Novels

Hardcover. New York, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1st US, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 306 pages. Tan cloth covers with maroon titles and illustrations on cover and spine. Dust jacket with darkening, three spots of staining on spine, light edge wear. Line of holes created by hole punch along right side of front inside dust jacket flap - from top to bottom. Dust jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1952, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 140 pages, light blue cloth, silver lettering on spine. "A" on copyright page with the Scribner's colophon. Bright, unclipped dust jacket with the $3.00 price, author's blue-tinted photo on rear. A real collector's copy. Wrapped in clear, protective mylar.

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., Delacorte Press, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 245 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A very clean, signed copy with only minor wear to cover edges. A tight copy. Front cover has diecut with "signed first edition" sticker on front.

Hardcover. NY, Carroll & Graf, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Altogether original, at once searing and amusing, this darkly comic novel confronts Harold Klein, now in his infirm seventies, with a strange malady -- the loss of his "inner voice" -- and introduces him to the steamy world of Internet sex. Inexplicably bereft of the mental faculty that would under normal circumstances keep him from blurting out, uncensored, the first thought that pops into his head, art connoisseur Klein wanders one evening into a pornographic Web site, Angelica's Grotto. An ongoing on-line dialogue, totally without verbal inhibition on Klein's part, eventually brings him face-to-face with the brains behind the grotto, an academic sex researcher named Melissa Bottomley. Harold Klein's erotic odyssey takes him not only through unimagined erogenous zones but also into arcane corners of the art world, as he seeks to meet Melissa's need for funding and she his for sexual gratification. As Klein strives to reconcile new desires with old habits, author Russell Hoban compellingly explores the dark relations between art and pornography, acts virtual and real, culture and politics, revelation and privacy.

Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 244 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1st, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages, hardcover. Illustrated from oil paintings by Maynard Dixon. Moderate rubbing, soiling, fading, and edgewear to boards, mostly to spine. Corners lightly bumped. Age toning to text block. Cracking to front hinge. Light spotting throughout. Color frontispiece intact. Unmarked. Scarce.

Hardcover. Woodstock, NY, Overlook Press, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Pantheon, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 308 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. New York, Edward Arnold, 1st, 1896, Book: Good, 177 pages. Hardcover. Top of front cover warped, cloth shows light soil on front. Spine darkened. Previous owner's bookplate on front end paper. Gutter cracked at title page. Rear hinge has small tear.

Hardcover. New York, Authors & Newspapaer Association, 1st, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped with 3-color decoration, 317 pages. 4 color plates by Arthur William Brown. Previous owner's signature on title page and front end paper. Gutter crack at title page.

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Charles Mason (1728-1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Here is their story as reimagined by Thomas Pynchon, in an updated 18th-century novel featuring Native Americans and frontier folk, ripped bodices, naval warfare, conspiracies erotic and political, and major caffeine abuse. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor dust jacket edgewear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 1st US, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 208 pages. Sixteen years on from his last novel, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living Irish writers. A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly from their home in Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend-a holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing, and generally to take stock of what remains of their lives. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar. But over the course of the four days we discover the deep uncertainties that exist between them.

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 244 pages, bright, clean copy with a similar, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page.

Hardcover. London, Merrill & Baker, 1st Thus, 1900, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 504 pages (Vol. I) and 508 pages (Vol. II). Limited edition, #109 of 500. Introduction by Richard Garnett, editor. 52 captioned b/w illustrations by various artists, including two illustrated title pages. Color frontispiece in each volume. Half leather binding with raised spine bands, marble boards, and marble endpapers. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Some parts of leather are turning green. Light wear to cover edges, and minor chipping to spine edges. More serious chipping to top of spine on Vol. II, and frayed wear to top of spine on Vol. 1 Rear hinge of Vol. II is split about 3/4 of the way down, but cover is still attached. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front covers. Top edge gilt. Deckled page edges. Very Good.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, First Edition, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 218 pages. Hardcover. Blue & black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Bright, full color illustration to dust jacket with gold printed decoration & titles. Very clean & unmarked copy.

Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 338 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light foxing top edge, and a couple small spots of foxing to right edge. Dust jacket with thin line of foxing top edge. Otherwise clean tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , Charles Scribner's Sons, 4th pr., 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 355 pages, black cloth covers with gold label on spine and front cover. Title page with 1929, copyright page has November 1929 as this printing, Scribner's seal present. Previous owner's 4-line pencil notation on front fly leaf otherwise clean, very good.

Hardcover. NY, Dial Press, 1st, 1930, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 312 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine lettering faded. Copy moderately loose, but intact. Moderate soil to covers and page block.

Hardcover. NY, william Morrow, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the half-title page. A novel told in ten stories that resonate with the most profound experiences in the life of a young woman--friendship and rivalry, the love for a man, the birth of a child, and the death of a father. Use Me explores the fierce bonds between close friends, fathers and daughters, mothers and children, and the underlying desire and loss inherent in these ever evolving relationships.

Hardcover. San Francisco, McSweeneys Books, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with black cloth spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the half-title and additionally INSCRIBED on the title page. Dave Eggers retelling of the Maurice Sendak picture book, follows Max on his journey through a world that he cannot control. His awkwardness & frustrating discomforts reflect his growing pains. Clean.

Hardcover. US, Unbridled Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 418 pages. INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st Book Club Ed., 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, book club embossed dimple on rear board, first book club with 1951 on both title and copyright page with no other printings noted. Same format and quality as first trade edition. Lacks dust jacket, bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean, very good.

New York , Bloomsbury, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages. SIGNED BY SCHULMAN on title page.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 400 pages, a classic adventure of the early Florida frontier., winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. 14 color plates and endpaper illustration by N.C. Wyeth. The definitive edition of the Scribner's Illustrated Classic with the original canvases newly photographed. While not a First Edition it is superior in every way considering the quality of the color plates. Bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket with a short scratch to front panel.

Hardcover. New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1st, 1924, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 236 pages plus ads. Illustrated with black & white stills from the film by Cecil B. De Mille. Previous owners name in small print at top of half title page. Very good dust jacket shows light chipping along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. New York, Collier/Macmillan, reprint, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover with light wear to spine and edges. SIGNED BY PROULX on title-page.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, First printing. Another well received novel from the author of "Mariette in Ecstacy" A finalist for the National Book Award. SIGNED BY HANSEN on the title page. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. London / NY, John Lane / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1st Illust. thus, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with bright gilt design on cover and spine. Contains Frontis, endpapers design and eleven additional black and white illustrations by Frank C. Pape. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1st thus, 1906, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two matching volumes complete, green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. B&w illustrations by Frank Richards. Edited by George Saintsbury. Covers show edgewear, spines darkened.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 302 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED BY SPENCER on half-title page. Tight copy with only minor wear to covers.

Hardcover. London, Quercus, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 440 pages, SIGNED by Penney. When her teenage son disappears in the aftermath of a brutal murder, a determined mother sets out from her snow-covered nineteenth-century settlement to find him, an effort that is hampered by vigilante groups and the harrowing forces of nature.

Hardcover. NY, Bantam Spectra, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 434 pages. Winner of the 1999 Hugo award for best Science Fiction novel of the year,

Hardcover. New York , Alfred A. Knopf, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 278 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Sequel to The Chocolate War. Clean, tight copy.

Softcover. New York, Bloomsbury, uncorrected proof, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 261 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, number 153 of 300 limited edition. Minor edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1st, 1966, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, top of spine is light violet. A near fine copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. London, Sceptre, 1st UK, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY KENEALLY on title page. Sticker residue front end paper. Dust jacket price clipped, else in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 439 pages. Hardcover. International Limited Edition #959 out of 1000 printed sets. B/w illustrations/plates with tissue guards. Covers bound in dark green cloth (Some rubbing to front and back, and slight fraying top and bottom of spine). Paste down title label on spine (some tanning to label, but in good shape and legible). Dent to bottom edge front cover. Gilt top edge. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Tanning to pages and edges due to advanced age. Beautiful collector's item over 120 years old.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages: (1) 472, (2) 520, (3) 568. Hardcovers. 3 VOLUME SET. International Limited Edition Set: #959 out of 1000 printed sets. All volumes: B/w illustrations/plates throughout, each with tissue guard, bound in green cloth (some fraying at top and bottom of spine), paste down title label on spine (some tanning and chipping to labels, but all are in good shape and legible). Gilt top edges. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Tanning to pages and edges due to advanced age, a few small spots of soil or rubbing to covers. Beautiful collector's item over 120 years old.

Hardcover. Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Pages: (1) 400, (2) 383. Hardcovers. 2 VOLUME SET. International Limited Edition Set: #959 out of 1000 printed sets. All volumes: B/w illustrations/plates throughout, each with tissue guard, bound in green cloth (some fraying at top and bottom of spine), paste down title label on spine (some tanning and chipping to labels, but all are in good shape and legible). Gilt top edges. Deckled fore and bottom edges. Tanning to pages and edges due to advanced age, a few small spots of soil or rubbing to covers. Beautiful collector's item over 120 years old.

Hardcover. New York , Scribners, 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth stamped in gilt, 304 pages. Spine faded. Previous owner's bookplate, inscription front end paper. Otherwise clean. First edition with publisher's "A" on copyright page.

Hardcover. NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1st thus, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Two volumes in a pictorial cardboard slipcase, quarter bound in purple cloth and decorated boards without jackets, as issued. The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the greatest masterpiece of Japanese prose narrative, perhaps the earliest true novel in the history of the world. Until now there has been no translation that is both complete and scrupulously faithful to the original text. Edward G. Seidensticker's masterly rendering was hailed as a classic of the translator's art. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu. The Retreat is a hotel on a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna. Its patrons are all Jews and it provides lessons in assimilation: how to look, talk, and act Gentile. This is a look at the assimilated Jews of central Europe on the brink of a Holocaust that they cannot believe is winding up to take place. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 2nd pr., 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In the summer of 1939, prosperous members of the Jewish middle class flock to the resort town of Badenheim, oblivious of the ominous political and military events that will transform them into de facto prisoners in their familiar resort. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, Limited Editions Club, 1st thus, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 121 pages, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, T. M. Cleland, in rear, number 794 of a limited 1500 copies. Embroidered cloth cover with gilt title on brown leather, 3/4 slipcase, illustrations and decorations throughout, overall, bright and tight copy.

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with light wear. 160 pages, unclipped. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1956, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in an edgeworn dust jacket, 339 pages. "Probes compassionately into the life history of a woman in pursuit of love. The moment in time which is decisive for Lucy Crown and which irrevocably changes the entire pattern of her own, her husband's and her son's lives arrives when, on summer holiday, unexpectedly and almost by accident, she finds herself involved with a man much younger than herself." (from the jacket). Musty odor.

Hardcover. London, The Bodley Head, 1st thus, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, octavo, black cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt decoration, title and spine titles. 291 pages. Uncut edges. With twelve full page engravings, capitals and decorations by Frank C. Pape. The cover and spine gilt is bright. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1954, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket with light soil. 253 pages. INSCRIBED BY CONRAD on the front fly leaf (to publisher Paul Erikkson and his wife). Hailed as a classic when it was first published in 1954, this is the story of 5 days on a sodden old menhadener with a white captain and an all black crew, searching the sea for their livelihood and battling the sea for their lives. Musty odor.