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click for a larger image of item #8079, The Girl Who Trod On a Loaf NY, Knopf, 1993. The author's highly praised second novel, after the Kafka Prize-winning Labrador. This copy has been inscribed by the author to the novelist Margaret Atwood, whom she calls "inspiration and mentor," in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#008079] SOLD
Belfast, Field Day Theatre Company, 1983. Published as Field Day Pamphlet Number 3. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled self-wrappers. [#913912] SOLD
(Dublin), Gallery, (1983). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913913] SOLD
(NY), Oxford University Press, 2001. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916079] $55
(Hoboken), John Wiley, (2003). Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916084] $45
London, Faber and Faber, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912428] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #32718, Encounters with Chinese Writers Middletown, Wesleyan University Press, (1984). Dillard's own copy of this nonfiction account of the author's encounters with Chinese writers, both in China and in the U.S. With Dillard's notes on about a half-dozen pages and with two Post-Its on inner pages with instructions to herself, all apparently in preparation for a reading. Small sticker on the spine, stating "MINE"; an "Ex Libris Annie Dillard" bookplate on the copyright page; and a laid in note saying "Don't remove any Post-Its or other paper from these books." Interestingly, additionally inscribed by Dillard to Garry Trudeau (but obviously not presented to him) in 1987: "with all good wishes from your admirer." Dillard and Trudeau each won a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 (for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Doonesbury, respectively). Published by the press of a small university, where Dillard taught. Fine in wrappers. [#032718] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #26970, Piss-Fir Willie Poems (n.p.), Tangram, (1998). A suite of poems "offered as an homage to the vernacular of northcoast working people," plus an introduction. One of 200 copies. This copy is inscribed by Dodge to another writer and signed "Jim." Fine in saddle-stitched self-wrappers. Dodge is the author of the novels Not Fade Away and Stone Junction as well as the underground classic Fup, about a magical duck. A nice association copy of an attractive and uncommon small press production. [#026970] SOLD
NY, Atheneum, 1987. His fifth book, and the second novel in his McCaskill trilogy, which chronicles the settlement and development of the state of Montana. This volume spans three decades from 1889, when Montana became a state, to the 1920s. Inscribed by Doig: "For Steve [Krauzer] another word guy/ with all good wishes/ Ivan Doig/ Fact & Fiction/ Sept. 29, 1987." A good association copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027887] SOLD
Providence, Mason Press, (1989). A chapbook, with three stories by Drury. Number 135 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#916121] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30714, Broken Vessels Boston, Godine, (1991). His first book of nonfiction, a collection of essays, which was a finalist for the 19992 Pulitzer Prize in the category of General Nonfiction. Inscribed by Dubus to another author (of children's books) who at the time lived in a neighboring town. Also signed in full by Dubus on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice literary association, and a reminder that Dubus was famous for being supportive of, and a mentor to, younger writers: for many years he held a weekly writers' workshop in his home, free of charge, as a way (he said) of giving back for all the help he received from his literary friends and colleagues after his traumatic accident. [#030714] $100
NY, Knopf, 1998. His last book, a collection of essays. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in jacket. [#019170] SOLD
NY, Dutton, (1989). His first book, a well-received collection of stories. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally inscribed by Dubus on the half-title: "For ___, with deep gratitude for your generous response to Bluesman. I hope you enjoy these stories! Yours in friendship, Andre/ Newburyport, Massachusetts." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Together with a 1993 autograph letter signed to the fan/book dealer who has sent him nine copies of his second book, Bluesman, to sign. Dubus generously signs the copies and, in addition, sends the recipient this signed copy of Cage Keeper. The letter is folded to fit in the book; the recipient's address is inked out; else fine. [#912467] SOLD
New Orleans, Perdido Press, 1994. A trial edition, one of reportedly 10 copies printed by Edwin Blair of Perdido Press for John Dufresne and John LeBow, in preparation for a print run of 176 copies. This edition was never issued: John LeBow issued his own edition later that same year. A fine copy in saddle-stitched wrappers, and signed by Dufresne. With a 2003 letter of provenance laid in from the bookseller who first got the copy from Blain. A scarce, unpublished edition, much more elaborately designed and illustrated than the final published book. [#914646] SOLD
NY, Norton, (2003). Nonfiction, a guide to writing fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914911] $80
NY, Norton, (1991). His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912475] $35
Candia, John LeBow, 1996. Limited edition consisting of two stories and thirteen poems. Of a total edition of 476 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author and the artist, Dina Knapp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912478] SOLD
(n.p.), (n.p.), (1979). A prose poem with an illustration by Alaina Lara. Printed as Arboreal Abomination #1. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912481] SOLD
NY, Harper & Row, (1970). The first book by the author of the much-acclaimed Geek Love. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912482] SOLD
(n.p.), McSweeney's, (2004). A re-definition of terms, by over 200 American writers, artists and musicians. Signed by co-editor and contributor, Dave Eggers. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with CD tipped to the rear pastedown. [#912490] SOLD
(London), Picador, (1998). The first British edition of this first novel which, after being rejected by some 70 U.S. publishers, was published in France in a French translation. From there, world English rights were sold to Picador, who published the novel to substantial praise, with reviewers comparing the writing to Thomas Pynchon's and the book's publishing history to that of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. After its success in England, it was finally published in the U.S. This copy is signed by the author, who committed suicide in 2005. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913961] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30562, Vic and Blood. The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog NY, IBooks, (2003). First printing stated. Inscribed by the author. Recipient's stamp inside the front cover; fine in wrappers. [#030562] SOLD
(NY), Delacorte, (1995). A novel that made headlines when it was reported that the screen rights had been sold for $3 million before the novel was even completely written -- a remarkable occurrence for a first-time novelist. With the attendant publicity (not to mention money) surrounding this title, the first printing was slated at 600,000. A Waterstone's Book of the Century (#100 on their list). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912492] $50
Boston, Beacon Press, (2003). First thus, with an introduction by Sherman Alexie. Signed by both Everett and Alexie. Only issued in wrappers; fine. [#911524] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #6917, The Mate-Flight of Eagles (Newcastle), Blue Oak Press, 1977. The limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#006917] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #1442, Plum Poems NY, Jargon Society, 1972. The hardcover issue. Fine in a fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author in 1978. [#001442] SOLD
(London), Faber and Faber, (1998). Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket. [#913074] $60
(NY), Distributed Art Publishers, (2001). A collection of original writings inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and edited by Foer. Contributors include Barry Lopez, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, Diane Ackerman, Siri Hustvedt, Lydia Davis, Robert Coover, Bradford Morrow, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul West, Joanna Scott and others, including Foer, who contributes both a chapter and the introduction. There was a limited edition and a trade edition; this is the trade edition. Fine, with tipped-in photographs of Cornell's work, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Foer. [#912504] SOLD
(London), (Hamish Hamilton), (2005). A two-page profile of Foer and his book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in the British publisher's annual magazine. Signed by Foer. Fine in wrappers. [#912518] $50
click for a larger image of item #912520, "A Girl's Feelings" in Edge Christchurch, NZ, The Edge Press, (1971). The premiere issue of this literary magazine, notable for Richard Ford's second appearance in print. Signed by Ford. It's easy to imagine that this short-lived literary periodical, published in New Zealand, may turn out to be one of the most elusive of Ford's appearances. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912520] SOLD
Derry/Ridgewood, Babcock & Koontz, (1987). Ford's first limited edition and the first and only separate appearance of this story, which was originally published in Esquire and later collected in Rock Springs. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is copy 5 of 200 numbered copies in wrappers signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#912529] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #914988, English Magnolias University, University of Mississippi, 1992. A catalogue of an exhibition of British editions of Mississippi fiction, for which Ford contributes a 3-page essay recounting his first trip to England, for readings given with Tobias Wolff, Elizabeth Tallent and Raymond Carver. The first reading got him heckled by one of the three audience members; the second reading got him a British publisher. Of a total edition of 500 copies, this is copy 18 of 50 numbered copies signed by Ford. Fine in stapled wrappers. An uncommon Ford "B" item. [#914988] SOLD
(NY), (Newsweek), 1981. An essay about major league ballparks. Signed by Ford. Fine. [#914985] $50
San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1996). Photographs of boxers by Charles Hoff, with essays on boxing (by James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, and others) selected by Richard Ford and with an introduction ("In the Face") by Ford. Signed by Ford. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912546] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #912556, The Ultimate Good Luck Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. His second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Partly because of the weak construction at the rear hinge, which tends to crack, this title has become harder to locate, particularly in fine condition, than his first book. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket that is folded a bit offcenter such that the spine lettering rounds the front joint. [#912556] $225
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
NY, Vintage Books, (2004). A selection of Ford's previously published work. Only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912559] 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), (Smart American), 1990. An excerpt from his novel. Signed by Ford at his contribution. Fine. [#914987] SOLD
NY, Vintage Contemporaries, (2000). Later printing of the second Vintage Contemporaries edition of Yates' 1961 novel, with a 12 page introduction by Richard Ford. Signed by Ford. Fine in wrappers. [#912573] SOLD
NY, Bantam, (1986). Signed by the author in the month prior to publication. Paperback; fine. [#917048] $55
London, Jonathan Cape, (1985). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912575] SOLD
London, Jonathan Cape, (1977). A large, ambitious novel that spans three decades and self-consciously sets out to explore "what it is to be English." Signed by the author in 2000, with the added exhortation "Go very well!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912577] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #6704, Introduction: Remembering Cruikshank (Princeton), (Princeton University Library Chronicle), (1974). An offprint from the Chronicle; reportedly fewer than fifty copies printed for the author's use. Signed by Fowles. A scarce Fowles "A" item. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#006704] SOLD
(NY), Ecco Press, (1973). Signed by the author in 2002 with the added exhortation "Go well!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912581] SOLD
Helsinki, Eurographica, (1987). The first separate edition, copy number 172 of 350 copies, of a story first published in The Ebony Tower. Signed by the author. An attractive limited edition printed in Italy at Tipografia Nobili, on special Michelangelo paper made in Pescia, Italy. Part of the Eurographica series of Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. [#010580] SOLD
London, Chatto & Windus, 2012. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen, "another polar and penguin enthusiast," with a drawing of a penguin saying,"Hello Peter, I hope you come and see us again sometime." Matthiessen's book of Antarctic voyages, End of the Earth, was published in 2003, and this book uses lines from that book as an epigraph for the first chapter. Laid into Francis' book is an autograph letter signed by Francis thanking Matthiessen for the use of his words and for the inspiration found both in End of the Earth and The Snow Leopard. Two sides of one sheet, folded in thirds; near fine. The book is fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031897] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30721, The Corrections NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2001). The first issue (pages 430 and 431 transposed) of his National Book Award-winner, in the first issue dust jacket, without the Oprah seal. Franzen courted controversy with his lukewarm response to the book being selected by Oprah for her book club; after the fallout from it, which included his not appearing on her television show, Winfrey went back to her earlier practice of selecting classics, rather than new publications, for her book club. Signed three times by Franzen: once on the title page, once on page 431 (with a frowny face); once on the erratum slip laid in explaining the error (with a smiley face). Fine in a fine dust jacket with the slightest crimp to the crown. [#030721] SOLD
NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1997). His first book, a Civil War novel and a publishing phenomenon: after a modest 25,000 copy first printing, the book eventually sold more than a million copies in hardcover and won the National Book Award -- a rare combination of literary and commercial success for any work of fiction, let alone a first novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the John Berendt blurb attached on a label to the front panel (not exactly an issue point, as some copies had this affixed on publication day, while others didn't). Signed by the author in the year of publication. [#915001] SOLD
(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
Somerset, Chicken House, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915006] $150
On Sale: $98
(Port Townsend), Graywolf Press, 1976. The poet's second book, this being the issue in wrappers, one of 1350 copies of a total edition of 1500. Inscribed by the author to another poet in 1981, with reference to "our days in Seattle," and signed with "Love." With the recipient's ownership signature. Fine in wrappers. A nice literary association. [#022701] $100
click for a larger image of item #24524, What Is To Be Done? (Ontario), Quadrant Editions, 1983. Gallant's first play, written for television. Signed by the author. Gallant is most well-known for her short stories, and her collection Home Truths won the 1982 Governor General's Award, Canada's highest literary honor. A fine copy of the issue in wrappers. [#024524] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #914005, The Tesseract (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
(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
(Hohenwold), (Book Source), (1999). A chapbook published as Oxford Series: One. Number 173 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#913569] SOLD
Chapel Hill, Algonquin, 1987. Her highly acclaimed first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction of 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. [#913574] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #32474, Earth Elegy Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1997. A collection of new and selected poems. Signed by Gibson on the title page; inscribed by Gibson to Peter Matthiessen on the half title; and with an additional, long thank you to Matthiessen on the Acknowledgements page, where Matthiessen is also thanked in print. A Matthiessen blurb appears on the dust jacket. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032474] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #914017, The Last American Man (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
NY, Albondocani, 1988. A limited edition printing the previously unpublished "The Man Who Kicked Cancer's Ass" and "Some Blue Hills at Sundown," which appeared in The London Daily News in 1987. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched self-wrappers. [#911576] SOLD
NY, Pantheon, (2010). Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], with admiration and with an apology for stealing his time, adding "What a pleasure to spend the day with you." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Glass won the National Book Award for Three Junes. [#031913] SOLD
NY, Knopf, 1997. His highly praised first novel, written from the point of view of a young geisha, which became a surprise bestseller and was also made into a film. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912600] SOLD
Austin, Place of Herons, 1984. The simultaneous wrappered issue of this collection of stories and poems by a writer of Choctaw descent, with illustrations by the author. His second book, the earlier one having been published in 1972. Inscribed by the author to Joseph Bruchac. Fine in wrappers. Blurbs by Gary Snyder, Leonard Cohen, and others. [#025503] SOLD
(Anthology)
click for a larger image of item #30884, Bad News Baltimore, CD/Cemetery Dance, 2000. Copy 270 of 500 numbered copies signed by editor Richard Laymon and 18 contributors: Jack Ketchum, Bill Pronzini, F. Paul Wilson, Rick Hautala, Ed Gorman, Edo Van Belkom, and others. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. [#030884] 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
click for a larger image of item #22922, Chosen by the Lion (Saint Paul), Graywolf Press, (1994). The hardcover issue of her fourth collection. Warmly inscribed by the author "with gratitude and happiness." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a corner crease on the front flap. [#022922] SOLD
(Sydney), Picador, (1999). Winner of the Orange Prize. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#916233] 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
(Durham), (North Carolina Wesleyan College Press), 1981. The first separate publication by the author of the acclaimed Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. A single short story, printed in an edition of 500 copies; this is one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#913081] SOLD
NY, Norton, (1994). Poetry and prose poems. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication: "For ___ ____-/ you are part of/ these stories &/ songs/ with ongoing/ love,/ Joy Harjo/ 12/94." Fine in a fine dust jacket (not price-clipped, as most of the jackets were), with a black & white photo of the author and her daughter laid in. [#025523] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #26557, Hannibal Rising London, Heinemann, (2006). The first British edition. Signed by the author on the publisher's bookplate tipped to the half title, apparently the only way that copies of the U.K. edition were signed. Harris himself reportedly designed the color bookplate, which depicts a flying crane. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#026557] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #26558, Red Dragon NY, Newmarket Press, (2002). The shooting script by Ted Tally, based on Harris' second book, and the first to introduce the character Hannibal Lecter. The novel was first filmed as "Manhunter" in 1986 and then again in 2002 under the book's original title. Signed and with an introduction by Brett Ratner, the film's director. Fine in wrappers. [#026558] $200
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
NY, Atheneum, 1987. Inscribed by Hearon to William Kittredge: "To Bill - a real nice guy, my vintage, my scars -- it was a pleasure to be with you. Best, Shelby." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice inscription and nice association. [#026999] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #155, The Second Dune NY, Knopf, 1973. A review copy of her second novel, winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Fiction Award. Inscribed by the author "with love." Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace dust soiling, with review slip and photograph laid in. [#000155] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #18924, Intrusions NY, Viking, (1981). The first book by the award-winning author of Stones From the River, among others. Warmly inscribed by Hegi in 1982: "For ____ - whose character Duane keeps haunting me - Ursula." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#018924] SOLD
(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
(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, Knopf, 1990. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915095] SOLD
NY, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, (1985). A novel of a young Plains Indian boy coming of age at the time of the westward expansion of the white men, and of the social turmoil and collapse that followed. Inscribed by the author to Henry Kurth in 1986, "in friendship & admiration." A nice association copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#026342] SOLD
Fremont, Sumac, (1973). Advance review copy of his third book, limited to 1026 copies. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author, in 1974. With jacket flap blurbs by Jim Harrison, Thomas McGuane, and Harry Crews. [#008574] SOLD
Santa Barbara, Capra Press, (1992). The first book publication of these pieces -- stories and an essay -- which Hoagland wrote in the 1960s, before his first books of nonfiction were published. With an introduction by Hoagland that puts the pieces in context and reflects on writing and writers. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers; there was no hardcover edition. Uncommon signed. From the author's library. [#029985] SOLD
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1977). Her first book, a novel of teenage gangs. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915112] SOLD
(Acomita), Acoma Press, 1985. A collection of stories by Hogan derived from a tale her father and grandfather used to tell. Her father's version (by Charles Colbert Henderson) is the first one in the collection; the rest of the writing is by Hogan. Signed by Hogan. Fine in wrappers. An attractive, uncommon volume published by a small press in Acoma Pueblo. [#916294] SOLD
San Francisco, Cadmus Editions, (1998). The first American edition, the issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to Virginia Spencer Carr who, among other things, wrote a biography of Paul Bowles. Several sections pertaining to Bowles are marked in text, presumably by Carr for her biography. Otherwise fine in wrappers. Blurbs by Bowles and William Burroughs. [#026749] SOLD
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2005). The first English-language edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915155] SOLD
NY, Norton, (1992). Her first book, a collection of stories, one of which was selected for The Best American Short Stories 1990. The collection won the 1993 Western States Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915156] $55
click for a larger image of item #32785, A Prayer for Owen Meany (Toronto), Lester & Orpen Dennys, (1989). The first Canadian edition of what may be Irving's best-loved book (a substantial claim for a book by the author of The World According to Garp), a part of which was the basis for the movie Simon Birch. Published simultaneously with the first U.S. trade edition, but in much smaller numbers. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket [#032785] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #32788, "For Fitch, Retired" in Year of Dog, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Putney), Year of Dog Press, 1972. A very early Irving appearance, a poem, in one of 650 numbered copies of this attractively printed and bound anthology. This is Copy No. 83. Signed by printers and designers Georgia Gojmerac and Kelly Lee. Robert Bly also contributes, among many others. Fine in a fine dust jacket that is adhered to the rear board, possibly by design. [#032788] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #911624, The Fourth Hand NY, Random House, (2001). Signed by the author. Irving, who has been reluctant to sign books in recent years, did a very small number of readings from this book at which he signed copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911624] SOLD
(London), John Murray, (2005). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914171] SOLD
NY, Knopf, 2003. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen]: "With warmest appreciation and respect for having shown so many of us the way." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031948] SOLD
Woodstock, Foul Play Press/Countryman, (1990). The third Mulheisen novel. Inscribed by the author: "For Dorrit Karasek and Steve Krauzer. Two of my good ol' pals. I've got a joke & I'll tell you one day. But thanks for buying this & hope it keeps you awake. Affectionately, Jon Jackson." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027922] SOLD
NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1993). A Mulheisen mystery. Warmly inscribed by Jackson to fellow writer Steve [Krauzer] and his wife. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027808] SOLD
NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1998). A novel in this Montana author's popular and critically well-received crime series featuring "Fang" Mullheisen, a Detroit policeman. Warmly inscribed by Jackson to fellow writer Steve [Krauzer]. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027805] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #27921, The Blind Pig NY, Random House, (1978). His second book, featuring Detective Sergeant "Fang" Mulheisen. Inscribed by Jackson to Steve Krauzer: "For my beloved, esteemed and always fascinating pal, Love, Jon." Krauzer is unnamed in the inscription, but the book is from Krauzer's estate. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027921] $150
NY, Scribner, (2005). Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915191] SOLD
NY, Atheneum, 1986. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914182] $60
(KING, Martin Luther, Jr.)
click for a larger image of item #29249, KING: The Photobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr (New York), Viking, (2000). King's story told in the words of National Book Award-winning author Charles Johnson, and illustrated with photographs compiled by Adelman, many of them his own images. This copy is inscribed by Johnson to another writer, "with deepest admiration for one of America's finest literary treasures," dated in January 2001, and signed "Chuck." A nice association copy of a powerful and impressive book. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029249] SOLD
NY, Harcourt Brace World, (1965). Her first novel. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915192] SOLD
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