Modern Classics
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Ulysses
Signed by James Joyce
& Henri Matisse

First illustrated edition of Joyce’s landmark Ulysses, number 353 of only 250 copies (from a total edition of 1500) signed by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse. One of the 20th-century’s most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modern artists. A fine copy. $35,000. | More...
The Maltese Falcon
Inscribed by Dashiell Hammett
First edition of Hammett's most famous and influential novel, inscribed by him two weeks before publication, "To Evelyn Austin with best regards Dashiell Hammett January 31, 1930." $75,000. | More...
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
First edition, first issue, of one of the most famous and controversial novels of the 20th century, housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. $9600. | More...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
First edition, first printing, of Harper Lee’s masterpiece, in rare first-issue dust jacket. $25,000. | More...

A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole

First edition of Toole's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical novel—"nothing less than a grand comic fugue"—one of only 2500 copies printed. $7000. | More...

On the Road
Jack Kerouac

First edition of Kerouac's second and most important novel, "a physical and metaphysical journey across America," in colorful original dust jacket. $12,500. | More...

Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace

First edition of Wallace’s epic postmodern satire—“jubilantly anecdotal, winkingly sardonic” (New York Times)—in scarce first-issue dust jacket. $950. | More...
In Cold Blood
Signed by Truman Capote
First trade edition, later printing, of Capote's landmark non-fiction novel, signed on the title page by him. $2200. | More...
Death in the Afternoon
Inscribed by Ernest Hemingway
First edition of Hemingway’s masterpiece on bullfighting, inscribed by him to his close friend Guy Hickock: "To Guy, or Monsieur Tripas, with much affection, Ernest." $29,500. | More...
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
First edition of McCarthy's mythic vision of the American West, in original dust jacket. $5000. | More...
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