A Boy's Will
London: David Nutt, 1913. First Edition, Second Issue, Binding D, No. 126 of 135 copies, signed and numbered... Read More
Price: $4,000
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Grand’ther Baldwin’s Thanksgiving with Other Ballads and Poems.
Boston: Loring, Publisher Corner Bromfield and Washington Streets. Printers Rockwell & Churchill, [1875]. First edition of the author’s first book of verse. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf, "Mrs. Maria Brown/ from the author/ Dec. 25, 1875" Read More
Price: $2,500
Vault of the Ages.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [1952]. First edition. Handsome copy of Anderson’s first book. Read More
Price: $150
His First Book
Windy McPherson's Son.
New York: John Lane, 1916. First Edition. His First Book. Anderson's first book, dedicated “To the living men and women of my own Middle Western home town”. Read More
Price: $450
Arnold's Debut, Inscribed
Alaric at Rome. A Prize Poem, Recited in Rugby School, June XII, MDCCCXL.
Rugby: Combe and Crossley, 1840. First edition. Arnold's Debut, Inscribed. The first edition of Matthew Arnold's first work, his Rugby School prize poem on the conquest of Rome by the Visigoth Alaric I in 410 AD. Unusual for a prize poem, the work was published anonymously and was not identified... Read More
Price: $60,000
FIRST BOOK
The Indifferent Children. By Anthony Lee.
New York: Prentice-Hall, [1947]. First edition of the AUTHOR's FIRST BOOK. FIRST BOOK. Read More
Price: $225
“Straw that broke the back of Webster & Co.”
The Master of Silence. A Romance.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1892. First edition of his first book. “Straw that broke the back of Webster & Co.”. BACHELLER'S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED. With a long inscription on the front blank reading“This is my first trial at writing a longish tale. There were only seven hundred..... Read More
Price: $175
Author's First Book
The Frog Prince and Other Poems.
Aldington, Kent: The Ditchling Press, Sussex, 1952. First edition of the author's first book. Number IX in the publisher's series, "Poems in Pamphlet 1952" Author's First Book. First book by the poet, who later adopted the pseudonym, "Gabriel Fielding" Read More
Price: $250
Quatrefoil.
London: Vision. New York Wehman Bros, [1957]. First English edition. Gay novel. Read More
Price: $150
The Journey Down.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition of the author's first novel. Read More
Price: $250
Bishop's first book, signed
North & South.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, [1946]. First edition, second printing, one of 500 copies. Bishop's first book, signed. Signed by the author on the title-page. Bishop's first book, winner of the Houghton Mifflin Poetry Award. The publishers asked Bishop to submit a manuscript for the prize after reading her "Songs for... Read More
Price: $4,000
First Novel, Inscribed to WEIRD TALES
The Scarf.
New York: Dial Press, 1947. First edition of Author's first novel. First Novel, Inscribed to WEIRD TALES. First novel by the 20th-century giant of horror fiction, author of PSYCHO, inscribed on the flyleaf "To the Gang at WEIRD TALES - my favorite people at my favorite magazine | Robert Bloch... Read More
Price: $400
Second Book
The Delicate Prey.
New York: Random House, [1950]. First American edition. Second Book. Read More
Price: $400
Poems.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd, 1911. First edition. Poems was Brooke's first collection; his previous poetry having been written for school competitions and printed solely for private distribution. Brooke developed a fatal case of blood poisoning from an insect bite while anchored off Skyros; he died on 23 April 1915... Read More
Price: $1,250
First Book
Wake Robin.
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. First edition. First Book. Read More
Price: $250
Author's First Book, Inscribed to Bliss Carman, Deluxe Binding
An Ode To Harvard And Other Poems.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1907. First edition of the Author's First Book. Author's First Book, Inscribed to Bliss Carman, Deluxe Binding. Inscribed to Bliss Carman on the flyleaf, "Bliss Carman/ with acknowledgement / and best wishes from/ Witter Bynner/ July, 1907." The first edition of this book was issued... Read More
Price: $300
The Flaming Terrapin.
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 11 Glower Street, [1924]. First edition of the author's first book. Read More
Price: $225
Other Voices, Other Rooms.
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition, first printing. The celebrated author's first book. Read More
Price: $150
Capote's First Book
Other Voices, Other Rooms.
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Capote's First Book. Read More
Price: $750
FIRST BOOK
The Anatomy Lesson and other stories.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First edition. FIRST BOOK. Read More
Price: $275
JOHN QUINN'S COPY
Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First edition, first issue, with type dropped in bottom two lines on p. 110. JOHN QUINN'S COPY. John Quinn's copy of the first edition of Conrad's first novel. Conrad began this novel after an arduous command of the bark Otago. He worked on the manuscript... Read More
Price: $2,500
Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.
New York: Macmillan and Co, 1895. First American edition. Uncommon first American edition of Conrad’s first novel. Read More
Price: $750
Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River.
New York: Macmillan, 1895. Fisrt American edition, one of 650 copies. First edition , First Printing of the publsihed state, including three pages of ads. Read More
Price: $1,000