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All books are first printings of first editions or first American editions unless otherwise noted.
(Sixties)
(ALPERT, Richard). BABA RAM DASS
(San Cristobal), (Lama Foundation), (1975). A later printing of Alpert's enormously popular autobiography and guidebook to enlightenment, first published in 1970 in a different form in an edition of 300 copies under the title From Bindu to Ojas. While others before Alpert -- notably Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts -- had laid the groundwork for understanding principles of Eastern religions in terms familiar to Westerners and also describing the psychedelic drug experience in the terms of mystical religious experience, Alpert's book was a bestseller, being reprinted numerous times, selling hundreds of thousands of copies, and fostering what has come to be known as the "New Age" movement. This copy is inscribed "in love" by the author. Laid in is a ticket and program for Ram Dass's "Cultivating the Heart of Compassion" tour, during which this copy was presumably signed, on November 9, 1986. Rubbing and creasing to the covers; dampstaining to the page edges; a good copy in wrappers.
[#035565]
$750$525
(Anthology)
NY, Pantheon, (1984). The uncorrected proof copy of this 766 page collection. Fine in wrappers.
[#036256]
$45
$23
$23
BARTHELME, Frederick
NY, Winter House, 1970. The issue in wrappers of this collection of short pieces and photographs, with illustrations by Mayo Thompson. Gift inscription front free endpaper; mild foredge foxing; one crease and general dustiness to white covers; a very good copy.
[#035346]
$150
$98
$98
BARTH, John
Garden City, Doubleday, 1966. Signed by the author. A bit of bubbling to pastedowns; else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket. H18 code on last page of text.
[#911337]
$160
$104
$104
BAXTER, Charles
(NY), New Rivers Press, 1974. The scarce hardcover issue of his second book, a collection of poetry. The total edition was 600 copies, of which only 200 were issued in cloth; 400 were issued in wrappers. Well-known these days as a writer of fiction and of essays on fiction, Baxter didn't publish his first novel until 1987, seventeen years after his first book (Chameleon) and thirteen years after this title. Inscribed by the author in 1982. Fine in a slightly rubbed, else fine dust jacket.
[#911007]
$650$455
(Book Collecting)
Tucson, Firsts, 2007. The full year, 10 issues (no issue published in July or August). Articles on John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Andrea Barrett, "The Literature of Place," "The Future of Collecting," and Harry Potter. Fine. May require added postage.
[#036329]
$50
$25
$25
BOYD, William
(London), Bridgewater Press, (2000). Of a total edition of 138 copies, this is copy VII of 12 Roman-numeraled copies bound in quarter Library Calf, with a signed original drawing by Boyd, tipped in as frontispiece. Signed by the author. Fine.
[#914614]
$750$525
BOYERS, Peg
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (2007). The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the poet to the writer Robert Stone, on the dedication page, in the year of publication: "with gratitude for your loyal friendship & for your reliably great art -- with great esteem & affection." A nice association copy. Fine.
[#028394]
$80
$40
$40
BOYLE, T.C.
(Augsburg), Maro Verlag, (1997). The German language issue of the first separate appearance of a story that first appeared in the Georgia Review in 1979. Illustrated with woodcuts by Sophie Dutertre. Fine in self-wrappers, with a one sheet, four-page author/illustrator biographical supplement laid in, also illustrated by Dutertre. Uncommon. This copy is signed by Boyle.
[#911383]
$150
$98
$98
BUDNIK, Dan
NY, QCC Art Gallery, (2010). The catalog of an exhibition of Budnik's Civil Rights-era photographs. Inscribed by Budnik to the author Peter Matthiessen and his wife, "with all loving wishes and Peace to infinity." A bit of soiling on the rear cover; near fine in self-wrappers. Together with a copy of Theos Bernard's Penthouse of the Gods [Scribner's, 1939; heavily mottled and lacking dust jacket, front flyleaf excised], with Budnik's ownership signature and an undated autograph note signed laid in to Matthiessen, ("Here's 'that' book - rather amazing story"), saying he's headed to South America, and commenting on the death of what appears to be a mutual friend. Written on the back of a promotional card for a Book Search service; fine.
[#031661]
$350$228
BUKOWSKI, Charles
Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow, 2001. Two comb-bound advance copies: one shot from typescript and printed on rectos only, 298 pp.; the second copy is typeset and printed on both sides of the page, 355 pp. Laid into the first copy is an earlier version of one included poem: "oh to be young in 1942!," here titled just "oh, to be young!" The poem is two pages, the first being ribbon copy. Photocopied emendations to the table of contents in the first copy, removing the titles of poems not included; penciled notes to the table of contents in the second copy. The first one has the date "2/3" and the publisher's initials, "JM," on the cover; the second one is also initialed and is dated "4/11." Each is fine with an acetate cover. From the collection of John Martin, publisher of Black Sparrow Press, which printed most of Bukowski's work for the last nearly 30 years of his life, and which was in turn supported by the success Bukowski had with his poetry and his fiction, which rewrote the boundaries of what was acceptable as art.
[#033372]
$1,250$938
(BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice). McWHORTER, George T.
Lanham, University Press of America, (1987). A compendium of the characters, concepts, and literary allusions contained in Burroughs' 77 published stories, compiled and inscribed by McWhorter, longtime curator of the Burroughs collection at the University of Louisville Library. Small, faint red spot near spine, else a fine copy, without dust jacket, as issued. Review copy, with publisher's prospectus and errata slip laid in.
[#035569]
SOLD
(Hip Hop)
CABLE, Andrew
NY, Ballantine, (1998). Biography of the hip hop artist, known as Puff Daddy and various other monikers over the years, one of the first generation of rappers who became a worldwide celebrity immediately upon the release of his first album, then cementing his fame as a producer in addition to being a performer. Illustrated with a number of color photographs. Published as a mass market paperback, with no hardcover edition and presumably targeted at the youth market: few copies have been preserved over the years, and libraries tend to not take mass market paperbacks as seriously as trade hardcover editions, so it is not as well represented in OCLC as its subject might seem to warrant. One deep crease to the spine; near fine in wrappers.
[#036219]
$250$163
(Santa Claus)
CHURCH, Francis P.
(various), (various), (1956, 1968). In 1897, eight year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, asking, in part, "Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?" The reply of Editor Francis P. Church read, in small part, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias...." Church's response became the most reprinted English language newspaper editorial in history. When Virginia O'Hanlon died, in 1971, friends formed a press to publish the editorial and its back story as a children's book; in 1974, the book became an Emmy Award-winning animated television special; and, in 2009, it became a CGI animated television special entitled simply, "Yes Virginia." The items offered here all predate the story's book and animation fame, and include the typescript of a 1956 television appearance by O'Hanlon, a Sun broadside of the editorial, and Two Christmas Classics, which is likely the editorial's first appearance in book form, in 1968. The lot is as follows: 1. The 3-page typescript of a 1956 segment of the television show The Children's Hour, hosted by Ed Herlihy, with guest appearances in this episode by Santa Claus and by Virginia O'Hanlon, who would have been in her late 60s. In it, Santa asks Herlihy if there really is a Virginia, and Herlihy introduces "Dr. Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas," using her married name (kept after her divorce), acknowledging her doctorate (from her career as an educator), and revealing that "Virginia" was actually her middle name. Herlihy then recounts the story of the editorial, and O'Hanlon is given unscripted time to talk about events since, followed by her own reading of Francis P. Church's famous response to her younger self. These pages are stapled to: 2. An undated New York World Telegram/The Sun broadside of the full editorial, entitled "Is There a Santa Claus?," and adding a paragraph at the bottom on "How Editorial Happened to Be Written." 3. A cover letter is included, written on New York World Telegram letterhead and dated October 21, 1956, from a former employee of the paper to "Miss Clements" (Alice Clements, producer of The Children's Hour), saying that he is acquainted with O'Hanlon and feels he can convince her to appear on the show, adding, "Each and every year during the month of December I was shocked by the nation-wide demand for reprints of the Virginia O'Hanlon story." These three items are folded in half, and the corner staple is rusted; they are otherwise near fine. 4. Together with the chapbook Two Christmas Classics, issued by Columbia University Press, ca. 1968, and printing both Church's editorial and Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from Saint Nicholas ("Twas the night before Christmas") as a holiday keepsake, as both Church and Moore were graduates of Columbia College. (Coincidentally, O'Hanlon received her Masters Degree from Columbia.) The chapbook also prints brief, anonymous, introductions to each. Approximately 4-3/4" x 6-1/2", edge-sunning to the front cover; near fine in stapled wrappers, with a holiday greeting laid in that is signed by Carl B. Hansen, of Columbia University Press. A relatively early grouping of items in the enduring legacy of one child's curiosity and Church's timeless response embodying the meaning of Christmas.
[#032276]
$2,000$1,500
DE BERNIERES, Louis
(Hay), Hay Festival Press, 2004. The first separate appearance of this story, with an introduction by De Bernieres for this edition. Number 63 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
[#911483]
$100
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DEWEY, John
NY, Horace Liveright, (1929). The first volume in the Kappa Delta Pi Lecture Series, in which Dewey argues for education to be a disciplined and evolving science. Owner name of Theodore F. Lentz, Jr. on the front flyleaf, and together with Lentz's own book, An Experimental Method for the Discovery and Development of Tests of Character [NY: Columbia University, 1925]. Lentz's book has a date stamp on the rear cover and a few small edge tears; very good in wrappers. Dewey's book has a bookplate (not Lentz's) on the front pastedown and several small, penciled marginal marks; near fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny edge chips and one small, internally tape-mended edge tear.
[#034726]
$450$293
FORD, Richard
(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation that he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. Signed by Ford. An unknown number of copies were produced, but Ford signed seven of them at a reading in 1990. Photo-reproduced sheets on 3-hole paper. In this copy, page 120 was typed on a different typewriter than the first 119 pages. Bound in a flexible blue binder; fine. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine.
[#911202]
$1,000$700
FORD, Richard
(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. Apparently a later generation photocopy, as the text is less sharp; also the rectos of the pages tend to stick to the versos of the pages preceding. This copy is signed by the author. Near fine, in maroon binder.
[#911203]
$1,000$700
FULLER, R. Buckminster
NY, St. Martin's, (1982). The uncorrected proof copy. Fuller explains his ideas on the structure of the universe and Man's place in it through the characters of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Quarto; very good in wrappers.
[#035216]
$50
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$25
(Guns)
(Riverside), (National Shooting Sports Foundation), [ca. 1960s]. A youngster's gun craving is "as normal and as healthy as the love of ice cream" and if you would leave your youngster alone in the house for two or three hours, then he or she is ready for his or her first gun. A gender-neutral pro-gun brochure from a half-century ago. Fine in stapled wrappers.
[#035007]
$100$65
HAMOD, Sam
Princeton, Contemporary Poetry Press, (2013). First published in 1980, this is a new edition, with a foreword by Carlos Fuentes. This copy is inscribed by the author to the Chinese poet Bei Dao: "For the great poet Bei Dao -- on a wonderful meeting and in memory of [?], Mahmoud Darwish, Ramallah and freedom and justice." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a typescript copy of Hamod's poem "Sabra/Shatilla: In Sorrow," which does not appear in the collection.
[#032647]
$115$75
(Native American)
HOBSON, Brandon
(NY), Ecco, (2021). The advance reading copy of this novel by the Cherokee author of Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2018. Very light rubbing to covers; near fine in wrappers. Uncommon in an advance issue.
[#036231]
$75$38
(Poetry)
IAN, Janis
NY, Dial Pres, (1969). Poetry by the musical artist, her first book, published when she was only 18 years old but already a major star as a result of her controversial hit single, "Society's Child," about an interracial love affair, written and first recorded when she was 14 years old. Near fine in a very good, mildly rubbed dust jacket with one closed edge tear and a shallow water stain at the lower edge of the rear panel.
[#036488]
$300$195
(KAEL, Pauline)
Rochester, George Eastman House, 1956-1960. 29 issues of this "Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures." Unmarked, but from the library of Pauline Kael. The George Eastman House published this journal beginning in 1952. This lot begins with all ten issues from 1956 and includes nine of the ten issues from 1957 (all but No. 55, the December issue); five of the ten issues from 1958 (Nos. 57, 58, 62, 64, 65); three of the four quarterly issues from 1959 (June, September, December) and two of the four issues from 1960 (March, June). These date from the period that Kael managed the Berkeley Cinema-Guild and Studio, an art film house that she ran for about five years before beginning her career as a film reviewer. The lot is musty; the June 1956 issue has lost its staples; otherwise the lot is near fine in stapled wrappers.
[#036416]
$375$244
(KAEL, Pauline). CAHILL, Joseph
NY, Quality Paperback Book Club, (1995). Inscribed by Cahill to Kael: "For Pauline, without your early illustration encouragement, this could never be. Thank you. Joey." Contains Cahill's graphic story "Print City." Near fine in wrappers.
[#036083]
$50
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$25
KILBOURNE, Jean
(NY), Free Press, (1999). A book on media literacy, explaining the ways women are targeted as consumers, by one of the creators of the documentary film series Killing Us Softly. Signed by the author and dated prior to publication. Later released with the title Can't Buy My Love. Kilbourne was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2015. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, with a blurb by Maya Angelou.
[#034616]
$250$163
LOPEZ, Barry
NY, Scribner's, 1978. The uncorrected proof copy of his third book, winner of the John Burroughs Medal as the best work of natural history published that year, and a nominee for the National Book Award. A remarkable and unlikely bestseller: the book was reprinted numerous times, brought into a new edition by the publisher (in a smaller format), picked up by the Book of the Month Club, and became a significant commercial success in a trade paperback edition as well. It attempts to explore the wolf both in the objective world and in the subjective ways that humans have seen and imagined it throughout history. This proof copy was printed with the original title, The Book of the Wolf, on the cover and the title page; the ultimate title has been written in by hand on the cover. A fragile, padbound proof with covers beginning to separate at the spine base; several scuff and spots to cover and a handful of page corners turned. Name of author and reviewer Ethel Jacobson across the front cover. A very good copy. A landmark in natural history writing.
[#036475]
$350$228
(Nature)
(LOPEZ, Barry). SINGER, Sam and HILGARD, Henry R.
San Francisco, W.H. Freeman, (1978). Later printing of a textbook on the human species, from evolution, to anatomy, to gene theory: this was a gift by Lopez to his stepfather. Inscribed by Lopez on a card that has been taped to the front pastedown: "Dear Dad, to wish you a very good 77th. Our love/ Barry & Sandy." By our calculations, this would have been 1983, when Lopez would have been starting work on Arctic Dreams. Boards bowed; a very good copy, without dust jacket, as issued.
[#035677]
$200$130
(Poetry)
LUCIE-SMITH, Edward and HOSBAUM, Philip, editors
London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Signed by both editors. Musty; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
[#035943]
$50
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$25
LURIE, Toby
Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, (1990). Volume 8 in the Mellen Poetry Series. Inscribed by Lurie "to a dear lost friend recovered..." Corner crease to rear cover; near fine in oblong wrappers.
[#036040]
$100$65
MARCH, Michael
(n.p.), Kant, (2000). Bilingual (English/Czech) edition. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone in the year of publication. Fine in a very good dust jacket.
[#033757]
$85
$43
$43
MATHESON, Richard
Philadelphia, Chamberlain Press, 1954. Matheson's first hardcover publication, a collection of stories with an introduction by Robert Bloch, who later wrote Psycho. About 650 copies of this book had been distributed prior to a flood that destroyed the remaining bound copies, and a fire later destroyed the unbound sheets. Inscribed by Matheson to the horror writer Stanley Wiater, in 1992: "To Stanley -- with many thanks for the excellent interview in Dark Dreamers. Best always, Richard Matheson." Matheson's career began with placing short stories in the pulp magazines, and he later became one of the most important script writers for "The Twilight Zone." Ray Bradbury called him "one of the most important writers of the 20th century," and Stephen King cited him as "the author who most influenced me as a writer." A nice association copy. Wiater's bookplate on front pastedown. Lower boards show some water damage, text block fine, but still only a good copy in a good, damp-stained dust jacket with effects mostly visible on verso and rear panel.
[#030756]
$450$293
MATTHIESSEN, Peter
NY, Viking, (1983). An author's copy of Matthiessen's controversial and suppressed book about the confrontation between American Indian activists and the FBI in the early Seventies at Pine Ridge Reservation near Wounded Knee that left two federal agents and one Indian dead, and resulted in AIM activist Leonard Peltier being imprisoned for life, convicted of the agents' murder in a case that Matthiessen describes as rife with government malfeasance. Matthiessen, his publisher, and even some bookstores who had stocked the book were the targets of lawsuits brought by two government officials who claimed they were slandered by the hard-hitting book, which made no bones about its advocacy of the Indians' case. Until a landmark Supreme Court decision upholding Matthiessen's (and Viking's) First Amendment rights, the book was shelved with remaining copies of it being pulped; paperback publication, as well as foreign publication, were blocked for nearly a decade. A significant volume, both for the incendiary nature of its content, as well as for the First Amendment battle surrounding its publication and suppression. (President Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence in 2025.) This copy is from Matthiessen's own library. A little Long Island foxing in evidence; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Letter of provenance available.
[#031447]
$125$81
MORRELL, David
NY, Evans, (1975). Inscribed by the author in 1982. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Near fine in a near fine, rubbed and price-clipped dust jacket.
[#031047]
$60
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$30
MORROW, Bradford
(NY), Viking, (1995). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, "with great admiration," in the month prior to publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#033761]
$85
$43
$43
(Native American)
Washington, DC, American Indian Policy Review Commission, 1976. Two reports: "Commission Briefing Paper/American Indian Policy Review Commission," dated November 19-22, 1976; and "Information Bulletin from the American Indian Policy Review Commission/A Joint Congressional Committee/(Public Law 93-580), which is undated. 41 and 26 pages, respectively. Corner stapled; edge-foxed; still about near fine.
[#035858]
$100$65
O'BRIEN, Tim
NY, Broadway Books, (1998). The uncorrected proof copy, in white wrappers. Much scarcer than the advance reading copy in pictorial wrappers. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in wrappers.
[#911810]
$150
$98
$98
(ARTSCHWAGER, Richard)
(ONDAATJE, Michael; FORD, Richard; LOPEZ, Barry; BEATTIE, Ann; KINCAID, Jamaica)
1997. A promotional poster for the annual Toronto literary festival, which each year since 1980 has brought together some of the best writers of contemporary world literature. This is one of only a handful of copies signed by all or most of the year's participants, approximately 54 signatures. Signed by: Robert Stone, Barry Lopez, Richard Ford, Michael Ondaatje, Anne Michaels, Colm Toibin, Bharati Mukherjee, Jamaica Kincaid, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michael Turner, Jane Urquhart, Mavis Gallant, Ann Beattie, Nino Ricci, James Reaney, and many others. From the collection of the promoter of the festival, Greg Gatenby. Designed by Richard Artschwager. 17" x 23". Rolled, else fine.
[#029753]
$1,000$700
(Russian)
PATRICK, George Z.
NY/Chicago, Pitman, (1938). An explication of 350 Russian word roots. Inscribed by the author in 1938, to Mrs. Kathleen Barnes (possibly of the Institute of Pacific Relations). Patrick was, at the time, an Associate Professor of Russian at the University of California, Berkeley; he eventually chaired the Department of Slavic Languages. Spotting to top edge and mild dampstaining to lower board edges; near fine in a very good, somewhat stained and darkened dust jacket.
[#035137]
$250$163
PHILLIPS, Travers
(n.p.), [Self-published], (n.d.). Poetry, apparently self-published. Inscribed by the author: "Especially for Pauline Kael/ with the warmest regard of the author and in keen appreciation of your own remarkable literary accomplishments/ Travers Phillips/ 2nd April, 1985." Slightly sunned and spotted; very good in wrappers.
[#034576]
$45$23
PULLMAN, Philip
NY, Knopf, (1993). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this dark young adult novel that was later reprinted as The Butterfly Tattoo. Slightly dusty; else fine in wrappers.
[#023042]
$85$43
QUEEN, Ellery
NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1934. Owner name and blindstamp front flyleaf; a solid but handled copy. Very good, without dust jacket.
[#036108]
$85
$43
$43
ROBBINS, Tom
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Inscribed by Robbins: "To Paul, with 'eternal' gratitude for introducing me to the Clock People. Your friend, Tom Robbins." Paul Dorpat, who is the first person acknowledged in Robbins' Author's Note for the book, was a co-founder with Robbins and others of Seattle's first underground newspaper, Helix; and an issue of the paper featured a story about The Great Clock and the legend of the Eternity of Joy, the text of which parallels Chapter 59 of Cowgirls (in addition to "the clockworks" playing a larger role in the novel as a whole). A dozen or so ink and pencil notes in the text, presumably by Dorpat. Apart from the annotations and a bit of spotting to the boards, this is a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a chip at the upper rear spine fold. One of the best possible association copies of this beloved, irrepressible novel.
[#034749]
SOLD
ROTH, Philip
(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$595
SANDLER, Bernice Resnick
(Washington, D.C.), National Association for Women in Education, (1996). An exploration of gendered experiences in the classroom, from nearly every conceivable angle. This is a follow-up to the 1982 report The Classroom Climate. Co-authored by Sandler, with Lisa A. Silverberg and Roberta M. Hall. This copy is inscribed by Sandler: "To Carol - keep up the good work." Near fine in wrappers.
[#034716]
$100$65
SARTON, May
NY, Norton, (1989). Inscribed by Sarton to Doris Grumbach in the year of publication: "For Doris/ with love always/ from M." Below this, Sarton has signed her name in full. Grumbach is not specifically named, but the book comes from a collection where similarly inscribed books confirmed the attribution. A wonderful association: in addition to their being friends; both authors explored lesbian themes in their novels before such a thing was fashionable, then ordinary, then cause for rage and banning. Slight lean (as though from gentle reading), else fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#036481]
$250$163
SHIELDS, Carol
Ottawa, Borealis, 1974. Her second book. Fine in wrappers.
[#912740]
$100
$65
$65
SNYDER, Gary
Marlboro, Griffin Press, (1966)[1968]. A limited edition printing one section of Mountains & Rivers Without End. One of 200 copies, published in May, 1968. Entry A19 in Katherine McNeil's Snyder bibliography, which states that the 1966 copyright date refers to the poem's first publication in Poetry), and that the item's colophon erroneously describes the poem as six, rather than one, section of Mountains & Rivers Without End. Contents: Things to do around Seattle; Things to do around Portland; Things to do around a lookout; Things to do around San Francisco; Things to do around a ship at sea; Things to do around Kyoto. Nicely illustrated by Ken McCullough. Faint sunning to rear panel; very near fine in wrappers. Scarce.
[#035895]
$375$244
STEIN, Gertrude
Paris, Editions de la Montagne, (1930). A bilingual edition, one of 400 numbered copies of a total edition of 502. Pages uncut. Ten verbal portraits, in poetry and prose, of Picasso, Erik Satie, and the two translators of this volume, George Hugnet and Virgil Thomson, among others. Near fine in French-folded self-wrappers and very good original glassine.
[#035688]
$500$325
(TATE, James)
(Brockport), (SUNY Brockport), (1975). A program for two readings by two poets, on consecutive nights: James Tate with Gerard Malanga, and William Matthews with Susan Fromberg Schaeffer. Each poet has a photo, a bio, and a poem in the program. This copy is from the library of James Tate. Fine in stapled wrappers.
[#034412]
$45
$23
$23
UPDIKE, John
Kittery Point, William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987. One of 150 copies printed of a lecture Updike gave at Harvard as part of the 150th anniversary of Howells' birth. Published in a slightly altered form in The New Yorker, this is the first separate appearance, with an Author's Note by Updike. Approximately 40 pages of text; fine in self-wrappers with complimentary slip from the publisher laid in. Updike won the Howells Medal years later, in 1995, for Rabbit at Rest; the medal is given out for the best work of fiction in America during a five-year period. One of Updike's scarcest "A" items.
[#028555]
$1,000$700
ZWINGER, Ann and WILLARD, Beatrice
NY, Harper & Row, (1972). First printing (full number line at rear of book) of Zwinger's second book, following Beyond the Aspen Grove, and preceding her John Burroughs Medal winning book Run, River, Run. This title is a guide to alpine tundra in the U.S. and features 24 color plates and 230 of Zwinger's line drawings. Inscribed by Zwinger and signed by Willard in 1978. Multiple instances of faint highlighting in text, thus very good in a very good, lightly edgeworn and price-clipped dust jacket.
[#036442]
$275$179
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