![[Book #36614P] Borstal Boy. BRENDAN BEHAN](https://sternrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with some chips. Presentation copy to his New York publicist, “To Abner, who created the New York version of Brendan Behan 13 ix 60.” Behan, almost from his first step ashore, took to New..... More
[Book #36614P]
London: Methuen, 1956. First Edition of the author’s first book. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. More
[Book #29920P]
London: Methuen, 1956. First Edition of the author’s first book. A bit foxed, nearly fine in a good, rubbed dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To John & Best wishes for 1957 [words in Gaelic] Brendan Behan/ 1/1/57.” We have not seen another inscribed copy of this play..... More
[Book #36613P]
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Jacket reinforced with brown paper; tape stains to endpaper and cloth edges where it was tacked down, else very good. Signed by the author and the cast, which included Katharine Cornell and Laurence Olivier. More
[Book #35670P]
London: Methuen, 1933. First Edition. Humorous drawings, very English, most of which appeared in Punch and the Tatler. Very good in a dust jacket with some chipping. More
[Book #35570P]
Los Angeles: Yarnell et al, 1881. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; hinges broken; only a fair copy with a previous owner’s long informative inscription on the front pastedown regarding the author’s father and slavery. More
[Book #36400P]
New York: Stokes & Brother, 1888. First Edition. Humorous descriptions and cartoons, bordering on the grotesque. Publisher’s illustrated boards; very good. More
[Book #32389P]
![[Book #26463P] Dangling Man. SAUL BELLOW](https://sternrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/26463P.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1539713420)
New York: Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition of the author’s first book. A fine copy in a dust jacket with very light wear. More
[Book #26463P]
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. Top edge spotted, else near fine in dust jacket; signed by Bellow. More
[Book #36655P]
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket; signed by Bellow. More
[Book #36656P]
New York: privately published, 1870. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; presentation copy, although the inscription is almost certainly secretarial; very good. Belmont, a prominent supporter of the Democratic party, was nevertheless a Unionist, and this publication was clearly intended as a defense of his opinions and actions during that recent conflict..... More
[Book #36420P]
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Very good in a damaged dust jacket. Presented by the author to music critic and producer Goddard Leiberson, “[ink drawing of Pedro, from the book’s final drawing] To Goddard from Ludwig.”. More
[Book #16112P]
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Good to very good, but closer to the latter. Signed by Bemelmans in November, 1938. More
[Book #37020P]
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1965. First English Edition. Inscribed in Hebrew on the title page by Ben Gurion. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #35645P]
Tel Aviv: Massadeh - P.E.C. Press, 1963. First Edition; in English. Signed by Ben-Gurion on the half-title. Small Israeli label on the front free endpaper; fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #36690P]
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. First Edition. Fine in a lightly worn dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “For Jane Goldeen, With thanks and wet best wishes. Nathaniel Benchley, Nantucket, Mass. 22 VII 67.” Basis for the Cold War comedy, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. More
[Book #36545P]
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1950. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, “For Ellis and Anne - Two of the 4,273 people who actually paid for this book. Gratefully, Nat Benchley.” His signature is strikingly similar to that of his father. More
[Book #36546P]
New York: A.A. Wyn, 1950. First Edition. Wrappers; very good. More
[Book #23352P]
New York: Henry Holt, 1928. First Edition. A near fine copy in a very good example of the scarce dust jacket, which has some tiny chips, light rubbing and minor interior tape mends. More
[Book #36387P]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #18862P]
Berkeley, California: The Hart Press, 1952. First Edition. 200 copies were printed; publisher’s wrappers; aside from some waterstaining, very good. More
[Book #22687P]