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80. EASTLAKE, William. Castle Keep. NY: Simon & Schuster (1965). A novel of World War II that was both a critical and, on a smaller scale, commercial success. This is the dedication copy, inscribed by Eastlake: "For Martha who helped so much with this book my writing career & my life - Love Bill." The book's printed dedication reads simply "For Martha." Eastlake wrote a highly praised series of novels of the Southwest and was one of the writers who brought that regional literature onto a national stage. A near fine copy in a very good jacket chipped at spine crown and on the back panel.
81. EDEN, Anthony. Toward Peace in Indochina. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. A short volume by the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, arguing that the 1954 Geneva Accords -- which proposed independence and neutrality for the nations of Southeast Asia -- provide the best model for a solution to the then-ongoing crisis in Vietnam. Eden was Prime Minister in the '50s, during the Suez Crisis, an experience that no doubt helped temper his views toward nationalist, and "third world," aspirations. Inscribed by the author to Drew Middleton, award-winning reporter and longtime Chief Correspondent in Southeast Asia for The New York Times, "with much gratitude" in the year of publication. Penciled marginal notes. Water-damaged boards, not affecting text. Good, lacking the jacket.
82. ELIOT, Philip. Serpent on the Hill. (Dallas): Dallas Publishing (1982). Second edition. Inscribed to William F. Buckley, Jr., in part: "... Is there room for an upstart espionage writer? I sure hope so, ‘cause I'm too old to go back to breaking into buildings..." An interesting association copy: Buckley is a former CIA agent; the author, apparently, has had some experience with covert actions himself. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
83. FAULKNER, William. These 13. NY: Cape & Smith (1931). The first edition of this collection of stories, this being the limited edition of 299 copies, of which this is one of ten presentation copies reserved for Faulkner's use, signed by him and additionally inscribed to Ben Wasson "with love" and signed "Bill." Wasson was Faulkner's longtime friend who originally encouraged him to go to New Orleans, where he met Sherwood Anderson and where his experiences formed the basis for the novel Mosquitoes. In the years leading up to the publication of this book, Wasson was also Faulkner's agent and it was he who placed most of these stories after Faulkner's third novel, Flags in the Dust, was turned down for publication by Horace Liveright. Wasson solicited, and got, Liveright's permission to offer the book elsewhere, as Faulkner was devastated by its rejection. Wasson showed it to Harrison Smith at Harcourt Brace, who wrote a favorable report on it to Alfred Harcourt. Harcourt liked the book but thought it needed substantial cutting, and he asked Wasson if he would shape it into publishable form. Wasson agreed and, for fifty dollars, went to work cutting a quarter of Faulkner's typescript to create the novel Sartoris out of Faulkner's 600-page manuscript of Flags in the Dust. It is hard to imagine any association copy of a Faulkner title that would carry with it the kind of historical significance that this one does. Faulkner seldom inscribed books, and significant association copies are rare. Slight sunning to the edges of the covers and a bit of tanning to the spine; still near fine without dust jacket, as issued.
84. FORCHÉ, Carolyn. The Country Between Us. NY: Harper & Row (1982). The first trade edition of her second collection of poetry, the 1981 Lamont Poetry selection of the Academy of American Poets. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Signed and additionally inscribed by the author to the poet Ai: "... Sister poet whose/ work I have always so/ much admired / May we one day have/ some time / Carolyn Forché/ March 31, 1982." Slight cover splaying; else fine. Ai's second book, Killing Floor, had been the 1978 Lamont Poetry selection. A nice association copy of one of the major volumes of poetry of the 1980s.
85. FORD, Richard. Rock Springs. NY: Atlantic Monthly (1987). The fourth book and first collection of stories by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day. Inscribed by the author to Andre Dubus, a master of the short story form: "with long-overdue/ admission of my admiration/ for your wonderful work. I hope/ someday we meet. I hope your/ work flourishes, as it has." Fine in jacket.
86. FOWLES, John. The Collector. London: Jonathan Cape (1963). His acclaimed first book, which was made into a well-received movie. Not signed by Fowles, but with the 1967 ownership signature of writer Julian Barnes, author of Flaubert's Parrot, among others. An early Barnes signature and a nice association. Fine in a fine dust jacket with just a shade of fading to the spine. A beautiful copy.
87. FULLER, R. Buckminster. No More Secondhand God. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press (1969). Third printing. Inscribed by the author to Annie Dillard: "To: Annie/ with love */ Bucky Fuller/ *see Intuition." A nice association copy between Fuller, the eminence grise of American letters for a generation, and Dillard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and essayist. Fine, in a plain brown (homemade?) dust jacket.
88. GARRETT, George. To Recollect a Cloud of Ghosts. (n.p.): Palaemon Press (1979). One of 250 copies signed by the author. This copy is additionally inscribed by Garrett to Annie Dillard, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who was a student of his at Hollins College. Near fine, with the title label from the front cover unglued and laid in. An excellent literary association copy between Garrett, an accomplished novelist, and Dillard, perhaps his most famous student.
89. GARRETT, George. An Evening Performance. Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. A collection of new and selected stories. Inscribed by the author to his former student, Annie Dillard: "For Annie & Gary/ with all the best/ there is and can be -- ." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A nice copy of a not particularly well-made book, and an excellent literary association.
90. GASS, William H. Omensetter's Luck. (NY): New American Library (1966). His first book, one of the extraordinary literary debuts published in the mid-1960s by NAL -- normally a mass-market paperback house -- under the editorial direction of David Segal. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the corners and spine extremities. Laid in is an autograph letter signed to writer Jonathan Carroll (in 1973, several years before Carroll's first published novel) agreeing to visit his class. The letter is on 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Washington University stationery, folded in thirds for mailing, with hand-addressed envelope. Fine. A very nice copy of an important first book and an excellent literary association.
91. GERNER, Ken. The Red Dreams. (Port Townsend): Copper Canyon Press (1978). A collection of poems, one of 1000 copies in wrappers of a total edition of 1100 copies. Inscribed by the author to poet Linda Gregg. Fine.
92. GINSBERG, Allen. Howl and Other Poems. San Francisco: City Lights (1956). The first issue of the first trade edition of a work that defined the poetic aesthetic that came to be associated with the Beat movement. Ginsberg's first regularly published book, printed in an edition of 1000 copies and since reprinted dozens of times with the total number of copies printed in the hundreds of thousands. "Howl" has been called the most important American poem since Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." This copy is inscribed by Ginsberg to the poet Stephen Dunn (Ginsberg spelled it "Dun"), with a drawing of a haloed skull and crossbones, most commonly seen with Ginsberg's 1956 and 1957 inscriptions. The "Stephen" is written over an erased "Steven." Dunn's work, like Ginsberg's, has been compared to that of Walt Whitman. His collection Loosestrife was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1996. Fine in stapled wrappers. A very nice copy of perhaps the most important American poetry collection of the 20th century.
93. -. Another copy. This copy belonged to the sculptor Manuel Neri and his wife Marilyn (Meim) Vangelatos Neri. Ginsberg first read from the poem "Howl" at the Six Gallery in San Francisco in October, 1955. The gallery was organized by six Bay area artists, one of them being Manuel Neri. Neri's first exhibition was at the Six Gallery; his work is now in museum collections in San Francisco, Oakland, Napa and Boulder. This copy is signed by Meim on the copyright page and bears the ownership signature of Marilyn and Manuel Neri on the verso of the dedication page. Laid in is a two page holograph letter from Meim to a bookseller describing the early days of the gallery and Ginsberg's captivating first reading. Some faint foxing and a shallow scratch to the front cover; still very near fine in stapled wrappers.
94. -. Same title. The third printing. This copy is inscribed by the author to his friend Kennett Love. Love was a former New York Times reporter, specializing in Middle Eastern affairs, and was a close friend of the Beat writers in the Fifties -- in particular, Ginsberg, Kerouac (whom he knew in Northport, on Long Island) and Lucien Carr, who was for a time his best friend. In addition to inscribing the book, Ginsberg has drawn a sun and a sunflower and has appended the dedication page to include Lucien Carr. With Love's ownership signature. Minor cover stain and spine-tanning; about near fine in stapled wrappers.
95. GINSBERG, Allen. Empty Mirror. NY: Totem/Corinth (1961). Fourth printing. Inscribed by the author to Kennett Love in 1969: "Kennett - See Page 34 & 37/ both are Lucien's Compositions/ from E. 10 St. one evening/ in 1948 maybe./ (i.e. I gave/ him the situation/ & he phrased it/ in Thos. Hardyesque/ Newspaperese./ Allen Ginsberg." With Kennett Love's ownership signature. A nice inscription: Carr was Love's best friend, which Ginsberg would have known and which explains the inscription. Mild cover foxing; near fine in stapled wrappers.
96. GINSBERG, Allen and BURROUGHS, William. The Yage Letters. (San Francisco): City Lights Books (1966). The third printing. Inscribed by Ginsberg to Kennett Love, "Letters & decades old," in 1969. Love's ownership signature; near fine in wrappers.
97. GINSBERG, Allen. T.V. Baby Poems. NY: Grossman, 1968. The first Grossman edition, this being one of 1750 copies of the softcover issue. Inscribed by the author to Kennett Love in 1969, with a flower, sun, moon and stars drawing covering the front free endpaper. With Love's ownership signature. Minor surface soiling; near fine in wrappers.
98. GINSBERG, Allen. Ankor Wat. (London): Fulcrum (1968). The trade edition of this long, moving poem derived from Ginsberg's journals of a trip through Southeast Asia, which focuses on the ruins of Ankor Wat as a central image, and which combines two of the main strands of Ginsberg's ongoing concerns -- the hope implicit in the metaphysics of eastern mysticism and the destructive capacities of western technology and cultural imperialism as manifested, at that time, in the war in Southeast Asia. Heavily illustrated with striking photographs of the ruins by Alexandra Lawrence. Inscribed by the author to Kennett Love in 1969 with an additional signed footnote in the text. With Love's ownership signature. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
99. GINSBERG, Allen. Planet News. (San Francisco): City Lights (1968). A title in the City Lights Pocket Poets series, of which Ginsberg's Howl was the first book in the series. Inscribed by the author to Kennett Love on the day of the first lunar landing, July 20, 1969 -- "Moonday," according to Ginsberg's inscription -- with a full page drawing of the Earth, moon and sun. Love's ownership signature; spine-tanned; else fine in wrappers.
100. GINSBERG, Allen. Wales - A Visitation July 29th 1967. London: Cape Goliard (1968). Saddle-stitched wrappers, approximately 6 1/2" x 5", in dust wrapper. "An offering for a peaceful summer from Allen Ginsberg and Cape Goliard Press. Not for sale." Limited to 200 copies. Inscribed by Ginsberg to his translators: "For Mary Beach & Claude Pelieu/ - This is copy of first draft of/ Wales LSD Poem/ Allen Ginsberg/ Oct 28, 1968." This is the actual "first draft pamphlet" referred to in the postscript of Ginsberg's letter to Beach and Pelieu of Oct. 28, 1968, which is reproduced in T.V. Baby Poems; apparently Ginsberg sent them the edited typescript of "T.V. Baby Poem," which formed the basis for the published edition of that poem, and also sent them this copy of Wales. The rice paper dust wrapper has one small edge tear at the crown; else fine: a beautiful copy of a small, fragile volume. An excellent association copy of the true first issue of this poem, which was later reprinted in a much larger format.
101. GOGARTY, Oliver St. John. Perennial. Baltimore: Contemporary Poetry, 1944. A collection of poems, one of 1000 copies. A nice association copy, inscribed by the author to Mary McGarrity Shore, a painter and the wife (for a time) of the poet Vince Ferrini, a close friend of Charles Olson, among others. A fine copy in a worn dust jacket severed at the spine. A fragile wartime book.
102. GOLD, Ivan. Sams in a Dry Season. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Lawrence, 1990. Gold's third book, and first in over two decades. This copy, not signed by Gold, is the publisher's copy, from the library of Seymour Lawrence, hand-bound in full leather, with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. One of probably only two copies bound thus -- one for the author and one for the publisher. Fine.
103. GORDON, Caroline. The Glory of Hera. Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. With an autograph note signed tipped to the front endpaper, presenting the book to "my talented sister-in-law, Mary Meriwether Gordon, with love and admiration." The recipient was co-dedicatee of Gordon's novel The Strange Children. A good copy only, in a dust jacket that is well-worn, with the rear flap severed. A nice family association copy, however, from one of the most important Southern writers of the 20th century. Gordon and her husband, Allen Tate, were key figures in the Fugitive Movement; their careers linked that era to the later integration of Southern writing and agrarian values into the mainstream national literature.
104. GOYEN, William. The House of Breath. NY: Random House (1950). His first novel, one of A.C. Greene's "Fifty Best Books on Texas;" hailed in France as "the best thing that America has sent us this century;" and in Germany compared to the work of Flaubert, Proust and Joyce. Warmly inscribed by the author to Christopher Isherwood: "Dear Christopher, here is this/ book we have talked, worried/ and wondered about. You/ helped get it onto these pages/ and between these beautiful/ bindings, and I am forever/ grateful./ All respect, and with love -/ Bill/ Aug., 1950." The book carries a blurb by Isherwood on the front flap. Offsetting to pastedowns and spotting to top edge; otherwise a near fine copy in a good dust jacket that is internally taped along the spine and the flap folds, but still managing to split along the edges of the tape. A remarkable association copy of an important first novel.
105. GOYEN, William. Ghost and Flesh. NY: Random House (1952). Inscribed by the author to biographer Newton Arvin, "my longtime friend, and with deepest respect," signed "Bill." Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. A very attractive copy.
106. GOYEN, William. The Fair Sister. Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. A short novel, his fifth book. Inscribed by the author to his bibliographer, Stuart Wright, "my friend," on the front endpaper. Very good in dust jacket.
107. GOYEN, William. A Book of Jesus. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. A review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Goyen and additionally inscribed to Stuart Wright, his bibliographer: "... this little book that has meant so much to me." Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with wraparound band.
108. GUTERSON, David. Snow Falling on Cedars. NY: Harcourt Brace (1994). His first novel, a well-written and touching story of a murder trial on an island in Puget Sound in the aftermath of World War II. The evocative prose captures an era, depicting the conflicting sensibilities of the island's Japanese-American community and its white, patriotic fishermen. On the basis of this book, Guterson was included on the list of Granta's 20 best young American writers. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Inscribed by the author to Annie Dillard in the year of publication, "with gratitude for your/ support & with respect -- ." Fine in a fine dust jacket.