Modern First Editions
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 EditionsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
London: Methuen, (1962). Hardcover. First English edition, and the first unexpurgated edition. One line marked over on copyright page, else very near fine in slightly age-toned near fine dustwrapper in which the laminate has contracted. Author's first book, something of a generational keystone and basis for the 1975 film which..... More
Sometimes a Great Notion
New York: Viking Press, (1964). Hardcover. First edition, first state with publisher's logo on the first half-title. Fine in fine, first state dustwrapper. Author's second novel, a book particularly susceptible to rubbing and wear. Basis for the 1970 film directed by a starring Paul Newman, and also featuring Henry Fonda..... More
The Grass is Singing
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1950). Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the rear panel. A beautiful copy of the American edition of the author's first book. More
Coyote Love: Native American Folktale adapted by Barry Lopez
Portland, Maine: Coyote Love Press, (1989). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrations by Gary Buch. Quarter leather and Mexican bark over boards. Fine. One of 99 copies printed on Dresden Ingres paper with hand illuminated initials by Allen Q. Wong, and Signed by both the author and illustrator. Scarce. More
Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Raven
Kansas City: Sheed Andrews & McMeel, (1976). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with a bit of soiling at the top of the front panel. A nice copy of the author's first book. More
Giving Birth To Thunder, Sleeping With His Daughter
Kansas City: Sheed Andrews & McMeel, (1977). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing on the front panel. Signed by the author. One of the nicer copies we've seen of the author's second and scarcest book, the jacket is very susceptible to rubbing. More
Foreign Affairs
New York: Random House, 1984. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Printed yellow wrappers. Slight age-toning on the wrappers, else a very near fine copy. Winner of both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for fiction. More
The Deer Park: A Play
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1970). Hardcover. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Exceptionally uncommon edition. More
The Naked and the Dead
New York: Rinehart and Company, (1948). Hardcover. First edition. A bit of rubbing along the bottom of the boards as usual, else near fine in very near fine second state dustwrapper with a couple of pinhead sized rubbed spots. Both the first and second state jacket appeared on the first..... More
The Magic Barrel
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, (1958). Hardcover. First edition, first state (preceding the Farrar, Straus and Cudahy edition). Fine in slightly sunned spine, very good or better dustwrapper with slight soiling. More
Nabokov's Garden: A Guide to Ada
Ann Arbor: Ardis, (1974). Hardcover. First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in near fine dustwrapper a bit sunned, worn and with two small internally tape repaired tears. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Mason's first book, her doctoral dissertation, and published eight years before her first volume of fiction..... More
Far Tortuga
New York: Random House, (1975). Hardcover. First edition. Slight fading on the board edges else fine in fine dustwrapper. More
All the Pretty Horses
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Softcover. Advance Reading Copy. Spine sunned a bit else near fine in printed wrappers, lacking the printed cardboard box. One of an unspecified number of copies Signed by the author. The first volume of the Border Trilogy and the book which propelled the literary..... More
All the Pretty Horses
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Softcover. Uncorrected proof, second (and seemingly scarcest) state (of three issued) with "The" printed in the subtitle. Fine in printed wrappers. The book which propelled the literary author to the top of the bestseller list, winner of both the National Book Award and The..... More
All the Pretty Horses
(London): Picador, (1993). Hardcover. First English edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The first volume of the Border Trilogy, winner of the National Book Award and The Book Critics' Circle Award. Basis for the Billy Bob Thornton film with Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. More
All the Pretty Horses
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The book which propelled the literary author to the top of the bestseller list, winner of both the National Book Award and The Book Critics' Circle Award. Basis for the Billy Bob Thornton film with Matt Damon..... More
Blood Meridian
(London): Picador, (1989). Hardcover. First English edition. Pages a little toned as always, else fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful copy of what many consider the author's best novel. More
Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West
New York: Random House, (1985). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny crease and subtle toning to the flaps, but without the seemingly ubiquitous remainder mark. A beautiful copy of what many consider the author's best novel. More
Child of God
New York: Random House, (1973). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's third book, and one that is quite susceptible to wear. A beautiful copy. More
Cities of the Plain
New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1998. Hardcover. First edition. Quarter leather and cloth. As new in cloth slipcase. Copy number 256 of 1000 numbered copies Signed by the author. More
Outer Dark
New York: Random House, (1968). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper with a triangular chip at the edge of the crown, small tear and a little rubbing. Author's scarce second book. More
The Stonemason: A Play in Five Acts
(Hopewell, NJ): Ecco Press, (1994). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in slightly rubbed else fine cloth slipcase as issued. Copy number 348 of 350 numbered copies Signed by the author. More
Suttree
New York: Random House, (1979). Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with some rubbing in fine dustwrapper with a light crease on the front flap and lower spine, but none of the usual sunning to the delicate spine colors. A lovely, bright and attractive copy of the author's fourth novel. More
The Ballad of The Sad Cafe: The Novels and Stories of Carson McCullers
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