E-list # 121

London, Harvill, (2001). The first British edition of this collection of stories, which was published in the U.S. in 2002. Signed by the author on the title page, and with a bookplate signed by the author laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912521] SOLD

NY, Vintage, (1996). The first Vintage Contemporaries printing of his 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers, with reading group guide laid in. [#914970] $35

NY, A&W, (1982). Stories of one night stands and other transient acts. Signed by Ford at his contribution. Also contains "Other People's Dreams" by John Irving, one of the few Irving short stories not to have later been incorporated into a novel. With additional stories by Joy Williams, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Doris Betts and others. An important anthology, which provides the first book appearances for a number of stories by important contemporary writers. Fine in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket. [#912534] SOLD

(NY), (Granta), (2000). Signed by Ford at his contribution. Fine in wrappers. [#914992] $35

(NY), (Newsweek), 1981. An essay about major league ballparks. Signed by Ford. Fine. [#914985] $50

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1987). A review copy of his fourth book, first collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket lightly tapped at the crown. Publisher's press release and author photo laid in. [#912540] $40

NY, Knopf, 2006. A review copy of Ford's sequel to Independence Day. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket and with a thick packet of promotional material. [#912547] $40

London, Harvill Press, (2001). The first separate appearance of this story, which first appeared in The New Yorker and is here published as an advance reading excerpt from the collection A Multitude of Sins, with small textual variations from the final, published version. No comparable U.S. issue. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#914980] SOLD

London, Collins Harvill, 1990. The first British hardcover edition of his fifth book, a novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. It has been reported that there were only 600 copies of this title printed in the U.K., although we don't know how reliable that figure is. [#912563] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1997. The first trade edition of this collection of three novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#014468] SOLD

London, Harvill, (1997). The first British edition of this collection of three novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#006927] SOLD

NY, Bantam, (1986). Signed by the author in the month prior to publication. Paperback; fine. [#917048] $55

NY, Putnam, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911534] $35

(London), Sceptre, (1997). The first British edition of his first book, a Civil War novel that won the National Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915004] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1995). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914488] $35

(London), Hamish Hamilton, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Also signed by a "ferry girl," as mentioned on page 28 of the text. With two photos of the ferry girl at work laid in. [#915005] $50

Urbana, U. of Illinois, (1971). The author's first book, a collection of stories from the 1960s, touching on various issues of the time. Fine in a near fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#012146] $20

NY, Random House, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional postcard laid in. [#915008] $35

London, Chatto & Windus, 1973. The first British edition of his first book, a novel of bodybuilding in the New South that became Arnold Schwarzenegger's first major film release. The film also starred Jeff Bridges and Sally Field. Inscribed by Gaines in 1976. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#007396] SOLD

NY, Ace, (1996). Lengthily inscribed by the author. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket with an anti-theft device on verso. [#030585] $20

Dallas, Press Works Publishing, (1981). A literary magazine edited by Gardner and L.M. Rosenberg, with an introduction by Gardner. Issued in a hardcover edition of 250 supposedly numbered copies and 26 lettered copies reserved for the use of the editors and publisher. This copy is not lettered but has "Compliments of the Publisher" written on the colophon and is signed by Gardner and Rosenberg. Minor foxing; very good in a very good, chipped, original acetate dustwrapper. [#010589] SOLD

NY, Riverhead Books, 1999. A review copy of the first American edition of the author's second book. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with publisher's promotional material laid in. [#018915] SOLD

(London), Viking, (1998). The hardcover issue of the author's second book, which was issued simultaneously in paperback, with the hardcover reportedly having a first printing of only 1000 copies. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914005] $50

Chapel Hill, U. of North Carolina Press, (1961). Third poetry collection by Garrett, longtime head of the writers' program at Hollins College. Inscribed by the author. A very good copy in a fair, tape-repaired dust jacket splitting along the spine folds. [#001481] SOLD

NY, Scribner's, (1957). The first book, a collection of stories, by a prolific writer who influenced a generation of students that passed through the Hollins College writing program, including Annie Dillard, Lee Smith and Madison Smartt Bell. Inscribed by the author: "For ____ with love, hope & faith/ this early effort" and signed "George Garrett." Mild offsetting to endpages; else fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket with slight edge wear. [#028918] SOLD

(Springfield), Gauntlet, 2000. Issued in an edition of 350 copies, this is a Publisher's Copy ("PC" on the colophon), signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030587] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2004. First thus, a limited edition. One of 1000 copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030590] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1970. His third book, and first book of nonfiction. 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." [#010594] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1991. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916196] $35

NY, Knopf, 1999. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913567] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (2002). His first novel. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915014] $35

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, (1973). His first novel. Inscribed by the author: "For ___, Good to see you again, Dan Gerber/ Sept. 1989." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915019] $40

(Port Townsend), Copper Canyon Press, (2007). Signed by the author. Additionally inscribed By Gerber to noted book collector Bruce Kahn in the year of publication, expressing gratitude for Kahn's support of Copper Canyon Press. Fine in wrappers. [#916202] $35

Livingston, Clark River Press, (1990). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen, "with my gratitude for his work and with best wishes." Dated in the year of publication. Near fine in wrappers. [#031905] SOLD

Fremont, Sumac, (1978). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen. A fine copy of the issue in wrappers. [#031906] SOLD

East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, (1999). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 2001. Fine in wrappers. With an autograph letter signed laid in asking for a blurb for his next book, A Second Life. [#031907] SOLD

(Port Townsend), Copper Canyon Press, (1978). A collection of poems, one of 1000 copies in wrappers of a total edition of 1100 copies. Inscribed by the author to poet Linda Gregg. Fine. [#001482] $20

NY, Scribner's, 1944. Inscribed by the author. Very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. [#010598] $20

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, (1987). Her highly acclaimed first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and was awarded a special citation by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. It was also selected in London as one of the 20 best novels of the 20th century, and has become a classic coming-of-age novel and a part of the canon, frequently being combined on school reading lists with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Catcher in the Rye. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029655] SOLD

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1993. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen. Very good in wrappers, with a National Book Award Finalist sticker. [#031911] $20

NY, Grove Weidenfeld, (1990). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913582] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914016] $35

(NY), Viking, (2002). A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with press release and promotional material laid in. [#914017] $60

Boston, Little Brown, (1983). Her second book, first novel. Signed by the author. Remainder dot bottom page edges and some associated smudging there; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#017098] $30

Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, (1998). A collection of essays, illustrated with photographs. Includes a partial bibliography of the author's works. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025497] SOLD

London, Secker & Warburg, (1967). A collection of this British sportswriter's pieces, inscribed by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. [#010610] $20

NY, Summit, (1985). First novel by the author of the nonfiction classic 365 Days. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "in hopes that you and your fellow Marines (the Band of Brothers) will never have to go through anything like this." Recipient's name on front flyleaf with inscription. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#031203] SOLD

(London), (Hodder & Stoughton)/Sceptre, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916209] SOLD

NY, Overlook/Rookery, (2007). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912599] $35

(NY), Signet, (1999). Signed by the author. With a typed letter signed by Goingback laid in, explaining he is giving out several copies of his book as holiday gifts. The book is fine in wrappers; the letter is folded to fit within. [#030597] SOLD

(Rocklin), Prima Publishing, (1997). 25 scene of the crime mysteries, with solutions. Inscribed by the author. Stamp of another author inside the front cover. Slight curl to book; very near fine in wrappers. [#030920] SOLD

London, Macmillan, (1969). Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Cloth mottled; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#022706] $20

NY, Walker, (2011). Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031915] SOLD

(NY), Dial, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915029] $35

Philadelphia/NY, Pilgrim Press/Knopf, 1970. Review copy of this thick book, styled in some measure after the groundbreaking Whole Earth Catalog -- i.e., a large-format softcover publication that is a combination compendium, guide, resource reference, etc. for the counterculture. Includes contributions by Ginsberg, Kesey, Chomsky, Levertov, DiPrima, and many, many others. Inscribed by the compiler. Quarto, wrappers; spine-creased, minor sunning; near fine. [#007496] SOLD

London, Gollancz, 1960. A collection of stories and a novella. Signed by the author. Owner name and contemporary date front flyleaf, small ding to upper board edge; near fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with a chip to the spine base, with loss of the publisher's name and part of the logo. [#028434] $70

London, Gollancz, 1965. A collection of stories by the South African Nobel Prize winner, her seventh book to be published outside her native country. The U.K. edition is the true first. Signed by the author. Tape shadows to endpages from previous jacket protector; thus only near fine in a very good, spine-sunned dust jacket with dampstaining to the lower edge and tape shadows to the flaps and verso. Small set of ink numbers to lower front flap. [#028435] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2002. Issued in an edition of 750 copies, this copy is unnumbered but is signed by the authors. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030599] SOLD

NY, Da Capo Press, (1998). First thus: originally published in 1990 and republished here with one minor textual emendation. Inscribed by Gottlieb to a well-known film director. Covers splayed; near fine in wrappers. [#026728] $20

NY, Random House, (1952). Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. [#010618] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1963. A short novel, inscribed by the author and additionally signed by him. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. [#010617] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (2006). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], "with friendship, admiration & fond memories of Pelee Island and the Connecticut warbler. And vague memories of the tequila." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031918] SOLD

(NY), Warner, (1994). His first book, a quirky novel of a street person that was the surprise winner of an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. Made into a movie in 2001, although the novel's cross-genre aspirations failed to translate comfortably to the screen. Signed by the author: "For one who fathoms the true nature of Z-rays -- / George Dawes Green." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#022920] SOLD

Louisville, Toushstone, (1971). Inscribed by the author to an interviewer, in the year of publication. Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#031205] SOLD

NY, Macmillan, (1987). A novel by one of the great American "women of letters" -- novelist, biographer, critic, essayist, memoirist -- and a proto-feminist author, who wrote about women's issues and perspectives before the term "feminist" had even come into use. Inscribed by Grumbach to the former President of the University of Iowa and later Dartmouth College and his wife "in true friendship" in November, 1986 -- i.e., two months prior to publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Long blurb by Cynthia Ozick on the rear panel. [#021973] SOLD

NY, Putnam, (2005). Copyright date states 2005, but likely published January, 2006. Signed by the author in the month of publication . Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915039] $35

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1988. A section of Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, issued as a limited edition before that book came out. One of 1000 copies, of a total edition of 1026. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers, with illustrations by Gurganus. [#913082] SOLD

(Rocky Mount), North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, 1993. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket, as issued. [#913085] SOLD

London, Cape, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915040] SOLD

San Francisco, Momo's Press, 1981. An early book by the Filipino-American author of Dogeaters, among other well-received books. Stories, poems and prose poems. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to another poet. Rubbing to the spine folds; minor wear. Near fine. A good association copy. [#028437] SOLD

Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon, 1986. Fourth book of poetry. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#001538] $20

Boston, Branden Press, (1975). Personal account by a Navy doctor who was serving in the Western Pacific in 1964, and who took part in the battle of the Tonkin Gulf. The author's introductory note explains that he wrote most of the book shortly after the events occurred, in 1964 and 1965, then re-edited the book into its final form in 1970. With a full-page inscription by the author, in part: "West Pac is a whole lot funnier than I am right now." Very good in a very good dust jacket with internal tape mends. [#031206] SOLD

NY/Chicago, Thunder's Mouth Press, (1983). The simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication. Rubbed at the folds and with a few light corner creases; still about near fine. [#002409] SOLD

Urbana, U. of Illinois Press, (1971). His second collection of poems. This is the hardcover issue, signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with slight wear near the spine base. [#000140] SOLD

Urbana, U. of Illinois Press, (1975). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author in 1976 and additionally inscribed. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#000145] SOLD

London, Doubleday, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916253] $35

NY, Hyperion, (1996). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031927] SOLD

NY, Hyperion, 1995. A well-received first novel of the "new Montana," written by the daughter of novelist and poet Jim Harrison. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with blurbs by Peter Matthiessen, James Crumley, Rick Bass, and others. [#015595] SOLD

NY, Random House, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914088] $35

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2003). Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916262] $35

NY, Talese/Doubleday, (2002). His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915069] SOLD

(Tulsa), (Cardinal Press), (1982). A collection of poetry, illustrated by Hauptman and with an introduction by Meridel LeSueur. Inscribed by the author to the poet Jay Wright: "Listen to this hiss and roar -- undulating fury of the dance." Only issued in wrappers; fine. [#014490] SOLD

(NY), Warner, (1990). An inscribed copy of Dead Voices, with the author's business card and a Compliments of the Author card laid in. The inscription is dated in November; there is also a humorous autograph letter signed laid in, dated four months prior, on Hautala's stationery. The letter is folded to fit into the book, else fine; the book is near fine and has the recipient's stamp inside the front cover. [#030606] SOLD

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 1999. Number 454 of 500 copies signed by the author with an added skull, and by Glen Chadbourne the illustrator and by Matthew J. Costello, who provides the afterword. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030604] SOLD

Baltimore, CD Publications, 1996. Copy 384 of 500 copies signed by the author with an added skull. Fine in a fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase. [#030605] SOLD

(NY), Warner, (1989). Copy number 34 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author for The Overlook Connection. This colophon is laid into the book; the book itself is also inscribed by the author in 1990. Hautala's business card laid in. Near fine in the publisher's near fine slipcase, which fits a bit too snugly. [#030607] SOLD

(Oberlin), Cleveland State U., (1976). Advance review copy of the author's first book written in English. Inscribed by the author in 1979. Very good in wrappers. [#001560] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1984). Second novel by the poet and author of When the Tree Sings, this novel taking place in the author's native Greece, in the years immediately following the Second World War. Warmly inscribed by the author to a well-known poet in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#012845] $20

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1979). A novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, and inscribed by the author in the year of publication, with a small illustration. [#001561] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2002. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914092] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914093] $35

(Minneapolis), New Rivers Press, 1996. The limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914096] $35

Garden City, Doubleday, 1978. Warmly inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#000158] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1975. A review copy of her third novel. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket, with review slip laid in. [#000156] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1976. Review copy. Warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication, alluding to her appearing in the recipient's book -- a collection of authors' self-caricatures he published in 1976. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#000157] $20

(NY), Soho, (1994). A complimentary copy of the first edition, sent to booksellers. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional sheet laid in. [#916270] $65

Fremont, Sumac Press, (1972). The author's first book, a collection of poems. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author of a total hardcover edition of 126. Additionally inscribed by Heller to poet Cid Corman, whose accession notation is written at the bottom of the front endpaper: "For Cid/ I've tried to make the book/ justify its last three lines. I hope/ you enjoy, are moved, by some of this.../ with friendship, respect & love./ Mike." The last three lines of the book read: "for the otherness is beautiful/ and terror and delight/ in the same moment flood the heart." Cloth mottled; about very good in a near fine dust jacket, designed by Heller. A nice association. [#001572] SOLD

(NY), Viking, (1996). Signed by Helprin. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917050] $35

(London), Picador, (2000). The first book, a collection of stories, by a writer from Sarajevo for whom English is a second language. The U.K. edition is the first English language edition, preceding the U.S. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915088] SOLD

NY, Talese, (1995). His first book, a novel. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, whose blurb appears on the jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027623] $20