Search Results: Titles starting with T from Captain Ahab's Rare Books

Mexico, 1956. An original Mexican one sheet movie poster for the 1956 Alfredo Crevenna film adaptation of one of Juan Rulfo's stories, collected in his first book "El Llano En Llamas" (The Burning Plain). Most Mexican movie posters were cheaply manufactured and printed on newsprint, which is brittle to begin with and doesn't age well. This is a Near Fine example, folded, 27 x 37 inches. Striking artwork, and an uncommon example perfect for collectors of Rulfo material.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. The fourth and final book of short stories published during Fitzgerald's lifetime, with a single printing of 5,100 copies. Among the 18 stories collected are some of Fitzgerald's finest short fiction, including "The Freshest Boy," "Crazy Sunday," "First Blood," and "Babylon Revisited." Bruccoli A17.1.a(2). First (only) Printing, second state, with pages 349-352 cancelled, introducing three revisions in "One Interne." Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],407,[1]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, with $2.50 price measuring 3/16" high at upper front flap; pinpoint wear to extremities, with some trivial dustiness to the white portions of the spine panel, but with the orange still bright and unfaded - a superlative example.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Madison Square edition of the thirteenth Tarzan novel, the final Grosset edition with the dustjacket art designed by J. Allen St. John. "Battling Arab slavers, Tarzan and an American discover two lost cities of 12th century knights." Heins T13.8. Octavo (19.25cm); brick red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6], 309pp. Text is tanned as usual, contemporary (1945) ownership inscription to front endpaper, with spine ends gently nudged, some pinpoint wear to extremities, and a tiny, shallow bump to upper edge of front board; Very Good+. Dustjacket still quite bright, with mild wear to spine ends and corners, and a few tiny tears; Very Good+ to Near Fine.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 6 copies (numbered 295-300) specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals involved with production, this one marked "Binder's Copy" (no.297) and signed by Faas and Hughes. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and pale yellow linen backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-225,[7]pp. Scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. A selection of essays on Hughes and his work by Faas, along with a selection of critical works by Hughes and two interviews. Uncommon in its most limited state. Sagar & Tabor B101a.2.

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. First Printing. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase without dustjacket, as issued. Gentle sunning to the edges of the slipcase opening, else Fine. One of Capote's best-loved holiday stories, which first appeared in the pages of McCall's Magazine.

Sydney: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Australian Edition. New. First Printing (and correct First), Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Winner of the 2006 Vance Palmer Prize and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. In a letter to the last owner (which is laid into this copy), Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin relays the following regarding this copy: "I sent the printed colophons first to Crumb in France. About half way through the job Crumb playfully signed that one sheet with Hank's name. I didn't notice that, and sent the sheets to Hank to sign. When Hank came to that sheet, he responded by playfully signing Crumb's name instead of his own. Hank and Crumb genuinely admired one another." A unique "A" item from the press. Krumhansl 87c (see note on p.102). Limited (Cloth) Issue, one of seven copies marked "Presentation Copy" and signed by the author and the illustrator on the colophon. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards… Read More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. Krumhansl 87d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, each signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy 'U'. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 17,[3]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 400 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.52. Quarto (27.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and purple polka-dot patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-17,[3]pp; illus. Gentle sunning to board edges (particularly on the front cover), spine label gently sunned; Very Good+ to Near Fine, lacking the original acetate dustjacket. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. Krumhansl 87c.

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); blue and powder grey cloth-covered boards, titled in red on spine; black topstain; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; [x],318pp. Hint of offsetting from jacket design onto spine, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, hint of sunning to spine, with a few tiny tears, and some mild dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine. Faulkner's first collection of short fiction, gathering thirteen stories set in Mississippi. Seven of the stories appear in this volume for the first time, and the collection contains "A Rose for Emily," one of his most anthologized stories. Petersen A9a; Brodsky & Hamblin 251; Hanna 1168.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First American Edition. The first and best of the English author's collections of supernatural horror. "Includes "Professor Pownall's Oversight," about a chess player harassed by the spirit of a murdered rival; "The Third Coach," a study in madness involving a nasty confidence trickster; and "The Seventeenth Hole at Duncaster," about a haunted golf course...Wakefield was a consistently competent writer who took up where M.R. James left off in extending the core of the British tradition through the period between the wars" (Barron, Horror Literature 3-200). Bleiler 1641 (The Guide to Supernatural Fiction). First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],265,[1]pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, with scattered foxing to text edges (though clean internally); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing some trivial wear to extremities and a hint of… Read More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 5 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and those within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange ribbed cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-56,[4]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems written over four decades, several of which first appeared in the pages of The Messenger, Morada, The Virginia Spectator, This Quarter, and Pagany, et al. Miller A21c.

London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1934. First U.K. Edition. Hammett's fifth and final novel, a commercial success upon publication, selling more than 30,000 copies within a few months of its release on 8 January, 1934. The UK edition followed Knopf's four months later, with portions of the text revised by Hammett, and like all UK editions of Hammett books, it is considerably scarcer than its American counterpart. Basis for W.S. Van Dyke's film of the same name released later the same year, and spawning a successful series of subsequent films through 1947. Uncommon in dustjacket, with the last collectible example offered at the Rechler sale (Christies, 2002). Layman A6.3; Hubin, p.185. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); orange cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-284,[4]pp. Pictorial bookplate and private library stamp of Italian bibliophile Giuseppe Orlando, with his holograph signature and date of acquisition (Feb.1935) at upper margin of… Read More

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.225. Octavo (22.25cm); decorative paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-89,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed and wavy, Near Fine dustjacket. The author's fourth collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories set in and around Tangier. Miller A33c.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 500 copies. Octavo (22.25cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-89,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The author's fourth collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories set in and around Tangier. Miller A33b.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1950. First UK Edition. First hardcover edition, and the first time Greene's novelization of his famous screenplay saw print. "Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime - and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder." Basis for the Oscar-winning 1949 film directed by Carol Reed, starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten. Criterion 64; Wobbe A23.a. First Impression. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 188, [2]pp. Small bookplate to front pastedown, with a few small stains to endpapers, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 6s net), measuring ca.1/8" taller than the book; minor wear to spine ends and corner tips, with a single closed tear to upper edge of rear panel; bright, very Near Fine example.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1932. First U.K. Edition. A well-preserved copy of the seventh Race Williams novel. "Race Williams here tells the story of the game he played with the three Gorgon brothers. Two were gangsters, and the third, a mind that, controlling them, ruled a great city. It is a crisp electric story of quick minds, and quick trigger fingers, and through it all "The Flame" runs her course, brilliant, uncertain, dangerous - The Girl with the Criminal Mind." Scarce, particularly in dustjacket. Hubin, p.104. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; xii,13-288 + 24pp publisher's catalogue bound at rear. Foxing to text edges, endpapers, and a few preliminary leaves; cloth is bright and clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 7/6 net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with some mild dust-soil, a few tiny tears, and attendant creases; an unrestored, Very Good+ example.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 copies specially bound and signed by the author, each including an original drawing tipped in on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-128,[4]pp. Fine, in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine, dustjacket. A collection of brief stories dealing with accidents, modern childhood, and the relationship between men and women.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1936. First Edition. Greene's seventh novel, published in the UK under the title A Gun for Sale. "A hired gunman (English underprivileged youth) murders a socialist minister on the Continent and almost plunges Europe into war. Insp. Mather trails him, but M.'s own fiancée gets drawn into the chase and almost succeeds in humanizing the murderer" (Barzun & Taylor 1574). Basis for Frank Tuttle's 1942 film noir, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Laird Cregar. Wobbe A12.b; Hubin, p.175; The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.116-117. First Printing, preceding the British edition by one month. Octavo (19.75cm); beige cloth, blocked and titled in dark green on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; [viii],293,[3]pp. Gently spine-sunned, topstain dulled, with light dust-soil and a few faint stains to cloth, and a tiny numerical label near upper margin of title page; contents clean; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), gently spine-sunned, with modest… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1936. First Edition. Greene's seventh novel, published in the UK under the title A Gun for Sale. "A hired gunman (English underprivileged youth) murders a socialist minister on the Continent and almost plunges Europe into war. Insp. Mather trails him, but M.'s own fiancée gets drawn into the chase and almost succeeds in humanizing the murderer" (Barzun & Taylor 1574). Basis for Frank Tuttle's 1942 film noir, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Laird Cregar. Wobbe A12.b; Hubin, p.175; The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.116-117. First Printing, preceding the British edition by one month. Octavo (19.75cm); beige cloth, blocked and titled in dark green on spine; dark green topstain; dustjacket; [viii],293,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, a few tiny scuffs to an otherwise bold and unfaded top edge, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing some light edge wear and dust-soil, with a shallow loss to base of spine, a few tiny nicks and… Read More