Catalog 121, T-Z
360. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy in perfectbound white wrappers. Slight spine bump; near fine.
361. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers.
362. -. Another copy of the advance reading copy, this one with publicity material laid in. A few corners turned from the insert; else fine in wrappers.
363. TRAVEN, B. The Rebellion of the Hanged. NY: Knopf, 1952. A review copy of this novel of Mexico at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, by the author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The Death Ship. Traven wrote a number of novels depicting the plight of Mexico's indigenous underclass. With the ownership name of a well-known African-American writer and scholar on the front pastedown. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing on the spine and spine folds and some wear to the extremities. Review slip tipped in.
364. TYLER, Anne. The Clock Winder. London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. The first British edition of her fourth book. Bowing to boards; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with mild sunning to the edges and spine. A very nice copy of an uncommon edition.
365. UPDIKE, John. The Poorhouse Fair. NY: Knopf, 1959. Updike's second book, first novel, winner of the Richard and Hinda 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. Shallow fading to cloth at spine base; near fine in a very good dust jacket with several corner chips.
366. UPDIKE, John. The Centaur. NY: Knopf, 1963. His sixth book and fifth work of fiction, a novel that was his first National Book Award winner. Sunning to board edges; near fine in a very good dust jacket with modest general wear.
367. UPDIKE, John. Three Illuminations in the Life of an American Author. NY: Targ Editions, 1979. One of 350 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine in marbled boards, lacking the plain paper dust wrapper.
368. UPDIKE, John. Bech is Back. NY: Knopf, 1982. Editorial copy of the second of his humorous books featuring writer Henry Bech, an Updike alter-ego. This is a first printing, marked with two changes to be made for the third printing, indicated on the front free endpaper and also on the pages where the changes are to be made. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with "marked copy" label at spine base.
369. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Inscribed by the author. Uneven sunning to front cover; near fine in wrappers.
370. UPDIKE, John. Love Factories. Helsinki: Eurographica (1993). A limited edition, one of 350 copies signed by the author. Three previously published stories, with a new five page foreword. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
371. UPDIKE, John. Poem Begun on Thursday, October 14, 1993, at O'Hare Airport, Terminal 3, around Six O'Clock P.M. Louisville: Literary Renaissance/White Fields Press, 1994. A limited edition of this poem. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers.
372. UPDIKE, John. Brazil. NY: Knopf, 1994. The uncorrected proof 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 wrappers, with jacket art stapled inside the front cover.
373. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Fine in pictorial wrappers.
374. -. Another copy of the advance reading copy. Spine-sunned; else fine in wrappers.
375. UPDIKE, John. Golf Dreams. NY: Knopf, 1996. The large print edition of this collection of short pieces about golf, some of them taken from his novels, the rest from magazines. According to the publisher, this is one of 500 copies signed by the author, and thus the only signed, limited edition of this title. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with the publisher's "Signed by the Author" label.
376. UPDIKE, John. Toward the End of Time. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1997. The limited edition of this novel. Signed by the author, with a special introduction by him for this edition. Leatherbound, page edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine.
377. (UPDIKE, John). "Cunts" in New York Quarterly, No. 15. (NY): (NYQ) (1973). An issue of the magazine, printing Updike's poem for the first time and made into a limited edition by means of a rubber-stamp. Of a total edition of 483 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by Updike at his contribution. A fine copy in wrappers, and scarce in the lettered issue.
378. (UPDIKE, John). The John Updike Newsletter, No. 1. (Northridge): (Yellin) (1977). The first issue of this newsletter, which ran for 14 issues total. This issue includes a checklist of Updike's works and a reproduction of the broadside Dog's Death, "one of the rarest Updikeana," then, and now. One sheet folded to make four pages. Small edge tear to first page; else fine.
379. (UPDIKE, John). The Best American Short Stories 1980. [Boston]: [Houghton Mifflin] [1980]. Unbound 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of this collection edited by Stanley Elkin and with stories by Updike, John Sayles, Donald Barthelme, Grace Paley, Peter Taylor, Mavis Gallant, Elizabeth Hardwick and others. Elkin's introduction bears copyeditor's marks throughout. Minor edge wear to a few pages; else fine.
380. (UPDIKE, John). Conversations with John Updike. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi (1994). The uncommon hardcover issue of this collection of interviews edited by James Plath. Signed by Updike. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
381. URQUHART, Jane. The Whirlpool. (Toronto): McClelland & Stewart (1986). Her first novel. Published in wrappers only, as part of the McClelland and Stewart Signature Series. Small spot on foredge; else fine in wrappers. Urquhart's novel The Underpainter won Canada's Governor's General Award.
382. VONNEGUT, Kurt and STEADMAN, Ralph. Vonnegut-Steadman Portfolio. Lexington: Petro III Graphics, 2001. Two original color silkscreens, "Messenger" by Kurt Vonnegut and "Red Shark" by Ralph Steadman, each hand printed by Joe Petro III in an edition of 50 numbered copies; 12" x 16 3/4"; signed by Vonnegut and Steadman, respectively. Together with a signed limited edition of the catalog Modern Fiction and Art: Prints by Contemporary Authors (Lexington: University of Kentucky Art Museum, 1999), which contains an original piece by each of the artists. The prints are fine; the catalog is fine in stapled wrappers; all are enclosed in a string-tied portfolio.
383. (VONNEGUT, Kurt). Waterscapes, Landscapes. (East Hampton): (Glenn Horowitz) (1999). A limited edition, one of 100 unnumbered copies, showcasing the paintings of April Gornik and published to coincide with an exhibit of her work. Vonnegut provides the introduction. Signed by the author and the artist. Clothbound; fine in a fine slipcase. An attractive production, with 12 color plates tipped in.
384. -. Same title, the trade edition. Fine in stapled wrappers.
385. WELSH, Irvine. Past Tense. (South Queensferry): Clocktower Press (n.d.)[1992]. His first book, a pamphlet printed in an edition of 300 copies, comprising four stories from a novel-in-progress, which turned out to be Trainspotting. Fine in stapled wrappers.
386. WELSH, Irvine. Filth. London: Jonathan Cape (1998). The advance reading copy (marked "uncorrected proof"). Fine in wrappers.
387. WELTY, Eudora. Fairy Tale of the Natchez Trace. Jackson: Mississippi Historical Society, 1975. The text of a paper read at the Historical Society's Annual Dinner Meeting. One of 1000 copies. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
388. WEST, Paul. I'm Expecting to Live Quite Soon. NY: Harper & Row (1970). A review copy of this novel, the sequel to Alley Jaggers. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one small spot of rubbing on the front panel.
389. WEST, Paul. Words for a Deaf Daughter. NY: Harper & Row (1970). A review copy of the first American edition of this volume of nonfiction about the author's struggles to comprehend and come to terms with his daughter's deafness and brain damage. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. This title was reprinted some 20 years after the original edition.
390. WEST, Paul. Caliban's Filibuster. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. A review copy of this novel, which includes as an afterword an interview between West and publisher George Plimpton about the book. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
391. WILLIAMS, Joy. State of Grace. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. The advance reading copy of her first book, a novel, which was nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
392. WILLIAMS, Thomas. Ceremony of Love. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill (1955). His first book, a love story about a soldier in the Army of Occupation in postwar Japan. A number of Williams' later books, both novels and story collections, were set in the fictional town of Leah, New Hampshire, and the volume collecting those stories was published posthumously to great critical acclaim and probably more commercial success than they had received during his lifetime. Williams won the National Book Award in 1975 for his novel The Hair of Harold Roux. Fine in very near fine jacket. A nice copy of an uncommon first book.
393. WILSON, Angus. Emile Zola. NY: Morrow (1952). Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-tanned dust jacket with a couple tiny edge tears.
394. WOLFF, Tobias. The Liar. (Vineburg): (Engdahl Typography), 1989. A limited edition of this story. The entire edition consisted of 200 numbered copies, of which the first 50 were signed by the author. Although this is one of the later 150 copies, it is inscribed by Wolff. Slight foxing to pastedowns; else fine in a fine dust jacket. An attractive production.
395. WOLFF, Tobias. The Night in Question. NY: Knopf, 1996. The limited advance edition consisting of only the title story of this collection. One of 1500 copies signed by the author. Hardbound; fine without dust jacket, as issued, in publisher's wraparound sleeve.
396. YARBROUGH, Steve. Two Dogs. Candia: John LeBow, 2000. A story by Yarbrough, with an introduction by novelist John Dufresne. Of a total edition of 200 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies handbound in boards and signed by Yarbrough, Dufresne and Ewa Yarbrough, who provides an illustration. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued.
397. -. Same title, the wrappered issue. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine.
398. YOUNG, Marguerite. Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. London: Peter Owen (1966). The first British edition of her masterwork, a massive novel written over a span of 20 years. Inscribed by the author in 1973. One corner bumped; edge-staining to front flyleaf; near fine in a very good dust jacket with light but widespread spotting to the rear panel and a couple of small ink marks on the spine and rear panel.
399. 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 spine base.
400. ZWINGER, Ann. Beyond the Aspen Grove. NY: Random House (1970). The author's first book, reflecting her early and ongoing interest in ecology, before it was fashionable. Signed by the author. Zwinger is one of the most highly regarded essayists writing on environmental issues and natural history, and her book Run, River, Run won the John Burroughs Medal. Fine in a near fine jacket with a small chip at the upper front spine fold.