E-list # 121

Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, (1989). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913790] $35

Fernie, Oolichan, 2012. Warmly inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 2013. Brett's address label on half title; covers splayed; very good in wrappers. [#031833] SOLD

NY, Pantheon, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915954] $35

NY, Atheneum, 1972. His third book, first collection of stories. Inscribed by the author in 1977. After this book, Brodeur began writing a series of hard-hitting nonfiction books, beginning with an expose of industrial accidents and continuing with controversial and influential books on the asbestos industry, microwave technology, and a New England Indian tribe's land claims case. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#020615] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1963). The first book by this New Yorker writer and the author of The Stunt Man, among others. Inscribed by the author in 1977. Fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with a smudge on the front panel. [#020612] SOLD

NY, Stein & Day, (1973). A nonfiction account of veterans recuperating from Vietnam in a hospital ward for amputees near San Francisco Bay. Inscribed by the author and also inscribed by several characters in the book, including the Chaplain, an important and ongoing presence. Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#031190] SOLD

Columbia, American Audio Prose Library, 1995. A single cassette tape, 90 minutes. Fine in a fine case, which has been signed by Brown. [#912270] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1989). The first paperback edition of his first book, a collection of stories. Brown, from Mississippi, was the first writer to twice win the Southern Book Award, the major literary award given out by the Southern Book Critics Circle. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912281] $60

NY, Knopf, 1984. A novel of the early Sixties and the Civil Rights Movement, which won the Kafka Award for the best novel by an American woman in 1984. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket. [#912300] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, (1976). Her third book and first novel. Signed by the author in 1984. Boards lightly edge-sunned, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a couple spots of rubbing. [#912305] $40

NY, Norton, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914803] $35

NY, Dial Books, (1997). A well-received autobiography that is also a memoir of the author's grandfather, in which the author traces the circuitous and often searing path to discovering his Native American heritage. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author. [#016562] SOLD

(Amsterdam), (De Kiva), (1989). A review of Bruchac's work, in Dutch, inscribed to Joseph Bruchac, with a few translator's notes expressing that the review is positive. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#016568] SOLD

(Austin), Cold Mountain, (1978). A collection of poems, with illustrations by Kahonhes (John Fadden), a Mohawk artist. This is the issue in wrappers. Signed by the author with the inscription "Peace" and his typical Kokopilli drawing. Very slight spine-sunning; else fine in wrappers. [#025365] SOLD

Austin, Cold Mountain, 1975. One of 700 trade copies in wrappers, of a total edition of 1000. According to the colophon, these were distributed free to Patrons of the Cold Mountain Press. Although not called for, this copy is signed by the author at the end of the text. Fine. [#002227] $20

(Austin), Cold Mountain Press, (1978). A novel by Bruchac, his second. Apparently only issued in wrappers. Slight spine rubbing, else fine. Signed by the author. [#025363] $20

Austin, Cold Mountain Press, (1979). A single short story, printed as a limited edition -- one of 300 copies signed by the author and the book's designer and printer, David Holman. A very attractive and an uncommon edition. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#002233] SOLD

Memphis, Ion Books, (1986). Of a total edition of 750 copies, this is one of 25 copies numbered and signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers and dustwrapper. An attractive and uncommon chapbook. [#025369] $30

Duluth, Holy Cow! Press, 1992. The first published collection of this Abenaki author's original short stories. This is the issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to another Native American writer "whose work has always been an inspiration, whose friendship has been a blessing." Near fine in wrappers. [#025371] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (2001). The first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914433] SOLD

(Cambridge), (Peabody Museum Press), (1961). Photographs by Rockefeller; text by Curator Kevin Bubriski; foreword by Robert Gardner. Signed by Bubriski and inscribed by Gardner to Peter [Matthiessen]. Mild foxing; near fine in self-wrappers. [#032255] SOLD

NY, Picador, (1999). Inscribed by the author, who has added "I've told you a thousand times!" under the title. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913543] $35

(London), Orion, (2000). The first British edition of this Robicheaux novel, which preceded the U.S. edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with an introductory price sticker on the front panel. [#912981] $35

NY, Reynal & Company, (1956). A travelogue by the author of the popular Catfish Bend series of children's books. Inscribed by Burman and his wife, Alice Caddy, who provides the illustrations. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear at the spine ends. A bit of midcentury Americana from the era before the Interstate highway system and, from this vantage point in time, virtually another country altogether. [#010467] SOLD

(Toronto), HarperFlamingo, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915962] $40

(NY), New Directions, (1976). His fourth volume of fiction, but only his second to be published in this country. Inscribed by the author to a well-known author and critic: "To Richard Gilman/ with devoted admiration -/ Frederick Busch." Pages faintly acidified, else fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#019670] SOLD

(NY), New Directions, (1974). The hardcover issue of his third book, and first to be published in this country. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine, mildly edge-toned dust jacket. [#020630] SOLD

NY, Horizon, (1983). His third novel, set in New Mexico during the development of the atomic bomb. A fast-paced story and an intellectual adventure of high order. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, mildly rubbed dust jacket. [#014399] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1985. His fourth book, a moving novel of the Vietnam war that bears the characteristics of a Grail quest, and was one of our choices as among the ten best literary works on the Vietnam war. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912991] SOLD

NY, Horizon, (1982). The second novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain. This novel is a thriller set in the northern Alaskan wilderness that is both a highly readable page-turner and a powerful novel of ideas. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with, as usual, a slight bit of rubbing. [#014397] SOLD

NY, Horizon, (1981). The first book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing and two pinholes at the front flap fold. [#912987] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1989). His sixth novel, about a half-Vietnamese boy growing up in the streets of New York in the '80s. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912993] $35

London, London Limited Editions, (1992). One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a near fine glassine dustwrapper. [#913547] SOLD

London, Chatto & Windus, (1992). Two novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911410] $35

London, Chatto & Windus, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911414] $35

London, Chatto & Windus, (1991). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911409] SOLD

Orlando, Harcourt, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915963] $35

NY, McBride, 1934. The limited edition, one of 153 numbered copies signed by the author as "Branch Cabell," during the time in his career when he was trying to distinguish his later works from the earlier works that comprise the Biography of Manuel. Front endpages splitting at hinge, light wear to cloth extremities; near fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#010476] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913813] $35

NY, Putnam, (1992). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913811] $40

Round Top, Munster/(Footsteps Press), (1985). Inscribed by the author. Stamp of another author inside front cover. Fine in stapled wrappers with publisher's prospectus laid in. [#030520] SOLD

NY, Doubleday, (1994). His first book, a highly praised collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with blurbs by Harry Crews, Ann Beattie, Padgett Powell and Joy Williams. [#014408] $20

NY, Doubleday, (1999). Inscribed by Canty to fellow writer Steve Krauzer, "25 years later in Missoula." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027798] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1997). A review copy of this novel by a writer who was one of the founders of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, whose blurb appears on the jacket: "with inexpressible thanks for your faith and kind words and with lots of love from your devoted fan and friend." Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publicity material laid in. [#027560] SOLD

(London), Bloomsbury, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with erratum slip laid in. [#911430] $40

(Milsons Point), Knopf, (2006). The first Australian edition. Signed by the author. Light corner taps; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915973] $35

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, (1991). The limited American edition of this novel, first published in Australia. Signed by Carey, and with an special introduction by him in which he attempts to draw a clear delineation between author and character. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#911423] $50

London, Faber and Faber, (1994). The first British edition of this novel by the two-time Booker Prize winner. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one short tear at the lower rear spine fold. [#014409] $20

NY, Chapin, (2010). A handmade limited edition: Copy 6 of 125 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by Carlson to the author Peter Matthiessen [as "Roshi"], "with gratitude." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031844] SOLD

Chicago, Big Table, (1971). The simultaneous wrappered edition of this book of poems written in celebration of the birth of his first child. Inscribed by the author to Australian poet and literary editor Thomas Shapcott. Near fine. [#023737] $30

NY, Picador, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914823] SOLD

(London), Serpent's Tail, (1997). The first book by this African American writer, a mystery novel. This British edition is the true first, preceding the American. Warmly inscribed by the author to a well-known poet with "much love, as ever" and signed "Charlotte." Carter has gone on to write a series of well-received mystery novels. Tiny ink dot to foredge; still fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#028402] SOLD

(London), Harvill, (1991). A posthumous collection, edited by William Stull and with a foreword by Tess Gallagher. This is the true first edition; it came out in the U.S. the following year as a paperback original in the Vintage Contemporaries series. This copy is signed by the editor, William Stull. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912331] SOLD

NY, Atheneum, 1977. His highly praised first book, which was called by The New York Times Book Review "the best novel of the year." Signed by the author. Foxing to top edge of text block; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#915979] $55

Northridge, Lord John Press, 1995. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is number 47 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#915980] SOLD

NY, Doherty, (2006). The author's second book, a literary thriller of the neo-noir variety. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, whose blurb appears on the front cover, "with gratitude and joy." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027570] SOLD

NY, Anchor, (2001). Signed by the author. Tiny nick to corner of spine crown; still fine in wrappers. [#913830] $50

Tempe, Bilingual Press, (1990). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Very faint degree of spine sunning; else fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket, as issued. [#913826] $50

Binghampton, Bilingual Press, (1986). The hardcover issue of her first novel (after several poetry books). An epistolary novel for which the author proposes three different routes through the text, none of them in strict conformance with a straight reading. Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket, as issued. [#913825] $60

NY, Random House, (1989). Her first novel. Inscribed by the author to the writer Robert Stone and his wife, in part: "I was glad to almost meet you the other night..." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027571] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915982] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1969). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031227] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1971). Inscribed by the author: "For ___/ with affection/ (this is my favorite book)." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031229] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1967). A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket, with review slip laid in. [#031226] SOLD

NY, Harper Row, (1967). Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031225] SOLD

(n.p.), Cottonwood Press, 2005. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Near fine in self-wrappers. [#031850] $20

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1987. By general consensus, Chatwin's best book -- a "novel of ideas," as the publisher puts it, of Australian aborigines, and the questions about man that arise from the vast gulf that separates the culture of contemporary, Western civilized man from that of the wandering tribes of Australia, whose "dream tracks" or "songlines" delineate both a physical and a psychic geography. The correct first American edition, published by the Franklin Library for subscribers as part of their Signed First Editions series. An attractively designed book, in black leather stamped in brown and gold, in a pattern suggestive of the Australian aborigines' "songlines" that give the book its title. With a special introduction for this edition, which does not appear anywhere else. Signed by the author. Chatwin's signature is uncommon; reclusive while alive, he died three years after the publication of this book, at the age of 49. Fine, in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. [#004547] $40

(London), HarperCollins, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913836] $35

(Sparta), Twilight, 1994. Warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author. Also inscribed by Stephen Bissette, the illustrator, with an added drawing. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030524] SOLD

NY, Pantheon, (1974). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in the year of publication, "with friendly greetings." Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#031855] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2000. Issued in an edition of 450 copies, this copy is a publisher's copy ("PC") and is signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030532] SOLD

(London), Viking/Penguin, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916010] SOLD

(London), Deutsch/Rapp and Whiting, (1973). Review copy of the British edition of this collection of short stories and dialogues. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "Dear ____/ This book has/ lousy misprints/ in it, damn it./ (But not my fault.)/ Regretfully,/ Marvin Cohen." [#010512] SOLD

(Los Angeles), (n.p.), (1940). A novel, co-written by a Chippewa author, that attempts to "depict the life of the Chippewa Indian of many years ago." The preface goes on to say that, "although the story itself is fictional, some of its incidents are actual happenings." Signed by both authors. Bookplate front pastedown; small hole front flyleaf; thin cracking to joint; still a near fine copy, without dust jacket. [#025406] SOLD

Camden, Down East Books, (2004). A tale by Cole of bringing in a Christmas tree; illustrated by Owens. Inscribed by Owens to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife. Cole at one time ran a charter fishing boat business with Matthiessen. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#031856] SOLD

NY, Hyperion/Talk Miramax, (2002). The first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912385] $35

(London), Puffin, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912384] SOLD

(London), Puffin, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912386] SOLD

London, Phoenix House, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#916016] $35

NY, Evans, (1989). A Western. Signed by the author. Tiny tear to the upper joint; still fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025412] $20

NY, Evans, (1988). A Western by this prolific Cherokee author. Signed by Conley. Small label removal shadow front flyleaf; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025411] $20

NY, St. Martin's Press, (1997). A novel in his "Real People" series, which tells stories of the Cherokees, reimagining their history. This book takes place in the late 1500s to the mid-1600s. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025416] SOLD

(Woodbridge), Viet Nam Generation & Burning Cities Press, (1994). White Noise Poetry Series #1, a volume of poems and short prose pieces about the Vietnam War, written by a Vietnam vet who declares that he "takes pride in having been, and continues to be, a Vietnam Veteran Against the War." VVAW was a group of veterans who banded together to express opposition to the war and later to hold a public investigation into atrocities and war crimes in Vietnam. Inscribed by the author, "I wish you peace." Owner name inside front cover; fine in wrappers, with glossary of names and terms laid in. Uncommon. [#029735] SOLD

NY, Putnam, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913865] SOLD

NY, Putnam, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913866] SOLD

NY, Bantam, (1989). The second Elvis Cole mystery, and the first to be published in hardcover in the U.S.. Cole is a Vietnam vet, and his experiences in Vietnam play a part in the series, helping to shape his character and his reactions to events. Signed by the author. Fine in a mildly-rubbed, near fine dust jacket. An early entry in this award-winning and now bestselling mystery series. [#028412] SOLD

NY, Harvard Press, [1932]. Copy number 63 of 100 copies, issued for the friends of Harvey Taylor. Signed by Taylor. One sheet, folded to make four pages. Fine. [#001356] SOLD

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, (2003). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031862] SOLD

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, (2002). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Fine in a dust jacket with a long thin slice at the middle of the rear panel, thus only very good. [#031861] SOLD

(London), (British Broadcasting Corporation), (1985). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031863] SOLD

NY, Methuen, (1979). Signed by both Crisp and the illustrator, Gahan Wilson. Bookplate of another author inside the front cover. Coffee stain lower outer corner of text block and tear at the lower front cover at the spine; about very good in wrappers. [#030917] SOLD

NY, Ballantine, (2010). His acclaimed and bestselling post-apocalyptic horror novel, about a future plague of vampires resulting from a medical experiment gone awry. The first volume in a trilogy; the second volume, The Twelve, was published in 2012. This copy has the textual misprints on pages 268-270 corrected. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the publisher's "signed copy" label on the front panel. [#029646] SOLD

(London), (Orion Books), (2010). His acclaimed and bestselling post-apocalyptic horror novel, about a future plague of vampires resulting from a medical experiment gone awry. This is the Waterstone's signed limited edition. One of a reported 5000 copies signed by the author on a tipped-in "Limited Signed First Edition" title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a Waterstone's signed copy label on the front panel. [#029647] SOLD

Ontario, CA, Silhouettes Press, (1936). Laid in is a sheaf of typescript poems by the author, with holograph annotations by her. Very good without dust jacket (as issued?) and inscribed by the author. [#010520] $20

(NY), Morrow, (2002). A mainstream novel set at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by the author of a number of highly praised, award-winning fantasy novels, including the classics Little, Big and Aegypt. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#021859] SOLD

(Cambs), Dedalus, (1996). A paperback original. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#916025] $35

(London), Picador, (2000). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#913879] $35

(Big Timber), Seven Buffaloes Press, (1978). Northern Plains Indian stories. Published in an edition of 250 copies. Inscribed by the author to a Native American poet: "For _____/ One reviewer said these were not bedtime stories. But to those who know why revenge is sweet they may give some consolation. 2/9/82. Art Cuelho." Fine in stapled wrappers. Laid in is a dual prospectus for two Seven Buffaloes titles with introductions by Cuelho: Home Valley and 99 Vintage. [#025430] SOLD

NY, Crown, (2002). A title in the Crown Journeys series, this one focusing on Provincetown, MA. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914871] $50

London, Fourth Estate, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916037] SOLD