Catalog 128, T-V
301. THEROUX, Paul. Jungle Lovers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. His fifth book. Faint dampstaining to lower corner of cloth; near fine in a very good dust jacket, also with dampstaining to the lower outer corner and with a tiny nick at the crown.
302. THEROUX, Paul. Sinning with Annie. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. His sixth book and first collection of stories. One of only 3500 copies printed. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading to the spine lettering but very little of the rubbing to the predominantly black dust jacket that is common with this title.
303. THEROUX, Paul. Saint Jack. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. His eighth book, seventh work of fiction (and sixth book to have been published in the U.S.), set in Malaya during the Vietnam war and made into a memorable film by Peter Bogdanovich, with Ben Gazzara in the title role. It was on the strength of this and a handful of other books set in southeast Asia that Theroux came to be considered one of the most eloquent chroniclers of the dissolution of colonialism in the Third World. The first printing consisted of 7500 copies. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
304. TILGHMAN, Christopher. In a Father's Place. NY: FSG (1990). Tilghman's first book, a well-received collection of stories. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Small lower corner bumps; else fine in a near fine dust jacket.
305. (TOOLE, John Kennedy). "Reading and Writing" in Carnival Magazine, Vol. I, No. 9. [New Orleans]: (Tulane University), 1956. The student literary magazine of Tulane University. Kennedy (or Ken) Toole, then an 18 year-old Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English, is listed as non-fiction editor. He also contributes a full-page drawing of the Carnival staff, divided into Contributors and Editors. His essay "Reading and Writing" reviews the trends in the autumn publishing season and discusses a few specific recent releases, pausing first to make a pitch for Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, which he notes for being, if not recent, at least relevant. Mild foxing throughout; near fine in stapled wrappers. A very early publication for Toole, whose first novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, was published posthumously in 1980 and won the Pulitzer Prize, a decade after the author's suicide. Scarce.
306. TURCO, Lewis. First Poems. Francestown: Golden Quill Press (1960). The poet's first book, published while he was still working at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and studying for his M.A. Foreword by Donald Justice. Inscribed by the author to the former President of the University of Iowa, mentioning that this book was published the same month he, Turco, left Iowa. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with two short edge tears on the rear panel.
307. TYLER, Anne. Morgan's Passing. NY: Knopf, 1980. A quirky novel that was the first of her books to be reprinted numerous times right after publication, although not quite a bestseller as her later books have become. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
308. TYLER, Anne. The Accidental Tourist. NY: Knopf, 1985. A novel that was made into an award-winning movie and which solidified Tyler's place as one of the foremost writers of her generation. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with very faint dampstaining to the lower rear panel.
309. TYLER, Anne. Saint Maybe. NY: Knopf, 1991. One of an unspecified number of copies (estimated at 500) of the trade edition with a leaf tipped in signed by the author. The trade first printing was 250,000 copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the author's name on the spine still a deep yellow.
310. -. Another copy, also signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the author's name on the spine faded to pale yellow.
311. -. Another copy, also signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the author's name on the spine faded to white.
312. UPDIKE, John. The Poorhouse Fair. NY: Knopf, 1963. A later printing of Updike's second book, first novel, first published in 1959. 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. Signed by the author. Additional nonauthorial gift inscription. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with several upper edge tears and a small triangular chip lower edge front panel.
313. (UPDIKE, John). Sleeping Bags and Flying Machines. (Don Mills): Nelson (1973). Second printing of this grade school reader, which reprints two "pop up poems" (they don't pop up) by Updike on full-color pages. Very good in wrappers. An uncommon Updike appearance in any edition.
314. VAN DE WETERING, Janwillem. Just a Corpse at Twilight. (NY): Soho (1994). A novel in the author's Grijpstra and DeGier mystery series, set in Amsterdam. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. "A substantially similar novel" (Drijflijk) was published in Dutch in the Netherlands the previous year.
315. VARGAS LLOSA, Mario. The Time of the Hero. NY: Grove (1966). The first American edition of the first book by the Peruvian author/statesman, who has won every major Latin American literary prize, including the Romulo Gallegos Prize, which is only given out once every few years and is the most prestigious literary award in Latin America. Vargas Llosa was the first recipient of the prize, given to him in 1967 after the publication of his second novel, La Casa Verde (The Green House) in 1966. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the corners and spine extremities and internal tape-strengthening at the base.
316. VARGAS LLOSA, Mario. The Green House. NY: Harper & Row (1968). The second book by the eminent Peruvian novelist. Translated by Gregory Rabassa, who translated García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, among many other high spots of the boom in Latin American literature in the 1960s and 1970s. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with several internally tape-mended edge tears. A nice copy of a book that is, by all appearances, scarcer than his first novel.
317. VIDAL, Gore. Homage to Daniel Shays. NY: Random House (1972). A volume of collected essays, one of his lesser known titles. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.
318. VIDAL, Gore. Myron. NY: Random House (1974). The companion volume to his novel Myra Breckenridge, which was made into a movie. Inscribed by the author at Dartmouth College in November of 1991. Remainder mark; fine in a very near fine dust jacket. The number line on this book reads "9 2 4 6 8 7 5 3/ First Edition," and while it is correct in Random House books of this era for the first edition to not state "1," there is usually a logical sequence to the numbers that do appear.
319. VIDAL, Gore. 1876. NY: Random House (1976). The second book in Vidal's acclaimed series of historical novels, which have been noted for their accuracy and authenticity and which, taken together, re-imagine American history through the eyes of its contemporary participants. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a very near fine, slight spine-faded dust jacket.
320. VIDAL, Gore. Washington, D.C. NY: Random House [1976]. The reissue of his 1967 novel, which forms a trilogy with 1876 and Burr. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a near fine, lightly spine-faded dust jacket with several short edge tears.
321. VIDAL, Gore. Kalki. NY: Random House (1978). Something of a departure for Vidal -- a fantasy in which an American Vietnam vet claims to be the reincarnation of a Hindu god. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Small spot and foxing to top edge; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear at the lower rear flap fold.
322. VIDAL, Gore. Creation. NY: Random House (1981). A historical novel of fifth century Persia. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Mild foxing to top edge, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip and a short creased tear at the crown.
323. VIDAL, Gore. The Second American Revolution and Other Essays (1976-1982). NY: Random House (1982). Essays by one of the preeminent American men of letters -- a designation that seems increasingly uncommon in an age of specialization in literature. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
324. VIDAL, Gore. Duluth. NY: Random House (1983). A comic novel by Vidal. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
325. VIDAL, Gore. Empire. NY: Random House (1987). A novel in his acclaimed American history series, this one being set at the turn of the century, in the aftermath of the Spanish-American war. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
326. VIDAL, Gore. At Home. NY: Random House (1988). A collection of essays from the years 1982-1988. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a fine jacket.
327. VIDAL, Gore. Hollywood. NY: Random House (1990). Another volume in his American chronicle, this one set in Hollywood in the 1920s. Inscribed by the author in 1991. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
328. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Testimony Opposing the Attorney General's Committee on Pornography. December 30, 1985. 4 page photocopied typescript of remarks Vonnegut planned to make at a January 16 press conference in opposition to the "sewer astronauts" of the Reagan-appointed anti-pornography commission. Double-spaced typescript, folded for mailing, and transmitted with an autographed note signed stating that he has also sent a copy to The Nation and that he sees no need for copyright. Paperclip mark and indentation to all pages; slight corner creasing; else fine. A hilarious and scathing commentary, as might be expected. The text has been disseminated widely, as Vonnegut's decision to forego copyright allowed; a partial variant later appeared in the collection Fates Worse Than Death. Needless to say, extremely scarce in any sort of manuscript form.