The Centaur
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with the slightest rubbing. Winner of the National Book Award. An exceptional copy. More
Catalog 231 contains 233 modern first editions, all from a single owner collection. Included are books from Margaret Atwood, Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, John Steinbeck, and more!
Download PDF of Modern First EditionsNew York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with the slightest rubbing. Winner of the National Book Award. An exceptional copy. More
New York: Random House, (1978). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short crease on the front flap. Signed by the author. Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1954). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A nice copy of a cheaply manufactured volume. More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1942. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's very uncommon second book. Copies of this wartime title are generally found well-worn; copies in this condition are mostly not found at all. More
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, (1943). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with the pink portion of the spine, which is usually faded out to near invisibility, only modestly faded and readable. Author's elusive third book, cheaply manufactured during wartime. Very uncommon in this condition. More
(New York): New Directions, (1950). Hardcover. First edition, first binding. Fine in fine dustwrapper with tiny holes on the rear flap fold. A very nice copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1962). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very slightly spine-toned near fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing. Warmly Inscribed using most of the front fly to fellow writer Anatole Broyard and his wife: "For Anatole who somehow manages to be a brilliant writer and a good..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1961). Hardcover. First edition. A little foxed on the page edges else fine in near fine dustwrapper with a couple of faint stains on the rear panel and nicks at the flap folds. A nicer than usual copy of the author's first book. More