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NY: Harper & Row, 1980. Bound in green cloth over tan boards, stamped in white with colorful dustjacket depicting a baseball scene. The first edition of the author's second book and a highly praised baseball novel. 232 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: New Directions, 1951. Bound in pictorial green cloth with Roloff Beny photograph onf front cover of book and slipcase. The true first edition with the $5.00 price listed on the slipcase label and no mention of the photographer on the copyright page. Slipcase show a light bit of soiling, but no discernible flaws. A… Read more about this item

NY: Argus Books, 1947. Bound in red cloth with the title on a white label at the top of the spine in brilliant dust jacket that shows just a hint of wear to bottom spine edge. A 268 pp. book on Books including a few on Sherlock Holmes. Beautiful copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near… Read more about this item

New York: The Ecco Press, 1976. A tight, clean copy in bright orange and green dust jacket. The creative genius of Chandler in these notebooks which he kept, with black & white photos & illustrations; the first publication in book form of the Gothic romance, "English Summer", illustrated by Edward Gorey; 113pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.… Read more about this item

Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran (M&M), 1998. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold in matching illustrated dust jacket. A tight, clean copy of the first edition (stated) of this 202 pp. book of short stories. Introduction by Paul Ruber. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1970. Bound in black cloth, stamped in blue and gold in matching, colorful psychedelic dust jacket by John Alcorn. Exceedingly scarce first edition (stated on the copyright page). Dust jacket shows a light bit of scuffing to spine ends and maintains the $4.95 price. The author's third books (for adults).… Read more about this item

London: Harvill Secker, 2021. Bound in blue boards, stamped in white, in beautiful dust jacket with butterflies depicted on the front panel. The first British edition of this 239 pp. book by the popular British author. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Doubleday, 1953. The first edition of this, the author's fourth book, re: a fictional hunting trip tightly based on an expedition by the director John Houston during the filiming of The African Queen. Light scuffing to spine ends of dust jacket, one mildly bumped corner. Basis for the Clint Eastwood movie of the same title. 344 pp. … Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Authors first book; in price-clipped DW one small black mark to edge of front panel, otherwise, a respectable copy of the book and the dust jacket; 222pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+ Price-Clipped.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1982. First American trade edition; translated by Leila Vennewitz; publishers remainder stamp on top edge; 313pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Random House Inc, 1991. Housed in a bright, but price-clipped DW; New York Times book review laid-in; 1310pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine -- Price-Clipped.

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. A bit of wear to extremes of book and dust jacket. Selections from her work, fiction, essays, poems, and short works; 455pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

New York: Random House, 1980. The author's third collection of comic writing; 149pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1968. Dustwrapper shows a hint of yellowing to extremes and a lamination crease to the front panel. Still, a nice, clean, tight copy of the first edition of the author's first book -- with the ubiquitous remainder stripe on the bottome edge. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the half-title page. .… Read more about this item

NY: Viking, 1986. This is the first American edition of this book by the noted Canadian author who is noted for his plays and trilogies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

NY: Dutton, 1981. One tape repair to spine corner (barely noticeable). Overall, a nice copy of the first edition of the author's fifth book. Basis for the movie of the same name. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+ Price-Clipped.

NY: Bantam Books, 1994. The author's sixth novel. By the author of Another Roadside Attraction. Slight erasure mark to ffep. Overall, tight and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Harper Collins, 1993. A tight, clean copy of this, the author's third novel. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Knopf, 1988. The first edition of this massive novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of "A Thousand Acres", . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.