Catalog 94, S-T
381. (SALINGER, J.D.). "Last Day of the Last Furlough" in The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 216 (sic), No. 3. (Independence Square): (Curtis Publishing), July 15, 1944. Uncollected. Mailing label; else fine in stapled wrappers.
382. (SALINGER, J.D.). "Zooey" in The New Yorker, Vol. 33, No. 11. (NY): (New Yorker), May 4, 1957. First book appearance in Franny and Zooey. Vertical crease to cover and first several pages; near fine in wrappers.
383. (SALINGER, J.D.). CORBETT, Edward P.J. "Raise High the Barriers, Censors" in America, Vol. 104, No. 14. (Philadelphia): (Jesuits/America Press), January 7, 1961. An essay on the censorship of Catcher in the Rye in this Catholic weekly. Mailing label, short edge tear; near fine in stapled wrappers.
384. (SALINGER, J.D.). KAZIN, Alfred. "J.D. Salinger: `Everybody's Favorite'" in The Atlantic, Vol. 208, No. 2. (Boston): (Atlantic Monthly), August, 1961. An essay on the then-forthcoming Franny and Zooey. Slight rubbing; else fine in wrappers.
385. (SALINGER, J.D.). SKOW, Jack. "Sonny: An Introduction" in Time. (Chicago): (Time), September 15, 1961. The cover article, with inside illustrations by Russell Hoban. Pages acidifying and spots to text; cup rings and mailing label on cover; about very good in wrappers.
386. (SALINGER, J.D.). KEARNS, F.E. "Salinger and Golding: Conflict on the Campus" in America, Vol. 108, No. 4. (Philadelphia): (Jesuits/America Press), January 26, 1963. Mailing label; else fine in stapled wrappers.
387. (SALINGER, J.D.). "Hapworth 16, 1924" in The New Yorker, Vol. 41, No. 18. (NY): (New Yorker), June 19, 1965. Uncollected story, which was to have been published in book form for the first time last year, in a publishing effort that was apparently aborted at the last minute. Covers detached; very good in stapled wrappers.
388. SALTER, James. The Arm of Flesh. NY: Harper (1961). His scarce second book, set at an American-occupied German air force base in the aftermath of World War Two. Corners bumped; mild foxing to page edges and flyleaf; near fine in a very good, rubbed dust jacket worn at the crown. Signed by the author. A very presentable copy of a extremely scarce book that is nearly impossible to find in fine condition.
389. SALTER, James. A Sport and a Pastime. Garden City: Doubleday/Paris Review Editions, 1967. Salter's third novel, which is now quite uncommon. Trace wear to cloth at extremities; else fine in a very good dust jacket with several closed edge tears and a bit of crimping to the top edge of the front panel. Signed by the author.
390. -. Same title. The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition (London: Cape, 1987), published two decades after the original edition. Fine in wrappers and signed by the author.
391. SALTER, James. Light Years. NY: Random House (1975). The uncorrected proof copy of what some consider his best book. Signed by the author. Spine-faded, and title handwritten there; else fine in wrappers.
392. -. Same title, the trade edition. Board edges sunned; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with a light vertical crease to the spine. Signed by the author.
393. SALTER, James. Dusk. Berkeley: North Point, 1988. The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories; winner of the PEN Faulkner Award. One tiny corner crease; else fine in wrappers. Signed by the author.
394. -. Same title, the trade edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
395. -. Another copy, also signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, lightly bumped dust jacket.
396. SALTER, James. Burning the Days. NY: Random House (1997). Salter's recent memoir, published to extraordinary critical praise. Fine in a very near fine, slightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author.
397. -. Same title, the uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
398. SALZMAN, Mark. Iron & Silk. NY: Random House (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of his highly acclaimed first book, a personal account of a trip to China to study with a martial arts master, one of the more perceptive accounts by a Westerner both of contemporary China and of the traditions that underlie it. Made into an improbably well-received movie, in which the author played himself and the martial arts master with whom he studied also played himself. Coffee cup ring, and some minor creasing; very good in wrappers.
399. SAYLES, John. Thinking in Pictures. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. The uncorrected proof copy of this book of nonfiction, about the making of his film, Matewan. This title combines Sayles' talents as a filmmaker and as an author. Fine in wrappers.
400. SEGAL, Lore. Lucinella. NY: FSG (1976). The uncorrected proof copy of her second novel. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in wrappers.
401. SETON, Anya. Publisher's Correspondence File for Katherine. 1952-1956. An extensive set of five file folders, tracking the publication of Katherine and delving, in great detail, into a wide variety of publishing-related issues, from financial matters, to the work's title, to the tone of the "blurbs" used to promote the work. Seton was the author of a number of well-received and commercially successful historical novels, but this book marked something of a departure for her, as it was a "biographical novel" and included much scholarly research and presented information that had not been previously available. Of Seton's correspondence over the five year period, there are 9 autograph letters signed; 10 autograph postcards signed, and 24 typed letters signed. There are also a larger number of publisher's retained copies, memos, etc. Seton's letters are consistently forthright and revealing as she grapples her way through a 220,000 word manuscript, the attending publishing process and publicity, and concomitant life issues: "I'm working harder and in some ways with more anxiety than I ever have, and worse temper because simply can't lead `normal' social, wifely, motherly, housekeeperly life, and do this thing properly. So I snap and growl at constant interruptions yet can't pick up and retire to a retreat on account of the 132 source books which I actually use and reuse daily." A few pages darkening, several with edge wear, but, on average, near fine.
402. SETTLE, Mary Lee. Know Nothing. London: Heinemann (1961). The first British edition of the second volume in the Beulah sequence. Trace foxing to page edges; else fine in a near fine dust jacket. Scarce.
403. SHEPARD, Sam. Back Bog Beast Bait and Forensic and the Navigators. NY: Albert Poland, 1969. The scripts of two one-act plays by Shepard, bound together in vinyl wrappers embossed with the name of the first play. Owner name on title page; production notes on page one; otherwise near fine with a little edgewear to the covers.
404. SNYDER, Gary. The Back Country. (NY): New Directions (1968). The first American edition of this collection. Signed by the author. Trace wear to the cloth at the spine base; fine in a near fine dust jacket with several thin bubbles to the lamination.
405. SPIEGELMAN, Art. Maus. NY: Pantheon Books (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of the author's acclaimed historical novel of the Holocaust written in comic strip form. An amazingly effective book, a huge commercial success, and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, an unprecedented accomplishment for a comic art novel. Fine in wrappers and dust jacket. Together with an excerpt consisting of Chapter Four and an advance excerpt of the second volume, published in 1991. The first printing itself is quite scarce these days; prepublication states are exceedingly so.
406. SPIEGELMAN, Art. The Complete Maus. NY: Pantheon (1997). First thus, a single hardcover volume comprising the two Maus books. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and signed by the author.
407. STAFFORD, Jean. Typed Letter Signed. October 22, 1971. One page, typed on letterhead, 5 3/4" x 7 1/4", concerning only literary matters; specifically Stafford makes brief comments about several literary works of others in that year. She likes the Walker Percy (probably Love in the Ruins) and Cecil Dawkins' The Live Goat; has yet to see the Robert Penn Warren, the Joyce Carol Oates or the Cheever; and disapproves of the McCarthy and John Gardner's Grendel. Folded once; else fine.
408. STONE, Robert. Children of Light. London: Deutsch (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of the true first edition of his fourth novel, preceding the American edition by one week. The trade edition had a printing of 4500 copies (one-tenth the print-run of the American edition); the proof is scarcer still. We have only offered it once before. The proof is fine; it is laid into a very good dust jacket that is spine-faded and rumpled from extending past the proof.
409. STONE, Robert. Bear and His Daughter. Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Highly praised first collection of stories, spanning the years 1969 to the present. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
410. -. Same title. Bound galley sheets; 8 1/2" x 11"; tapebound in cardstock covers. Presumably produced for in-house use only; we have not seen another copy offered on the market. Fine.
411. (STONE, Robert). "Walk, Don't Run" and "Geraldine" in Stanford Short Stories 1964. Stanford: Stanford U. Press, 1964. Stone's first book appearance, two excerpts from his first novel, in progress at the time, published as A Hall of Mirrors three years later. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Other contributors to this volume include Ed McClanahan, Hugh Nissenson, and Merrill Joan Gerber.
412. (STONE, Robert). LOPEZ, Ken and CHANEY, Bev. Robert Stone. A Bibliography 1960-1992. Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. A first bibliography of Robert Stone, describing in detail the American and English editions of his "A" items, along with an extensive listing of his appearances in others' books, in periodicals, in translation, etc. Illustrated with photographs and including a critical introduction as well as a previously unpublished piece by Robert Stone. Stone is widely considered one of the half-dozen most important American novelists to emerge from the era of the Vietnam war and the Sixties counterculture, and the short list of his published novels so far does not give an accurate indication of his pervasive influence on contemporary American literature. By tracing the secondary appearances--and there are many: the bibliography includes over 240 entries--one begins to appreciate the scope of his writing and the points at which his voice has been one that defines our current situation and gives us the terms with which to understand it. We're biased, of course, but we think every library should have a copy of this book, and any collector who cares about contemporary literature could benefit from it. This is the limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by Robert Stone. With a marbled paper dust jacket created expressly for this edition by Light of Day Bindery in Northampton, Mass., and printed letterpress by Wild Carrot Press. List price:
413. -. Same title, the trade edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
414. STRAUB, Peter. Shadow Land. NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan (1980). Fifth book by the author of the modern horror classic, Ghost Story, a two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
415. STRAUB, Peter. The Hellfire Club. NY: Random House (1996). The uncorrected proof copy of this novel. Fine in wrappers.
416. SWIFT, Graham. Out of This World. (London): Viking (1988). The fifth book by the author of Waterland and Last Orders. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (a couple of mild scratches visible on verso). Signed by the author.
417. SWIFT, Graham. Last Orders. (London): Picador (1996). His most recent novel, winner of the Booker Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author in January, 1996.
418. -. Same title, the first American edition (NY: Knopf, 1996). Fine in a fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
419. -. Same title, the advance reading copy of the American edition. Fine in wrappers and publisher's cardstock slipcase. Signed by the author.
420. TAYLOR, Peter. Circulation Card Signed. 1952 & 1956. The library circulation card for the book Poet in the Theater by R. Peacock, checked out twice by Peter Taylor, once on September 27, 1952 and again on December 11, 1956. Signed each time by Taylor; once on the front of the card, the second time on the back, both times in pencil. A few creases from use; about near fine.
421. THEROUX, Paul. Girls at Play. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. The uncorrected proof copy of his third book. Spine heavily sunned; minor foxing to page edges and half-title; very good in wrappers. A very scarce proof.
422. THEROUX, Paul. Murder in Mount Holly. London: Alan Ross, 1969. His fourth book and by far his scarcest: we have seen his also-very-scarce V. S. Naipaul: An Introduction ten times as often as this elusive title, which had no U.S. edition. This is an ex-library copy: tape residue on the boards and endpages; library stamps to top edge and one inner page; "withdrawn" stamps on copyright page; cocked; flyleaf and half-title excised. A fair copy in a dust jacket with modest edgewear, a crease to the lamination on the front panel, and lamination separation at the spine folds; about very good. For all its condition problems, this is a remarkably scarce book in any condition, and has not been reprinted, to the best of our knowledge.
423. THEROUX, Paul. The Kingdom By the Sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1983. The first American trade edition of this travel account of a journey around Great Britain, the author's adopted home. Fine in a near fine dust jacket and signed by the author.
424. THOMPSON, Hunter S. Screwjack. Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. A collection of three short pieces by Thompson, along with a half-mad letter to the publisher that serves as introduction to the volume. Thompson's first limited edition. Of a total edition of 326 copies, this is one of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine without jacket, as issued. Thompson's signature is scarce.
425. -. Same title. This copy is unnumbered and designated "Presentation Copy" on the colophon page. Signed by Thompson. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
426. THOMPSON, Hunter S. The Proud Highway. NY: Villard (1997). The advance reading copy of Volume One of "The Fear and Loathing Letters," printing Thompson letters from 1955-1967. Fine in wrappers.
427. TÓIBÍN, Colm. The South. (London): Serpent's Tail (1990). The first book of fiction by this Irish writer; a paperback original. Slight rubbing to the rear spine fold; else fine in self-wrappers.
428. TYLER, Anne. Saint Maybe. NY: Knopf, 1991. The first trade edition of her first book after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons. One of an unspecified number of copies with a leaf tipped in signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
429. TYLER, Anne. Ladder of Years. NY: Knopf, 1995. The first trade edition of her latest novel. Again, one of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in sheet. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
430. -. Same title (Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1995). The true first edition, a leatherbound limited edition with a special introduction by Tyler relating the genesis of the book. Page edges gilt, silk ribbon marker bound in; fine. Signed by the author.