The War Chief
Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. Original orange cloth, internally fine with light wear at extremities. A very good+ copy. 383 pp. More
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SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Bound in original blue cloth with red lettering spine and front cover, top edge red. With book blurb verso of dust jacket. Near fine copy with minimal spotting spine in a fine dust jacket. 315 pp..... More
Naked Lunch
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 12mo, 255 pages; a fine unread copy, in a so near fine, first issue dust jacket, with price of $6.00 on front flap and no zip code at bottom right of rear panel. Top edges stained..... More
The First Gentleman of America
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. Full-Leather. Octavo. SIGNED BY BRANCH CABELL ON THE COLOPHON without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 125 SIGNED COPIES. THIS IS No. 105. 309 pp. Bound in original publisher's full black leather, decorated in gilt. Bookplate front pastedown. About fine. More
PAST ALL DISHONOR
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Stated first edition. Price is $2.00 on front dust jacket flap. A fine copy in a near fine+ dust jacket. 232 pp. More
THE BUTTERFLY
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY JAMES M. CAIN. Inscribed to a friend and dated Dec. 21, 1947 Hollywood, Calif. in acknowledgement for help on his book The Moth. 165pp. Bound..... More
Kneel to the Rising Sun; THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE HIMSELF
Nd/np [1933]. Quarto. Original typescript of the short story, "The Man Who Looked Like Himself" - 8pp., signed "C", with a number of corrections by the author [together with a first edition of the book, in a very good dust jacket].First published in book form in Caldwell's book of short..... More
The Luciano Project. The Secret Wartime Collaboration of the Mafia and the U.S. Navy
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. First Edition. Octavo, 299 pages; dust jacket with price of $9.95 on front flap. With 5" x 4" black and white photo of author Campbell and publisher's announcement of publication date (November 13, 1977) laid in. First printing, with full number line. More
Other Voices, Other Rooms
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with small loss at spine ends. Author's first book. More
The Blind Barber
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition. Octavo, 279 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in red. Bookplate. First edition stated. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. More
The Corpse in the Waxworks
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 248 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in gray. Light wear at extremities, owner name and date on ffep; bookplate. First edition, stated. Light brown marginal stains on page 196. Upper fore-corners bumped. More
A Lost Lady
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. First issue; a fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with a couple of closed tears at spine. Internally fine, with no markings of any kind. 173 pp. More
MY MORTAL ENEMY
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 122pp. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over pale yellow paper covered boards lettered and decorated in light blue, spine lettering pale yellow. In a lovely dust jacket with light age-toning to spine but no chips..... More
The Professor's House
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Blue cloth spine, orange boards; top edges stained red. Housed in cloth and paper covered slipcase. A fine copy. 283 pp. More
SAPPHIRA AND THE SLAVE GIRL
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 295(1)pp. Bound in lime green cloth, paper labels to spine and upper board, small spot on one label, spine with just a hint of fading which is almost always badly faded. A nice bright nearly..... More
Never So Few (Movie Source)
London: Allan Wingate, 1958. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. 351 pp. Source of the movie starring Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen and others. More
JOHNNY GUITAR
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. The source of the acclaimed movie starring Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge, both competing for the affections of the incomparable Sterling Hayden. 242pp., bound in 1/4 red over black paper covered boards lettered in gilt; text slightly..... More
COUNT ON THE SAINT. The Pastor's Problem and The Unsaintly Santa . Doubleday Crime Club
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Original Outlines by Donne Avenell. Developed by Graham Weaver. $8.95 price on front Dust Jacket flap. A near fine copy with previous owner name ffep. In a fine dust jacket. 181 pp. More
THE SAINT AND THE FICTION MAKERS.Doubleday Crime Club
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Original Teleplay by John Kruse, Additional Scenes by Harry W. Junkin. Stated First Edition. $4.50 price on dust jacket front flap. A very good+ copy with previous owner name ffep, mild cover edge wear in..... More
SALVAGE FOR THE SAINT
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Beautiful copy. 191 pp. + Ad. The 50th Saint novel. More
The Goddess. A Screenplay.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. A fine copy in an about fine dust jacket. This screenplay was made into the 1958 film starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. More
The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED BY JOHN CHEEVER ON COLOPHON without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 275 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES. THIS IS No. 258. Issued without dust jacket. Small quarto; gold cloth spine, with paper label, over decorated tan boards. More
Thirteen At Dinner
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1933. First American Edition. Octavo, publisher's brick-red cloth, printed in black; beige end papers. Internally clean and bright, neat owner name on ffep. Slight fading at spine, front inner hinge starting. First printing and the American edition of the British title, "Lord Edgware Dies."..... More