Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 191 pp., signed by Robert B. Parker on a bookplate. The second "Spenser" novel, by Robert Brown Parker (1932-2010), who bequeathed to us many of our favourite mystery/detective stories; forty novels written about Spenser, the "the wise-cracking, street-smart..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the "Narrative Portion" (see details below), first printing, octavo size, 352 pp., in variant sea blue-green binding. Nobel Prize-wining author John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902-1968) is considered today to be one of the greatest American writers of the..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1963). First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, first printing, octavo size, 288 pp., inscribed by George Lazenby. The character of "James Bond" has entered our culture with the image of a man's man, one who loves martinis and women, fights for Queen and country, and, at the..... More
London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925. Dulac, Edmund. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no. 278 of 600 copies, octavo size, 282 pp., signed by W.B. Yeats, with three illustrations after woodcuts by Edmund Dulac. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is acknowledged by many as "supreme among modern Irish poets"..... More
London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing, no. 133 of 1000 copies, octavo size, 168 pp., with acrylic slipcase. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), known for his lively wit and fashionable dress, became one of the best-known personalities in London, and his works are still read..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 315 pp. In 1929, life for the average Irish family who were working the soil was incredibly hard; the level of poverty was such that many in the western world could not conceive. This work is based on a...... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1926). Austen, John. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 288 pp., signed by Liam O'Flaherty. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) is considered by many to be one of the "foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century". After serving in WWI (and being badly injured)..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. First issue (see details below), octavo size, 448 pp., in publisher's dust jacket. Robert von Ranke Graves (1895-1985) was born into a literary family and showed literary genius from a young age. Although the horrors of "The Great War" and subsequent difficulties had..... More
Honolulu, Hawaii: Patten Company, Ltd., (1917). First Edition. Hardcover. With Honolulu imprint, octavo size, 368 pp. Jack (John Griffith) London (1876-1916) and his stories remain widely read today; beginning his career as a newspaper reporter, he gained fame with the publication of "The Call of the Wild" in July of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 924 pp., in original dust jacket. Thomas Clayton Wolfe (1900-1938) died tragically young from complications from pneumonia; having already authored four lengthy novels and other assorted works and gained a reputation, one wonders what might have been..... More