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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976. First state dust jacket. Near fine.. Inscribed first edition of the famed epic of the African diaspora, warmly presented by Haley in the year of publication. ROOTS is a saga of dislocation and strength in the face of brutality, reckoning with the complexities of ancestry in the African diaspora caused by the transatlantic slave trade. It begins in 1750 on the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, tracing the lives of multiple generations up to the birth of Haley himself. Michael Eric Dyson explains what ROOTS represented to the descendants of slaves in the United States: "No longer were we genealogical nomads [...] Haley wrote black folk into the book of American heritage and gave us the confidence to believe that we could find our forebears even as he shared his own" ("Haley's Comet"). The 1977 television adaptation was a major cultural event, with an audience of nearly half the American population (NEW YORK TIMES). A triumph of the archives and an… Leer más

New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Fine in about fine jacket.. Signed first American edition of the sequel to THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. . The second of Adams's five Hitchhiker's Guide novels, in which the end of the world is considered from several vantage points and a robot is depressed for several million years. Behind the jokes, underneath the (acknowledged) influence of Kurt Vonnegut and Monty Python, lies an exasperated affection for the human species. Encouraging, in its own way. 7.5'' x 5''. Original quarter blue cloth with black paper boards, stamped in metallic purple. In original unclipped dust jacket, with jacket painting by Peter Cross and typography by Ken Sansone. [6], 250 pages. Inscribed on title page: "To Jim Hill / Best Wishes / Douglas Adams". 3'' x 5'' color photograph of Adams circa 1980 laid in. Only minor touches of wear to jacket.

New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. First printing of Faulkner's Pulitzer Prize-winning final novel, containing "some of the most hair-raising and bizarre horse racing in the history of fact or fiction" (jacket) - in exceptional condition. The second of Faulkner's novels to win a Pulitzer Prize, and his last work in the form. Set in the author's Yoknapatawpha County and incorporating characters from previous novels, the events and emotions of THE REIVERS are acutely observed and precisely rendered although the novel exhibits markedly less of Faulkner's characteristic stylistic complexity and experimental structure than his earlier works. This allowed for a relatively straightforward film adaptation starring Steve McQueen in 1969, notable for co-star Rupert Crosse's nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award - the first such nomination for an African American actor - and its score, by an already accomplished John Williams. An attractive copy of a significant… Leer más

(New York): Signet / New American Library, 1961. First edition thus. Very good.. Signet movie tie-in edition, of the play that "changed American theater forever" (NEW YORK TIMES). First produced on Broadway in 1959 (and published by Random House the same year), RAISIN IN THE SUN received major acclaim and soon opened on West End, as well as being turned into a movie. The 1961 film featured the original Broadway cast, starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, depicted on the front cover of this edition. 7.25'' x 4.25''. Original color photographic wrappers, Signet D1901, cover price 50c. All edges stained red. Publisher's ads at rear. 126, [2] pages. Light edgewear, single short stray ink mark to rear wrapper. Leaves toned. Tight.

New York: Covici Friede, 1937. Near fine.. Signed limited first edition, this the scarce "lettered" issue meant for private distribution to friends. In addition to being lettered instead of numbered, this issue is printed on Marais handmade paper (watermarked) while the numbered copies are on La Garde paper. The limited edition originally sold for $10.00 - a large sum for the time, but sold out. The story features young Jody Tiflin and his life on his father's northern California ranch. The first edition has no illustrations; an illustrated expanded edition came out in 1945. This lettered limited edition is quite scarce. 10'' x 7''. Original tan pictorial limp cloth. No glassine, spine and rear edge faded, mark at finger slot level corresponding with the finger hole cut out on slipcase for book removal, owner bookplate tipped onto free endpaper purportedly belonging to a Covici Friede associate. Housed in the publisher's slip case with the limitation letter on the spine of the case. Slight marginal… Leer más

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Fine.. Second printing (as tentatively noted in BAL), of the bucolic classic, a beautiful copy. From its publication, REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM was a hit, and has been adapted into a 1909 Broadway play, three star-studded films - the first starred Mary Pickford, the second Shirley Temple - and even an anime. 7.5'' x 5.25''. Original green pictorial cloth. 327, [1] pages. Blanck notes the following 2nd printing points as tentative: page 325, "Don't turn in at the side"; page 327, "October noon." Binding B, with type at base of spine 1/8'' high. Binding with a touch of bumping to corners and spine ends. Rear flyleaf with tiny hole and small line of perforation. Clean and bright.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2009. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket and slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Robert Goolrick's second novel, a rural Wisconsin story of a marriage of convenience that becomes something more - issued in slipcase as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders, Michael Chabon, Annie Proulx, Donna Tartt, J.M. Coetzee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Siri Hustvedt) and publishing (McSweeney's, Graywolf, Algonquin). Installments commonly include a signed and slipcased recent release, as well as one of more promotional titles (usually ARCs or like, but sometimes, advance excerpts). 9'' x 6''. Original red boards. Original unclipped ($23.95)… Leer más

New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this legal thriller by one of the greats of the genre, the third title in the Rosato and Associates series, which finds the all-woman law firm racing against an impending verdict based on a bogus claim. Multiple Edgar-winning author Lisa Scottoline draws on her background as a former litigator to add realism to the tangled legal webs she weaves in her thrillers. 9.25'' x 6''. Original two-tone boards. Original unclipped ($24.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Fore-edge machine-deckle. 344 pages. Signed by Scottoline to title page. Jacket with a hint of rubbing to rear. Tight.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this legal thriller that follows poker player/ trial lawyer Rita Morrone as she embarks on a court case which devolves into murder, her client the prime suspect. Multiple Edgar-winning author Lisa Scottoline draws on her background as a former litigator to add realism to the tangled legal webs she weaves in her thrillers. 9.25'' x 6''. Original black boards. Original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 232 pages. Signed by Scottoline to title page. Jacket and binding with a hint of edgewear. Tight.

New York: Random House, 1995. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Berg's fourth novel of love and friendship, about a woman who visits her husband in the hospital every day. 7.75'' x 5.25''. Original quarter teal cloth with copper-stamped purple boards. In original unclipped ($21.00) dust jacket by Susan Shapiro. 217, [3] pages. Signed by Berg on title page. Very faint soil to edges of text block. Minimal edgewear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of the third poetry collection by Digges, winner of the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award. 9'' x 6''. Original grey cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Blue topstain. In original unclipped ($20.00) dust jacket. 54 pages. Minor edgewear.

New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1992. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this story of a talented but slightly unlucky pilot, who is twice rescued by an unexpected pair of aviation enthusiasts. Jon Agee studied painting and animation at the Cooper Union, an education evident in his bold illustrations - he imbues even inanimate objects with a sense of motion through his sketchy outlines. His affinity for the absurd makes for delightful reading. 11.75'' x 9''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($15.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Agee to title page. Jacket with touch of wear to spine ends, small price sticker to rear. Tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this Kinsey Millhone mystery with romantic undertones, in which the PI, her landlord, and even her client deal with the ins and outs of love (in addition to busting a money laundering operation, of course). The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines, to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 5.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($26.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 352 pages. Signed by Grafton to second blank. Jacket with "Signed Copy" sticker to front, a touch of rubbing to rear. Sharp.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1979. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition, review copy of this collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, with original publisher's publicity photo of the author laid in. 8'' x 5.5''. Original tan cloth. Green endpapers. In original unclipped ($7.95) dust jacket with stonecut by Luktak and jacket typography by Cynthia Krupat. Volume 18 of The American Poetry Series. Original publisher's review card, with Tate's "Sloops in the Bay" printed on verso, with original 7'' x 5'' black and white author photograph, both laid in. 68, [2] pages. Light edgewear and minor toning.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith, 1920. Very good plus.. Early 20th century US edition of this classic book of fairy tales with a different binding style than the first edition, still elaborately designed for a gift audience. Andrew Lang is considered the fairytale taste-maker of late 19th and early 20th century British nurseries, with his color fairy book series leading the charge. Stories in this volume include "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and "The Story of Sigurd" (from Morris's translation of the Volsunga Saga). Typical for Lang's edited collections, the work to adapt and translate these stories has primarily been accomplished by others with whom he worked (often women), duly credited in the preface, though not the title page. This edition was issued in the Washington Square Classics series, a US marketing effort at reissuing well-known titles in beautiful gift editions in the 1910s and 1920s. 7.5'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-stamped navy color, pictorial… Leer más

New York: Ecco Press, 2000. First edition. Very good plus in near fine jacket.. First printing of this acclaimed story collection from the late author, himself a former boxing trainer and cut man, containing story "Million $$$ Baby," adapted by Clint Eastwood for his Oscar-winning film. 9.5'' x 6''. Original red boards. In original unclipped ($23.00) color pictorial jacket. 236 pages. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Jacket has light shelfwear. Else bright, sharp.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 1991. Near fine.. First paperback edition of this survey of Victorian criminal cases in which Doyle publicly took a side or otherwise recorded an interest. 9'' x 6''. Original pictorial wrappers. 235, [1] pages. Black and white illustrations. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Light edgewear and page toning.

Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1961. First edition. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First printing of the fourth volume of Derleth's Sherlock Holmes pastiches, with an introduction by Anthony Boucher and chronology by Robert Pattrick. 7.25'' x 5''. Original black cloth. In original unclipped ($3.50) pictorial jacket by Frank Utpatel. Edition of 2000 copies. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Light toning and edgewear. Minor soil to rear jacket panel, spine sunned.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of the second novel in Gardner's Sherlockian pastiche series, following THE RETURN OF MORIARTY. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black cloth with metallic red spine lettering. In original unclipped ($8.95) dust jacket by Paul Gamarello. 289, [1] pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Faint foxing to edges of text block. Scuffing and minor soil to jacket; spine sunned.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1987. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of this sequel to THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, in which Holmes uncovers a plan to overthrow the government. This fictional self-portrayal includes vivid supporting illustrations and captioned pictures with surprising alternatives to "THE FINAL PROBLEM" and "THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE." 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original quarter tan cloth, textured brown paper boards, black stamped front board vignette, gilt-lettered spine. Fore-edge machine deckle. In original unclipped ($17.95) glossy pictorial dust jacket designed by Wendy Bass. [6], 311, [1] pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Jacket with faint rubbing to front and rear panels, minor shelfwear. Book with light sunning to top edge, offsetting to endpapers. Interior sharp and clean.