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Welcome to our web site, and thank you for visiting Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC. We maintain a large inventory of used and rare books, most of which are in Fine or Near Fine condition, many of which are signed or inscribed by the author, and a number of which are scarce or rare.  We focus on Victorian Literature, Modern Literature, Uncommon Books, Mysteries, Crime, Autobiography, Poets and Poetry, African-American and Black authors, topics, and history, and Ephemera of various sorts (such as photographs, letters, broadsides, and the like). Authors represented include, but are not limited to: Anthony Trollope, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, G. A. Henty, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, J. M. Barrie, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Harper Lee, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, Patrick Hamilton, Agatha Christie, Julie Smith, Nevada Barr, Dick Francis, Lawrence Block, Mary Oliver, John Ashbery, Robert Graves, Robert Bridges, John Barth, David Foster Wallace, Kurt Vonnegut, Peter Carey, John Updike, John Cheever, E. L. Doctorow, John Le Carre, Tom Clancy, Margaret Atwood, Fay Weldon, Larry McMurtry, David Mamet, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Terry McMillan, and many others.

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Featured Items

An essentially Fine copy of the first UK edition (some dye missing at fore edge of front board-a production flaw), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY ARTHUR MILLER on the title page. [The book was first published in America (1992) under the title "Homely Girl: A Life".] Signed copies of the first American trade edition are rather uncommon, and signed copies of the first UK edition are scarce. An essentially Fine copy, SIGNED BY ARTHUR MILLER. Plain Girl [Signed]
Miller, Arthur
London: Methuen, 1995. An essentially Fine copy of the first UK edition (some dye missing at fore edge of front board-a production.. more
Price: $75.00
A RARE, UNPUBLISHED STEINBECK MANUSCRIPT. John Steinbeck's personal copy of "The Vikings", being the typewritten carbon Manuscript of Steinbeck's draft filmscript. The Manuscript came directly from John Steinbeck's Upper East Side apartment in New York having, remained there in Steinbeck's personal files for decades. (Steinbeck died in 1968 and we purchased the Manuscript earlier this year -2010.) Housed in John Steinbeck's manila file and Forty-nine (49) pages long, the Manuscript is in excellent condition, with a small staple at the upper left corner, some wrinkling around the staple, and some vertical creases near the center of the early and last pages. Steinbeck has written "Envelope" in pencil at the upper right corner of the first page and the Manuscript itself bears a few black ink corrections in Steinbeck's hand. Steinbeck based the filmscript on Henrik Ibsen's play "The Vikings of Helgeland" and had Ingrid Bergman in mind to play the female lead in his movie adaptation. He wrote to Bergman to see if she would be interested in taking the role and, in response, Bergman stated: "Thou art minded I play a woman as mighty as Hjordas? Set thy hand to work....." (Norway's Henrik Ibsen was one of the great playwrights and theater directors of his age, considered by many to be the father of modern drama. Written in 1857, "The Vikings of Helgeland" was Ibsen's seventh Play.) Steinbeck's film adaptation was never produced and is rarely mentioned in discussions on Steinbeck. John Steinbeck won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. A unique and collection-distinguishing item for the Steinbeck collector, as well as for any collector of modern literature. We have not located "The Vikings" in book form. EXCEEDINGLY RARE. The Vikings [Typewritten Manuscript; JOHN STEINBECK'S PERSONAL COPY; Unpublished]
Steinbeck, John [The Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men; In Dubious Battle; The Winter of Our Discontent; The Moon is Down; Tortilla Flat; East of Eden; The Long Valley; Burning Bright; Sweet Thursday]
New York: John Steinbeck, No Date. A RARE, UNPUBLISHED STEINBECK MANUSCRIPT. John Steinbeck's personal copy of "The Vikings", being the typewritten carbon Manuscript of Steinbeck's draft.. more
Price: $36,500.00
A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY KATE BRAVERMAN on the title page. A Beautiful copy of Kate Braverman's debut collection of short stories, a twelve-story cycle centered on the lives of several women in Los Angeles. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY KATE BRAVERMAN. Squandering the Blue
Braverman, Kate
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1990. A Fine copy, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY KATE BRAVERMAN on the title page. A Beautiful copy of.. more
Price: $40.00
A Fine copy (spine head gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS on the title page. Michael Dorris' debut novel, a story centered on three generations of Native American women on a Montana reservation. Signed copies in a condition this nice are not common. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water [Signed]
Dorris, Michael
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987. A Fine copy (spine head gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY MICHAEL DORRIS on the title page... more
Price: $115.00
A Very Near Fine copy (a touch of toning at the upper corner of the rear wrap) of this miniature John Ashbery book, SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY ON THE TITLE PAGE. A single short prose piece, the book itself is quite uncommon, and signed copies are scarce indeed. A Very Near Fine copy, SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY. The Ice Storm [Signed]
Ashbery, John
New York: Hanuman Books, 1987. A Very Near Fine copy (a touch of toning at the upper corner of the rear wrap) of this miniature.. more
Price: $175.00
A Fine, Superior, copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JOHN MCPHEE on the half -title; a selection of material from 11 of McPhee's then-prior books published since 1975. Signed copies are quite scarce, and signed copies in a condition this nice are hen's teeth. A Fine, Superior, copy, SIGNED BY JOHN MCPHEE. The Second John McPhee Reader [Signed]
McPhee, John
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. A Fine, Superior, copy of the first edition, first printing, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY JOHN MCPHEE on.. more
Price: $285.00
A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing (spine ends pushed, otherwise Fine), in a Very Good + to Near Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY THOMAS MCGUANE, LOUISE ERDRICH, RICK BASS, and RICHARD FORD at their respective contributions. The book contains 20 stories, focused more on the American West of the imagination than on the history of the region. Signed copies are rather uncommon, and copies signed by 4 of the contributors are scarce indeed. A Very Good copy, SIGNED BY THOMAS MCGUANE, LOUISE ERDRICH, RICK BASS, and RICHARD FORD. Still Wild Short Fiction of the American West [Signed 4x] 1950 to the Present
McMurtry, Larry [Editor and Contributor]; Stegner, Wallace; Hickey, Dave; Strom, Dao; Gilb, Dagoberto; Hauptman, William; Kerouac, Jack; Hansen, Ron; Ossana, Diana; Boswell, Robert; McGuane, Thomas; Erdrich, Louise; Apple, Max; Poirier; Mark Jude; Bass, R
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. A Very Good copy of the first edition, first printing (spine ends pushed, otherwise Fine), in a Very Good +.. more
Price: $125.00
A Fine copy (spine tail gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY ANDREA BARRETT on the title page. The fourth novel from this highly-acclaimed author about a larkish adventure that grows a bit complicated. This is a Fine copy with a touch of light toning at the jacket's flap edges, but in an overall bright dust jacket without the general toning that often plagues copies of this title. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY ANDREA BARRETT. The Forms of Water [Signed]
Barrett, Andrea
New York: Pocket Books, 1993. A Fine copy (spine tail gently pushed), in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY ANDREA BARRETT on the title page... more
Price: $65.00
A Very Good + to about Near Fine copy of the first UK edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original laminated illustrated boards (spine lightly sunned as is typical, spine ends with the typical pushing, a few tiny edge bumps and a tiny nick to leading edge of front board, modest expected handling soil, some expected foxing to pages --- no dust jacket, as issued --- a better copy than we usually see of this uncommon book), SIGNED BY PETER MATTHIESSEN on the title page; Peter Matthiessen's debut and only children's book, published as "Seal Pool" in the US (1972). Both the US and UK first printings are uncommon, and copies signed by Peter Matthiessen are scarce. A Very Good + or better copy, SIGNED BY PETER MATTHIESSEN. SCARCE. The Great Auk Escape [Signed]
Matthiessen, Peter; du Bois, William Pene: Illustrations
London: Angus & Robertson, 1974. A Very Good + to about Near Fine copy of the first UK edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original.. more
Price: $325.00
A Fine copy in the Publisher's original wrappers, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY on the title page; a collection of Poems, being one of 1400 copies issued in wrappers. (An additional 100 copies signed by Wendell Berry were issued in hardcover.) Though not called to be signed, this copy has been SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY on the title page, and SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, WESLEY BATES, on the colophon where he has signed "WW Bates" and has dated his signature "05". In our experience, copies of the book are rather uncommon, and signed copies are quite so, especially when in a condition as nice as this one. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY and SIGNED BY WESLEY BATES. SCARCE. Sabbaths 2002 [Signed 2x]
Berry, Wendell; Wesley Bates (W. W. Bates)
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2004. A Fine copy in the Publisher's original wrappers, in a Fine dust jacket, SIGNED BY WENDELL BERRY on the title.. more
Price: $185.00

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