E-list # 136

(Normal), Dalkey Archive Press, (1993). Maso's third book, a novel constructed of memories in the mind of a dying woman. Inscribed by the author: "For John Updike, with great admiration - Carole Maso 1993." In the title essay of her collection Break Every Rule, Maso, in commenting on gay and lesbian portrayals of desire in literature, asks, "why when we write...does it so often look like the traditional, straight models, why does our longing look for example like John Updike's longing? Oh not in the specifics -- but in the formal assumptions...does form imply a value system?" A nice inscription to a writer who was at the cultural and publishing center from a writer at the edge. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027131] SOLD

NY, Walker and Company, (1988). Her acclaimed first book, a mystery novel introducing attorney Neil Hamel of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a new entry in the ranks of contemporary female sleuths, and the start of a new mystery series located in the American Southwest. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913455] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1990). The second Neil Hamel mystery. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a tiny nick at the crown. [#024228] $150

(NY), HarperCollins, (1993). The fifth mystery featuring Albuquerque attorney and investigator Neil Hamel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024231] $60

(NY), HarperCollins, (1991). Her third mystery featuring Neil Hamel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024229] $70

(NY), HarperCollins, (1992). The fourth Neil Hamel mystery. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024230] SOLD

Lincoln, University of Nebraska, (1991). An anthology reprinting work by a number of the most high-profile of the contemporary Native American writers -- Momaday, Silko, Welch, Ortiz, Erdrich, Vizenor and Dorris. Edited and with an introduction by Alan R. Velie, the author of the influential volume of criticism Four American Indian Literary Masters. This copy is signed by James Welch and Michael Dorris. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025247] SOLD

[Sacramento], (CoTangent Press), [1993]. A limited edition of a story from Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs, preceded, in 1990 by a CoTangent edition of one handwritten folio copy, and issued here with revisions. This is Copy No. 23 of 200 copies signed by Vollmann and by the designer, Ben Pax. Illustrated by Vollmann. Fine in sewn wrappers and dust jacket. [#912137] $650

(London), Deutsch, (1989). The correct first edition, preceding its U.S. issue. A massive book, a collection of stories, published in a small edition of only 1250 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#011337] SOLD

(Albany), State University of New York, (2001). New essays on Vonnegut, with a foreword by Vonnegut. Includes pieces by Jerome Klinkowitz, Loree Rackstraw, David Pringle and others. Signed by Vonnegut with a self-caricature. Fine in wrappers. [#029030] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1991). The author's first book, a highly praised Hollywood novel with a cult following. Wagner is also a screenwriter (I'm Losing You; Nightmare on Elm Street 3; Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills), as well as the writer of the television miniseries Wild Palms. This copy is inscribed by Wagner to Michael Millikan: "the most focussed motherfucker I've ever met. Affectionately, Bruce." Millikan was first assistant camera operator on Wild Palms. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029546] SOLD

Ames, Iowa State University Press, (1990). Signed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914360] SOLD

London, Macmillan, (1993). Her eerie second book. Signed by the author. Slight waviness to pages else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913467] $80

London, Cape, (1998). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915673] $80

(NY), (St. Martin's), (1992). A "special collector edition" of this book about New England ghosts and haunted buildings. Inscribed by the authors in 1994. Flyer for a program featuring the Warrens laid in -- "America's Top Ghostbusters!" -- along with the recipient's notes on the evening. The pair were well known for investigating paranormal occurrences, including the Amityville case, which was the basis for a book and later a movie. Recipient's stamp inside the front cover; fine in stapled wrappers. From the library of modern horror writer Stanley Wiater. [#031542] SOLD

(Minneapolis), Milkweed Editions, (1993). A novel. Winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize and the Mountains and Plains Bookseller Association Regional Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915679] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1976). A review copy of the revised and expanded edition of the first book by this author of Blackfoot-Gros Ventre heritage, who was one of the most important and accomplished Native American writers of the post-1968 generation. Welch was a respected poet and an award-winning novelist, and wrote, with great power and sensitivity, fiction focused on both contemporary Indian life (e.g., Winter in the Blood) and historical material (the award-winning Fools Crow). The sixth book in Harper & Row's Native American Publishing Program. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025810] SOLD

NY, World, (1971). The first book by this author of Blackfoot-Gros Ventre heritage, who was one of the most important and accomplished Native American writers of the post-1968 generation. Riding the Earthboy 40, a collection of poems, was never properly distributed as the publisher folded at the time of publication. It was re-published five years later in a revised and expanded form by Harper & Row. This is the first edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912874] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1990). The fourth novel by the author of Winter in the Blood and Fools Crow, among others; Welch was considered, along with Leslie Silko, one of the key writers of the first generation of the renaissance in Native American literature. Inscribed by Welch: "To Steve [Krauzer]/ I'm waiting for the next novel from your pen (or computer). Best, Jim Welch." A nice association copy between these two writers from Missoula, Montana. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027981] SOLD

(Edinburgh), Rebel, Inc, (1996). A collection of novellas by six Scottish writers, including "The Rosewell Incident" by Welsh. This copy is signed by Welsh. Fine in wrappers. [#912161] $80

London, Jonathan Cape, (1994). His second book, a collection of stories, published as a paperback original, both in England and the U.S. Signed by the author. Fine in self-wrappers. [#912157] SOLD

(London), Methuen, (1998). A play by the author of Trainspotting, among others, only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine. [#915682] SOLD

San Diego/NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991). First thus, the 50th Anniversary edition of her first book. Inscribed by Welty to her long-time editor, John Ferrone: "To John/ in appreciation and gratitude for all you have done for the stories, old and new, that I've written, and for me - and with love, Eudora/ New York/ November 21, 1991." Ferrone had been the editor on Welty's National Book Award-winning The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032836] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1976). A fictional sequel to Words for a Deaf Daughter. Warmly and lengthily inscribed by the author in the year of publication, with a quote from Kafka's Great Wall of China. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#000370] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1982. His third book, a World War Two tale of a temporary holiday rapprochement between soldiers on opposite sides of the conflict that goes stunningly, tragically wrong. Made into a movie. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915690] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1989). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916985] $65

Brooklyn, Soft Skull Press, 2002. A 3-page introduction by Whitehead to this collection of David Rees's George W. Bush-era comic strips. Signed by Rees and by Whitehead, who won a MacArthur Award the year this book was published and the National Book Award in 2016 for The Underground Railroad. Fine in oblong wrappers. [#032920] SOLD

(NY), Lyons Press, (1999). Nonfiction: adventure, travel and fishing. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] in 2000: "My life is the better for knowing you, the world a kinder place." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032541] SOLD

NY, Harper, (1967). The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning (Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Bridge of San Luis Rey) author's National Book Award winning novel. Inscribed by the author: "For JEAN and WALTER with deep regard and affection ever/ Thornton/ March 21, 1967." As with at least three other copies of this title that Wilder inscribed, the recipients' names are in large block letters, while the bulk of the inscription is in Wilder's small cursive. We do know that Wilder was in New York on the date of this signing, and that he had reason to behold the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Walter Kerr and his wife, the writer Jean Kerr (of Please Don't Eat the Daisies fame) with deep regard and affection: Walter Kerr lauded Wilder's work repeatedly in the 1960s, from his off-Broadway work ("the very special voice of Thornton Wilder...the homely, jaunty, gently poetic sound of it..."), to the cultural phenomenon that was Hello, Dolly!, which was based on Wilder's The Matchmaker. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A gorgeous, inscribed copy of a National Book Award winner. [#030149] $1,500

NY, St. Martin's, (2003). A highly praised comic novel. Signed by the author and dated the month after publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#025216] SOLD

(Springfield), Gauntlet, 2003. A Publisher's Copy ("PC") of 475 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031162] SOLD

(Springfield), Gauntlet, 2001. A Publisher's Copy ("PC") of 475 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031160] $115

(Sydney), Macmillan, (1994). An eerie, atmospheric novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the southeast Asian section of the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024484] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1969). His first book, a novel. Geoffrey is the older brother of author Tobias Wolff, and the two appear in each other's memoirs. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author. [#016077] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1992. A collection of related personal essays by the author of The Duke of Deception, among others. Inscribed by Wolff to another writer "with so much admiration." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#023650] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. His fourth book and second collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace rubbing to the flap folds. [#915716] $60

NY, Ecco, (1981). The first paperback printing of his first collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine. [#915714] SOLD

(Vineburg), (Engdahl Typography), 1989. A limited edition of this story, attractively printed and bound. The entire edition consisted of 200 numbered copies, of which the first 50 were given marbled endpapers and were signed by the author. This is copy number 26. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915720] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1996. A collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. This is the full collection, not the limited advance edition that printed only the title story. [#915724] $50

NY, Knopf, 2005. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917028] $45

London, Chatto & Windus, (2001). The first British edition of his first novel. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#915733] SOLD