E-list # 121

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1982). A review copy of the author's first book, a baseball novel. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a typed note signed by the author, written on the publisher's stationery. [#023957] SOLD

Santa Fe, Sunstone Press, (1997). A novel set among the Navajo featuring a Navajo doctor, by a writer who is from Montana and is himself a doctor. Signed by the author. Spine base bump; else fine in fine dust jacket. [#017267] SOLD

Santa Fe, Sunstone Press, (1999). His second novel, this one set in the South Pacific and also featuring a doctor as its protagonist. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#017268] $20

NY, Knopf, 1998. His highly praised second book, which was made into a movie. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912722] $35

(Vancouver), Polestar, (1996). His second collection of poetry. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#016849] SOLD

NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1987. Her first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with minute edge nicks to the spine extremities. [#915559] $35

West Roxbury, B&R Samizdat Express, 1974. A fable about loss of innocence and hope in an impersonal, technological age. The text reproduces the author's holograph and the volume is illustrated with line drawings by Christin Couture. Inscribed by the author in 1975. Near fine in wrappers. [#009698] SOLD

London, Phoenix House, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914299] SOLD

(Latham), Paris Review Editions, (1988). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife in the year of publication. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032182] $20

London, Harvill Press, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913431] $35

London, Collins Harvill, 1989. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913427] $50

(NY), Harper, (2010). A memoir. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and with an autograph note signed laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032183] SOLD

NY, Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). The limited edition of this collection of poems and a play. Number 214 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. A near fine copy, lacking the original tissue dust jacket, in a somewhat worn slipcase that is split at one seam. [#004845] $20

Phoenix, Baleen Press, (1972). The hardcover issue of this collection of poetry by a writer known for his writings on the American Southwest, including the memoir Going Back to Bisbee. Illustrated by Douglas Denniston. Inscribed by the author to another poet. Oblong quarto. Faint dampstaining to cloth; fading to spine; very good, without dust jacket (as issued?). [#022799] SOLD

NY, Vintage Contemporaries, (2004). New and selected stories. A Vintage Contemporaries original paperback. Signed by the author. Fine. [#916837] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1998. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916836] SOLD

Fairhope, Over the Transom, 2003. A chapbook. One of 333 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. Together with a CD of Sherman's live reading, also signed by the author. [#915570] $50

(San Francisco), MacAdam/Cage, (2004). Signed by the author in the month following publication. And with a signed limited (1/1000) bookmark laid in, also signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912729] $40

(London), Canongate, (2004). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket. [#916842] $35

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, (1989). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915572] $35

NY, Norton, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915575] $35

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1993). First American edition of this highly praised novel loosely based on the life of Mary Wollstonecraft. Fine in a fine dust jacket. and signed by the author. [#012030] SOLD

London, Fourth Estate, (2000). The first British edition of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912736] $35

(NY), Viking, (1997). The American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912745] $35

London, Fourth Estate, (1997). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912747] $40

Toronto, Random House, (1992). First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author on a publisher's label tipped to the half-title. [#006109] SOLD

(n.p.), Random House of Canada, (2002). Signed by the author on a "From the Desk of Carol Shields" card, which is laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912763] $50

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2000. Copy 174 of 450 copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031069] SOLD

(NY), Viking, (2006). Her twelfth novel. Although she describes herself as writing fiction of "magical realism," she is most well-known as a writer whose work explores feminism and political issues, and addresses questions of integrity. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, "with long and deep affection." Stone was known for his fiction that similarly explored the intersection of the political and the moral, even the spiritual. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027736] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2007. A memoir of childhood polio by this highly regarded novelist. Inscribed by Shreve to the author Robert Stone and his wife: "To my dear friends Bob and Janice with all love." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the lamination peeling at one corner. [#028543] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2008. The first American edition. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in the year of publication. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032188] SOLD

NY, Norton, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914313] $35

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916854] SOLD

(Huntington Beach), Wolfhawk, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914315] SOLD

Sag Harbor, Permanent Press, (1993). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914314] SOLD

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1998). A novel by the author of Wrinkles and The Belles Lettres Papers, among others. Inscribed by the author: "8/7/98/ For Pauline [Kael]/ with love/ Cheers/ [unsigned]." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#023069] SOLD

(San Francisco), Straight Arrow, (1973). His first Moses Wine mystery, only issued in wrappers in this country. Inscribed by the author. Trace top edge foxing, mild rubbing and creasing near spine; near fine. [#028827] SOLD

(NY), Warner Books, (1993). His second book, published to substantial critical praise. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#009499] SOLD

(NY), Warner, (1992). The author's well-received first novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author. [#009498] $30

(London), Boxtree/Granada, (1988). Inscribed by Singer to Peter [Matthiessen]. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032189] $20

(NY), (B'Nai B'rith), February 1974. An interview with Singer and also an essay about him: "A Visitor to Our Century and to These Shores." Signed by Singer, "with friendship." Pages cleanly separated from the stapled spine, thus only fair. [#015721] SOLD

NY, Hyperion, (2001). Inscribed by Grimly, with a monster drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a promotional postcard laid in. [#031071] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Originally to have been titled A Small War -- about one man's small, private concerns until he is confronted with the need to make a decision about his actions, and take a stand. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, slightly rubbed dust jacket with several small, closed edge tears. [#028705] SOLD

St. Paul, Graywolf Press, 1993. A separate appearance of the text of a talk given by Smiley at the Aspen Writers' Conference and collected in the anthology The True Subject: Writers on Life and Craft. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. A little-known Smiley "A" item. [#912777] $60

(NY), Lipper/Viking, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916866] $35

NY, Pantheon Books, (1995). Eighteen writers, each taking on a different part of the house. Signed by Smiley at her contribution, "Bathroom." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912782] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1989. Two novellas. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912790] $40

NY, Knopf, 1987. Her fourth book, a collection of stories and a novella that sold fewer than 6000 copies. Two of the stories were O. Henry prize winners. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a shallow crease to the upper front panel. [#912791] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912795] $40

(Minneapolis), Milkweed Editions, (1995). A memoir recounting the author's first years after arriving in Montana in the early 1960s. Inscribed by the author: "For Steve [Krauzer] and Dorrit - At last, not only a room, but a book of my own - with love & respect & all the other good things old friends share -- Annick Smith." A nice association copy. Smith was co-editor with William Kittredge of the landmark Montana anthology The Last Best Place; Krauzer was a Missoula, Montana writer who collaborated with Kittredge on a number of novels as well as other work. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028073] SOLD

(Ann Arbor), (University of Michigan), (2010). The simultaneous issue in wrappers. Signed by Song. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. Fine, with three award labels (including Nautilus Book Award and Midwest Book Award) on the front cover. Fine. [#032193] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916880] SOLD

(NY), Ecco, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916881] $35

(Trumansburg), (Crossing Press), (1973). Hardcover. Near Fine in pictorial boards and signed by the author. [#011299] $20

NY, Ballantine Books, (1995). Inscribed by the author to fellow writer Steve [Krauzer] and his wife: "Ah 1638 - makes you grateful for indoor plumbing & flea powder, don't it?" Near fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket. [#027816] $20

(Lincoln), Penmaen, (1980). The limited edition. Of a total edition of 1000 copies, this is one of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and Berta Golahny, who contributed a wood engraving. Fine. With publisher's prospectus laid in. [#021329] SOLD

NY, Morrow, (1999). The first book by this author whose second, Holy Skirts, was nominated for the National Book Award. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a surface scratch on the rear panel, and signed by Steinke. [#024790] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen in the year of publication, "with endless respect & thanks." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032197] SOLD

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1990. A collection of poems by this award-winning poet. Inscribed by the author to poet James Welch and his wife. Fine in wrappers. [#020511] $20

NY, Knopf, 1973. Review copy. This is the hardcover edition. Fine in fine dust jacket and warmly and poetically inscribed by the author in 1974. [#001945] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1981. His third novel, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the L.A. Times Award for best novel of the year. A dark tale of a small Central American country in upheaval, and the lives of a group of Americans whose different backgrounds and connections to the action intersect alarmingly and tragically. Signed by the author. A bit of foxing to spine cloth; very near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a corner crease to the front flap. [#028551] $20

NY, Knopf, 1981. A review copy of his third novel, which many consider his best book, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the L.A. Times Award for best novel of the year. A dark tale of a small Central American country in upheaval, and the lives of a group of Americans whose different backgrounds and connections to the action intersect alarmingly and tragically. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip, author photo, and promotional page laid in. [#912802] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2003. One of the author's own personal copies. Signed by the author. A short novel set on the fictional Caribbean island of St. Trinity, which resembles Haiti in some respects -- the voodoo-infused culture, the political instability and volatility. Stone chronicles the dissolution of a naive American college professor as he attempts to penetrate and understand the various kinds of darkness he encounters -- political, personal, metaphysical. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029728] $20

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1998. A review copy of this densely plotted political and metaphysical thriller set in contemporary Jerusalem. Stone tackles the religious hatreds, political intrigues and spiritual aspirations and malaise that intersect in one of the most historically significant, and volatile, places on earth. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional pages laid in, which Stone has also signed. [#912816] $35

(NY), (Harper's), (1988). Includes Stone's "Keeping the Future at Bay," a report on the Republican National Convention, later collected in The Best American Essays 1989. Signed by Stone at his contribution. Fine. [#912823] $50

(n.p.), [Oregon Public Broadcasting], (c. 2003). The script of Mel Waggoner's interview questions (without Stone's responses) for a radio interview on Oregon Public Broadcasting, timed following the publication of Bay of Souls. Three pages of prepared questions for Stone. Inscribed by Stone to a collector, "with best wishes." Fine. [#912825] $50

NY, Ticknor & Fields, (1992). The limited edition of Stone's first bestseller. Chosen by the New York Times as one of the dozen best books of the year, covering all categories, and nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Stone's first limited edition. Fine, in slipcase. [#012052] SOLD

NY, Ticknor & Fields, 1992. The first trade edition of Stone's first bestseller. Chosen by the New York Times as one of the dozen best books of the year, covering all categories, and nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed by the author. Foxing to top edge and mild concavity to spine; near fine in a near fine dust jacket foxed on verso. From the author's own library. [#028553] SOLD

(NY), (New Yorker Magazine), (1987). Includes "Helping" by Robert Stone. Signed by Stone at his contribution. Fine. [#912838] SOLD

(Evanston), (Northwestern), (1980). Includes an excerpt from A Flag for Sunrise. Signed by Stone at his contribution. Some rubbing to covers; near fine in wrappers. [#912840] $35

NY, Pantheon, (1992). The first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914602] $35

(West Kingston), Grant, (1982). Copy 112 0f 1200 copies signed by the author and by the artist, Thomas Canty. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#031104] SOLD

NY, Beech Tree/Morrow, (1987). Warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Bookplate of the recipient, another author, on the front flyleaf. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031119] SOLD

NY, Pocket Books, (1982). Inscribed by the author. Stamp of the recipient inside the front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#031122] SOLD

NY, Morrow, (1981). Inscribed by the author. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#031127] SOLD

(Minneapolis/St. Paul), Rune Press/Minnesota Science Fiction Society, (1979). Three stories by Sturgeon, plus a 30+ page bibliography. A limited edition. Of a total edition of 750 copies, this is number 337 of 700 numbered copies. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, very slightly sunned dust jacket. [#032326] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2011). Signed by the author. From the library of Peter Matthiessen, who is mentioned in the acknowledgments as one of her father's friends and a generous soul. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032203] SOLD

(n.p.), Tangram, 1991. One of 225 copies. Tri-fold poem in tall saddle-stitched wrappers. Fine. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from the publisher, Jerry Reddan, to Peter Matthiessen. [#032205] SOLD

London, Picador/Pan, (1992). Winner of the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (Best Foreign Book). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914336] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2003). His first book, a highly praised memoir of the first Gulf War, which was immediately hailed as a classic of contemporary war literature, compared with Michael Herr's Dispatches, and became a surprise bestseller and a film. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915604] $50

(Raleigh), Pentland Press, (1999). Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen in 2012, and with a typed letter signed laid in. Slight splay to cover, else fine in wrappers. [#032206] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1983. Her second book, first book of fiction, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915605] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1985. Her third book, first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915606] SOLD

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1995. The Franklin Library edition. Signed by the author. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#915616] $50

Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, (1976). The simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by Tate to Stanley Wiater, "with friendship and pleasure at the end of our 3rd? interview - Best wishes, Jim Tate/ Nov 30, 1983." Recipient's stamp inside front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#030399] SOLD

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1997. The Franklin Library edition of this novel, set in Hong Kong at the time of its reunification with China. Signed by the author, with a special introduction by him for this edition. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#915626] $60

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980. A review copy of the first American edition of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Foxing to page edges and mottling to spine cloth; near fine in a fine dust jacket with promotional sheet laid in. [#026422] SOLD

Edinburgh, Canongate Books, 1996. A self-made limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Pages uncut (apparently by design). Fine in self-wrappers. [#913439] $35

(London), Bloomsbury, (2005). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916913] $35

(London), Bloomsbury, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket, as issued. [#915633] $35

(London), Bloomsbury, (1991). Signed by the author. A few light, stray spots to the lower edge of the text block; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915631] $50

(London), (Jonathan Cape), (1999). Poetry. Signed by the author. Fine in self-wrappers. [#916924] SOLD

(London), Secker & Warburg, (1990). Signed by the author. Slight dustiness; else fine in self-wrappers. [#916921] $35

London, Jonathan Cape, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915636] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1990). A chapbook printing a single story from his then-forthcoming first book, In a Father's Place. Issued as a New Year's greeting, preceding the book by several months. Signed by the author. Fine in self-wrappers. [#916926] $35

(Toronto), Knopf Canada, (2004). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916934] SOLD

London, Oxford University Press, 1964. Poetry by Tomlinson, Austin Clarke and Tony Connor. Inscribed by Tomlinson. Handmade bookplate of another poet on front flyleaf. Rebound in blue boards; near fine. [#023327] $20

(London), Sinclair-Stevenson, (1997). Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916938] $35

St. Paul, Graywolf Press, (1995). This Ojibway writer's first novel, set on a fictional reservation in Minnesota. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914344] SOLD

(Seattle), Dragon Gate, (1984). The issue in wrappers of this collection of poems spanning the years 1937-1983. Inscribed by the author to another poet in the year of publication. With the recipient's ownership signature. Fine, with the "1984 Winner Western States Book Award" label on the front cover. [#022812] SOLD