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142. 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.
143. GALLANT, Mavis. Home Truths. Toronto: Macmillan (1981). A review copy of the true first, i.e., Canadian, edition. Top corners mildly bumped; else fine in a near fine, internally tape-strengthened dust jacket.
144. 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.
145. 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.
146. GARDNER, John. The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale: An Interpretation. Reprinted from Philological Quarterly, Vol. XLVI, No 1., January, 1967. An offprint of this critical work on one of the "great sequences" of The Canterbury Tales. 17 pages, stapled wrappers. Gardner was a scholar of Old and Middle English literature, particularly Chaucer, in addition to being a novelist and teacher of creative writing. Fine. Offprints such as this are usually produced in tiny quantities, often 25 copies or fewer.
147. GARDNER, John. The Construction of the Wakefield Cycle. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press (1974). A review copy of Gardner's scarcest trade publication, with a first printing of only 1483 copies, according to Howell. Signed by the author. Fine in a rubbed, near fine dust jacket.
148. GARDNER, John. The Poetry of Chaucer. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U. Press (1978). The first paperbound edition of this scholarly study of Chaucer, published to complement his biography The Life and Times of Chaucer. Done by a university press, this title had a very small hardcover first printing -- 1819 copies in 1977, which was followed by a second hardcover printing prior to this edition. Signed by the author. Near fine in wrappers.
149. GARDNER, John. A Child's Bestiary. NY: Knopf (1977). A whimsical book for children, done with the assistance of his own children. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon, especially signed.
150. GARDNER, John. Lies! Lies! Lies!: A College Journal of John Gardner. (Rochester): University of Rochester Libraries (1999). A limited edition, printing, in facsimile, Gardner's college journal. Of a total edition of 2000 copies, only half of which were hardcover, this is one of 200 numbered hardcover copies signed by Thomas Gavin, who provides the introduction. Quarterbound in cloth and marbled paper boards; fine without dust jacket, as issued.
151. GASS, William H. Omensetter's Luck. (NY): New American Library (1966). His first book, one of the extraordinary literary debuts published in the mid-1960s by NAL -- normally a mass-market paperback house -- under the editorial direction of David Segal. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the corners and spine extremities. Laid in is an autograph letter signed to writer Jonathan Carroll (in 1973, several years before Carroll's first published novel) agreeing to visit his class. The letter is on 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Washington University stationery, folded in thirds for mailing, with hand-addressed envelope. Fine. A very nice copy of an important first book and an excellent literary association; Carroll is a highly regarded author these days, whose books -- including The Land of Laughs and The Panic Hand, among others -- have been nominated for, and won, the Bram Stoker Award for fiction and the World Fantasy Award.
152. GASS, William H. Fiction and the Figures of Life. NY: Knopf, 1970. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very good dust jacket with a bit of wear at the spine base. Laid in is an announcement of a 1980 lecture by Gass on "Culture, Self and Style."
153. 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.
154. 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.
155. GORDIMER, Nadine. A World of Strangers. London: Gollancz, 1958. Her fourth book, second novel. Owner name front pastedown, under jacket flap. Slight offsetting to free endpapers but still very good in a moderately spine-sunned dust jacket with an open edge tear at the upper rear spine fold. A nice copy of an early Gordimer title.
156. -. Same title, the first American edition. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1958. Corners bumped; near fine in a very good dust jacket. An attractive copy.
157. GORDIMER, Nadine. A Guest of Honor. NY: Viking (1970). A review copy of the first American edition of this novel, which won England's James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Signed by the author. Small spot to extreme bottom page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket with slip, photo and promotional material laid in.
158. GORDIMER, Nadine. The Conservationist. London: Cape (1974). The proof copy of the first British edition of this novel, which won the Booker Prize. Near fine in wrappers with publisher's plain printed label affixed to the front cover. A scarce proof, and the Nobel Prize-winner's only Booker winner.
159. GORDIMER, Nadine. Burger's Daughter. NY: Viking (1979). The first American edition of this novel of South Africa, which was originally banned there when it was first published. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a scratch to the lamination on the rear panel.
160. GORDIMER, Nadine. Town and Country Lovers. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. One of 330 numbered copies of this short story, signed by the author. Light foxing to a few pages; near fine without dust jacket, as issued. An attractive book.
161. GORDIMER, Nadine. July's People. NY: Viking (1981). The first American edition of this short novel positing a race war in South Africa. Signed by the author. A few marginal ink marks; very good in a very good dust jacket.
162. (GORDIMER, Nadine). "A Present for a Good Girl" in Silver Leaves: A South African Collection of Good Reading. Johannesburg: Silver Leaf Books [1952]. A small volume printed on thin paper, published the year her first book, The Soft Voice of the Serpent, was published here. Fine in wrappers. A very scarce early appearance in print by the future Nobel Prize winner.
163. GRAHAM, Jorie. The Dream of the Unified Field. Hopewell: Ecco Press (1995). Selected poems, 1974-1994. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the prize announcement label attached.
164. 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. Grau won the Pulitzer Prize for her 1964 novel, The Keepers of the House.
165. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author. Fine in wrappers. Proofs from this era are uncommon.