THIS QUIET DUST
New York: Random House, 1982. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy in printed red wrappers. Creasing and some dents to red wrappers. Fine and unmarked throughout.
New Arrivals
Results 1 - 10 (of 10)
THE MOOSE ON THE WALL; Field Notes from the Vermont Wilderness
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. Hardcover. First edition thus. A lovely copy of this selection of six essays published in the US in in other books. There is no equivalent US publication. As usual the acidic pages are brown, a previous owner's name (collector Noreen Curry) and notes in pencil.....
THE CIRCLE HOME
New York: Crowell, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. The author's second book a novel about a young but washed up boxer. A fine copy in mustard boards (two different paper stocks were used, one as usual is browning), in a lovely dust jacket with light wear at the foot and head.....
SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE
New York: Knopf, 1992. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy in plain printed wrappers of the second novel, third book, a sequel to her first about a family from New Orleans a city she knows well. A faint ink mark on an otherwise perfect unmarked copy.
A TIDEWATER MORNING
New York: Random House, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Three stories all published in ESQUIRE; the first book publication of two: SHADRACH was published in a limited small press edition. Fine in Fine DJ.
THE KING IN THE TREE; 3 Novellas
New York: Knopf, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. From Pulitzer-Prize winning author. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Light wear along top edge. Fine copy in near fine jacket.
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
New York: Random House, 1997. First American edition. Paperback. The Advanced Reader's Edition in publisher's matching cardstock slipcase. Paperback in slipcase. 8vo. Winner of the Booker Prize and a NY Times bestselling novel. This is the ARC, uncorrected copy. A fine copy in wrappers in a rubbed slipcase.
THE LOVER
New York: Pantheon, 1985. First American edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof in yellow wraps of this novel made into a fine if controversial film. Translated Barbara Bray. An indentation running 1 1/2" along the front and one corner bent, but tight and clean.
LIVES OF THE SAINTS
New York: Knopf, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. The first novel by this satirist who grew up in New Orleans and describes the decay of this city like no one else. The front flap has a blurb by Walker Percy. A gorgeous copy, with an internal review slip laid.....
THE BOOK OF DANIEL
New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. The author's breakthrough third novel, a finalist for The National Book Award (he is a four time finalist, winning once for WORLD'S FAIR). Already a well-respected editor at Dial Press, his first two books were more or less (his take on them.....
Results 1 - 10 (of 10)