First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co    First-Editions.Co  100 Banned Books: Curated by ChatGPT
Curator’s Statementp.(1-100)Index: A-Z View Exhibition Subscribe About UsContact


Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s StoneRowling, J.K.
Published by Bloomsbury.


Publication Date: 1997


-Uncorrected proof copy of the first edition, first printing. The first appearance of the complete novel, preceding all others. 1 of 200 copies distributed to critics and booksellers for the purpose of review and to elicit orders of the first edition. No copies were permitted for sale.





Purchase: Sold
I Know Why The Caged Bird SingsAngelou, Maya
Published by Random House, New York.

Publication Date: 1969

Details


    Signed first edition, first printing of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, inscribed by the author on the dedication page. Angelou's celebrated autobiographical debut remains one of the most influential memoirs of the twentieth century, acclaimed for its lyrical prose, emotional power, and enduring exploration of identity, resilience, and the Black American experience. A highly desirable copy in the original dust jacket.








In Cold BloodCapote, Truman
Published by Random House, New York.

Publication Date: 1965


    First edition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, in the scarce first-issue dust jacket with the "1/66" code on the front flap. A landmark of twentieth-century American literature, the book established the modern true crime genre through Capote's pioneering blend of investigative reporting and novelistic technique. A particularly attractive near-fine copy in the original first-issue dust jacket.




In the Night KitchenSendak, Maurice
Published by The Bodley Head, London.

Publication Date: 1971

Details

    
    First UK edition, warmly inscribed by Maurice Sendak to the celebrated illustrator Raymond Briggs, with an original drawing of Mickey and the inscription, "For Raymond Briggs, So good to meet you!"—the latter cleverly enclosed in a speech bubble, a playful tribute to Briggs's distinctive comic-book style. From the library of Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, Father Christmas, and When the Wind Blows. A unique association copy linking two of the twentieth century's most influential children's book illustrators.





Invisible Man

Ellison, Ralph.
Published by Random House, London.


Publication Date: 1952


    First edition of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, his landmark debut novel and enduring masterpiece. Winner of the 1953 National Book Award—the first time the honor was awarded to a Black author—the novel was immediately recognized as a major achievement in American literature for its powerful exploration of race, identity, and individuality. A highly desirable first edition in the original dust jacket, featuring the striking design by E. McKnight Kauffer.


Junkie

Burroughs, William S.
Published by Ace Books, Inc, New York.


Publication Date: 1953

Details

    
    First edition of William S. Burroughs's first book, Junkie. A rare copy in exceptional condition, preserved in the original wrappers and housed in a cloth box. Burroughs's stark, semi-autobiographical account of heroin addiction established the detached, documentary style that would define his later masterpieces, including Naked Lunch and the Nova Trilogy. A foundational work of Beat literature and twentieth-century counterculture, Junkie remains one of the most influential literary explorations of addiction and the margins of postwar American society.






Lady Chatterleys’ LoverLawrence, D.H.
Privately Printed for the Author, Florence.

Publication Date: 1928


    First edition, first printing. Octavo, publisher's green cloth-effect boards, spine lettered in silver, in the original dust jacket.

Near Fine, with a slight lean to the binding, light wear to the corners and spine ends, and a touch of soiling to the top edge and rear endpaper. The price-clipped dust jacket is Near Fine, showing only light wear, gentle toning, and a few short edge tears.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies meets J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, John Knowles's enduring coming-of-age novel has become a modern American classic. Set at an elite New England boarding school during the Second World War, A Separate Peace explores friendship, rivalry, innocence, and guilt with uncommon psychological depth. Since its publication in 1959, it has remained Knowles's best-known work and a staple of twentieth-century American literature.

An attractive first printing of a novel that has become increasingly difficult to acquire in collectible condition.




Leaves of GrassWhitman, Walt
Published by Centipede Press, Lakewood, CO.

Publication Date: 2012

Details

    
    First American hardcover edition, limited issue. One of just 200 numbered copies signed by Bret Easton Ellis, illustrator Ben Baldwin, and contributor John Langan.

Octavo, publisher's original black cloth with a colour pictorial label to the upper board and silver lettering to the spine, in the original Ben Baldwin-designed dust jacket. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white by Baldwin. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. Contents clean throughout, without previous ownership inscriptions or stamps. The dust jacket is bright and complete, with only a small scuff to the lower corner of the front panel affecting the surface paper. This copy is numbered 100 of 200 and signed by Ellis, Baldwin, and Langan on the colophon.

Originally intended for publication in hardcover by Simon & Schuster, the American edition was cancelled, and American Psycho first appeared in the United States as a Vintage paperback original. While the Picador edition is the true first hardcover, this handsome Centipede Press edition is both the first American hardcover and the first illustrated edition of Ellis's controversial modern classic.

A beautifully produced limited edition of one of the defining novels of contemporary American literature.






Less Than ZeroEllis, Bret Easton
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut.

Publication Date: 2018


    Signed Collector's Edition of Bret Easton Ellis's Less Than Zero, personally signed by the author. Ellis's acclaimed debut novel, Less Than Zero became one of the defining works of 1980s American fiction, its stark portrayal of wealth, alienation, and moral dislocation leaving a lasting mark on contemporary literature. Finely produced in full leather with gilt decoration and page edges, silk moiré endpapers, and accompanied by the original certificate of authenticity, this is an elegant signed edition of a modern classic.






LolitaNabokov, Vladimir
Published by Corgi Books, London.


Publication Date: 1969

Details

    
    A unique association copy of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita: a late Corgi paperback edition, warmly inscribed in Russian by the author to his wife, Véra, on 21 May 1969, with an original hand-drawn and colored butterfly that he christened babochka skoraya ("lissom butterfly"). A passionate lepidopterist, Nabokov frequently embellished books for Véra with butterfly drawings, though this example is especially unusual for appearing in an otherwise ordinary paperback edition rather than a first edition.

The volume also contains a small but telling authorial correction in pencil to the printed text, reflecting Nabokov's famously meticulous eye. Inscribed at the time of the publication of Ada and Time magazine's celebrated profile of the author, this unpublished association copy offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the Nabokovs' personal and literary world.






1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Buy with confidence.
SEANCE Inc. ® 2026.
First-Editions.Co131 Continental Dr. STE 305 Newark, DE. 19713 USA.