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208. GALLAGHER, Tess. The Lover of Horses. NY: Harper & Row (1986). Her first collection of stories after several poetry collections. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
209. -. Same title. Minnesota: Graywolf (1992). The second paperback edition of her first collection of stories. Inscribed by the author in 1997 and signed by Alfredo Arreguin, the artist who painted the picture used on the front cover. Fine in wrappers.
210. GALLAGHER, Tess. At the Owl Woman Saloon. (NY): Scribner (1997). The advance reading copy of her second collection of stories. Corner crease rear cover; near fine in wrappers.
211. GALLANT, Mavis. The Other Paris. (London): Andre Deutsch (1957). The first British edition of her first book, a collection of stories, mostly from The New Yorker. Near fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with two internally tape-mended edge tears. An attractive copy of an uncommon book.
212. GALLANT, Mavis. Home Truths. London: Cape (1985). The first British edition. This copy belonged to novelist Anita Brookner and bears her ownership signature. Cocked (i.e., well-read); else fine in a fine dust jacket.
213. GALLANT, Mavis. Overhead in a Balloon. Toronto: Macmillan, 1985. The uncorrected proof copy of the true first edition of this collection of stories. Although exact numbers are hard to come by, it is increasingly clear that most Canadian proofs are printed in tiny quantities -- often as few as a couple of dozen copies. Fine in wrappers.
214. GALLANT, Mavis. In Transit. (Markham): Viking (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of the true first edition (Canadian) of this collection of stories. Near fine in wrappers.
215. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. MANUSCRIPT of "Rosas Artificiales." Original manuscripts, two drafts, of a story by the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, one of the most acclaimed books of the Latin American "boom" and the novel that brought the term "magical realism" into the vocabulary of contemporary American literature. Seven typewritten pages of an early draft, ribbon copy on legal size paper, and six typewritten pages, ribbon copy, on letter-size sheets. Substantive differences exist between the two versions, with different opening sentences and a name change for the major character. The different drafts give access to the author's work as it developed and changed, and provide excellent material for a scholarly study and analysis of the author's writing. This García Márquez manuscript dates from the late 1950s, when he was working as a newspaper reporter, and was collected in the volume Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande, published in Mexico in 1962, long before the success of Cien Años de Soledad made its author a major figure in world literature. Pages browning with age, and with paper clip rust marks, but still very good. We are only aware of four García Márquez manuscripts ever coming on the market, only two of which were present in multiple drafts; this is one of the two. Since these manuscripts surfaced, through a close friend of the author's sister, García Márquez has reportedly put all his other manuscripts under lock and key. The sale of this manuscript, and the three others that came on the market, caused a minor scandal in the author's native Colombia, with its newsweekly, Semana (the Colombian equivalent of Time magazine) devoting a major story to the sale and a sidebar to the question of the collectibility of authors' manuscript archives in general. A unique literary artifact of one of the leading writers of the twentieth century.
216. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Los Funerales de la Mamá Grande. Xalapa: Universidad Veracruzana, 1962. The first edition of his first collection of short fiction, the title work of which first introduced the element of magical realism which serves to identify much of his later work. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Books signed by García Márquez are decidedly scarce; because of his friendship with Fidel Castro and his outspoken leftist political stance, he was barred from travel in the U.S. for a time, or has declined to visit. Consequently, few people have had the chance to have their books signed by him in this country. Rubbed at folds, else fine in wrappers. A very nice copy of an important title.
217. GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. No One Writes to the Colonel. London: Cape (1971). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition. This was his first book to be published in English, having been issued in the U.S. in 1968. In Great Britain its publication came after the success of One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1970. In both cases, publication in English was well after the original publication in Spanish: the title novella in this collection was originally published in 1961; the rest of the stories were published in a collection in 1962. Includes the translation of "Artificial Roses," the story present in manuscript above. Owner name on half title; modest darkening and spine-creasing; still near fine. Uncommon.
218. -. Same title. The British trade edition. Combines the contents of his second and fourth books. Fine in dust jacket and inscribed by the author in 1992.
219. GARCIA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel. Strange Pilgrims. NY: Knopf, 1993. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this collection of stories by the Colombian Nobel Prize winner, author of the classic One Hundred Years of Solitude. Near fine in wrappers.
220. GARDNER, John. The Miller's Mule. (n.p.): (self-published), 1965. Seven children's stories written and illustrated by Gardner, author of The Sunlight Dialogues and the award-winning October Light, done in a homemade edition of approximately 30 copies as Christmas gifts in 1965. Exceptionally scarce; not listed in Howell. A decade later these stories were published, in significantly altered form, in Gardner's three children's books. The text block has separated from the handmade cardboard binding, which is slightly bowed, and a photocopied page 6 has been inserted in the place of the original page 6; very good.
221. GARDNER, John. The King's Indian. NY: Knopf, 1974. A collection of stories. This is an uncorrected proof copy, with review slip and author's photo laid in. Fine in tall wrappers, and signed by the author. Very scarce in proof form, and especially so signed.
222. GASS, William H. Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife. (n.p.): Northwestern University Press, 1968. His third book, a novella. This is the correct first edition of this title, issued as TriQuarterly Supplement No. 2, and preceding its Knopf publication by two years. Of a total edition of 400 copies, this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. A hint of sunning to the black cloth; else fine without dust jacket, as issued. Award-winning book design by Lawrence Levy. A scarce book; this copy is from the library of the editor of TriQuarterly at that time, Charles Newman.
223. -. Same title. One of 300 unnumbered copies. Spine-sunned; near fine without dust jacket, as issued.
224. GIFFEN, Fannie Reed. Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha. Lincoln: Self-published (1898). A small volume dealing with the Omaha tribe, the treaty of 1854, and a number of notable chiefs who signed the treaty. With illustrations by Susette La Flesche Tibbles, aka Bright Eyes, daughter of one of the Omaha chiefs. One chapter, reprinting the 12th Article of the Treaty, is translated by Bright Eyes; another chapter recounts a story told by Waoo-winchtcha, and translated by her daughter, Dr. Susan Picotte, an Omaha and half-sister of Susette La Flesche Tibbles. Ownership signature of Carrie D. Reed on first blank. Small chip to front free endpaper and some minor rubbing to cloth folds; else a near fine copy. This book, being illustrated by an Indian woman, co-published by her, and with stories and translations by Indian women, is an extremely early example of Native American women writing books and being involved in their production. A small but significant volume with work by two of the most prominent Native American women writers of the 19th century.
225. GILCHRIST, Ellen. Victory Over Japan. Boston: Little Brown (1984). Review copy of her National Book Award-winning collection of stories. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
226. GORDIMER, Nadine. The Soft Voice of the Serpent. NY: Simon & Schuster (1952). The first American edition of the South African Nobel Prize winner's first book to be published outside of her native country, a collection of stories. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the spine, a tear to the front flap fold, and a tiny chip to the rear flap fold.
227. -. Another copy. Near fine in a near fine, edge- and spine-tanned dust jacket with light edgewear.
228. -. Another copy. Owner label front pastedown, endpapers foxed; very good in a very good dust jacket wrinkled at the spine base and with a few small tears and chips.
229. -. Another copy. Boards heavily dampstained at the lower edge; a good copy in an internally dampstained, else very good dust jacket.
230. GORDIMER, Nadine. Six Feet of the Country. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. The first American edition of her second collection of stories to be published here. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.
231. GORDIMER, Nadine. Friday's Footprint. NY: Viking, 1960. The first American edition. A collection of stories and a novella. Foxing to endpages; near fine in a very good, spine- and edge-faded dust jacket with a few edge tears.
232. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Soldier's Embrace. NY: Viking (1980). The uncorrected proof copy. A collection of stories. Mildly spine-sunned; else fine in wrappers.
233. -. Same title. London: Cape (1980). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition. Signed by the author in 1998. Abrasion to half title (from a binding flaw, it would appear); near fine in wrappers.
234. GORDIMER, Nadine. Town and Country Lovers. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. A short story by the South African Nobel Prize winner. One of 330 numbered copies signed by the author. Light foxing to a few pages, and a slight mustiness overall; near fine. An attractive book.
235. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Correspondence Course and Other Stories. Helsinki: Eurographica (1986). A limited edition of this collection of three stories. One of 350 copies signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
236. GORDIMER, Nadine. Jump. Cape Town: David Philip (1991). The correct first edition, i.e., South African, of this book, her eighth collection of stories. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
237. GOYEN, William. Ghost and Flesh. NY: Random House (1952). The author's second book. Inscribed by Goyen to biographer Newton Arvin, "my longtime friend, and with deepest respect," signed "Bill." Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A very attractive copy.
238. -. Another copy. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket.
239. GOYEN, William. A Book of Jesus. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Goyen and additionally inscribed to his bibliographer: "... this little book that has meant so much to me." Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with wraparound band.
240. -. Another copy. A review copy. Warmly inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, without the wraparound band.
241. GOYEN, William. The Collected Stories of William Goyen. Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Warmly inscribed, at great length, by the author on the day of publication: "My dear ____, I'm writing/ this to you on the publication/ day of this book, sitting with you/ and remembering all the days of/ your love and loyalty, and/ hoping that there will be many/ more (days and books)./ Yours/ Bill" and dated in New York, November, 1975. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
242. GOYEN, William. Arthur Bond. (n.p.): Palaemon Press (1979). One of 200 numbered copies in self-wrappers, of 230 total. Signed by the author. Fine.
243. -. Another copy. Signed by the author and additionally inscribed. Fine.
244. (Grateful Dead). TRIST, Alan. The Water of Life. A Tale of the Grateful Dead. Eugene: Hulogos'i, 1989. A traditional folk tale in the "grateful dead" genre of stories, with illustrations by Jim Carpenter. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by Trist. With a blurb by Robert Hunter.
245. GRAU, Shirley Ann. The Black Prince. NY: Knopf, 1955. Her first book, a collection of nine stories. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in a good dust jacket with several edge chips and tears and threatening to split at the folds. With a full page blurb by Harriette Arnow on the rear panel. Grau won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Keepers of the House.
246. GRAU, Shirley Ann. The Wind Shifting West. NY: Knopf, 1973. Her sixth book, second collection of stories. Inscribed by the author. Slight offsetting to spine cloth from jacket lettering; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
247. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author. Fine in wrappers. Proofs from this era are quite scarce.
248. GRIMM, Mary. Stealing Time. NY: Random House (1994). The uncorrected proof copy of the author's first collection of stories, a number of which appeared in The New Yorker. Fine in wrappers.
249. GRINER, Paul. Follow Me. NY: Random House (1996). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories in the "dirty realist" mode -- exploring the underbelly of urban and small town America. Fine in wrappers.
250. GRUBER, Frank. Brass Knuckles. Los Angeles: Shelbourne Press (1966). A collection of stories by this pulp writer, featuring his character Oliver Quade, "The Human Encyclopedia." With a 40-page introduction by Gruber about writing for the pulps. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
251. GURGANUS, Allan. Blessed Assurance. Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1990. A limited edition printing one of the stories from his collection White People. One of 2000 copies, signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
252. GURGANUS, Allan. White People. NY: Knopf, 1991. A collection of short fiction, published after the success of his first novel. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.