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click for a larger image of item #25845, American Indian Art Magazine (Scottsdale), American Indian Art, 1976-1978. Eight issues, as follows: Volume 2, Nos. 1-4; Volume 3, Nos. 1-4. Early issues of the preeminent magazine on Indian art, geared toward collectors, museums, and art historians, and now over 30 years old. The magazine began when collecting Indian art was just coming into vogue, and has ridden the tremendous popularity of the field ever since. That it filled an important niche at the time is attested to by a letter to the editor in Volume 2, Number 1 from artist R.C. Gorman, praising the magazine for its interview with his "hero," Fritz Scholder. The first volume is worn at the spine base; apart from some slight rubbing the lot is otherwise fine in wrappers. [#025845] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #18287, Announcements (Boulder), Native American Rights Fund, (1977-1982). Newsletter published by a largely Indian-owned "national law firm specializing in the protection of Indian rights and resources." Three issues: August 1977; December 1981 (Vol. 7, Nos. 3/4); Spring 1982 (Vol.8, No. 1). Fine in stapled wrappers. [#018287] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #18289, Anthropology Resource Center Newsletter/Bulletin (Cambridge/Boston), (ARC), (1977-1982). Publication of the "first public-interest anthropology group in the United States," focusing heavily on issues involving the indigenous peoples of Central and South America. Six issues, an incomplete run, as follows: Newsletter Volume 1, No. 1; Bulletin Nos. 4, 5, 7, 8, 10. Near fine. [#018289] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30867, Born on the Fourth of July Promotional Booklet/Poster (n.p.), MCA Universal, (1990). 22" x 34" poster advertising the release of the videocassette of the 1989 movie based on the 1975 book by Ron Kovic. Folds in eighths to a promotional booklet entitled "He Was Strong/ He Was Proud." Slight wrinkle; near fine. [#030867] $60
(Ithaca), (Cornell University), 1995-1997. Seven issues, (six items plus miscellany), as follows: Volume 12, Nos. 1/2 (a double issue and the premier issue), 3, 4; Volume 13, Nos. 1, 3; Volume 14, No. 2. Native Americas replaced Cornell's journal Akwekon, which had been re-titled from Northeast Indian Quarterly, and while Native Americas retained the numbering system of its predecessors, this was announced by the publishers as a new launch. Included is an issue of the newsletter The Web [Cornell: Fall/Winter, 1995] with a small story on the journal and a 1996 press release from editorial board member Wilma Mankiller. Several of the issues have the address label of Joseph Bruchac; one issue is corner creased; one is nicked at the crown; else all are fine in wrappers. [#025872] $40
(Phoenix), (Media Concepts), 1990-1997. Glossy, four-color magazine devoted to Native American life and arts, published in coordination with a number of museums. Nineteen issues, as follows: Volume 4, Nos. 3, 4; Volume 5, Nos. 1, 3, 4; Volume 6, Nos. 1-4; Volume 7, Nos. 2-4; Volume 8, Nos. 1, 3, 4; Volume 9, Nos. 1, 2, 4; Volume 10, No. 3. The cover of Vol. 9, No. 2 is creased; several issues have modest spine wear; one issue bears the address label of the Greenfield Review; all copies are near fine or better in wrappers. [#025878] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #18431, SIUSA News (Washington, D.C.), Survival International U.S.A., (1981-1982). The publication of the U.S. branch of Survival International. The first eight issues (one double issue, 7 items), as follows: Volume 1, Nos. 1-4; Volume 2, Nos. 1, 2, 3/4. Several issues folded for mailing, most evenly darkened; near fine to fine. Promotional brochure also included. [#018431] $95
(Washington, D.C.), Survival International U.S.A., (1981-1982). Volume 1, No. 1 and Volume 2, Nos. 2, 3/4. Four issues (one double issue, so 3 items). One issue folded for mailing; two issues sunned; near fine. [#018432] $40
(London), Survival International, (various dates). Five items: Robin Hanbury-Tenison's Report of a Visit to the Indians of Brazil on Behalf of the Primitive People's Fund/Survival International (1971); Left Out? The Indians and the Canadian Constitution, published in conjunction with the National Indian Brotherhood of Canada, c. 1979; the Annual Review 1988; an Urgent Action Bulletin, September 1994; and an undated promotional pamphlet. Each is near fine or better. [#018451] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #18450, Survival International Review (London), (Survival International), (1977-1989). Nine issues (including two double issues, 7 items), an incomplete run, as follows: Volume 2, No. 1; Volume 4, Nos. 1, 2; Volume 5, Nos. 1, 2, 3/4; Volume 6, Nos. 1, 5/6; Volume 7, No. 2. One issue bears a few editorial notes and markings; the two perfectbound volumes are chipping at the spine and very good; all other issues near fine. Together with one issue of Survival International News (No. 24, 1989) and one issue of Survival (No. 33, 1994). Fine. [#018450] SOLD
(NY), American Indian Community House, 2002-2004. Newsletter of a community center for Native Americans in New York City, with local, regional, and national news and events listings. Seven issues, as follows: Spring, Fall, Winter 2002; Fall/Winter 2003; Spring, Spring [sic], Fall 2004. All labeled for mailing; slight edge sunning; else fine in wrappers. [#025848] SOLD
(Washington, D.C), (Department of State), (1966). An offprint from the Department of State Bulletin, a memorandum submitted to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, largely concentrating on the issue of whether Congressional approval, and a formal declaration of war, were necessary for U.S. troops to be committed to combat in Vietnam. 16 pages. Stamped "Library of Congress Surplus/Duplicate." Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#010070] $40
click for a larger image of item #29831, Vietnam Genocide (NY), (Guardian), (1969). A special supplement on U.S. genocide in Vietnam, published by The Guardian newsweekly, the largest independent radical weekly in the U.S. at that time. Eight pages, with a long piece on the My Lai (Song My) massacre by the controversial radical newsman Wilfred Burchett; a commentary on Song My by the Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government, which was engaging in peace negotiations with the U.S. in Paris at the time; an excerpt from a 1967 statement "On Genocide" by French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre; a piece on the massacre by Donald Duncan, a former U.S. Green Beret, and more. Newsprint, with small corner chips; near fine. Powerful anti-American and antiwar polemic. Uncommon: OCLC lists three copies. [#029831] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #29836, "We Burned Every Hut" NY, Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, 1967. A broadside of a letter to the editor first printed in the Akron Beacon Journal on March 27, 1967. "A G.I.'s Dad" wrote to the Journal with tales of atrocity excerpted from his son's letter home. The father's preface to the letter explains that his son enlisted in the Army and asked to be sent to Vietnam because he backed the government's strong policy toward the war. The harrowing and horrifying tale that follows -- beginning with "Dear Mom and Dad: Today we went on a mission and I'm not very proud of myself, my friends or my country..." -- is a classic case of the kind of experience that radicalized the American middle class against the war, not to mention helping to create a generation of veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress. Folded in thirds; worn at the edges and folds and foxed on the verso; a good copy. OCLC locates one copy printed by a different antiwar group than this one, and no copies of this issue. [#029836] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #10416, The 1983 Western Wilderness Calendar (Salt Lake City), (Dream Garden), (1982). The second of the Wilderness calendars, with work by a number of prominent photographers, and text by Edward Abbey, Tom McGuane, Leslie Marmon Silko, Ann Zwinger, Lawrence Clark Powell, Wallace Stegner, Barry Lopez, Frank Waters, William Eastlake, John Nichols, and others. This copy has been signed by Eastlake and Powell, and photographers John Telford, Tom Till, Fred Hirschmann and Chris Wangsgard -- several of the finest and most highly respected photographers of the natural world working today. Fine. [#010416] $95
click for a larger image of item #29904, Typed Letter Signed 1982. November 15, 1982. Written to three Yale University English professors, accepting an invitation to a 1984 "Commonwealth of Letters" conference in which Achebe's work was slated to receive special attention. "But even without that peculiar attraction the project sounds so rich and so far away that I should have no hesitation in accepting to be there." Signed by the author. Typed on the stationery of Okike, an African journal of new writing that Achebe edited. Notation of one of the professors that the other two had been copied; folded in thirds for mailing with a couple small edge chips; near fine. [#029904] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #15039, A Natural History of the Senses NY, Random House, (1990). The uncorrected proof copy of this examination of human nature as it relates to the five senses, with frequent detours across the lines between nature and culture. Ackerman developed her literary reputation as an award-winning poet and later became a staff writer for The New Yorker. This volume of nonfiction was her first to gain wide critical acclaim and commercial success. Near fine in wrappers. [#015039] SOLD
NY, Crowell, (1969). A collection edited by Aldan, who was nominated for the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Between High Tides. Inscribed by Aldan in the year of publication, with a quote from the 11th century poem "Black Marigolds" and "in memory of race horses, with love." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a pending chip at the spine base. [#027326] $95
click for a larger image of item #25276, The Toughest Indian in the World NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2000). The advance reading copy, marked "uncorrected proof" by the publisher, of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#025276] SOLD
(NY), Strawberry Press, (1981). A collection of poems published by poet Maurice Kenny's Strawberry Press, with a cover illustration by Wendy Rose. Trace crown bump; else fine in stapled wrappers. [#025288] SOLD
NY, Knopf, 2008. The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of Amis' collection of essays and two stories focused on the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and their aftermath. Fine in wrappers. Oddly uncommon in an advance issue. [#027169] SOLD
Philadelphia, Dorrance, (1969). A vanity press personal account of a young doctor who came to Vietnam in 1955 and stayed there. Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#031179] SOLD
Evanston, Northwestern University, 1979. Includes an excerpt from Anderson's then-forthcoming first novel. Signed by the author at his contribution. Very good in wrappers. [#030674] SOLD
(Winlaw, B.C.), Polestar, (1990). A collection of poetry by an Anishinabe writer and activist, her first book. Inscribed by the author to Joseph Bruchac with the message "Nokomis blessing us all." Fine in wrappers. [#025297] SOLD
(Anthology)
Toronto, Gudino, 1998. Two issues of "Horror Culture and Entertainment." Very near fine in stapled wrappers. [#030906] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #25307, Earlier New Rochelle, Elizabeth Press, (1972). One of an unspecified number of hardcover copies, of a total edition of 400 copies. Inscribed by the author to Joseph and Carol Bruchac in 1982, a nice association copy. Slightly spine-faded else fine in publisher's cardboard slipcase, which is near fine. [#025307] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #25310, South Line (New Rochelle), Elizabeth Press, (1979). Of a total edition of 250 copies, this is one of 100 bound in boards, printed in Italy on Magnani rag paper. This copy is warmly inscribed by the author to Joseph Bruchac in the year of publication, "in deep admiration/ a warm sky always, brother -- ." Fine in publisher's card stock slipcase. [#025310] SOLD
New Rochelle, Elizabeth Press, (1965). Poetry by a writer of Cherokee-French descent, also known as Gogisgi. This is his first book. Stamped as having belonged to the literary magazine Epoch. Narrow dampstaining to both spine and foredge; thus very good in stapled wrappers. Scarce. [#026836] SOLD
New Rochelle, Elizabeth Press, (1965). Later printing. Poetry by a writer of Cherokee-French descent, also known as Gogisgi. His first book. Inscribed by the author to Joe and Carol Bruchac in 1982, "your warmness keeps me." Small spot to front edge of front panel; else fine in stapled wrappers. An excellent association copy. [#025306] $200
click for a larger image of item #28849, The Kentucky Trace NY, Knopf, 1974. The uncorrected proof copy of this novel of the American Revolution by the author of The Dollmaker, as well as several highly praised books of nonfiction on Kentucky and the Cumberland Valley. This novel is a fictional counterpart to her nonfiction history The Flowering of the Cumberland, published in 1963. Small date written at top spine; small crease mid-spine and mild spotting to rear cover; about near fine in tall wrappers. The critical and commercial success of The Dollmaker -- it was a runner-up for the National Book Award, which was won that year by William Faulkner -- made Arnow an iconic figure as female novelist, and her strong, and strong-willed, female characters caused her to be identified in later years as something of a proto-feminist writer. [#028849] SOLD
(Art)
click for a larger image of item #2192, Three Chromolithograph Prints Undated nineteenth century prints of Indian scenes from the Pacific Northwest, each measuring approx. 6-1/2" x 9" and mounted in 12" x 14" mats. The first is a portrait of a "Mahlemute Man and Woman" in traditional dress standing at a riverside camp, with salmon being dried and smoked in the background. The second depicts a "Beluga Hunter and Dwellings - Lower Kuskokvim, Alaska," with the hunter, dressed for kayaking, and his wife standing at water's edge, ready to launch the kayak. The third depicts two Indian men, a "Thlinkit [sic] and Man From Copper River," showing the different traditional dress of the two, with the Tlingit carrying a rifle and the Copper River man a bow and arrows. An interesting glimpse at an early view of the various native tribes of that region. All three are slightly age-darkened, else fine. [#002192] $115
(ARTSCHWAGER, Richard)
click for a larger image of item #29753, 1997 International Festival of Authors Promotional Poster 1997. Promotional poster for the annual Toronto literary festival, which each year since 1980 brought together the best writers of contemporary world literature. The poster was designed by a leading artist of the day and is one of only a handful of copies signed by all or most of the year's participants. From the collection of the promoter of the festival himself, Greg Gatenby. Designed by Richard Artschwager. Approximately 54 signatures. Signed by: Robert Stone, Barry Lopez, Richard Ford, Michael Ondaatje, Anne Michaels, Colm Toibin, Bharati Mukherjee, Jamaica Kincaid, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Michael Turner, Jane Urquhart, Mavis Gallant, Ann Beattie, Nino Ricci, James Reaney, and others. 17" x 23". [#029753] $1,000
click for a larger image of item #19410, John Ashbery. An Introduction to the Poetry NY, Columbia University Press, 1979. An advance copy, in the form of bound galley sheets, of the first full-length critical study of Ashbery's poetry, written by an author who is himself a poet, art critic and historian. Shapiro had previously edited an anthology of the poets of the New York School , and he has written books on such painters as Jasper Johns and Jim Dine, as well as collaborating with Laurie Anderson on a play performed at The Kitchen, the year after this book was published. Inscribed by Shapiro to collector Burt Britton, longtime head of the Rare Book Room at the Strand Bookstore and the co-founder of Books & Company. Long sheets, 8-1/2" x 14", printed on rectos only and bound with two metal rings. An unusual format; it's likely only a handful of these were produced. Sunning to cardstock covers; else fine. [#019410] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #13509, Los Ojos de Los Enterrados Buenos Aires, Losada, (1960). The first edition of the final installment of Asturias' Banana Republic Trilogy. An attractive, very good copy in illustrated self-wraps. [#013509] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #7850, Week-End En Guatemala Buenos Aires, Goyanarte, (1956). A novel based on the US-backed overthrow of the Arbenz government in Guatemala in 1954 -- a Cold War-related move against a left-leaning nationalist government that did much to set the stage for the next three decades of tensions between the U.S. and the various Central American republics. Asturias, for his open criticism of Yanqui interventionism, was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1966 -- the highest such honor conferred in the old U.S.S.R. The following year--in what may be construed as a battle for the hearts and minds of his constituency -- he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, the West's highest international honor. A major novel by one of the most important writers of the postwar era, whose ability to integrate indigenous myths and social protest was a major accomplishment that helped shape the contemporary Latin American novel. Abrasions to front flyleaf and front cover; ink marks to three pages of text; some wear to top edge and creasing to spine; still a respectable copy in self-wraps. [#007850] $265
(NY), Viking, (1989). Inscribed by the author to fellow writer Nicholas Delbanco, "among the cigar fumes, with best good thoughts." Very slight splaying to boards, else fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy between two acclaimed writers and literary peers. [#029281] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #29626, Pure NY, Grand Central Publishing, (2012). The advance reading copy of the first book of a dystopian trilogy for young adults, in which detonations have fused humans to animals and objects, except for those living in the Dome. Film rights have already been sold, and the marketing seems to aim to position this series alongside The Hunger Games trilogy and the Twilight series and similar bestselling and critically well-received young adult books. A blurb from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler calls it "the most extraordinary coming-of-age novel I've ever read." This copy is signed by Baggott. Spine creases; a read copy. Very good in wrappers. A somewhat uncommon advance copy, and scarce signed. [#029626] $25
click for a larger image of item #29909, U and I (London), (Granta Books), (1991). The uncorrected proof copy of the first British edition of Baker's third book, nonfiction, a personal essay and analysis of the effect that the writings of John Updike have had on the author. A unique portrait in ideas more than a criticism of Updike, nonetheless a serious meditation on Updike's work and a self-examination of Baker's own thoughts on writing. Sticker residue to spine; corner crease to front cover; near fine in wrappers. An innovative approach to literary analysis, and an important addition to the overall canon of writings on Updike. Scarce in proof form. [#029909] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #26676, Thoughts of a Human (Provincetown), Self-published, (1983). A humorous collection of pamphlets laid into an illustrated folder, done by the noted Provincetown artist. Pamphlets include "Shedding a Self," "The Birth of the Child of Choice," "Diary of a Prime-Time Crier," "Dogs I Have Known," and "How to Criticize Art." Baker has published a humorous book on Provincetown's dogs, is known for her Cape Cod landscapes, and had an exhibition in 2000 of a follow-up to this collection called "More Thoughts of a Human." This heavily illustrated collection of pamphlets was apparently self-published, and this copy is inscribed by the author to artist Raphael Soyer. An uncommon, interesting and funny work by a noted artist, and a significant association copy. [#026676] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #28148, Letters NY, Putnam, (1979). An elaborately constructed epistolary novel. Inscribed by the author in the month prior to publication: "For Bill and Jean, two main characters in our family alphabet. Love, Jack. 9/79." The recipients were poet Bill Sylvester and his wife Jean, who got to know Barth and became close friends with him in the 1960s when both Sylvester and Barth were teaching at SUNY Buffalo. A nice literary and personal association copy. Barth won the National Book Award in 1973, and was one of the most acclaimed American writers for two decades, representing the "postmodern" school of fiction, in contrast to the "realistic" school. Novelist John Gardner's polemic, On Moral Fiction, famously took Barth and his cohort to task for writing fiction that focused on the process more than the content, thus abandoning the moral dimension and power of Art, in Gardner's view. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear, fading to the spine letters, and a bit of dampstaining visible on the verso of the spine. [#028148] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #28151, The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor Boston, Little Brown, (1991). Postmodern fiction meets Magical Realism, in a novel that takes place both in the contemporary world and in the ancient mythical realm of Sinbad and Scheherazade. Inscribed by the author: "For Bill & Jean, old shipmates, affectionately, Jack. 2/91." Inscribed to poet Bill Sylvester and his wife; a good personal and literary association. Slight spine slant and a small spine bump; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with an edge tear at the upper rear spine fold. [#028151] SOLD
(Van Nuys), Perivale, (1983). A chapbook collecting this former Marine's poems about the war. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Barth is one of the most accomplished of the poets to have written about the war. [#010334] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #6249, The South Dakota Guidebook (NY), New Rivers Press, 1974. The second book, a collection of poetry, by the author of First Light, and others. This is the simultaneous issue in wrappers. The total edition was 600 copies, of which 400 were issued in wrappers and 200 in cloth. Baxter's first book was a poetry collection published four years earlier. Well-known these days as a writer of fiction, his first novel wasn't published until 1987, seventeen years after his first book and thirteen years after this volume. Near fine. A scarce title in either the hardcover or softcover issue. [#006249] $95
(n.p.), Viking, (1985). The uncorrected proof copy. A well-received collection of stories, which was the author's first book from a major trade publisher, after a couple of poetry chapbooks and a story collection from a university press. Fine in wrappers. In our experience, quite an uncommon proof. [#004980] SOLD
(NY), MR Press, 1962. Poetry with a political edge by this activist poet, written during the volatile era of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Inscribed by Beecher to Will Inman, another poet known for his political and social activism: "For Will Inman/ a poet whose work I like./ John Beecher/ May 22, 1967." Owner name and phone on front flyleaf with inscription on half title; wear to cloth at corners; a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a couple small edge chips. A nice literary association copy. [#029630] $80
click for a larger image of item #29439, Saint Englewood, Pineapple Press, (1985). Her first book. Signed by the author in Miami in 1992. Together with a three page original story by Bell, in the form of letter, about a gang of three circus dogs gone bad that hang out behind Vinnie Tellarino's Steak House & Restaurant, emerging only to steal purses and books that need to be signed. The book has foxing to the endpages and page edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket foxed on verso. Blurbs by Anne Tyler, Gail Godwin and James Dickey. The letter/story is a dot matrix print out that is folded in thirds and is also signed by Bell. As best we can tell, the story has not been published. Bell wrote the novel that was the basis for the 1995 film, The Perez Family, with Marisa Tomei and Anjelica Huston. [#029439] SOLD
NY, Viking Press, (1968). Second printing of this collection of stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket. [#021427] SOLD
NY, Harper & Row, (1982). The Harper & Row limited edition, which follows the Franklin Library edition. One of 500 copies signed by the author. Fine in acetate dust jacket and near fine, slightly dusty slipcase with one corner push. [#029290] SOLD
NY, Viking, (1976). Bellow's first book of nonfiction, a personal account of the author's visit to Israel in 1975, published the year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Signed by the author. Flaps previously affixed to pastedowns, with glue stains on both the flaps and the endpages; about near fine in like dust jacket. [#021432] SOLD
[March 1988]. Berge, a longtime poet and novelist who was associated with the New York poetry avant-garde of the 1960s, introduces herself to the recipient, the editor of Art & Antiques magazine, as both a writer and an antiques dealer. The letter is a sales pitch for a scarab ring in her possession and includes a drawing: "To me, it looks like either a Scarab beetle (stylized in form), or/and some sort of old inkwell with plumes extending from it. That suits the idea that I'm into Scarabs and I'm also a novelist and writer." Signed by the author. Folded in thirds for mailing, with a resume and mailing envelope included. Fine. [#015470] $40
June 22, 1988. Two pages promising to send an article which will apparently deal with the parallels between American Indian and Japanese ways of living, the life of Maria Sanchez, and "life lived as an entity, all of a piece. The artist as not a soul divided..." Folded in thirds for mailing; holograph corrections. A nice letter, with good content. Signed by the author. Fine. With envelope. [#015471] $95
click for a larger image of item #4016, Reinhart's Women (NY), Delacorte/Lawrence, (1981). The fourth of his novels to feature Carl Reinhart, beginning with his first two books -- Crazy in Berlin and Reinhart in Love, written in the 1950s -- and continuing with Vital Parts, published in 1967. Inscribed by the author to his publisher Seymour Lawrence, one of the giants of American literary publishing in the second half of the twentieth century. Near fine in a very good, spine-faded and edgeworn dust jacket. [#004016] SOLD
NY, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1989). Warmly inscribed by the author to another writer in the year of publication "with much love, much admiration and infinite thanks." Near fine, lacking the dust jacket. An excellent association copy. [#016976] SOLD
Berkeley, North Point, 1982. Bound galleys of this collection of stories that was published as a paperback original. 8-1/2" x 14", printed on rectos only. Velobound; very near fine. An uncommon format for a proof. [#022660] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #15474, The Lights of Earth San Francisco, North Point, 1984. The uncorrected proof copy of this novel by the author of The Stone Boy (made into a well-received film with Robert Duvall) and The Infinite Passion of Expectation, among others. Her story collection, Women in Their Beds, published in 1997, won the PEN Faulkner Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Reviewer's notes (Alan Cheuse's?) on rear blank. Near fine in wrappers and proof dust jacket. [#015474] $30
click for a larger image of item #22663, One Fell Soup Boston, Little Brown, (1982). His third book, a collection of over 50 short pieces that had appeared in magazines. Inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael: "To my hero and friend, Pauline." Foxing to top edge; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#022663] SOLD
(Brunswick), (Blackberry Press/Wind River), (1978). A book of poems and Coyote stories, illustrated with line drawings by Bill Crosby. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies in wrappers. Fine. [#025336] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #25335, Skyldpod, Bear en Wolf [Turtle, Bear and Wolf] De Tille, Ljouwert, (n.d.). Probable first Dutch edition. An early collection of poetry by this Mohawk writer, with a preface by Gary Snyder. Inscribed to Joseph Bruchac by the translator Jelle Kaspersma in 1984. Fine in wrappers. [#025335] SOLD
(Mohawk Nation), Akwesasne Notes, 1976. An early collection of poetry by this Mohawk writer, with a preface by Gary Snyder. Inscribed by the author to Joe Bruchac in 1977, a nice association copy. Fine in wrappers. [#025334] SOLD
(Poetry)
click for a larger image of item #18709, Poets and Poetry (n.p.), (n.p.), [c.1969-1971]. A small collection (10 items; 7 authors) of signed fair copy poetry and typed and autograph notes signed, solicited by a collector in the early 1970s, as follows: Philip Booth, a fair copy of "Was a Man" with an autograph note signed at the bottom of the page; Marc Connell, a typed note signed transmitting two autographs (not present); Richard Eberhart, a typed note signed soliciting information and assurances from the recipient before agreeing to sign a poem; Barbara Howes, signed fair copies of "Troy Weight Taken" and "A Night Picture of Pownal" and a signed Christmas greeting entitled "Talking to Animals;" David Ignatow, a signed fair copy of "Get the Gasworks," which Ignatow has re-titled by hand "Simultaneously;" Josephine Jacobsen, a signed fair copy of "Country Bath;" William Stafford, an autograph note signed agreeing to be part of the collection; and, lastly, a note from Thornton Wilder's sister Isabel explaining that Thornton is not well enough to participate. Most of the items are folded for mailing; else fine. [#018709] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #994, Evaristo Carriego Buenos Aires, Gleizer, 1930. Borges' seventh book, a biography of Buenos Aires street poet Carriego. Attractively rebound in gilt-stamped quarter leather and marbled paper boards, with original wrappers (pink issue) bound in. Previous owner name on first blank; foxing to text, mostly confined to the outer pages; a very good copy. While the print run for this title is not indicated in the bibliography, earlier Borges titles had been printed in numbers ranging from 300 to 500 copies, and this likely had an extremely small printing as well. [#000994] SOLD
NY, Crown, (1991). The author's second book, and the second one featuring Yellowstone Kelly. Inscribed by the author to William Kittredge, "with love and gratitude" in the year of publication. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A nice association copy. [#026943] SOLD
London, Peter Owen, 1985. The second British edition of this title first published in 1963. Inscribed by Bowles: "For Mary Robbins/ with best/ Paul B./ 17/XII/92/ Tangier." Robbins was a friend and neighbor of Bowles's biographer, Virginia Spencer Carr; Robbins accompanied Carr on several trips to Tangier, and she housed Bowles when he traveled to the U.S. for surgery in 1994. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a small nick to the rear panel. [#017000] SOLD
Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (2007). The issue in wrappers. Inscribed by the poet to the writer Robert Stone, on the dedication page, in the year of publication: "with gratitude for your loyal friendship & for your reliably great art -- with great esteem & affection." A nice association copy. Fine. [#028394] $80
Detroit, Gale Research, 1975. Bookplate on half title. Musty; near fine. Includes the slipcase, which is intact but stained; good. [#030476] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #25042, Life at the Top London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. The uncorrected proof copy of the sequel to his highly acclaimed first novel, Room at the Top, both of which were turned into films. Spine faded and creased from glue; covers and pages mildly edge-sunned; near fine in wrappers. [#025042] SOLD
(n.p.), Severn House, (n.d). Six dust jackets (no books) for Brandner's The Howling; The Howling Three - Echoes; The Boiling Pool; Carrion; The Brain Eaters (each of those published by Severn House); and Rot, which was published by Cemetery Dance. Each jacket is folded at the rear spine fold; else the lot is fine. [#030492] $95
Boston, Little Brown, (1963). The first book by this New Yorker writer and the author of The Stunt Man, among others. Inscribed by the author in 1977. Fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with a smudge on the front panel. [#020612] SOLD
Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, (1970). Quarto, a catalog of the author's collections of the works of the three writers, including bibliographic details of the formal publications and details of the manuscripts and letters that are themselves notable and of historical and bibliographic interest. One of 400 numbered copies of a total edition of 450. Fine with sunned (original?) acetate dustwrapper. Prospectus laid in. [#026690] SOLD
Detroit, Broadside Press, (1970). A review copy of this collection of poems by the first African American woman writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, for Annie Allen in 1950. Near fine in stapled wrappers, with review slip laid in. [#026691] SOLD
(NY), (Houghton Mifflin), (1994). The uncorrected proof copy. This is shot from manuscript, rather than having been typeset -- a format which typically suggests small distribution -- and is considerably scarcer than the glossy advance reading copy of this title that was issued. Fine in wrappers. [#019422] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #5660, Street Games Garden City, Doubleday, 1974. The uncorrected proof copy of her first book of fiction, a collection of stories. Publisher's informational sheet present but detached from front cover, leaving glue residue there. Mild creasing to rear cover; still near fine in tall, white wrappers. Uncommon format. There was also a comb bound issue in red wrappers. [#005660] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30769, Correspondence File 1989-2001. Three typed letters signed; two typed postcards signed; one holiday card and roughly forty pieces of promotional material, tearsheets, press releases, article photocopies, etc., pertaining to Bruchac's roles as writer, speaker, activist, story-teller, father, and the drummer for the Dawn Land Singers. In the correspondence, Bruchac is encouraging of the recipient's writing and generous with family updates and updates on his own projects; the longest letter concerns his decision to turn down a co-editing project with his correspondent, apparently involving a collection of Native American writing and art. In part: "It takes a long time to put a special issue of any magazine together -- trust me on this after more than three decades of editing. It takes, on average, twice as long to get work from Native American writers." All items near fine or better. [#030769] $450
Ithaca, Ithaca House, (1971). The second book, and first regularly published volume, by this writer of Abenaki descent, who has carved out a unique place in contemporary American Indian literature as a poet, storyteller and chronicler of traditional stories, novelist, anthologist and publisher. Inscribed by the author. Slight sunning; else fine in wrappers. [#025350] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #16536, Indian Mountain and Other Poems Ithaca, Ithaca House, (1971). The second book, and first regularly published volume, by this writer of Abenaki descent, who has carved out a unique place in contemporary American Indian literature as a publisher, poet, novelist, anthologist, storyteller and chronicler of traditional stories. Warmly inscribed by the author to his grandmother: "For Grandma/ For her birthday./ July 4, 1972/ Love,/ Sonny." Joseph "Sonny" Bruchac was raised by his grandparents, and his grandmother influenced his early love of reading. Some staining to front cover and some rubbing and surface peeling there. Very good in wrappers. A nice association copy. [#016536] $375
click for a larger image of item #25353, The Buffalo in the Syracuse Zoo and Other Poems Greenfield Center, Greenfield Review, (1972). An early collection of poetry, and the first of his books to be published by Greenfield Review Press, the press he founded. Greenfield Review Chapbook #3. Near fine in tan stapled wrappers. [#025353] $30
Greenfield Center, Greenfield Review, (1972). An early collection of poetry, and the first of his books to be published by Greenfield Review Press, the press he founded. Greenfield Review Chapbook #3. This copy is near fine in textured blue stapled wrappers. [#025352] $30
Memphis, Ion Books, (1986). Of a total edition of 750 copies, this is one of 25 copies numbered and signed by the author. Fine in stapled wrappers and dustwrapper. An attractive and uncommon chapbook. [#025369] $30
click for a larger image of item #30696, No Beast So Fierce NY, Norton, (1973). Second printing of the author's first book, a crime novel that was made into the highly regarded film Straight Time. Bunker was a career criminal, who wrote this book while in prison. After getting out, he had a hand in writing the screenplay for the movie, which Dustin Hoffman had purchased the rights to, and he even got a small part in the film. He went on to write a number of novels and scripts, and to maintain a career as an actor. After 1975, he never went back to prison. This copy is inscribed by the author to the novelist Kent Anderson -- "Congratulations and good luck." A nice association copy: Anderson was a decorated Vietnam vet who became a novelist and later a Portland, Oregon, cop, which became the basis for one of his books. Bunker's gritty, realistic crime novels set a standard for crime fiction that Anderson would have been cognizant of as a writer. Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket with one short edge tear and a scuff near the crown. Signed copies of Bunker's first novel are extremely scarce. [#030696] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #24825, The Golden Triangle - The Gold Heart 1988. An original Burroughs painting, which became part of the Seven Deadly Sins exhibition at The Writer's Place, Kansas City, Missouri, in 1993. Acrylic and spray paint on poster board: a gold triangle and heart spray-painted against a background acrylic image of black, blue and gray. Signed by Burroughs. 20" x 32". Mounted and framed to 24" x 36". Fine. Burroughs, whose Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, and numerous other works helped define the Beat generation and redefine the psychedelic novel, also worked in the visual media from the early 1950s on, experimenting first with collages and later with what he called "nagual art" -- art infected by chance, which had the possibility of giving the viewer access to what Burroughs called a "port of entry," an access to a different universe or a different way of seeing our own. In writing, Burroughs adopted the "cut-up" technique, with Brion Gysin, to achieve similar ends: a final product that was, in part, a product of chance or, at the very least, forces beyond the artist's direct control and manipulation. [#024825] $7,500
click for a larger image of item #24504, The Naked Lunch Paris, Olympia, (1959). The first issue of the first edition of his second book, a high spot of Beat and postwar American literature -- one of the three key volumes of the Beat movement, along with Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Allen Ginsberg's Howl. Published only in paperback in Paris by Maurice Girodias' important and risk-taking small press, in an edition of 5000 copies, three years before it could be published in the U.S. Signed by Burroughs in 1996. Uneven sunning and a bit of creasing to the covers; rubbing to the folds. A very good copy in a supplied, near fine dust jacket with a small chip at the crown. Burroughs signed this for a bookseller in Lawrence, Kansas, where he lived during the last years of his life. [#024504] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #27316, Original Artwork 1982. Three original pen-and-ink S. Clay Wilson illustrations for the German edition of Burroughs' Cities of the Red Night. Wilson was one of the group of artists who gained exposure in the underground comix of the 1960s counterculture. After R. Crumb, he is probably the best known of that group, and his images are almost certainly the most extreme: all of the underground comic artists sought to break barriers and defy convention, and Wilson's images are densely packed and full of overt sex and violence to an extreme degree. In this he was very much like Burroughs, whose verbal imagery and subject matter sought to shatter barriers, preconceptions and hypocrisies; the collaboration between the two of them seems in retrospect to have been inevitable. These drawings were displayed at the Los Angeles County Art Museum in the show "Ports of Entry: William Burroughs and the Arts," which sought to convey the influence Burroughs had had on visual arts. Extraordinary images, and probably the best illustrations ever of Burroughs' writings. Burroughs himself appears as a character in one of the images. Two of the images are 5-1/4" x 9", the third is 5-1/4" x 10"; all three are matted and framed to approximately 16" x 19". Fine. [#027316] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #28091, Original Drawing for Tornado Alley 1988. An original drawing by Wilson for Burroughs' 1989 book Tornado Alley. This image was included in the exhibition "Ports of Entry: William Burroughs and the Arts" that was mounted by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996, and it is reproduced on page 140 of the exhibition catalog. Interestingly, the illustration in the book does not show some of the work that Wilson did, as it was done using nonrepro blue pencil which does not show up when photographed: Wilson's edits didn't appear in Tornado Alley and they don't appear in Ports of Entry, but they are quite visible in the work itself. Wilson, one of the great artists of the underground comix of the 1960s and beyond, whom R. Crumb has said was a major influence on Crumb's own work, collaborated with Burroughs on a number of projects. This is not only a significant work of art, and a significant association with Burroughs, but it is also signed by Wilson, who has added, "To Nelson" next to his signature: Wilson gave this work to his friend Nelson Lyon, who loaned it to the exhibition and is listed in the book as one of the lenders to the exhibit. This is, in effect, a three-way association: Nelson Lyon was the co-producer of Burroughs' Dead City Radio, a 1990 album of Burroughs reading his work (including pieces from Tornado Alley) against a background of experimental music by various artists. 9-3/4" x 6-3/4". Matted and framed. Fine. A notable association copy, and an artifact of one of the great collaborations that Burroughs engaged in. [#028091] $7,500
NY, Horizon, (1983). His third novel, set in New Mexico during the development of the atomic bomb. A fast-paced story and an intellectual adventure of high order. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the crown. [#014398] $40
NY, McBride, 1934. The limited edition, one of 153 numbered copies signed by the author as "Branch Cabell," during the time in his career when he was trying to distinguish his later works from the earlier works that comprise the Biography of Manuel. Front endpages splitting at hinge, light wear to cloth extremities; near fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#010476] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #29577, Original Typescript of "Tribute to a Hero" 1933. 23 pages, carbon typescript, with approximately three dozen changes made in Cain's hand, and more than a dozen additional small variations between this text and the published version. Published in American Mercury in November 1933, "Tribute to a Hero," is an autobiographical piece about the Cain family following the father's 1903 job change from St. John's College at Annapolis to Washington College at Chestertown, MD, and the culture shock that ensued from this move to a "hick place" from one of "smartness, competence, and class," a state of affairs that was partially redeemed by the actions of "a great man" (with an assist from Cain's father) on the occasion of a Washington College-Maryland Agricultural College football game. Published the year before his first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice (and following Our Government in 1930, nonfiction based on Cain's column for New York World). Called "one of Cain's finest essays" by David Madden in James M. Cain: Hard-Boiled Mythmaker. Carbon paper a bit yellowed, some pencil rubbing, not affecting text; near fine. An early manuscript of a boyhood epiphany by a writer who gained a place in the literary pantheon for his famous first novel, which is still considered one of the high spots of American hard-boiled fiction. [#029577] $2,500
On Sale: $1,875
NY, Phalanx, (1935). An early, radical pamphlet by Caldwell, published by a small press during a decade of great social and political upheaval during the Depression. Near fine in stapled wrappers. A powerful social critique by the author of Tobacco Road. [#011388] SOLD
NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1971). Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket with a gutter nick at the front spine fold. Still, an exceptionally nice copy. [#000850] SOLD
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(Shelburne), Battered Silicon Dispatch Book, 1999. Inscribed by the author in 2000: "How nice to have the Goose Club here." One slight lower corner tap; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#029350] $60
On Sale: $30
Santa Cruz, Scream Press, (1985). Inscribed by the author in the year of publication "to celebrate our interview!" Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#030501] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #30104, La Ballade de la geôle de reading [The Ballad of Reading Gaol] (Paris), Falaize, (1952). An out-of-series copy of this bilingual edition of 3000 numbered copies of Wilde's poem, printed here with Camus' "L'Artiste en Prison," which delineates Wilde's journey from themes of ideal beauty to existential suffering. Inscribed by Camus (in French): "to Sylvestre,/ a remembrance of Iguape/ and with the friendly thoughts/ of Albert Camus." While context does not give explanation to the reference to Iguape, one of Camus' last stories, "The Growing Stone" -- the final story in Camus' last collection, Exile and the Kingdom -- is set in Iguape, Brazil. It has been said that this story is the clearest manifestation of Camus' ideals: in it, the protagonist sacrifices himself to help a friend, and behaves morally despite his own understanding of the absurdity of the world. Camus won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, the year Exile and the Kingdom was published, and the Prize committee cited his "clear-sighted earnestness [which] illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times." As best we can tell, this is the first appearance in print of "L'Artiste en Prison," which was translated into English and published in Encounter magazine two years later. A very near fine copy in French wraps. Books inscribed by Camus are uncommon; the author died in 1960 in a car accident, at the age of 46. [#030104] SOLD
Port Townsend, Copper Canyon Press, (1976). The first book, a collection of poems, by this writer who is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee tribe. This book won the Washington State Governor's First Book Award in 1976. Inscribed by the author to another Native American poet in 1977, "with great respect for your writing, your support of newer poets, and your inspiration as a Keeper of Tradition." Recipient's handmade bookplate on flyleaf; near fine in wrappers. [#025385] SOLD
Chicago, Big Table, (1971). The simultaneous wrappered edition of this book of poems written in celebration of the birth of his first child. Inscribed by the author to Australian poet and literary editor Thomas Shapcott. Near fine. [#023737] $30
Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior, 1943. A 74-page booklet written by Carson in her position as aquatic biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The first of four such Conservation Bulletins Carson wrote, each focusing on a different geographic region. Small owner name (Leo Shapovalov) stamped to front cover. Shapovalov was at one point the editor of California Fish and Game. Shallow midline crease to booklet and a few edge tears; very good in stapled wrappers. [#029060] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #29061, "How About Citizenship Papers for the Starlings?" in Nature Magazine (Washington, D.C.), (American Nature Association), 1939. A 3-page article in which Carson argues that starlings, introduced to the U.S. nearly 50 years prior, are more than earning their keep. Eugene Scheiffelin, head of the American Acclimatization Society, introduced two flocks into Central Park, one in 1890 and one in 1891; his motive (not mentioned by Carson) was a desire to import every bird ever mentioned in a work by Shakespeare (starlings had been mentioned once, in Henry IV.) This issue (June-July) is here bound together with the issues for the remainder of 1939, in a hand-lettered university library binding (with "discard" stamp inside the front cover and a circulation pocket at rear). The Carson issue is fine; the binding has a corner bump and is very good. A scarce Carson appearance. [#029061] SOLD
(London), Serpent's Tail, (1997). The first book by this African American writer, a mystery novel. This British edition is the true first, preceding the American. Warmly inscribed by the author to a well-known poet with "much love, as ever" and signed "Charlotte." Carter has gone on to write a series of well-received mystery novels. Tiny ink dot to foredge; still fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#028402] SOLD
click for a larger image of item #4067, Commencement Address, Typescript (West Hartford), (U. of Hartford), (1988). A photocopy of the typescript of the untitled speech Carver gave when he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the University of Hartford. The typescript differs from the published version in paragraphing and in the deletion of one 17-word clause, which has been circled in ink on the photocopy -- thus providing an earlier view of the text of the speech than that which was published in the program of the Commencement (a copy of which is included here). The typescript is near fine; the program is fine. [#004067] $350
NY, Random House, (1986). The uncorrected proof copy of his second major collection of poems. Near fine in wrappers. [#011391] SOLD
NY, Atlantic Monthly, 1988. The definitive collection of his fiction, published just before he died and containing therefore the "final" versions of a number of his most important and frequently anthologized stories, as well as seven stories previously uncollected. This is the uncorrected proof copy of the trade edition, which was preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Lip print on the epigraph page; first leaf loosening; one short and unnecessarily glued edge tear to front cover. Overall, still near fine in wrappers. [#004064] $95
click for a larger image of item #19153, Raymond Carver Remembered: Three Early Stories One of 15 tear sheet reprints of an offprint from Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 25, No. 4, 1988. The cover reproduces the table of contents rather than adding a typeset cover with title and author. Signed by Stull. Stapled; fine. [#019153] SOLD
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