Letteratura

Killing Mister Watson

MATTHIESSEN, PETER · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

New York, Random House. 1990, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. 373pp. Blue half-cloth with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A excellent first edition of Matthiessen's first volume of the 'Watson Trilogy' depicting the fortunes of Edgar J. Watson and set in...

Bone by Bone

MATTHIESSEN, PETER · 1999 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€22.50 ($24.80 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

New York, Random House. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 410pp. Brown boards with gilt to black spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. An excellent first edition of Matthiessen's culminating novel of the 'Watson Trilogy', set in the Florida everglades. As new. Fine...

The Nephew

PURDY, JAMES · 1960 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€40.00 ($44.09 | £33.37 | ¥7,041)

London, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1960, First Edition. Half-Cloth. Book, 8vo. [x], 210 pp. Black half-cloth with grey boards and white titles to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. Top-edge tinted yellow. A very good first edition of James Purdy's second novel, portraying ...

Mourners Below

PURDY, JAMES · 1984 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€16.00 ($17.64 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

London, Peter Owen. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 295pp. Purple boards with silver to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket designed by Keith Cunningham. Unblemished first edition of this novel about an innocent seventeen-year-old who lives in obsessive isolatio...

The House of the Solitary Maggot

PURDY, JAMES · 1986 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€16.00 ($17.64 | £13.35 | ¥2,816)

London, Peter Owen. 1986, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. (9), 360pp. Grey boards with yellow titles to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket designed by Keith Cunningham. Nice first edition of this novel written in the brilliantly idiosyncratic style for which James Pu...

Thirteen Moons

FRAZIER, CHARLES · 2006 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,161)

New York, Random House. 2006, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. [viii] 424pp. Pale blue boards with gilt to tan cloth spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket. A flawless first edition of Frazier's second novel, building on the success of the National Book Award winning 'Col...

A Prayer for Owen Meany

IRVING, JOHN · 1989 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€65.00 ($71.64 | £54.22 | ¥11,442)

New York, William Morrow & Co. 1989, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 543pp. Blue-grey boards and grey cloth spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket with author's photograph to rear. A fine copy of a fine novel. Fine/Very Good.

Until I Find You

IRVING, JOHN · 2005 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€30.00 ($33.07 | £25.02 | ¥5,281)

London, Bloomsbury. 2005, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 824pp. First UK edition in new condition. Fine/Fine.

A Son of the Circus

IRVING, JOHN · 1994 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

New York, Random House. 1994, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xviii, 633pp. An excellent first edition of Irving's novel set in India and a slight departure from the usual themes of his other titles. Fine/Fine.

My Movie Business: A Memoir

IRVING, JOHN · 1999 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

New York, Random House. 1999, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 177pp. A splendid first edition of Irving's tribulations of trying to get 'The Cider House Rules' made into the 1999 film by Lasse Hallstrom, finely supported by photographic images. Fine/Fine.

The Fourth Hand

IRVING, JOHN · 2001 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij. 2001, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 319pp. Black boards with gil to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket. A fine first edition of Irving's novel published for the continental market by the Dutch publisher De Bezige Bij (The Busy Bee). As new...

William Styron: A Life

WEST, JAMES L.W. III · 1998 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

New York, Random House. 1998, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xiv, 509pp. First edition of West's excellent biography of William Styron, supported by many revealing photographs and in fine condition. Fine/Fine.

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

STYRON, WILLIAM · 1990 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,841)

New York, Random House. 1990, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Burgundy coloured boards. Unclipped dustjacket with mild sunning to spine. First edition of Styron's candid experience of his devastating descent into madness. Fine/Very Good.

Sophie's Choice

STYRON, WILLIAM · 1979 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1979, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, First UK edition of Styron's famous study of human responsibility in the face of extreme dilemma. Ffep missing, otherwise a very nice copy. Very Good/Very Good.

A Tidewater Morning

STYRON, WILLIAM · 1993 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1993, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, First UK edition of these three stories told in the same voice set in the heart of Styron country. In excellent condition. Fine/Fine.

The Hotel New Hampshire

IRVING, JOHN · 1981 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€300.00 ($330.66 | £250.24 | ¥52,809)

London, Jonathan Cape. 1981, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. xii, 401pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped dustjacket with slight discolouring to spine. Irving's fifth novel about the quirky New Hampshire Berry family, Win, Mary and their five children. First UK ...

The Usurpers

MILOSZ, CZESLAW · 1955 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€75.00 ($82.67 | £62.56 | ¥13,202)

London, Faber and Faber. 1955, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 222pp. Red boards with black lettering to spine. Illustrated unclipped dustjacket designed by Charles Mozley. A fine, scarce first English edition of Nobel Prize winner Milosz's novel of postwar Poland, transl...

Selected Poems

SIMPSON, LOUIS · 1965 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€32.50 ($35.82 | £27.11 | ¥5,721)

New York, Harcourt, Brace & World. 1965, First Edition. Cloth. Book, 8vo. x, 145pp. Blue cloth boards with silver to spine. Top-edge in matching blue. Unclipped dustjacket with poet's portrait to rear. An excellent first edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's selected p...

Selected Poems

HERBERT, ZBIGNIEW · 1985 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

Manchester, Carcanet. 1985, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, 8vo. 140pp. Decorative red wrappers. First edition of this Carcanet edition. Translated by Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz and Peter Dale Scott and introduced by A. Alvarez. In new condition. Fine.

Barbarian in the Garden

HERBERT, ZBIGNIEW · 1985 · Neale Williams Antiquarian Books

€50.00 ($55.11 | £41.71 | ¥8,801)

Manchester, Carcanet. 1985, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, 8vo. 180pp. Black boards with gilt to spine. Unclipped illustrated dustjacket designed by Julia Farrar. The great Polish poet's excellent collection of essays, reflecting on art, architecture and history. Scarce first...