E-list # 116

NY, Knopf, 1991. The uncorrected proof copy of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#912772] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (1981). Her second novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine, slightly edge-toned dust jacket. [#912775] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1980). The first book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres. Signed by the author. Small spot lower page edges; else fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear at the spine base. [#912776] SOLD

Minneapolis, Coffee House Press/Espresso Editions, 1990. A story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, with six linoleum cut illustrations by Susan Nees. Number 99 of 170 numbered copies signed by the author and artist. A couple small faint spots to spine cloth; else fine in boards and publisher's ribbon-tied plexiglass case. An attractive production. [#915756] SOLD

NY, Dutton, (1987). A review copy of this collection of poetry. Mild age toning to pages, else fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip, author photo and promotional pages laid in. [#916868] $100
On Sale: $65

NY, Harper & Row, (1973). Her third novel. Two tiny dings to lower board edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913702] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1971). Her second book. Foxing to top edge and foredge; near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913701] SOLD

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 2000. The Franklin Library edition of her fourth novel. Winner of the National Book Award. Signed by the author. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#913723] SOLD

Decatur, Wisteria Press, 1999. Poetry. Copy "B" of 26 lettered copies, of a total edition of 297 copies. Signed by the author and by the artist, Barry Moser. With a signed print by Moser laid in. Quarterbound in leather; fine, in handmade clamshell case. [#913725] SOLD

Cambridge, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, 1913. Based on Spinden's 1909 doctoral thesis at Harvard and here Published as Volume VI of the Peabody Museum's Memoirs, this is the seminal study of Maya art and archaeology. Spinden was the first to study the range of Maya art, delineate its subject matter, and identify themes and motifs within the art and architecture of Maya society, including religious and philosophical ideas and calendrical notations. Probably the most important single volume ever published on the Maya. This copy is rebound in green buckram, and extra-annotated and illustrated in at least two hands. A (bookseller's?) note on the front free endpaper suggests the possibility that the annotations were those of the author, and indeed many of them seem to be of the type that an author would do if he were preparing a revised edition of his book. Some of the annotations correct errors in the earlier text, while others add new drawings, commentary or analysis, presumably based on information not available at the time of original publication. No revised edition of A Study of Maya Art was ever produced, however, so there is no corrected or updated text against which to compare this. Spinden, after gaining his PhD at Harvard, became the Assistant Curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and from there went on to become the Curator of Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard's Peabody Museum, perhaps the most prestigious post in the country for a Mayanist. Spinden also developed a widely accepted correlation between the Maya calendar and the Western calendar, which was called into question by J. Eric S. Thompson, the British Mayanist. The controversy got heated, and Spinden spent much of the rest of his time devoted to the Maya defending his correlation. It may be this controversy that pre-empted a new edition of his classic study. Thompson's correlation, or one or two days off from it -- Spinden's and Thompson's were 260 years apart -- is widely accepted today, although the issue is not without controversy even now. In any case, this is an extra-annotated copy of the first important work of Maya scholarship and, by all appearances, a unique copy. A bit of wear to the edges of the cloth, overall near fine. [#029130] $1,500

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1967. A review copy of his first book, a novel of drifters in New Orleans in the early Sixties caught up in the web of a quasi-religious political machine. Winner of the William Faulkner Award for best first novel of the year as well as a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Signed by the author. Tiny lower corner bump and shelf wear to lower boards; else a fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing on the rear panel. Promotional author photo laid in, with incorrect publication date. Basis for a film, WUSA (the call letters of the right-wing radio station that figures prominently in the book), starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins. [#914685] SOLD

London, Bodley Head, (1968). The first British edition of his first book, a novel of drifters in New Orleans in the early Sixties caught up in the web of a quasi-religious political machine. Winner of the William Faulkner Award for best first novel of the year as well as a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. Signed by the author. A very uncommon edition, with a single printing estimated to have been 1000 copies. This edition reprints a glowing blurb by Wallace Stegner, Stone's teacher at the Stanford Writing Workshop, with a humorous misprint: instead of printing that "Stone writes like ... someone so high on pot that he is scraping his shoes on the stars," this edition has Stegner saying that Stone was "scraping his shoes on the stairs" -- a very different image, to be sure. Basis for a film, WUSA (the call letters of the right-wing radio station that figures prominently in the book), starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Anthony Perkins. A fine copy in a slightly spine-tanned dust jacket, else fine. A very nice copy, and uncommon signed. [#914686] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Bound galley sheets; 8-1/2" x 11"; tapebound in cardstock covers. Presumably produced for in-house use only. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912808] SOLD

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1998. The Franklin Library edition of this densely plotted political and metaphysical thriller set in contemporary Jerusalem. Stone tackles the religious hatreds, political intrigues and spiritual aspirations and malaise that intersect in one of the most historically significant, and volatile, places on earth. Signed by the author. With a special introduction by Stone for this edition. Leatherbound, all edges gilt, with a silk ribbon marker bound in. Fine. [#912818] $45

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1974). The uncorrected proof copy of his second novel, winner of the National Book Award and one of the best novels to link the impact of the Vietnam war on American society in the Sixties to the dark side of that era -- the official corruption and the underside of the drug experiences of a generation. This is the second issue proof, in gold-brown wrappers with a publisher's letter to booksellers reproduced on the front cover. Signed by the author. Shallow creases to three corners; near fine in wrappers. [#912822] $500
On Sale: $325

(n.p.), Dim Gray Bar Press, 1993. The first separate edition of this story, which appeared in The New Yorker and later was included in the Best American Short Stories 1988. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Thin quarto printed on Rives. Fine in slipcase, with erratum slip laid in. [#912824] SOLD

Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1964. Stone's first book appearance, "Walk, Don't Run" and "Geraldine," two excerpts from his first novel, written while he was participating in Wallace Stegner's Stanford writing program. These pieces were further revised by the time A Hall of Mirrors was published three years later. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket; a very nice copy of a book that is usually found quite rubbed. Other contributors to this volume include Ed McClanahan, Hugh Nissenson and Merrill Joan Gerber, among others. [#912833] SOLD

NY, Fiction, (1973). An excerpt from a novel-in-progress, which turned out to be Dog Soldiers. A bibliographically significant piece, in that this is the only place where Dog Soldiers is identified by the title Skydiver Devoured by Starving Birds. Signed by Stone. Also includes John Lennon, Donald Barthelme, Jerome Charyn, and others. Tall newsprint journal. Fine. [#914689] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1967). His controversial third novel, about a black slave uprising in the nineteenth century. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket with razor thin shelf wear to the lower edge. [#912844] SOLD

(London), London Magazine Editions, 1982. His third book, a collection of stories, and his scarcest. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914333] SOLD

(London), Allen Lane, (1981). His second book, not published in the U.S. until 1985, after the success of Waterland, and then only in softcover. Trace foxing to top edge and the slightest of spine leans; near fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914332] SOLD

(London), Allen Lane, (1980). The Booker Prize-winning author's uncommon first book, which was not published in the U.S. until five years later, and then only in softcover. Slight bowing to boards, as is common with this title; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914331] SOLD

Tualatin, Norwood Press, 2003. Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is copy "S" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#914339] SOLD

Tualatin, Norwood Press, 2003. Of a total edition of 300 copies, this is number 79 of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#914340] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1986. The second novel, and first in 36 years, by this Southern writer who was renowned as a master of the short story. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024204] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1986. The uncorrected proof copy of the second novel, and first in 36 years, by this Southern writer who was renowned as a master of the short story. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#912852] SOLD

NY, Simon & Schuster, (2000). A review copy of the second of three volumes of his "Gonzo Letters," following The Proud Highway. With an "Author's Note" by Thompson. Signed by Thompson on a bookplate on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a form letter serving as a review slip announcing the December 13 publication of this title as well as the simultaneous publication of a trade edition of Screwjack, which had previously only been available in a long since sold out signed limited edition. This copy also has a "Gonzo" drink coaster laid in. [#031514] SOLD

NY, Villard, (1997). An advance copy, the first issue proof, of Volume One of "The Fear and Loathing Letters," printing Thompson letters from 1955-1967. 8-1/2" x 11" sheets, tapebound in cardstock covers. Spotting/handling to covers; near fine. Date ("3/19") on front cover. There was an advance reading copy of this title in pictorial wrappers, which is common; an uncorrected proof copy in perfectbound white wrappers, which is uncommon; and this issue, preceding and scarcer than both; we've seen only one other copy of this issue offered for sale. [#031513] SOLD

(London), Picador, (1996). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915639] SOLD

(Dublin), Tuskar Rock Press, (2010). A limited edition of a single story from Toibin's collection The Empty Family. Copy 17 of 50 Roman-numeraled copies bound in full leather and signed by the author. Published by the fine press that Toibin and his literary agent, Peter Straus, set up to publish fine collectible editions of modern literary works. A very handsome production. Fine in a fine cloth slipcase. [#031518] SOLD

London, Secker & Warburg, (2000). The first British edition, and reportedly the true first of the author's acclaimed first book of fiction, published pseudonymously when he was 70 years old. Contains the story "Million $$$ Baby," basis for the award-winning Clint Eastwood film. F.X. Toole was a pseudonym for Jerry Boyd, a longtime boxing trainer, and this book has been called by some the best boxing fiction ever published. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers; there was no hardcover edition in the U.K. Quite scarce signed. [#914691] SOLD

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Signed by Walker Percy. A posthumously published novel that was the first work of fiction published by the LSU Press: and which had a very small first printing (reportedly 2500 copies), Initially the book was rejected by dozens of publishers and the author committed suicide in 1969. Years later the author's mother brought the manuscript to Walker Percy, insisting that he read it. Percy overcame his initial hesitations and championed the book, arranging for its publication and contributing an introduction. Excellent reviews and word of mouth led to its becoming a best-seller, and it won the Pulitzer Prize. One tiny foredge spot, else a fine and tight copy (the boards tend to splay on most copies) in a very near fine, first issue dust jacket with only trace wear to the corners and a hint of rubbing near the spine crown. A high spot of American fiction over the last half century. [#032691] SOLD

(Wilmington), (Totleben & Bissette)/[Spiderbaby Grafix], (1988). An advance copy of the first issue of Taboo, a landmark comix/graphic novel anthology, inscribed by the editor (Totleben), with the written note "#3.5 in 25 preview copies." Tapebound 8-1/2" x 11" galley sheets, with a handwritten "Taboo!" label on the front cover. Contributions by Clive Barker, S. Clay Wilson, Alan Moore, Chester Brown, Charles Burns, Eddie Campbell, Charles Vess, Dave Sim, and others. Taboo published edgier graphic fiction than could be done by mainstream presses, including Alan Moore and Chester Brown's From Hell, and work by Charles Burns, famous for his later graphic novel Black Hole. Front label lifting; ownership stamps; else fine. Together with an 8-page solicitation of contributions dated the previous year, delineating the guidelines and the vision. Again, an ownership stamp; near fine with one corner stapled. Together with the published version of the first issue, inscribed by Totleben and the publisher, Stephen Bissette, as well as Taboo 2 and Taboo 3. A notable collection, particularly with the advance copy -- a handmade production apparently limited to 25 copies but doubtless far fewer still exist. [#030703] $750

NY, Riverhead Books, 1996. Inscribed by the author to publicist Sally Anne McCartin, "with many thanks for your time and good advice!" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912865] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1974. Her fifth book. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with trace wear at the crown. [#024215] $400

NY, Knopf, 1972. Her fourth book, which many consider her scarcest. Signed by the author. Label removal shadow on front board, else very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the slightest smudging on the rear panel. [#911151] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1965. Her second novel, a powerful and moving story of a young boy coming to terms with his little sister's death. A little foxing to top stain; else fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a couple faint spots and rubbing to the spine. A very nice copy. [#024212] $1,500

NY, Knopf, (1965). A book of poems, one for each month. This is the third of Updike's books for children done in the Sixties, this being the trade binding (there was also a library binding done). Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#912070] $100
On Sale: $65

NY, Knopf, 1993. A selection from his previously published work, and over 70 poems never collected before. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912107] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1968. The first of his novels to be both a critical and a substantial commercial success. A little sunning to the board edge and the spine; very near fine in a fine jacket. [#912073] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1989. The limited edition of this collection of essays on art and artists. One of 350 copies signed by the author. Quarto, heavily illustrated in color and black and white; fine, bound in quarter cloth and marbled paper boards, in a fine cloth slipcase. [#912100] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1971. The second book in the his highly praised Rabbit Angstrom series. Nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author. Top stain a bit faded, else fine in a very near fine, very slightly spine-faded dust jacket. [#912077] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1963. His second collection of poems. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket with creasing to the base of the spine. [#912067] $300
On Sale: $195

(Warwickshire), Sixth Chamber Press, 1987. A limited edition of this story. Of a total edition of 201 copies, this is copy "N" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Quarterbound in leather and marbled paper boards; fine in slipcase. An attractive production, uncommon in the lettered issue. [#911255] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2001. A volume in Knopf's "Everyman Library," collecting Bech: A Book, Bech is Back, Bech at Bay, and adding "His Oeuvre." Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912119] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1966. The first issue of this collection of stories, with the transposed lines on page 46. Signed by the author. Light splaying to boards; else fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#912072] SOLD

NY, Knopf, (1964). The second of Updike's collaborations with Warren Chappell, adapting an opera -- in this case, Wagner's -- for young people, with Updike providing the text and Chappell the illustrations. Oblong quarto, this is the Gibraltar Library binding in illustrated boards, which was issued without dust jacket. Trace shelf wear to spine extremities; else fine. [#912069] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1987. A collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912097] $70

NY, Knopf, (1995). An alphabet book, with poems by John Updike and photographs by his son, David. Signed by John Updike. Quarto; fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912124] SOLD

(Toronto), (Aya Press), (1982). Number 407 of 500 numbered copies signed by Jane Urquhart and by Tony Urquhart, the artist. 18-3/8" x 4-3/4". This is the second issue, in gray cloth. Pages uncut; two very slight corner taps; else fine. [#914603] $150

NY, Walker and Company, (1988). Her acclaimed first book, a mystery novel introducing attorney Neil Hamel of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a new entry in the ranks of contemporary female sleuths, and the start of a new mystery series located in the American Southwest. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024227] $450

NY, Walker and Company, (1988). Her acclaimed first book, a mystery novel introducing attorney Neil Hamel of Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a new entry in the ranks of contemporary female sleuths, and the start of a new mystery series located in the American Southwest. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913455] SOLD

NY, Harper & Row, (1990). The second Neil Hamel mystery. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a tiny nick at the crown. [#024228] $150

[Sacramento], (CoTangent Press), [1993]. A limited edition of a story from Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs, preceded, in 1990 by a CoTangent edition of one handwritten folio copy, and issued here with revisions. This is Copy No. 23 of 200 copies signed by Vollmann and by the designer, Ben Pax. Illustrated by Vollmann. Fine in sewn wrappers and dust jacket. [#912137] SOLD

(London), Deutsch, (1990). The first book in his ambitious Seven Dreams series, a project that attempts to remythologize, through fiction, the history of North America. Signed by the author. Darkening to page edges; else fine in a near fine dust jacket creased at the crown. [#024234] SOLD

(London), Deutsch, (1989). The correct first edition, preceding its U.S. issue. A massive book, a collection of stories, published in a small edition of only 1250 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#011337] SOLD

(London), Deutsch, (1991). A collection of stories. Signed by the author. One corner tapped; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024235] $150

Mexico, Nuevo Mundo, (1945). The first Mexican edition of Von Hagen's work on pre-Columbian papermaking, published a year earlier in the U.S. as Aztec and Maya Papermakers. With an introduction by Dard Hunter, the preeminent authority on handmade paper -- to whom this edition of the book is dedicated -- and a prologue by Dr. Alfonso Caso, the Mexican archaeologist, which does not appear in the American edition. One of 750 numbered copies. With 39 pages of photographs and two handmade paper samples tipped in. Also with a fold-out frontispiece reproducing four pages from the Maya Dresden Codex, on huun paper, the traditional paper of the Mayans since the Classic Maya period. Bookplate front pastedown; stamp to rear flyleaf; foxing to top edge. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with shallow chipping to the crown. An 1881 pamphlet on Mexican paper as an article of tribute is laid in; owner signature; otherwise the pamphlet is fine. An attractive and elaborate edition of this book. [#029131] $400

NY, Seven Stories Press, (2005). A collection of essays and, as it turned out, the author's swan song. Signed by the author with a self-caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket and custom slipcase. Very few copies of this title were signed. [#027145] SOLD

(Albany), State University of New York, (2001). New essays on Vonnegut, with a foreword by Vonnegut. Includes pieces by Jerome Klinkowitz, Loree Rackstraw, David Pringle and others. Signed by Vonnegut with a self-caricature. Fine in wrappers. [#029030] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1963). The book that belatedly earned Vonnegut his Master's Degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, after his original theses ideas, one a comparative study of the Cubist Painters in Paris and Plains Indians of the Ghost Dance Movement and the other, "Fluctuations Between Good and Evil in Simple Tales," were rejected. Signed by the author with a self-caricature, with cigarette. One of Pringle's 100 best science fiction novels, nominated for the Hugo Award, and chosen by the Modern Library as one of the best 100 novels of the 20th century. Mild sunning to cloth; else a fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of edge creasing. In custom clamshell case. [#027305] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1965). A review copy of Vonnegut's sixth book, one of the novels that began earning him a small but passionate following in the mid-1960s, before his breakthrough to the status of "major author," which came when Slaughterhouse-Five was published. Signed by the author with a self-caricature. Owner signature of cartoonist Claude Smith under front flap; very slight loss to spine lettering; otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some unnecessary tape strengthening on verso and slight dampstaining, also on verso. With press release laid in. In a custom clamshell case. [#029019] SOLD

(n.p.), [Self-Published], 2003. One of 12 copies of this compilation, made by the author, of his six contributions to In These Times, from February 17 to June 9, 2003, including his four "Dear Mr. Vonnegut" columns. Fourteen photocopied pages (including covers), assembled by Kurt Vonnegut, signed by him on the first page prior to photocopying and signed in full with self-caricature on the rear cover after assembly. According to Vonnegut, one of only 12 copies he made. Spiralbound with acetate cover; fine. With hand-addressed mailing envelope. One of the scarcest "editions" in Vonnegut's canon. [#029370] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1968). The first British edition. Published six years after the American paperback and two years after the American hardcover. Signed by the author with a self-caricature. A couple spots to foredge, else fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket. An uncommon edition, and extremely scarce signed. [#029020] SOLD

(London), Science Fiction Book Club, (1954). First thus, the Science Fiction Book Club edition of his first book, a satire on automation and the Electronics age that was first published in the U.S. in 1952 and in the U.K. in 1953. This copy is signed by Vonnegut with a self-caricature. Mild acidification to page edges, else a fine copy in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket. In a custom clamshell case. [#027304] SOLD

(n.p.), (Self-published), 2005. Seventeen poems, photocopied and velobound. Self-published by Vonnegut and given to friends. With his photocopied signature and the date, 5/26/05. Fine. These poems were published, individually and in pairs, in issues of the Cornell Daily Sun beginning in October, 2005. They have not been published or collected elsewhere, other than this production Vonnegut himself did. Scarce. [#029027] SOLD

(NY), Delacorte Press, (1973). The uncorrected proof copy of this novel that was Vonnegut's fiftieth birthday present to himself and his characters: in the book Vonnegut grants many of his previous characters their freedom (most notably Kilgore Trout who, unable to make it on the outside, returns in later books). Tall sheets, bound in green wrappers. A few strips of sunning and a corner crease on the rear cover. Near fine. [#031536] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1991). Her first book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913464] SOLD

Bristol, Scorpion, (1994). The limited edition. Of a total edition of 90 copies, this is copy "L" of 15 deluxe lettered copies, signed by the author and by Andrew Taylor, who provides an introduction. Quarterbound in leather; fine. [#913470] SOLD

NY, Random House, 1967. The hardcover issue of this early Warhol production. Present: the castle, the accordion (silent), the geodesic dome on a string, the Lou Reed flexi-disk, the folding nose, the Hunt's Tomato Paste can, the Warhol blotter, the Chelsea Girls spring disk (laid in, minus spring), the balloon (fused to pages), the pop-up plane (on pages tipped in). Lacking only the postcard and sponge. Minor discoloration to several pages surrounding the two pages fused by the balloon, and mild rubbing to the rear cover. Apart from the missing pieces, near fine. Roth 101. [#027455] $1,500

New York, Lorenz Gude & Ted Berrigan, 1963. The fourth issue of this mimeographed poetry journal, this issue being devoted to the work of poet Edwin Denby, with contributions by him as well as pieces about his work by Berrigan, Frank O'Hara and John Wieners. It is most famous at this point for the cover, which "was designed by Andy Warhol from photographs of poets Edwin Denby and Gerard Malanga." Warhol took a number of Polaroid photographs of Denby and Malanga and then created a silk screen from them for the covers. The clarity and resolution of the images vary from copy to copy of the production, either as a result of the screen getting clogged by re-use or as a result of deliberate manipulation by Warhol; in this copy, the images on the front are clearly two individuals but the resolution is limited and the image presents almost as an abstraction; the rear cover, which is a shot of the two poets kissing, is in this copy virtually entirely abstract. An early and important Warhol production: this is the first known instance of Warhol using Polaroid photographs for making silkscreen images, a practice he came back to later and became his standard approach for portraits. Corrections to the text in Berrigan's or Denby's hand. Some edge wear to the covers and the spine, and a tear at the base of the spine; overall very good in stapled wrappers. [#032338] SOLD

London, Chapman & Hall, 1963. Frontispiece illustration by Kathleen Hale. Number 45 of 750 numbered copies signed by the author. Faint handling to boards; very near fine without the glassine dustwrapper. [#018791] $500

NY, World, (1971). The first book by this author of Blackfoot-Gros Ventre heritage, who was one of the most important and accomplished Native American writers of the post-1968 generation. Riding the Earthboy 40, a collection of poems, was never properly distributed as the publisher folded at the time of publication. It was re-published five years later in a revised and expanded form by Harper & Row. This is the first edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912874] SOLD

London, Cape, (1996). The lettered limited edition. Three novellas -- "tales of chemical romance." One of 15 lettered copies signed by the author and produced for private distribution. Consists of the first wrappered edition and colophon quarterbound in black leather and pink boards, with marbled endpages. Although the colophon states there were 15 lettered copies, this is letter "T." Fine. [#912162] SOLD

London, Cape, (1996). The numbered limited edition. Three novellas -- "tales of chemical romance." Number 33 of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Consists of the first wrappered edition and colophon quarterbound in red leather and green boards, with marbled endpages. Fine. [#912163] SOLD

London, Jonathan Cape, (1994). His second book, a collection of stories, published as a paperback original, both in England and the U.S. Signed by the author. Fine in self-wrappers. [#912157] SOLD

London, Secker & Warburg, (1993). The uncorrected proof copy of his first novel, acclaimed upon publication and later the basis for the phenomenally successful movie that became a cultural milestone of the 1990s. The first edition of this book is scarce -- preceding the movie and its associated cultural uproar by a couple of years, it was issued in a hardcover edition reported at only 600 copies; the proof is many times scarcer; we have seen it only a handful of times. This copy is signed by Welsh. Shallow corner creases; very near fine in wrappers. [#911191] SOLD

(London), Minerva, (1996). Two playscripts by Welsh, one based on his novel Trainspotting. Signed by the author. One corner crease; else fine in wrappers. [#912167] SOLD

(London), Methuen, (1998). A play by the author of Trainspotting, among others, only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine. [#915682] SOLD

Houston, Busted Flush Press, 2005. A limited edition of the first Doc Ford novel, first published in 1990. Number 130 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author; the illustrator, Greg Fleming; and Ace Atkins, who provides an introduction. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#913491] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1985). The second of his acclaimed Hoke Moseley crime novels. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket with trace rubbing to the flap folds. A very nice copy. [#913495] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1992). The first Neil Carey mystery, which was nominated for both an Edgar Award and a Shamus Award and inaugurated a series that achieved enormous popularity during the 1990s. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024246] $300

NY, Ecco, (1981). The scarce first issue of the author's first collection of short fiction, with the dust jacket with a "$14.95" price. The price was lowered to $10.95 prior to publication and the later jacket was printed with the lower price. Signed by the author. Faint foxing to cloth; near fine in a near fine, lightly spine-tanned dust jacket with a closed edge tear at the upper front spine fold. [#915757] SOLD

NY, Ecco, (1981). A review copy of his first collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. This book was originally issued with a dust jacket with a "$14.95" price. The price was lowered to $10.95 prior to publication. This is a fine copy of the book, in a fine dust jacket, with the later $10.95 price, which is also the price listed on the advance promotional material, laid in. [#915713] SOLD

(Vineburg), (Engdahl Typography), 1989. A limited edition of this story, attractively printed and bound. The entire edition consisted of 200 numbered copies, of which the first 50 were given marbled endpapers and were signed by the author. This is copy number 26. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915720] SOLD

(Vineburg), (Engdahl Typography), 1989. A limited edition of this story. One of 200 numbered copies, the first 50 of which were signed by Wolff. Although this is copy number 155, it has been signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915719] SOLD

Derry & Ridgewood, Babcock & Koontz, (1989). A short story printed in a handsome limited edition by the Coffee House Press. With a frontispiece illustration by Gaylord Schanilec. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is one of 40 Roman-numeraled copies signed by the author and the artist. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#915718] SOLD

Derry & Ridgewood, Babcock & Koontz, (1989). A short story printed in a handsome limited edition by the Coffee House Press. With a frontispiece illustration by Gaylord Schanilec. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is one of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. Clothbound, fine without dust jacket, as issued. The first limited edition by the author of This Boy's Life, The Barracks Thief, and others. [#915717] SOLD

London, Allen & Unwin, (1975). His first book, a novel set in Vietnam, about a Special Forces lieutenant and a sergeant serving as advisor to a Vietnamese Infantry Division. Not published in this country, and the author has pointedly refused to list it among his "previous publications" on his later books or allowed it to be reprinted. His memoir, In Pharaoh's Army, alludes somewhat disparagingly to the novel he was writing while he was serving in Vietnam, presumably Ugly Rumours. Wolff is one of the most highly regarded short story writers in America, winner of the PEN Faulkner Award, and his memoir This Boy's Life was made into a memorable movie. A novel by him on the pivotal event of his generation -- the Vietnam war -- is a notable contribution to contemporary literature, regardless of the author's opinion of its quality. This copy is signed by Wolff, and scarce thus, presumably because of his feelings detailed above. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket with some shallow scratching to the lamination. [#914693] SOLD

Candia, John LeBow, 2000. A story by Yarbrough, with an introduction by novelist John Dufresne. Of a total edition of 200 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies handbound in boards and signed by Yarbrough, Dufresne and Ewa Yarbrough, who provides an illustration. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#914386] SOLD