London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece. Gray cloth lettered in maroon. Corners slightly bumped else very near fine. Fantasy novel that was filmed three times, most memorably in 1964 by Harry Keller with Tony Randall, Burl Ives, and Barbara Eden, who in 1965 appeared in..... More
New York: Dramatists Play Service, (1954). Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Fine. The play ran on Broadway for 45 performances in 1954 with Jack Warden, and was later filmed as a television movie in 1960 directed by Don Richardson, with Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Scarce, especially in fine condition..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1923). Hardcover. First American edition. Neat owner's name front fly else about fine in very good dustwrapper with some chipping at the spine ends, and a few tears. Prize-winning English novel about a woman whose experience is that vice and virtue aren't always a matter of black..... More
New York: Harper, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a lightly spine tanned, very good dustwrapper, with two chips on the rear panel. Non-fiction account of the expatriate Russian colony in New York by a staff writer for *Novoye Russkoye Slovo*, the largest Russian newspaper in the U.S., which served..... More
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. A major bestseller in its time, and the basis for the 1928 Clarence Brown film *A Woman of Affairs* featuring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Also filmed in 1934 by..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., (1924). Hardcover. First edition. Cloth worn at the crown, a good or better copy lacking the dustwrapper. Ownership name of actress Marian Seldes. A major bestseller in its time, and the basis for the 1928 Clarence Brown film *A Woman of Affairs* featuring..... More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1928. Hardcover. First edition. Contemporary owner name on the front pastedown, and spine lettering slightly rubbed, thus near fine in attractive, near fine dustwrapper (with art by Helen Dryden) with tiny nicks and tears at the extremities. A novel about the perfect modern woman, basis for..... More
New York: George H. Doran, (1924). Hardcover. Early American edition ("B" on copyright and no publisher's colophon). Erosion to the cloth in the gutters, thus very good in a fine dustwrapper. Interconnected short stories, and basis for a 1931 film of the same name, directed by Louis Mercanton. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1941. Hardcover. First American edition. Translated from the Russian by Malcolm Burr. Fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with some soiling, and a modest chip at the foot of the spine. Basis for 1975 Akira Kurosawa-directed film *Dersu Uzala*, filmed in Russia and winner of..... More
(London): Hodder & Stoughton, (No date - 1903). Unbound. Original dust jacket art. Image matted to approximately 11" x 15". Water color and grisaille. A bit of rubbing in the margins, very good or better. Unsigned. Image of a man holding a gun on another man with a horrified woman..... More
Orrtanna, Adams Co., PA: White Squaw Press, (1931). Hardcover. First edition. Vertical crease on the front fly and a discreet stain to both the front board and (primarily to the black section of) the front panel of the jacket, else near fine in very good plus dustwrapper. A novel, mostly..... More
New York: Owl Book, 1998. Softcover. First edition. Trade paperback. Black and white illustrations. Near fine with light rubbing and marks. More
(New York): Viking, (1990). Hardcover. First edition. Very slightly cocked, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Arresting novel made into an interesting film with James Spader and Mandy Patinkin. More
(London): Faber and Faber, (1991). Hardcover. First English edition. Spine cocked, slightly bowed boards else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with minimal rubbing and edge wear. Signed by the author on the title page. Arresting novel made into an interesting film with James Spader and Mandy Patinkin. More
London: The Bodley Head, (1952). Hardcover. First English edition. Translated from the French by Norman Denny. Fine in price-clipped and lightly soiled, very good dustwrapper with a small scuff and small chip. More
London: The Bodley Head, (1950). Hardcover. First English edition, translated from the French by Norman Denny. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the front panel, and with a fine wraparound band indicating that W. Somerset Maugham choose this novel as one of the "Books of the..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in very attractive, near fine dustwrapper with some small chips on the rear panel. A wife hangs herself, and suspicion falls on her husband, who has been having an affair with a woman who lives in a hamlet..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). Hardcover. First American edition. Very slight foxing to a couple pages of text, and to the front board, else fine in slightly soiled, near fine dustwrapper. A play that was also the basis for the 1964 film directed by Ronald Neame and featuring Deborah Kerr..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). Hardcover. First American edition. Small tear at the crown, very good in very good dustwrapper toned at the spine. A play that was also the basis for the 1964 film directed by Ronald Neame and featuring Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, and Edith Evans..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). Hardcover. First American edition. About fine in price-clipped and modestly age-toned very good dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. A play that was also the basis for the 1964 film directed by Ronald Neame and featuring Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, and..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A play that was also the basis for the 1964 film directed by Ronald Neame and featuring Deborah Kerr, Hayley Mills, John Mills, and Edith Evans. A lovely copy. More
New York: William Morrow, 1935. Hardcover. First American edition. Drawings by Laurian Jones. A bit cocked and rubbed, near very good lacking the dustwrapper. Basis for the film that featured Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. More
New York: William Morrow, (1972). Hardcover. Nineteenth printing. Drawings by Paul Brown. Illustrated cloth. Near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Basis for the film that featured Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. More
New York: Putnam, (1964). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short crease on the front flap and just a touch of age-toning. Author's first novel, winner of the Putnam Award, the serio-comic story of a raging poet and his attempt to maintain his identity in a world..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1964). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with a short creased tear on the front panel and creases on both flaps. Author's first novel, winner of the Putnam Award, the serio-comic story of a raging poet and his attempt to maintain his identity..... More