E-list # 116

Concord, Ewert, 1987. The first publication of this story. One of 12 advance copies, signed by the publisher, William Ewert, but not by Carver. Fine in wrappers. [#912329] SOLD

[Burlington], [Shadow Editions], [1986]. A large broadside, 20" x 15-3/4", on heavy white paper, originally issued together with a portfolio of photographs by Joel Gardner, son of John Gardner, the late novelist and a teacher, mentor and friend to Carver before he died in a motorcycle accident at age 42. There were only 60 sets of the photographs prepared -- 50 numbered sets and 10 lettered -- and an unknown, presumably small, number of copies of the broadside over and above those 60. Signed by Carver. Near fine with small moisture mark on upper right side. [#912330] SOLD

Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1974. Carver's first book of fiction, a single short story published in the Capra Chapbooks series in an edition of only 500 copies, according to William Stull's checklist. "Put Yourself in My Shoes" was later included in Carver's first story collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? This is a fine copy of the issue in wrappers. [#912334] SOLD

Concord, Ewert, 1985. A small broadside poem on heavy, textured card stock, measuring 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Like My Crow a year earlier, these were printed "for private distribution" as a holiday greeting. Of a total edition of 136 copies, this is number 33 of 36 numbered copies signed by Carver and issued as part of a set of seven cards by seven different poets: Carver, Donald Hall, Galway Kinnell, William Heyen, W.D. Snodgrass, William Bronk and May Sarton. Each card is signed by its author, and fine. In the original envelope, printed with the title "Seven Holiday Greetings for 1985." Very uncommon to find the set intact at this point. [#914635] SOLD

Concord, Ewert, 1985. A small broadside poem on heavy, textured card stock, measuring 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Like My Crow a year earlier, these were printed "for private distribution" as a holiday greeting. Of a total edition of 136 copies, this is copy 32 of 36 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. [#912350] SOLD

Concord, Ewert, 1986. A holiday greeting issued by Ewert. There were 100 copies consisting of a single sheet, folded once; there were 26 lettered copies that were bound in brown wrappers, lettered, and signed by the author. This is letter M of 26 lettered copies signed by Carver. Fine. [#912353] SOLD

(Salisbury), Scarab, (1982). Carver's first limited edition after his first brush with commercial success. Of a total edition of 100 numbered copies, this is one of 25 copies that were reserved for the author's use. Signed by Carver. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#912354] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of poems, with the poem "This Morning" pasted in. Signed by the author. Several poems checked off in text; nickel-sized stain to front cover; near fine in wrappers. [#912355] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, 1988. The uncorrected proof copy of the trade edition, which was preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Where I'm Calling From is the definitive collection of Carver's fiction, published just before he died and containing therefore the "final" versions of many of his most important and frequently anthologized stories, as well as seven stories previously uncollected. Fine in wrappers. [#912358] SOLD

(Santa Cruz), (Kayak), (1970). Carver's first regularly published book, a collection of poems, issued in an attractive edition of 1000 copies designed and printed by George Hitchcock and illustrated with prints by Robert McChesney. Bound in yellow wrappers printed in green. (A few copies were bound in white wrappers printed in green.) Signed by the author. Fine. [#912361] SOLD

NY, Harper & Brothers, (1944). Probably the author's most famous book, the third volume in his first trilogy, and called "perhaps the finest novel ever written about an artist." Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf, dated 1949. The 1958 movie starring Alec Guinness was nominated for an Academy Award for its screenplay, which Guinness wrote. A fine copy in a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket. An exceptionally nice copy of this book, whose thin black dust jacket is notoriously subject to wear. [#031352] SOLD

Madrid, SPAIN, Imprenta de Fortanet, 1885-1886. First Edition. Two volumes. Text in Spanish. 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt tooling to spines, gilt top edge, matching marbled endpapers. 400pp and 454pp, respectively. Some wear to extremities, tiny chips to crowns and slight discoloration to spine of volume two. Still, an attractive set in Very Good condition. [#600005] $400

Houston, Arte Publico Press, 1984. Inscribed by the author in 1986. Fine in wrappers. [#914438] $150
On Sale: $98

(London), Granta, (2009). The first British edition, and first hardcover edition, of this highly praised, award-winning first novel, originally published in a small edition in New Zealand. Signed by the author in 2013. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket nicked at the upper rear spine fold. [#031353] $200

NY, Knopf, 1978. A review copy of this massive volume, which includes all the stories from five of his six previous collections (The Way Some People Live -- his first book, which he declined to reprint during his lifetime -- being the exception) as well as four stories that had never previously appeared in book form. Its publication was the literary event of the season, and the collection won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A strip of offsetting to the front flyleaf, else fine in a tanned, near fine dust jacket. Laid in is the publisher's promotional sheet, proclaiming "A Literary Event" and a clipped review of the book. [#912373] SOLD

NY, Harper & Brothers, (1957). His third book and first novel, winner of the National Book Award. Minor indent to spine, else fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight spine rubbing. [#912374] SOLD

(San Francisco), MacAdam Cage, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with promotional postcard laid in. [#914841] SOLD

London, Secker & Warburg, (1983). The first British edition of the first Booker Prize-winning novel by the South African Nobel Prize-winning author. Tap to spine crown; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912381] $100

Oslo, Tiden, (1973). The hardcover issue of the first Norwegian edition of the landmark second novel by the Canadian poet-folksinger, first published in 1966 in the U.S. and one of the key books of the 1960s. Inscribed by Cohen to Greg Gatenby, director of Toronto's annual International Festival of Authors and thus a nice association of Canadian literary figures. With Gatenby's signature dated 1996. Fine in a very good dust jacket with shallow edge wear. Signed copies of Beautiful Losers, in any language, are uncommon. Cohen, one of Canada's leading writers and singers, died in November 2016 at the age of 82. His 14th and final album had been released a month earlier. [#029913] SOLD

NY, Doubleday/Talese, (1995). An advance copy in the form of velobound photocopied sheets. Signed by the author. Fine. [#911461] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1986. The advance reading copy of his fifth book, third novel, which was made into a well-received movie. Signed by the author. Slight bump to spine; else fine in wrappers. [#911458] SOLD

NY, Putnam/Knickerbocker Press, (n.d.)[1895-1900]. Thirty-three volumes; number 688 of 1000 numbered copies. James Fenimore Cooper was perhaps the most popular American author of the first half of the 19th century, and by the end of the century numerous editions of his collected works had been printed. The "Iroquois Edition" is considered to be the finest edition printed of Cooper: leatherbound, with elaborate gilt tooling, attractive engravings by a number of the best illustrators of the day, protective tissue guards and title pages printed in multiple colors and with photogravure vignettes. Even the indication of the limitation was elaborate: hand numbered on the colophon and additionally punched into the paper. Cooper's works have survived into the 20th and 21st century largely as a result of his "Leatherstocking Tales" -- including The Last of the Mohicans, The Deerslayer, and others -- which featured Natty Bumppo, the prototype of the natural man, and thus an icon in the American imagination. Two volumes have very shallow chips at the crown; one has slight rubbing to two of the raised bands. Mercedes of Castile has been rebound in a binding that approximates but does not entirely match the other volumes, and has repaired tears on the colophon and frontispiece, not affecting text or image. Overall an attractive, near fine set of works by an early American author whose writings helped define our national self-image. [#023391] SOLD

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1996. Leatherbound limited edition, signed by the author. Fine. [#913016] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1969. The first hardcover book (under his own name) by the author of the hugely successful popular novels Jurassic Park and Rising Sun. Like both of those books, this was also the basis for a well-received movie which, although it did not enjoy the same extraordinary degree of commercial success as the aforementioned films, was nonetheless widely popular and one of the defining films of its time. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#913007] SOLD

(London), Picador/Pan, (1991). The first combined edition of his three mysteries, The Wrong Case, The Last Good Kiss and Dancing Bear. With an introduction by Crumley for this edition. Inscribed by Crumley to his British editor: "Peter - This is like winning the International Book Award. Many, many thanks for this edition." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is an autograph note signed from Crumley to his editor, on Crumley's wedding invitation, on which the editor is invited to the wedding and updated on the page count of Crumley's latest book. [#028415] SOLD

Northridge, Lord John, 1984. A single story, part of a work-in-progress. Of a total edition of 250, this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#911471] SOLD

Tualatin, Norwood Press, 2004. A limited edition using the sheets of the Putnam edition. Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is copy "H" of 52 lettered copies signed by Clive and Dirk Cussler. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914459] SOLD

Tualatin, Norwood Press, (2005). A limited edition of this 2004 novel, produced from the Clive Cussler Collector's Society. Of a total edition of 150 copies, this is one of 52 lettered copies signed by Cussler and Kemprecos. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#913027] SOLD

(n.p.), Midnight Paper Sales, (2002). Number 51 of 170 numbered copies signed by the author and by Gaylord Schanilec, the printer. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. Fine. [#912399] SOLD

(Dublin), Dolmen, (1977). Signed by the author. Slight edge sunning; near fine in self-wrappers. [#913911] SOLD

Belfast, Festival Publications, [1966]. His scarce first book, a poetry collection published at Queen's University of Belfast, in Ireland, which the author attended and where he befriended fellow poet, and later Nobel Prize winner, Seamus Heaney. Heaney's first book, Eleven Poems, was published in the same series of chapbooks as this title. Deane's first novel, Reading in the Dark, not published until 1996, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Irish Times International Fiction Prize and the Irish Literature Prize in 1997. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#915762] SOLD

London, Belmont Press, 1999. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is copy "U" of 26 lettered copies, signed by the author and the artist, Eileen Hogan and with two prints signed by Hogan laid into a pocket on the rear inside cover. Fine, with publisher's prospectus laid in, in publisher's slipcase. [#911481] SOLD

(Hay), Hay Festival Press, 2004. The first separate appearance of this story, with an introduction by De Bernieres for this edition. Number 63 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#911483] $100
On Sale: $65

NY, Knopf, 1976. His fourth novel, which uses the framework of a boy genius decoding a signal sent from a star to examine issues of information: DeLillo's personal favorite of his first six books. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912416] SOLD

(NY), Scribner, (1997). His masterwork. Winner of the William Dean Howells Award for the best work of fiction published in the U.S. over a five-year period. Nominated for the National Book Award. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. The dust jacket differs from the jacket of the trade edition by having "Special Signed Copy: Not For Sale" printed on the rear panel in place of the bar code, and there is no price on the front flap. Small bump to lower rear board edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914900] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1983). A review copy. Signed by the author. Slight spine tap, else fine in a fine dust jacket with author photo, no review slip, laid in. [#916090] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1975). His fourth book, a historical novel of America at the beginning of the twentieth century, peopled with such characters as Henry Ford, Emma Goldman, J.P. Morgan, Theodore Dreiser and others. Winner of the first National Book Critics Circle Award to be given and the basis for a highly successful film. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911487] SOLD

Providence, Mason Press, (1989). A chapbook, with three stories by Drury. Number 135 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#916121] SOLD

(n.p.), Stuart Wright, (1984). His first limited edition, a single story issued in an edition of 200 copies. Signed by the author. Clothbound, with paper spine label, issued without dust jacket. Covers splaying slightly, as is common with this title; near fine. [#912452] SOLD

(Otisville), Birch Brook, (1989). The first separate appearance of this story from The Times Are Never So Bad. A small, attractive letterpress limited edition. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. Approximately 6" x 4-1/2". Mild spine roll, else fine in wrappers. [#912453] SOLD

NY, Dial, 1967. His first book, and his only novel, a story of the peacetime military and the challenges to manhood and honor that its rigid code of morals creates. Dubus was once quoted as saying that after he wrote this novel someone introduced him to Chekhov's short stories, and he threw away the manuscript of what was to be his next novel and began writing short fiction -- to become one of our most acclaimed and accomplished practitioners. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with very mild shelf wear. [#911167] SOLD

NY, Dutton, (1989). His first book, a well-received collection of stories. Signed by the author on the title page and additionally inscribed by Dubus on the half-title: "For ___, with deep gratitude for your generous response to Bluesman. I hope you enjoy these stories! Yours in friendship, Andre/ Newburyport, Massachusetts." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Together with a 1993 autograph letter signed to the fan/book dealer who has sent him nine copies of his second book, Bluesman, to sign. Dubus generously signs the copies and, in addition, sends the recipient this signed copy of Cage Keeper. The letter is folded to fit in the book; the recipient's address is inked out; else fine. [#912467] SOLD

(n.p.), Midnight Paper Sales, (1999). Copy number 71 of 220 numbered copies signed by the author and by Gaylord Schanilec, the printer. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912469] SOLD

New Orleans, Perdido Press, 1994. A trial edition, one of reportedly 10 copies printed by Edwin Blair of Perdido Press for John Dufresne and John LeBow, in preparation for a print run of 176 copies. This edition was never issued: John LeBow issued his own edition later that same year. A fine copy in saddle-stitched wrappers, and signed by Dufresne. With a 2003 letter of provenance laid in from the bookseller who first got the copy from Blain. A scarce, unpublished edition, much more elaborately designed and illustrated than the final published book. [#914646] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1991). The uncorrected proof copy of his first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Spine-sunned; near fine in wrappers. [#912476] SOLD

NY, Norton, (1991). His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912475] $35

San Francisco, Sierra Club, (1983). His first book, a flyfishing novel with an ecological focus that has come to be considered a contemporary classic. This title has the distinction of being the first book of fiction to be published by the Sierra Club, a notable departure from tradition, and one that has seldom been repeated but was clearly, in this case, justified. Modest foxing to top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912479] SOLD

San Francisco, Sierra Club, (1983). His first book, a flyfishing novel with an ecological focus that has come to be considered a contemporary classic. This title has the distinction of being the first book of fiction to be published by the Sierra Club, a notable departure from tradition, and one that has seldom been repeated but was clearly, in this case, justified. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a thin line of wear to the lower front flap fold. [#912480] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1970). The first book by the author of the much-acclaimed Geek Love. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912482] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1971). Her second book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912485] SOLD

(London), Picador, (1998). The first British edition of this first novel which, after being rejected by some 70 U.S. publishers, was published in France in a French translation. From there, world English rights were sold to Picador, who published the novel to substantial praise, with reviewers comparing the writing to Thomas Pynchon's and the book's publishing history to that of John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. After its success in England, it was finally published in the U.S. This copy is signed by the author, who committed suicide in 2005. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913961] SOLD

NY, Grove, (2002). The advance reading copy of the second book by the author of the highly praised Lord of the Barnyard, who committed suicide in May, 2005. This copy is signed by Egolf. Fine in wrappers. [#914920] $250

London, Rainbow Press, 1971. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the three authors. Additionally, inscribed by both Fainlight and Sillitoe as a birthday gift to a friend in 2000. Leatherbound; fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#028421] $300

(NY), Distributed Art Publishers, (2001). A collection of original writings inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and edited by Foer. Contributors include Barry Lopez, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, Diane Ackerman, Siri Hustvedt, Lydia Davis, Robert Coover, Bradford Morrow, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul West, Joanna Scott and others, including Foer, who contributes both a chapter and the introduction. There was a limited edition and a trade edition; this is the trade edition. Fine, with tipped-in photographs of Cornell's work, in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Foer. [#912504] SOLD

(NY), Distributed Art Publishers, (2001). The uncorrected proof copy. A collection of original writings inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and edited by Foer. Contributors include Barry Lopez, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, Diane Ackerman, Siri Hustvedt, Lydia Davis, Robert Coover, Bradford Morrow, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul West, Joanna Scott and others, including Foer, who contributes both a chapter and the introduction. Signed by Foer. Small heel bump; else fine in wrappers. The proof does not include the photographs of Cornell's work. [#912506] SOLD

(NY), Distributed Art Publishers, (2001). The limited edition of this collection of original writings inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell and edited by Foer, who also contributes both a chapter and the introduction. Precedes the publication of his first novel by a year. Number 41 of 225 numbered copies, of a total edition of 300. Signed by Foer and all contributing authors, including Barry Lopez, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, Diane Ackerman, Siri Hustvedt, Lydia Davis, Robert Coover, Bradford Morrow, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul West, Joanna Scott and others. An elaborate and attractive production: each piece of writing in the book is preceded by a tipped-in color photograph of one of Cornell's works, and the sheets signed by the authors are bound in opposite them. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912505] SOLD

(Port Townsend), Copper Canyon, (1981). The limited edition, and the true first edition, of her second collection of poetry, the 1981 Lamont Poetry selection of the Academy of American Poets. Her first collection was published in the prestigious Yale Younger Poets series. This collection became the paradigm of "engaged" and activist poetry in the late '70s and early '80s. One of 200 copies signed by the author. Preceding the trade edition by several months. Fine. [#028219] SOLD

Christchurch, NZ, The Edge Press, (1971). The premiere issue of this literary magazine, notable for Richard Ford's second appearance in print. Signed by Ford. It's easy to imagine that this short-lived literary periodical, published in New Zealand, may turn out to be one of the most elusive of Ford's appearances. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912520] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1976). The advance reading copy of the first book by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Independence Day. Signed by the author. A couple of small, faint spots to cover and a bit of creasing to the lower edge of the rear cover; near fine in wrappers. [#914954] SOLD

(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation that he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. Signed by Ford. An unknown number of copies were produced, but Ford signed seven of them at a reading in 1990. Photo-reproduced sheets on 3-hole paper. In this copy, page 120 was typed on a different typewriter than the first 119 pages. Bound in a flexible blue binder; fine. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. [#911202] $1,000
On Sale: $700

(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. Apparently a later generation photocopy, as the text is less sharp; also the rectos of the pages tend to stick to the versos of the pages preceding. This copy is signed by the author. Near fine, in maroon binder. [#911203] $1,000

Derry/Ridgewood, Babcock & Koontz, (1987). Ford's first limited edition and the first and only separate appearance of this story, which was originally published in Esquire and later collected in Rock Springs. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is copy "IV" of 40 hardcover, Roman-numeraled copies signed by the author. Fine. [#914963] SOLD

University, University of Mississippi, 1992. A catalogue of an exhibition of British editions of Mississippi fiction, for which Ford contributes a 3-page essay recounting his first trip to England, for readings given with Tobias Wolff, Elizabeth Tallent and Raymond Carver. The first reading got him heckled by one of the three audience members; the second reading got him a British publisher. Of a total edition of 500 copies, this is copy 18 of 50 numbered copies signed by Ford. Fine in stapled wrappers. An uncommon Ford "B" item. [#914988] SOLD

(n.p.), Ruminator Books, 2002. "Midnight Ruminator One," a broadside excerpt from Ford's story "Charity," which first appeared in A Multitude of Sins. Printed on the occasion of a reading by Ford. Illustrated with a 1992 image by Gaylord Schanilec, which he engraved on the occasion of his own wedding. One of 110 numbered copies, signed by both Ford and Schanilec. 15" x 10-3/4". An uncommon Ford broadside, which was not distributed widely and had a small limitation. Fine. [#912533] SOLD

London, Harvill Press, (1995). The first British edition of the second book in Ford's three-book Bascombe sequence. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Signed by the author. Light lower corner taps, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#028424] $125

Elmwood, Raven Editions, 1988. A limited edition of this essay, a shorter version of which had appeared in Harper's. Issued in a total edition of 140 copies, of which only 40 were hardbound: 26 lettered copies and 14 presentation copies. This is number 10 of 14 presentation copies signed by the author, with a frontispiece by noted artist Russell Chatham, hand-shaded and signed by Chatham as well. Designed and printed letterpress by Carol Blinn at Warwick Press. Hand-bound in quarter leather and decorated paste paper over boards. A fine copy of a beautiful production. [#911170] $2,000

Elmwood, Raven Editions, 1988. A limited edition of this essay, a shorter version of which had appeared in Harper's. Issued in a total edition of 140 copies, of which only 40 were hardbound and, of those 40, only 26 were offered for sale. This is copy 'G' of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, with a frontispiece by noted artist Russell Chatham, hand-shaded and signed by Chatham as well. Designed and printed letterpress by Carol Blinn at Warwick Press. A fine copy of a beautiful production, with publisher's prospectus laid in. [#914652] $1,250

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1996). Photographs of boxers by Charles Hoff, with essays on boxing (by James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, and others) selected by Richard Ford and with an introduction ("In the Face") by Ford. Signed by Ford. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912546] SOLD

NY, Vintage, (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of his breakthrough book, the first in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Bascombe series. Signed by the author. Published as a paperback original: proofs in the Vintage Contemporaries series seem to have been done in much smaller quantities than those of their counterparts slated for hardcover publication, and seem to have received much more limited distribution: many review venues -- including newspapers and magazines -- have policies precluding the reviewing of paperback publications. Buckle to front spine fold, possibly from binding; very near fine in wrappers. Review slip laid in, asking the reader to disregard "large, unnumbered spaces" on more than a dozen pages, which "will not appear in the finished book." Scarce signed. [#914961] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. His second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Partly because of the weak construction at the rear hinge, which tends to crack, this title has become harder to locate, particularly in fine condition, than his first book. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket that is folded a bit offcenter such that the spine lettering rounds the front joint. [#912556] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1981. A review copy of his second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Partly because of the weak construction at the rear hinge, which tends to crack, this title has become harder to locate, particularly in fine condition, than his first book. This copy has just a hint of the start of a crack at the lower rear joint and is otherwise fine in a very near fine dust jacket with one tiny, closed edge tear at the heel. With publisher's review slip laid in. [#024053] $500

1987. July 20, 1987. Ford writes, presumably to a publisher, declining to offer unspecified praise (review or book blurb) for another writer's book, despite having "some genuine admiration for it" and admitting that "he's a nice writer of sentences." At the same time, Ford gets in a pitch for Richard Bausch's book Spirits. Folded for mailing, else fine. [#912557] $150

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1990). The limited edition. Number 34 of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914965] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (1997). The limited edition and the true first edition of this collection of three novellas. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is copy "E" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912567] SOLD

(New Orleans), (B.E. Trice), (1997). The limited edition and the true first edition of this collection of three novellas. Of a total edition of 176 copies, this is number 60 of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Clothbound; fine in a fine slipcase. [#912566] SOLD

London, London Limited Editions, (1985). The limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in glassine dustwrapper. [#912576] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1985). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912575] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1977). A large, ambitious novel that spans three decades and self-consciously sets out to explore "what it is to be English." Signed by the author in 2000, with the added exhortation "Go very well!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912577] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1982). The American limited edition of his sixth novel. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#912579] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1982). His sixth novel. Signed by the author at Lyme Regis in 2001. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912578] SOLD

(NY), Ecco Press, (1973). Signed by the author in 2002 with the added exhortation "Go well!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912581] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1997). His first book, a Civil War novel and a publishing phenomenon: after a modest 25,000 copy first printing, the book eventually sold more than a million copies in hardcover and won the National Book Award -- a rare combination of literary and commercial success for any work of fiction, let alone a first novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the John Berendt blurb attached on a label to the front panel (not exactly an issue point, as some copies had this affixed on publication day, while others didn't). Signed by the author in the year of publication. [#915001] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1997). The advance reading copy (identified by the publisher as an "uncorrected manuscript") of his first book, a Civil War novel and a publishing phenomenon: after a modest 25,000 copy first printing of the trade edition, the book eventually sold more than a million copies in hardcover and won the National Book Award -- a rare combination of literary and commercial success for any work of fiction, let alone a first novel. Fine in wrappers. [#915002] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (1997). His first book, a Civil War novel and a publishing phenomenon: after a modest 25,000 copy first printing, the book eventually sold more than a million copies in hardcover and won the National Book Award -- a rare combination of literary and commercial success for any work of fiction, let alone a first novel. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with the John Berendt blurb attached on a label to the front panel (not exactly an issue point, as some copies had this affixed on publication day, while others didn't). Signed by the author in the month of publication. [#915000] SOLD

(n.p.), Twenty-Third Avenue Books/First Choice Books, 1997. A broadside excerpt from Frazier's novel, produced on the occasion of a reading by the author. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. 6-1/2" x 13". Fine. [#912582] SOLD

(n.p.), Twenty-Third Avenue Books/First Choice Books, 1997. A broadside excerpt from Frazier's novel, produced on the occasion of a reading by the author. Copy "A" of 26 lettered copies. 9-1/2" x 16-1/2". Signed by the author. Fine. [#912583] $500

(n.p.), Mirage Enterprises and Bona Fide Films, 2002. The revised shooting script for Minghella's screenplay based on Frazier's novel. 3-hole paper, claspbound in blue folder with acetate cover. White pages revised July 9; pink pages revised July 22. July 9 memo regarding the revisions bound in. Additionally laid in are bradbound revisions in white, pink and blue from July 9, July 22, August 6, and August 18, again with a bound-in memo. The script is fine; the laid in revisions are near fine. A revealing view of the work in progress. Minghella won an Oscar for directing The English Patient, and was nominated for Oscars for Best Adapted screenplay for that film and for The Talented Mister Ripley. [#912588] SOLD

NY, Henry Holt, (1936). Later printing. Inscribed by the author to Sidney and Bill Watt "from their great friend Robert Frost" and dated in 1958. A nice inscription. Boards mildly mottled; near fine, lacking the dust jacket. [#025084] $350

Somerset, Chicken House, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915006] $150

NY, Harper & Row, (1968). His first book published in this country, a collection of stories that combines the contents of El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba and Los Funerales de la Mama Grande. Fine in a very near fine, first state dust jacket with one closed edge tear. [#912596] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, 1970. The first American edition of his masterwork, one of the most important novels of the century, which introduced magical realism to a wide audience and helped bring the boom in Latin American literature to this country. At the end of the 1970s this book was voted by the editors of The New York Times Book Review to be not only the best book published in the last ten years but the one most likely to still be read and still be important one hundred years hence. Garcia Marquez was awarded the Nobel Prize, among countless other literary awards. A fine copy in a second issue dust jacket that is very near fine, with just light shelf wear at the heel. [#914661] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2004). A limited edition with text by Alex Garland and woodcuts by Nicholas Garland. Of a total edition of 310 copies, this is number 289 of 250 numbered copies (#s 51-300) signed by both Garlands. Folio, 17" x 12"; fine in slipcase. [#914498] $160

(London), Faber and Faber, (2004). A limited edition with text by Alex Garland and woodcuts by his father, Nicholas Garland. Of a total edition of 310 copies, this is Copy No. 43 of 50 copies signed by both Garlands and including a limited edition woodcut, also one of 50, signed by Nicholas Garland. Approximately 18" x 12-1/2". An elaborate production of this novel by the author of The Beach and The Tesseract, and the screenwriter for the acclaimed film 28 Days Later. Fine in a very slightly dusty but still fine clamshell box. [#914499] SOLD

(Hohenwold), (Book Source), (2000). A chapbook published as Oxford Series: Two. No. 277 of 500 numbered copies. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#913570] SOLD

(Hohenwold), (Book Source), (1999). A chapbook published as Oxford Series: One. Number 173 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched wrappers. [#913569] SOLD

Decatur, Wisteria Press, 1995. Copy "B" of 26 lettered copies, of a total edition of 297 copies. Signed by Kaye Gibbons and by the artist, Barry Moser, who provides the frontispiece. There is an additional signed frontispiece engraving laid into the book. Quarterbound in leather, with leather foredges; fine, in a handmade clamshell box by Kannex Fung, featuring dried leaves under plastic, and signed by Fung. [#912598] SOLD

New Orleans, Faust Publishing, 1986. Selected poems, published in an attractive limited edition. Thin quarto. One of 50 numbered deluxe copies, quarterbound in leather. Signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#911210] SOLD

(Fayetteville), Lost Roads, 1979. Her first book, a collection of poems issued as Lost Roads No. 14. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers, with publisher's erratum slip laid in. Scarce, especially signed and with the slip. [#911207] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1997. His highly praised first novel, written from the point of view of a young geisha, which became a surprise bestseller and was also made into a film. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912600] SOLD

NY, Delacorte, (1974). The uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Ink (printer's ink?) to foredge; else fine in wrappers. [#912609] SOLD