Pasadena, California: Published by the Author, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 437 pp., inscribed by Upton Sinclair. Upton Sinclair (1878-1968), best known for his brutal exposé of the meat packing industry in "The Jungle", wrote "The Wet Parade" as a critique of Prohibition and its failures in... More about The Wet Parade
London: Jonathan Cape, (1992). First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 21 of 150 copies, octavo size, 176 pp., signed by Ian McEwan. Ian McEwan (b. 1948), writer and screenwriter, was given the nickname "Ian Macabre" after writing his first two novels; his notable works include "Atonement" and "Amsterdam", for which... More about Black Dogs
(London): Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. No. 18 of 150 copies, octavo size, 336 pp., signed by William Boyd. Scottish writer William Boyd (b. 1952) presents a story rich with history, as the pasts of two people, one an architect living in Los Angeles in 1936, the other an older... More about The Blue Afternoon
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 445 pp. In "The French Lieutenant's Woman", English writer John Fowles (1926-2005) crafts a ground-breaking work of historical fiction, set in the Victorian era; considered an example of historiographic metafiction, the novel uses real historical events to shape the... More about The French Lieutenant's Woman
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Octavo size, 209 pp. The story of the "unsinkable ship", while tragic in the extreme to all who lived through it - or whose lives were lost - continues to fascinate all, even today, over 100 years after the disaster. The ship... More about A Night to Remember
Oakland, California: Georgia Loring Bamford, 1931. Hardcover. Octavo size, 255 pp. The life and work of Jack London (1876-1916) have been the subjects of many critical writings, and here Georgia Loring Bamford (1873-1966), a personal friend of London's, reminisces about London's life, his prominence in the literary circle in San... More about The Mystery of Jack London