New York, NY, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "We hope we have provided readers with an interesting and enjoyable collection, valuable not only for the undeniable pleasure of these stories, but also as a testament to the keen judgments of the magazine editors who enabled these talented writers to get their first taste of professionalism." (final sentence, "Editors' Preface," pg. xii). First Fiction..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1958. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage, fifth anniversary edition (see verso final leaf) number of the legendary literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features an interview with esteemed American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) conducted by George Plimpton (The Art of Fiction XXI), preceded by reproduction of a Hemingway manuscript page (The Battler); the short story "Conversion of the Jews" by the revered American author..... More

New York, NY: Random House, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. "...Letting go is Philip Roth's first full-length work and easily justifies the expectation aroused after the publication of his first book, Goodbye, Columbus, a work that won an array of prizes culminating in the National Book Award for the most distinguished work of fiction in 1960. In Letting Go, Mr. Roth has brought his wit and insight to bear on a...... More

New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. "Portnoy's Complaint...n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933- ) A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: 'Acts of exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's "morality," however, neither fantasy nor act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather..... More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. "It is 1951 in America, the second year of the Korean War. A studious, law-abiding, intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, is beginning his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hard-working..... More