Search Results: Fiction & Literature from Old Algonquin Books

New York: Random House, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good +. First edition, first printing (Stated first edition with number row starting with 2). SIGNED by Irving in blue ink on half-title page with Shaw above Irving. Green boards slightly faded at bottom of cloth spine and light creases top of spine. Light trace of erasure on front free endpaper. Dust jacket with price intact has a four-inch crease on the flap and a couple of tiny corner rubs.

Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ., 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of family confronting a fatal disease.

New York: Modern Library, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Modern Library Giant G-88.1. All the stories from Assembly and The Cape Cod Lighter. Blue linen boards with gold logo on front, gold lettering, red lines and logo on spine, Gray dust jacket has $3.95 price on flap. One inch chip and rubs on jacket.

Charlottesville: Hampton Roads, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of a Vietnam war veteran dealing with his past and present. First printing.

NY: Forge, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of an imposter stealing a man's identity & life. First printing.

NY: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of a man who takes on the care of his grandson.

NY: Morrow, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Memoir of the author/farmer/war hero (1906-1996) includes his South African childhood, London in 1920s & 30s, the horse Blady, and an exploration into the human spirit. 255 pages. First American edition.

New York: Scribner, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near fine. Story of immigrants to America. Publisher tipped in a limitation page, with author's small signature and number 2273 of 2500 copies. Book is fine except for a bump at top corner. First edition book but the dust jacket does not have a price and states "Limited Signed Edition" and "Not for Sale" on the rear panel. Dust jacket spine very slightly faded.

New York: Scribners, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fair. First edition, second state with the A on copyright page, corrected error on page 21, and second state dust jacket. The jacket spine has the black title on orange section. Black boards have bumps on bottom corners. Black dust jacket, with $3.00 price on flap, is bright, has a 1 x 1-1/2 inch chip and a half-inch chip at top, 1-inch tear, and scratches and creases.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Author's 1st novel is history & romance set in Ireland from 1850s to 1916. Includes glossary of unfamiliar terms. Near fine with light crease on spine, in fine wrapabout color pictorial dust jacket

New York: Scribners, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Very good -. New Uniform Edition" from ca. 1957-59. Original copyright date of 1950. Gold cloth boards have a tiny bit of wear on bottom corners. Gold dust jacket has $4.50 price on flap. Jacket has a 3/4-inch chip at top of spine and tiny corner chips.

New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Stated first printing. Small book of twelve stories dealing with World War II. Some light offsetting on endpapers and small bump on one board corner. Dust jacket with price intact has some shallow chips and a half-inch tear at edges, and darkened spine..

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Critical analysis of Lawrence's poetry. 327 pages, index. Dust jacket has 1/4" corner chip and light edgewear.

NY: Little, Brown, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Review copy with PR sheets laid in. Tiny corner crease at top of couple of pages. First printing.

New York: Modern Library, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. ML 206.2. 1963 reprint per titles inside jacket.. Collection of stories. 612 pages plus listing of ML giants at end up to #G88, Blue cloth boards, small smudge on bottom page edges. White top edges. Black dust jacket has $1.95 price on flap. Jacket is bright but has a few half inch tears, rubs and creases,

New York: Modern Library, 1965. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. Stated First Modern Library Edition, September 1965. ML 362.1. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Price on jacket flap $2.45. Red boards with a tiny corner bump and a red stamped H on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has edgewear, rubs, narrow chip across top of spine, and small corner chips.

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's first novel; young NY magazine editor sets off in pursuit of great adventure. First printing.

NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Novel of family relationships. First printing.

NY: Henry Holt, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Novel of young woman growing up without her mother who died in World War II. First printing.

NY: Pantheon, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Small novel of an author's afterword to a novel he has written. First printing.