E-list # 121

(Colorado Springs), Gauntlet, 2007. Of an edition of 1000 copies, this is a Publisher's Copy ("PC"), signed by Matheson. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031026] $30

(Colorado Springs), Gauntlet/Edge, (2002). One of 1000 copies signed by both authors. Near fine in wrappers. [#031018] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2003). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916478] $45

(NY), Avon, (1980). Inscribed by the author. Recipient's stamp inside the front cover. Near fine in wrappers. [#031032] SOLD

(NY), Viking, (2003). Kesey's writing and art from his 1967 jail time. Introduced by and signed by Ed McClanahan. Lower corners tapped, small dent to lower front board; else fine in like dust jacket. [#028782] SOLD

NY, Delacorte, (1971). Illustrated with photographs from various productions. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. [#001709] SOLD

NY, Truck Press, 1978. Of a total edition of 1026 copies, this is one of only 100 hardcover copies numbered and signed by the author. Illustrated with fold-out photographs of the production of this play, taken by Stewart Brand. Minor dust-soiling to the edges, otherwise a fine copy of this attractive production. [#001721] SOLD

NY, Dutton, (1979). Warmly inscribed by the author in the month of publication "with gratitude, both for your kindness and the home you make for writers and their books." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#007529] SOLD

(Winston-Salem), Jackpine Press, (1977). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "Peter, my friend, these poems are from my mis-spent youth. Which is, I fear, ongoing." Near fine in wrappers. [#032101] SOLD

(Thomaston), (Northwoods), (1984). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 1994: "Here's why I gave up on poems and cast my lot with fiction." Fine in wrappers. [#032102] $40

[Internet], Boldtype, (1997). A print-out of a five-page essay by McCracken on the ways we document our lives, written for an online literary magazine. This copy is signed by the author. Fine. [#914550] $35

NY, Turtle Bay Books, (1993). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914547] $40

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915318] $40

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1998). The hardcover advance edition of her fourth book, winner of the National Book Award. One of an unspecified number of copies of the first edition signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine, encased in a sleeve that states "A Special Gift for the Bookseller." [#914219] $35

Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, (1976). The second collection by this African-American poet and the first book in the Sagittarius Poetry Series, which was designed to publish "outstanding but commercially 'awkward' volumes" of poetry. Warmly inscribed by the author to another poet and his wife in 1977. Fine in a spine- and edge-sunned, near fine dust jacket. Preface by John Gardner. [#020408] $30

(NY), (I. Reed Books), (1979). The first book by this acclaimed African-American poet. Inscribed by the author to another poet in 1981. Read, rubbed; near fine in wrappers. [#023005] SOLD

Guilford, Lyons Press, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913306] $35

NY, Henry Holt, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916497] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1997). His second Kevin Kerney novel. Signed by the author. Slight crimp to crown; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024129] $45

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, (1994). The hardcover issue of this collection of stories. Inscribed by McGarry to Robert Stone and his wife: "A taste of the R.I. mainland. We're going to miss you." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027666] $20

(London), Bloomsbury, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913313] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1989). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911722] SOLD

NY, Ballantine Books, (1976). A paperback printing McGuane screenplay for this movie that starred Brando and Nicholson. Signed by McGuane. One short crease to rear spine fold; very near fine in wrappers. [#911704] $50

NY, Dutton, (1986). A collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911719] $35

NY, Knopf, 1992. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication: "For ___, with my thanks and many good wishes. Jay McInerney." Fine in a very near fine, slightly spine-faded dust jacket. [#027422] SOLD

Dublin, Seafront Press, 1972. One of 300 copies. This copy inscribed by the author to poet John Hollander in 1974. Hollander was twice nominated for the National Book Award, in 1973 and 1974. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#001731] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1991). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916507] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (2007). Inscribed by McMahon to fellow author Steve [Krauzer], "who paved the way for guys like me." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027810] $30

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916510] $55

(London), Picador, (1994). The first novel by this Irish writer, which was compared favorably to Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. Signed by McNamee. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915353] $35

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916514] $35

(NY), HarperCollins, (1994). Inscribed by McNamer to fellow author Steve [Krauzer] and his wife. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027812] $20

(NY), HarperCollins, (1991). An award-winning first novel -- "the American West from a woman's point of view" -- by a critically acclaimed Missoula, Montana author. Inscribed by the author: "For Steve [Krauzer] and Dorrit - Friends through the years - love - Dee." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#027963] SOLD

(Boston), (Emerson College), (1990). A double issue on the theme of "Confronting Racial Difference," edited by McPherson and DeWitt Henry. Includes the text of McPherson's 1990 speech "The Done Thing." Inscribed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#022061] SOLD

Bloomington, Indiana University Press, (1970). The poet's first book. Inscribed by the author to another poet in the year of publication "with love and best wishes, Sandy." Recipient's handmade bookplate on front flyleaf. Near fine, with various portions of the dust jacket clipped and pasted on the boards and endpages. [#022758] $40

NY, Ecco Press, (1983). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author to another poet in the year of publication: "For ____ -/ reunion in a church -/ our real miracles being/ in poetry." Fine, with portions of the dust jacket clipped and pasted to the boards and endpages. [#023552] SOLD

NY, Ecco Press, (1973). The second book by this award-winning poet, this being the hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author to another poet and his wife in 1974 "with love, thanks,/ and good memories." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#020424] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2011). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen, "one of the best teachers I've ever had. With respect and in complicity." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032108] $30

NY, Knopf, 1987. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916525] SOLD

NY, Grove, (2001). A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914562] $35

NY, Knopf, 1975. Inscribed by the author in 1977 to another poet, "who has befriended Hazard and his grateful friend the author." Recipient's handmade bookplate front flyleaf; a near fine copy, with the main dust jacket sections clipped and attached to the boards. A nice literary association copy. [#023011] $40

NY, Random House, (1970). The author's first novel, inscribed by him in the month after publication to another writer and his wife "with warmest regards -- and acute envy for their current year in southern France." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. [#006510] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). A mystery novel centering around an ex-Vietnam P.O.W. who commits suicide. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#031218] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "in friendship & gratitude for many books." Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with mild spine tanning and a small abrasion to the "Robert" on the spine. [#032113] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1991). Poetry. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915359] $50

(London), Bloomsbury, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916535] $35

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1997). A review copy of the first combined edition of her first two books of poetry. Signed by the author. Stamped as a review copy on the title page. Fine in wrappers. [#915368] $35

NY, Random House, (1994). The publisher's limited edition of this title, preceded by the Franklin Library edition, but presumably done in much smaller quantities than that edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#014568] SOLD

(London), Sceptre/(Hodder & Stoughton), (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916539] $55

(London), Sceptre/(Hodder & Stoughton), (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915377] $35

NY, Harper & Row, (1990). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916541] $35

NY, Knopf, 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916547] $35

NY, Harper & Row, (1986). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916540] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2003. Three novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915393] $50

(London), Flamingo/HarperCollins, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915395] SOLD

(London), Flamingo, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#913330] $35

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913331] $35

NY, Dutton, (1986). Her first book, a well-received novel that was quickly reprinted. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913332] $50

NY, Grove Press, (1996). Minot's screenplay for the well-received movie, from a Bertolucci story. Signed by Minot. Fine in wrappers, with a number of photographs from the movie. [#913336] $35

Syracuse, Syracuse University Press, (1997). First thus. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "Here's a book you might like culminating in an endangered species list and featuring another Matthiesen (minus an 's')." With an additional note to Peter tipped in, adding "if it isn't too much baggage." Near fine in wrappers. [#032116] SOLD

(NY), Delacorte Press, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916555] $35

(Willimantic), Curbstone Press, (1995). Poetry, translated by Victor Perera. The poems express the traditional values of Mayan culture and reveal the Guatemalan government's attempt to destroy the indigenous people. Montejo fled from Guatemala when his brother was killed by soldiers and his own name appeared on a death squad list. Only issued in wrappers. Fine, and signed by the author. [#016761] SOLD

(Willimantic), Curbstone Press, (1992). The first paperback edition. Mayan stories collected by an author who is half-Mayan and grew up in Jacaltenango, Guatemala, where these stories originated. This collection was called by Joseph Bruchac "easily the best and the most authentic collection encountered from Central American native traditions." Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#016760] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Signed by Moody at his contribution. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911778] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2000). The British edition, which preceded the American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket. [#911775] $35

Boston, Little Brown, (1997). Moody and Darcey Steinke edit and contribute to this collection of essays on The New Testament. Other contributors include Madison Smartt Bell, Jeffrey Eugenides, Lydia Davis, Barry Hannah, Ann Patchett and Joanna Scott, among others. Signed by Moody and Steinke. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911767] SOLD

Santa Monica, Danger Books, (1999). Virtually a novella in the form of a book dealer's catalog. Moody has created a hilarious and touching self-contained world where the values accorded to the items for sale (dollars) and the values inherent in them (significance, artistry, passion) are in running comic contrast. Moody has his tongue in his cheek but also his heart on his sleeve; many of the entries embody a sensitivity and tenderness surprising in such a send-up. An effective, even haunting riff on rare book catalogs. The trade edition consisted of 1000 copies in wrappers: 300 numbered and signed and 700 unsigned. This is a review copy of the unnumbered trade edition. Signed by Moody and David Ford, the artist and designer. Fine in stapled wrappers. Laid in is a "review slip," which states "No review is actually necessary/ This is a sales promotion." [#911772] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (2002). A review copy of Moody's memoir. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publisher's promotional pages laid in. Also laid in are two pages of interview questions used by Mel Waggoner of Oregon Public Broadcasting for a May 20, 2002 broadcast. Moody's answers are not included. [#911780] SOLD

NY, Grove Press, (2001). The author's second collection of poems. Warmly inscribed by the author to writer Charles Newman ("her favorite dinner date") in the year of publication. Fine in wrappers. [#019701] $40

Washington, D.C., National Geographic, (2003). Part history, part memoir. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915415] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Her first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915411] $60

Vancouver, Press Gang, (1993). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915417] SOLD

(n.p.), [Self-Published], (1991). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], "with my respect and highest regards." Minor foxing; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032119] $20

(Gainesville), (University Press of Florida), (2004). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "A friend of Florida." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032120] SOLD

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 2003. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916564] $35

NY, Evans, (1979). Inscribed by the author in 1982. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Foxing to top edge; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031049] $20

London, Pan Books, (1981). The first British edition, a paperback. Inscribed by the author in 1983. Stamp of the recipient inside the front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#031050] $20

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. Tim O'Brien and Joyce Carol Oates blurbs, among others. [#006529] $20

(NY), Viking, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916576] $35

NY, Dial, 1972. A novel of a family with one adopted son, who serves in the Peace Corps in the years before the escalation in Vietnam, and another son who is killed in Vietnam. Inscribed by the author in 1996: "For ____ ____/ for reminding me that/ I was once young/ enough to write this/ funny little book --/ The most fun I've/ ever had -- / Warmest regards/ Jim Morrison." Fine in a near fine, spine and edge-sunned dust jacket with a couple of tiny edge tears. Laid in is a photograph of the Morrison family, annotated on the verso by Morrison. [#028684] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2003. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912663] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1985). A memoir and reflection on writing. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#015964] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1980). Warmly inscribed by the author. Laid in is an autograph note signed, thanking the recipient for being at her publishing party. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear at the spine crown. [#031317] $20

Santa Barbara, John Daniel, 1990. His first book, a collection of related stories only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author in 1992. Fine. [#913672] $35

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1992). Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916581] SOLD

NY, Grove Weidenfeld, (1989). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publisher's wraparound band announcing the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Middleman. [#913363] $35

NY, Grove Press, (1988). Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913362] SOLD

Merrick, Cross-Cultural, 1982. Inscribed by the translator Claire Nicolas White to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#032122] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2004. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916585] $35

Reading, Addison-Wesley, (1978). The simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Moderate foxing; covers splayed; very good. [#032124] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913369] $35

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2002. A paperback original, a collection of stories set in the Pacific Campaign of World War II, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Inscribed by Murray to the writer Robert Stone. Page edges darkening; still fine in wrappers with a PEN/Faulkner Award sticker on the front cover. [#027676] SOLD

Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, (1969). Inscribed by the author to Senator Ed Muskie: "with admiration for your commitment to public service." Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with faint foxing to the spine. [#029885] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1970. A book by a longtime Democratic political insider. Inscribed by the author to Ed [Muskie], who is mentioned in the book on the occasion of an "eloquent" speech. Light discoloration at hinges from binder's glue; else fine in a near fine dust, mildly spine-tanned dust jacket with a crimp at the crown. [#029887] SOLD

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969). A review copy of his third book, a collection of stories and a novella, again set in the ghettos of New York City. The title novella won the Transatlantic Review Novella Award and is the story of a baseball player, continuing the author's propensity for using sports as a metaphor for, and a window onto, the problems of the larger society. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of fading to the spine title. [#012938] SOLD

Salt Lake City, Gibbs Smith/Peregrine, (1987). Photographs by Nichols of New Mexico, with introductory text by him and excerpts from several of his previously published books. Foreword by Robert Redford. Quarto. Fine in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket and signed by Nichols. [#015353] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1979). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911786] $35

(Madison), Gray Willer Press, (1983). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen, "with respect & appreciation." Faint spot to front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#032129] SOLD

(Springfield), Gauntlet/Edge, (2002). Copy 54 of 350 copies signed by the author and by Gary Braunbeck, who provides a preface. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031054] SOLD

London, London Limited Editions, (1991). The limited edition. Number 114 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a near fine glassine dustwrapper. [#914237] $40