E-list # 121

NY, Counterpoint, (2004). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032217] SOLD

San Francisco, North Point, 1990. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 1995: "with admiration & affection. What a fine week we had!" Fine in a near fine, spine- and edge-sunned dust jacket. [#032216] SOLD

(n.p.), [apparently Self-Published], (n.d.). Small oblong presentation of the author's photographs and accompanying text. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 2011. Fine in wrappers. Turner's address written in, apparently in Matthiessen's hand. [#032220] SOLD

Orlando, Harcourt, (2006). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], "with admiration and affection." Bump to lower rear edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032218] SOLD

NY, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with Turner's return address laid in. [#032219] SOLD

NY, Pocket Books, (1996). A paperback mystery anthology, edited and introduced by Turow. This copy is signed by Turow. Near fine in wrappers. [#917063] $35

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1987). His second book, first novel, a bestseller and probably the most talked about book of that year -- a courtroom thriller published by one of the most literary publishing houses in the U.S. and bearing blurbs by such writers as Wallace Stegner and Pat Conroy. Basis for the Alan Pakula film with Harrison Ford. Inscribed by the author, "with thanks for your patience and companionship." Small foredge stain; near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917056] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1990). His third book, second courtroom thriller. Inscribed by the author, "with much gratitude." Small bump upper edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917057] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1996). A courtroom thriller by the author of Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof. This is one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. [#915648] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2003). Signed by the author in the year of publication, and additionally inscribed by Turow, thanking the recipient for all his help. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917058] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2001. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912059] $40

NY, Random House Large Print, 1995. The large print edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Tyler on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in wrappers, with a "signed by the author" sticker on the front cover. [#912058] $35

NY, Knopf, 1991. The first trade edition. Inscribed by the author "with best wishes" on the title page. Tyler has been signing books less and less in recent years. Corner crease to prelims; else fine in a dust jacket creased on the front flap. [#024793] $20

NY, Twayne, (1993). A critical study of Anne Tyler, who was a PEN Faulkner Award finalist in 1982 (Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985 (The Accidental Tourist), and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for Breathing Lessons. This title was turned into a limited edition with the addition of a tipped-in colophon, indicating that this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by both Tyler and Evans. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912061] $60

NY, Norton, (1997). The first book by this Western writer, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with blurbs by William Kittredge, John Dufresne, Thom Jones and others. Laid in is an autograph note signed by the author. [#012067] $20

NY, Knopf, 1982. The second of his humorous books featuring writer Henry Bech, an Updike alter-ego. Signed by the author. Trace foredge foxing; else fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with two tiny tears to the crown. [#030201] SOLD

(NY), (New York Quarterly), (1973). An issue of the magazine, printing Updike's poem for the first time and made into a limited edition by means of a rubber-stamp. Of a total edition of 483 copies, this is copy number 334 of 457 numbered copies signed by Updike at his contribution. Fine in wrappers. [#030279] SOLD

(Cleveland), Bits Press, (1980). Copy number 165 of a total edition of 185 copies, signed by the author. The first 50 copies were on handmade paper, so this is copy number 165 of 185 copies on Beckett Early American paper. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers and with the publisher's oversized brown envelope with ecru strings. [#030193] SOLD

Northridge, Lord John, 1979. Of a total edition of 375 copies, this is copy number 109 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Foxing to top edge, else fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#030189] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2006. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ warm regards to a faithful book-buyer/ Cheers,/ John Updike." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030274] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1978. A novel about an African political coup, a sharp break from his usual focus on middle- and upper middle-class suburban Americans. Inscribed by the author. Trace foxing to edge of text block, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a blue stripe across the lower edges from a jacket protector. [#030183] SOLD

(Layton), (Peregrine/Gibbs Smith), (1991). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], "with many thanks." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. [#032222] SOLD

Holyoke, Crossroads Press, (1993). Of an edition of 300 copies, this is a Publisher's Copy ("PC"), signed by Vachss and by Joe R. Lansdale and Neal Barrett, Jr. Stamp of another author inside the front cover; fine in stapled wrappers. [#031149] SOLD

Huntington Beach, Cahill, 1994. A limited edition. Of a total edition of 150 copies, this is #91 of 124 numbered copies signed by the author, the illustrator Phil Parks, and Walter Satterthwait, who provides an introduction. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#913458] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (1995). The sixth Neil Hamel mystery novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024232] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1990). The second Neil Hamel mystery. Signed by the author. Lower corners bumped; near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913456] $35

(NY), HarperCollins, (1993). The fifth mystery featuring Albuquerque attorney and investigator Neil Hamel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024231] $60

(NY), HarperCollins, (1991). Her third mystery featuring Neil Hamel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024229] $70

(NY), HarperCollins, (1992). The fourth Neil Hamel mystery. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024230] SOLD

(St. Paul), Graywolf Press, (1992). Poetry by the Chilean poet and artist; inscribed to a Native American poet. A few erasures in margins; still fine in wrappers. [#025792] SOLD

Normal/NY, Illinois State University/Fiction Collective, (1987). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of his second novel, about a tribal trickster who becomes a teacher in China, contending with socialist regimentation and Chinese bureaucracy, with hilarious results. Winner of the 1986 Illinois State University/Fiction Collective Award and the 1988 American Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine. [#025799] SOLD

Hanover, Wesleyan University Press, (1997). Eleven interrelated stories that comprise "An Almost Browne Novel." Browne is a crossblood trickster storyteller, who first appeared in Vizenor's fiction in the 1980s. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025802] $20

Hanover, Wesleyan University Press, (1991). A collection of "crossblood stories" by "the supreme ironist among American Indian writers of the twentieth century" (N. Scott Momaday). This is the scarce hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#025800] $30

(London), Andre Deutsch, (1990). The first book in his ambitious Seven Dreams series, a project that attempts to remythologize, through fiction, the history of North America. Signed by the author. Toning to page edges and one slight corner tap; very near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912141] SOLD

(Brooklyn), Hanging Loose Press, (1985). Poems and short prose. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#914353] $35

Garden City, Doubleday, 1976. An account of the making of the popular TV soap opera, All My Children, and because of the popularity of the show one of Wakefield's best-loved books, albeit not one of his most well-known in the literary community. Inscribed by the author. Tiny nick to the cloth at the spine crown; fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice copy of a cheaply-made 1970s Doubleday book. [#013026] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1968). An extended essay on the cultural and political polarization of the country taking place at that time, centered around the different postures toward the war. An expanded version of an essay that first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. [#013023] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1966. Her first collection of poems to be published by a mainstream trade publisher. Signed by the author with a small drawing on the title page. Rear hinge starting; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#000346] SOLD

Los Angeles, Black Sparrow, 1969. The second installment of her Greed sequence, and an early Black Sparrow Press book. One of 150 numbered hardcover copies signed by the author. Very slight sunning to boards; else fine in a rubbed, acetate dust jacket. [#004900] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914359] SOLD

Louisville, Sarabande, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916963] $35

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987). Inscribed by the author in 1995. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a shallow crease at the lower edge. [#022247] SOLD

Ames, Iowa State University Press, (1990). Signed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914360] SOLD

(NY), Warner, (1993). His second novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024242] $40

London, Doubleday, (2000). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916968] $35

(London), Macmillan, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913476] $35

NY, St. Martin's, 1993. The first American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#009548] SOLD

Dallas, Pressworks, (1980). Of a total edition of 376 copies, this is an unnumbered copy, though still signed by Warren and the illustrator Bill Komodore (although the volume does not appear to be illustrated). Laid in is the musical score by Alex Haieff, which is unsigned. Fine. [#007239] SOLD

London, Virago, 2006. The limited edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase, still shrink-wrapped. [#915677] $60

(Minneapolis), Milkweed Editions, (1993). His highly praised, award-winning novel. Signed by the author. This one has the creasing on the pastedown; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#014690] SOLD

(Minneapolis), Milkweed Editions, (1993). A review copy of his highly praised, award-winning novel. Inscribed by the author. The front flyleaf bears the impression of a crease; otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. [#006634] SOLD

NY, MSS Information, (1973). Writings selected by Weiss. Inscribed by Weiss to Peter Matthiessen, "with high regard," and adding, "Your 'At Play [in the Fields of] the Lord' should have been included - mea culpa." Matthiessen has marked several passages in the text. Sunned and foxed; very good in wrappers. [#032235] SOLD

NY, Doubleday, 2000. His last novel, published to great critical acclaim. Welch was knighted by France in 2000 for his service to French culture through his literary works; this novel depicts a Sioux Indian with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show who is stranded in Marseilles and has to make his way in the French society of the late 19th century. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912876] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1990). His fourth novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912878] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1994). Welch's first book of nonfiction, a retelling and reimagining of the Custer myth and the Battle of Little Bighorn, from the Indian perspective. Stekler is a documentary filmmaker, and he and Welch collaborated on the script for "The Last Stand," which was nominated for an Emmy Award. Signed by Welch. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912879] SOLD

(NY), Burgin/New Directions, (2013). Inscribed by Werner. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032236] SOLD

London, Hutchinson, (1966). The third novel by this prolific writer, this being the correct first edition, preceding its U.S. publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the lamination separated along the front spine fold. Signed by the author. [#000361] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1971. A review copy of this novel, which includes as an afterword an interview between West and publisher George Plimpton about the book. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#000365] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1976). A fictional sequel to Words for a Deaf Daughter. Warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication, with a quote from Kafka's Great Wall of China. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#000370] SOLD

London, Gollancz, 1971. A novel, the sequel to Alley Jaggers, following the same family. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#000363] SOLD

(NY), (Harper & Row), (1970). A review copy of this novel, the sequel to Alley Jaggers. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one small spot of rubbing on the front panel. [#000364] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1970). A review copy of the first American edition of this volume of nonfiction about the author's struggles to comprehend and come to terms with his daughter's deafness and brain damage. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. This title was reprinted some 20 years after the original edition. [#000362] SOLD

(n.p.), Apparently Self-Published, (1978). Poetry. Rust to the staples, otherwise near fine in stapled wrappers. Stapled to the front cover is a typed letter signed to Peter Matthiessen. [#032237] $40

NY, Knopf, 1981. His second novel, a moving story of a man coming to grips with the death of his father, which was made into a movie. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915689] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1989). The simultaneous issue in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine. [#916986] $35

NY, Henry Holt, (1989). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916985] $65

NY, Knopf, 1985. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915692] $35

NY, Knopf, 1984. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915691] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1987). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with press release laid in. [#915693] $40

(Port Jefferson), (Street Press), (1978). Copy number 15 of 50 hors de commerce copies, handsewn, numbered and signed by the author, of a total edition of 250. Additionally, this copy is inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "who has been a good friend, here and there and in many ways." Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#032238] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1989). Inscribed by the author in Washington, D.C. in the month of publication: "Dear J.D. - my first edition for one J.D., this other J... D..... from its author, with much affection." Signed by the author on the facing page, where she has drawn an inscribed copy of the book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916991] $35

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, very lightly edgeworn dust jacket. [#915703] $35

NY, Putnam, (1982). Inscribed by the author to the publisher of the Palaemon Press. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a shallow vertical crease to the spine. [#914370] $40

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1992). A poetry collection that was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Inscribed by the author in 1996. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#022600] $30

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1988). A collection of poems published the year after he won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry, for Flesh and Blood. Williams also won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Inscribed by the author in 1996. Upper corners tapped; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny corner chip. [#022598] SOLD

(NY/Frankfort), Truck/Gnomon, (1979). Truck 21. A celebration of Williams' 50th birthday, with contributions by Russell Banks, Hayden Carruth, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Robert Kelly, Denise Levertov, and many others. Inscribed by Williams. Fine in wrappers. [#002044] SOLD

(London), Picador, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915706] SOLD

(London), Picador, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915707] SOLD

NY, Macmillan, 1961. A novel of Leah, New Hampshire, the fictional town in which most of Williams' stories and novels are set. Signed by the author in 1984. A fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket with very light dust-soiling to the rear, white panel; else fine. A very nice copy of this novel by an author who was co-winner of the National Book Award in 1975 and was a longtime friend of, and influence on, such younger New England writers as John Irving and Andre Dubus. [#011350] SOLD

NY, Penguin, 2005. A well-received coming of age memoir by an editor of McSweeney's Quarterly, who grew up in a super-rich, socially elite family in San Francisco and then traveled the world with his mother after his parents' divorce having a range of experiences of the sort only available to the upper echelon of society, and largely unintelligible to the young boy. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket rubbed at the edges and the folds. [#032682] SOLD

Arlington Hts, Dark Harvest, 1990. Copy 423 of 500 copies signed by the author and by Stephen Gervais. Fine in a fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase. [#031166] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2000. Copy 595 of 750 copies signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031157] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2002. An unnumbered, out-of-series copy of 750 copies, still signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031158] SOLD

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1977). Poetry by the author of Beyond the Bedroom Wall and What I'm Going to Do, I Think, among others. Inscribed by the author on the day of publication. Fine in a near fine, mildly edge-sunned dust jacket. [#020972] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1992. A collection of related personal essays by the author of The Duke of Deception, among others. Inscribed by Wolff to another writer "with so much admiration." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#023650] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. His fourth book and second collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace rubbing to the flap folds. [#915716] $60

NY, Knopf, 1996. The limited advance edition consisting of the title story only. One of 1500 copies signed by the author. Hardbound; fine without dust jacket, as issued, in publisher's wraparound sleeve. [#915725] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1996. A collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. This is the full collection, not the limited advance edition that printed only the title story. [#915724] $50

(London), Bloomsbury, (1996). The first separate appearance of this story, published as a Bloomsbury Quid. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915726] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917028] $45

NY, Knopf, 2006. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915735] $35

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1990. His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with jacket blurbs by James Lee Burke, Larry Brown, Lewis Nordan and others. [#915737] SOLD

Columbia, University of Missouri, (1994). Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915738] SOLD

Candia, John LeBow, 2000. A story by Yarbrough, with an introduction by novelist John Dufresne. The wrappered issue. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. [#016434] $20

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1971). Warmly inscribed by the author. Near fine in wrappers. [#032589] $20

NY, Knopf, 1983. Inscribed by the author: "Hi again, ___, with my fingers crossed for your work & marriage, in fond hopes that your life will never be like Alexandra's." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915744] $35

NY, Norton, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912888] $35