Catalog 105, S-T
461. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. One tiny corner crease; else fine in wrappers. Signed by the author.
462. SARRIS, Greg. Grand Avenue. NY: Hyperion (1994). The uncorrected proof copy of the author's first book of fiction, a collection of interconnected stories. Slight crease to front cover; else fine in wrappers.
463. SCHUMACHER, Julie. An Explanation for Chaos. (NY): (Soho Press) (1997). Her first collection of stories, three of which were included in annual "best of" anthologies. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
464. SCHWARTZ, Delmore. Successful Love. NY: Corinth, 1961. A collection of short fiction by the poet, featuring two previously unpublished novellas and six short stories. This is the uncommon hardcover edition; fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear.
465. (Scottish Writers). Clocktower Press, 10 vols. (Orkney): Clocktower Press (1990-1996). Ten volumes, a complete run, from this important and influential Scottish small press. Includes Booklet number 5, Past Tense by Irvine Welsh, the first book by the author of Trainspotting, published in an edition of 300 copies. The stories in Past Tense were later incorporated into Trainspotting. Welsh also appears in Booklets 6 and 8, which had limitations of 500 and 300, respectively. Other authors featured in this series include Janice Galloway, Booker Prize winner James Kelman, Duncan McLean, John Aberdein, David Crystal, Brent Hodgson, Alison Kermack, James Meek, and others. Volumes 2, 4 and 10 are signed by McLean, Kermack and Aberdein, respectively. There was one Clocktower card, by Duncan McLean, issued in 1994 in an edition of 25 which is not included. An important collection, and one that would be difficult to assemble from scratch at this point. All volumes are fine in stapled wrappers.
466. 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.
467. SHACOCHIS, Bob. The Next New World. NY: Crown (1989). A review copy of the author's second collection of stories, set in the Caribbean islands. Blurbs by Robert Stone, John Irving and Barry Hannah. His first collection, Easy in the Islands, won the National Book Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
468. SHAPLEN, Robert. A Corner of the World. NY: Knopf, 1949. First book by this noted reporter on Southeast Asia, later correspondent for The New Yorker. This is a collection of stories, including one set in Saigon and dealing with a French officer and Vietnamese politics. An early representation of Vietnam in American fiction. Near fine in a near fine, mildly dampstained dust jacket.
469. SHEPARD, Jim. Batting Against Castro. NY: Knopf, 1996. The uncorrected proof copy of this well-received collection of stories. Fine in wrappers.
470. SHERWIN, Judith Johnson. The Life of Riot. NY: Atheneum, 1970. A review copy of the first book of fiction by this award-winning poet. Inscribed by the author. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
471. SILKO, Leslie Marmon. Storyteller. NY: Seaver Books (1981). The uncommon hardcover edition of her third book, a collection of stories and poems and photographs by a writer who is "not only our finest Native American writer but one of the outstanding American writers of her time" -- a publisher's blurb, to be sure, but a well-earned one. Silko's stories have the feel of a "traditional" tale which could have been passed down through a tribe or family for generations, at the same time as they use the western short story form to create a singular, telling moment. This volume reprints a number of the stories that were first collected in the anthology The Man to Send Rain Clouds, as well as poems from her first book, Laguna Woman, and previously uncollected and/or unpublished work. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
472. -. Another copy. Fine in a very near fine jacket with a couple tiny tears.
473. SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. The Image and Other Stories. NY: FSG (1985). The uncorrected proof copy. A collection of stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author. Fine in wrappers.
474. SLOUKA, Mark. Lost Lake. NY: Knopf, 1998. The uncorrected proof copy of the author's second book, a collection of stories. One of the stories won a National Magazine Award for fiction in 1997. Fine in wrappers.
475. STAFFORD, Jean. The Interior Castle. [NY]: [Harcourt Brace] [1953]. First thus, a Book-of-the-Month Club edition, which collects Boston Adventure, The Mountain Lion and the new story collection Children Are Bored on Sunday. Inscribed by the author as "Therese of Avila." No corresponding publisher's edition. Stafford's Collected Stories, published 16 years later, won the Pulitzer Prize. Very good in a very good dust jacket.
476. (STAFFORD, Jean). "The Home Front" in Partisan Review, Vol. 12, No. 2. (NY): Partisan Review, 1945. Stafford's "novelette" won second prize in the Partisan Review/Dial Press contest, one year after her first novel, The Boston Adventure, was published. Inscribed by Stafford at her contribution in 1975. Spine-tanned; very good in wrappers.
477. STERN, James. The Man Who Was Loved. London: Secker & Warburg (1952). The third collection of stories by this Irish writer, who has also counted translations of Franz Kafka and Hermann Broch among his literary works. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Some spotting to the cloth and a small stain to the rear cover; still very good in a dust jacket with several chips and tears and some uneven sunning and soiling on the rear panel, thus only good.
478. STERN, Richard G. Teeth, Dying and Other Matters. NY: Harper & Row (1964). A review copy of this collection of short pieces, including stories, an essay and a play. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one short edge tear and signed by the author.
479. 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 1997. Stone won the National Book Award in 1975 for his novel Dog Soldiers. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
480. -. Same title. Bound galley sheets; 8 1/2" x 11"; tapebound in cardstock covers. Presumably produced for in-house use only; we have not seen another copy offered elsewhere on the market. Fine.
481. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
482. (STONE, Robert). "Walk, Don't Run" and "Geraldine" in Stanford Short Stories 1964. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1964. Stone's first book appearance, two excerpts from his first novel, written while he was participating in Wallace Stegner's Stanford writing program. These pieces were further revised by the time A Hall of Mirrors was published three years later. One lower corner bumped; else fine in a similar price-clipped dust jacket; a very nice copy of a book that is usually found quite rubbed. Other contributors to this volume include Ed McClanahan, Hugh Nissenson and Merrill Joan Gerber, among others.
483. (STONE, Robert). "Operate and Maintain" in Soldiers and Civilians. NY: Bantam, 1986. The scarce hardcover issue of this collection, edited by Tom Jenks, and including stories by writers such as Richard Ford, Andre Dubus, Don DeLillo, Tim O'Brien, Jayne Anne Phillips, T. Coraghessan Boyle, John Sayles, Mark Helprin, Ward Just and Tobias Wolff, among others. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket and is signed by Stone.
484. STRETE, Craig. If All Else Fails. Garden City: Doubleday, 1980. A collection of science fiction short stories, which meld elements from Native American culture and myth with straightforward science fiction and fantasy to create what Jorge Luis Borges calls, in his two-page introduction, "a collection of small nightmares of great consequence." Sticker removal mark on front endpaper, otherwise fine in a near fine dust jacket.
485. -. Another copy. Remainder speckling on bottom edge of pages, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket with a 1" edge tear near the front flap fold.
486. SUDDICK, Tom. A Few Good Men. NY: Avon (1978). Paperback original, a collection of related stories of the Vietnam war. Signed by the author. Copious notes in the text throughout, and two sheets of additional notes laid in; otherwise very good in wrappers. One of the unsung literary works of the Vietnam war.
487. 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 versions are fine in wrappers. For the two:
488. TAYLOR, Peter. A Long Fourth and Other Stories. NY: Harcourt Brace (1948). A review copy of the author's uncommon first book, with an introduction by Robert Penn Warren. Taylor's stories were a relatively well-kept secret to the general reading public outside of the South until he won the PEN Faulkner Award for The Old Forest and Other Stories and followed that immediately with his second novel, A Summons to Memphis, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a very good, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with a few closed edge tears. An attractive copy of an important first book, and scarce as a review copy.
489. TAYLOR, Peter. The Widows of Thornton. NY: Harcourt Brace (1954). A review copy of the third book and second story collection by a writer considered a contemporary master of the form. Review slip tipped to front flyleaf. Foxing to top edge; near fine in a very good, slightly rubbed dust jacket with one edge tear. An uncommon book, especially in an advance issue.
490. TAYLOR, Peter. In the Miro District. NY: Knopf, 1977. A collection of stories. Taylor wrote three novels -- one a Pulitzer Prize-winner -- and several plays, but it was as a short story writer that he was most highly regarded. A hint of fading to lower cloth edges; else fine in a slightly spine-faded, very near fine dust jacket.
491. TAYLOR, Peter. The Old Forest and Other Stories. Garden City: Doubleday/Dial, 1985. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Very near fine in like dust jacket, with an invitation to a screening of the film made from the title story laid in.
492. TAYLOR, Peter. The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court. NY: Knopf, 1993. One of 650 numbered advance reading copies of his last book, a collection of stories. Fine in wrappers, in publisher's cardboard slipcase.
493. THEROUX, Alexander. Watergraphs. Boston: Base Canard (1994). First edition of this short story about an autograph expert who makes the find of a lifetime at an obscure auction. With a hilarious "note on the type" appended. Of a total edition of 116 copies, this is one of 15 Roman numeraled copies, designed by Bruce Chandler and printed on handmade paper at The Heron Press by Daniel Keleher. Signed by the author. With a Fritz Eichenberg woodcut title vignette, representing Theroux's personal bookplate, created for him as a gift by Eichenberg and never before published. Bound in quarter leather at the Harcourt Bindery. The first book published by Base Canard, "the fledgling publishing wing" of Lame Duck Books. Fine, without jacket, as issued.
494. THEROUX, Paul. Sinning with Annie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. The uncorrected proof copy of Theroux's sixth book and first collection of stories. Title written on spine; fine in wrappers. An early proof, and uncommon.
495. THEROUX, Paul. London Snow. (Salisbury): (Michael Russell) (1979). A Christmas story, published as a limited edition. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator, John Lawrence. Fine in a near fine glassine dust jacket.
496. -. Same title. An unnumbered presentation copy, signed by the author and the illustrator and additionally inscribed by Theroux: "For ____ ____,/ the best editor I've ever/ had. I'll miss you./ I wish you great/ happiness in the years to/ come./ With love./ Paul./ Christmas, 1979." Fine in a very good glassine dust jacket, somewhat darkened on the spine and at edges, and with a few edge tears. A unique and significant copy of this limited edition.
497. -. Same title. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
498. THEROUX, Paul. World's End. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. A collection of stories. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
499. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy. With recipient's "Received" stamp on front cover, otherwise fine in wrappers.
500. THOMAS, Ross. Spies, Thumbsuckers, Etc. Northridge: Lord John, [1989]. A collection of short stories, reviews, and essays from the Washington Post and the L.A. Times, by the noted spy novelist. One of 50 deluxe copies quarterbound in leather and with marbled boards. Signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
501. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories. NY: The Modern Library (1996). First thus, reprinting Thompson's classic and three shorter pieces selected by the author. Inscribed by Ralph Steadman. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is the recipient's "bookplate," a photographic postcard depicting himself, Steadman and William Burroughs.
502. TREMAYNE, Peter. My Lady of Hy-Brasil. West Kingston: Grant (1987). One of 800 copies signed by the author and artist. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A collection of fantasy stories.