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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1996. First edition. Full Leather. Very Good. Correct first edition. SIGNED by the author. A very good example in full leather binding with some scratches and wear to gilt page edges. Internally clean.

New York: Grove Press, 1977. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. As new first US edition of these early plays by one of the great modern dramatists.

Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. First edition. Full Leather. Fine. Special limited first edition in full leather with gilt accents. Illustrated by Daniel Maffia and with an introduction by Brooks Atkinson. A fine copy.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. Small hardbound octavo. Navy covers ruled and stamped in gilt. Slight corner wear else a clean copy marred only by a small inked name/date (from 1912) on the front endpaper and a small bookseller stamp afixed to the inside front pastedown. Cather's second novel. 175 pp plus ads at rear. Second issue with half-title following the title page. A handsome copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/none. Quarto in slipcase. First printing stated. Text in English. Illustrations by Alexander King who has also SIGNED this copy. Uncommon thus. A fine copy bound in boards with cloth spine. Comes in a near fine example of the illustrated slipcase. A collection of brief writings by Austrian poet and essayist with illustrations by King.

Germany: Thalia Theatre, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong paperbound quarto. 63 pp. With illustrations by Robert Wilson. A new "take" on the Alice In Wonderland story by Wilson, Waits and Schmidt. Clear tape reinforcement to spine else a very good copy in bound wrappers. Laid into this copy are several related promotional pieces of paper plus a small flyer from the Paula Cooper Gallery. Inserts all in fine condition. With an Origal ink drawing on the inside front cover. Drawing is not signed, but appears to be an original Robert Wilson sketch.

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1998. Reprint. Cloth. Fine. Oblomg clothbound quarto. One of only 250 copies printed thus with illustrations by Carroll Dunham. Translated from the Portuguese by Alfred Mac Adam. A fine copy in near fine hard slipcase. SIGNED by the illustrator.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperbound original book. A collection of stories. 214 pp. A handsome near fine example. Perhaps read once carefully. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author to a fellow writer.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/Fine. First edition stated of this novel that became the source for the Nicolas Ray film Born To Be Bad filmed in 1950. Slight rippling to endpaper. Gutter crack at title page. A good copy in as new dustwrapper with scarce wrap around band. Wrapper is unpriced suggesting a later state or perhaps an early book club jacket. In any event, a truly striking example.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first edition with proper letter row for this publisher indicating the first printing. The theater critic and essayist's autobiography. 327 pp. A clean very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by the author.

New York: Grove Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Clothbound octavo in a clear acetate wrapper. 59 pp. A play by the author of Endgame and Waiting For Godot. A handsome near fine copy. This is copy #16 of only 25 specially numbered and SIGNED copies. Rare.

London: Faber and Faber, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First UK edition. A trade paperbound original book containing a radio play by Beckett. 37 pp. Book has a small, neat prior owner name to the front endpaper else this is a lovely near fine example. No hardbound edition. The integral dustwrapper is just lightly toned at edges.

New York: Grove Press, 1957. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good +. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 59 pp. A play by the author of Endgame and Waiting For Godot. With light staining to the cloth covers. Else a well-bound clean copy. The price-intact dustwrapper ($2.50) is in handsome very good condition. This first trade edition has been SIGNED by the author. Quite uncommon thus.

New York: Grove Press, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperbound book. 59 pp. First paperbound edition with special cover indicating that this is "With Best Wishes for the Holiday Season". A play by the author of End Game and Waiting For Godot. A handsome near fine copy. Laid into this copy is a small sheet of paper from Grove Press with printed message "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" SIGNED Barney (Barney Rossett, the publisher of Grove Press.

New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Light vertical abrasion to inside front pastedown else a clean very good copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Original $12.95 price is present on the front flap.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 208 pp. With decorations by William Kemp Starrett. Handsome reprint edition. Part of this publisher's Malay Edition reprint series of Conrad's works. Map endpapers. Spotting to page edges and preliminary pages. A very good copy in attractive illustrated dustwrapper. Includes the author's note at the beginning of the volume.

London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First British edition. 157 pp. The author's first book. Faint gluestain to the front endpaper else a glorious fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First American edition of Shaffer's most famous play. Sharp and clean. Fine hardbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperbound format. 390 pp. A book written by Don Delillo under this pseudonym. The only book that he wrote under this name. This is the scarce Uncorrected Proof copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Smaller dimensions than when it was later published in hardcover. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Delillo (as Delillo) and is also quite unusual thus. Some minor wear to the edges of the rear panel, else a sound very good or better copy. A rarity for Delillo collectors.

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Reprint. Cloth. Fine. Clothbound quarto. 117 pp. Handsome fine press reprint edition of Mamet's most famous play. One of 400 hand-numbered copies SIGNED BY BOTH MAMET and MCCURDY who prives the woodcut illustrations. A fine example. Very handsome production values employed.