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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); blue and white pictorial paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [x],[5],6-611,[3]pp. Scattered foxing to upper and right edge of textblock, spine ends very gently nudged, else Near Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $25.95). The author's fourth English language novel, and prior to the publication of 1Q84, certainly his most ambitious work, issued in a relatively modest print run of 25,000 copies. Both the book and jacket design by Chip Kidd are equally ambitious, winning nearly every major book design award for 1997-98. Rubin 17.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition. An excellent copy of what is perhaps the best-loved and most distinguished illustrated children's book of the 20th century, one that the American Institute of Graphic Arts called "the perfect book." Inscribed by Sendak to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator Richard Howard (1929-2022) and his then partner, author and playwright Sanford Friedman (1928-2010). Howard and Sendak both spent time on Fire Island during the 1960s, where Sendak wrote Where the Wild Things Are, and the men were part of a tightly-knit circle of queer authors and artists in New York during that period. By the mid-1970s, Howard and Sendak had drifted apart, though this copy is evidence of a once closer friendship. While erroneously dated (the book was published in November, 1963 - this copy was actually inscribed on January 9, 1964, not 1963), it still remains among the earliest recorded inscriptions in copies of Where the Wild Things Are. The earliest we have traced… Leer más

Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1961. First Edition. New. First Printing. A Near Fine copy of Willeford's pseudonymous novel, a dark S&M affair. The spine is faintly slanted with a few glue ridges running down the center, and the yellow edgestaining is a touch uneven at the side of the textblock. Appears unread, and the kinky Bob Abbett cover does tend to leave a lasting impression. This is a Review Copy, with the original Gold Medal slip laid in. Published under the sole by-line of W. Franklin Sanders. In his files, Willeford had a manuscript of this novel called "Deliver Me From Dallas!" by "W. Franklin Sanders and Charles Willeford." Willeford's name is never mentioned on the Review Slip, though the publisher's description of Sanders sounds a whole lot like him. One of the less common Willeford paperback originals, especially so as a Review Copy.

Tokyo & New York: Kodansha International Ltd, 1989. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.75cm); royal blue paper-covered boards and green cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [iv],[3],4-299,[1]pp. Scattered foxing to text edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $18.95), without the usual sunning to the spine panel. The publisher's pictorial postcard reproducing the jacket art is laid in. The author's first novel published in English, and the concluding volume in his "Trilogy of the Rat" - a magical realist quasi-detective novel inspired by the works of Raymond Chandler. Rubin 3.

New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, 1968. First Paperback Edition. An attractive copy of Le Guin's fourth published novel, and the first to bring her critical acclaim after the release of the three novels in her Hainish Cycle. "Predicted to become a great Archmage, proud and willful Ged attends the School for Wizards on Roke where, goaded by an older student, he calls back Elfarran from the dead and thereby looses the Shadow, which first haunts him and then is hunted by him. This first part of the Earthsea Trilogy...has become a classic presentation of both coming of age and light-dark conflict because of its almost perfect blend of atmosphere, style, setting and theme" (Barron, Fantasy Literature 4B-98). Uncommon signed - especially by cover artists Leo and Diane Dillon. First Printing. Octavo (17.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; yellow-orange edge-staining; [10],11-205 + [3]pp ads. Signed by Le Guin on the title page, beneath the signatures of cover artists Leo & Diane Dillon. Light wear… Leer más

New York: Viking Penguin, Inc, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); light grey paper and white cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [x],326pp. Inscribed on the title page: "To Lucy Horowitz / Who we were (some of us) in the 20th century / Don DeLillo." Gentle sunning to spine ends, upper, and lower board edges, base of spine gently nudged, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $16.95), lightly edgeworn, with some very faint foxing to spine panel and extremities; Near Fine. Housed in a custom clamshell slipcase and chemise. DeLillo's ninth novel, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, and basis for Noah Baumbach's 2022 film adaptation starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle.

London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. The Scottish author's first published novel, narrated by a psychopathic teenager living on a remote Scottish island. "Sixteen-year-old Francis Cauldhame contemplates ritual animal and insect sacrifice, casual murder and family secrets as he waits for the cataclysmic return of his older brother, an escaped lunatic" (Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide 4-19). First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-184pp. Light wear to spine ends, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some rough erasure to upper front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £7.95 net), with mild external wear, and eleven faint patches of tape residue (not actual tape) on verso; Very Good+ or better.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976. First Edition. Carver's breathrough book of short stories, and his first to be issued by a major publisher. A choice copy of an important title. First Printing. Octavo; beige and aquamarine cloth, with titles stamped in orange on spine and stamped in blind on front panel; light blue topstain; dustjacket; 249pp. Some trivial rubbing to lower board edges, else Fine, with the topstain notably bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), still bright white, with light rubbing along joints and extremities; Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Trade Edition. Contains two long separate stories. "The Wild Palms" is a study of integrity in love. "Old Man" is an astonishing account of the Mississippi River flood of 1927 and of an "escaped" convict's adventures in trying to get back to prison; the tale is a tribute to the essential courage, dignity, and reliability of the Mississippi hillfolk" (Coan, pp.58-59). Petersen A19b; Brodsky & Hamblin 475. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); first binding in beige cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and dark green on spine and front cover; dark green topstain; dustjacket; [iv],339,[1]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some fading to topstain, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with light wear to extremities, a few tiny tears, and a tiny stain to lower rear panel; an unrestored, Near Fine example, without the usual sunning to the spine panel.

New York: Random House, 1941. First Edition. Debut novel by Wolff (1918-2002), who wrote it her senior year at the University of Michigan and had it published at age 23. A young woman returns to her small town in Michigan after several years away. When she dumps her former love interest and takes up with the local night club owner, he hatches a plot to rob and murder him. Winner of the Avery Hopwood Prize, and basis for Léonide Moguy's 1946 film noir, starring George Raft, Ava Gardner, and Victor McLaglen. The Dark Page, Vol.1, pp.282-283; Selby, Dark City 473. First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); unprinted plain card wrappers, glued into the dustjacket (priced $2.75); [iv],[2],3-449,[1]pp. Sunning to spine, modest wear to joints and extremities, with some light dust-soil to rear panel; contents clean; Very Good+.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; rough brown cloth over boards, quarterbound in teal cloth, with titles and designed stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Stamp of Edmund Grainger Productions on front endpaper, dated 1952, and likely from a production company involved in the making of the film; a Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with $3.00 price rubber-stamped in red ink left of the clip; some light rubbing to extremities, a few closed tears, and a small chip to upper right corner of front panel with some attendant creasing; a bright, Very Good+ example. The American edition is notably uncommon in dustjacket. Basis for the superb 1953 French language film 'Le Salaire de la Peur,' directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Yves Montand and Charles Vanel.

Chicago: The Book Supply Company, 1911. First Edition. A remarkably well-preserved copy of Wright's best-selling western novel (ca.2.8 million copies), dealing with "the reclamation of the Imperial Valley and the formation of the Salton Sea in 1906 and 1907. The heroine, a foundling rescued from the desert, wins and chooses between several suitors" (Baird 2698). Basis for Henry King's 1926 film adaptation, starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and a young Gary Cooper, in his first major picture. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); vertically-ribbed maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [10],11-511,[1]pp ads, with frontispiece and five illustrations by F. Graham Cootes. Contemporary ink inscription on front endpaper, faint spot of discoloration to front cover, with upper corner of front cover gently tapped (though still sharp); contents fresh; very Near Fine. Dustjacket priced $1.30 net on spine; lightly edgeworn and dust-soiled, with a few tiny nicks and… Leer más

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine Books, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. The author's follow-up to his alternate history novel Worldwar: In The Balance. Octavo; glossy, illustrated wrappers; 478, [2]pp. Publisher's publicity sheet and glossy trading card laid in. Mild shelfwear, else Fine and apparently unread.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's classic account of how America became involved in Vietnam. Limited Issue, one of 1,250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.16. Octavo (24.25cm); full burgundy leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; 543,[1]pp. Fine and unread, with the publisher's notes card and signed COA loosely laid in.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. First Trade Edition. Ginsberg first met Denise Levertov in November of 1956. The first copies of Howl and Other Poems had just arrived at City Lights bookstore, and shortly after, Ginsberg and Gregory Corso hitchhiked down to Mexicali to meet up with Peter and Lafcadio Orlovsky. From there, they went to Guadalajara to see Levertov, where she lived with her husband and children. Ginsberg described her affectionately as "a pigtailed gap toothed busy crazy mother who mutually digs and knows William Carlos Williams and writes fine poems with ellipses and fine phrases too" (Morgan, I Celebrate Myself, p.227). He admired her work to the degree that he would recite her poems at readings, eventually reading with her in 1958 at NYU. Although they had gotten along, "Levertov was annoyed that the press had begun to link her with the beats when, in fact, she had little in common with them. Allen regretted that shew was upset by the beat label, but was also somewhat… Leer más

London: Peter Owen, 1987. Second UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [9],10-377,[7]pp. Rough erasure on front pastedown, otherwise Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £18.50). An autobiography by the noted expatriate author, composer and translator.

Chicago: Newsstand Library, 1960. First Edition. Willeford's fifth paperback original novel, bearing the uncommon signature of cover artist Robert Bonfils. Bonfils was one of the most prolific illustrators of mass market paperbacks during the late 1950's-early 1960's, and books signed by him are quite uncommon. Basis for a 1999 film adaptation starring Patrick Warburton. First Printing. Octavo (16cm); illustrated wrappers; yellow-orange edge-staining; 192pp. Signed by Robert Bonfils on the title page. Faint diagonal crease near the lower left corner of the front cover, extending across the spine, and a tiny, shallow bruise at the upper right corner, affecting top edge of first ten pages; edge-staining is bright and even; Very Good+.

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. Roth's third book, and his only novel with a female protagonist - "a Midwestern girl who believes herself to be the moral superior of her family and friends, and how she and those around her are destroyed when she sets out to prove that in matters of right and wrong she is the ultimate authority" (from front flap). A significant association copy inscribed to Alison Lurie (1926-2020), winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the second of eight printed dedicatees noted by Roth. When Lurie was interviewed by Liz Lear in 1988 and asked if any other writers had been supportive of her work, or if there was one in particular to whom she owed a debt of gratitude, she mentioned Edward Hower, Diane Johnson, and Roth. "Philip Roth has also been most helpful. He read a number of my earlier books and his constructive criticism was invaluable" (Key West Review, Vol.1, No.1, Spring 1988). Roth was known for not inscribing books casually, and those with… Leer más

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Harrison's first novel, narrated by the protagonist from the Huron Mountains of upper Michigan. "Thirty-three years old, he is in the woods to escape, however briefly, a self-corrupted world for which his contempt mounts with each new experience of it. He is also there to recollect and invent upon the years 1956-1960, when he was at large in the nation, getting women and booze and drugs and brutish jobs and a heightened awareness of the virtues of keeping his own counsel (New York Times Book Review, December 12, 1971). Hjortsberg (1941-2017) and Harrison enjoyed a close, decades-long friendship, having first met in Northern California, and migrated to Montana in the late 1960's. Drawn by the prospect of adventure, solitude, and good fishing, they, along with Tom McGuane, were central figures in the Montana Gang - a coterie of authors, artists, and musicians whose ranks included Russell Chatham, Richard Brautigan, Don Carpenter, Bob Dattila, Peter… Leer más

New York and Barnstable, MA: G.P. Putnam's Sons / Crane Duplicating Service, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Tall octavo (27.75cm); publisher's original printed card wrappers, with trial dustjacket attached to covers; [6],7-254,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Holograph note and date of publication (in pencil) to front wrapper, gentle sunning and a paperclip impression at upper front wrapper, with an adhesive stain to lower edge of same; contents clean; Very Good+ or better. In the trial dustjacket, without price or flap text, and folded to size for this proof; cello-tape remnants to flaps, else Near Fine. An autobiography by the noted expatriate author, composer and translator. Uncommon signed. Miller A22.a.