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350. WALTON, Todd. Inside Moves and Forgotten Impulses. Garden City: Doubleday, 1978 and NY: Simon & Schuster (1980), respectively. His first two book, each signed by the author in 1981 and sent to noted film critic Pauline Kael. Inside Moves has remainder speckling lower page edges; otherwise each title is fine in a fine dust jacket. Included is a photocopied letter from Walton to Kael in June, 1981, transmitting both books and inquiring as to why Kael did not review the film made of Inside Moves. Also included is an autograph letter signed by Walton from November of the same year relating a joke about psychoanalysis and updating Kael on the process of getting a movie made from Forgotten Impulses. Two sides of a page; folded for mailing, with envelope.
351. WALLACE, David Foster. Up, Simba! 7 Days on the Trail of an Anticandidate. [Cyberspace]: [ipublish.com] (2000). A ringbound printout of Wallace's coverage of the McCain presidential campaign, initially intended for Rolling Stone until Wallace exceeded their expectations. This version is three times as long as the piece that appeared in Rolling Stone and is available only as a downloadable ebook. This printout with cover art was sent to a prominent book reviewer as a "review copy." Fine, with cover art laid in.
352. WAUGH, Evelyn. Scott-King's Modern Europe. (n.p.): Chapman & Hall, 1947. A fine copy in a modestly foxed, near fine dust jacket with a short tear at the base of the spine.
353. WEIGL, Bruce. Executioner. (Tucson): Ironwood (1976). His first book, a collection of poems, some of them related to the author's experiences in Vietnam. Weigl wrote the highly praised collection Song of Napalm over a decade later. Warmly inscribed by the author in 1979 to two "fellow poets & pals." Fine in stapled wrappers.
354. WELCH, James. The Heartsong of Charging Elk. NY: Doubleday (2000). The advance reading copy of his latest novel, a historical fiction about an Oglala Sioux who travels to Europe with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Slight rubbing to rear cover, but still fine in wrappers.
355. WELSH, Irvine. The Acid House. London: Jonathan Cape (1994). The setting copy typescript of the second book, a collection of stories, by the author of Trainspotting. Part computer printout, part photocopy, with the copyeditor's handwritten instructions to the typesetter and the author's holograph corrections throughout. Many of the changes are quite substantive, and reflect the ongoing and final revisions before committing these stories to a published book. The Acid House was issued as a paperback original, both in England and the U.S. 216 pages, the last few pages edgeworn; else fine. To the best of our knowledge, no other Welsh manuscript has appeared on the market to date.
356. WEST, Nathanael. A Cool Million. London: Neville Spearman (1954). The first British edition of the third book by the author of the classic Hollywood novel, The Day of the Locust, issued in the U.K. two decades after its original U.S. publication. Foxing to page edges and endpages; near fine in a very good dust jacket with minor fading and foxing and a couple small edge tears.
357. WHITE, E.B. The Wild Flag. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1946. A series of essays on the need for a world government, written by White, anonymously, for the Notes and Comment section of The New Yorker during the war years. Bookplate front pastedown; else fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate edge wear, including a 1" x 2" chip at the lower rear spine fold.
358. WHITE, E.B. Letters of E.B. White. NY: Harper & Row (1976). The first publication of the letters of one of the finest American essayists of the century, the author of such children's classics as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. This is one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. White's signature is uncommon, this edition (and a couple of similar limited editions) being the most common way it turns up.
359. WHITE, Edmund. The Married Man. NY: Knopf, 2000. The uncorrected proof copy of his latest novel. Fine in wrappers with the publisher's interview with White stapled inside the rear cover.
360. WHITE, Randy Wayne. Sanibel Flats. NY: St. Martin's Press (1990). The first in the author's highly praised Doc Ford mystery series, and his first book to be published in hardcover and under his own name. Inscribed by the author in 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Peter Matthiessen blurb.
361. WHITE, T.H. The Elephant and the Kangaroo. NY: Putnam (1947). The first American edition of this novel by the author of The Sword in the Stone, among others. Preceded the English edition by one year. Fine in a near fine, very slightly spine-faded dust jacket. A beautiful copy.
362. WILCOX, James. Modern Baptists. Garden City: Dial (1983). His first novel, published to substantial critical acclaim although limited commercial success. Wilcox was the subject of a profile in The New Yorker, which portrayed his life as a struggling writer in great detail. Remainder speckling bottom page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket, perhaps a bit dusty on the rear panel.
363. WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Battle of Angels. Murray, UT: Pharos, 1945. The first book by the author of such classics of American drama as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie and Night of the Iguana, among others. This is a play, written with a grant Williams received in 1940, and published as Pharos Numbers 1 and 2 in the spring of 1945. In an afterword to the play, Williams recounts the disastrous opening it had in Boston in 1940. His first success came later in 1945, with The Glass Menagerie, and his reputation continued to grow from there. This copy has the first page (the half title) corner clipped but is otherwise an extremely bright, fine fresh copy in wrappers and very scarce thus.
364. WILLIAMS, Tennessee. Period of Adjustment. (NY): New Directions (1960). Fine in a near fine, internally tape-strengthened dust jacket.
365. WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Knightly Quest. (NY): New Directions (1966). A novella and four short stories. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
366. WILLIAMS, Terry Tempest. Pieces of White Shell. NY: Scribner (1984). Her first solo book, subtitled "A Journey to Navajoland," with illustrations by Navajo artist Clifford Brycelea. Winner of the 1984 Southwestern Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, modestly rubbed dust jacket. An attractive copy of a book that has become quite difficult to locate in recent years and which, because of the soft paper jacket, usually shows up quite worn.
367. WILLIAMS, Terry Tempest and FRANK, Mary. Desert Quartet. An Erotic Landscape. (n.p.): Pantheon (1995). Text by Williams and drawings and paintings by Frank, who also collaborated with Peter Matthiessen on Shadows of Africa. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by Williams.
368. WILLIAMS, Thomas. The Hair of Harold Roux. NY: Random House (1974). His sixth book, co-winner of the National Book Award with Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of dampstaining on the verso.
369. WILSON, A.N. Love Unknown. London: Hamish Hamilton (1986). A novel by this prolific young English novelist and critic who, in less than a decade, published 13 books. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
370. WOLFE, Thomas. The Web and the Rock. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1939. A posthumously published novel, which Wolfe had completed before he died of pneumonia at age 38. This copy has tape shadows on the endpapers and jacket edges from a previous attempt to protect the book. Near fine in a very good, edgeworn dust jacket.
371. WOLFE, Thomas. O Lost. (Columbia): University of South Carolina Press (2000). The advance reading copy of the first unabridged edition of Look Homeward, Angel, here published with its original title and the 20% that the editor Max Perkins cut. Fine in wrappers.
372. WOOLF, Virginia. Night and Day. London: Duckworth (1919). The first edition of her fourth book, printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Pencil owner name on front pastedown; slight edge-chipping to the boards at the spine extremities and tips; a very good copy, lacking the rare dust jacket.
373. WOOLF, Virginia. Monday or Tuesday. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1921. The first American edition of this early collection of short fiction, in which Woolf explores the stream of consciousness technique that she used to great effect in later novels. One of 1500 copies. Cloth nicked at crown; mild overall sunning; a near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket.
374. WOOLF, Virginia. Jacob's Room. NY: Harcourt Brace (1923). The first American edition. Owner name on flyleaf; stray pen mark rear cover; some abrasion to spine label; modest general handling. About near fine, lacking the dust jacket.
375. WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. NY: Harcourt Brace (1925). One of 2100 copies of the first American edition of one of Woolf's best-loved books. Woolf was one of a small handful of women to have more than one book named to any of the lists of the great books of the 20th century, and this was one of the titles cited. Owner name front flyleaf; spine label chipped; uneven surface soiling to boards and spine. A very good copy, lacking the dust jacket.
376. WOOLF, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. London: Hogarth Press, 1927. The first British edition of this high spot by one of the most important writers of the first half of the century, whose writing broke new ground and explored themes and styles that have had a dramatic impact on literature, and on women's writing in particular, ever since. A Connolly 100 title, cited as "the sunniest of her books" and "one of her few novels where something happens, written at the height of her luminous Impressionist vision." Also included on all the major lists of the greatest books of the 20th century. One of 3000 copies printed. A few pencilled marginal marks to the text, all citations pertaining to serving dinner; spine cloth dulled; one corner bump; and slight wear to boards at the spine extremities. Still about near fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket.
377. WOOLF, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. NY: Harcourt Brace (1929). The first American trade edition of this essay, one of her most important works, which retains its freshness and relevance today, nearly 75 years later. One of 4000 copies printed. Spine cloth dulled; front board a bit scratched; still a near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket.
378. WOOLF, Virginia. The Waves. London: Hogarth Press, 1931. Spine cloth a bit dull; a very near fine copy in a very good, spine-darkened Vanessa Bell dust jacket chipped at the crown and beginning to split at the spine folds. Still, an attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
379. WOOLF, Virginia. The Common Reader: Second Series. London: Hogarth Press, 1932. Owner name front flyleaf; slight splaying to boards and edge-darkening to cloth; near fine in a good, spine-darkened Vanessa Bell dust jacket with chipping along the top edges and a pencil notation on the rear flap.
380. WOOLF, Virginia. Flush. A Biography. London: Hogarth Press, 1933. The first edition, noted as the "Large Paper Edition" on the dust jacket. With drawings by Vanessa Bell. Front board sunned in the pattern of the jacket; owner name front flyleaf; heavy offsetting to two pages from where reviews of The Captain's Death Bed have been laid in; otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine, spine-darkened dust jacket with light chipping at the crown.
381. WOOLF, Virginia. The Years. London: Hogarth Press, 1937. Although Woolf is most well-known for her use of stream-of-consciousness technique, The Years is a more traditional and more accessible novel, and her longest book. Very mild sunning to the cloth; else fine in a near fine, spine-tanned Vanessa Bell dust jacket with light chipping to the top edge. A very nice copy of an important book by the pre-eminent English woman of letters of the twentieth century, whose influence on contemporary literature continues to be felt to this day.
382. WOOLF, Virginia. Three Guineas. London: Hogarth Press, 1938. Woolf's considered responses to being asked for a guinea from three separate sources: a society for the preservation of peace; a women's college; and a society for obtaining employment for women. This is the first issue, in lemon yellow cloth boards. Spine- and edge-darkened cloth; near fine in a fair, spine-darkened Vanessa Bell dust jacket, missing a large piece on the front cover and front flap and missing a small diamond cut from mid-spine.
383. WOOLF, Virginia. Roger Fry. London: Hogarth Press, 1940. Woolf's biography of Fry, published in an edition of only 2530 copies (vs. 12,680 for her biography of Flush and 18,142 for The Years). Owner name front flyleaf; cloth faded at the spine and edges; otherwise a near fine copy in a very good, edge-chipped dust jacket. With the publisher's prospectus laid in. This was the last of Woolf's books published in her lifetime.
384. WOOLF, Virginia. Between the Acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941. A posthumously published novel, written but not completely revised at the time of the author's suicide. Foxing to endpages; near fine in a very good, internally foxed Vanessa Bell dust jacket with several edge tears.
385. WOOLF, Virginia. The Moment and Other Essays. London: Hogarth Press, 1947. The crimson boards are sunned to near-pink at the edges; near fine in a very good, spine-tanned Vanessa Bell dust jacket chipped at the crown.
386. WOOLF, Virginia. The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays. NY: Harcourt Brace (1950). The first American edition, which preceded the British edition by a week. One of 5000 copies printed. Fine in a very good, spine-tanned Vanessa Bell dust jacket with corner chips at the front spine fold.
387. WOOLF, Virginia. A Writer's Diary. NY: Harcourt Brace (1954). Excerpts from Woolf's diaries of 1918-1941, pertaining to her writing life. This is the first American edition. Sunning to spine cloth; near fine in a very good, surface soiled dust jacket chipped along the top edge and at the spine base.
388. (YEATS, W.B.). Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany. (Shannon): (Irish University Press) (1971). A facsimile edition of the 1912 Cuala Press limited edition introduced by Yeats. Neat owner signature front flyleaf; else fine in a near fine glassine dust jacket with the title hand-printed on the spine.
389. YOSHIMOTO, Banana. Asleep. NY: Grove (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of this collection of three novellas. Fine in wrappers.
390. YOURCENAR, Marguerite. Coup de Grâce. NY: Farrar Straus Cudahy (1957). The first American edition of this novel by the first woman to be elected to the French Academy of Arts and Letters. Translated by her partner, Grace Frick. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, with a passage excerpted from the text. Fine in a very good dust jacket rubbed at the folds and worn at the base of the spine.