E-list # 116

Philadelphia, Lippincott, (1975). His most famous novel, inspired by, and in turn helping to inspire, environmental direct action. A comic novel with a serious core, it both described and exalted such environmental groups as Earth First! and others that followed in their wake. Abbey was perhaps the single most famous, and one of the most outspoken, advocates for waging war against those who would despoil the environment for profit by both physically sabotaging their efforts and also engaging them in a media battle by means of theatrical, attention-getting public relations actions. This copy is inscribed by the author to noted Tucson book collector and bookseller, Ben Sackheim: "To Ben Sackheim from his friend Ed Abbey." Ben Sackheim was a successful New York advertising executive who had a second career as a bookseller in Tucson, Arizona. Among his many projects over the years, he was an early and important supporter of the Loujon Press, which published Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski and others in the mid-1960s. A nice association copy, and one seldom sees good association copies of Abbey books, let alone of his most important novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914604] SOLD

Ohio State, Logan Elm Press, 1992. A limited edition. Number 67 of 300 numbered copies signed by Abbott and by Brent Riley, the artist. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#915775] SOLD

(NY), Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1970. One of 300 copies. This copy is inscribed by Abish in 1982. A bit edge-sunned; near fine in wrappers. [#914700] SOLD

(NY), New Directions, (1977). His third book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. This is the simultaneous hardcover issue. Fine in a mildly edge-sunned, else fine dust jacket. [#914403] SOLD

London, Heinemann, (1966). The first British edition of this satirical novel about political corruption in Nigeria, by one of the foremost African men of letters of the 20th century, author of Things Fall Apart, among others, and winner of the 2007 Man Booker International Prize. Signed by Achebe. Tiny taps to upper corners, else fine in a very good dust jacket with slight rubbing and a creased tear at the upper front panel. A Burgess 99 title. [#029621] SOLD

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, (1993). A limited edition, issued as part of the Author and Artist Series, of this highly regarded book of photographs by Adams, with narrative by Smith. This is No. 2 of 50 numbered copies signed by Adams. An uncommon book in any hardcover issue, and especially scarce in this limited, numbered issue. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#911241] $2,000

Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, (1993). The hardcover trade issue of this volume of photographs by Adams, with narrative by Smith. Issued as part of the Author and Artist Series. Fine in a near fine, spine and edge-sunned dust jacket. An impressive book, and uncommon in the hardcover issue. [#913719] SOLD

(Boise), Limberlost Press, 2005. Of a total edition of 850 copies, this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. [#912177] SOLD

NY, (Hanging Loose Press), (1993). The uncorrected proof copy of his fourth collection of stories, poems and prose poems. Presumably done in very small quantities. This copy is signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#912181] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose Press, (1990-2002). Eight issues (56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 66, 71, 80), each with a contribution (or several) by Alexie, and each signed by Alexie. A little rubbing to 59, and 58 is spine-sunned; else the lot is fine in wrappers. In the first included issue, #56, Alexie has written, "My first poem to be accepted for publication and the second to appear in print." [#912187] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose Press, (2000). Stories, poems, and prose poems. This is the limited edition, bound in black rather than blue cloth. One of 100 copies numbered signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912201] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose Press, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories, poems, and prose poems. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#912203] SOLD

(n.p.), FallsApart Productions, January, 2002. Press kit for the release of the film based on Alexie's first book of stories and prose poems, which was published in 1992. Alexie also directed the film, which won a number of festival awards, including the Jury Award at the Durango Film Festival and two Grand Jury Awards at the L.A. Outfest. Film synopsis; character biographies; cast and crew biographies (including Alexie's); contact information during the Sundance Film Festival; sample artwork for the release; a still shot from the film and a photo of Alexie on the set, signed by Alexie. Also included are two flyers announcing the Seattle premiere, in May, 2002, one of which is signed by Alexie. All elements fine, in folder. [#912219] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose, (2003). The limited edition of the screenplay based on Alexie's first book of stories and prose poems, which was published in 1992. Alexie also directed the film, which won a number of film festival awards, including the Jury Award at the Durango Film Festival and two Grand Jury Awards at the L.A. Outfest. The book also includes a two-page introduction by Alexie, a section of scenes that did not appear in the film, short personal pieces by a number of the actors, photographs of the production, complete film credits and an essay about Alexie's filmmaking by Brian Miller. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#912221] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose, (2003). A review copy of the hardcover edition of the screenplay based on Alexie's first book of stories and prose poems, which was published in 1992. Alexie also directed the film, which won a number of film festival awards, including the Jury Award at the Durango Film Festival and two Grand Jury Awards at the L.A. Outfest. The book also includes a two-page introduction by Alexie, a section of scenes that did not appear in the film, short personal pieces by a number of the actors, photographs of the production, complete film credits and an essay about Alexie's filmmaking by Brian Miller. This copy is signed by Alexie. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued, with publisher's press release laid in. [#912220] SOLD

(Boise), Limberlost Press, 1998. Poetry, a limited edition, attractively printed and bound. Of a total edition of 750 copies, this is number 20 of 100 numbered clothbound copies signed by the author and by the artist Charlene Teters. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#912228] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose Press, (1996). A collection of poems and prose poems. This is the limited edition. Copy 28 of 50 numbered copies bound in white cloth and signed by the author, who has added an additional phrase from the book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912230] SOLD

Brooklyn, Hanging Loose Press, (1996). An advance copy consisting of unbound signatures (folded and gathered sheets); a working copy, with editorial markings. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912232] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2000). The limited edition of this collection of stories. One of 250 copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912236] SOLD

Brooklyn, Long Haul Press, (1983). Her first book, poetry. Fine in wrappers with a price sticker on the rear panel. This title was expanded and re-issued by another publisher in 1991. [#914410] SOLD

NY, Grove, (1984). The hardcover issue of her first book, a collection of poetry, published seven years before her award-winning first novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. Inscribed by the author in January of 1985, the year following publication. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with just slight wear to the spine extremities, and a touch of unnecessary black ink added to the crown. The hardcover issue of this book is very scarce, particularly in fine condition and signed. [#914705] SOLD

(London), Flamingo/HarperCollins, (1995). The limited edition. Of a total edition of 376 copies, this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914716] SOLD

(Rockville), Quill and Brush, 1994. The hardbound limited edition of this collection of remarks on the theme "Obsession," given at the 1993 PEN/Faulkner Gala. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the contributors: Louis Begley, David Bradley, Robert Olen Butler, Thomas Flanagan, Ernest Gaines, Barry Hannah, Maureen Howard, Jayne Anne Phillips, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Vikram Seth, Mary Lee Settle, Ntozake Shange, Elizabeth Spencer and Scott Spencer. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#911267] SOLD

Minneapolis, Rain Taxi, (2002). Translations by Auster, an earlier version of which was published in 1972. Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is copy "F" of 26 lettered copies signed by Auster. The 2002 edition includes a translator's note by Auster, which first appeared in Conjunctions. Fine in wrappers. [#911291] SOLD

NY, Drenttel, 1992. The limited edition of a story that first appeared in The New York Times on Christmas, 1990. This is one of 50 copies bound in full goatskin and signed by the author. Fine in a cloth and marbled paper slipcase. An attractive edition of a humorous and touching seasonal story. [#911279] SOLD

(Brewster), Parenthese, (1977). The limited edition of this title, which had a total printing of 750 copies; this is number 6 of only 20 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Fine in stapled wrappers and dust jacket. One of the smallest limitations of an Auster work, and extremely scarce these days. [#911002] SOLD

(Brewster), Parenthese, (1977). One of 750 copies of this early collection of poems, this copy inscribed by the author: "For ___ & ___ - Love, Paul." Very shallow upper corner crease; still fine in stapled wrappers and dust jacket. Illustrated by Norman Bluhm. [#911269] SOLD

NY, Sun, 1982. His first full-length work of prose, an experiment in autobiography. Signed by the author. Only published in wrappers. Trace rubbing, else fine. [#911273] SOLD

(Weston), Living Hand, (1974). His first book. Poetry, published as Living Hand 3, the third issue of the magazine that Auster founded and edited. Mild edge sunning and a couple of tiny spots on the rear cover; near fine in wrappers. [#911268] SOLD

1971. From the estate of Pauline Kael, this is an original Avedon print, titled and signed by the artist in 1971. Richard Avedon began his career as a fashion photographer in 1945, and he came to be known as the preeminent contemporary American portrait photographer. This image, of the one-time lovable Little Tramp posing as the Devil on his last day in the U.S., is one of Avedon's most famous, and one of the most famous images of Chaplin. Chaplin, who had long sought teenage girls as his lovers and wives, was hounded by years of persecution for his sexual proclivities and his left-leaning views. In 1944 he was involved in a high-profile scandal when he was indicted on charges involving a young actress he had brought to California and, although he was exonerated on all counts, the negative publicity began a series of events culminating in his voluntary exile from the U.S. eight years later. In addition, the FBI had stepped up its investigations of him as a result of his public statements in support of Russia and Soviet Communism. In 1952, when Chaplin left for England to promote his film "Limelight," the U.S. Attorney General used the opportunity to revoke his re-entry permit (Chaplin had never been an American citizen) unless Chaplin agreed to even more scrutiny of his private life. Chaplin opted to settle in Switzerland with his third wife, Oona O'Neill (daughter of Eugene O'Neill). This Avedon image is the final image of Chaplin in America and a pointed reference to his demonization by the American press and government. Pauline Kael's first film review, in 1953, was of Chaplin's "Limelight." She didn't like it, and it launched her career. 19-3/4" x 15-1/2". Dry mounted on board, and matted. Near fine. [#017958] $6,000

(NY), Avon, (1975). The true first edition of Banks's first novel, only issued in wrappers in the Avon "Equinox" series of trade paperbacks. Inscribed by the author: "To Jerry [Jerome Klinkowitz] -- best wishes, Russ/ 3.30.75." Fine in wrappers. [#911306] SOLD

NY, Fiction Collective, 1975. The hardcover issue of his fourth book and first collection of stories. This was Banks' first hardcover publication: his previous fiction had been issued only in paperback, and two volumes of poetry were issued as chapbooks. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine, slightly rubbed dust jacket. [#911308] SOLD

Hanover, Granite, (1974). His second book, a poetry collection. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#911305] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980. A review copy. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with one tiny edge tear. Review slip laid in. [#911312] SOLD

(NY), (Quest), (1969). Poetry Pamphlet Number Two. Edited and signed by Banks. With poetry by Banks, William Matthews, Peter Wild, Charles Simic, Robert Morgan and Doug Collins. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#911303] SOLD

Northwood Narrows, Lillabulero Press, 1969. His first solo-authored book, a poetry collection issued as Lillabulero Poetry Pamphlet Number 7. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#911304] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1966. Signed by the author. A bit of bubbling to pastedowns; else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned, near fine dust jacket. H18 code on last page of text. [#911337] $160

Garden City, Doubleday, 1968. The limited edition of Barth's innovative fifth book, his first that was not a novel. This is a collection of "fiction for print, tape, live voice." Number 44 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#911339] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1968. Barth's innovative fifth book, his first that was not a novel. This is a collection of "fiction for print, tape, live voice." Signed by the author. Trace foredge foxing; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a tiny hole at the front spine fold. [#911338] SOLD

College Station, Texas A&M, (1985). His first book, a collection of essays on hunting and the Texas Hill Country, where he was born and grew up. In recent years, Bass has lived in Montana, and his books on the remote valleys of northwestern Montana have been highly acclaimed and have established him as one of the leading voices of the younger generation of nature writers, whose engagement with the land is marked by a full consciousness of the political questions that surround it, as well as a deep respect for the moral and spiritual questions that are so easily overlooked in political, and even environmental, discussions. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024009] SOLD

(Harrisburg), Stackpole, (1987). His second book, a collection of essays on the natural world. Signed by the author in Yaak, in 1992. Bass has been both a petroleum geologist and an environmental activist, and his work embodies a combination of scientific rigor and poetic wonder. Fine in a near fine, very slightly spine-faded, dust jacket. [#024010] SOLD

NY, Rivers Press, 1970. His first book, a collection of poetry only issued in wrappers, in an edition of 500 copies with illustrations by Mary Miner. Precedes his second book by four years and his first book of fiction by well over a decade. Signed by the author. Fine. [#911346] SOLD

(Latham), Paris Review Editions, (1989). An uncommon book of poetry by a writer who is, these days, more well known for his fiction, including First Light and Through the Safety Net. Baxter's first two books, in the early 1970s, were poetry and this was his third collection of verse. Signed by the author in 1994 with the added sentiment: "Even a scowl is a kind of style." Fine in wrappers. [#911350] SOLD

Worcester, Metacom Press, 1981. The hardcover issue. The first separate appearance of this short story, which first appeared in Antaeus. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911362] $250

(Brussels), (Fondation Europeenne pour la Sculpture), (1997). Bell provides a bilingual (English/French) fable as introduction to the catalog of work by Jean de la Fontaine: in 1997 the Luxembourg artist had installed his "Love of Camping" in a Brussels park. Number 452 of 500 numbered copies. Fine in stapled wrappers. A scarce piece by Bell, attractively illustrated. [#917040] $150

NY, Viking, (1975). His eighth novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the title published just before he received the Nobel Prize. Also nominated for the National Book Award. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf, done for Kroch's and Brentano's First Edition Circle. Fine in a fine dust jacket -- bright, unworn and unfaded. A poorly manufactured volume, which is perfectbound and uses cheap paper, making attractive copies of this title much scarcer than one would expect. [#911160] SOLD

NY, Morrow, (1987). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914774] SOLD

NY, Viking Press, (1968). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. In custom chemise and slipcase. Scarce in fine condition because of the black, soft paper dust jacket, and especially scarce fine and signed. [#911159] SOLD

(NY), Targ Editions, (1979). One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine tissue dustwrapper. [#912260] SOLD

Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1963. The text of a lecture presented under the auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Signed by Bellow. Fine in stapled wrappers. Uncommon signed. [#911157] SOLD

(NY), Viking, (1997). A novella by the Nobel Prize winning author. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914776] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1976). His first book of nonfiction, a personal account of his visit to Israel in 1975, published the year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Signed by the author. Spotting to top stain, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914768] SOLD

(London), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1964). John Fowles's copy of the first British edition of Bellow's Herzog, the Nobel Prize winner's second book (of three) to win the National Book Award. Fowles' bookplate front flyleaf. Foxing to page edges; a very good copy in a very good dust jacket. [#031334] SOLD

(n.p.)[Charleston], Chapter Two Bookstore, 1995. A limited edition, and the first separate appearance of this essay by Berendt about Pat Conroy, which was first published in Vanity Fair magazine. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Berendt and Conroy. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912925] SOLD

NY, Scribners, (1958). His first book. This novel is set in Berlin in the years immediately after World War II and features Carlo Reinhart, a German-American and an American Army medic, a character who also appears in some of Berger's later novels. Bump to crown, thus near fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket. [#912264] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (1962). His second book, again featuring Carlo Reinhart, after his discharge from the Army following World War II. Signed by the author. Faint sunning to the cloth at the spine extremities, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the edges and folds. [#912266] SOLD

NY, Richard W. Baron, (1970). A review copy of Berger's third Reinhart book. Inscribed by Berger to film director Tony Bill "with all the best." Fine in a fine dust jacket with publisher's press release laid in. Also laid in is a print out of John Leonard's review from the New York Times News Service. [#912267] $150

(London), Bridgewater Press, (2000). Of a total edition of 138 copies, this is copy VII of 12 Roman-numeraled copies bound in quarter Library Calf, with a signed original drawing by Boyd, tipped in as frontispiece. Signed by the author. Fine. [#914614] $750

(London), Bridgewater Press, (2000). Of a total edition of 138 copies, this is copy "B" of 26 lettered copies bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912956] SOLD

(London), Ulysses, 1994. Of a total edition of 236 copies, this is number 22 of 60 copies signed by the author and the artist, Ian Beck. Fine. [#912945] SOLD

(London), Bridgewater Press, (1998). Three autobiographical essays. Of a total edition of 138 copies, this is copy "M" of 26 lettered copies bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912950] SOLD

(London), Bridgewater Press, (1998). Three autobiographical essays. Of a total edition of 138 copies, this is number 71 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. [#912949] SOLD

(Augsburg), Maro Verlag, (1997). The German language issue of the first separate appearance of a story that first appeared in the Georgia Review in 1979. Illustrated with woodcuts by Sophie Dutertre. Fine in self-wrappers, with a one sheet, four-page author/illustrator biographical supplement laid in, also illustrated by Dutertre. Uncommon. This copy is signed by Boyle. [#911383] $150

Boston, Little Brown, (1979). A review copy of his first book, a highly praised collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trace rubbing to the folds. Response card, rather than the typical review slip, laid in. [#911394] SOLD

Madrid, Tipografia de Archivos, 1935. An elaborate volume on the prehistoric cave paintings of Altamira, updating a 1906 edition by Breuil and Emile Cartailhac. Large quarto with 52 plates, both black & white photographs and full color plates reproducing Breuil's original drawings of the animals in the Altamira frescoes. A number of the color plates are double pages; all are protected with tissue guards. The caves at Altamira were discovered in the 1870s and were the first caves to be found that contained prehistoric artworks. Their Spanish discoverers were ridiculed for claiming that the paintings belonged to people of the Upper Paleolithic era, and it wasn't until decades later, after numerous other such caves had been found around Europe, that this became a generally recognized truth. Breuil, a French archeologist, visited the site and made drawings of a number of the animals depicted on the cave walls for the 1906 monograph -- notably in particular a species of bison that had been extinct in Spain for thousands of years; three decades later he updated and expanded his work, taking advantage of increased access to the cave and newly available lighting. The present volume has more plates than the earlier one, and all of the earlier images have been updated and improved. The discovery of the caves at Altamira was one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 19th century, changing forever our understanding of our human forebears. This volume was produced during the Spanish Second Republic, the relatively brief period of liberal democracy preceding the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent forty years of fascist rule. A beautiful book in very good condition, three quarter bound in leather and attractively and elaborately printed. [#029041] SOLD

NY, Dial, (1957). Brodkey's first book, a collection of stories that had the literary world virtually on tenterhooks for the next three decades, eagerly awaiting his first novel, which wasn't published until 1991. Inscribed by the author "with great affection" in 1991. Faint offsetting to front flyleaf; else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear and a bit of rubbing to the folds but none of the spine-fading common to this title. An uncommon book signed, and a very nice copy. [#023165] $300

Garden City, Doubleday, 1974. Her first book of fiction, a collection of stories. Inscribed by Brown to the writer Andre Dubus and his then-wife: "For Tommie and Andre, For such whole-hearted listening and such generous approval -- THANKS seems a tiny word. Rosellen/ May 1976." A little rubbing to the cloth edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with wear at the spine extremities. A nice inscription and an excellent association. [#912303] SOLD

Gladestry, Scorpion Press, (2006). The limited edition. Of a total of 93 copies, this is number 12 of 77 numbered copies signed by the author. Quarterbound in leather; fine. [#914434] SOLD

Gladestry, Scorpion Press, (2006). The deluxe limited edition. Of a total of 93 copies, this is copy "h" of 16 lettered copies signed by the author and by Simon Kernick, who provides an introduction. Quarterbound in leather with raised spine bands. Fine. [#914435] SOLD

1970. A privately distributed assemblage of the poet's verse from 1967-1970. Brutus, an exiled South African poet-activist, who had spent time in the cell next to Nelson Mandela on Robben Island and was partly responsible for South Africa being banned from the 1964 Olympics -- a sanction that helped create the strategy that eventually defeated apartheid -- was a visiting lecturer in the English Department at the University of Denver in 1970, and he circulated these 25 poems as "something personal to give to the people who have been so kind to me here...But also there is an immediacy about some of my verse...I feel strongly just now that to justify my continuing to write verse, it needs to be doing something." [As quoted in a cover letter to this collection provided by Karen C. Chapman, editor, the previous year, of Dennis Brutus: Letters to Martha and Other Poems from a South African Prison]. In other words, these poems represent Brutus' attempt, even while in exile, to keep his poetry relevant, and to continue in his role as an activist and agitator. Inscribed by Brutus: "Bob & Elizabeth Richardson. In appreciation, sincerely, Dennis Brutus, March, 1970." Also dated and initialed by Brutus, "5.14 DB." Loose sheets, with the endsheets being stationery with the watermark of the University of Denver. Chapman's cover sheet also provides a biographical sketch of Brutus. Faint sunning to the pages; else fine, and in the original clear acetate folder. We can find no evidence of any other copy of this collection surviving; a virtually unique collection of typescript poetry by a major figure in both world poetry and, in particular, the anti-apartheid movement among South African artists. A literary footnote: Robert Richardson later married Annie Dillard, a relationship engendered by her writing him a fan letter regarding his 1986 book on Henry Thoreau. [#030102] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (2001). The limited edition. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is number 42 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#913801] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (1997). The limited edition of this novel, a departure from his Robicheaux series, and winner of the 1998 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of the year. Printed from the sheets of the trade edition. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is copy "O" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912975] SOLD

Gladestry, Scorpion Press, (2005). Letter G of 15 lettered copies of this Dave Robicheaux novel, reserved for private distribution. Signed by Burke and by Robert S. Reid, who provides a foreword that appears only in this deluxe limited edition. Quarterbound in leather; fine. [#914625] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1965. The first book by the author of the highly popular, Edgar Award-winning Dave Robicheaux mystery series, among other books. His early books were well-received critically but were seen as "regional" fiction and never enjoyed significant commercial success. His foray into genre fiction earned him high praise as one of the most "literary" of the mystery novelists, and his books soon became instant bestsellers upon publication. Like the Robicheaux books, this is set in the author's home state of Louisiana and is a tale of violence and the quest for redemption, revealing the underpinnings of Burke's later series and his attempt to develop the strands that would define a heroic character in contemporary terms. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with mild fading and rubbing to the spine. A nice copy of an important first book. [#914619] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (1999). The limited edition of his second Texas novel, featuring Billy Bob Holland, the protagonist of the Edgar Award-winning Cimarron Rose. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is copy "Q" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Quarterbound in leather. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912976] SOLD

NY, Crowell, (1971). The third of Burke's early novels, published by Crowell, who was not well-established as a publisher of fiction. Signed by the author. Small spot to lower rear board, a bit of offsetting to endpages; very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a bit of loss of crispness to the edges. [#914621] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (2000). The limited edition of this Robicheaux novel. Of 176 total copies, this is number 40 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912978] SOLD

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1986. After publishing three novels in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Burke went 15 years without having a novel published in hardcover, until LSU -- which had recently had great critical and commercial success publishing John Kennedy Toole's posthumous, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces -- published this. Critical reception was immediate and extremely positive, and the following year Burke had the first book in his award-winning Dave Robicheaux mystery series published by a major New York publisher. It can rightly be said that this was his breakthrough book. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear to the spine extremities. [#912963] SOLD

Huntington Beach, Cahill, 1992. The first separate edition of this short story, which was also included in Prize Stories 1993: The O. Henry Awards. Of a total edition of 326 copies, this is number 20 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Fine. [#912967] SOLD

(London), HarperCollins, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a special introductory price sticker on the front panel. [#912985] SOLD

(NY), Grove Press, (1959)[c. 1962]. The first American edition of this classic novel of the Beat generation, which was not published in the U.S. until three years after its Paris publication, and until a legal challenge to its banning was successful. Such authors as Norman Mailer testified as to the literary value and accomplishment of Burroughs' work. Basis for the 1991 David Cronenberg film featuring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, and Roy Scheider. Slightly bowed, lower rear corner bumped, near fine with the topstain bright, in a fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny nicks at heel and a tiny bit of rubbing at the rear spine fold. [#911012] SOLD

NY, Ace, (1953). Burroughs' pseudonymous first book, a paperback original bound back-to-back with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent. Junkie was a straightforward narrative of Burroughs' experiences with drugs; the publisher chose to release it couched in an anti-drug context, as a first person example of the horrors of drug use, and bound with a narcotic agent's memoir. A couple small spots of rubbing; darkening to page edges, else near fine, with the spine square and no creasing to it. Very uncommon thus. [#914626] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1992). A review copy of his first collection of stories, after six highly-praised novels. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a finalist for the PEN Faulkner Award. Published originally in small numbers (reportedly 6000 copies) and reprinted many times after the announcement of the prize. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip laid in. [#912994] SOLD

Decatur, Wisteria Press, 1996. Of a total of 297 copies, this is copy "B" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Also signed by Barry Moser, the artist on three engravings, laid in. Three stories, "Moving Day," "Salem" and "Missing" by Butler, with an introduction by him. Quarterbound in leather; fine, in a matchstick style box. [#913000] SOLD

Huntington, Cahill, (1994). A limited edition and the true first edition, preceding publication of the trade edition by one day. Of a total edition of 150 copies, this is copy "E" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Butler's first signed limited edition. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912995] SOLD

1982. A typed letter signed by Butler to poet Tom Clark, regarding Clark's review of Butler's first book. In 1981, Butler, who would later win the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his collection A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, published his first book, The Alleys of Eden. It was reviewed by Clark in the February 11, 1982 Los Angeles Times, with the headline "Vietnamization of a Deserter's Mind." On May 12, Butler wrote to Clark, saying, in part: "I have received twenty major reviews of the book but none of them was more sensitive or insightful than yours. The best literary criticism actually explains an author to himself. That's what your review did. I understand my own book better after reading your review and I want to thank you for that." The letter is signed "Bob Butler." Included here is Clark's original, 3-page manuscript review, signed by Clark: "...Desertion, Butler seems to say, is an inevitable act, made necessary by the human state. Every small movement is an abandonment of the past, with death looming over everything as the greatest desertion of all..." Clark's review makes it clear that Butler's protagonist -- an Army intelligence officer who ends up deserting out of self-disgust over his involvement in the torture and death of a Viet Cong prisoner -- is an analogue for the larger society, which deserted both Vietnam and those who fought there, leaving both the Vietnamese and the veterans as "displaced persons," in both countries. Clark's review is penned on the back of copies from a book about Celine and folded in half; near fine. A photocopy of the published review is included, as is a first edition of the book [NY: Horizon (1981)], which is fine in a near fine dust jacket. Butler's letter is folded for mailing; else fine in a near fine envelope. An insightful review of one of the best novels to come out of the Vietnam war, and the author's appreciative response. [#024022] $1,500

NY, Viking, 1933. His second full-length novel, with themes of union-busting, gold, murder, and sex, which was censored in New York and led to the author's arrest and prosecution on obscenity charges. Tiny bookstore label rear pastedown from the Gotham Book Mart and small rectangle of offsetting to front flyleaf; still a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with just minuscule corner nicks. A beautiful copy, doubtless one of the finest, if not the finest copy extant. [#911018] SOLD

London, Collins, 1956. The first English-language edition of Calvino's first book, translated from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun and inscribed by Colquhoun in the year of publication. Colquhoun also translated or co-translated several of Calvino's later books, such as The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees, The Nonexistent Knight, The Watcher, Difficult Loves, Our Ancestors, and Adam, One Afternoon. Tiny corner bumps; a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with slight spine fading, light chipping to corners and crown, and a small creased edge tear. [#023168] $650

NY, Random House, (1980). The limited edition of this collection of short essays and journalistic pieces. Copy 270 of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine slipcase with a strip of bleedthrough from the binder's glue. [#914628] SOLD

London, Belmont Press, 2002. Of a total edition of 226, this is the "special" issue, one of 100 numbered copies signed by Carey and by the illustrator, Eileen Hogan and with a signed print by Hogan laid in. Quarterbound in leather. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#911432] SOLD

London, Belmont Press, 2002. Of a total edition of 226, this is the "standard" issue, one of 100 numbered copies signed by Carey and by the illustrator, Eileen Hogan. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#911433] $450

London, Faber and Faber, (1980). First thus: the first British edition of this collection of stories, some of which appeared in the collection War Crimes, which was not published outside of his native Australia, and the others of which are from his first book, which was published in Australia with this same title in 1974. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911418] $125
On Sale: $81

(St. Lucia), University of Queensland Press, (1979). The first edition of his second book, again a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Bowing to boards and a soft abrasion to rear corner cloth; a very good copy in a near fine, spine-faded dust jacket with a small bit of dampstaining to verso and one closed edge tear. [#911417] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1980). The first book by the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed novel, The Alienist. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and uncommon thus. [#917043] SOLD

Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1976. The hardcover issue of Carver's third collection of poems, and his second book to be issued by Capra. Of a total edition of 1100 copies, this is copy 43 of 100 numbered hardcover copies signed by Carver. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. Illustrated with drawings by Marcia/maris. [#912310] SOLD

(Vineburg, CA), Engdahl Typography, (1993). Edited and with an afterword by Carver's bibliographer, William Stull, and with an introduction by Richard Cortez Day. Of a total edition of 200 copies, this is one of 124 numbered copies bound in full cloth. Attractively designed and printed, this is a very handsome edition of a previously unpublished Carver play. Fine. [#914824] SOLD

Concord, William B. Ewert, 1986. A collection of poems. One of 10 sets of advance sheets prepared by the publisher. Twelve 9" x 12" double flat gatherings printed on the rectos only, laid into a gray folding cardstock case, with a card laid in presenting the sheets with compliments, indicating the limitation, and signed by the publisher. A fine set of this rare advance issue. [#912317] SOLD

London, Collins Harvill, 1988. The uncorrected proof copy of a collection of seven stories for which there is no comparable U.S. edition. Five of the stories appeared in Where I'm Calling From -- copyright problems reportedly kept the publisher from reissuing the other stories included in that collection. Tiny, shiny spot to front cover; else fine in wrappers. [#912320] SOLD

Northridge, Lord John Press, 1984. A short story published as a limited edition. Of a total edition of 226 copies, this is copy "R" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#912325] SOLD

London, Collins Harvill, 1987. This title was only published in England, and is a collection of poems from Carver's two Random House collections in the U.S. -- Where Water Comes Together With Other Water and Ultramarine. They have been rearranged, and an epigraph added to the collection that doesn't appear in either U.S. volume. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912326] SOLD