COME, FILL THE CUP
New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel of crime and journalism in Chicago served as the basis of a 1951 Warner Bros. film starring James Cagney and Gig Young, who was nominated... More
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WAY SKETCHES: Containing Incidents of Travel Across the Plains, From St. Joseph to California in 1850
New York: Edward Eberstadt, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 350 copies printed on Berkshire Text. "This is the first book edition of a series of articles found in the Family Visitor of Cleveland and... More
Sergei Eisenstein and Upton Sinclair: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF QUE VIVA MEXICO!
Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "This fascinating study presents for the first time the full story of Eisenstein's disastrous attempt to make a great film in Mexico - a motion... More
THE DEMI-WIDOW
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. The acclaimed actress' first novel, concerning a young American widow who, to take care of her child, becomes a naughty tempermental singing star in... More
THE TESTIMONY OF THE SUNS AND OTHER POEMS
San Francisco: W.E. Wood, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's first book, a collection of verse dedicated to his mentor, Ambrose Bierce, who praised the title poem in his "Prattle" column in William Randolph Hearst's... More
THE GREAT GATSBY
London: Penguin Classics, 2008. Leather bound. First edition thus, a collaboration between Penguin Books and British luxury leather goods designer Bill Amberg. The most profoundly American novel of its time, The Great Gatsby (1925) centers... More
ACT OF DARKNESS
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. A novel based on the true story of the rape of a prominent Charles Town, West Virginia social figure by a local man. Bishop (1892-1944), who... More
THE EARLY LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF SYLVIA SCARLETT
London: Martin Secker, 1919. Hardcover. Second impression. This novel about growing up served as the basis for the 1935 George Cukor film Sylvia Scarlett starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Inscribed and dated by Compton... More
POINT COUNTER POINT
New York: The Literary Guild, 1928. Hardcover. An early printing, issued the same year as the first edition. Huxley's satire of 1920s intellectual life was recently selected as one The Modern Library's 100 Best Works... More
A JUDGE UNCOMMON: A Life of John Biggs, Jr.
Philadelphia: Legal Communications, Ltd. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Regarded as one of the most effective congressional lobbyists to serve in the federal judiciary, Biggs (1895-1979) is best remembered as the Princeton roommate and lifelong friend... More
SEVEN DAYS WHIPPING
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's second and most successful novel, a tale of primitive emotions set in the isolated home of Judge Stawell Ball La Place above a bend... More
THE GUILTY MIND: Psychiatry and the Law of Homicide
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Inspired by his dissent in the United States ex rel. Smith v. Baldi murder case, this extensive exploration of the history of the insanity defense... More
CITY OF NIGHT
New York: Grove Press, Inc. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The author's first book, written in ambitiously elaborate styles, in the form of linked stories, depicting various aspects of homosexuality and narcissism... More
WINCHELL: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Chronicle of the improbable rise and dramatic fall of reporter Walter Winchell (1897-1972), whose nationally syndicated gossip column and radio broadcasts during the 1930s and '40s... More
EVERYBODY'S METAMORPHOSIS
Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. #47 of 400 copies signed by Charles Willeford. A collection of 18 short works by the master of American crime fiction. The novella "Strange" and the... More
SAVE ME THE WALTZ
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Third edition, first printing thus, with a preface by Harry T. Moore and a note on the text by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Save Me the Waltz... More
ELEMENTS OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE
Union, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. 1997. Hardcover. A two-volume facsimile of the 1823 first edition printed by Websters and Skinners in Albany, New York. The first significant American book on forensic medicine. Octavo... More
THE PERSONALITY SURGEON: A Novel
San Francisco: Mercury House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Wilson on the front flyleaf, with a flyer from the book signing at The Dawn Horse Bookstore in Santa Monica laid in. Octavo. Original cream... More
HOLES IN A STAINED GLASS WINDOW
Secaucus, New Jersey: Lyle Stuart, Inc. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of short essays of the Poet Laureate of Radio. One of the last living links to radio's golden age, Corwin (1910-2011) was a.... More
THE GOVERNOR'S LADY
London: Jarrolds Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Historical novel based on the romance between Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of India, and his beloved Marian, who was married to an adventurer of ill repute when... More
THE GREAT GATSBY: A Graphic Adaptation by Nicki Greenberg of the Novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2009. Trade paperback. An innovative and breathtaking homage to the jazz-age classic. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A nearly fine copy. More
COME FILL THE CUP
New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel of crime and journalism in Chicago served as the basis of a 1951 Warner Bros. film starring James Cagney and Gig Young, who was nominated... More
SOAMES AND THE FLAG
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. #319 of 680 copies printed by William Edwin Rudge and signed by Galsworthy. Octavo. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a cloth spine, with gilt titles. The... More