Catalog 149, P-R
212. (Photography). ADAMS, Ansel Easton. Taos Pueblo. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1977. The facsimile edition of Adams' first book, originally published in 1930 by the Grabhorn Press, with text by Mary Austin. Large format, 16 3/4" x 12 1/2", in blind-stamped quarter leather and cloth. Reproduces twelve of Adams' photographs, which had previously been available only in the 108-copy original Grabhorn Press edition. This is one of 950 numbered copies, signed by Adams and with an afterword by Weston Naef of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, commenting on both the original edition and this one. The original edition is one of the Roth 101 key books of photography. Fine in a fine slipcase.
213. (Photography). PARKER, Ann and NEAL, Avon. Los Ambulantes. North Brookfield: Thistle Hill Press (1982). A study of and tribute to the itinerant photographers of Guatemala. With photographs by Parker and text by Neal. Printed in a deluxe edition of 100 copies, this copy is out of series and from the library of the authors. With an original selenium-toned silver print signed by Neal. The print is housed in a folding chemise; the book is bound in Guatemalan "ghost" fabric, purchased by the authors on their trip; both are enclosed in a clamshell box with paper labels. A trade edition was issued by the MIT Press, but the limited edition is extremely scarce. Fine.
214. (Photography). PETERKIN, Julia and ULMANN, Doris. Roll, Jordan, Roll. NY: Robert O. Ballou, 1933. A presentation copy of the limited edition of this classic, with text by Peterkin and photographs by Ulmann. According to the colophon, 350 copies were numbered and signed, of which 327 were for sale. This is one of 23 copies offered hors commerce, inscribed "For H.L.B." where the limitation number would have been, and signed by Peterkin and Ulmann. With 90 full-page copperplate hand-pulled photogravure plates, with tissue guards; the trade edition only had 72. Without the separate print that accompanied copies of the limited edition that were offered for sale; it is unknown whether the hors commerce copies would have been issued with a signed photograph, which seems to have been more of a selling point than something integral to the production. Bound in brown textured paper over boards with white cloth spine and tips. Spine cloth slightly dusty, a hint of offsetting to the title page as the opposing photo lacks tissue; still a fine copy, without slipcase. We have never seen one of the hors commerce copies offered for sale, and none appear in the auction records. An extremely scarce issue of one of the high spots of 20th century photography books, a Roth 101 title.
215. (Photography). STRAND, Paul. The Mexican Portfolio. (NY): Da Capo Press (1967). The second edition, published 27 years after the first. Of a total edition of 1000 numbered and signed copies, this copy is an hors commerce copy, unsigned and marked "Not for Sale." 16" x 12 1/2", with five leaves of text plus 20 photogravure illustrations from photographs by Strand; text leaves and gravures laid in to stiff paper covers housed in cloth clamshell case with cardboard slipcase. Fine, in a fine portfolio, in a near fine slipcase with two vertical abrasions to the front panel. Holiday card from Aperture laid in.
216. (Photography). WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol's Index (Book). NY: Random House, 1967. The hardcover issue of this early Warhol production. Present: the castle, the accordion (silent), the geodesic dome on a string, the Lou Reed flexi-disk, the folding nose, the Hunt's Tomato Paste can, the Warhol blotter, the balloon (fused to pages). Lacking the pop-up plane, the Chelsea Girls spring disk, the postcard, and the sponge. Minor discoloration to several pages surrounding the two pages fused by the balloon, and mild rubbing to the rear cover. Apart from the missing pieces, near fine. Roth 101.
217. POUND, Ezra. Cinco Poesias de Ezra Pound. Miami: Pandenus Press (1952). One of 225 copies of this attractive oversize volume that collects Spanish translations of five of Pound's poems, including three of the Cantos. This copy is inscribed by one of the translators, Margaret Bates. Covers foxed; near fine in self-wrappers.
218. PRICE, Reynolds. Good Hearts. NY: Atheneum, 1988. A novel that picks up the lives of the main characters of his first novel, A Long and Happy Life, thirty years later. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
219. PRICE, Richard. Clockers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. A powerful novel of drug dealers and street life in a contemporary urban housing project; basis for the Spike Lee film, for which Lee and Price co-wrote the screenplay. Inscribed by the author "with thanks for your enthusiasm." Concavity to spine; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with mild fading to the spine lettering.
220. PRICE, Richard. Freedomland. NY: Broadway Books (1998). Inscribed by the author on the title page. A couple spots to the front flyleaf, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a crease to the front flap.
221. (PROULX, Annie). Seasons of the Hunter. NY: Knopf, 1985. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of previously unpublished hunting narratives. Proulx, as "E.A. Proulx," contributes "The Unclouded Day." Precedes her first published book of fiction by three years. Also includes "Communist" by Richard Ford: both authors went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. Spine sunned; near fine in wrappers with photocopies of sample illustrations stapled inside the front cover.
222. RANKIN, Ian. Not Just Another Saturday. (n.p.): (John Rebus Limited) (2005). A single story published in a limited edition as a benefit for SNIP, a parent-led organization based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. Featuring Inspector John Rebus, the story is set against the backdrop of the July 2, 2005 Make Poverty History protest, which coincided with the Live 8 concerts and the G8 summit. Approximately 1400 words, printed on a single sheet folded to make four pages. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by Rankin. Slight corner creasing; else fine. Uncommon. Rankin's final Rebus novel, Exit Music, has just been published in the U.S. The series has been one of the most successful and acclaimed in the mystery genre, and this is one of the scarcest items in it.
223. REAVEY, George. The Colours of Memory. NY: Grove Press (1955). Poetry, issued in a lettered edition of 26 copies and a numbered edition of 250 copies: this is a presentation copy (designated as "s.c. 3 for Nancy"), signed by the author and, as with the lettered issue, with an original drawing by I. Rice Pereira signed by the artist as frontispiece. It can be assumed that the presentation copies ("s.c" -- "special copy"?) were even more limited than the lettered copies, as is almost always the case in the issuance of limited editions such as this. A fine copy in a spine-tanned dust jacket, near fine but for two small chips on the rear panel. Laid in is an autograph holiday card signed by Reavey for himself and Irene. A significant volume, with an original work of art by a distinguished American abstract artist: Pereira's work is in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of American Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, among many others.
224. RICE, Anne. Interview With The Vampire. NY: Knopf, 1976. Her acclaimed first book, the first in the Vampire Lestat series, and one of the unlikeliest success stories of any publishing season. Modest hardcover sales of the book would not have led one to imagine the long-term popularity and success of Rice's later books in the Vampire Lestat series, nor did they predict the huge success this novel had in paperback, selling millions of copies; it has been estimated that Rice has sold more than a hundred million copies of her books over the years, and this title has gone through several successive collectible editions. Even so, Rice's novels did not begin to approach such sales again until her second vampire novel, which was published after two mainstream historical novels. Rice's vampire novels have been unprecedented bestsellers as well as being critically acclaimed, and even her erotic novels of sado-masochism have achieved a kind of mainstream success that defies prediction. This was the basis for a well-received movie in 1994, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, among others. Rice abandoned the vampire genre in 2004, in a prominently announced return to her Roman Catholic faith. This is the scarcest of the books, particularly in nice condition, as the gold foil dust jacket is notoriously prone to wear. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and scarce thus.
225. -. Same title, the advance reading copy in illustrated wrappers. Signed by the author. A little bit of creasing to the spine and the corners; apparently read. Still, a near fine copy.
226. -. Same title, the first British edition (London: Macdonald/Raven, 1976). Fine in a fine dust jacket, and uncommon thus.
227. RICE, Anne. The Vampire Lestat. NY: Knopf, 1985. A review copy of her second vampire novel, and the first of what would be a series of bestselling novels over the next two decades. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publisher's letter and three pages of promotional material laid in. Scarce in any advance issue.
228. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. A hint of spine sunning to the red wrappers, still a fine copy. Probably her scarcest proof after the nearly impossible proof copy of Interview With the Vampire, which we have only seen twice (as opposed to the advance reading copy of that title).
229. RICE, Anne. The Queen of the Damned. NY: Knopf, 1988. The uncorrected proof copy of the third novel in her vampire series. The publisher's printed information on the front cover of the proof announces the first printing as being 100,000 copies, and also that the book was chosen as a Dual Main Selection of the Literary Guild book club. This copy is signed by the author on the title page. Fine in wrappers. A scarce proof, especially signed.
230. -. Same title, the limited edition. NY: Knopf/Ultramarine, 1988. Signed by the author. One of 124 copies using Knopf sheets and bound in quarter leather by Dennis Gouey, of 150 copies total -- a very small limitation for such a popular author. With an original lithograph by Ron Walotsky produced for this edition and signed by the artist. Fine.
231. RICE, Anne. Interview with the Vampire, Comics 1-12. (Wheeling): Innovation (1991-1994). The complete set, twelve issues, of the Innovation comic books, "not intended for children." A reinterpretation of the first book in the Lestat series in the form of a serialized graphic novel. All issues fine in stapled wrappers. A difficult set to assemble at this point.
232. RICE, Anne. Pandora. NY/(New Orleans): Knopf/(Trice), 1998. The limited edition of this novel, published by B.E. Trice using sheets of the Knopf edition. Of a total of 326 copies, this is one of 50 numbered deluxe copies bound in quarter leather and signed by the author. The deluxe issues of the Trice vampire novels are extremely scarce. Fine in a fine slipcase.
233. ROBBINS, Tom. Another Roadside Attraction. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. The uncorrected proof copy of his first novel and the start of his iconoclastic career. Another Roadside Attraction was one of a handful of contemporary novels that became bestsellers slowly, by word of mouth, primarily on college campuses, long after the paperback editions came out: it was never reprinted in hardcover, but it has never been out of print in paperback. This proof copy is inscribed by the author: "To ___ ___/Dodging comets, Tom Robbins." Some modest sunning and staining to the cardstock covers; still near fine in tall, ringbound wrappers, preserved in a custom quarter leather clamshell box. Uncommon, especially inscribed.
234. ROBINSON, Marilynne. The Death of Adam. NY: Picador (2005). A collection of "essays on modern thought," first published in 1998. This is a reissue, published after her second novel, Gilead, won the Pulitzer Prize. Review copy, with 8 pages of promotional information laid in. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
235. ROBINSON, Marilynne. Home. NY: FSG (2008). The advance reading copy of this novel that narrates a parallel story to the one in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gilead: the events are from the same place and time but from another character's perspective. Fine in wrappers, with a CD excerpt bound in. Signed by the author. Uncommon in the advance issue, especially signed.
236. ROTH, Philip. Portnoy's Complaint. NY: Random House (1969). His landmark fourth book, a comic novel and one of the defining volumes of its time. Slightly musty; near fine in a near fine, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with a slightly offcenter fold.
237. (ROTH, Philip). LEVI, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz. NY: Collier Books (1993). First thus, including as an afterword the first book appearance of Roth's "A Conversation with Primo Levi." U.S. price hole-punched on rear cover; else fine in wrappers.
238. RUBENS, Bernice. The Elected Member. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1969). The 1970 Booker Prize winner, and one of the scarcest Booker winners. Spine lean; else fine in a very good, mildly spine-faded dust jacket with a loss to the outer, red layer of the jacket paper at the spine ends and edges.