
E-list # 176
Short Stories for the Shorter Days. Signed by the Author.
JONES, Thom
Boston, Little Brown/Back Bay, (1993). The first paperback edition of his first book, a highly praised collection of stories that was nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author in 1994. Fine in wrappers.
[#915207]
$35
JONES, Thom
Boston, Little Brown, (1993). His first book, a highly praised collection of stories that was nominated for the National Book Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915202]
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KARNEZIS, Panos
London, Jonathan Cape, (2002). Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#913120]
$40
KESEY, Ken

KETCHUM, Jack
(Burton), Subterranean Press, 2001. Original stories by Ketchum, John Shirley and David B. Silva. This copy is inscribed by Ketchum using his real name, Dallas. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#030637]
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KINCAID, Jamaica

KIRN, Walter
NY, Knopf, 1990. His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915243]
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LANSDALE, Joe R.

(LAPCHAROENSAP, Rattawut)
Orlando, Harcourt, (2005). Includes Lapcharoensap's story "Farangs." Signed by the author at his contribution. Front cover splayed, else fine in wrappers.
[#913216]
$35
LAPCHAROENSAP, Rattawut
(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
(LAPCHAROENSAP, Rattawut)
(NY/London), Granta, (2003). Includes Lapcharoensap's story "Farangs." Signed by the author at his contribution. Fine in wrappers.
[#913215]
$35
LAPCHAROENSAP, Rattawut
NY, Grove, (2005). An advance reading excerpt printing three of the stories from the final collection. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#913214]
$35
LEEDOM-ACKERMAN, Joanne
(Dallas), Saybrook, (1987). The Texas author's first work of fiction, a well-received collection of stories. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone in 1989. A fine copy of the simultaneous issue in wrappers.
[#027647]
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LOPEZ, Barry

LOPEZ, Barry
NY, Knopf, 1994. A collection of stories, his first since Winter Count. Signed by the author and with an additional gift inscription from him on behalf of a friend. Spine cloth slightly mottled; near fine in a dusty, near fine dust jacket with a small vertical spine slice and a bookstore inventory label on the rear panel.
[#027039]
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LOPEZ, Barry
NY, Knopf, 1994. A collection of stories, his first since Winter Count. Inscribed by the author: "___ -- / How lovely, to have / had your friendship, / your affection, all / these years. -- / Love, B." Spine cloth a bit mottled; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a bookstore inventory label on the rear panel. A nice copy, and an extremely warm personal inscription.
[#027038]
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LOPEZ, Barry

LOPEZ, Barry

LOUIS, Adrian C.
Reno, University of Nevada Press, (1996). Fiction, a book of interrelated stories featuring Coyote, Raven, Old Bear and various human characters as well. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#025605]
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MALAMUD, Bernard

MALOUF, David
London, Chatto & Windus, (2000). The first British edition of this collection of stories by the award-winning Australian author. Signed by Malouf. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915290]
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McCRACKEN, Elizabeth
NY, Turtle Bay Books, (1993). The uncorrected proof copy of her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#914548]
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McCRACKEN, Elizabeth
NY, Turtle Bay Books, (1993). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#914547]
$40
McGUANE, Thomas
NY, Dutton, (1986). A collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#911719]
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McGUANE, Thomas
London, Secker & Warburg, (1987). The first British edition of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#911720]
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McGUANE, Thomas
NY, Dutton, (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Trace sunning to spine; still fine in wrappers.
[#911717]
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McGUANE, Thomas
NY, Dutton, (1986). A limited advance reading excerpt, printing only the title story. One of 250 copies printed. Signed by McGuane. Fine in stapled wrappers.
[#911718]
$60
MOMADAY, N. Scott

(MOODY, Rick)
Allston, Primal Publishing, (1997). A small booklet collecting stories by four writers: Moody, Eileen Myles, Michael McInnis and Laurie Weeks, plus one photographer, Suara Welitoff. Moody's contribution, "Wilkie Ridgeway Fahnstock, the Boxed Set," was later collected in Demonology. An uncommon item by a group of interesting artists. This copy is signed by Moody. 4" x 5-1/4." Fine in wrappers.
[#911766]
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MOODY, Rick
(n.p.), Little Brown, (n.d.). An advance excerpt of the American edition. Prints only the title story. Signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers.
[#911761]
$80
MOODY, Rick
Boston, Little, Brown, (1995). His third book and his first collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#911765]
$21
MOOTOO, Shani
Vancouver, Press Gang, (1993). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#915417]
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MORRIS, Mary

MOWRY, Jess
Santa Barbara, John Daniel, 1990. His first book, a collection of related stories only issued in wrappers. Signed by the author in 1992. Fine.
[#913672]
$35
MURRAY, Sabina
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2002. A paperback original, a collection of stories set in the Pacific Campaign of World War II, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Inscribed by Murray to the writer Robert Stone. Page edges darkening; still fine in wrappers with a PEN/Faulkner Award sticker on the front cover.
[#027676]
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NEUGEBOREN, Jay
NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969). A review copy of his third book, a collection of stories and a novella, again set in the ghettos of New York City. The title novella won the Transatlantic Review Novella Award and is the story of a baseball player, continuing the author's propensity for using sports as a metaphor for, and a window onto, the problems of the larger society. Inscribed by the author in 1976. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a bit of fading to the spine title.
[#012938]
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NEVAI, Lucia
Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, (1987). Co-winner of the Iowa Short Fiction Award. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#914235]
$30
NORMAN, Howard
Ann Arbor, Bear Claw Press, (1976). Apparently Norman's first book, a collection of Swampy Cree Naming Stories, told by Samuel Makidemewa'be, and translated and introduced by Norman. Precedes his collection The Wishing Bone Cycle, also published in 1976, and which incorporated the tales in this volume. The size of the edition is unknown, but a later book by Norman published by the same press had a printing of 1000 copies, and this seems considerably scarcer. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#913383]
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O'CONNOR, Philip F.

O'NAN, Stewart
Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, (1993). His first book, a collection of short stories that won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, which was selected that year by Tobias Wolff. Three years later Wolff was one of the judges for Granta magazine in selecting the "20 Best Young American Authors" and O'Nan was among those selected. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#911821]
$60
ORTIZ, Simon J.
Tucson, Blue Moon Press, 1978. A collection of short stories. Cover photograph by Lee Marmon. Inscribed by the author to a Native American poet "in brotherhood and strength." Near fine in wrappers. An excellent association copy.
[#025678]
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(Anthology)
ORTIZ, Simon J., ed.
(Tsaile), Navajo Community College Press, (1983). Edited by and signed by Simon Ortiz. A collection of short fiction by Native American writers, including Silko, Louise Erdrich (preceding her first book of poetry or fiction), Hogan, Bruchac, Cook-Lynn, Paula Gunn Allen, Mary TallMountain, Robert Conley, and many others. This is the scarce hardcover issue: small spot to lower edge; else fine in a mildly rubbed dust jacket.
[#025237]
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PALEY, Grace

PALEY, Grace
NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1994). The limited edition. Collects all the stories from her first three volumes of short fiction. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a fine slipcase.
[#914255]
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PHILLIPS, Jayne Anne

PHILLIPS, Jayne Anne

PHILLIPS, Jayne Anne

PRIEST, Christopher

PRITCHETT, V.S.

PUCHNER, Eric
NY, Scribner, (2005). His first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915471]
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PURDY, James
(New York), New Directions, (1957). The author's first regularly published book, after two collections that were privately printed. Collects the stories of 63: Dream Palace and Don't Call Me By My Right Name, plus two previously unpublished stories. One of the dedicatees of this book is Dame Edith Sitwell, an early admirer and supporter of Purdy who helped arrange for the publication of 63: Dream Palace. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear.
[#030023]
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PYPER, Andrew
(Erin, ON), Porcupine's Quill, (1996). Short stories. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "Dear ___: Thanks for providing me with all the essentials!! Yours, Andew Pyper." Fine in wrappers.
[#916723]
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QUAMMEN, David

ROBINSON, Eden
NY, Metropolitan/Holt, (1996). Her first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915508]
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ROBINSON, Peter

ROBINSON, Roxana
NY, Random House Trade Paperbacks, (2006). First thus. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, in Key West, in 2007, "with admiration and thanks for the story of the wrinkles." Slight age toning to pages, else fine in wrappers.
[#033771]
$25
ROTH, Philip

RUSHMORE, Helen, with Wolf Robe Hunt

SALTER, James
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]
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SHIELDS, Carol
London, Fourth Estate, (2000). The first British edition of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#912736]
$35
SMILEY, Jane
NY, Knopf, 1987. Her fourth book, a collection of stories and a novella that sold fewer than 6000 copies. Two of the stories were O. Henry prize winners. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a shallow crease to the upper front panel.
[#912791]
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SMILEY, Jane

STONE, Robert
Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1997. The uncorrected proof copy of his first collection of stories, spanning the years 1969 to 1997. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#912809]
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STONE, Robert
(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]
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STURGEON, Theodore

TALLENT, Elizabeth
NY, Knopf, 1983. Her second book, first book of fiction, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915605]
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TALLENT, Elizabeth
NY, Knopf, 1987. Her second story collection. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#915607]
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TAYLOR, Peter

TAYLOR, Peter

TAYLOR, Peter

TAYLOR, Peter

THEROUX, Paul
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980. A review copy of the first American edition of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Foxing to page edges and mottling to spine cloth; near fine in a fine dust jacket with promotional sheet laid in.
[#026422]
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TILGHMAN, Christopher

TOIBIN, Colm
(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]
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UDALL, Brady
NY, Norton, (1997). The first book by this Western writer, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with blurbs by William Kittredge, John Dufresne, Thom Jones and others.
[#912867]
$21
UPDIKE, John
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]
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UPDIKE, John
Helsinki, Eurographica, (1988). Three sonnets and two stories, with a one paragraph foreword that does not appear elsewhere. Copy 121 of 350 numbered copies, signed by the author. Light foxing to edges of text block, else fine in wrappers and dust jacket.
[#030220]
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UPDIKE, John
(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]
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UPDIKE, John
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]
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UPDIKE, John

UPDIKE, John
NY, Knopf, 1987. Short stories. Signed by the author. Slight foxing to foredge and (faded) top stain; near fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#030213]
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VIZENOR, Gerald
Hanover, Wesleyan University Press, (1991). A collection of "crossblood stories" by "the supreme ironist among American Indian writers of the twentieth century" (N. Scott Momaday). This is the scarce hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine without dust jacket, as issued.
[#025800]
$30
VOLLMANN, William T.

VOLLMANN, William T.

VOLLMANN, William T.
(London), Deutsch, (1991). A collection of stories. Signed by the author. One corner tapped; else fine in a fine dust jacket.
[#024235]
$150
WACHTEL, Chuck
(Brooklyn), Hanging Loose Press, (1985). Poems and short prose. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#914353]
$35
WOLFF, Tobias
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1985. His fourth book and second collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket with trace rubbing to the flap folds.
[#915716]
$60
WOLFF, Tobias

WOLFF, Tobias

WOLFF, Tobias
(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]
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WOLFF, Tobias
(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]
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WOLFF, Tobias
NY, Knopf, 1996. A collection of short fiction. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. This is the full collection, not the limited advance edition that printed only the title story.
[#915724]
$50
WOLFF, Tobias
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]
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WOLFF, Tobias
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]
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YARBROUGH, Steve
Columbia, University of Missouri, (1994). Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#915738]
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YARBROUGH, Steve
Columbia, University of Missouri Press, (1998). Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers.
[#914384]
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