Jason Pettus 2d ago

I'm getting all my old #rare #books relisted again at #eBay this month! Today, a #FirstPrinting of #TomClancy's 1987 #PatriotGames, the prequel to "The Hunt for Red October" that first turned Jack Ryan from a one-off character into the lead of an entire "Ryanverse" series, and considered the moment genre fans went from preferring morally gray '70s spy thrillers like John Le Carre to now Reagan-era black-and-white morality tales. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157889514372

Jason Pettus 4d ago

I'm finally getting all my old #rare #books listed again at #eBay, and I've got a great one today, a #FirstPrinting of the 1964 #autobiography of silent-film pioneer #CharlieChaplin. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157884422756

Jason Pettus May 1

I'm back to getting my spare #rare #books finally all listed again at #eBay, and I've got a great one today: A #FirstPrinting of #TheodoreDreiser's 1925 #AnAmericanTragedy, considered his crowning masterpiece by his contemporary readers (although he's now more remembered for "Sister Carrie"). Copies in Fine condition sell for $3,000, so this copy in only so-so condition is a freaking steal at 50 bucks or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157876386320

Jason Pettus Feb 26

I'm finally getting around this winter to relisting all my #rare #books at eBay (or at least the ones I plan on selling). Today, a #firstprinting of the posthumous 1979 story collection "The Woman Who Was Changed," by human rights activist and Nobel Prize recipient #PearlSBuck. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157711088419

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Jason Pettus Feb 25

I'm finally getting around this winter to relisting all my remaining #rare #books (or at least the ones I'm selling) over at eBay. Today, a #firstprinting of #JimmyBreslin's 1969 "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight," his "New Journalism" profile of schizophrenic mobster Joe Gallo. Just $30 or your best offer!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/157708956159

Jason Pettus Oct 6, 2025
I spent a decent amount of money recently on a #FirstPrinting of #JohnUpdike's 1960 #RabbitRun, the book that is anecdotally known as the official birth of the "post-Modernist" (now #Postmodernist) movement of '60s youth. We associate the movement with hippies so much that it's somewhat shocking to see that, when a mainstream company wanted to promote a hip young '60s Postmodernist writer at the end of the Eisenhower years, they went with skinny-tie Op Art instead of bell-bottom psychedelic art.
Jason Pettus Dec 20, 2024
I had a nice moment of literary kismet today; after @benbrown reminded me earlier this week that I've been meaning to re-read #WilliamGibson's '80s #cyberpunk #Sprawl trilogy for the first time since the books originally came out, today I came across a #FirstPrinting of 1988's #MonaLisaOverdrive for eleven bucks at #Powells in #Chicago's #HydePark (not affiliated with the much more famous store in Seattle). See image alt text for many more details. Now let's find the 1st Ed. of Neuromancer!