New York: Knopf, 1992. First U.S. Edition. Paperback. In illustrated wraps, in matching publisher's cardstock slipcase. 8vo; 400 pp. Originally published in Great Britain, this is the first American edition, as stated. Signed on free endpaper. Slipcase rubbed; corners worn. Paperback appears unread. Fine in very good slipcase.
New York: Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof in yellow printed wrappers; 8vo. 115 pp. A novella consisting of a dialogue between two men discussing among other things the assassination of President Geo. Bush; as usual in a Baker project obsession drives the narrative. A very near fine unread.....
canton, NY: Bellamy, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Pictorial wrappers; 8vo. 180 pp. Signed by Russell Banks at the beginning of his contribution a story "The Perfect Couple" pp.46-53. There is also an interview with Banks. A magaizne under the auspices of St. Lawrence University. Very good copy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. A signed copy of one of Barnes' finest and funniest novels, a parody of the Las Vegas/Disney World approach to vacation: why travel to "Old England" when you can see the best of the best in "England, England"? In the first issue dust.....
New York: Putnam, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof in green printed wrappers of this collection of stories. Fine copy (in protective removable mylar).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth; 8vo. Inscribed: "Daniel F. Morley September 1964 from Peter Benchley of Newseek". With Morley's attractive printed bookplate on the front pastedown. The author of JAWS first book, scarce signed. Front hinge neatly broken (and repairable) else easily very good; lacking the.....
New York: Pantheon, 1995. First American edition. Paperback. The Advanced Reading Edition in pictorial wrappers in the publisher's card stock slipcase, SIGNED on the half-title. Berger's signature is quite uncommon since he spent much of his life in France, and was generally unwilling to travel to the Capitalist West. One.....
New York: Norton, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. The second regularly published book, first novel, by this well-known poet. A few random ink marks on the bottom edge, not a remainder, seemingly unread). Fine in a fine dust jacket (in removable archival jacket).
New York: Harper & Row, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Maroon and grey cloth boards in illustrated dust jacket. 8vo. First edition C-I, as stated. Publisher’s blue tissue seal covering end chapters still in tact. Dj not price clipped. Jacket is worn at extremities and there are tears at the.....
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof in blue printed wrappers (there was an issue in white wrappers); 8vo. 441 pp. A novel by the author of A VERY PRIVATE GENTLEMAN made into the George Clooney vehicle THE AMERICAN. Booth was a prolific writer of nonfiction.....
Atlanta: Peachtree, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Georgia poet's first novel. Acidic paper beginning to tone. Fine, unread in a fine dust jacket (in mylar).
Greenfield Center, NY: Greenfield Review PrESS, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Signed by the editor Bruchac on the half title page. Includes Joyce Harjo, Paula Gunn Allen, Linda Hogan, Ted Kooser, many more. Light wear, discoloration of ivory pictorial wraps; about very good. Signed by Author(s).
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. First edition. Paperback. First softcover edition; kindly signed by the editor on the title page. 369 pp. Sun Tracks, Volume 29. Some creasing along the spine; marks and scuffs on front cover. Clean and unmarked interior. Approaching near fine. Signed by Author(s).
New York: Dial, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. The fourth novel by this poet. Fine in Fine DJ. (in removable Brodart dust jacket cover).
New York: Knopf, 1981. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof in long cream colored wraps of this story collection. Contents near fine, covers show some wear and dirt but no tears, spine creased.
New New York: Crown, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket; large 8vo. 241 pp. Signed by the author and dated November 20, 2000 on the title page. Slight bump to top edge else about fine in a fine complete (not-price-clipped) dust jacket. The publisher was not known for.....
London: Belmont Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. One of 100 special copies (this is number 231 of 276 total: there were 150 in the standard issue, and 26 lettered with slipcase) signed and numbered by the author and artist Eileen Hogan, printed on Velin Arches paper by the Libanus Press.....
Willimantic, CT: Mark V. Ziesing, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Silver covers in an illustrated wrapper; square 8vo. 48 pp. Illus. by Harry O. Morris. Regular paperback issue (there was a limited cloth issue) specially inscribed "More metaphors for predators" and signed "Tom Disch". Fine in a near fine dust jacket.....
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards; 8vo. Fiction by the poet; a crisp lovely unread copy with the original clear plastic wrapper. Limited to 300 copies.
San Diego: Brian C. Clark, Publisher, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Chapbook in light brown and black illustrated, stapled wraps; 8vo. Approx. 5.5” x 8.5”; unpaginated. Artwork by Robert Bixby. Limited edition; one of 150 copies. Excerpt from a novel. Some scuffing and one tip bent. Very good.
New York: Random House, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Advance Reader’s Edition in pictorial wraps. 8vo; 422 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. This is Frazier’s second novel; his first, Cold Mountain, won the National Book Award. Publisher’s letter included at the beginning. A few light marks on.....
New York: Knopf, 1991. First edition. Paperback. A slip-cased set of three samplers of three novels published in the Spring of 1991. Jernigan is Gates' first novel; it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is, also, a well-respected music critic. These were distributed primarily to the book trade, and.....
New York: Knopf, 1991. First edition. Paperback. A slip-cased set of three samplers of three novels published in the Spring of 1991. Jernigan is Gates' first novel; it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is, also, a well-respected music critic. These were distributed primarily to the book trade, and.....
Livingston Falls, MT: Clark City Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Issued in slipcase, limited to 100 copies, of which this is number 55. Exquisite, in cloth-covered boards and ornate slipcase. A collecton of stories; the regular issue was paper only. 82 pp. Signed by Author(s)...
Washington DC: National Endowment for the Arts, circa 2004. First Thus. Paperback. Staple-bound wrappers; 8vo. 16 pp. A Reader's Guide for Tan's novel with a preface by Chairman of the NEA Dana Gioia, and signed by him. "The Big Read" was a NEA initiative to get everyone in the US.....
