Catalog 124, T-Z
406. -. Same title, the advance reading copy. Very near fine in wrappers.
407. TAYLOR, Peter. A Long Fourth and Other Stories. NY: Harcourt Brace (1948). His first book, with an introduction by Robert Penn Warren. One of 1500 copies. Taylor's stories were a well-kept secret from the general reading public outside of the South until he won the PEN Faulkner Award for The Old Forest and Other Stories. Fine in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with a few closed edge tears.
408. TAYLOR, Peter. A Woman of Means. NY: Harcourt Brace (1950). Taylor's second book and first novel -- and the last novel he would write until his Pulitzer Prize-winning A Summons to Memphis some 35 years later. Offsetting to endpages; near fine in a very good, lightly rubbed dust jacket with a small label removal abrasion over the title's "A" and with several short edge tears and fading to the spine lettering. A much nicer copy than is usually found, as the dark jacket is particular susceptible to rubbing. The first printing was 2500 copies.
409. -. Same title. NY: Frederic C. Beal (1983). Reissue, done in an edition of 2000 copies. Fine in an acetate dustwrapper, as issued.
410. -. Same title. (NY): Avon Books (1983). The first Avon Books edition, and the first paperback edition, 33 years after its original publication. Part of The Southern Writers Series published by Avon during a period when the mass market publisher was taking on a number of highly literary publishing projects. Fine in wrappers.
411. TAYLOR, Peter. The Widows of Thornton. NY: Harcourt Brace (1954). The third book and second story collection by a writer considered a contemporary master of the form and one of the key figures in Southern literature in the 20th century. Taylor was born in Tennessee, where much of his fiction is set, and he is one of the writers who was strongly influenced by the Fugitive movement in Southern writing and counted several of the leading writers of that movement as his mentors. Taylor's biographer credited him with establishing the dysfunctional family as a major subject in American literature. Fine in a rubbed dust jacket, about near fine.
412. TREVOR, William. A Standard of Behaviour. London: Hutchinson (1958). The author's extremely uncommon first book. Label (or circulation envelope?) removal scars on both pastedowns and erasure scuff on the front free endpaper; thus very good in a very good, spine-faded dust jacket with modest edge wear. This title, although it was reprinted in 1967 and 1982, does not appear on the author's lists of previous titles in his later books.
413. -. Same title. (London): Abacus/(Sphere) (1982). The first Abacus books edition. Covers corner creased; near fine in wrappers.
414. TREVOR, William. The Old Boys. London: Bodley Head (1964). His second, and perhaps most famous, novel. Fine in a near fine, spine-tanned and price-clipped dust jacket with some rippling to the lamination.
415. -. Same title, the first American edition. NY: Viking (1964). Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
416. -. Same title. (London): Davis-Poynter (1971). A play version; issued in wrappers. Fine.
417. TREVOR, William. The Boarding-House. London: Bodley Head (1965). His third novel. Faint stain to lower page edges; still near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
418. -. Same title, the first American edition. NY: Viking (1965). Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with tanning to the spine lettering. A very attractive copy of an uncommon book.
419. TREVOR, William. The Love Department. London: Bodley Head (1966). Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
420. TREVOR, William. Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel. London: Bodley Head (1969). Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a new price label on the front flap.
421. -. Same title, the first American edition. NY: Viking (1969). Trace fading to heel of cloth; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a corner crease on the front flap. A very nice copy, with none of the fading to the jacket one often sees.
422. TREVOR, William. Angels at the Ritz and Other Stories. London: Bodley Head (1975). His uncommon third collection of stories. Faint spine crease; else fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
423. TREVOR, William. The Children of Dynmouth. London: Bodley Head (1976). Fine in a very near fine dust jacket nicked at the upper rear spine fold.
424. -. Same title, the first American edition. NY: Viking Press (1977). Fine in a fine dust jacket.
425. TREVOR, William. Lovers of Their Time and Other Stories. London: Bodley Head (1978). The uncorrected proof copy, sent out for review to John Fowles, with a note to Fowles from the Literary Editor of The Irish Press laid in and Fowles' blindstamp on title page. Covers sunned and spotted; spine-creased and slanted; pages acidifying; good in wrappers.
426. TREVOR, William. The Collected Stories. (London): Viking [1992]. A massive volume, over 1200 pages, collecting all his previously published stories plus several unpublished ones. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
427. -. Same title, the limited edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
428. TREVOR, William. Death in Summer. (London): Viking (1998). The uncorrected proof copy of the true first edition (U.K.). Fine in wrappers.
429. TRUDEAU, Garry. Rap Master Ronnie. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1986. The Doonesbury creator's send-up of Ronald Reagan, which was produced as a cabaret in New York City. The transcript of the show is accompanied by selected Doonesbury comic strips focusing on the Reagan administration. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarto; fine without dust jacket, as issued.
430. -. Same title. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
431. TWAIN, Mark. Autograph Letter Signed, to Bret Harte. Dated July 13 [1876]. Two small pages written on one sheet, approximately 7" x 10", folded to make four pages. Twain writes to Harte, with whom he had a longstanding friendship dating from their time in San Francisco, when both were young writers and were part of the San Francisco literary scene of the 1860s, with Harte at the time being the more well-known of the two, although his fame did not yet extend beyond California. When Harte was made editor of the new literary weekly, The Californian, he hired Twain as a writer. Their friendship continued for years, even after they went their separate ways, and shortly after this letter was written, when Twain returned to the U.S. from abroad, Harte visited him in Hartford, Connecticut, and the two collaborated on the play Ah Sin. The play, produced the following year, was only a moderate success at best, and tensions grew between Harte and Twain that ultimately led to the breakup of their friendship. In this letter, Twain asks Harte for an autograph to give to a clergyman he has met in Ireland who is an autograph collector and "a mighty good fellow -- for a Christian." He also recounts that he has "just finished writing the book to-day (900 pages MS.,)" -- "the book" being Tom Sawyer -- "but can't print now, because I have a book going through the press at this time," referring to Sketches, New and Old. The letter is signed "Mark." A wonderful association between two of the most prominent American writers of the 19th century, written on the day Twain finished one of his most famous books, and referring to its manuscript.
432. TWAIN, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. NY: Charles L. Webster, 1885. The first American edition of Twain's masterpiece, with the earliest issue points recorded for cloth copies (some copies in leather bindings and the prospectus have earlier points that do not show up elsewhere): pages 13 and 57 are uncorrected; page 283 and the title page are cancels; page 9 reads "Decided"; page 143 reads "Co. Grangerford." Also page 155 has the last "5" in a larger font (no priority); and the frontispiece has the Heliotype imprint and the visible tablecloth (again, no priority). Very slight rubbing to the spine ends and tips; near fine, in green cloth. Huck Finn is universally acknowledged to be one of the world's great books -- ostensibly an adventure story of a twelve year-old boy on a raft trip with an escaped Negro slave in the days before the Civil War, it is a complex and deeply moral coming-of-age story full of ironies, satire, and wit that is as fresh and barbed today as it was a hundred years ago. Hemingway once said that all American literature derived from Huck Finn. A very attractive copy of one of the key American novels.
433. TYLER, Anne. Back When We Were Grownups. NY: Knopf, 2001. The uncorrected proof copy. Pencilled underlinings and marginal notes and comments by the reviewer throughout ("Chekhov without angst" is one, etc.); near fine in wrappers.
434. UPDIKE, John. Five Poems. (Cleveland): Bits Press (1980). Of a total edition of 185 copies, this is one of 135 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers and near fine chemise torn at knot attachment. An elaborate and fragile edition, and one of the scarcest and most attractive of the many limited editions Updike has done in recent years.
435. UPDIKE, John. Seek My Face. NY: Knopf, 2002. Updike's latest novel, loosely based on the life of Lee Krasner and her marriage to Jackson Pollock. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
436. UPFIELD, Arthur. The Sands of Windee. (London): Angus and Robertson (1959). A Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery. Page 282 rumpled; stamp abraded from front flyleaf; a smaller abrasion to front pastedown; very good in a very good, internally tape-strengthened dust jacket. Despite its flaws, quite an attractive copy.
437. WELSH, Irvine. You'll Have Had Your Hole. (London): Methuen (1998). A play by the author of Trainspotting, among others, only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine.
438. WHITE, Randy Wayne. Captiva. NY: Putnam (1996). A south Florida mystery featuring detective/marine biologist Doc Ford. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
439. WHITTEMORE, Edward. Quin's Shanghai Circus. NY: HRW (1974). The first book by the author of the highly acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet. Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket.
440. WILBUR, Richard. Things of This World. NY: Harcourt Brace (1956). Poetry, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed by the author to John [Holmes] and his wife Doris in 1959. Boards sunned at the spine ends; near fine in a very good, edge-chipped and internally tape-repaired dust jacket. A nice association copy of a major book in 20th century American poetry.
441. WILBUR, Richard. Advice to a Prophet & Other Poems. NY: Harcourt Brace World (1961). Inscribed by the author to the poet John Holmes and his wife Doris in the year of publication. Holmes's attractive woodcut bookplate front pastedown; near fine in a very good, edgeworn dust jacket with rubbing to the spine folds. Someone, presumably Holmes, has underlined a few lines on pages 28 and 29. A nice association copy.
442. WILSON, Edmund. Patriotic Gore. NY: Oxford University Press, 1962. "Studies in the Literature of the American Civil War" by one of the foremost literary critics of the 20th century. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with rubbing to the folds and mild sunning to the spine. A very nice copy of this book, with much less rubbing and wear to the black jacket than is commonly seen.
443. WILSON, Gahan. Eddy Deco's Last Caper. (NY): Times Books (1987). An illustrated mystery. Inscribed by the author and "Eddy" in the year of publication, with a drawing of Eddy's hand doing the inscribing. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
444. WILSON, Gahan. Everybody's Favorite Duck. NY: Mysterious Press (1988). Inscribed by the author in the month of publication, with a drawing of the duck. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
445. (WINTERSON, Jeanette). "I used to live on a long stretchy street" in Walking on the Water. (London): Virago (1984). Second printing of Winterson's first book appearance, a short story that prefigures Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit in theme. Unaccountably scarce in any printing. A few pencil marks to text; page edges acidifying; very good in wrappers.
446. WOIWODE, Larry. Even Tide. NY: FSG (1977). Poetry by the author of Beyond the Bedroom Wall and What I'm Going to Do, I Think, among others. Inscribed by the author on the day of publication. Fine in a near fine, mildly edge-sunned dust jacket.
447. WOLFF, Tobias. In the Garden of North American Martyrs. NY: Ecco (1981). His first collection of short fiction, his first book published in the U.S., and the first book that he has publicly acknowledged in the years since. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. The first state of this jacket had a "$14.95" price. The price was lowered to $10.95 prior to publication, and the second state jacket was price-clipped with a new price sticker added; in the third state the jacket is reprinted with the lower price.
448. WOLFF, Tobias. The Barracks Thief. NY: Ecco Press (1984). His third book, a novella, about three paratroopers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam. Winner of the PEN Faulkner Award. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with some fading to the spine lettering.
449. WOLFF, Tobias. Back in the World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. His fourth book and second collection of short fiction, of which Wolff is considered a contemporary master. Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace rubbing at the heel. Promotional postcard laid in.
450. WOLFF, Tobias. The Other Miller. Derry/Ridgewood: Babcock & Koontz (1986). A short story printed in a handsome limited edition by the Coffee House Press. With a frontispiece illustration by Gaylord Schanilec. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Clothbound, fine without dust jacket, as issued. His first limited edition.
451. WOLFF, Tobias. This Boy's Life. NY: Atlantic Monthly (1989). His first book of memoirs, and basis for an award-winning film. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
452. WOOLF, Virginia. Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown. London: Hogarth Press, 1924. An essay on the importance of character in the novel, originally delivered as a talk in Cambridge in May, 1924. One of 1000 copies printed by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press. Kirkpatrick A7. Very near fine in wrappers. Quite scarce, especially in nice condition.
453. WOOLF, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. London: Hogarth Press, 1929. The first trade edition of this short essay, one of her most important works, which retains its freshness and relevance today, nearly 75 years later. Woolf's essay on women and fiction, which argues for the importance of women having a kind of independence long taken for granted by men, is considered a classic of 20th century women's writing. One of 3040 copies printed. Offsetting to both free endpapers; near fine, lacking the scarce dust jacket.
454. WOOLF, Virginia. A Letter to a Young Poet. London: Hogarth, 1932. No. 8 in the Hogarth Letters series, and the first in this series by Woolf. An essay on writing in the form of a letter to John Lehmann, writer and publisher. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. A very nice copy.
455. WOOLF, Virginia. Walter Sickert: A Conversation. London: Hogarth, 1934. An essay on Art in the form of a conversation with Sickert, one of England's most influential painters at the time. Sickert has been in the news recently as a result of the mystery novelist Patricia Cornwell claiming that he was Jack the Ripper, and that his paintings prove the case. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers with Vanessa Bell cover art.
456. YEATS, William Butler. The Yeats Reader. NY: Scribner (1997). The uncorrected proof copy of this compendium, edited by Richard Finneran. Short tears to both edges of the front spine fold; near fine in edge-sunned wrappers.
457. YEATS, William Butler. The Yeats Reader. NY: Scribner (2002). The uncorrected proof copy of the revised edition. Includes 57 poems not in the 1997 edition and an appendix which includes two drafts of six different Yeats poems. One corner nick; still fine in wrappers.