarian, whole-food cooking.....

First Edition. A brief listing of some 6000 works, with authors, titles, and publication details. This work was published soon after Thompson (1860–1948) assumed the post of professor of natural history at the University of Dundee, Scotland, his first professional job. He is best known for his book On Growth.....

First Edition. A book whose title is not hyperbole. It manages to be stylistically inventive, mocking of publishing conventions, and yet truly moving and heartfelt. The inventiveness begins with the dust jacket: the front flap has no explanation of the book but rather prints a scene cut from chapter five.....

First edition. The author's debut novel and one of the first Beat novels. "Their long nights involve liquor and marijuana, with the beat of bebop in the background, and they drift close to the fringes of the underworld. But these young people are neither callous nor criminal. They have talent.....

First British edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's debut novel. 297 pages. First UK edition (states "First printed 1988" on the copyright page). Page block slightly browned, as usual, thus a near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Chabon on the title page.

First Edition. The first edition, first printing ("Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1936." with no other printings noted on the copyright page) of the great Civil War novel, turned into one of the most popular American films of all time. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. First edition. A very.....

First Edition. A novel about Brooklyn's Jewish gangs in the 1940s. The classic juvenile delinquent novel and the author's first book. First edition (stated). A very good copy in a good dust jacket chipped at the spine ends and extensively reinforced with tape on the back (verso).

First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first book, a collection of short stories published in the UK several years before it appeared in the US. An uncommon debut book. Your cataloguer can't decide if the subtitle reflects brio—writers' "collected works" usually cap careers, not start them—or modesty, with Egan's collected.....