E-list # 142
Eclipse List
al-SHAYKH, Hanan
NY, Anchor, 1998. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#700082]
SOLD
ARIDJIS, Homero
San Francisco, City Lights, (2010). The first American edition. Inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen] and his wife. Fine in wrappers.
[#031795]
SOLD
BATTIN, Wendy
NY, Doubleday, 1984. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#700370]
$20
BINGHAM, Robert
NY, Doubleday, (2000). His posthumously published second book, a tale of drug smuggling from Phnom Penh to New York. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a label on the front panel with praise from Robert Stone.
[#913533]
$21
BUTLER, Robert Olen
NY, Horizon, (1982). His second novel, a thriller set in the northern Alaskan wilderness that is both a highly readable page-turner and a powerful novel of ideas. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the typical spine rubbing.
[#912989]
$35
CAMBOR, Kathleen
CUMMINGS, E.E.
DAVIDSON, Lionel
London, Jonathan Cape, (1976). Very Good in Very Good DJ. Some fading to pages and light foxing to extremities.
[#704691]
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DAVIS, Christopher
NY, Harper & Row, (1975). Very Good in Very Good DJ. Top edge soiled.
[#708119]
$20
DE MONTALEMBERT, Hughes
NY, Viking Press, (1985). First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Nonfiction.
[#706835]
SOLD
DOERR, Harriet
(Covelo), Yolla Bolly Press, 1990. Of a total edition of 255 copies, this is copy 27 of 190 numbered copies in sewn wrappers. Fine in slipcase.
[#914469]
SOLD
ELDERKIN, Susan
London, Fourth Estate, (2000). A paperback original. Signed by the author, with a drawing of a cactus. Fine in wrappers.
[#916157]
$35
FRAYN, Michael
NY, Viking Press, (1992). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#702426]
$20
GIRON, Sephera
Kansas City, Dark Tales, 2000. Inscribed by the author. Bookplate of another author inside the front cover. Fine in wrappers.
[#030596]
$20
GODDARD, Robert
NY, Henry Holt & Co., (1996). Very Good in Very Good DJ. Bumped corner.
[#704582]
$20
GUY, Rosa
(NY), Dutton, (1995). Uncorrected proof copy of this novel by one of the founders of the Harlem Writers Guild, a native of Trinidad who emigrated to the U.S. at the age of seven. Fine in wrappers.
[#005170]
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HALDEMAN, Charles
London, Jonathan Cape, (1963). Author's first book. Very Good in Very Good (spine-faded, lightly stained) DJ.
[#703091]
$20
HERRERA, Susana
Boston, Shambhala, (1998). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#705332]
$20
(Solar Eclipse)
KOLISKO, L.
Edge, Stroud [UK], Kolisko Archive, 1947. Beginning in the early 1920s, and reportedly working on a suggestion by Rudolf Steiner, Lili Kolisko devised a technique she called "Capillary Dynamolysis" to assess food quality, from an anthroposophical perspective. She later applied her technique to investigate the effects of astronomical bodies on planetary metals: first during a total solar eclipse in Asia Minor in 1936 (building on work done in Germany in 1927), and here, during a total solar eclipse that was "visible" in the Southern Hemisphere, but which was detected by Kolisko's Capillary Dynamolysis in England. 24 page booklet of textual description, in stapled wrappers; with 22 loose pages/plates of photographic reproductions of her experiments with 1% solutions of gold chloride, and with 1% solutions of gold chloride in combination with 1% solutions of silver nitrate, copper sulphate, iron sulphate, tin chloride, or lead nitrate. Seminal scientific work, aiming to provide the basis for scientific understanding of metaphysics and spirituality and, in particular, the notion of correspondences between heavenly bodies and earthly effects. The text and the photographs are near fine, laid into a very good publisher's cardstock chemise.
[#032928]
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LA SALLE, Peter
(Austin), Texas Monthly Press, (1984). Inscribed by La Salle to George Garrett, "the noble knight of American fiction today. With respect and thanks for continuing encouragement." Faint edge sunning to boards; else fine in a fine dust jacket with a blurb by Garrett (about La Salle's first book) on the rear flap.
[#027644]
SOLD
LASDUN, James
NY, Harper and Row, (1985). The first American edition of his first book, a highly praised collection of stories. Published in the UK as The Silver Age. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#014856]
$20
LAVENDER, David
NY, HarperCollins, (1992). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#704189]
$20
LEIMBACH, Marti
NY, Doubleday, (1992). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#705721]
$20
LINDSEY, David L.
NY, Harper & Row, (1984). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#705871]
$20
MATHEWS, John Joseph
NY, Longmans, Green, 1934. His second book, and only novel, a novel of the American Southwest. The first modern novel by an Indian writer to deal directly with questions of "Indianness," the alienation from culture and self provoked by white men's education, and the futile attempt to become assimilated into the dominant culture. Inscribed by the author: "Tulsa, November 15, 1934/ for Harriet Smith with appreciation. John Joseph Mathews." Additional gift inscription shows the book was then presented at Christmas. Mild spine sunning; a near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket.
[#030011]
SOLD
McGAHERN, John
(London), Faber and Faber, (2002). By the author of the award-winning Amongst Women (shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Aer Lingus Literature Prize and the Hughes Irish Fiction Award). This is the advance reading copy, with textual differences from the final, published text. Fine in wrappers.
[#021223]
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McKNIGHT, Reginald
(Pittsburgh), University of Pittsburgh Press, (1988). Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915341]
$30
McMANUS, James
(NY), HarperCollins, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915345]
$21
MILLS, Magnus
(Surrey), Acorn Book Company, (1999). A small collection of four stories, after his Booker-nominated first novel. Fine in wrappers.
[#915396]
$35
MOMADAY, N. Scott
NY, St. Martin's, 1992. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories and poems from 1961 to 1991. An earlier limited edition by Rydal Press printed a portion of this collection. Signed by the author. Publicist's card stapled inside the front cover; fine in wrappers.
[#025624]
$135
MUKHOPADHYAY, Tito Rajarshi
NY, Arcade, (2005). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#708774]
$20
(Native American Periodical)
(Tuscon), (U. of Arizona), 1976-1979. Highly important journal of Native American writing, conceived and produced by Indian students at the University of Arizona and one of the first such publications to appear in the renaissance of Native American literature that began after N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize. Eventually Sun Tracks the journal evolved into an important book publishing program at the university. It was a quarterly, but publication was erratic and by 1978 it was an annual publication. Contributors are a virtual Who's Who of Native American literature. Three issues, as follows: Volume 3, No. 1; Volume 4, Volume 5. All items very good except Volume 3, No. 1 which is missing the front cover; rear cover detached; fair only.
[#025901]
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OLDS, Lee
NY, Vanguard Press, (1960). Author's first book. Very Good in Very Good (edge-worn) DJ.
[#707419]
SOLD
PEARS, Tim
PRYCE-JONES, David
NY, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1986). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#707890]
$20
RESTREPO, Laura
NY, Crown, (1999). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#708309]
$20
RIGBEY, Liz
NY, Pocket, (1995. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers with (broken) wraparound paper band.
[#708360]
$20
(Caribbean Literature)
SELVON, Samuel
London, MacGibbon & Kee, 1961. Second printing of a collection of stories first published in 1959. Howes/Smith bookplate front pastedown; several pencilled marks in text; foxing to page edge and endpages; very good in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket.
[#018564]
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SHAND, Rosa
SHORRIS, Earl
NY, Delacorte Press, (1980). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#709281]
$20
SMITH, Lee
NY, Putnam, (1990). Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a touch of edge peeling to the lamination.
[#913708]
$21
STONE, Robert
NY, Knopf, 1981. 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. Inscribed by the author: "For ____/ with love until we meet again/ Bob S." Cocked, with spotting to top edge; very good in a near fine dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends. Not an uncommon book, but uncommon with a warm, personal inscription.
[#026628]
SOLD
SWENSON, May
NY, Scribner, (1967). A review copy of the hardcover edition of this collection of poems. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip and promotional material laid in.
[#016410]
SOLD
THEROUX, Paul
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Very Good in Very Good DJ.
[#710178]
$20
VANDENBURGH, Jane
NY, Pantheon Books, (1999). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers.
[#710553]
$20
WALLIS, Velma
Fairbanks/Seattle, Epicenter Press, (1996). An Athabaskan Indian legend. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915668]
SOLD
WATKINS, Paul
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Good in (stained) wrappers.
[#710738]
$20
WEST, Chassie
WEST, Rebecca
NY, Viking Press, (1987). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers.
[#710838]
SOLD
WITTENBORN, Dirk
NY, Dodd, Mead & Co., (1977). Inscribed by the author. Very Good in Very Good DJ.
[#711109]
$20
ZEIDNER, Lisa
(Madison), University of Wisconsin Press, (1988). Winner of the 1988 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#914397]
$30
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