The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
(New York): Dramatists Play Service, (1991). Softcover. Later printing. Wrappers. Fine. More
(New York): Dramatists Play Service, (1991). Softcover. Later printing. Wrappers. Fine. More
Philadelphia: Elkan-Vogel Co., 1946. Softcover. First edition. Sheet Music. 5, (1)pp. A small number on the front wrap and a tiny tear at the spine, very near fine. A song by Diamond with lyrics by the musician's close friend Carson McCullers. Celebrated Russian-American operatic mezzo-soprano, Jennie Tourel's copy with her..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Fine in very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears, mostly at the spine ends. Despite several small chips, a better than usual copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1951). Hardcover. Early (second?) edition. Octavo. Publisher's quarter orange cloth and printed papercovered boards. Near fine lacking the dust jacket. A very good copy in blue boards and red cloth spine, without dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by McCullers on the front fly: "For darling Leon Edel..... More
London: The Cresset Press, 1952. Hardcover. Second printing. Near fine with spine ends lightly bumped, lacking the dustwrapper. More
New York: Garland Publishing, 1980. Hardcover. First edition. Without dustwrapper as issued. Near fine with spine ends and corners lightly worn. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1961). Hardcover. Fourth printing. Tiny bump at head of spine, near fine in very good or better dustwrapper with a small nick and tear at the top of the front panel. The die cut circle with glassine window on the jacket's front panel, which usually wrinkles..... More
Boston: Houghton, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Very good or better in very good dustwrapper. of front cover and front of dustwrapper. Pages clean. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Clean orange cloth cover with black and gold gilt letters. Dustwrapper price clipped. 2 inch piece missing from top edge on front dustwrapper..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in a near fine dustwrapper. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. A faint ownership signature on the front fly else fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a small chip on the rear panel. The die-cut circle with glassine window on the front panel of the jacket, which usually wrinkles and tears the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with light edgewear. The die-cut circle with glassine window on the front panel of the jacket, which usually wrinkles and tears the paper of the jacket, has not done so in this case. A nice copy..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to the spine and front board. A trifle bumped, near fine in price-clipped very good or better dustwrapper with die-cut window as issued (and a little nicking around the die-cut window)..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with short tears and chips. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Fading on the spine ends and spotting on the top page edge else near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, chips, and tears. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a good only price-clipped dust jacket lightly dampstained with significant tears on front panel and extremities. Southern Gothic novel. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Virginia Spencer Carr. Slight toning on the board edges else bout fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Virginia Spencer Carr. Fine in a fine dust jacket. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in printed orange wrappers. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. Softcover. 3rd ptg. Very good in wrappers. Paperback. Clean text in slightly soiled paper covers, light crease on cover spine, slight spine lean, rubs on corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described..... More
Boston: A Mariner Book / Houghton Mifflin Company, (2000). Softcover. Reprint. Trade paperback. Spine crease, corners rubbed, a very good copy. The novel was chosen as a selection for Oprah's Book Club in 2004. More
Kobenhavn: H. Hagerup, 1941. Softcover. First Danish edition of *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter*. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Modest creased tear on front panel, a few stains on the rear wrap, very good. Interestingly, the Danish publisher has made some effort to make the Danish edition look similar to the..... More
Milano: Longanesi & C., (1949). Softcover. First Italian Edition. Small octavo. 369po. + index leaf. Green printed wrappers. Rubbed along the squared corners of the spine, nicked at the lower corner of the front fly leaf, a near very good copy. Inscribed on the title page by McCullers: "Per Caro..... More
(New York): Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Hardcover. First edition. Three drip spots on the front board else near fine in very near fine dustwrapper with nominal wear at the spine ends. McCullers adapted her own novel into a play that opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1946. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Modest fraying at the top and base of the yellow cloth boards, darkened at the base of the spine, a good or better copy lacking the dust jacket. Affixed to the front fly is a complimentary slip from..... More
(New York): New Directions, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. 118pp. Light foxing on preliminary pages, spine ends lightly bumped, near fine lacking the dustwrapper This play, adapted by the author from her own novel, opened on Broadway with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters and won numerous awards. More