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312. REAVEY, George. The Colours of Memory. NY: Grove Press (1955). Poetry, issued in a lettered edition of 26 copies and a numbered edition of 250 copies: this is a presentation copy (designated as "s.c. 3"), so inscribed on the colophon page, signed by the author and with an original drawing by I. Rice Pereira signed by the artist as frontispiece. This copy conforms to the limitation of 26 -- i.e., with an original work by Pereira included; the numbered edition of 250 did not have any artwork. It can be assumed that the presentation copies ("s.c" -- "special copy"?) were even more limited than the lettered copies, as is almost always the case in the issuance of limited editions such as this. A fine copy in a lightly chipped and spine-tanned dust jacket. Laid in is a autograph holiday card signed by Reavey. A significant volume, with an original, albeit small, work of art by a distinguished American abstract artist (whose work is in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, among many others).
313. RICE, Anne. Class Handout. 1981. Photocopied handout for a creative writing class Rice taught at San Francisco State University in 1981. Rice presents brief biographical and bibliographical information and then her ambitions, literary influences, and her thoughts on bridging the gap between serious writing and "trash." A few paragraphs on the then-forthcoming Cry to Heaven and its similarities to Interview with the Vampire and Feast for all Saints. Three pages. Minor overall handling; near fine. Scarce, ephemeral writing from early in the career of one of the most popular novelists in America.
314. RICE, Anne. The Queen of the Damned. NY: Knopf, 1988. The third book in the Lestat sequence. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
315. RICE, Anne. Lasher. NY: Knopf, 1993. A sequel to her novel, The Witching Hour. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author in 1996.
316. RICE, Anne. Taltos. NY: Knopf, 1994. The uncorrected proof copy of the sequel to The Witching Hour and Lasher, a continuation of her history of the Mayfair witches. Fine in wrappers.
317. RICE, Anne. Servant of the Bones. NY: Knopf, 1996. The uncorrected proof copy. This is the presumed first issue proof, with the first page blank rather than printing the author photo and bio. Fine in medium tan wrappers.
318. -. Same title, the presumed second issue of the proof, with the author bio and in light ivory wrappers.
319. RICE, Anne. Violin. NY: Knopf, 1997. Nicely inscribed by the author: "For ______, Enjoy my dark story -." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
320. RICE, Anne. Pandora. NY: Knopf, 1998. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of vampire tales. A bit of smudging to rear cover; else fine in wrappers.
321. RICE, Anne. Vittorio, the Vampire. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1999. A limited edition of the second tale in her "New Tales of the Vampires" series. With a special introduction by Rice for this edition on the plot, reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, and the setting, which is Florence. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Signed by the author. Fine.
322. RING, Ray. Peregrine Dream. NY: St. Martin's (1990). The second of the author's mystery novels, set in the Southwest and featuring former fish and game agent Henry Dyer. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
323. ROBINSON, Marilynne. Partial Typescript of an Unpublished Novel. (n.p.): (n.p.) (1984). Seven pages of typescript, comprising two sections of a novel that was to follow her first, Housekeeping. These pages were forwarded to Esquire for inclusion in their Works in Progress feature in the August, 1984 issue. One passage was excerpted. Seven pages, double-spaced, with a few minor holograph corrections, and with a cover letter from Robinson's agent. Housekeeping won the Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award and a Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Award and was made into a well-received film. Robinson has since published two books, both nonfiction. This small archive provides an interesting glimpse of a highly regarded contemporary author's (seemingly abandoned) fiction-in-progress. Fine.
324. RUSHDIE, Salman. Midnight's Children. NY: Knopf, 1981. The author's second book, winner of Britain's Booker Prize and the first book in his ambitious sequence of novels of the Muslim world, which culminated in The Satanic Verses and the death sentence that was imposed on him by Moslem fundamentalists. The American edition is the true first, preceding the British (they were both printed in this country). An important book that launched Rushdie's literary career as it represented a quantum leap from the subject matter and accomplishment of his first novel. This title was later named as the outstanding title among all the Booker Prize winners -- the so-called "Booker of Bookers," and Rushdie has since completed work on the screenplay. Fine in a fine dust jacket with one minuscule edge nick at the spine base.
325. RUSHDIE, Salman. The Moor's Last Sigh. NY: Pantheon (1996). The first American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
326. SELF, Will. Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys. NY: Grove Press [1999]. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of the latest collection of stories by the author of My Idea of Fun, The Quantity Theory of Insanity, and others. Fine in wrappers.
327. SELF, Will. The Sweet Smell of Psychosis. NY: Grove Press [1999]. The advance reading copy of the first American edition of this short novel scheduled for publication in September. Fine in wrappers.
328. SETH, Vikram. An Equal Music. (NY): (Broadway Books) [1999]. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition, from British sheets. With a note laid in stating that this state follows the advance reading copy with the jacketed full-color cover. Fine in wrappers.
329. SHAMES, Laurence. Tropical Depression. NY: Hyperion (1996). Advance reading copy of this Florida mystery by a writer who writes in the comic vein of Carl Hiaasen, Charles Willeford and Elmore Leonard. Fine in wrappers, and signed by the author.
330. SHAW, Irwin. Mixed Company. NY: Random House (1950). A volume of collected stories, seven of which appear in book form here for the first time and one of which was previously unpublished altogether. Signed by the author. Spotting to top stain, else near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket made of coarse, fragile "oatmeal" paper. The jacket has multiple small chips and tears but is remarkably well-preserved given the material of which it consists: most jackets using this type of paper simply disintegrate over time. A quite attractive copy of a very scarce book by the author of The Young Lions and Rich Man, Poor Man, among others.
331. SHIELDS, Carol and HOWARD, Blanche. A Celibate Season. (NY): Penguin (1999). The advance reading copy of the first American edition of this collaborative epistolary novel. Fine in wrappers.
332. SIMPSON, Mona. Anywhere But Here. NY: Knopf, 1987. The uncorrected proof copy of the first novel by this Granta 20 author. One slight corner crease; else fine in wrappers.
333. SIMPSON, Mona. The Lost Father. NY: Knopf, 1992. The advance reading copy of her second novel by this Granta list author. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers and publisher's folding cardboard box.
334. SMITH, Martin Cruz. Havana Bay. NY: Random House (1999). The uncorrected proof copy of his new book, a sequel to Gorky Park, which follows his Russian detective to Havana well after the fall of Communism in his home country. Very tiny bump to spine base; fine in wrappers.
335. STEINBECK, John. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters. NY: Viking (1975). An advance review copy of this massive collection (900+ pages), consisting of folded and gathered sheets wrapped in a dust jacket, which is stapled to the last sheet. Fine. A very scarce format.
336. STONE, Robert. Bear and His Daughter. Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. The author's highly praised first collection of stories, spanning the years 1969 to the present. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
337. -. Same title. Bound galley sheets; 8 1/2" x 11"; tapebound in cardstock covers. Precedes the bound proofs that were issued, and presumably produced for in-house use only; we have not seen any other copies offered elsewhere on the market. Fine, and very scarce.
338. STONE, Robert. Damascus Gate. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1998. The limited edition of his latest novel. A densely plotted political and metaphysical thriller set in contemporary Jerusalem, which explores the apocalyptic tensions concentrated in that part of the world today; nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author. With a special introduction by Stone for this edition. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, map endpapers, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine.
339. (STONE, Robert). "Fear" in Place, Vol. III, No. 1. (Walnut Grove): (Natural Wonders) (1973). A pre-publication excerpt from Stone's National Book Award-winning novel, Dog Soldiers. Quarto; near fine in wrappers. An attractive, heavily illustrated -- and short-lived -- magazine. Other contributors include Stewart Brand, Paul Krassner, Al Young, Judy Dater, more. Lopez C10.
340. (STONE, Robert). LOPEZ, Ken and CHANEY, Bev. Robert Stone. A Bibliography 1960-1992. Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. A first bibliography of Robert Stone, describing the American and English editions of his "A" items, with an extensive listing of his appearances in others' books, in periodicals, in translation, etc. Illustrated with photographs and including a critical introduction as well as a previously unpublished piece by Robert Stone. Stone is widely considered one of the half-dozen most important American novelists to emerge from the era of the Vietnam war and the Sixties counterculture, and the short list of his published novels so far does not give an accurate indication of his pervasive influence on contemporary American literature. By tracing the secondary appearances -- and there are many: the bibliography includes over 240 entries -- one appreciates the scope of his writing and the points at which his voice has been one that defines our current situation and gives us the terms with which to understand it. We're biased, but we think every library should have a copy of this book, and any collector who cares about contemporary literature could benefit from it. This is the limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by Robert Stone. With a marbled paper dust jacket by Light of Day Bindery in Northampton, MA, and printed letterpress by Wild Carrot Press. List price:
341. -. Same title, the trade edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
342. STOPPARD, Tom. The Real Inspector Hound. London: Faber and Faber (1968). The second play by the author of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Shakespeare in Love. Faint dust-soiling; else fine in self-wrappers.
343. STRALEY, John. The Curious Eat Themselves. (NY): Soho (1993). The second Alaska mystery by the author of The Woman Who Married a Bear. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
344. STYRON, William. The Confessions of Nat Turner. NY: Random House (1967). His controversial third novel, about a black slave uprising in the nineteenth century. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication. Top stain dulled, else fine in a near fine, very slightly spine-faded dust jacket.
345. SÜSKIND, Patrick. Perfume. NY: Knopf, 1986. The uncorrected proof copy of the author's unusual, highly praised first novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Fine in wrappers.
346. TALLENT, Elizabeth. Time with Children. NY: Knopf, 1987. Two states of the uncorrected proof copy of her second story collection. The first state has fewer stories and the stories included appear in a different order than in the final version. Both are fine in wrappers. For the two:
347. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. NY: Random House (1971). First edition of Thompson's hilarious, drug-soaked memoir of a trip to Vegas -- the book that defined "gonzo journalism." This is a near fine copy in a supplied, near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by the author and dated in San Francisco in 1984. Thompson rarely signs books, and signed copies of his most famous and successful book seldom turn up on the market.
348. THOMPSON, Jim. Nothing More than Murder. NY: Harper & Brothers (1949). His scarce third novel, and the last hardcover he published before moving onto a career of writing pulp paperbacks, some of which have since become classics of the hardboiled noir genre. Thompson has enjoyed a renaissance of popularity in the years since his death, and a number of his books have been made into movies, including The Grifters, The Getaway, and the French film Coup de Torchon. This is a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with very light edgewear, including a few tiny chips at the crown. A very attractive copy of an uncommon book.
349. TILGHMAN, Christopher. In a Father's Place. NY: FSG (1990). His well-received first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
350. TILGHMAN, Christopher. Mason's Retreat. NY: Random House (1996). Signed by the author in 1999. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a tiny nick on the front panel.
351. TILGHMAN, Christopher. The Way People Run. NY: Random House (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small edge crease and an "Autographed Copy" label.
352. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
353. TYLER, Anne. If Morning Ever Comes. NY: Knopf, 1964. The first novel by the author of The Accidental Tourist and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Breathing Lessons. Written when she was just 22 years old, and published with a small first printing of only 4000 copies. Tyler's books today have first printings that run into the hundreds of thousands of copies. This copy has a rich top stain (some of which appears on pp. 45-48), flaking to the spine gilt (as is common with this title), and a small bump to a top board edge; about near fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author with "best wishes."
354. -. Another copy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with several tiny chips and a 1" edge tear on the rear panel.
355. UPDIKE, John. The Poorhouse Fair. NY: Knopf, 1959. Updike's second book, first novel, winner of the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, for a novel which, despite not being a commercial success, was nonetheless "a considerable literary achievement." Also nominated for the National Book Award. Large owner inscription on the front flyleaf (dated Valentine's Day, 1959), otherwise a very near fine copy with just a hint of sunning to the lower board edge, in a near fine dust jacket with two tiny edge tears. A much-better-than-usual copy of a scarce first novel.
356. UPDIKE, John. Trust Me. NY: Knopf, 1987. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories. Near fine in wrappers.
357. UPDIKE, John. S. NY: Knopf, 1988. An epistolary novel based on an ashram similar to that operated by the popular guru Rajneesh during the 70's and 80's. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
358. UPDIKE, John. Brazil. NY: Knopf, 1994. The advance reading copy of this novel that was something of a departure for Updike, being far removed from the familiar suburban milieu of most of his fiction. Fine in pictorial wrappers.
359. UPDIKE, John. In the Beauty of the Lilies. NY: Knopf, 1996. The first trade edition. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a slight loss of crispness to the edges.
360. UPDIKE, John. Bech at Bay. NY: Knopf, 1998. His 49th book, a sequel to Bech: A Book and Bech is Back. Inscribed by the author with "best wishes." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
361. UPDIKE, John. More Matter. NY: Knopf, 1999. The uncorrected proof copy of his 50th book, a collection of essays and criticism from the previous eight years, with a preface by the author. Scheduled for publication at the end of September. A massive proof, nearly 900 pages; spine-creased; near fine in wrappers with the cover art bound in.
362. (UPDIKE, John). Poster. (n.p.): U. of South Carolina, 1998. A poster printed in honor of Updike's visit to the university and the display of the Updike collection of Donald Greiner. 17" x 22". Featuring an Updike caricature of Santa with the word bubble "Yes, you may display me." Inscribed by Updike in facsimile. Of a total edition of 125 copies, this is one of 100 numbered copies. Rolled; shallow crimping along one edge; near fine.
363. -. Same title, an unnumbered and unlettered copy, presumably from a print overrun. Rolled; else fine.
364. (UPDIKE, John). Exhibition Catalog. (n.p.): U. of South Carolina, 1998. A catalog of the exhibition of the Greiner collection. Of a total edition of 1250 copies, this is one of 1200 unnumbered copies in stapled wrappers. Although not called for, this copy has been signed by Donald Greiner, who has provided an introduction. Fine.
365. (UPDIKE, John). The Best American Short Stories of the Century. Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A "Best of" the "Best of" collections, edited and introduced by Updike. Fifty-five stories, spanning the years 1915-1998, and including, among others, Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Welty, Nabokov, Cheever, O'Connor, Roth, Oates, Barthelme, Bellow, Carver, Beattie, Munro, Lorrie Moore, Tim O'Brien, James Alan McPherson and, of course, Updike. Signed by Updike and co-editor Katrina Kenison. Fine in a fine dust jacket.