The Devil's Stocking
New York: The Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana, (1983). Hardcover. First edition. Light soiling on the edges else fine in fine, lightly age-toned dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. More
New York: The Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana, (1983). Hardcover. First edition. Light soiling on the edges else fine in fine, lightly age-toned dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. A bit of faint spotting on boards, thin dampstain at foot of spine and bottom edge of cover, very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing, a couple short tears, and an interior dampstain (that shows through a...... More
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Good. Hardcover rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover stained, pages browned, spot on side foredge. *Mead* B10e. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards..... More
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, (1963). Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Modest general wear and light spotting on the bottom half of the foredge (not affecting interior), bottom corners just worn through and a tiny tear at the topedge of the rear cover, very good in a worn and spine-toned..... More
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1948. Hardcover. Later printing. Ex-library with the usual markings, a couple pages with light stains, good only in a good only dust jacket with small hole on front panel and spine, modest edgewear. A collection of short stories. More
New York: Avon Publications, (circa 1950s). Softcover. Avon red and gold edition. Revised by the author. Mass market paperback. Pages age-toned, small tears, else very good. Avon, T-223. More
[Mena, Arkansas]: The Windsor Quarterly, [1935]. Unbound. Offprint. Four quarto sheets, each folded twice to make eight pages, [32]pp. total (paginated 205-235, [1] pp.; the story occupies pp.[206]-230). Light toning at the edges else fine. A prepublication excerpt from *Somebody in Boots*, set in the author's hobo days in the..... More
London: Constable and Co., (1935). Hardcover. First English edition. Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Algren's first book. Lovely copy. More
London: Neville Spearman, (1957). Hardcover. First English edition, first printing. Octavo. 346pp. Red-orange cloth. A fine copy in near fine dust jacke with a short creased tear at the foot of the spine and some minor soiling on the rear panel, else quite fresh and bright. *Bruccoli* A6. 1.d. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1956). Hardcover. First edition. Neat contemporary owner signature on front fly, toning on the spine, very good in near fine dust jacket with very light wear. An attractive copy. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy, (1956). Hardcover. First edition. Modest spotting on the spine, very good in fine dust jacket. More
New York: Macmillan, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. More
New York: Macmillan, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a slight sticker removal scrape on the rear panel. Signed by the author. More
NY/London: Macmillan, 1963. Hardcover. Second edition. Very good hardcover with Very good minus dustwrapper. 2nd printing. Text clean. Clean cover. Spine ends lightly bumped. Dustwrapper price clipped. Small hole on foredge on front dustwrapper. Chipping to dustwrapper spine ends and corners. Dustwrapper lightly browned. More
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Top spine-end and bottom corners are slightly bymped, slight spine lean, dustwrapper s spine-ends and corners are a little frayed, shelf-rubbing. Other authors include: Joseph Heller, Joan Kerckhoff, Bruce Jay Friedman, Bernard Farbar, Brock Brower, James..... More
Dickerson, MD: Quill & Brush, 2004. Unbound. 2004 (current) edition. 6 page bibliography and price-guide. A thorough guide to identifying and collecting first editions, advance copies, limited editions, etc. The AUTHOR PRICE GUIDES (APGs) include a facsimile of the author's signature; a brief biographical sketch; an up-to-date list of the..... More
(New York: Meridian Books, 1960). Softcover. Periodical. Edited by Saul Bellow. Printed wrapppers. Moderate rubbing with a few tiny stains, lightly sunned spine, very good. Contains the first appearance of Algren's "The Unacknowledged Champion of Everything" [Bruccoli C84], with additional contributions by D.H. Lawrence, Grace Paley, and more. More
(New York): Bernard Geis Associates, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Slightly bowed with a bumped corner on the front board and some wear else very good in a good dustwrapper with internal staining, short tears, and toning. Signed by Joseph Heller and Brock Brower. Contributions by Joseph Heller, Joan Kerckhoff, Bruce..... More