E-list # 116

NY, Atheneum, 1960. His third book, set during the Korean War. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a touch of wear to the edges and folds. [#912610] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1957. The first book by the author of The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, and many others, as well as many screenplays (All the President's Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, etc.). Fine in a fine, ever-so-slightly spine-tanned dust jacket. [#912613] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). His only children's book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912617] $275

London, Gollancz, 1958. Her fourth book, second novel. The British edition is the true first edition. Signed by the author. Owner name front flyleaf, else fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips at the corners and crown and a 1-1/2" tear at the upper front spine fold. Overall, an attractive copy. [#028433] $250

London, Heinemann, (1934). An early book by Greene, his fifth, and the one he considered to be his "first overtly political novel." Notably, he considered it to be a "novel" rather than an "entertainment," as he characterized a good many of his books. In 1948, Greene extensively revised this title for its third edition, meaning that a relatively small number of copies exist with the original text as first published. Tape shadows to endpages, cracked at rear hinge, text block shaken; a very good copy in a very good, second issue dust jacket (3/6 price) with rubbing and minor wear to the edges and folds, a short tear to the front flap fold, and tape strengthening to the edges on the verso. An early, important book and extremely scarce in any dust jacket at all. [#029387] SOLD

(Sydney), Picador, (1999). Winner of the Orange Prize. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#916233] SOLD

(Durham), (North Carolina Wesleyan College Press), 1981. The first separate publication by the author of the acclaimed Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. A single short story, printed in an edition of 500 copies; this is one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#913081] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1994). His first novel, a well-written and touching story of a murder trial on an island in Puget Sound in the aftermath of World War II. The evocative prose captures an era, depicting the conflicting sensibilities of the island's Japanese-American community and its white, patriotic fishermen. On the basis of this book, Guterson was included on the list of Granta's 20 best young American writers. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024067] $150

(n.p.), Ultramarine, 1989. The limited edition of this short novel. Number 23 of 40 numbered copies (of a total edition of 50), signed by the author. Bound in leather and marbled paper. Fine. [#915051] SOLD

(Jackson), Nouveau Press/Mississippi Civil Liberties Union, (1982). A limited edition printing "Ride, Fly, Penetrate, Loiter" and "John, This Plane's on Fire." One of 26 hardbound Roman-numeraled copies signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#915045] SOLD

London, Heinemann, (2006). The first British edition. Signed by the author on the publisher's bookplate tipped to the half title, apparently the only way that copies of the U.K. edition were signed. Harris himself reportedly designed the color bookplate, which depicts a flying crane. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#026557] SOLD

NY, Newmarket Press, (2002). The shooting script by Ted Tally, based on Harris' second book, and the first to introduce the character Hannibal Lecter. The novel was first filmed as "Manhunter" in 1986 and then again in 2002 under the book's original title. Signed and with an introduction by Brett Ratner, the film's director. Fine in wrappers. [#026558] $200

NY, St. Martin's, (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of his highly acclaimed third novel, the first to have Hannibal Lecter as the central character, a figure that has become a cultural touchstone. Basis for the Jonathan Demme film with Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, winner of five Academy Awards and one of the American Film Institute's top 100 Films of the Century. Upper outer corner crease to front cover; thus near fine in wrappers. The advance reading copy is fairly common; the proof is scarce. [#026554] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, 1961. The advance reading copy of Heller's first book, a black comedy of World War II and military life whose title has become a part of the language, signifying a contradictory set of instructions or constraints. This book was both the basis for a well-received movie and also one of the novels that helped define the ethos of the 1960s -- funny, irreverent, and critical of established authority and bureaucracy. A bit of handling apparent to wrappers and light creasing to the spine. Overall, a crisp, clean, near fine copy of one of the high spots of 20th century literature. The advance issue is fragile and seldom found in this condition. [#031398] SOLD

NY, Scribner, 1952. The last of Hemingway's books published in his lifetime, a novella that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and earned him, two years later, the Nobel Prize for literature. A short novel that has been characterized as a fable, it deals with a Cuban fisherman's struggles to land a giant marlin that he has hooked, and reflects Hemingway's concern for life as a struggle of man against nature, including his own nature. Owner name and offsetting to front endpages; otherwise near fine in a near fine, mildly sunned dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, tape shadows to verso, offsetting to the front flap and a few pencil marks to the rear flap. [#026259] SOLD

NY, Scribner, 1952. The last of Hemingway's books published in his lifetime, a novella that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and earned him, two years later, the Nobel Prize for literature: while no single work earns a Nobel Prize, OMATS "redeemed" Hemingway sufficiently after the disastrous critical response to his previous novel, Across the River and Into the Trees, that he was able to again be considered for his overall body of work, which included his earlier classics like The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms. A short novel that has been characterized as a fable, it deals with a Cuban fisherman's struggles to land a giant marlin that he has hooked, and reflects Hemingway's concern for life as a struggle of man against nature, including his own nature. Pictorial bookplate front flyleaf; near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear and rubbing to the spine folds. [#030735] SOLD

NY, Scribner, 1937. A novel about a reluctant Caribbean gun runner, which brought the author criticism for its heavy-handed attempt to infuse the story with the fashionable left wing politics of the time. As his first novel since A Farewell to Arms, any book would have been found wanting; and even though we do not look to Hemingway's novels for piercing political analysis, the sympathies expressed in this book are exactly those that drove him to Spain during the Spanish Civil War in futile support of the Spanish Republic -- one of the defining events of Hemingway's life. Basis for the 1944 Howard Hawks movie with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Spine slant; near fine in a dust jacket restored at the spine ends and corners. [#021543] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1990. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915095] SOLD

NY, Persea, (1983). The first novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Hijuelos, an unknown writer being published by one of the smaller New York publishing houses, on discovering the small amount of money the publisher had earmarked for promoting his book, mounted a personal ad campaign, buying space on subway placards to spread word of the novel and help boost sales. Between the effects that his efforts had directly, and the publicity that he got when Publishers Weekly and other media organs found out about his unusual marketing strategy and publicized the strategy itself rather than the book, his novel got a second life, gained a second round of publicity, and went into a second printing. That his next novel was published by a larger publisher, with a sizable first printing and a good-sized advertising budget -- and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize -- is directly attributable to that extra effort he made to support this, his first book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913095] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1980). The uncorrected proof copy of this science fiction novel by the author of Turtle Diary and the fantasy classic The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin Boaz. Chosen as one of David Pringle's 100 best science fiction novels. This was John Fowles' copy, with his blindstamp on the half title. Spine-faded; first 50 pages or so loose from cracked glue, from reading; very good in wrappers. Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and nominated for a Nebula Award. A notable copy of a major science fiction novel. [#029662] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1977). Her first book, a novel of teenage gangs. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915112] SOLD

NY, Ballantine/Del Rey, (1978). The hardcover issue. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916291] $150

(Acomita), Acoma Press, 1985. A collection of stories by Hogan derived from a tale her father and grandfather used to tell. Her father's version (by Charles Colbert Henderson) is the first one in the collection; the rest of the writing is by Hogan. Signed by Hogan. Fine in wrappers. An attractive, uncommon volume published by a small press in Acoma Pueblo. [#916294] SOLD

Dublin, Tuskar Rock Press, (2011). A novel by the author of the 2004 Man Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty. This title was on the longlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. A limited edition, this is copy 14 of an edition of just 40 numbered copies, bound in full leather and signed and dated by the author, published by the "micro-imprint" set up by author Colm Toibin and literary agent Peter Straus to publish beautiful collectors' editions of fine contemporary literature. Not to be confused with the 500-copy limited edition produced by Picador, the trade publisher. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#031405] SOLD

(London), Viking, (2005). The limited edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914146] SOLD

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2005). The first English-language edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915155] SOLD

NY, Morrow, (1989). The first trade edition of what may be Irving's best-loved book -- a substantial claim for a book by the author of the also much-loved The World According to Garp. A portion of this book was the basis for the film Simon Birch. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911211] SOLD

(London), Bloomsbury, (1989). The advance reading copy of the British edition of what may be Irving's best-loved book -- a substantial claim for a book by the author of the also much-loved The World According to Garp. Fine in wrappers. Laid in is a photographic postcard of Irving taken by Marion Ettlinger, whose (slightly different) photo of Irving was on the jacket of the U.S. trade edition and is also on this advance reading copy. The postcard (NY: Fotofolio, 1988) is signed by Irving. [#023840] SOLD

(London), Bloomsbury, (1998). The true first edition of this novel, which was published in the U.K. prior to its release in the U.S. This is a limited edition that preceded the British trade edition. One of 1000 numbered copies, in a different binding than that of the trade edition. Clothbound, with a pictorial label on the front cover. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. Although not called for, this copy has been signed by the author. [#911615] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1968). The first book by the author of such bestsellers as The World According to Garp and A Prayer for Owen Meany, among others. Unlike his later books which, after Garp, sold literally hundreds of thousand of copies -- millions, if one includes the paperback sales -- this book sold slightly over 6000 copies in two printings. Slight play in the binding; very near fine in a fine dust jacket but for a corner crease to the front flap. [#914668] SOLD

(n.p.), Miramax, (n.d.). The UK pressbook for the film made from his sixth novel, for which Irving wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay. 70+ pages, most of it an in-depth look at the making of the movie. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#023831] $150

NY, Morrow, (1985). The limited edition issued by Book of the Month Club, in green and beige cloth, in a green slipcase. One of 795 numbered copies signed by the author. An attractive edition, part of the Club's apparently ill-fated attempt to offer finely bound signed, limited editions to its membership. Our guess is that far fewer than 795 of these were finally issued, although we have no definite numbers: it seems to appear on the market less often than the publisher's limited edition, despite the latter's smaller limitation. Fine in acetate jacket and slipcase. [#911599] SOLD

(n.p.), Garp Enterprises/Radio-Telegraphic Company, 1991. A very early draft of the screenplay that won Irving an Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, based on his sixth novel. Signed by Irving. This is the earliest copy of the script we have seen: the film was released in 1999; this version is dated "June 14, 1991, Revised." Hand-numbered "42." There are substantial textual differences between this early version and the final version. 130 pages, stringbound, with one remaining brad. Foxing to pages; near fine. An award-winning script, seen here as a work in progress. [#029480] $3,500

NY, Morrow, (1985). A hardcover advance issue of the trade edition of his sixth novel, the basis for the 1999 film, for which Irving wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay. Signed by Irving on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine glassine dustwrapper, as issued. These books were given out by the publisher to sales reps and customers prior to publication and presumably prior to the printing of the final dust jacket. Uncommon now, especially with the glassine jacket intact. [#911600] SOLD

NY, Random House, (2001). Signed by the author. Irving, who has been reluctant to sign books in recent years, did a very small number of readings from this book at which he signed copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911624] SOLD

NY, Random House AudioBooks, 2001. The audiobook. The unabridged novel, on seven cassette tapes, read by Jason Culp. Fine in a fine carton, which has been signed by Irving. [#023858] $250

(London), Bloomsbury, (1996). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition of this title, which was incorporated into the U.S. edition of Trying to Save Piggy Sneed and had no separate U.S. printing. Inscribed by Irving. An uncommon proof (the British trade edition would have had a proportionally smaller printing than a U.S. one would have had, and the proof equally so), especially with the proof jacket, and even more so signed by Irving. Fine in a near fine, proof dust jacket, worn where it overlays the proof, with the price of £13.99 (later lowered to £9.99). [#029482] $1,000

NY, Random House, (1972). His second book, which, like his first, sold about 6000 copies. A touch of sunning to the spine crown; still a fine copy in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a hint of shelf wear at the crown. [#911590] SOLD

NY, Dutton, (1978). The advance reading copy of his fourth novel and breakthrough book, which went into numerous printings, became a multi-million copy bestseller and a National Book Award winner in its paperback release. The first printing of Garp was reported at 35,000 copies; none of Irving's previous books had sold even 5,000 copies, with one of them having had sales under 2000. Irving switched publishers for this book, and his new publisher decided to promote the novel heavily. After issuing two sets of proofs in small numbers for early readers and reviewers, Dutton printed this advance reading copy for wide distribution to the book trade. It worked in bringing attention to Irving's novel, which became a bestseller; since then, Irving's books have had six-figure first printings and his reputation as a major American novelist is secure. The publisher's risk, in producing such a large first printing, and their marketing efforts -- including creating this advance copy -- played no small part in this transformation. This copy is signed by the author. Spine cocked and creased, with staining to covers; about very good in wrappers. [#023819] $850

(n.p.), Burbank Studios, 1980. Tesich's second draft screenplay (September, 1980) for the film based on Irving's novel. 149 pages, bradbound in studio wrappers; "Garp" written on spine; near fine. Together with a "Confidential" 8-page synopsis of Tesich's January, 1981 final draft by story analyst Thomas Craig, dated 2/27/81: 7-pages of synopsis; 1 page of comment on how the final draft differs from the second draft that is included here. The final draft referred to by the synopsis and commentary was 10 pages shorter than this second draft. [#029486] $750

London, Faber and Faber, (1981). The seventh book in this series of "Stories by New Writers." Ishiguro contributes "A Strange and Sometimes Sadness," "Waiting for J," and "Getting Poisoned." Precedes his first book, A Pale View of Hills. The other authors featured are J.K. Klavans, Steven Kupfer, Tim Owens and Amanda Hemingway. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911628] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1974). Signed by the author in 1997. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear and a bit of even rubbing to the black background. [#916333] SOLD

Iowa City, Stone Wall Press, (1969). Johnson's first book, a poetry collection published in an edition of 260 copies. Although not issued as a signed limited edition, this copy is signed by Johnson (using two pens, apparently the first one was failing). Label removal abrasions to front endpages and sticker removal mark on front cover. Sunning to the edges and spine; a very good copy, without dust jacket, as issued. Laid in is an announcement for a 2008 reading by Johnson and others, presumably the event where the signature was obtained. A scarce first book -- preceding his second by over a decade -- by a writer best known these days for his fiction, winning the National Book Award for his 2007 novel Tree of Smoke. [#029391] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace World, (1965). Her first novel. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915192] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (1962). His fourth book and third full-length novel which, like his first, is a combat novel of World War II. Made into a well-received film in 1998. A fine copy in a dust jacket with the spine title faded to yellow, thus near fine. [#912633] SOLD

NY, Atheneum, 1986. His second novel, a medical mystery. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "To Les Carter with best wishes, Jonathan Kellerman. P.S. I love everything you've ever done. Let's take lunch." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913130] SOLD

Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, (1982). The first Australian edition of the book that became Schindler's List when published in the U.S. and which was the basis for the Academy Award-winning Spielberg film. Winner of the Booker Prize. Keneally is Australian and his books are usually published there first; in this case, however, the U.K. edition precedes the Australian edition: for collectors who "follow the flag," this would be the more desirable edition, and it is better bound than the U.K. edition. Small bookstore label from an Australian bookstore front flyleaf; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#019690] SOLD

1986. Maximum Overdrive was a film written and directed by King (based on his short story "Trucks") and in which King appeared in the opening scene as the "asshole" at the bank machine. Offered here is a fake $100 bill torn by King and the bank receipt for a cash withdrawal "From the Account of Asshole." King has reportedly called this film the worst adaptation of his work: it won him a Raspberry nomination for worst director (he lost to Prince for Cherry Moon). Fine. Unique. [#029994] SOLD

(West Kingston), Donald M. Grant, (1987). The trade edition of the second volume of King's "Dark Tower" epic. With ten full color plates by Hale. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024110] SOLD

(NY), Scribner, (1999). A novel in which a lost girl channels the strengths (at the time) of Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon for comfort. Signed by King. With the bookplate of horror writer Stanley Wiater on the front pastedown; fine in a fine dust jacket. One of King's scarcest trade editions to find signed, presumably because of the difficult logistics of handling a Stephen King book signing in recent years, due to his extreme popularity. This copy was a gift to attendees at the dinner celebrating King's 25th anniversary as a published writer, which Wiater attended with his wife. A limited edition of this title was published several years later, and a pop-up edition of it was done as well. Signed copies of the trade first edition are exceedingly scarce. [#029993] SOLD

Hampton Falls, Donald M. Grant, (1991). The trade edition of the third volume of King's "Dark Tower" epic. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024113] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Her first book, a collection of stories published as a paperback original that went on to win the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN Hemingway Award, and the New Yorker Debut Award. The New Yorker also chose Lahiri as one of 20 young writers to watch for the 21st century. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#912637] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1980). Her first book, a novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with one short edge tear. [#913604] SOLD

(NY), (One Story), (2004). His first solo appearance in print, a story that was later included in his collection Sightseeing. Published as Issue 46 of One Story. Lapcharoensap was named as one of Granta's best young American novelists, despite the fact that his one book to that point was a short story collection. Fine in stapled wrappers and signed by the author. [#913211] $125

London, Maclehose/Quercus, (2008). The advance reading copy of the first British edition, and first English language edition, of the first book in Larsson's posthumously-published bestselling Millennium Trilogy. Fine in wrappers. The U.K. edition preceded the U.S. edition and had a much smaller printing, as is usual. The advance reading copy was presumably issued in numbers that comprise a small fraction of the U.K. printing and is the scarcest and earliest English-language issue of this astonishingly well-received novel that we have seen. [#028576] SOLD

[Penzance], [Morrab Library], 1997. Le Carre's speech accepting the presidency of the Morrab Library. Computer printout; thirteen pages; double-spaced on cream paper; one of approximately 50 copies signed by Le Carre. Fine. [#911061] SOLD

Newark, VT/Portland, OR, Janus Press/Charles Seluzicki Fine Books, (1986). A limited edition printing the text of Le Carre's G. Harry Pouder Memorial Lecture delivered at Johns Hopkins University. One of 250 copies signed by the author. Fine in marbled wrappers. [#911657] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1989. An advance copy of the first American edition in the form of bound 8-1/2" x 11" galley sheets. Fine. [#911660] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (2000). The limited edition of his well-received first book, which was a Main Selection of the Book of the Month Club -- unusual for a first novel. Letter "F" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Quarterbound in leather; fine in a fine clamshell case. [#914206] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (2000). The limited edition of his well-received first book, which was a Main Selection of the Book of the Month Club -- unusual for a first novel. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914207] SOLD

London, Michael Joseph, (1950). The first edition of the first book by the 2007 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Signed by the author. Spine slightly cocked; with mild sunning to spine and board edges. Bookplate of Robert Lusty, the Deputy Chairman of Michael Joseph publishers, on the front free endpaper, just beneath Lessing's signature. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, complete with the "Daily Graphic/ Book of the Month/ Book Society Recommend" wraparound band. Laid in is a publisher's response card. A nice copy of an uncommon first book, complete with ephemeral material and of distinguished provenance, coming from one of the heads of the publishing company. [#031433] SOLD

(London), Review, (2004). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913250] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1929). Foxing to foredge, spine-dulled and front hinge cracked; a very good copy with a folded, thus very good, first issue (no reviews on the front flap) dust jacket laid in. The jacket is fragile where it has been folded, but it appears to have spent most of its life inside the book and the color is completely fresh and unfaded. [#031434] $250

NY, Harcourt Brace, (1928). Lewis' novel of Lowell Schmaltz, "friend of Babbitt and constructive citizen." One-third of the story was first published in "that volcanic magazine, The American Mercury." The Man Who Knew Coolidge is one of Lewis' lesser known titles but followed on the heels of some of his greatest successes. In the 1920s, he published Main Street, which his biographer called "the most sensational event in twentieth-century American publishing history" to that point, followed by Babbitt in 1922, Arrowsmith in 1925, and Elmer Gantry in 1927. Babbitt was awarded the Pulitzer Prize but Lewis declined the honor. In 1929, Lewis published Dodsworth, and in 1930 he became the first American writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fine in a fine dust jacket; a beautiful copy of one of the books that laid the foundation for his Nobel award. [#030751] SOLD

London, Field and Tuer, 1888. One of 50 numbered copies bound in full leather with raised bands, gilt stamping and marbled endpapers. Ex-library, with a bookplate on the front pastedown indicating it was from the Thomas H. Schollenberger Collection. Remains of a pocket on the rear pastedown, a number of blindstamps throughout, accession number on spine and dedication page. Still, an attractive and scarce binding, with a single foredge painting showing two separate scenes. Slight rubbing to the leather at the spine crown and on the raised bands; a very good copy. [#027363] $1,500

Chicago, University of Chicago, 1976. One of the most sought-after titles in recent American fiction, two long interrelated stories of a family for whom "there was no clear line between religion and fly-fishing." Published by the university press as a favor to a retiring professor, the book became a surprise success, first gaining readership through word of mouth recommendations and eventually necessitating many later printings, illustrated and gift editions. Basis for the Robert Redford film featuring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt and Emily Lloyd. First issue points: typo page 27 and mismatched ISBN numbers. Slight foxing on top edge, else fine in a price-clipped, else fine dust jacket with very subtle spine fade. [#911063] SOLD

(Shavertown), Sligo Press, 2004. Edited by J. Michael Lennon. A book assembled by the students in a seminar on Norman Mailer's writing at Wilkes University, and then published as a limited edition. One of 110 numbered copies, of which 10 were hors commerce, of a total edition of 150. Signed by Mailer and Lennon. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#027653] SOLD

London, Hamish Hamilton, (1994). Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913281] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1971). One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912646] SOLD

(Sydney), (Thinking Fisherman Publications), (1993). The first separate publication of this poem by the Australian writer, originally included in his first book in 1970. Issued here as Number 1 in the Paperback Poets series: one of a limited edition of only 100 copies. Illustrated by and signed by noted Australian artist Noel McKenna. Creasing to pages; near fine in wrappers, in a fine dustwrapper. [#022988] $375

(Sydney), (Thinking Fisherman Publications), (1993). The first separate publication of this poem by the Australian writer, originally included in his first book in 1970. Number 1 in the Paperback Poets series. Illustrated by and signed by noted Australian artist Noel McKenna. Fine in stapled wrappers and dustwrapper. [#913652] SOLD

(Queensland), University of Queensland Press, (1975). The correct first edition (Australian) of his first novel, a semi-autobiographical tale of growing up in Brisbane in the 1940s and '50s. Signed by the author in 1987. A bit of shelf wear to the lower board edges, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with mild fading to the spine. A scarce book, especially in such condition and signed. [#917041] SOLD

NY, Rosentone Wender Agency, 1998. The bound typescript of Mamet's 1999 play, uncharacteristically focused on female leads, and set at the turn of the 20th century. 137 pages, printed on rectos only, bound in printed yellow cardstock with the Wender Agency address. Inscribed by Mamet in 1999: "To ___. For a loyal friend of the A.R.T. [American Repertory Theater] -- some merchandise for your loyalty. May it amuse you, provoke your ire, shim up a chair, or start a fire. Love - David." With an additional doodle (of the author wearing an A.R.T. ball cap) and his Mamet stamp, which also appears on the front cover. The script has a printed dated of December 1998, more than six months before the play premiered. The inscription has a date of June 3, 1999, about two weeks before the June 16 premiere at A.R.T. The recipient was on the Advisory Board of the theater and also a major donor to it. A few stains to the front cover, else fine in folding chemise and custom clamshell case. Very uncommon, and a nice association with someone closely involved with the theater where the play debuted. [#030754] SOLD

(London), Picador/Pan, (1992). Winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915309] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1991. A 1991 advance copy of the first volume of the Border Trilogy, a landmark novel, published in 1992, that won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and propelled its author to "instant" literary celebrity -- after a quarter century of writing well-received literary novels in relative obscurity. 8-1/2" x 11" bound galleys. The cover sheet is a printed letter from Sonny Mehta at Knopf dated November 20, 1991 and addressed "Dear Bookseller," calling All the Pretty Horses "Cormac's break-through" and "an extraordinary event in American fiction." Mehta continued to promote the novel, issuing regular proofs as well as a collectible boxed advance copy that McCarthy signed, and succeeded in bringing the book and its author the kind of attention that had previously eluded him: All the Pretty Horses sold several times more hardcover copies than all five of McCarthy's previous books combined, and then went on to win the awards mentioned earlier. Covers of cardstock and acetate; a bit of rubbing to the cardstock edges, else fine. [#028957] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1994. The uncorrected proof copy of the sequel to All the Pretty Horses, and the second novel in The Border Trilogy. Fine in wrappers. [#911683] SOLD

(Hopewell), Ecco, (1994). The limited edition of his first play. Copy 103 of 350 numbered copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine without dust jacket, as issued, in a slipcase that is slightly rubbed, else fine. [#911686] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1980). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of essays on sport, particularly hunting and fishing. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#911709] SOLD

London, Secker & Warburg, (1990). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911726] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1989). The limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Clothbound; fine in a fine slipcase. [#911721] SOLD

(Stone Harbor), Meadow Run Press, (1996). Essays on and tales of angling, by one of the most respected American novelists, who is also an avid angler. This is the deluxe limited edition, one of only 67 numbered copies, signed by McGuane and by the artist, John Swan. Quarterbound in blue leather and linen boards; fine in a fine clamshell box. [#911078] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1982). The hardcover edition of this novel of the contemporary West. Unlike McGuane's earlier books, this title was published simultaneously in a hardcover edition and a trade paperback. The paperback seems to have had a considerably larger printing and gotten much wider distribution. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911712] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1978). The second issue uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Reviewer (?) name on front cover; crease to rear cover; near fine in light gray wrappers. [#911706] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1984). The uncorrected proof copy. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#911714] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1987. The first book by the author of Waiting to Exhale. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914561] $60

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1972). A novel loosely based on McMurtry's time at Stanford and involving, among others, a group of characters that resembles Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the author's name faded from red to yellow on the spine. [#911756] SOLD

(n.p.), Book Club of Texas/Wind River Press, 1988. A broadside printed for the First Annual Meeting of the Book Club of Texas. 19-1/2" x 14". Fine. [#911759] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1987). Essays on Hollywood by the noted novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, adapted in part from his columns in American Film magazine. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915346] SOLD

NY, Harper, (1961). McMurtry's first book, one of A.C. Greene's "50 best books on Texas," basis for the movie Hud, and winner of the Jesse H. Jones Award from the Texas Institute of Letters for the best novel of the year. Horseman, Pass By, which takes its title from the closing lines of William Butler Yeats's poem "Under Ben Bulben" (as did Mary McCarthy's first novel, Cast a Cold Eye), was a breakthrough in Texas literature and in regional literature in general: by telling a raw, unadulterated story entirely fitting to its contemporary West Texas setting, McMurtry not only brought the regional novel out of its quaint gentility but gave it a universality it could not have had otherwise; it has been called a West Texas Catcher in the Rye, with the caveat that the lives of Texans in general were a little more crude than those of the Easterners in Salinger's novel. Faint foxing to foredge and endpages; still a very near fine copy in a very near fine, lightly rubbed, price-clipped dust jacket. [#024130] SOLD

NY, Frank Hallman, 1974. Inscribed by McMurtry: "For ___ ___/ This is an unfortunate mistake of mine. I suspect the limitation is erroneous./ Larry McMurtry." McMurtry doesn't indicate in which direction he believes the limitation errs. The stated limitation is 300 copies, each signed by the author, and while it can be assumed that like most limited editions there may have been a small print overrun to protect against damaged copies, etc., we have not heard of this title having had a significantly different limitation than stated, and the fact that they were numbered seems to argue against the actual number varying by much. This is copy number 247. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#024134] SOLD

(NY), Simon & Schuster, 2002. An advance copy in the form of tapebound photocopied typescript, reproducing the author's corrections. 501 double-spaced pages, printed on both sides. Fine in cardstock covers. [#913323] SOLD

(n.p.), Midnight Paper Sales, 1997. Copy 76 of 120 numbered copies signed by the author and by the artist, Gaylord Schanilec. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#914224] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1996). Her third book, first novel, this being the true first edition, only issued in wrappers in Canada. Winner of the Trillium Book Award, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Orange Prize for Fiction, the City of Toronto Book Award, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, the Jewish Quarterly Prize for Fiction, and a number of other awards. Signed by the author, in Boston in 1997, "with best wishes." Fine in wrappers, with a Trillium Book Awards bookmark laid in. [#915361] SOLD

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1996). An advance copy, in the form of comb-bound galleys, typeset but reproducing several holograph corrections. Her third book, first novel, which was first published in Canada, and only in wrappers. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Guardian Prize for Fiction, the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Prize. Signed by the author. 9" x 11". Fine. [#915362] $650
On Sale: $455

Toronto, Coach House Press, (1985). The first book, a poetry collection, by the author of the highly acclaimed novel Fugitive Pieces. Fine in wrappers. [#915358] $45

NY, Knopf, 1972. Acclaimed first book by this Pulitzer Prize-winning author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a faint label removal shadow to the front cover and a touch of dustiness to the rear white panel. [#915381] SOLD

NY, Dutton, (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of her first book, a well-received novel that was quickly reprinted. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#913333] SOLD

Boston, Base Canard, 2001. A collection of found poems, for which Moody provides a 12-page afterword. Of a total edition of 220 copies, this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by Moody. Quarto; fine in wrappers and dust jacket. [#911779] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (2002). The bound typescript of this memoir by the novelist, which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Velobound photocopy; nearly 500 pages; double-spaced, printed on rectos only, with several corrections evident. Velobinding beginning to pull away from the large text block; thus near fine. Scarce state of a well-received memoir. [#031465] $150

NY, Knopf, 1985. Her first book, a collection of stories. Inscribed by the author. Small spots to top edge, else fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#028292] SOLD