E-list # 140

[ca. 1978-1982]. Undated, ca. 1978-1982. 21-page typescript of a section of Hoffman's 1982 book, Square Dancing in the Ice Age, representing about 14 pages of the published book. Seven pages here are photocopied or at least on heavier paper than the onionskin typescript, but most of those, as well as most of the original onionskin pages, have numerous corrections in Hoffman's hand and in another, unknown, hand. Most of these changes were made prior to publication, and still this version has textual differences from the published version. Large paperclip marks on the first page, otherwise very near fine. A substantial manuscript from one of the key counterculture figures of the 1960s. [#032295] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1979). Uncorrected proof copy of her fourth collection of poetry. Name in marker half blotted out on front wrapper (presumably the reviewer to whom the book was assigned); overall very good and inscribed by the author "with love". [#001604] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1973). The uncorrected proof copy of her second collection of poetry. Jong's breakthrough novel, Fear of Flying, published the same year as this collection, redefined the parameters for acceptable commercial fiction in the wake of the newfound freedoms of the Sixties and the women's movement, so much so that its title became a byword, and a part of the vernacular of contemporary political discussion. Inscribed by the author. Fine in tall wrappers with review slip laid in. [#008584] SOLD

[NY], [Holt Rinehart Winston], 1975. A personalized advance copy of her third collection of poetry. Photocopied pages shot from an uncorrected proof copy, warmly inscribed by the author, and with one poem, "Advice to Myself After Losing My Wallet," crossed out, apparently by Jong. Together with an autograph note signed, on personal stationery, transmitting the sheets and thanking the recipient for some Nabokov books. All items fine in a torn, hand-addressed, postage due envelope. An interesting item from the author of the landmark novel Fear of Flying. [#015617] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1966). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition of her first book. Kael revolutionized film criticism with her opinionated, colloquial reviews, her wit, her enjoyment of popular culture, and her impatience with pretentiousness. A generation of admirers and imitators has never quite succeeded in matching the engaging informality and authority of Kael's reviewing voice. A bit of white out inside front cover and penciled name on flyleaf; light foxing; near fine in a very good, proof dust jacket with tape-mended chips at the spine ends. An uncommon book, and an even more uncommon proof. [#024745] SOLD

NY, Atheneum, 1986. His second novel, a medical mystery. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To Les Carter with best wishes, Jonathan Kellerman. P.S. I love everything you've ever done. Let's take lunch." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913130] SOLD

(London), Little Brown, (1992). Signed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913134] $35

NY, Atheneum, 1987. Uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author, with "thanks for a stimulating morning." Short tear to upper front spine fold and small smudge to front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#010687] SOLD

NY, Atheneum, 1987. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913131] SOLD

NY, Bantam, (1988). A thriller set in Israel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915225] $30

NY, Atheneum, 1985. His first book of fiction, a novel. Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of dampstaining visible on verso. [#913128] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1979). Seventh novel by the author of The Painted Bird, among others. This book was published just before the "scandal" broke wherein Kosinski was accused of letting his students or paramours ghost-write his own novels. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one open edge tear down the front flap fold. Signed by the author. [#008601] $20

NY, St. Martin's, (1979). A special issue, number 466 of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. The signature is on the front flyleaf; the limitation is printed on the verso, giving the appearance of a somewhat impromptu limited edition. Fine in a near fine glassine dustwrapper with some chipping. [#010701] $30

NY, St. Martin's, (1979). The uncorrected proof copy of the seventh novel by the author of The Painted Bird, among others. This book was published just before the scandal broke wherein Kosinski was accused of letting his students or paramours ghost-write his own novels. Fine in tall wrappers. [#027642] SOLD

NY, Scientia-Factum, 1968. Kosinski's resume from 1970, the facts of which roughly correspond to to the biographical sketch at the rear of The Art of the Self, with the omission of his 1965 work Notes of the Author. Together with a copy of The Art of Self [NY, Scientia-Factum, 1968], a pamphlet containing short pieces relating to his National Book Award-winning novel Steps. Inscribed by the author. The pamphlet is edge-sunned; near fine in stapled wrappers. The resume is folded in thirds; edge-sunned with a small edge chip; near fine. A unique combination of items pertaining to Kosinski's writing career after the success of The Painted Bird and before the scandals that later plagued him after his celebrity, culminating in his suicide. [#022972] $650

NY, Random House, (1968). Kosinski's second novel, and second book published under his own name, after the highly acclaimed The Painted Bird. This title won the National Book Award. This is presumably a review copy: "Courtesy of Antioch Review" stamped on front pastedown; else fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#015631] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. The uncorrected proof copy of the revised second edition of his first book, here with a new introduction (titled "Afterward") by the author. Signed by Kosinski on the title page, and additionally inscribed by him on the first blank: "For ___ and ___ - ten years after,/ affectionately, Jerzy/ Feb 1976." Light bump to spine base, else fine in wrappers. His powerful -- and later controversial -- first novel, of the Holocaust. Part of the controversy around this book stemmed from Kosinski's originally implying that it was an autobiographical novel, and the experiences of the main character -- a gypsy child wandering around Eastern Europe during the war -- were based on his own experiences. After publication he refrained from making such claims publicly, but even in the new introduction here, ten years after the original publication, he strongly implies that his childhood experiences in the war were of the devastating variety that the book's protagonist underwent. The Painted Bird, despite all the controversy surrounding it, was named by Time magazine in 2005 as one of the top 100 novels from 1923-2005. Kosinski, hounded by controversy and scandal, committed suicide in 1991 at the age of 57. An uncommon proof, especially warmly inscribed. [#032301] SOLD

London, Bodley Head, (1960). The first British edition of the author's first book, a pseudonymously published nonfiction account of Russia in the postwar years, predating his first novel, The Painted Bird, by five years. Inscribed by the author as "Jerzy Kosinski" for Hugh Moorhead in 1982. Moorhead was a Philosophy professor at Northeastern Illinois University who wrote to 250 authors to ask them what they thought the meaning of life was, and then published their answers in a depressing book that suggested nobody had much of a clue. Stripe at bottom page edges; very good in a very good dust jacket chipped at the upper front spine fold. [#000989] $350

(NY), Doubleday, (2002). An advance excerpt of Krauss's first novel, along with a half dozen excerpts from other Doubleday titles of that season. Fine in wrappers. [#916382] $30

NY, Dial, (1968). A book for young adults that was a Newberry Honor book. A minor classic, and very scarce in the first printing. This copy has an ink initial on the front flyleaf and the half title; near fine in a very good dust jacket that is worn at the spine extremities and rubbed through at the spine folds. [#001232] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2009). The advance reading copy of the first British edition, which was only published in paperback. Several tiny edge nicks; near fine in wrappers. An uncommon advance copy. [#028255] $30

(NY), Open City Books, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of this paperback original, a collection of stories and the author's first book and the second book by this publisher, which was founded by Robert Bingham and which was an outgrowth of Open City magazine. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#028945] SOLD

NY, Rinehart, (1951). Mailer's second book. Like his first book, The Naked and the Dead, this title was published in black pseudo-cloth boards that rub remarkably easily, with a coarse paper dust jacket printed in black, which also tends to show wear. This is a near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket, with fading to the title block on the spine, rubbing to the folds, and light edge chipping. The jacket is printed in black and red; there was also a black and green jacket, with no priority known. [#912641] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1952). The first British edition of Mailer's second book. Very good in very good, edge-worn dust jacket. [#027318] SOLD

(Shavertown), Sligo Press, 2004. Edited by J. Michael Lennon. A book assembled by the students in a seminar on Norman Mailer's writing at Wilkes University, and then published as a limited edition. One of 110 numbered copies, of which 10 were hors commerce, of a total edition of 150. Signed by Mailer and Lennon. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#027653] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1998). The uncorrected proof copy of this omnibus collection, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Naked and the Dead. "Selections by Mailer of his best work, ingeniously arranged as a literary retrospective." Signed by Mailer and with a foreword by him. Massive, over 1200 pages. Publication date written on spine; slight rubbing to the front spine fold; still fine in wrappers. Uncommon signed. [#027411] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1979). Third printing. Inscribed by Malamud to George Garrett and his wife, "with affection." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight fading and a couple tiny spots to the spine. [#027654] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1969). A novel in the form of six related short stories, three of which had appeared in earlier collections of his, two of which were uncollected, and one of which was previously unpublished. Inscribed by Malamud, "For Mike and Katharine/ With love/ Bern," presumably his long-time friends Michael Seide and his wife. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#032707] SOLD

[NY], Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1979]. Printing the front cover and spine only, with the title in a pale green that was later changed to yellow. Folded flat; else fine. [#019699] $20

[NY], Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1979]. A proof copy of the dust jacket (jacket only, no book) for this Malamud novel, printing the front cover and spine only, with the title in a pale green that was later changed to yellow. Together with a copy of the finished jacket, with the yellow lettering, author photo and flap text. Each folded flat, else fine. [#019698] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1966). His fourth novel, which deals with anti-Semitism in Tsarist Russia, and which won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Inscribed by Malamud: "For Katharine and Mike/ old good friends/ Bern." The authors Michael Seide and Katharine Shattuck were long-time friends of Malamud's, with Malamud having gone so far as to call Seide an "influence" on him. It was Seide who indirectly found Malamud his agent: Seide was Henry Volkening's (of Russell and Volkening) first client, but when Seide recommended Volkening to Malamud and Malamud called the agency, Diarmuid Russell answered the phone, and Russell would remain Malamud's agent throughout his career. Seide wrote The Common Thread in 1944, and then didn't publish another book for nearly forty years. When his book The Common Wilderness was finally released, Malamud was there to blurb it, as "an original, energetic, language wrought, imaginative work by a daring writer." A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with mild fading to the spine lettering and a bit of wear to the crown. An excellent association copy of a multiple award-winning novel. [#032706] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1971). One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912646] SOLD

Undated. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A short note to another writer, noting that he has received his book, is currently reading it, and has tried to find someone to review it and "will do whatever I can to make sure your work is noticed and appreciated." Folded in thirds for mailing; fine. [#012907] SOLD

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1975). Advance review copy (with Canadian review slip) of his second book, a collection of stories that was selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the six best works of fiction published that year. Boards edge-sunned; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#008226] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1992). A review copy of the third Easy Rawlins mystery and, by most accounts, the scarcest in the series. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024152] $150

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

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968. A review copy of his second book which, like his first, is set in the urban ghettos of New York City. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trace wear at the crown, with review slip laid in. [#012937] SOLD

NY, Dutton, 1970. Folded and gathered sheets of his fourth book and first of nonfiction, a memoir of his political awakening in the late 1950s and early 1960s, which led to an active involvement in the Civil Rights movement and the movement against the war in Vietnam. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine, partially stapled into a very good dust jacket. Neugeboren has more recently written more nonfiction, recounting his brother's battle with mental illness and his own experience of open heart surgery: both received extensive critical praise. [#012941] SOLD

London, Faber & Faber, (1964). The first British edition of her first book, one of the key works in the renaissance of women's writing that accompanied the feminist movement in the late 1960s. Inscribed by the author to Seymour Lawrence under the front flap: "For the Lawrence of WAKE who still is / Tillie Olsen/ June 1965." Laid in is an autograph note signed: "This for you personally & your wife who looks/ like my Karla / I hope you can reissue these someday, with other/ pieces / And other books./ TLO/ A scrawled on picture where we met." Included is a 3-1/2-inch square black and white photo of Olsen at her desk ("scrawled on" on verso). Olsen's hope was realized: Lawrence re-published this book in 1969; he also published her next books. The note is on 4" x 6" paper; paperclip imprint, else fine. The book is near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny chipping at the extremities. [#004267] SOLD

(NY), Delacorte Press, (1974). Both a review copy and an uncorrected proof copy of her first novel, begun in 1932 -- a chapter of it was published in the Partisan Review in 1934 -- and set aside for 40 years while the author raised her four daughters, engaged in political activism, and published Tell Me A Riddle, a collection of three short stories and an O'Henry Award-winning novella. The uncorrected proof copy is inscribed by the author to noted bookseller Burt Britton: "Dear Burt - I am sorry you have this - I am sorry I could not prevent this edition with its changes made by an impertinent copy editor, and a publisher who refused to print corrections to original copy, and all the changes and revisions I felt necessary after seeing these proofs. The paperback is right. Tillie." Olsen has also signed her name in full on the same page; written an illegible note ("genuine .... smear") on the front cover, which she has initialed; corrected the publication date on the information sheet on the inside front cover; and added "and an unnamed copyeditor" to the author credit. A hint of spine sunning, else fine in wrappers. Together with a review copy of the first edition, signed by Olsen on the title page, and inscribed by her under the front flap: "For Burt Britton, Book Lover - See note in uncorrected page proof. Thank you for caring for this anyway. Tillie Olsen 1976." Fine in a very near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket, with review slip laid in. Books inscribed by Olsen -- whose handwriting is so tiny as to be almost unreadable -- are uncommon. The proof and the book are housed together in a custom clamshell case. [#028867] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1971. A review copy (used for review - slip not present) of her second book, first collection of stories. Several notations in the text and the reviewer's address label and draft review on the front flyleaf, where he has also written the book's scheduled publication date. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with sunning to the rear panel and one small edge tear. [#017243] SOLD

(NY), New American Library, (1966). The uncorrected proof copy of her first book, one of a handful of literary first novels published by NAL during the mid-60s, including John Gardner's The Resurrection and William Gass's Omensetter's Luck. Tall, comb-bound galley sheets. Laid in is a letter sent by editor David Segal to author John Barth, sending him "yet another first novel" and requesting "the pleasure of reading your opinion," as it appears Barth had made it clear that he would not be offering "a quotable quote." A noteworthy letter: Segal took over the newly founded hardcover publishing branch of New American Library, which previously had specialized in paperback publishing only -- notably the Signet and Mentor imprints, which reprinted classics and bestsellers. Segal immediately began publishing literary fiction by young, unknown writers, and in the course of a couple of years introduced William Gass, John Gardner, Michael Shaara, Alice Adams and Cynthia Ozick to the world, all of whom went on to become major American authors. It's a bit surprising that Barth would have been averse to providing a "quotable quote" for the likes of these, but apparently that was the case. This copy is signed by Barth on the first page and with his address stamp on the front cover. Ozick's name was left off the cover and has been added in ink. Mild sunning and curling to the covers; small tear at upper spine; about near fine. A very scarce proof of an important first book, and a copy with exceptionally interesting provenance. [#031477] SOLD

March 14 and June 4, 1991. The first letter recounts several "months of upheaval" following her husband's injury in an accident: "I have not been able to write a word since November 20th... and am fairly suffocated by unfulfilled commitments and the guilt pertaining thereto." The second, longer letter talks of Israel, where the recipient is headed and where her daughter already is. In part: "The phrase 'Arab-Israeli conflict' is a misnomer that's led to the world's current Big Lie. It's not a 'conflict' when one party is tirelessly aiming to destroy the other, and there can be no equation (the word 'conflict' certainly suggests an equation) between would-be destroyers and defenders..." Both letters are folded for mailing; else fine, with envelopes. [#013810] SOLD

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 to Shirley Solotaroff: "Shirley my old pal/ love/ Grace." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the black front panel. [#029703] 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

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1994). The limited edition. Collects all the stories from her first three volumes of short fiction. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914255] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1959. A wonderful association copy of her first book, a collection of stories, by a writer who helped define the role of women and politics in contemporary literature: engaged without being didactic, Paley focused on both the ordinariness and the wonder of everyday life. Inscribed by Paley to Jean Stafford and her third husband, the journalist A.J. Liebling: "To Jean & Joe -- Grace Paley." Like Paley, Stafford's greatest medium was the short story: her Collected Stories won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970. Paley's Collected Stories, which included stories from this title, was a finalist for both the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, 25 years later. Offsetting to the endpages; near fine in a very good dust jacket with spotting to the rear panel and rubbing to the folds. [#029162] SOLD

(n.p.), Viking, (1993). The advance reading copy of her second novel. Fine in wrappers. [#915466] $50

NY, Vintage, (1998). The advance reading copy of the Vintage edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and one of the series of award-winning novels Roth published in the 1990s that, by general critical consensus, surpassed anything he had done before and elevated him to the front rank of American novelists, and a legitimate candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Fine in wrappers. [#911982] $50

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and one of the series of award-winning novels Roth published in the 1990s that, by general critical consensus, surpassed anything he had done before and elevated him to the front rank of American novelists, and a legitimate candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with light foxing to verso. [#030385] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1990). The uncorrected proof copy of this novel which was the first time Roth used his own name for the main character of a novel. He did it again in Operation Shylock and The Plot Against America, both books that accumulated multiple awards and award nominations. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. This is the only signed copy we have seen. [#911964] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1990). Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911966] $35

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2006. The advance reading copy. Unmarked, but from the library of Peter Matthiessen. One page corner turned; near fine in wrappers. [#032173] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1959. His first book, a collection of short fiction including the title novella -- which was the basis for a well-received movie in the Sixties -- and five short stories. Winner of the National Book Award and a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Top stain a bit faded, and a little rubbing to the board edges; near fine in a very good spine-tanned dust jacket with a few short edge tears. An attractive copy of an auspicious debut, the promise of which was more than fulfilled by the author's subsequent writing career. Roth was one of the few novelists to have his entire body of work re-issued in the Library of America series -- a total of nine volumes, more than any other writer in the series. [#030786] SOLD

(Lewisburg), Press of Appletree Alley, 1995. A fine press limited edition of a story that first appeared in The Partisan Review in 1986. Copy No. 138 of 195 numbered copies, signed by the author. An uncommon edition: although the stated limitation was 195, the press was selling unbound copies a couple of years after the initial publication date, suggesting that not all of the sets of sheets were bound. Fine in quarter leather, burgundy cloth boards, in a fine slipcase. The nicest edition done of one of Roth's works. [#911247] $850

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1998. The advance reading copy. A novel set in the McCarthy era, and the second book in the trilogy that includes American Pastoral and The Human Stain. Fine in wrappers. [#911986] $35

(NY), Library of America, (2005). The second volume of Roth's collected works: When She Was Good, Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang, and The Breast. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911999] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1993). The uncorrected proof copy of this winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and Time magazine's Book of the Year; also voted one of the best works of American fiction in a quarter century in a New York Times Book Review survey. Fine in wrappers. [#911970] $50

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1993. The Franklin Library edition of this winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and Time magazine's Book of the Year; also voted one of the best works of American fiction in a quarter century in a New York Times Book Review survey. Signed by the author, and with a special introduction by him for this edition. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#911969] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1993). Harold Bloom's copy of the uncorrected proof copy of Roth's novel, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and Time magazine's Book of the Year; also voted one of the best works of American fiction in a quarter century in a New York Times Book Review survey. Bloom is perhaps most famous for his controversial book The Western Canon, which argued against "the Balkanization of literary studies" and presented an exhaustive list of what he considered to comprise the canon. Six Philip Roth books made it onto Bloom's list, including this title. With a typed note signed by Roth, from two years prior, laid in, in which Roth raves to Bloom about Douglas Hobbie's first novel, Boomfell. The note is folded, else fine. The proof has Bloom's notations on the front cover and summary page; handling apparent to covers; very good in wrappers. A good association copy between one of the leading novelists of his time and one of the leading critics of the day. [#032317] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1971). Second printing. Roth's send-up of Nixon and the Nixon administration. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ and ___, two good kids." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911936] SOLD

NY, Bantam, (1973). The "Watergate Edition." Roth's send-up of Nixon and the Nixon administration. First thus, a new Bantam paperback edition with a new introduction by Roth. Fine in wrappers. [#911940] SOLD

(NY), (Metromedia), (1971). Playbill for three plays based on three Philip Roth stories: "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," and "Eli, the Fanatic." This is the Playbill for the Premiere Performance, on October 26. Fine in stapled wrappers. Also included is a Playbill from the general run, which has more ads and a change of font on the title page. Also fine in stapled wrappers. [#911937] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1969). His landmark fourth book, a comic novel and one of the defining volumes of its time. Slightly musty; near fine in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with a slightly offcenter fold. [#027471] SOLD

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1981). Proof dust jacket for this novel featuring Nathan Zuckerman, one of Roth's fictional alter egos. Front cover and spine printed; rear cover and flaps blank. 19-3/8" x 8-1/4"; folded at the rear spine folded; else fine. [#019717] $20

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1995. The advance reading copy. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in wrappers. [#911975] $35

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

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1983. The Franklin Library edition. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. With a special introduction by the author for this edition. Signed by the author. Fine. [#911953] SOLD

(Mankato), Creative Education, Inc, (1993). The first separate appearance of the story "The Conversion of the Jews" from Goodbye, Columbus, Roth's first book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911972] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1987). The uncorrected proof copy. Voted one of the best works of American fiction in a quarter century in a survey conducted by the New York Times Book Review. Of the 22 titles named in that survey, Roth was the author of six of them. Promotional sheet stapled inside the front cover; slight spine-fading, thus near fine in wrappers. [#030383] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2001. The advance reading copy. A novel featuring professor David Kepesh, who first appeared in Roth's novella, The Breast, in 1973 and again in his novel The Professor of Desire. Front cover splayed, else fine in wrappers. [#911996] $35

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1988). His autobiography. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911963] $35

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1979. The Franklin Library edition of the first novel in his Zuckerman sequence. Nominated for the National Book Award. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. With a special introduction by Roth for this edition. Fine. [#911947] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. A review copy of this novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with author photo laid in and several pages of promotional material (no review slip). Very scarce signed, especially as an advance copy. [#911248] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (2000). The first British edition. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911993] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of the British edition. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Fine in wrappers. [#911991] $40

(NY), (Houghton Mifflin), (2009). The advance reading copy of Roth's 30th book, a novella. Trace corner wear; very near fine in wrappers. A scarce advance copy. [#028318] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Literary critic Harold Bloom's copy of the advance reading copy of Roth's "alternate history" novel, which imagines a pro-Nazi Charles Lindbergh defeating Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. With Harold Bloom's signature. Age-toning to pages; near fine in wrappers. [#032316] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2004. The advance reading copy. An "alternate history" novel, which imagines a pro-Nazi Charles Lindbergh defeating Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. Fine in wrappers. Together with an audio CD on which Roth reads an excerpt from Chapter 1. Fine. [#911998] $50

London, Cape, (1985). The uncorrected proof copy of the first edition of this volume not separately published in the U.S. until the 1996 paperback edition. Slight abrasion to rear cover; else fine in wrappers. A Roth rarity. Roth became one of the most highly acclaimed American novelists in recent memory with a string of award-winning books in the 1990s and 2000s and inclusion of six volumes of his writings in the Library of America series. [#911956] SOLD

[1962]. September 8, [1962]. A brief typed note signed: "Dear Mrs. Micou: Thank you for your kind note. I'm glad that you liked the book, and that you thought to write to tell me. Sincerely, Philip Roth." Although not stated, this note was written in 1962, and the book in question was Roth's first full-length novel, Letting Go. More than 50 years after this letter, Ann McKinstry Micou received her doctorate from Drew University with a dissertation on the power of place in the New Jersey fiction of Philip Roth, Richard Ford, and Junot Diaz. On paper that has been clipped down to 5" x 5", folded at the upper and lower margins. Mildly age-toned; near fine. [#032687] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1981). The uncorrected proof copy. Spine a bit faded, else fine in wrappers. [#911950] $50

Boston, Little, Brown, (1961). His third book, two novellas of the Glass family that first appeared in The New Yorker. Slight spine slant, slight sunning, slight offsetting to front flyleaf; a near fine copy in a very good, mildly toned and rubbed dust jacket with a little wear at the spine extremities. [#028324] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1963). Salinger's fourth and last book, two long stories of the Glass family. This is the third issue, with the dedication page tipped in after the title page. Spotting to top edge; boards mildly sunned and splayed; very good in a very good, spine-sunned dust jacket with a little wear to the spine. [#024185] $250

Boston, Little, Brown, 1951. Salinger's classic first book, a coming-of-age novel that has influenced successive generations of young people with its adolescent hero's rejection of the "phoniness" of the adult world around him combined with the authenticity of his voice. Salinger's book retains the freshness it had when first published, and it stands as one of the great fictional accomplishments of 20th century American literature, included on every list of the 100 best novels of the century, and listed as number 2 on the Radcliffe list and number 6 on the Waterstone's list. Minor foxing to top and bottom edges of text block; offsetting to hinges from binder's glue; a very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with offsetting to the front flap, tanning to the spine, slight rubbing to the spine folds and light wear to the crown. A very nice copy with distinguished provenance: it was a gift from publisher Alfred A. Knopf to a young writer who was interviewing him for a biography, and who later went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in the 1980s. Letter of provenance available. [#028107] SOLD

Chicago, Consolidated Book Publishers, (1942). Salinger's first book appearance, this being the first issue (1942), the state without the head and toe bands. Rubbing to covers; near fine in a near fine, lightly faded mailing box, (printed in red, black and orange rather than the later red, white and blue), which has a revised page count stamped over the original page count. The "2" in the copyright date, which in our experience is always battered, is more clearly visible in this copy than in most other copies of the first issue that we have seen. [#914680] $2,500

West Hartford, Raven Editions, 2004. A limited edition of a single story. Of a total edition of 110 copies, this is copy 6 of 75 numbered copies signed by Salter and by Robert Dente, the artist. Fine in wrappers. [#915547] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of Salter's memoir, published to extraordinary critical praise. Salter was often praised as a "writer's writer." His collection of stories, Dusk, won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Fine in wrappers. [#007180] $20

NY, Bookman Press, 1998. A limited edition of this piece about the writer Irwin Shaw, a longtime friend of Salter's. Excerpted from Salter's memoir, Burning the Days. One of 200 numbered copies. Only issued in wrappers. Fine. [#012026] SOLD

NY, Bookman Press, 1998. A limited edition of this piece about the writer Irwin Shaw, a longtime friend of Salter's. Excerpted from Salter's memoir, Burning the Days. One of 200 numbered copies. Only issued in wrappers. Signed by Salter. Fine. [#012027] 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

NY, Macmillan, (1973). The uncorrected proof copy of her well-received first book, which was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 10 best novels of the year. Inscribed by the author. Covers dust-soiled; else fine in wrappers. [#006083] SOLD

(NY), New Directions, (1950). His fifth collection of poems. Some minor edge sunning; else fine in a slightly dusty, near fine dust jacket. An attractive copy of this title. [#004835] SOLD

London, Gollancz, 1965. The first British edition of her first book, a memoir of her family's escape from the Nazis in Vienna when the author was ten years old. Spine-cocked; thus only very good in a spine-faded dust jacket that is internally and externally tape-repaired along the upper edge of the front panel. A notable book, uncommon in any edition. [#018163] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1946). An early collection by the author of The Young Lions, among others. Light offsetting to endpapers; else fine in a mildly spine-tanned dust jacket with unnecessary tape-strengthening on the verso of the spine crown. [#022170] 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, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1973). A collection of stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Winner of the National Book Award. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. [#023307] SOLD

(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, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1985). The uncorrected proof copy. A collection of stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Fine in wrappers. [#013357] $20

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1967). A novel. Signed by the author: "Greetings/ I.B. Singer." Fine in a very good dust jacket with several small edge tears and internal tape-strengthening at the spine. [#022535] SOLD