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NY: Knopf, 1968. Bound in full black cloth, stamped in gold, red and blue in matching dust jacket. This is the first edition of Hersey's powerful work on the murders by the Detroit Police Department at the hotel in 1967. Basis for the Kathryn Bigelow movie "Detroit". 395 pp. Two tiny nicks to top edge of dust jacket. Hersey is the noted author of "Hiroshima". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++.

NY: Knopf, 1983. Bound in black cloth over black boards, stamped in silver in matching dust jacket. A tight, clean collectible copy of this - the author's first novel (and publication by a major publisher). . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

UK: Picador, 2011. Bound in stiff black boards, stamped in gold in illustrated dust jacket. Tight, clean copy. Signed by the author (signature only) on the title page. 265 pp.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Harper & Row, 1976. Back flap of dust jacket shows a diagonal crease. This is the true first U.S. edition of this book (ref. Firsts Magazine), with the number "5" as the lowest number in the string. A (not too common) mistake from the Harper & Row publishing house. 269 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

London: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1940. The price-clipped dustwrapper shows slight chipping to extremes of spine and darkening to spine. Overall, a very acceptable copy of the true first edition of this book of poems in the (then) continuing Cantos series. Top edge stained yellow. One of 1000 copies in the first edition. (Ref. Gallup A47).. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++ Price-Clipped.

NY: Harper & Row, 1982. Bound in blue boards with blue cloth spine (corners lightly bumped) in Near Fine dustwrapper that shows creasing to flaps. Review Copy with slip laid in. An early Jim Chee mystery that is a bit difficult to find in Fine condition. This copy shows quite well ... Signed by Mr. Hillerman on a laid in bookplate.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1979. The only major flaw to this book is staining to the back panel of the dustwrapper that makes the youthful Boyle appear to be bloodstained (a bit eerie, actually). The stains do not go through to the book, that is tight and clean. If you can stand the rear panel flaw -- this is a good buy on the author's first book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2003. Bound in red and white boards, stamped in red in matching dust jacket. The first edition of this book that was made into a movie starring Meryl Streep in the starring role. This is an "as new" copy, inscribed and signed on the title page by the author. 360 pp.. Inscribed and Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014. Bound in white boards, stamped in black. A 158 pp. book of short stories by the noted short story writer. As new condition. . Frist Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Bloomsbury, 2012. Bound in bright orange cloth, stamped in silver in dust jacket by Steadman showing an Extinct (Bird) Boid. Unpaginated but approximately 120 pp. over a hundred huge colorful birds by the artist. The hinge of the spine is just a tad shaken, but a great copy of a scarce book at a reasonable price. The first volume in the Gonzovation Trilogy. Commentary throughout by Ceri Levi.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++. Illus. by Ralph Steadman. Folio - over 11" X 14".

Boston: Little, Brown, 1969. Dust jacket is price-clipped, but looks as if it were printed yesterday . . . Overall a beautiful, tight, clean copy of the first U.S. edition. Basis for the 1981 film of the same name that starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. A Burgess 99 selection. Unusual in this protected condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine - Price-clipped.

NY: Delacorte, 1978. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gold with a matching dust jacket with art by M.S. Chiang. The first edition -- signed on the title page (signature and date) by Mr. O'Brien. Winner of the National Book Award. Book shows a mark to bottom right of front panel -- but overall, a crisp, clean copy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine.

NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1973. Bound in dark gray, stamped in silver with a matching dust jacket that has a large head shot of Truman on the front panel. The highlight of this book is that there is a TLS tipped in to the front pastedown from 1954 on the ex-president's Federal Reserve Bank Building stationery. Handsome folded signed letter. 432 pp. . Typed Letter Signed. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Linden Press, 1982. Bound in white cloth over orange boards, stamped in bronze in a bright white dust jacket. The first edition (number line ending in "1"). Tight, clean copy. The only flaw is a tiny diagonal crease to the front flap of the dust jacket (the jacket maintains the original $13.50 price). 160 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

UK: Picador, 2006. Bound in stiff blue boards, stamped in silver in matching dust jacket. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. Signed by the author (signature only) on the title page. 279 pp.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Harpers, 1941. Book is bound in red cloth, stamped in gold. The first edition (stated) of this play based on the important novel of the same name by Wright. Dustwrapper is bright and clean and shows two minor chips to bottom edge. Overall, a great copy of a rather difficult book to find in the first edition. 148 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +.

New York: Targ Editions, 1979. Number Four of the Targ Editions, bound in white cloth, with original acetate wrapper that shows wear; No. 84 of 350 signed copies; tiny two digit number penned on ffep.; 20pp.. Signed, Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Only. Limited Edition.

NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Dust jacket is in great condition (for a d.w. that is rarely encountered with no flaws). Book shows light shadowing to front endpapers (where review was laid in?). Overall, a bright, clean first edition of this book that was the basis for the powerful movie by Sidney Lumet that starred Rod Steiger. 279 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/Near Fine.

NY: Grove Press, 1966. A very nice first edition of this, the first English translation of the Polish author's first book. Translated by Alastair Hamilton. Gombrowicz is the author of the book "Ferdydurke". . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: Atlantic / Little, Brown, 1975. Dustwrapper shows the tiniest chip to front bottom edge. Spine is ever-so-slightly slanted. Otherwise an "as new" copy of this first edition of the author's first book. A baseball book about the "Brooklyn Bimbos". A team "in drag". 258 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.