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115. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers, with blurbs by the same writers as the trade edition.
116. EHRLICH, Gretel. The Solace of Open Spaces. (NY): Viking (1985). Her first book of prose, a collection of related essays on the contemporary West and the natural world, in particular the author's adopted home state of Wyoming. Blurbs by Edward Abbey, Ivan Doig, Annie Dillard, Edward Hoagland and Tracy Kidder. Exceedingly faint spot to lower board; near fine in a fine dust jacket.
117. ELLIS, Bret Easton. American Psycho. NY: Simon & Schuster (1991). The advance reading copy of the proposed Simon & Schuster edition, which was cancelled at the last minute in a decision that had reverberations throughout the publishing and literary communities. The book was eventually published as a Vintage paperback, amid many calls for its complete banning and an equally loud chorus complaining that Simon & Schuster's decision constituted a perfidious kind of censorship. A tasteless novel (deliberately, if the author's interviews are to be believed) of a mass murderer, with graphic description of the tortures and mutilations he inflicts on his victims. The controversy probably gave the novel more attention than its literary merits would have earned for it -- a calculation that one can't help but think the author might well have made: it is a self-consciously shocking novel, from a writer whose earlier books had explored the idea that our society has become corrupt and jaded, incapable of being shocked anymore, or even morally moved. Near fine in wrappers. Scarce.
118. ELMSLIE, Kenward. The Orchid Stories. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. The uncorrected proof copy of this large collection of stories and prose poems, in the form of tall, bound galley sheets printed on rectos only. Stamped "Final Galley." A number of the galley pages are loose but all are present. Near fine in wrappers and signed by the author. Scarce, fragile format.
119. ENDE, Michael. The Neverending Story. (n.p.): Doubleday (1983). The first state uncorrected proof of the American edition of this contemporary fantasy classic. Shot from typescript, presumably the translator's, with many holograph changes reproduced. Small abrasion at crown; light scuffing front panel; near fine in wrappers.
120. -. Same title, a later state proof, typeset and incorporating the changes made in the above volume. Near fine in wrappers.
121. ERDRICH, Louise. Love Medicine. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston (1984). Her first novel, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the L.A. Times Award for Best Novel of the Year. Love Medicine is the first in an ongoing sequence of novels. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of edge creasing.
122. EXLEY, Frederick. A Fan's Notes. NY: Harper & Row (1968). The author's first book, a fictional memoir and one of the defining books of the Sixties, which blurred the line between fiction and nonfiction much the way the New Journalism did. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with two edge tears at the upper, outer corner.
123. FARAH, Cynthia. Literature and Landscape. (El Paso): (Texas Western Press) (1988). Photographs by Farah of fifty Southwest writers, with their responses to a query on the role of the landscape in compelling them to write. Featured writers include Edward Abbey, William Eastlake, Joy Harjo, Tony Hillerman, Paul Horgan, N. Scott Momaday, John Nichols, Elizabeth Tallent, Frank Waters, Ann Zwinger, and others. Also included is a short bio and bibliography of each author. Signed by Farah in the year of publication. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket.
124. FARRELL, Henry. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? NY: Rinehart & Co. (1960). The author's eerie horror novel of two sisters in Hollywood, made into the classic movie starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Slight splaying to boards; pages darkening as a result of the cheap paper used for this "genre novel;" near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket rubbed at the edges and folds.
125. FAULKNER, William. This Earth. NY: Equinox, 1932. The editor's copy of this poem, published by the Equinox Cooperative Press, with illustrations by Albert Heckman. One sheet folded to make four pages and stringbound in buff cardstock covers. This copy has tape and blue printer's ink on the second page. Covers separating at spine; else a near fine copy of this fragile item.
126. FORD, Richard. A Piece of My Heart. New York: Harper & Row (1976). The advance reading copy of his first novel. Slight foxing to page edges but still a crisp, fine copy in illustrated wrappers. A very nice copy, and an important debut.
127. FORD, Richard. The Sportswriter. NY: Vintage (1986). An advance reading excerpt of his third novel. 22 pages excerpting a thread that runs through about 200 pages of the finished book. With textual variations from the published version that go beyond those necessary for the abridgement to make sense, including two paragraphs in the excerpt that don't seem to appear in the final book. Portions of this novel were published in Esquire prior to publication; it is unknown what resemblance this story bears, if any, to those excerpts, but it is safe to say that this is the only appearance in book form of this version of the text. Together with a copy of the first edition for comparison purposes. The book is very good in wrappers; the excerpt fine in stapled pictorial wrappers.
128. FORD, Richard. Independence Day. New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1995. The limited edition of this sequel to Ford's third novel, The Sportswriter. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/ Faulkner Award, a rare literary double. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in slipcase.
129. FORD, Richard. Women with Men. (New Orleans): (B.E. Trice) (1997). A limited edition and the true first edition of this collection of three novellas by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies bound in leather and signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
130. -. Same title, the trade edition. NY: Knopf, 1997. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
131. -. Same title, the first British edition. London: Harvill (1997). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
132. FOWLES, John. The Aristos. Boston: Little Brown (1964). Fowles's second book, nonfiction, a "self-portrait in ideas." This is the first American edition, which is the correct first edition of this title. Olive top stain; very near fine in a fine dust jacket.
133. FOWLES, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. London: Cape (1969). The first edition of what many consider to be Fowles' best and most important book, a landmark novel that uses an unconventional love story to explore the decline of Victorian England and the advent of the modern age and modern notions of freedom and self. Trace foxing to the foredge and bowing to the front board; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
134. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Spine-creased and cocked; outer edges sunned; the cheap proofing paper has acidified at different rates, causing browning to some of the signatures. A very good copy in wrappers. Scarce.
135. FOWLES, John. Cinderella. London: Cape (1974). Adapted by Fowles from the French original of 1697 and illustrated with drawings by Sheilah Beckett. Signed by Fowles. Quarto; fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
136. FOWLES, John and GODWIN, Fay. Islands. London: Cape (1978). Text by Fowles and striking black and white photographs by Godwin. Inscribed by Fowles in the year of publication. Small quarto. Slight splaying to boards and small bookseller sticker on front flyleaf; very near fine in a fine dust jacket.
137. FOWLES, John. The Enigma. Helsinki: Eurographica (1987). The first separate edition of a story first published in The Ebony Tower. One of 350 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
138. FOWLES, John. Poor Koko. Helsinki: Eurographica (1987). Again, the first separate edition, one of 350 copies, of a story first published in The Ebony Tower. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
139. (FOWLES, John). DE DURFORT, Claire. Ourika. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1977. Translated and with an introduction and epilogue by Fowles. One of 500 copies, printed letterpress on handmade paper at the Bird and Bull Press and bound by Grey Parrot. Signed by Fowles. This copy also bears the elaborate ownership signature of artist Alfonso Ossorio. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
140. (FOWLES, John). AUBREY, John. Monumenta Britannica. Boston: Little Brown (1981). A limited edition of this massive study of British antiquities, written toward the end of the 17th century, here edited by Fowles and with an introduction by him. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Fowles. Large quarto, clothbound; fine in slipcase.