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142. DAVENPORT, Guy. Twelve Stories. Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories culled from his earlier, now out of print, collections. With a previously unpublished postscript by the author. Front cover splayed; else fine in wrappers.
143. DAVIES, Rhys. One of Norah's Early Days. London: Grayson, 1935. A single story, one of 250 numbered copies for sale, of 285 total copies, signed by the author. Poets House bookplate. Very good without dust jacket (as issued?).
144. DENNISON, George. Oilers & Sweepers and Other Stories. NY: Random House (1979). A review copy of his first book of fiction, a collection of stories. Inscribed by the author in the month before publication. One light corner bump; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Grace Paley dust jacket blurb.
145. DICK, Philip K. A Handful of Darkness. London: Rich & Cowan (1955). First edition, a collection of stories, and Dick's first book to be published in a hardcover edition. This copy, in heavy orange boards, without dust jacket, is the copy that Dick's bibliographer saw and mentioned as either a later binding state or a privately rebound copy of the second state of the book. He suggested it was the latter, and we would concur. Inscribed by the author to Tim and Serena Powers: "To Tim & Serena/with love/ Philip K. Dick." Tim Powers was Dick's best friend, had been his roommate for a time, and was a fellow science fiction writer, whose books have won the Philip K. Dick Award twice since the award was established after Dick's death. An excellent association copy of Dick's rare first hardcover.
146. DICK, Philip K. The Variable Man. NY: Ace (1957). Paperback original, including the title novel and four stories, his first collection of short fiction to be published in this country. Signed by the author. Very mild spine-darkening but still just about fine in wrappers. An exceptional copy.
147. DICK, Philip K. The Preserving Machine. NY: Ace (1969). Paperback original. A collection of stories that has never been released in a trade hardcover in this country, and which contains the story on which the movie Total Recall was based -- "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale." Spine-creased. Very good in wrappers. A somewhat uncommon title.
148. DICK, Philip K. The Golden Man. (NY): Berkley (1980). Paperback original. A collection of stories which Dick helped select, and for which he wrote an introduction and "story notes." Fine in wrappers.
149. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by Dick (somewhat incoherently) to Tim Powers -- an inscription in which Dick has managed to misspell both Powers' name ("Pouers," with the "u" struck and a "w" written above it) and his own (two "l"s in "Phillip," the latter crossed out). Near fine in spine-darkened wrappers. An extremely scarce proof: proofs are done in much smaller quantities for paperback novels than for hardcovers, generally; the ones that we have seen for which we have been able to get reasonably reliable numbers have been done in print runs of fewer than two dozen copies. And, again, an excellent association.
150. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Gun" in Planet Stories. Stamford: Love Romances, September, 1952. Signed by the author. Quarto. Modest edgewear to the wrappers, otherwise about very good. Dick's first published story was in this magazine, two months earlier. He later described Planet Stories as "the most lurid of all pulp magazines on the stand at that time." Levack 45A.
151. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Infinites" in Planet Stories. Stamford: Love Romances, 1953, May. Planet Stories features a voluptuous woman in a futuristic, high-tech setting on the cover, but omits any mention of Dick, whose first published story was less than a year earlier in this same magazine. Signed by the author. Pulp quarto. Spine and edgewear; about very good. Levack 56A.
152. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Cosmic Poachers" in Imagination. Evanston: Greenleaf, July, 1953. After having six stories published in separate magazines in June, 1953, Dick had four more in July. Signed by the author. Very good in wrappers. Levack 20A.
153. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Trouble with Bubbles" in If. Buffalo: Quinn, September, 1953. Signed by the author. Dick had 15 stories published in different periodicals in the four months, June to September, 1953. Also includes the James Blish novella "A Case of Conscience." Very good in wrappers.
154. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Crystal Crypt" in Planet Stories. Stamford: Love Romances, January, 1954. Sci fi pulp magazine that also includes stories by Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett, among others. Signed by Philip K. Dick. Chip at base of spine. About very good in wrappers. Levack 23A.
155. (DICK, Philip K.). "James P. Crow" in Planet Stories. Stamford: Love Romances, May, 1954. Pulp. Signed by the author. Slight wear to the edges of the wrappers, but still very near fine in wrappers. A very attractive copy of a scarce and fragile item. Levack 58A.
156. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Turning Wheel" in Science Fiction Stories, No. 2. NY: Columbia Publications, 1954. Signed by the Dick on the Contents page. Contributors include Algis Budrys, Milton Lesser, among others. Very near fine. Levack 130A.
157. (DICK, Philip K.). "Time Pawn" in Thrilling Wonder Stories. NY: Standard Magazines, 1954, Summer. Pulp magazine. This story was later expanded into Dr. Futurity. Signed by the author and also by Sam Merwin, Jr, another contributor. Also includes a Theodore Sturgeon story. Very good in wrappers.
158. (DICK, Philip K.). "Prize Ship" in Thrilling Wonder Stories. NY: Standard Magazines, Winter, 1954. Pulp. Signed by the author. Also includes stories by Murray Leinster and Philip José Farmer. Very good in wrappers.
159. (DICK, Philip K.). "Nanny" in Startling Stories. Kokomo: Standard Magazines, Spring, 1955. Pulp magazine. Signed by the author and also by Richard Matheson, author of Hell House and A Stir of Echoes, as well as a frequent script writer for the early Twilight Zone television series. Price marks on cover; about very good in wrappers. Levack 75A.
160. (DICK, Philip K.). "Service Call" in Science Fiction Stories. Holyoke: Columbia, July, 1955. Signed by the author. Minor water markings to upper corners of back pages; creasing to the front cover, spine-faded. About good in wrappers. Levack 110A.
161. (DICK, Philip K.). "Foster, You're Dead" in Star Science Fiction Stories, No. 3. NY: Ballantine Books, 1955. Signed by the author and also by Richard Matheson. Also includes stories by Asimov, Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Lester del Rey, and others. Previous owner stamp; near fine in wrappers.
162. (DICK, Philip K.). "The Unreconstructed M" in Science Fiction Stories. Holyoke: Columbia, January, 1957. A "novelet" by Dick, signed by the author on the Contents page. Other contributors include Asimov, John Christopher and Robert Silverberg. Near fine in wrappers. Levack 132A.
163. DIDION, Joan. Telling Stories. (Berkeley): Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1978. A small volume in wrappers, issued as number 26 in the series of keepsakes produced by the Friends of the Library. This constitutes the first book appearance of three early stories by Didion, as well as the first appearance anywhere of an essay by her recounting their history, and explaining why she never wrote any more stories. Fine in wrappers.
164. DINESEN, Isak. Winter's Tales. (NY): Random House (1942). The third book published in this country by the Danish author of Out of Africa. Spotting and fading to top stain, foredge unevenly cut; very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with some spine-darkening and edgewear to the crown. For all its small flaws, overall an attractive copy in a bright, multicolored pictorial jacket.
165. DOCTOROW, E.L. Lives of the Poets. NY: Random House (1984). Award-winning collection of six stories and a novella. Remainder stripes bottom edge of pages otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. Four of Doctorow's novels have been National Book Award finalists, with one of them winning the award.
166. DONOSO, José. El Charleston. Santiago: Nascimento, 1960. An early collection of short stories, the fourth book by this Chilean writer, which was not translated into English or published in the U.S. for 17 years. Pages browning with age but still near fine in self-wraps. A scarce volume, given the Chilean imprint, the fragile binding and the cheap, acidic paper used in production.
167. DONOSO, José. Charleston and Other Stories. Boston: Godine (1977). Attractively printed and bound limited edition of this collection of stories. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Spine cloth faded with mild dampstaining at the base; near fine in slipcase.
168. DREISER, Theodore. Chains. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1927. A collection of short fiction -- "Lesser Novels and Stories," as described by the publisher -- by the author of Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, among others. Near fine in a spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket with a couple shallow chips. A very attractive copy of this volume by a writer whose work played a large part in defining American fiction in the first three decades of this century.
169. DUBUS, Andre. Separate Flights. Boston: Godine (1975). His second book, the first collection of the short fiction for which he won a considerable reputation. Winner of a Boston Globe award for fiction. Mottling to cloth; very good in a dust jacket split at the lower front flap fold and with other minor edgewear.
170. DUBUS, Andre. We Don't Live Here Anymore. NY: Crown (1984). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of his novellas, all previously published in other collections with short stories. Wrappers slightly dust-soiled, but still about fine, with publisher's publicity material laid in. Signed by the author.
171. DUBUS, Andre. The Last Worthless Evening. Boston: Godine (1986). A collection of four novellas and two stories. Dampstaining to lower rear board; very good in a very good dust jacket.
172. DUBUS, Andre. Dancing After Hours. NY: Knopf, 1996. The advance reading copy of this collection of stories, published to enormous critical acclaim and, for the first time, widespread public recognition and commercial success. Fine in wrappers and publisher's cardstock slipcase. Signed by the author.
173. -. Same title. An advance reading excerpt consisting of three stories from the collection. Fine in wrappers.
174. DUFRESNE, John. Lethe, Cupid, Time, and Love. Candia: LeBow, 1994. One of 26 clothbound lettered copies, the entire hardcover edition, of a total edition of 200 copies. Signed by the author and the illustrator, Dina Knapp. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
175. DUFRESNE, John. Well Enough Alone. Candia: John LeBow, 1996. Limited edition consisting of two stories and thirteen poems, by the author of The Way That Water Enters Stone. Of a total edition of 476 copies, this is one of 150 numbered copies in wrappers, signed by the author. Fine.