E-list # 136

(NY), Scribner, (2004). The two writers' account of the Boston Red Sox championship season of 2004. King and O'Nan, both longtime and long-suffering Red Sox fans, decided at the beginning of the season to collaborate on a book about the Red Sox season. As VIP fans, the two had more access to the players than usual, and their account is lively and engaging; that the Sox broke an 86 year-long "curse" to win the World Series that year couldn't have been better scripted. Signed by O'Nan. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915454] $50

(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (2007). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911869] SOLD

(Las Lomas), (Institute for Native American Development), (1980). A collection of poetry and prose pieces dedicated to the notion of workers' resistance to capitalist exploitation. Issued as INAD Literary Journal Vol. 1, No. 1. Warmly inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac] and his family and signed "Simon, brother & friend." Fine in wrappers. [#025679] SOLD

Oak Park, Thunder's Mouth Press, (1981). A powerful collection of poems, which many consider his best book to date and which one prominent poet and critic was quoted as saying should have won the Pulitzer Prize if the judges had had any courage. The title alludes to an infamous massacre of unarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women and children in 1864, and the poems address moral, spiritual, and political issues -- in particular, the process of victimization and the possibility of finding some kind of redemption -- with urgency, clarity and poetic grace. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Warmly inscribed by the author to Joe [Bruchac] in the year of publication. Fine. [#025685] SOLD

Tucson, University of Arizona Press, (1992). Collects three of his earlier, out-of-print volumes of poetry -- Going for the Rain, A Good Journey, and Fight Back -- adding a lengthy (30+ pages) introduction in which Ortiz reflects on language, writing, and the specific considerations of being a Native American writer. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to Joseph [Bruchac] in 1993. Fine. [#025687] SOLD

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, (1994). Inscribed by the author to Andre Dubus in the year of publication. Fine in wrappers. [#916652] $55

London, Jonathan Cape, (2002). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Published in paperback; fine in wrappers. [#911874] $50

Hillsboro, Blue Heron, (1995). An excerpt from Fight Club in this anthology. Signed by Palahniuk at his contribution. Fine in wrappers. [#916658] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1974). The second collection of stories by one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary masters of the short story. Nominated for the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author to Shirley Solotaroff: "Shirley my old pal/ love/ Grace." Fine in a fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing to the black front panel. [#029703] SOLD

Penobscot, Granite Press, (1985). A collection of poetry. This is the trade paperback edition, following a limited edition of 125 hardcover copies. Inscribed by the author in 1989 "on a happy occasion." Fine in wrappers. [#022126] SOLD

(n.p.), Fox Run Press, 2005. One of 94 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in riveted wrappers. [#914581] SOLD

NY, St. Martin's, (1994). His third novel, a standalone noir novel that is a departure from the Nick Stefanos series, although a few characters cross over. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027990] SOLD

(London), Faber and Faber, (2003). His Guardian Prize- and Booker Prize-winning first novel. Signed by the author and dated the day after publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912699] SOLD

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2000). A humorous epistolary mystery about a missing pet-problem advice columnist. Illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren. Inscribed by Plimpton to the author Robert Stone and his wife: "For the Stones/ very best to you both/ George." A good literary association. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028508] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1962). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with maybe a hint of rubbing to the lower spine. A very attractive copy of the book that will probably stand as her greatest achievement. [#913402] SOLD

NY, Doubleday, (2002). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915468] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2006). Subtitled "Concerning Faith," the book is an expansion of a letter Price wrote to his honorary godson, expanded and generalized for other children as well. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication to Virginia Spencer Carr. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031485] SOLD

London, Faber and Faber, (1979). Signed by Priest, and with an autograph letter signed by Priest to John Fowles laid in, saying Faber was intending to send him a copy but Priest feared it would be misconstrued as a review solicitation, given the strong review Fowles had given a previous book [A Dream of Wessex], so Priest was sending a copy along himself so that it be received only as "inadequate appreciation for a lot of kind encouragement. You do not even have to read it! (However, if you have the time to glance through "The Negation" you might discover a fingerprint I put in for you....)" One may infer Priest means a metaphorical fingerprint, as no actual fingerprint is in evidence. An Infinite Summer is a collection of stories, including the first of his stories to feature the Dream Archipelago, which appears in a number of his works. Priest won the James Tait Black Memorial Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the British Science Fiction Association's award for Best Novel four times. The book is fine in a fine dust jacket, with Fowles' blindstamp on the front flyleaf; the letter is folded to fit in the book, else fine. Fowles, in his A Dream of Wessex review, had called Priest "one of our most gifted young writers of science fiction...I think not only H.G. Wells but Thomas Hardy himself would have enjoyed and approved of it." A nice literary association copy. [#029605] $450

NY, Scribner, (2002). A novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911915] $50

NY, Hyperion/Talk Miramax, (2001). The screenplay. Prints the screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs for the film from Proulx's novel. The film was directed by Lasse Hallstrom, who directed The Cider House Rules and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, among others. Only issued in wrappers; this copy is signed by both Jacobs and Proulx. Fine. [#911918] SOLD

(NY), Scribner, (1996). The limited edition. One of 2500 numbered copies signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911925] SOLD

(NY), Scribner, (1996). The Scribner "Classic" edition of her second book of fiction and first novel. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027706] SOLD

London, Bodley Head, (2012). The first British edition. A highly praised book, on many "Best of the Year" lists, it also led to Quammen's publishing books in the past several years on the origins of AIDS and the Ebola virus. An association copy: warmly inscribed by the author to Peter [Matthiessen], " -- If I have a literary older brother, it's you. Deep thanks for your inspiration and your friendship." Dated in the year of publication. Matthiessen has clipped and laid in Quammen's return address. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032518] SOLD

Santa Fe, Red Crane Books, (1993). The well-received first novel by this author of Choctaw descent. This is the hardcover issue; there was a simultaneous issue in wrappers. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024173] $125

(Edinburgh), Canongate, (2000). Rankin provides the introduction to this collection of crime fiction by five other writers: Anthony Bourdain, Jon A. Jackson, James Sallis, Andrew Vachss and Douglas E. Winter. Signed by Rankin. Three of the stories are original publications; the other two had appeared elsewhere previously. Only issued in wrappers; fine. [#029711] SOLD

Edinburgh, Polygon, (1986). His first book, a dark novel that is set in Fife, the region of Scotland where the author was born and grew up. Signed by the author on the title page, with a sketch of a gallows and hanged man. This is the hardcover issue, of which there were reportedly only 300 copies printed; after being turned down for publication by several publishers the novel was published by Polygon, a student-run press at Edinburgh University. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy of a scarce first book. [#028015] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1996). Well-received first novel about a white Southern woman who falls in love with a black blues musician. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Laid in is a typed letter signed thanking the recipient for his comments on the book and offering her own thoughts on what happens after the ending, as well as mentioning her second novel, which is still in progress. Folded for mailing; else fine, with envelope. [#020903] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1996. The limited reissue "Twentieth Anniversary Edition" of her acclaimed first book, the first in the Vampire Lestat series, and one of the unlikeliest success stories of the publishing season. Modest hardcover sales of the book would not have led one to imagine the long-term popularity and success of Rice's later books in the Vampire Lestat series, nor did they predict the huge success this novel had in paperback, selling millions of copies. Even so, Rice's novels did not begin to approach such sales again until her next vampire novel, published after two mainstream historical novels. Rice's vampire novels are unprecedented bestsellers as well as being critically acclaimed, and even her erotic novels of sado-masochism have achieved a kind of mainstream success that defies prediction. Fine in a fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Signed by the author. [#009482] SOLD

(NY), Library of America, (2005). The second volume of Roth's collected works: When She Was Good, Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang, and The Breast. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911999] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1971). Second printing. Roth's send-up of Nixon and the Nixon administration. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ and ___, two good kids." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911936] SOLD

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 2000. A review copy of this novel that won the PEN/Faulkner Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with author photo laid in and several pages of promotional material (no review slip). Very scarce signed, especially as an advance copy. [#911248] SOLD

(London), Bogle-L'Ouverture, (1988). The hardcover issue of this collection of poetry. Signed by the author. Age-toning to page edges; still fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915533] $80

NY, Atlantic Monthly Press, (1988). Signed by the author with a Kilroy-type caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913407] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (2003). A review copy. Signed by the author with a Kilroy-type caricature. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Promotional material laid in, including press release, tour dates, and an interview with Ruff. [#913409] $50

Reno, U. of Nevada, 1985. Oblong quarto of color photographs of contemporary Native Americans, including portraits, ceremonies, and candid shots. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author. [#003457] $60

(n.p.), Granta, 1990. The text of Rushdie's Herbert Read Memorial Lecture, delivered February 6, 1990. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912010] SOLD

Washington, Library of Congress, 1992. Collects the talks given by the three winners of the 1991 National Book Awards: Rush, Philip Levine, and Orlando Patterson. Signed by Rush. Fine in wrappers. [#025174] SOLD

Marvin, Blue Cloud Quarterly, 1980. A collection of poems in the series of books he wrote that were all entitled Indian Thoughts, each with a different subtitle. Illustrated by Arline Borgquist Russell. Inscribed by the author to Joe Bruchac. Fine in stapled wrappers. A good association copy. [#025731] SOLD

NY, Carroll & Graf, (1994). A volume in Sallis's acclaimed Lew Griffin series of detective novels, featuring an African-American detective in New Orleans. Signed by Sallis on the title page, and inscribed on the dedication page to another mystery writer: "To Bob, again? Again. And again with much love. Jim/ New Orleans/ Sept 94." The recipient was Robert Skinner, himself the author of a highly praised mystery series set in New Orleans, featuring Wesley Farrell, a mixed blood Creole, during the 1930s and 40s. Both Skinner and Farrell have written nonfiction books about black novelist Chester Himes, whose series of Harlem detective novels in the 1950s and 60s paved the way for the use of the mystery genre to explore issues of racism and prejudice. Fine in a fine dust jacket, and a good association between two notable writers. [#028063] SOLD

West Hartford, Raven Editions, 2004. A limited edition of a single story. Of a total edition of 110 copies, this is copy 6 of 75 numbered copies signed by Salter and by Robert Dente, the artist. Fine in wrappers. [#915547] SOLD

NY, Bookman Press, 1998. A limited edition of this piece about the writer Irwin Shaw, a longtime friend of Salter's. Excerpted from Salter's memoir, Burning the Days. One of 200 numbered copies. Only issued in wrappers. Signed by Salter. Fine. [#012027] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1998). Her second book, a well-received memoir. She later moved to New York and for 20 years was an editor at various photography magazines, most significantly being one of the co-discoverers of the body of work by the Arkansas portrait photographer known as Mike Disfarmer. Inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael, another Westerner who came to New York and made a name for herself in the magazine business: "For Pauline, with admiration and affection, Julia." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027734] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (2002). Her acclaimed second book, first novel, a story told from the point of view of a murdered girl and the surprise bestseller of the publishing season. After a modest first printing of 35,000 copies, rave reviews and word of mouth caused the book to go into numerous printings, with the result that the book sold more than 2 million copies in hardcover and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for over a year. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915568] SOLD

NY, Ballantine, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#916815] SOLD

London, Harvill/Harper Collins, (1993). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913428] SOLD

London, Collins Harvill, 1989. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913427] $50

Fairhope, Over the Transom, 2003. A chapbook. One of 333 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. Together with a CD of Sherman's live reading, also signed by the author. [#915570] $50

London, Fourth Estate, (1991). The first British edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912739] $80

Toronto, Random House, (1992). First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket and inscribed by the author on a publisher's label tipped to the half-title. [#006109] SOLD

(n.p.), Random House of Canada, (2002). Signed by the author on a "From the Desk of Carol Shields" card, which is laid in. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912763] $50

Baltimore, Cemetery Dance, 2000. Copy 174 of 450 copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031069] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2008. A collection of poems, warmly inscribed to Peter and Maria Matthiessen. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032523] $100

(NY), Viking, (2006). Her twelfth novel. Although she describes herself as writing fiction of "magical realism," she is most well-known as a writer whose work explores feminism and political issues, and addresses questions of integrity. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, "with long and deep affection." Stone was known for his fiction that similarly explored the intersection of the political and the moral, even the spiritual. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027736] SOLD

London, Chatto & Windus, (2001). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#914308] SOLD

NY, Hyperion, (2001). Inscribed by Grimly, with a monster drawing. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with a promotional postcard laid in. [#031071] SOLD

St. Paul, Graywolf Press, 1993. A separate appearance of the text of a talk given by Smiley at the Aspen Writers' Conference and collected in the anthology The True Subject: Writers on Life and Craft. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers. A little-known Smiley "A" item. [#912777] $60

NY, Knopf, 1984. Her third novel. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912779] SOLD

(Minneapolis), Milkweed Editions, (1995). A memoir recounting the author's first years after arriving in Montana in the early 1960s. Inscribed by the author: "For Steve [Krauzer] and Dorrit - At last, not only a room, but a book of my own - with love & respect & all the other good things old friends share -- Annick Smith." A nice association copy. Smith was co-editor with William Kittredge of the landmark Montana anthology The Last Best Place; Krauzer was a Missoula, Montana writer who collaborated with Kittredge on a number of novels as well as other work. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#028073] SOLD

(Monaco), Êditions du Rocher, (2002). A French-language edition. Inscribed by Snyder to Clayton [Eshleman] in Kitkitdizze, Snyder's home, in 2002. Fine in wrappers, with a snapshot of Snyder -- outdoors, with backpack, smiling -- laid in. [#031500] SOLD

(n.p.), Orphée La Différence, (1992). A bilingual edition (French/English) of poems taken from the volumes Myths & Texts, Regarding Wave and Axe Handles. No comparable U.S. edition. Inscribed by Snyder to Clayton [Eshleman] in 1996. Uncommon: OCLC lists only 4 copies in library holdings. Fine in wrappers. [#030822] SOLD

Berkeley, North Point, (1990). A collection of essays, this being the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Inscribed by Snyder to Clayton Eshleman in 1996. With Eshleman's 1990 ownership signature and a few marginal notes in his hand. Fine in wrappers. [#030820] SOLD

(NY), New Directions, (1980). The softcover issue of this collection. Inscribed by Snyder to Clayton Eshleman in 1996. With Eshleman's 1989 ownership signature and his extensive notes in the text, giving a clear view of the poet as reader. Fine in wrappers. [#030818] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1995. A novel by the author of Last Night at the Brain Thieves' Ball and Endless Love, among others. Blurbs by Richard Price and Robert Olen Butler. Inscribed by Spencer to another writer: "Your writing is my inspiration." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#027110] SOLD

Franklin Lakes, New Page Books, (2001). Warmly inscribed by the author to another King scholar in the year of publication, in part: "perhaps Christine targeted us both??" Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030333] SOLD

Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press, (1999). Memoir. Signed by the author. First state, with "Chapter Title" page 95. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915592] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1981. A review copy of his third novel, which many consider his best book, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and winner of the L.A. Times Award for best novel of the year. A dark tale of a small Central American country in upheaval, and the lives of a group of Americans whose different backgrounds and connections to the action intersect alarmingly and tragically. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip, author photo, and promotional page laid in. [#912802] SOLD

(n.p.), [BOMC], 1989. A special introduction written for a BOMC reissue of West's classic novel. For reasons known only to BOMC this was not bound into the book but rather issued as a separate pamphlet, inadvertently creating an "A" item in Stone's bibliography. This copy is signed by Stone. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#912837] SOLD

Hadley, Numinous Press, 1992. A first bibliography of Robert Stone, describing in detail the American and British editions of his "A" items up through Outerbridge Reach, along with an extensive listing of his appearances in others' books, in periodicals, in translation, etc. Illustrated with photographs, and including a critical introduction, as well as a previously unpublished piece by Robert Stone: the transcript of an impromptu talk that Stone gave at the Library of Congress for the tenth anniversary of the PEN Faulkner Award in 1989, about his exposure at a young age to the effects of writing, experienced upon reading Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Stone, who won the National Book Award for his novel Dog Soldiers, was widely considered one of the most important American novelists to emerge from the era of the Vietnam war and the Sixties counterculture, and the short list of his published novels does not give an accurate indication of his pervasive influence on contemporary American literature. By tracing the secondary appearances (the bibliography includes over 240 entries), one begins to appreciate the scope of his writing and the points at which his voice was one of those that defined our current situation and gave us the terms with which to understand it. The limited edition. One of 150 numbered copies, signed by Robert Stone. With a marbled paper dust jacket created expressly for this edition by Light of Day Bindery in Northampton, MA, and printed letterpress by Wild Carrot Press. Can be signed by Ken Lopez, if desired. [#010984] $95

(Lancaster), Stealth, (2000). First Stealth edition. Inscribed by the author. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#031117] SOLD

NY, Scribner, (2011). Signed by the author. From the library of Peter Matthiessen, who is mentioned in the acknowledgments as one of her father's friends and a generous soul. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032203] 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

NY, Scribner, (2003). His first book, a highly praised memoir of the first Gulf War, which was immediately hailed as a classic of contemporary war literature, compared with Michael Herr's Dispatches, and became a surprise bestseller and a film. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915604] $50

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

(Aspen), (Meat Process Press), (2015). The definitive coffee table book on Thompson's campaign for Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado, in 1970 -- a moment in the history of the 1960s counterculture unlike any other. This comprehensive look at that moment reproduces hundreds of articles, flyers, posters, photographs, artwork and other documents of that time, along with text that provides historical context, and numerous quotes of Thompson from a variety of sources. Signed by the author, Daniel Joseph Watkins. Foreword and afterword by Bob Braudis; edited by Ajax Phillips. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#032680] SOLD

NY, Random House, (1990). The first book by this Granta 20 novelist. Inscribed by Thon to Robert Stone, "with admiration and many thanks for the clarity of your vision." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027754] SOLD

(London), Picador, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915640] SOLD

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

(Seattle), Dragon Gate, (1984). The issue in wrappers of this collection of poems spanning the years 1937-1983. Inscribed by the author to another poet in the year of publication. With the recipient's ownership signature. Fine, with the "1984 Winner Western States Book Award" label on the front cover. [#022812] SOLD

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, Farrar Straus Giroux, (2003). Signed by the author in the year of publication, and additionally inscribed by Turow, thanking the recipient for all his help. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#917058] SOLD

NY, Twayne, (1993). A critical study of Anne Tyler, who was a PEN Faulkner Award finalist in 1982 (Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985 (The Accidental Tourist), and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for Breathing Lessons. This title was turned into a limited edition with the addition of a tipped-in colophon, indicating that this is one of 100 numbered copies signed by both Tyler and Evans. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912061] SOLD

London, Hamish Hamilton, (1999). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912869] SOLD

(Schenecdaty), (Union College), (1971). Printed as a special issue of The Idol and featuring the text of a conversation with Updike. 32 pages, fine in glossy stapled wrappers with a pencil sketch of Updike on the cover. This copy is inscribed by Updike. [#031521] $250

Worcester, Metacom, 1990. A story that originally appeared in The New Yorker but was revised and given a foreword by the author for this edition. Of a total edition of 176, this is copy 47 of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030232] SOLD

Cambridge, Halty Ferguson, 1976. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is copy number 16 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. This copy is also inscribed by Updike -- he has personalized the signature on the colophon in a different color ink -- and it includes a brief signed note by Updike on the prospectus, with a hand-addressed mailing envelope. By all appearances, Updike informed the collector of the existence of this edition by sending him a prospectus with a note saying "I thought you should be aware of this" and then the collector ordered the book and Updike personalized the signature for him. A mini-footnote to the relatively early years of Updike's being a highly collected author with numerous signed limited editions to his credit, with a glimpse of Updike's active involvement in helping a collector build his collection. [#031523] SOLD

(NY), HarperCollins, (1994). Updike provides a 5-page introduction, entitled "The Spirit of the Game," to this compendium of articles and photographs. After Updike died in 2009, Golf Digest declared, "If golfers were allowed to vote for the Nobel Prize in literature, John Updike would have won it..." This copy of Golf bears the bookplate of the Brae Burn Country Club's 50th annual Men's Member-Guest Tournament and is inscribed by Updike in the same month: "For ___ ___/ warm regards -- be happy and healthy! John Updike/ 7/29/97." Brae Burn was one of the courses that Updike played with some frequency. Oversized; fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare signed. [#030288] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1969. A collection of poems, and the first of his full-length books published by Knopf to be issued in a limited edition. Copy number 307 of 350 copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. [#030167] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1998. "Remarks delivered on the occasion of his receiving the 1998 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American letters." One of 5000 copies printed for friends of the author and publisher and not offered for sale. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ Best wishes as always/ John Updike." Fine in stapled self-wrappers. This copy includes the card from Sonny Mehta, Knopf's President and Editor-in-Chief, presenting the booklet as a New Year's greeting. Knopf envelope also included. [#030259] SOLD

(London), Andre Deutsch, (1990). The first British edition of the concluding volume in the Rabbit series. Signed by the author on a bookplate tipped to the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912106] $80

NY, Knopf, 2002. A novel loosely based on the life of Lee Krasner and her marriage to Jackson Pollock. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912121] SOLD

Cambridge, Halty Ferguson, 1979. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is copy number 214 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched self-wrappers, with the publisher's prospectus laid in. [#030185] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 2006. Inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ warm regards to a faithful book-buyer/ Cheers,/ John Updike." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030274] SOLD

Worcester, Metacom, 1980. Published as part of a series of chapbooks that included works by Ann Beattie, John McPhee and others, in addition to Updike. Of a total edition of 326 copies, this is copy number 31 of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched marbled self-wrappers, with erratum sheet laid in correcting the colophon's statement of printer: apparently a portion of the print run was taken over by the Penmaen Press. [#030190] 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." Inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ warm regards, John Updike/ 4/19/01." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030267] $200

[NY], (Scientific American), (1969). The first separate edition of this physics-themed poem. One of 6200 copies printed as Christmas cards to be issued with W.H. Auden's A New Year Greeting (not present). 24 pages, illustrated. Fine in stapled wrappers. Lacking the cardboard sleeve that combined the two booklets, but in a custom three quarter leather clamshell case from the Praxis Bindery. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___/ Merry Christmas 1995/ John Updike [with a drawing of holly leaves and berries]." While the print run of this item was not particularly small, especially when compared with the many limited editions Updike has done, the nature of its distribution -- as a freebie to Scientific American subscribers -- suggests that most copies would have been lost or discarded. [#030850] $1,500

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

NY, Albondocani, 1973. Copy number 115 of 250 numbered copies, of a total edition of 276 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in saddle-stitched marbled paper self wrappers. [#030174] SOLD

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

(Hopewell), Ecco Press, (1999). The first American edition of Marshall's 1902 golfing classic, published here with a ten-page introduction by Updike. This copy is inscribed by Updike: "For ___ ___/ wife of a great golfer/ Best, John Updike." Laid in is a notecard addressed to the "great golfer" in Updike's hand. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030290] SOLD

(Normal), Dalkey Archive Press, (1993). Maso's third book, a novel constructed of memories in the mind of a dying woman. Inscribed by the author: "For John Updike, with great admiration - Carole Maso 1993." In the title essay of her collection Break Every Rule, Maso, in commenting on gay and lesbian portrayals of desire in literature, asks, "why when we write...does it so often look like the traditional, straight models, why does our longing look for example like John Updike's longing? Oh not in the specifics -- but in the formal assumptions...does form imply a value system?" A nice inscription to a writer who was at the cultural and publishing center from a writer at the edge. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027131] SOLD