Recent Arrivals from Paul Johnson Fine Books

New York: MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2022. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Unread copy. Signed on the title page by the author.

New York: Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 34th printing, inscribed by Golden on the title page: "For Otto Snyder - all the best - Arthur Golden."

New York: Musette Publishers Inc., 1946. 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Third printing: January, 1946. 8 vo. 14 pp. Off-white wrappers with blue lettering to the front panel. White tape reinforcement to the bottom to the front panel (about 1" by 2 1/4"). Similar reinforcement to the first 8… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK printing. Signed by Hilllerman on the title page. Toning to the cheap paper else fine in a near fine jacket.

New York: Putnam, 1955. 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thirteenth printing. Near fine - tight and square with an unfaded red topstain. Price-intact jacket ($5.00) has "Thirteenth Printing" on the front flap. Light edgewear including a couple of chips to the top of the rear panel. Near fine… Read more about this item

Girard, KS: E. Haldeman-Julius. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Edited E. Haldeman-Julius. No date, but 1920's. 32mo. About 5" by 3 1/4". 64 pp. Very good in green wraps with toning to the text block and margins. Scarce.

Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, early printing with "Thirteen Thousand" at the top of the title page. 1853 on the title page and the copyright page. Lacking ads, xvi, (17)-336pp. Sm 8vo. Original brown leather with gilt lettering to the spine. Frontispiece with facsimile autograph… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Fine book in a fine jacket. Numerous photos. Signed by both authors on the title page and dated 2/2/93, the year of publication.

New York: Viking, 2016. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Advanced uncorrected proofs of Mahajan's second book. Cine in wrappers. Inscribed on the dedication page to a La Jolla bookstore owner: "Dear Tami - thanks for listening to me read & letting me in your gorgeous store! Yours, Karan La… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this novel that depicts poor, rural black life in Alabama. A near fine book with an owner's name on the front free endpaper. The jacket is not price-clipped, has light edgewear and a darkened… Read more about this item

New York: Saturday Review Press/Dutton, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Basis for the eponymous film by Brian DePalma. Near fine (two small, faint stains to the top edge near the spine) in a very good jacket with a faded spine. Not price-clipped, no… Read more about this item

New York: The International Workers Order, Inc., 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. Blue and white wraps. 8vo (5 3/8" wide by 8 3/16" tall). A collection of 17 poems. Introduction by Michael Gold. In the introduction Gold mentions that 10,000 copies would be published to… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First printing. Signed by Dean on the title page. A fine book in a fine jacket. Tight copy, probably unread.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Goodwin on the title page. Near fine book in a near fine jacket. Tight and square. Interior clean.

Threshold Editions, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing of this "personal and political memoir." A fine book in a fine jacket. Signed (only) on the title page by both Dick and Liz Cheney. A clean copy with no flaws.

London: Faber and Faber, 2017. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this collection of "three true stories." O'Hagan has been nominated for the Booker Prize three times and is also the author of The Illuminations. Fine book in a near fine jacket (a little crimping at the top… Read more about this item

Brentano's. First Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Clarke, Harry. A posthumous collection of stories by Poe. No date listed but circa 1923. 4to (about 8" wide by 10 3/4" in length). 382 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and a label to the front board. Illustrated… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Stated first edition of Herber's second mystery.Very good or better in a near fine, price-intact jacket.

New York: Scribners, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing of Tapply's first novel. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Not price-clipped, no writing or owner's names. Interior clean.

New York: The Dial Press, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of Page Stegner's first novel. Grey cloth with black lettering to the spine. Brown toning to the front and rear panels. Price-intact jacket is about near fine with only minor edgewear. Photo of the author on… Read more about this item