New Arrivals
APHRODITE'S ENTRY INTO GREEK EPIC
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974. First Edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
CONFESSIONS OF A STARVING ARTIST: The Art and Life of Harvey Brown
Verdi, Nevada: International Artist, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harvey Brown, with an original pencil sketch of a Native American, to Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner: "This book is for the master... More
THE DIARY OF ANAIS NIN, Volume V: 1947-1955
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Nin on the front flyleaf. The fifth of seven, this volume describes Nin's first trip to Acapulco, the beginning of her double life... More
A MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of 22 short stories, including such classics as In a Season of Calm Weather, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Fever Dream... More
THE JADE GOD
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Hardcover. An early reprint. This mystery story "centers about a small jade god which a traveler brought with him from the East and which was the only clue found... More
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. An early reprint, which reproduces the dust jacket art of the Doubleday, Doran first edition. The literary debut of "The American Agatha Christie" and the debut of Nurse... More
PSYCHO HOUSE
New York: Tor Horror, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. The Bates motel once again becomes the setting for murder! Signed by Bloch on the title page. Octavo. A very good copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket. More
BABY BE-BOP
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. "Dirk McDonald, a sixteen-year-old boy living in Los Angeles, comes to terms with being gay after he receives surreal storytelling visitations." Bookplate signed by Block is affixed to... More
THE CORNERMEN
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. A Scotland Yard procedural with the New... More
THE NIGHT OF THE RIPPER
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Resurrecting some of the chilling themes from his classic short story "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" (1943), Bloch returns to the fog-shrouded, gaslit... More
WATERFRONT
New York: Random House, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Novel based on Schulberg's Academy Award-screenplay for On the Waterfront (1954). Octavo. Original ivory cloth binding, with black and brown titles. Typical uneven loss of the dust... More
HORROR FICTION IN THE PROTESTANT TRADITION
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. "...analyses in detail the cultural determinants of a literary form, relocating them for a modern reader in certain preoccupations common to theology and law throughout the... More
THE BOOK OF BOND, OR EVERY MAN HIS OWN 007
New York: The Viking Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition. A manual for prospective agents on how to live like Agent 007, interspersed with excerpts from the Fleming canon. Brilliant design and... More
THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BOND JUNIOR 003 1/2
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. A failed attempt at launching a youth-oriented line of fiction, this novel follows James Bond Junior, the nephew of 007, as he tries to uncover what is going... More
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. The eighth James Bond novel, published eight months after the author's death. It served as the basis for the 1974 film starring Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland... More
UNDERCOVER CAT
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. Hardcover. Bored with her sleepy hometown, Patti Randall awakens to feverish excitement when her tomcat, D.C. (Darn Cat), delivers an important clue in a mysterious kidnapping... More
THUNDERBALL
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. The plot of this, the ninth book in the James Bond series and the eighth full-length novel featuring 007, centers on the theft of two atomic... More
SAY HEY: The Autobiography of Willie Mays
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Willie Mays on the front flyleaf. Arguably the greatest all-around baseball player of all-time, Willie Mays (b.1931) spent the majority of his career (1951-73)... More
THE HORROR FROM THE HILLS
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 2,000 copies, with dust jacket art by Richard Taylor. The story of a statue that comes to love and drinks blood, this novel originally... More
THE MANLY ART: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America
Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (1926-2017), with a gift inscription from Academy Award-winning screenwriter Richard Brooks on the half-title: "To Hef-... More
ARARAT COCKTAIL: Doggerel and Drawings
Philadelphia: The Oshiver Studio Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Edgerly on the front flyleaf. This whimsical retelling of the story of Noah's Ark pokes fun at the New Deal, WPA, Walter Winchell, etc.... More
MEN OF OTHER PLANETS
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. "A curious goulash of fact and fancy, with a base of statistics about conditions on other planets of our solar system, seasoned with Well?ian condiments, astounding... More
HOUND DOG MOSES AND THE PROMISED LAND
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. This delightful tale about a hunting dog seeking admision to heaven received the 1955 Boys' Clubs of America award. Pictures by William Gropper. Octavo. Original... More