E-list # 121

(London), Sinclair-Stevenson, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914239] $60

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1998). Inscribed by the author in London in 1999: "for ___ - ...the pleasure of your friendship & encouragement/ Thanks & love, Howard." Slight crown bump, else fine in like dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#028496] SOLD

(n.p.), Barnes & Noble, 2000. A broadside excerpt from Wild Decembers. On of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. 12-3/4" x 18-1/2". Fine. [#911792] $40

NY, Knopf, 1985. A review copy of his fourth novel, about a man compelled to dig a bomb shelter in his back yard to protect his family even if it means losing them in the process. Signed by the author. Nick to the front cloth (apparently a binding flaw), else fine in a mildly spine-faded dust jacket. [#015985] $20

(London), Flamingo, (1999). The first British hardcover edition. There was a British paperback edition published by Flamingo in 1998. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911815] SOLD

London, Hutchinson, (1996). A Mallory novel, the third in the highly praised series. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author. [#011988] $20

(London), Profile Books, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#914243] $35

(n.p.), Noble Swine Press, (2009). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Fine in wrappers. [#032136] SOLD

London, Phoenix House, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914252] $35

London, Phoenix House, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914253] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1998). A novel that takes place during World War II and was highly praised for evoking with great authenticity the spirit and ambience of that time. Inscribed by the author: "For ___, this sad pastoral. With HOPE." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Nice inscription. [#030021] SOLD

Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, (1993). His first book, a collection of short stories that won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, which was selected that year by Tobias Wolff. Three years later Wolff was one of the judges for Granta magazine in selecting the "20 Best Young American Authors" and O'Nan was among those selected. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911821] $60

NY, Doubleday, (1997). The limited edition of this novel, originally to have been called "Dear Stephen King." Number 87 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. King and O'Nan, both New England residents and baseball fans, collaborated on a nonfiction book about the Boston Red Sox in 2004. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030020] SOLD

(NY), Scribner, (2004). The two writers' account of the Boston Red Sox championship season of 2004. King and O'Nan, both longtime and long-suffering Red Sox fans, decided at the beginning of the season to collaborate on a book about the Red Sox season. As VIP fans, the two had more access to the players than usual, and their account is lively and engaging; that the Sox broke an 86 year-long "curse" to win the World Series that year couldn't have been better scripted. Signed by O'Nan. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915454] $50

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (2000). First edition, with single copyright page. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Together with photocopies of reviews of the novel in Globe and Mail and Quill and Quire, also a conversation printed in Globe and Mail between Ondaatje and filmmaker Atom Egoyan. [#911860] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (2007). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911869] SOLD

Toronto, Coach House Press, (1991). A collection of essays and interviews from Brick magazine, a literary journal edited by Michael Ondaatje and Linda Spalding. The list of authors includes Robert Stone, Don DeLillo, Alice Munro, John Berger, Kazuo Ishiguro, Richard Ford, Grace Paley, Russell Hoban, Marilynne Robinson, Russell Banks, Jane Urquhart, Rohinton Mistry and more. Fine in wrappers and signed by Ondaatje and Banks. [#911849] SOLD

Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, (1969). Review copy. Inscribed by the author in 1970. Fine in a mildly edge- and spine-tanned, else fine dust jacket. [#001776] SOLD

(Las Lomas), (Institute for Native American Development), (1980). A collection of poetry and prose pieces dedicated to the notion of workers' resistance to capitalist exploitation. Issued as INAD Literary Journal Vol. 1, No. 1. Warmly inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac] and his family and signed "Simon, brother & friend." Fine in wrappers. [#025679] SOLD

Oak Park, Thunder's Mouth Press, (1981). A powerful collection of poems, which many consider his best book to date and which one prominent poet and critic was quoted as saying should have won the Pulitzer Prize if the judges had had any courage. The title alludes to an infamous massacre of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women and children in 1864, and the poems address moral, spiritual, and political issues -- in particular, the process of victimization and the possibility of finding some kind of redemption -- with urgency, clarity and poetic grace. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Signed by the author. Spots to rear cover; near fine. [#025683] SOLD

Oak Park, Thunder's Mouth Press, (1981). A powerful collection of poems, which many consider his best book to date and which one prominent poet and critic was quoted as saying should have won the Pulitzer Prize if the judges had had any courage. The title alludes to an infamous massacre of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women and children in 1864, and the poems address moral, spiritual, and political issues -- in particular, the process of victimization and the possibility of finding some kind of redemption -- with urgency, clarity and poetic grace. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author and with the ownership signature of another Native American poet. Near fine in wrappers. [#025686] SOLD

(Port Jefferson), (Street Press), (1979). Copy 185 of 500 copies. This copy is inscribed by Overton in 1981. Near fine in wrappers. [#032141] $20

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1994). Inscribed by the author to Andre Dubus in the year of publication. Fine in wrappers. [#916652] $55

London, Jonathan Cape, (2002). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Published in paperback; fine in wrappers. [#911874] $50

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1974). The second collection of stories by one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary masters of the short story. Nominated for the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author. Foxing to top edge and light offsetting to endpages; else fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket creased across the lower front panel. [#022124] SOLD

Penobscot, Granite Press, (1985). A collection of poetry. This is the trade paperback edition, following a limited edition of 125 hardcover copies. Inscribed by the author in 1989 "on a happy occasion." Fine in wrappers. [#022126] SOLD

Lewiston, Confluence Press, 1991. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in the year of publication. Near fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#032142] SOLD

NY, Holt, (1997). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife in 1999. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032145] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1988). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife: "Here's the second act of my life. (How many acts are there supposed to be, by the way?)" Foxing to top edge; near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. [#032146] SOLD

(London), HarperCollins, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916669] $35

NY, Little Brown, (2005). A novel in the Women's Murder Club series. Signed by Patterson. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915459] $35

NY, Doubleday, (1993). His third book. Signed by the author in Dallas in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024160] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2004). Signed by the author in the year of publication. Tiny crease to lower outer front corner; still fine in wrappers [#914265] $35

Toronto, Macmillan, 1965. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen in 1977. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. [#032148] SOLD

(London), Doubleday, (2000). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916681] $35

(London), Bloomsbury, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916680] $35

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1993). Signed by the author in 1996. Fine in a very slightly spine-sunned dust jacket. [#916682] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916684] SOLD

Dallas, Southern Meth. Univ. Press, (1993). The author's first book, a collection of stories that was nominated for the National Book Award, an uncommon occurrence for a volume of fiction published by a university presss. Fine in a near fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#007111] $20

Boston, Little Brown, (2002). The second of his novels to feature Derek Strange and Terry Quinn. Inscribed by the author "to a faithful fellow Greek-American from another fellow Greek-American, descendant of Sparta, the military city state of Ancient Greece." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029340] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (2000). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912695] SOLD

(Chapel Hill), (Medicine Wheel Publications), (1995). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], who is mentioned in the text as one of a number of writers who "broaden our humanity by sharing their own." Fine in wrappers. [#032153] $20

San Antonio, Naylor, (1972). Very good in a slightly edgeworn, very good dust jacket and inscribed by the author: "To my friends _______ & ______ _______, my favorite kind of people, with deep affection." [#003658] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2006). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912697] $35

NY, Broadway Play Publishing, (1990). A play by this poet, playwright, essayist and novelist. His novel Cold Hands was chosen as New York Times Notable Book. Inscribed by the author: "Tony [Harvey] -- Thanks for lunch. Joe." Near fine in wrappers. [#026853] $40
On Sale: $20

NY, Broadway, (2010). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032156] $20

NY, Vintage, (1987). Her second book, first novel, published as a softcover original in the Vintage Contemporaries series. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#011240] $20

NY, Doubleday, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915468] $50

NY, Doubleday, (2000). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916712] SOLD

Cambridge, Zoland Books, (1995). Her second collection of stories. Her first collection, Spirit Seizures, won the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction. Warmly inscribed by Pritchard to a literary couple. Fine in a mildly spine-faded, else fine dust jacket. [#027084] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2002). A novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911915] $50

(NY), Scribner, (1996). Her first book after the success of The Shipping News, another novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small, blended spot on the rear panel. [#027708] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2005). His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915471] $40

Garden City, Doubleday, 1970. The first novel in his "Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys" sequence. Signed by the author. Remainder speckling to bottom edge of text block; near fine in a very good, dusty dust jacket with minor edge wear. [#030028] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Cudahy, (1960). A novel of small-town midwest America in the 1950s, reminiscent of Purdy's Ohio hometown, which he left for Chicago at the height of the jazz era and the "New Negro Renaissance." Signed by the author. Very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#030025] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1988). First thus. Winner of the 1987 John Burroughs Medal. Warmly inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen in 1989. Matthiessen won the John Burroughs Medal in 1982, for Sand Rivers. Near fine in wrappers. [#032158] SOLD

(Erin, ON), Porcupine's Quill, (1996). Short stories. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "Dear ___: Thanks for providing me with all the essentials!! Yours, Andew Pyper." Fine in wrappers. [#916723] $35

(Barrytown), (Station Hill), (1979). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 1980. Very good in tall wrappers. [#032161] $20

(Edinburgh), Canongate, (2000). Rankin provides the introduction to this collection of crime fiction by five other writers: Anthony Bourdain, Jon A. Jackson, James Sallis, Andrew Vachss and Douglas E. Winter. Signed by Rankin. Three of the stories are original publications; the other two had appeared elsewhere previously. Only issued in wrappers; fine. [#029711] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's Minotaur, (1999). The first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027830] SOLD

(London), Orion, (2005). Quarto, with text by Rankin and photographs, mostly of Edinburgh, by Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028047] SOLD

(London), Orion, (1992). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of this John Rebus novel, which was also issued simultaneously in softcover. This was the first Rankin book to be published by Orion, which has continued to publish his novels to the present day. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#028029] SOLD

(Salt Lake City), Compost Press, (1985). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], and with an autograph letter signed laid in, expressing appreciation to Matthiessen's commitment of "fine writing, tough thinking and the dharma - whether found in fur, fin, feather, or ribbon shirt..." Fine in wrappers. [#032162] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1996). Well-received first novel about a white Southern woman who falls in love with a black blues musician. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is a typed letter signed thanking the recipient for his comments on the book and offering her own thoughts on what happens after the ending, as well as mentioning her second novel, which is still in progress. Folded for mailing; else fine, with envelope. [#020903] SOLD

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1992). Warmly inscribed by Reid to fellow author Steve [Krauzer] and his wife. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027813] $20

(San Francisco/Burlington), Sierra Club/(Verve), (1996). Inscribed by Rezendes to Peter Matthiessen and with a signed Post-It by Roy tipped in. Near fine in self-wrappers. [#032164] $20

NY, St. Martin's, (1990). Inscribed by McMahon (i.e. Rhodes) to fellow author Steve [Krauzer] and his wife. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear. [#027814] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1987). Inscribed by McMahon (i.e. Rhodes) to fellow author Steve [Krauzer] and his wife. Fine in a near fine, edgeworn dust jacket. Laid in is a review from Publisher's Weekly, on which Rhodes has written "underlining my agent's." [#027815] SOLD

NY, Doubleday/Talese, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916758] $35

Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915505] SOLD

(Toronto), Knopf Canada, (2000). Second book, first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915511] SOLD

NY, Metropolitan/Holt, (1996). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915508] $40

NY, Knopf, 1978. The second volume of fiction by the author of Bed/Time/Story, and her fourth book. Fine in a fine, slightly edge-tanned dust jacket. Warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. [#007584] SOLD

(Minneapolis), Milkweed/Credo, (1999). The hardcover issue. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], "with gratitude for your words & your work & the strength & integrity of both." Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#032170] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1971). Advance review copy of his second book, first novel. Inscribed by the author to "my A No. 1 fan" in 1974. Fine in fine dust jacket. [#011229] SOLD

New Haven, Yale University Press, (2000). A review copy of this collection of Rogoff's theater criticism. With press release and New York Times review laid in. Together with an autograph card signed to film critic Pauline Kael, soliciting comments. One page corner turned, else fine in wrappers. [#023062] $45

NY, Norton, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#916765] $35

Lewiston, Confluence Press, (1994). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of this collection of the poet's first five books. Inscribed by the author to another poet -- "fellow scribbler and cloud-herder." Fine. [#023063] $20

NY, Henry Holt, (2002). A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional page laid in. [#916768] $35

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1978). His second book. Inscribed by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. [#011246] $20

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2008. The publisher's signed edition. Signed by Roth on a separate bound-in sheet bearing the Houghton Mifflin logo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030387] SOLD

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1981). Colophon only for the limited edition of this novel featuring Nathan Zuckerman, one of Roth's fictional alter egos. The limitation was 350 copies; this is apparently an overrun page, unnumbered but signed by Roth. Fine. A nice way to obtain a Roth signature. [#013349] SOLD

(London), Pluto Press, (2000). Inscribed by the author to [Peter] Matthiessen in 2013. Fine in wrappers. [#032177] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (2003). A review copy. Signed by the author with a Kilroy-type caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Promotional material laid in, including press release, tour dates, and an interview with Ruff. [#913409] $50

NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1997). His second novel, a "Public Works Trilogy" set in the year 2023 and featuring an eco-terrorist in a novel characterized as "part Mad Max, part Monkey Wrench Gang, part Charles Dickens." The author has dedicated the book to Ayn Rand. Signed by the author with a Kilroy-type caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a Thomas Pynchon blurb. [#913408] $40

Washington, Library of Congress, 1992. Collects the talks given by the three winners of the 1991 National Book Awards: Rush, Philip Levine, and Orlando Patterson. Signed by Rush. Fine in wrappers. [#025174] SOLD

Marvin, Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1980. A collection of poems in the series of books he wrote that were all entitled Indian Thoughts, each with a different subtitle. Illustrated by Arline Borgquist Russell. Inscribed by the author to Joe Bruchac. Fine in stapled wrappers. A good association copy. [#025731] SOLD

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1994). A volume in Sallis's acclaimed Lew Griffin series of detective novels, featuring an African-American detective in New Orleans. Signed by Sallis on the title page, and inscribed on the dedication page to another mystery writer: "To Bob, again? Again. And again with much love. Jim/ New Orleans/ Sept 94." The recipient was Robert Skinner, himself the author of a highly praised mystery series set in New Orleans, featuring Wesley Farrell, a mixed blood Creole, during the 1930s and 40s. Both Skinner and Farrell have written nonfiction books about black novelist Chester Himes, whose series of Harlem detective novels in the 1950s and 60s paved the way for the use of the mystery genre to explore issues of racism and prejudice. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and a good association between two notable writers. [#028063] SOLD

Seattle, Black Heron Press, (1995). Inscribed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#027791] SOLD

Normal, Dalkey Archive, (1993). The first English language edition of Queneau's novel, translated and with a 5-page introduction by Sallis. Inscribed by Sallis to another writer, "with affection." Sallis is most well-known for his series of hard-boiled detective novels featuring Lew Griffin and for the book that was the basis for the well-received film Drive, but he has also written other novels, poetry, criticism, biographies and done translations. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027788] SOLD

(NY), (Glenn Horowitz), (1995). A touching tribute to the artist Sheridan Lord, spoken at his memorial service in August, 1994, by his longtime friend, Salter. A limited edition, this being one of 200 copies signed by the author. Top left corner creased, else fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#004338] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1971. His second book, the clothbound issue. Inscribed by the author to another poet: "For ___/ with love/ thanks/ Stephen/ Bennington/(In a Blizzard)." Slight splaying to boards; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with one corner tear and rubbing to the front flap fold. [#027478] $20

NY, Knopf, 1996. Her second book, first novel, a well-received novel written in the vernacular of a poorly educated black teenager who is pregnant by her father. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author in the year of publication. [#012028] SOLD

NY, Hyperion, (1998). His second novel. Inscribed by the author to a Native American poet "for your wonderful poetry..." in 2000, and with the recipient's ownership signature on flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A good association copy. [#025737] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1978). Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Foxing to page edges; near fine in a very good dust jacket with some surface soiling to the unlaminated jacket. [#026618] SOLD

(NY), Bantam, (1987). Signed by the author. Only issued in wrappers. Minuscule rubbing; very near fine. [#916786] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday/Dolphin, 1987. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916788] $35

NY, Doubleday, (1991). Signed by the author in the month of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916790] SOLD

NY, Charterhouse, [1974]. A review copy. Inscribed by Schickel. Subtitled: "A Speculation on Celebrity in America, Based on the Life of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#014254] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1968). An anthology of movie reviews by such writers as Pauline Kael, Andrew Sarris, Brendan Gill, Stanley Kauffmann and others, including the co-editors, John Simon and Richard Schickel. The first volume in a series. The films reviewed include In Cold Blood, Cool Hand Luke, Ulysses, Far from the Madding Crowd, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Bonnie and Clyde, Blow-Up, Persona, The Graduate, Marat/Sade, and others. Inscribed by John Simon: "Since I am not good at forging signatures, I won't do Schickel." This is the issue in wrappers. Near fine. [#013908] SOLD