Catalog 133, S-U
270. SCHIFFREN, André. The Business of Books. London: Verso (2000). A volume on the contemporary publishing world written by the longtime Managing Director of Pantheon. With a gift inscription to longtime New Yorker film critic, Pauline Kael. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
271. SHAW, Bernard. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza. London: Constable, 1930. A satirical two act play about the confluence between big business, monarchy, and democracy. Foxing to text; near fine in a very good, spine and edge-tanned dust jacket with a few edge nicks.
272. SHERWOOD, Robert E. There Shall Be No Night. NY: Scribner, 1940. The second of his plays to win the Pulitzer Prize, which is set during the Russian invasion of Finland in World War II. Foxing to page edges; offsetting to front flyleaf; cocked; very good in a near fine dust jacket with a short, creased edge tear on the lower rear panel.
273. SIMPSON, Mona. The Lost Father. NY: Knopf, 1992. The second novel by this Granta 20 author. Inscribed by Simpson prior to publication to another writer: "with gratitude for your work, which I read again and again." Fine in a very near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket. A nice literary association.
274. SIMPSON, Mona. A Regular Guy. NY: Knopf, 1996. A novel about a "legendary, quintessentially American entrepreneur," reportedly loosely based on the life of her half-brother, Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer. Inscribed by Simpson to another writer, "with great admiration." Fine in a fine dust jacket.
275. SNYDER, Gary. Riprap, & Cold Mountain Poems. (San Francisco): (Four Seasons Foundation) (1965). The first combined edition, published as Four Seasons "Writing 7." Faint spine sunning; near fine in stapled wrappers, with the ownership signature of author Howard Norman.
276. -. Same title. Not stated as such but a second printing, without the publisher's laurel branch device on the title page and with a $1.50 price on the rear cover. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page and with the ownership signature of another author on the front endpaper, above a small patch of scratched-out white-out. Near fine in stapled wrappers.
277. SNYDER, Gary. Six Sections From Mountains and Rivers Without End. San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. A short poetry collection, published as Four Seasons "Writing 9." This was the first publication of any portion of what Snyder considered his magnum opus. Shallow crease to front cover; else fine in stapled wrappers, with the ownership signature of author Howard Norman.
278. SNYDER, Gary. Manzanita. Bolinas: Four Seasons Foundation, 1972. One of 2000 copies of this collection of poems; at the author's request, none of these were sold east of the Rocky Mountains. A few scratches and small creases to covers. Signed by the author. Very good in stapled wrappers.
279. SNYDER, Gary. Songs for Gaia. (Port Townsend): Copper Canyon Press (1979). Second printing. The first printing was a hardcover edition of 300 copies printed for the Kah Tai Alliance. This printing is in stapled wrappers. Dampstaining in the lower page margins; very good. Signed by the author.
280. (SNYDER, Gary). Caterpillar 19. (Sherman Oaks): (Clayton Eshleman) (1972). Snyder contributes the 100-page prose piece "Now India" as well as the cover photo. Spine base bumped; near fine in wrappers.
281. (SNYDER, Gary). Publicity Poster for Circulations of the Song. Berkeley: UC Berkeley, 2002. A publicity poster for the Edward Tompkins Lectures, Circulations of the Song: Borders, Media and Social Action, featuring Snyder, Bei Dao, Michael Palmer and Eliot Weinberger. 8 1/2" x 11". This copy is signed by Snyder. With the ownership signature of author Howard Norman on verso. Fine.
282. STEINBECK, John. In Dubious Battle. NY: Covici Friede (1936). A powerful novel of migrant farm workers rising up against landowners. Written at a time when much contemporary fiction was geared toward proletarian aspirations, Steinbeck's novel could have been a mere propaganda piece; instead, it is an exploration of ideals, social protest and social justice, and the relationship of mob behavior to individual values and, as such, still resonates with relevance decades later. Owner signature, cloth dust-soiled and spine-faded, foredge foxed. A good copy only, lacking the rare dust jacket.
283. STILL, James. River of Earth. NY: Viking, 1940. The author's first novel, which has come to be considered a classic of the literature of Kentucky and Appalachia. Two pencilled owner names; mild foredge foxing and spine slant; near fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with minor edge wear.
284. SYMONS, Arthur. The Incredible Adventures of Giuseppe Pignata. NY: Sears Publishing Co. (n.d). A limited edition, one of 520 copies, of this translation by Symons. Signed by Symons. Foxing to page edges; bookstore blindstamp to flyleaf; cloth mottled; a very good copy in a good, dampstained dust jacket.
285. THOMPSON, Jim. South of Heaven. Greenwich: Fawcett Gold Medal (1967). A paperback original by the author of such hard-boiled classics as The Killer Inside Me and Pop. 1280. Thompson began his writing career with the Federal Writers Project and his first novels were published as hardcover trade books. By the end of the 1940s, his books were being published as paperback originals -- dark, sometimes lurid, tales of hard-luck men and femmes fatales. After a long period of time during which his novels were out of print, Thompson was "rediscovered" by Hollywood and a number of his novels were brought back into print. Spine creased and cocked; pages acidifying; very good in wrappers.
286. UPDIKE, John. The Prose and Poetry of John Updike. Guilford: Jeffrey Norton (n.d.). Audio cassette tape (47 minutes) of Updike reading his own works and answering questions at the Poetry Center of the YM/MHA in New York City in 1967. Fine in cassette holder.
287. UPDIKE, John. On Meeting Authors. Newburyport: Wickford Press, 1968. An unsigned limited edition of an essay that first appeared in the New York Times. Of a total edition of 250 copies, this is Copy No. 1. Mild spine sunning; else fine in stapled wrappers. Laid in is a handwritten note from "Bill" to "Ron," "Thanks for your wisdom, encouragement and help at every stage of this enterprise. Sue and I send warmest Christmas wishes to you and Helen." One of Updike's earliest limited editions, done the same year as Bath After Sailing and The Angels. Although the limitation of this title is larger than either of those, we have seen it less often and it appears to be scarcer in the market. An attractive copy, and a special one, both by virtue of being #1 and also according to the letter laid in.
288. UPDIKE, John. Forty Stories. (Middlesex): Penguin (1987). First thus, forty stories, ten from each of his first four short story collections and with a brief foreword by Updike. Apparently, there was no comparable U.S. edition. Only issued in wrappers. Fine.
289. -. Another copy. Minor overall wear; a little edge-sunning to pages; about near fine in wrappers.
290. UPDIKE, John. Mites. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1990. A miniature book of poems, measuring approximately 3" x 2 1/4". Of a total edition of 226 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
291. UPDIKE, John. The Women Who Got Away. Concord: Ewert, 1998. The first separate publication of a story that originally appeared in The New Yorker. Of a total edition of 150 copies, this is one of 15 copies bound in quarter leather, signed by the author and with a signed original print by Barry Moser laid in. Fine.
292. UPDIKE, John. Rabbit at Rest. [NY: Knopf, 1990.] Photocopied galleys of the concluding volume of the award-winning Rabbit Angstrom saga, one of the most highly praised fictional sequences of our time. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Reproducing Updike's holograph corrections and emendations. More than 300 loose sheets, 8 1/2" x 14", copied from 163 longer, numbered galley sheets. With internal note of transmittal on Random House stationery stapled to first page. Fine. A rare look at one of Updike's award-winning novels as a work-in-progress; copies such as this were only distributed in-house at Random House, and did not circulate outside the publisher.
293. UPDIKE, John. Basic Bech. (London): Penguin Books (1999). First thus, the first printing of this paperback collecting Bech: A Book and Bech is Back, with a foreword by Updike (writing as Bech). There was an earlier Penguin collection, The Complete Henry Bech, which also included the story "Bech in Czech." Fine in wrappers.
294. (UPDIKE, John). "The Old Tobacconist" in 75 Aromatic Years of Leavitt & Peirce in the Recollection of 31 Harvard Men. Cambridge: Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. A very early appearance in print by Updike, Roberts B2. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a pool hall/tobacco store. This is the hardcover issue and is fine in a heavily chipped glassine dustwrapper, presumably original. Inscribed by Richard Ehrlich, Harvard graduate and the President of Leavitt & Peirce, in 1960: "For ___ ______, with the aromatic good wishes of Richard A. Ehrlich, June 1960." Ehrlich also provides a foreword. Time magazine review laid in. A very scarce book in the hardcover printing, and Roberts' checklist doesn't note there having been a dust jacket.
295. (UPDIKE, John). "The Dilemma of Ipswich" in Ford Times, Vol. 65, No. 9. Dearborn: Ford Motor Company, 1972. A 5" x 7" promotional booklet featuring stories, recipes, and Ford advertising. Updike's essay was published the following year (with a least one textual change) as a limited edition entitled A Good Place. This issue of Ford Times also includes "Babe Ruth's Pocket" by Wright Morris. Fine in stapled wrappers.
296. (UPDIKE, John). Program for a Reading. (New York): Poetry Center, 1981. A program for Updike's reading at the Poetry Center of the 92nd St. Y on November 9, 1981. One sheet, folded to make four pages. Unlike many Poetry Center programs, this one does not include excerpts from the reader's works, only a brief biography, which mostly consists of a partial list of Updike titles. Fine.
297. (UPDIKE, John). The Art of Adding and the Art of Taking Away. Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1987. The catalogue of an exhibition of Updike's manuscripts at the Houghton Library, with an introduction by Updike and a number of his manuscript drafts reproduced in facsimile. Inscribed by Updike to his British publisher: "For André [Deutsch]/ a souvenir of/ his most recent/ trip to Beverly Farms/ All best,/ John Updike/ 9/7/87." Updike then crossed out the "Updike" in the signature. Quarto; spine and edge-sunned; near fine in wrappers. With a letter of provenance, authenticating the origin of this copy as Deutsch himself. A very nice inscription and association.
298. URQUHART, Jane. Changing Heaven. (Toronto): McClelland & Stewart (1990). A novel by this author who won Canada's Governor's General Award for The Underpainter. Inscribed by Urquhart to another award-winning author, with the sentiment "I'm not Heathcliff." Small bump to top board edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice literary association.