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294. MAITLAND, Sara. Ancestral Truths. NY: Holt (1994). First American edition of this novel, published in the U.K. as Home Truths. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
295. MARISTED, Kai. Out After Dark. Sag Harbor: Permanent Press (1993). Inscribed by the author to Andre Dubus, who provides a dust jacket blurb, as does Nicholas Delbanco. Fine in fine dust jacket.
296. MARKUS, Julia. La Mora. Washington, D.C.: Decatur House Press (1976). Her first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in wrappers. Markus later won a Houghton Mifflin Fellowship for her novella Uncle. Fine.
297. -. Another copy. Corner crease to rear cover; near fine.
298. MARSHALL, Paule. Brown Girl, Brownstones. NY: Random House (1959). Review copy of her first book. Fine in fine dust jacket, with review slip laid in. A beautiful copy of an important debut and a very scarce book, particularly in an advance state.
299. MARSHALL, Paule. Soul Clap Hands and Sing. NY: Atheneum, 1961. Second novel by the author of Brown Girl, Brownstones. Four short novels. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of this scarce book by an important African-American writer.
300. MARSHALL, Paule. Daughters. NY: Atheneum, 1991. Uncorrected proof copy of this highly praised novel. Top of spine slightly bumped, otherwise fine in wrappers. With a copy of the advance reading excerpt laid in, fine in illustrated wrappers.
301. MARTIN, Valerie. Set in Motion. NY: FSG (1978). The first book by the author of Mary Reilly and the The Great Divorce. Near fine in a dust jacket that has some slight overall soiling and a bit of wear to the spine extremities.
302. MARTIN, Valerie. A Recent Martyr. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. The author's somewhat controversial third book, a novel of sexual obsession. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
303. MARTIN, Valerie. The Consolation of Nature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories. One of the stories is laid in in the form of stapled, photocopied tearsheets. Fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
304. MARTIN, Valerie. Mary Reilly. NY: Doubleday (1990). The Jekyll-and-Hyde story told from the perspective of Dr. Jekyll's maid, Mary. Basis for the well-received film. Fine in dust jacket and signed by the author in 1994.
305. MASO, Carole. Ghost Dance. San Francisco: North Point, 1986. The first book by this author whose genius seems to be in portraying not only the external forces that dissolve bonds between people but the internal forces, the acts of will and love and creativity, that can hold them together. Fine in fine dust jacket.
306. -. Another copy. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
307. MASON, Anita. Bethany. London: Hamish Hamilton (1981). The first edition of her first novel. Fine in a mildly spine-faded, price-clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by the author.
308. MASON, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh and Other Stories. NY: Harper & Row (1982). Her first book of fiction, a collection of stories which helped define the sub-genre of American fiction commonly called "K-Mart fiction"-stories about ordinary, working class Americans-i.e., the kind of people you'd run into in a K-Mart department store. A highly praised debut. Near fine in dust jacket.
309. -. Another copy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
310. -. Same title, the first British edition (London: Chatto & Windus, 1983). Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author.
311. MASON, Bobbie Ann. In Country. NY: Harper & Row (1985). The advance reading copy of her highly praised first novel, made into a successful film. Signed by the author. A bibliographically significant edition in that substantial differences exist between the text of this volume and the final book. Near fine.
312. MASON, Bobbie Ann. Love Life. NY: Harper & Row (1989). Her second collection of stories, following the award-winning Shiloh and Other Stories. Mild corner bumps; else fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
313. -. Same title, first British edition (London: Chatto & Windus, 1989). Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
314. MASON, Bobbie Ann. Spence and Lila. London: Chatto & Windus (1989). First British edition. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
315. MASON, Bobbie Ann. Feather Crowns. (NY): HarperCollilns (1993). Advance reading copy of her massive fouth book, second novel. Fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
316. McCRUMB, Sharyn. The Windsor Knot. NY: Ballantine (1990). The first hardcover in the Elizabeth MacPherson series. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author. McCrumb's recent Appalachian mystery series has received much praise.
317. McCRUMB, Sharyn. MacPherson's Lament. NY: Ballantine (1992). Another novel featuring Elizabeth MacPherson. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
318. McCULLERS, Carson. The Member of the Wedding. (NY): New Directions (1951). Advance review copy of the play McCullers adapted from her own novel. Cloth worn at edges; else very good in internally tape-repaired jacket, with review slip laid in. An uncommon title, and especially so as a review copy.
319. McDERMOTT, Alice. That Night. NY: FSG (1987). Highly praised second novel by the author of A Bigamist's Daughter. Fine in fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
320. McKILLIP, Patricia A. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. NY: Atheneum, 1974. Classic fantasy novel, one of Pringle's 100 Best Fantasy Novels. Slight bump to spine crown; else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
321. MERRIAM, Eve. Family Circle. New Haven: Yale, 1947. Her first book, a collection of poems in the Yale Younger Poets series. Darkening to edges of boards; about fine in a spine-tanned jacket chipped at crown; near fine.
322. MERRILL, Judith. Shadow on the Hearth. Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First novel by this renowned and award-winning science fiction author, one of the first women to break into a largely male-dominated field. Minor shelfwear to cloth, else near fine in a very good dust jacket.
323. MILLER, Sue. For Love. (NY): HarperCollins (1993). Third novel, fourth book, by the author of The Good Mother. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
324. MIN, Anchee. Red Azalea. NY: Pantheon (1994). First American edition of this highly praised personal account of coming of age in Communist China during the years of the Cultural Revolution. Fine in jacket and signed by the author.
325. MINOT, Susan. Lust. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Highly praised second book, a collection of stories, by the author of the award-winning novel Monkeys. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
326. (MITCHELL, Margaret). HARVEY, Henry S. Atlanta Campaign as Seen in Gone With the Wind and Official Documents. [Amherst]: (Amherst College) (1937). A bound volume assembled in 1945, consisting of photostated reproductions of a research paper inquiring into the accuracy of Margaret Mitchell's account of the Chattanooga-to-Atlanta campaign in Gone With the Wind. According to the introduction, "a few photostats [were made], one of which is to be sent to Margaret Mitchell." Laid into this copy is a photostat of Mitchell's reply, a five-page typed letter, single-spaced and on her own letterhead, in which she comments on both her own work and on the research paper, as well as other related subjects. She defends her work fervently, although the book (paper) scarcely attacks it. One gets a chance to see the author "explaining" her characters in a manner that readers are seldom privileged to witness: "...I was writing as of that particular day and time, from the viewpoint of a not too intelligent young woman...Scarlett would have had no interest whatever in whether it was Garrard's cavalry or Abe Lincoln personally who had been sent to Roswell..." She also points out small but significant errors in the student's apprehension of the details of her book. A fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of one of the landmark American novels, and a rare item in its own right.
327. MOJTABAI, A.G. Mundome. NY: Simon & Schuster (1974). The author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket and warmly inscribed by the author in 1976: For ____/ a dream in which one/ knows one is dreaming but/ still can't wake up -/ You've been here too?/ Grace/ (A. G. Mojtabai)."
328. MOJTABAI, A.G. The 400 Eels of Sigmund Freud. NY: Simon & Schuster (1976). Advance review copy of her second novel, with review slip and photograph laid in. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author on the day of publication.
329. MOORE, Lorrie. Self-Help. NY: Knopf, 1985. First book, a collection of stories, by a writer who was selected by Granta magazine as one of the 20 best "Young American Novelists," a list that had already begun to have repercussions even before the issue came out. The judges were Anne Tyler, Robert Stone, Tobias Wolff and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., along with Granta's editor, Ian Jack. A more respected group of judges would be hard to imagine. Fine in fine dust jacket. A highly praised and now somewhat scarce debut.
330. MOORE, Lorrie. Like Life. NY: Knopf, 1990. Her third book, second collection of stories. Fine in fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
331. -. Another copy, unsigned. Fine in fine dust jacket.
332. (MOORE, Marianne). "Dame Edith Sitwell" in Four Poets on Poetry. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins (1959). Contributors include Moore, R. P. Blackmur, Yvor Winters and Mark Van Doren. This copy is signed and annotated by Moore at her contribution and also signed by Van Doren, who contributes a chapter on Thomas Hardy. Near fine in a modestly edgeworn, still very good jacket.
333. MORANTE, Elsa. Arturo's Island. NY: Knopf, 1959. First American edition of her second novel, which won a major literary award when published in Italy. Very good in a price-clipped dust jacket that is split along the lower front spine fold; else very good.
334. MORGAN, Berry. Pursuit. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Her first book, winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Warmly inscribed by the author to "one of the few great men of medicine of the Twentieth Century..." Slight foxing to cloth; near fine in a heavily foxed, very good jacket with a couple of closed edge tears. An important first novel of the South, compared by the publisher to Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood and Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Long Walker Percy blurb on rear dust jacket flap. An uncommon book signed or inscribed.
335. MORGAN, Marlo. Mutant Message Down Under. (Lees Summit): (MM Co.) (1991). The self-published first edition of this novelized account of the author's trek in the Australian wilderness with a group of Aborigines. This book was later published by a mainstream publisher as a "New Age" book-part novel, part inspirational and philosophical text-and became a huge bestseller, eventually selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The first printing, though-published in Australia by the author herself-is very scarce. One of the notable publishing phenomena of the past several years. Sticker removal mark at lower corner of rear cover otherwise fine in wrappers.
336. MORRIS, Mary. Vanishing Animals & Other Stories. Boston: Godine (1979). Her first book, a collection of stories that won an award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title, and additionally signed by her in 1991 on the title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket bumped at spine crown.
337. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Near fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
338. MORRIS, Mary. Crossroads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. Her second book, first novel. Fine in near fine, spine-faded dust jacket. Signed by the author in 1991.
339. MORRIS, Mary. The Bus of Dreams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Her second story collection. Fine in near fine dust jacket with several short, closed edge tears. Signed by the author in 1991.
340. MORRIS, Mary. Nothing to Declare. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Her highly praised first book of nonfiction, an account of traveling alone through Latin America. Fine in a near fine jacket that has a small chip at the upper rear panel. Signed by the author in 1991.
341. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
342. MORRIS, Mary. The Waiting Room. NY: Doubleday (1989). Her third novel. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author in 1991.
343. MORRIS, Mary. Wall to Wall. NY: Doubleday (1991). Her second travel book, documenting a rail trip through China, Russia and Eastern Europe, a journey that coincided with the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author in the year of publication.
344. MORRISON, Toni. The Bluest Eye. NY: HRW (1970). The scarce first book by this Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. This copy has very slight fading to the cloth at the spine crown and hints of wear to the boards, but is still very near fine in a like, bright dust jacket, which has a faint blue line along the bottom edge from an earlier dust jacket protector. Inscribed by the author. A very attractive copy of an extremely elusive first book.
345. MORRISON, Toni. Sula. NY: Knopf, 1974. Her scarce second novel. This is a fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket that has two lamination scratches on the rear panel; else fine. A very nice copy of a book that has become quite scarce in recent years, rivaling the elusive The Bluest Eye.
346. MORRISON, Toni. Tar Baby. NY: Knopf, 1981. First trade edition of her fourth novel. Fine in fine dust jacket with mild spine-fading. Inscribed by the author with "warm best wishes."
347. MORRISON, Toni. Jazz. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1992. The true first edition of her most recent novel, issued in a leatherbound limited edition which is signed by the author. A fine copy. Trade editions of Morrison's books are now issued in numbers approaching six figures; the Franklin editions, on the other hand, seem to be averaging fewer than 5000 copies in recent years.
348. MUNRO, Alice. Lives of Girls and Women. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson (1971). The second book, first novel, by this three-time winner of the Governor General's Award for Canada's best book of the year. This book won an award from the Canadian Booksellers Association for best novel of the year. Munro's fiction has recently begun to receive wide public recognition in this country in addition to the critical praise it has long enjoyed. Front pastedown scuffed; else near fine in a very good dust jacket. A nice copy of an early book.
349. MUNRO, Alice. Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You. NY: McGraw-Hill (1974). Review copy of the first American edition of her second story collection. A bit of wear to spine base, else fine in a dust jacket with some overall darkening, a bump and a closed tear at the crown, else near fine. Publisher's photocopied publicity sheet laid in.
350. MUNRO, Alice. The Progress of Love. (Toronto): McClelland & Stewart (1986). First edition of this collection of stories, the third of her books to win the Governor General's Award. Fine in fine dust jacket, with award emblem on front cover. A very nice copy.
351. -. Another copy. Trace shelfwear to spine base; else fine in price-clipped, first state dust jacket, without award emblem on front cover.
352. -. Another copy; very lightly shelfworn at spine extremities; near fine in near fine dust jacket.
353. MUNRO, Alice. Friend of My Youth. (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart (1990). First edition of this story collection. Fine in fine dust jacket.
354. -. Another copy. Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
355. MUNRO, Alice. Carried Away. (n.p.): (Knopf) (1993). A single story from Open Secrets, issued as a limited edition, numbered and signed by the author, and given away by the publisher as a promotional piece. The limitation was not stated. Fine in stapled wrappers.
356. MUNRO, Alice. Open Secrets. (Toronto): McClelland & Stewart (1994). True first edition, i.e., Canadian, of her eighth book. Again, a collection of stories. Fine in fine dust jacket.
357. (MUNRO, Alice). "A Better Place Than Home" in The Newcomers. (Toronto): McClelland and Stewart (1979). A collection of pieces about Canada's immigrant populations, not published in the U.S., with a contribution by Munro as well as two pieces by Timothy Findley, among others. Quarto, heavily illustrated with photographs. Fine in very good dust jacket with a touch of wear at spine crown and a small open tear at the lower edge of rear panel. Uncommon.
358. MURDOCH, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. An early novel by Murdoch, her second. Some dampstaining to cloth; a very good copy in a dust jacket that is missing a sizable chip at spine crown (not affecting any text) and has some dampstaining at the top edge of the rear panel, thus only good. Still, a presentable copy of a scarce, early novel.
359. MURDOCH, Iris. An Unofficial Rose. NY: Viking (1962). First American edition. One corner slighty bumped and spine a bit tanned, but still a crisp, near fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket.
360. MURDOCH, Iris and PRIESTLY, J.B. A Severed Head. London: Chatto & Windus (1964). The play version of Murdoch's 1961 novel. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A very nice copy.
361. MURDOCH, Iris. The Italian Girl. London: Chatto & Windus, 1964. Fine in fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing near spine crown. A beautiful copy of this novel.
362. MURDOCH, Iris. The Red and the Green. London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. A novel set against the backdrop of the Easter Rebellion in Dublin, in 1916. Owner stamp front flyleaf; near fine in near fine dust jacket.
363. -. Same title, the first American edition (NY: Viking, 1965). Fine in very near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy.
364. MURDOCH, Iris. The Nice and the Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. Fine in white dust jacket with slight overall sunning. Again, an attractive copy.
365. MURDOCH, Iris. A Fairly Honourable Defeat. London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. Fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
366. MURDOCH, Iris. An Accidental Man. London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. Fine in fine dust jacket. A nice copy of an uncommon title.
367. MURDOCH, Iris. Henry and Cato. London: Chatto & Windus, 1976. Fine in near fine dust jacket, very lightly creased at upper edge of front panel, otherwise fine.