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197. SALINGER, J.D. Nine Stories. Boston: Little Brown (1953). Salinger's second book and first collection of short fiction, which some consider even more accomplished than his landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, and which was issued in an edition only half as large (5000 copies vs. 10,000 for Catcher). These stories helped establish Salinger permanently in the pantheon of American postwar writers, and his continued publication of short stories in The New Yorker over the next decade cemented his reputation. This copy has a faint label removal shadow on the front flyleaf and only a hint of the typical edge-darkening to the page signatures; very near fine in a crisp, bright, near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. One of the most attractive copies of this title we have seen offered for sale in recent years: the dust jacket is notoriously prone to rubbing and fading, very little of which is in evidence here. With custom clamshell case.
198. SARTON, May. After the Stroke. NY: Norton (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of Sarton's journal after a debilitating stroke, from which she struggled to recover, and succeeded. Fine in wrappers.
199. SARTON, May. The Education of Harriet Hatfield. NY: Norton (1989). The uncorrected proof copy of her first novel written after she recovered from her stroke. Fine in wrappers.
200. SARTON, May. Endgame. NY: Norton (1992). The uncorrected proof copy of this journal of her seventy-ninth year. Near fine in wrappers.
201. SCHULZ, Charles M. Snoopy and the Red Baron. NY: HRW (1966). The first "full-length novel" by the creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. A pop culture landmark.
202. SCOTT, Evelyn. The Wave. NY: Cape & Smith (1929). A Civil War novel which Joseph Wood Krutch called the best treatment of the subject to date and which Ralph Newman, founder of the Civil War Roundtable movement, called a better novel than Gone With the Wind. This was Scott's eighth novel, but her first popular success. Very mild foxing to foredge; otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket with a hint of toning to the spine. A very nice copy.
203. SEGAL, Lore. Other People's Houses. London: Gollancz, 1965. The first British edition of her first book, a memoir of her family's escape from the Nazis in Vienna when the author was ten years old. Spine-cocked; thus only very good in a spine-faded dust jacket that is internally and externally tape-repaired along the upper edge of the front panel. A notable book, uncommon in any edition.
204. SETTLE, Mary Lee. Fight Night on a Sweet Saturday. NY: Viking (1964). A review copy of her fifth novel, the third in the Beulah quintet, a historical sequence spanning 350 years in the lives of a Virginia family that is considered one of the major accomplishments in historical fiction of the last half-century. Settle won the National Book Award for her novel Blood Tie in 1978. Fine in a near fine, faintly spine-tanned dust jacket, with a tiny spot on the front panel.
205. SHAARA, Michael. The Killer Angels. NY: David McKay (1974). His second novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and, according to many, the best novel about the Civil War battle of Gettysburg, and, with Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage, one of the best Civil War novels ever written. Later the basis for a well-received television production. A tiny bit of foxing to the endpapers and page edges but still fine in a fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of a book that, because of its cheap perfectbound construction, is seldom found in fine condition.
206. SHIELDS, Carol. The Stone Diaries. (NY): Viking (1994). The first American edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which also won the National Book Critics Circle Award, Canada's Governor General's Award and the Orange Prize. Also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
207. SIODMAK, Curt. Donovan's Brain. NY: Knopf, 1943. Siodmak's classic science fiction novel about a scientist who keeps a brain alive in a jar and later finds that it has not only retained consciousness but developed extrasensory powers of telepathy and telekinesis, and it gradually takes over the scientist's life. A combination of science fiction, horror and noir, in its exploration of the scientist's existential predicament and the problem of evil it is a novel of ideas and has been called pop culture's answer to Camus' The Stranger. Three movies have been made based on Donovan's Brain and it is doubtless Siodmak's most famous book, although his most famous creation was probably as a screenwriter: he created the character of "The Wolf Man," immortalized in film by Lon Chaney, Jr. This copy is inscribed by the author to noted science fiction editor and publisher Gerry de la Ree on a label mounted to the front flyleaf: "For Gerry de la Ree - a/ voice in the desert who writes/ to authors - this book/ Donovan's Brain/ dedicated to him." Fine in a near fine, spine- and edge-sunned dust jacket with two small gutter nicks. A wonderful association copy of a science fiction classic.
208. SMILEY, Jane. Barn Blind. NY: Harper & Row (1980). The first book by the highly-regarded author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Thousand Acres. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author.
209. SMILEY, Jane. At Paradise Gate. NY: Simon & Schuster (1981). The uncorrected proof copy of her second novel. Near fine in tall wrappers. Signed by the author. Uncommon, especially signed.
210. SMILEY, Jane. Duplicate Keys. NY: Knopf, 1984. Her third novel. Signed by the author. One slight corner bump, else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
211. -. Same title, proof copy. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
212. SMILEY, Jane. The Age of Grief. NY: Knopf, 1987. Her fourth book, a collection of stories and a novella, which sold fewer than 6000 copies. Signed by the author. Minor offsetting to front endpages; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
213. SMILEY, Jane. Catskill Crafts. NY: Crown (1988). Her first book of nonfiction. Profiles of a number of craftspeople, heavily illustrated with examples of their work. Signed by the author. Slight splaying to boards; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
214. SMILEY, Jane. The Greenlanders. NY: Knopf, 1988. A historical novel of 14th-century Greenland, and a striking departure from her earlier, and later, fiction. Signed by the author in 1989. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional postcard laid in.
215. -. Same title, an advance reading copy. Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial wrappers.
216. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. "PC" (Press Copy) markings to cover; first page creased; else fine in wrappers.
217. SMILEY, Jane. Ordinary Love & Good Will. NY: Knopf, 1989. Two novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
218. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Mild spine fading; else fine in wrappers.
219. SMILEY, Jane. A Thousand Acres. NY: Knopf, 1991. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
220. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Faint crease to front cover; else fine in wrappers with publicity info stapled to the front cover.
221. SMILEY, Jane. Moo. NY: Knopf, 1995. Another highly acclaimed novel. Signed by the author. Small, faint spot lower page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket, with a program for a reading in Dallas laid in.
222. SMILEY, Jane. Horse Heaven. NY: Knopf, 2000. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
223. SMITH, Zadie. White Teeth. NY: Random House (2000). Proof copy of the first American edition. Winner of the Guardian First Book Award and the Whitbread Prize for first novel; shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Fine in wrappers.
224. SPIEGELMAN, Art. The Complete Maus. NY: Pantheon (1997). First thus, a single hardcover volume comprising the two Maus books, the first of which won the Pulitzer Prize when originally published, an unprecedented accomplishment for a "graphic novel," i.e., one written in comic book format. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
225. ST. AUBIN DE TERAN, Lisa. Keepers of the House. London: Cape (1982). Her highly praised first novel, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
226. STEGNER, Wallace. Angle of Repose. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by the author who redefined the literature of the American West. Inscribed by Stegner. Mild concavity to spine, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and rubbing to the folds. A very nice copy of a poorly made book, which seldom turns up in attractive condition, and an important title. A Modern Library book of the century.
227. STEGNER, Wallace. The Spectator Bird. Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. The first trade edition of this novel. Winner of the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. An attractive copy of a not-particularly-well-made book.
228. STEINBECK, John. To a God Unknown. NY: Ballou (1933). The first edition, first issue of Steinbeck's third novel -- only 598 copies of this issue were bound and sold. Inscribed by the author to Earle E. Moore on the half-title. Additionally, Steinbeck has turned the rock on the front flyleaf into a self(?)-caricature, with the added sentiment "Forever." Very faint spine-sunning, otherwise a fine copy in a fair dust jacket externally tape strengthened along both edges and perilously close to splitting along the spine fold.
229. -. Another copy, unsigned. Spine-faded, with a bit of handling and dust to cloth; still a near fine copy in a dust jacket that is only good -- internally tape-lined and appearing to have been previously folded. A presentable and relatively inexpensive copy of one of the scarcest books in the Steinbeck canon.
230. STEINBECK, John. The Pastures of Heaven. NY: Covici-Friede (1932)[c. 1935]. First edition, fourth issue, with the Covici-Friede imprint. When it was first issued, in 1932, The Pastures of Heaven was Steinbeck's first novel to focus on his native California, the subject of most of his best writing. When Pascal Covici published Tortilla Flat in 1935, it was the first time Steinbeck had enjoyed commercial success with his fiction, and Covici bought up the unsold sheets of Steinbeck's earlier novels -- Cup of Gold, Pastures of Heaven and To A God Unknown -- and reissued them in 1935 and 1936. Covici became not only an ardent supporter of Steinbeck but a lifelong friend. When his own publishing house failed during the Depression, Covici took a position as senior editor at Viking, and Steinbeck followed him there. Faint spot to top stain and very mild edge-foxing to cloth; near fine in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket.
231. STEINBECK, John. Tortilla Flat. London: William Heinemann (1935). The first British edition of his fourth novel and the first of Steinbeck's books to receive significant popular attention, because of its sympathetic portrayal of Monterey paisanos. Owner signature; modest edge foxing; near fine in a dusty and spine-sunned, very good dust jacket. A very scarce edition; Goldstone & Payne do not mention the dust jacket, which suggests how uncommon it is.
232. STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. NY: Covici Friede (1936). A powerful novel of migrant farm workers rising up against landowners. Written at a time when much contemporary fiction was geared toward proletarian aspirations, Steinbeck's novel could have been a mere propaganda piece; instead, it is an exploration of ideals, social protest and social justice, and the relationship of mob behavior to individual values and, as such, still resonates with relevance decades later. Slightly dust cloth, still a fine copy in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket. A very nice copy of an uncommon and important Steinbeck novel.
233. STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. NY: Covici Friede (1937). Steinbeck's classic short novel of a couple of hobos drifting during the Depression, which has twice been translated to the screen. Trace foredge foxing, otherwise a fine copy of the first issue, with "pendula" on page 9 and a bullet between the "8's" on page 88, in a near fine, spine-darkened dust jacket.
234. STEINBECK, John. Cup of Gold. (NY): American Mercury/Lawrence E. Spivak (1939). The first American Mercury edition of Steinbeck's first novel, originally published in 1929. Owner name; near fine in wrappers.
235. STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. NY: Viking (1939). The greatest novel by this Nobel Prize winner, one of the greatest American novels ever, and the key American novel of the Depression era. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Steinbeck fused social consciousness with literary artistry in a particularly American and individualistic way, refusing to allow his writing to become doctrinaire the way a number of the proletarian novelists of the Thirties did; the body of Steinbeck's work has stood the test of time considerably better than that of most of his contemporaries, especially those who tackled the same social issues. Pencilled owner name on pastedown under front flap; slight foxing to cloth and foredge; a very near fine copy in a near fine, mildly spine-tanned dust jacket. An attractive copy of one of the high spots of 20th century American literature.
236. STEINBECK, John. The Moon is Down. NY: Viking, 1942. The first issue of one of his more common books, a short novel published during the war and essentially a piece of propaganda art. Spine slant and fading to top stain; near fine in a near fine, mildly spine-tanned dust jacket.
237. -. Same title. (NY): Dramatists Play Service (1942). The first issue (12 mm.) of the play version; near fine in spine-tanned wrappers. Scarce: only 1250 copies were printed.
238. STEINBECK, John. Bombs Away. The Story of a Bomber Team. NY: Viking, 1942. Nonfiction; an account that follows the members of one bomber squad, tracing their histories and exploring the way they worked together. Trace mottling to boards; near fine in a near fine, mildly sunned dust jacket.
239. STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. NY: Viking Press, 1945. The first illustrated edition. The "Zeese-Wilkinson" variant, although in beige cloth and beige slipcase. Offsetting to one page due to bookmark, else fine in a bumped, very good slipcase.
240. STEINBECK, John. The Wayward Bus. NY: Viking, 1947. The first issue of the first edition, in dark reddish-orange cloth. Pencilled owner name on front pastedown under flap; near fine in jacket with some rubbing to the folds.
241. STEINBECK, John. The Pearl. NY: Viking, 1947. Slight top edge foxing; else fine in a second issue, slightly spine-faded dust jacket with modest foxing to the rear panel; about near fine.
242. STEINBECK, John. A Russian Journal. NY: Viking, 1948. An account of a trip to Russia, illustrated with photographs by Robert Capa. Offsetting at front hinge; otherwise very near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. This is the binding with grayish-green cloth and a light grayish-yellow-brown spine, reportedly the scarcest of the five variant bindings for this title.
243. STONE, Robert. Images of War. Boston: Boston Publishing Company (1986). The second printing of this volume in "The Vietnam Experience" series, with text by Stone and photographs by various photographers. Slight edge rubbing; near fine, without dust jacket, as most copies were issued.