Literary first editions

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745). A discourse of the contests and dissentions between the nobles and the commons in Athens and Rome : with the consequences... view details

MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade. New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, 1857. First edition. vi, 394 p.; 19 cm. BAL 13670. ... view details

Riggs, Lynn (1899-1954) and W. P. Lipscomb (1887-1958). The Garden of Allah: Dialogue Continuity. American Version. [Culver City:] Selznick Internatio... view details

Camus, Albert (1913-1960). La Chute. Paris: Gallimard, 1956. 170 p. First edition. One of 1050 numbered copies printed on "vélin labeur" and bound in ... view details

Camus, Albert (1913-1960). The Plague. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1948. First American edition. Very good or better in dustwrapper.A lightly worn but s... view details

Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?). Black Beetles in Amber. Popular Authors' Series, No. 1. San Francisco: Johnson and Emigh, 1892. First edition, 2nd issue... view details

Burgess, Anthony (1917-1993). The Right to an Answer. London: Heinemann, 1960. First edition. Very good or better in dustwrapper.An early work by the ... view details

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870).  The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Some Uncollected Pieces. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. First American editio... view details

[DEFOE, Daniel]. Henry J. BYRON, Playbill for Robinson Crusoe; or, Friday and the fairies. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden [December 26th, 1868]. [London... view details

[DEFOE, Daniel]. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1st and 2nd series. Two linen handkerchiefs printed in sepia. [England?], ca. 1820s-1830s... view details

Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Hartford: Andrus and Judd, ca. 1832-1835. 2 volumes., pp. 313, 293. 13.8 cm. Frontispiece a... view details