Recent Arrivals from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A collection of essays about films and film-making signed by scores of authors, directors, screenwriters, actors, and a US president on sheets bound in at the front and back of the book. Many of the film industry signers won Academy Awards and Golden Globes for their work. … Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Advance Reading Copy. Trade paperback. Fine. An advance copy, preceding the first edition of this work of non-fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove and the Academy Award winning screenwriter for Brokeback Mountain and one of America's fine antiquarian booksellers for more than five decades. 245 pages. This… Read more about this item

Colorado Springs, CO: Gauntlet Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A signed limited edition of five never-before published teleplays from the late 1950s and early 1960s, including stories written for the Twillight Zone This is one of 500 signed and numbered copies. 412 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust… Read more about this item

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of stories, essays, poetry, photographs, and a play from writers published by the Lord John Press, in honor of its 10th anniversary. Ray Bradbury contributes an introduction. 240 pages. First trade edition of Lord John 10, fine in a fine dust jacket. This copy is… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance, 2000. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Near fine. The uncommon proof of this large anthology, collecting 22 short stories about Halloween, half first published here, plus short pieces about the holiday from dozens of writers. The contributors include Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Ramsey Campbell, Poppy Z. Brite, Thomas Ligotti, Richard Laymon, Gahan Wilson, Peter Straub,… Read more about this item

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 26 lettered copies of this memoir, bound in dark blue paper-covered boards with a maroon cloth spine. 32 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy (a bit of shelfwear). No dust jacket, as issued. This is letter B signed by the… Read more about this item

Thousand Oaks, CA: Thousand Oaks Library Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Ephemera. Near fine. The brochure for a Ray Bradbury tribute with a single sheet insert with the program details laid in. [8] pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy (one corner bent). Signed by Bradbury on the cover.

New York and Wichita Falls, TX: Simon & Schuster and Three Dog Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A novel set in Texas and Hollywood by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. This is one of 75 numbered copies, signed by McMurtry. The limited edition was created by adding a rubberstamped limitation notice to the… Read more about this item

Huntington Beach, CA: James Cahill Publishing, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is one of 276 numbered copies, signed by Brite. Bound in red cloth in a black slipcase. 373 pages. First edition, number 27 of 274 copies signed by Poppy Z. Brite. Still sealed, with the shrinkwrap torn at the base of the spine.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. A signed review copy of the author's first novel (following a collection of short stories), a book about the Scottish explorer Mungo Park. 437 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a ver near fine dust jacket (a bit of smudging to the cream-colored… Read more about this item

México [Mexico City]: Imprenta D. S. P. [Departamento de Salud Público], 1935. Ephemera. Very good. A four-page pamphlet promoting the smallpox vaccine, printed in red and blue with a strong graphic cover. Near fine.

Houston: Arte Publico, 1990. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. An uncommon signed first edition (a paperback original) of this novel originally written in the 1930s but not published until six decades later. 302 pages. First edition (first printing). A good to very good copy in wrappers; somewhat grubby. This copy is inscribed, "For Chris Burgess, Américo… Read more about this item

Austin: University of Texas, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A translation of El llano en llamas (1953). 175 pages. First edition (first printing, with no statement of later printing). A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Fore-edge spotted, edgewear to jacket. A decent copy.

Austin, TX: Mojo Press, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A collection of weird and horror tales adapted to graphic novel format, signed by several of the writers and artists. About 300 pages. Mostly black and white; one story in color. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Lansdale and Klaw along with… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Collects the author's previously published satire, fables and political parodies. Illustrated in black-and-white. 165 pages. First edition (first printing stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author on the title page and there is a publisher's review… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards; adapted into a TV series. This American edition probably precedes the Headline edition published in London. The front jacket flap has the date code "0701", for July 2001. However, the Atlantic Press newspaper (Atlantic City, NJ) reported the book… Read more about this item

Hampton Falls, NH: Donald M. Grant, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. The trade edition, illustrated by Ned Dameron. The first printing was 40,000 copies. 512 pages. First edition (stated). A fine copy (very minor shelfwear) in a near fine dust jacket with small spots of wear at the corners.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A Dirk Pitt novel featuring a shipwreck and Soviet intrigue. 432 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that has tanned and faded somewhat at the spine. Signed by Cussler on… Read more about this item

Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1920. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, volume XIV. 54, [1] pages plus 59 plates showing about 3,000 shells. First edition (first printing). A very good or better copy. This copy was previously owned by the important evolutionists Ernst Mayr (his ink stamp) and Stephen… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Cemetery Dance, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The contributors are Gary Braunbeck, Nancy Collins, Rick Hautala, Al Sarrantonio and Thomas Tessier. One of 400 signed and numbered copies. 385 pages. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Slipcase with a small nick at the opening. This is no. 313 signed by… Read more about this item