E-list # 194

(London), (Pan Books), (1979). The first edition of the first volume in what became the multi-volume Hitchhiker's "trilogy," which was based on a BBC radio series and first published as a paperback original. From the rear cover: "It began as a radio series. Now it's a paperback. From hereon, anything, literally anything, is suddenly possible." Even with its intended overstatement, it couldn't foresee five books (plus a sixth by Eoin Colfer), a television show, a film adaptation, stage adaptations, comic books, a video game, and International Towel Day (May 25). Pages age-toned; page 49/50 has a taped foredge tear; the first page, with the author bio, is starting to separate from the top; and a small label has been partially removed from the lower rear cover, obscuring some of the prices by country. Still a very good copy, and needless to say, extremely scarce in the true first edition. [#035632] SOLD

NY, Negro Book Club, 1969. A staplebound, 8-1/2" x 11" guide to 3000 titles by 300 publishers (according to the introduction, which also states that 60,000 copies were bought and paid for prior to publication). More than 100 pages, with sections on art (introduced by Faith Ringgold), music (introduced by Donald Byrd), history, politics, poverty, poetry, biography, civil rights, marriage and family, drama, education, religion, folklore, cookbooks, juvenile titles, and general fiction and nonfiction. There are also several sections on individual authors, such as James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, John Oliver Killens, and Martin Luther King, Jr., among others. Several check marks in text, and at least one title added by hand. Owner name to front cover, and closed foredge tear there. "First Edition" stated on front cover. A very good copy. Uncommon: seemingly a handmade book, despite the claim of 60,000 copies. OCLC locates only 9 copies in libraries. [#035633] SOLD

NY, Collier, (1966). A story-poem for children by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Aiken, illustrated by Julie Maas. This is a "Beginning Reader" book. Minor foxing to boards and jacket: very good in a very good dust jacket. [#035634] $200

NY, Grove Press, (1964). His first novel, after several small press poetry collections. Brautigan's writings influenced an entire generation and, although he fell out of literary favor for a time -- culminating in his suicide in 1984 -- he has come to be seen as an American original whose whimsy, sensitivity and humor uniquely epitomized his time. A bit of staining to the joints and top edge; near fine in a very good, spine and edge-darkened jacket with a small corner chip at the crown. [#035635] $300

Cambridge, M.I.T. Press, (1970). First published in 1961, this is the fourth paperback printing of this collection of essays and articles by perhaps the foremost American avant garde composer of the 20th century. Inscribed by Cage, who has written "For" before an owner's signature and added after, "with best wishes, John Cage." Modest rubbing to covers; near fine in wrappers. [#035636] $250

(Beloit), (Beloit Poetry Journal), (1965). An early appearance in print by Carver, the 2+ page poem "For Semra, with Martial Vigor." Precedes his first book, Near Klamath, by three years. Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#035637] SOLD

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1974. Catalog of an exhibition in the Ideas Gallery of Whitechapel of poems by this avant garde writer, known as a practitioner of concrete and sound poetry, and in most of the poems in this exhibition as a collaborator with visual artists. Signed by the poet. Chopin also founded the literary journal Cinquiame Saison, which morphed into the journal OU in 1964, and published a record of sound poetry with each issue. Six pages; fine. [#035638] $250

Vancouver, Greystone Books, (2009). Second printing, signed by the author. Shallow crease to rear cover; near fine in wrappers. Blurbs by Leonardo DiCaprio, James Hansen, and Bill McKibben, among others. Uncommon signed. [#035639] $100

(London), Penguin Books, (1990). The first British paperback edition of McKibben's landmark book, the first nonfiction book on the subject of climate change to reach a general audience. This copy is signed by McKibben on Earth Day, 1997. Near fine in wrappers. [#035640] SOLD

(Madrid), Editorial Plutarco, 1930. Arabic-Spanish poetry from Andalucia. An early book by the prominent Spanish Arabist critic, poet and translator. A friend of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, his translations inspired Garcia Lorca's Divan del Tamarit, published posthumously in 1940. Copy No. 976 of an edition of 1000. Owner name on flyleaf; mild edge-chipping; front joint weakening. Very good in wrappers. [#035641] $125

Mexico, Editorial Seneca, 1940. The most famous poem by the prominent Spanish poet, who was killed by fascists during the Spanish Civil War. This is the first Spanish-language edition, published a few weeks after the bilingual edition done in the U.S., and the first illustrated edition, with four original drawings by the author, two of them printed in color. Two owner names and a comment in the prelims; tape shadows to the endpages; upper and lower edge tears at the front joint. A good copy in wrappers, with less of the darkening and chipping that frequently afflicts the wrappers of this title. [#035642] $750

NY, W.W. Norton, [1940]. The first edition of this collection of poems originally written when Garcia Lorca lived in New York and attended Columbia University, in 1929-1930, but not published until after he had died and the Spanish Civil War had ended. Spanish text, and English translation by Rolfe Humphries. A very near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with chips at the spine extremities and flap folds and a tear at the lower front panel. [#035643] $1,500

Oxford, Dolphin Book Co., 1975. Copy No. 440 of 1000 copies. 87 poems and three prose works reproduced in facsimile, with transcriptions and notes by Rafael Martinez Nadal. Fine in wrappers, in a fine dust jacket and a lightly rubbed, near fine slipcase. [#035644] $300

(London), (Faber and Faber), (1991). Copy No. 64 of 250 numbered copies, signed by the contributors. Twenty-six writers contribute to this AIDS fundraiser, with drawings by David Hockney. Edited by Stephen Spender. Signed by Hockney and Spender. This copy is also signed by: Joyce Carol Oates, Iris Murdoch, Normal Mailer, Seamus Heaney, Martin Amis, Erica Jong, Ian McEwan, Nigel Nicholson, Margaret Drabble, Craig Raine, William Boyd, V.S. Pritchett, Doris Lessing, William Golding, Arthur Miller, Ted Hughes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Douglas Adams, and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Four living contributors declined to sign this edition -- Paul Theroux, Ted Hughes, Anthony Burgess and Gore Vidal. This copy, however, is from the collection of Vidal's bibliographer, Steven Abbott, and Vidal did sign this copy, the only copy of this edition he signed. Blue boards bound in quarter vellum. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#035645] $7,500

(London), (Faber and Faber), (1991). Twenty-six writers contribute to this AIDS fundraiser, with drawings by David Hockney. Edited by Stephen Spender. Signed by Hockney and Spender. This copy is from the collection of Steven Abbott, Gore Vidal's bibliographer, and is also specially signed by Gore Vidal, the only copy of this issue of the book that he signed. Other contributors include Joyce Carol Oates, Iris Murdoch, Paul Theroux, Normal Mailer, Seamus Heaney, Martin Amis, Erica Jong, Ian McEwan, Nigel Nicholson, Margaret Drabble, Craig Raine, William Boyd, V. S. Pritchett, Doris Lessing, William Golding, T. S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, Ted Hughes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Julian Barnes, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Douglas Adams, and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Fine in a fine slipcase. [#035646] $3,500

NY, The New Yorker, 1968-1988. Kael's own copies of 190 of her "Current Cinema" columns for The New Yorker, which she wrote for over two decades. All but two of these (one from 1968 and one from 1970) date from 1980 forward, after her leave of absence to try her hand in Hollywood. Included here are 20-26 columns for each of the years 1981-1987; 9 from 1980; and 13 from 1988. Several copies of each issue are present, which Kael has clipped together. Kael has also written the date on the majority, which tend to lack a printed date; and approximately a dozen columns bear Kael's corrections, markings or comments, in addition to one or two showing a copy-editor's changes. The first issue present, November 16, 1968, reviewing the forgettable Sean Connery vehicle Shalako, has Kael's note attached, which says, "Ugh." The lot is near fine. [#035647] $2,500

Boston, Little Brown, (1976). Her fifth collection of film reviews. Unmarked, but from the author's library. Near fine in a very good, rubbed dust jacket. [#035648] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston/Dutton, (1980-1985). Three of Kael's books of film criticism from the 1970s and 1980s: these are author copies, from the Kael estate. All are first printings and fine in fine dust jackets, but for the slightest hint of foxing to the edges of the text blocks. Unmarked, but accompanied by a mailing label from one of the boxes they were shipped to her in. [#035649] $150

London, Marion Boyars, (1993). The first British expanded edition of her 1982 collection. From the library of Pauline Kael and with her corrections to the text. On the half-title, Kael has marked four page numbers (and erased a fifth) where corrections are needed, and she has made the changes on the corresponding pages. The changes are small: an uncredited name added; two missing letters; the fourth change is unclear. What's remarkable is that this is a 945 page book, with several thousand reviews. It's true that in the preface to the original edition she asked readers to write to her with corrections, so perhaps she didn't have to read the entire edition herself, but she obviously cared deeply about the accuracy of her work. Only issued in wrappers. Mild foxing to the top edge; shallow lamination creasing; near fine. [#035650] SOLD

Boston, Little Brown, (1977). From the library of Pauline Kael, and with her notes in the text. There are several instances of marginal notes, one of them approving of a turn of phrase; and about 50 words by Kael written on the front flyleaf...none of them complimentary. Clearly, Kael was a close reader, and not just of her own writing. Very good in a very good, edgeworn dust jacket. [#035651] $150

(Buenos Aires), Emece Editores, (1975). Second printing, in the Complete Works series. Signed by Borges, the Argentine author whose writings laid the groundwork for the "boom" in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century. Small bookstore label to flyleaf; near fine in wrappers. [#035652] SOLD

(Buenos Aires), Emece Editores, (1978). The first Emece edition, third edition overall, of this essay. Signed by Borges and inscribed by Maria Esther Vazquez, his collaborator on this volume. In addition to writing poetry and composing his unparalleled "ficciones," Borges was a multilingual scholar of literature and a translator, and his short volumes on literature -- English, American, and here Germanic -- are known for their succinctness and their depth. Minor foxing to the rear cover; very good in wrappers. [#035653] SOLD

(Brooklyn), Archipelago Books, (2011). The advance reading copy of the first English language edition of this volume of writings and photographs by Cortazar, originally published in Spanish in 1972. Translated by Anne McLean. Cortazar, an Argentine, was the author of Blow-up -- made into a Michelangelo Antonioni film -- and Hopscotch, among others, and a key figure in the "boom" in Latin American literature in the second half of the 20th century. Small lower corner creases to front cover; near fine in wrappers, with publisher's promotional sheet laid in. [#035654] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1980). The first American edition of this collection of stories that take their title from the name of the ancient lake on which present-day Mexico City stands. Signed by the author. Owner name front flyleaf, else fine in a very near fine dust jacket crimped at the crown. [#035655] $85

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1988). Selected essays, including pieces about Borges, Garcia Marquez, Luis Bunuel and others. His first book after winning the Cervantes Prize, the highest literary honor given to a Spanish-language writer. Signed by the author. Small label removal shadow front pastedown, else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035656] $100

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1994). The first American edition. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with an anti-theft device on the verso of the rear flap and one short, closed tear at the lower front flap fold. [#035657] $50

(La Jolla), Alti Publishing, (1990). Introduction by Fuentes to this book of Calderwood's aerial photographs of Mexico, featuring dramatic photos of natural landscapes, Mayan and Aztec ruins, modern cityscapes and villages, coastlines and marine formations. Signed by Fuentes. Heavy quarto. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035658] $125

(Barcelona), RBA Editores, (1995). A Spanish edition, published as a volume in the History of Literature series. Inscribed by the author, "con un abrazo," and with a drawing of a flower. Recipient's ownership stamp on the half title, and annotated there with the time and place of the signing, and on the copyright page with the date and location of the purchase; a fine copy, without dust jacket, presumably as issued. [#035659] SOLD

(La Habana), Union de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, (1982). A tribute edition, issued to celebrate the 80th birthday of the poet who was the national poet of Cuba and the head of the Cuban Writers' Union for more than 25 years. A poet and activist, he was inspired by meeting Langston Hughes, and he was the first person to translate Hughes's poetry into Spanish. Inscribed by the author, with a drawing. Upper corner bumped; near fine in a very good dust jacket. Books signed by Guillen, especially Cuban imprints, are uncommon. [#035660] SOLD

(Santiago), Zig Zag, (1967). The first edition of this long poem based on the life and death of a Chilean highwayman in California in the 1850s, illustrated with historical drawings, book covers, etc. Inscribed by the Nobel Prize-winning author, with flowers. Number 2905 of an edition of 10,000. Short tear mid-spine; minor creasing and staining to corners of covers; very good in wrappers. [#035661] SOLD

NY, Seaver Books, (1986). The first American edition of this collection of short pieces on various writers and artists. Signed by the author. Includes pieces on Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams Andre Breton, Dostoevski, Solzhenitsyn, Luis Bunuel, Jorge Guillen, and others. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to the spine base. [#035662] SOLD

NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991). A review copy of the first American edition of this collection of essays by the 1990 Nobel Prize winner for Literature. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a review slip, promotional material, and an invitation to a reception in honor of the author at the Pierpont Morgan Library, in 1994. [#035663] SOLD

NY, Holt Rinehart Winston, (1977). Crisp's autobiography. First published in the U.K. in 1968, this is a first printing of the first American edition, following the 1976 television movie. Inscribed by Crisp to Doris Dana, perhaps best-known as the partner and translator of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Crisp was an iconic figure in the history of gay literature, and this is an especially good association copy. Foxing to the edges of the text block; near fine in a very good dust jacket. [#035664] SOLD

London, Neville Spearman, (1956). The first British edition of Miller's study of Rimbaud, originally published in France, in French, in 1952 and then in the U.S. and England in 1956. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Offsetting to endpages and spots to foredge and front flap fold; near fine in a very good, lightly foxed dust jacket with a tiny chip at the lower edge of the front panel. [#035665] SOLD

Alhambra, Cambria Books, (1960). An essay on painting by Miller, illustrated with color reproductions of fourteen of his artworks. Issued in a trade hardcover, a wrappered issue, and a limited edition of 50 copies, this is an out-of-series copy of the limited edition and is signed by Miller. Scarce. Trace foxing to page and board edges, one light corner tap; near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#035666] SOLD

Santa Barbara, Capra Press, (1973). The limited hardcover edition; this is Copy No. 79 of 250 copies, signed by the author. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued, and with a tipped-in photo of the author at rear, as published. Shifreen & Jackson's first issue binding, A185a. There was a simultaneous softcover of this title, but no unsigned trade hardcover edition issued. [#035667] SOLD

NY, Macmillan, 1971. Long galley sheets for this autobiographical novel by the exiled South African writer. It follows his book Down Second Avenue and recounts his exile in Nigeria and Kenya, prior to his move to the U.S. This title was banned in South Africa. 100 long galley sheets (approximately 24" x 8"); folded in half. Tears to the cover sheet, else near fine. A very scarce prepublication format: probably no more than a half dozen copies of these galleys were created. [#035668] $125

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1932. The autobiography of the feminist, activist, and conservationist. Inscribed by the author: "To Henry and Lady/ with love and grateful remembrance from Mary [A?] herself." Cloth foxed and sunned; binding a bit loose; still a very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. [#035669] SOLD

(NY), Harper, (2022). The noted Presidential historian examines how administrations from 1960-1973 were influenced by Rachel Carson, Cesar Chavez, David Brower, Barry Commoner, and other environmental activists. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#035670] SOLD

NY, Knopf, 1964. The 1965 John Burroughs Medal winner. An account of journeys Brooks took with his wife in the roadless areas of the U.S., including Alaska, as well as journeys in Africa. Inscribed by the author: For Isobel Scovel/ with best wishes from/ Paul Brooks/ November, 1965." Brooks, in addition to being a conservationist, was editor-in-chief at Houghton Mifflin and published Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, and he later wrote a literary biography of her, This House of Life. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket, with very light wear at the spine ends. With 67 pen-and-ink illustrations by the author. Uncommon signed, in the first printing. [#035671] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1980. Brooks was both Rachel's Carson's editor and biographer and a John Burroughs Medal winner (for Roadless Area). This book provides an overview of those for whom "the chief weapon [in the] fight to protect the American environment over the past century has been the pen," including Thoreau, John Burroughs, John Muir, William Beebe, Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and many others. Inscribed by Brooks: "For Joe -- Long-time friend and colleague, with much gratitude for your efforts on behalf of this & my other books./ Paul/ October, 1980." Light foxing to endpages and page edges; near fine in a near fine, faintly spine-sunned dust jacket. [#035672] SOLD

Boston, Houghton Mifflin/Environmental Defense Fund, (1987). A limited edition: the Environmental Defense Fund's Commemorative (25th) Anniversary edition of Carson's classic 1962 work, which single-handedly brought about the banning of the pesticide DDT, saving songbirds and giving wing to the environmental movement. With a new foreword by Paul Brooks, who was editor-in-chief at Houghton Mifflin during the publication of both The Edge of the Sea and Silent Spring, and who became the guardian of Carson's adopted son after her death; he also wrote the Carson biography, The House of Life, in 1972. This is Copy No. 277 of 1000 copies. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with light wear to the spine ends. A little-known, uncommon limited edition of this classic work (note: printed from sheets of a 16th printing). Laid in is an Environmental Defense Fund pamphlet entitled Reflections on Silent Spring, written by Michael J. Bean and Dr. Ellen K. Silbergeld, discussing the legacy of Carson's book, 25 years on. The pamphlet is fine in stapled wrappers. [#035673] $250

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, (1970). Apparently the first of many biographies of Carson, preceding even Paul Brooks' The House of Life (1972). This volume was published in Crowell's "Women of America" series. Mild splaying to boards; near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing and wear to the edges and folds. Uncommon in the first printing, with many copies having gone to libraries. [#035674] $200

NY, St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne, (2015). The 2017 John Burroughs Medal winner. A novel about a 14 year-old boy and a pine marten, set on Oregon's Mt. Hood. This was the first work of fiction to win the John Burroughs Medal in the approximately 90-year history since the award's inception in 1926. (In 1928, the award was given to a book of poetry.) Doyle had won the John Burroughs Association's Essay Award in 2011 for "The Creature Beyond the Mountains." This copy is signed by Doyle, who died in May 2017, at the age of 60. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Scarce signed. [#035675] SOLD

Hadley, Ken Lopez Bookseller, 2000. In a 4-page introduction to a catalog of nature writing, Lopez takes the measure of the field to argue that it is "that strain of American literature that, more than others now, is pursuing the ancient discourse on human fate," and that "like any worthy literature it should continue to undermine complacency, resist definition, and induce hope." An interesting essay, on a subject close to the writer's heart, and not reprinted elsewhere that we're aware of. Fine in wrappers. [#035676] $45

San Francisco, W.H. Freeman, (1978). Later printing of a textbook on the human species, from evolution, to anatomy, to gene theory: this was a gift by Lopez to his stepfather. Inscribed by Lopez on a card that has been taped to the front pastedown: "Dear Dad, to wish you a very good 77th. Our love/ Barry & Sandy." By our calculations, this would have been 1983, when Lopez would have been starting work on Arctic Dreams. Boards bowed; a very good copy, without dust jacket, as issued. [#035677] $200

NY, Devin-Adair, (1963). Third printing of the 1963 John Burroughs Medal winner, and the last volume in Devin-Adair's "American Naturalists Series." With illustrations by Olaus J. Murie and with photographs by Alaskan wildlife photographer Charles J. Ott. This copy is signed by the author as "Ade Murie" and inscribed by Ott in McKinley Park, Alaska, in 1964. Devin-Adair reader response card laid in, as well as an unrelated holiday card to the same recipients which features an illustration by Olaus Murie. The book is near fine in a very good, edge-chipped dust jacket. [#035678] SOLD

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, (2011). The naturalist's second book and first collection of essays. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some very modest staining and a stray pen mark. Ouchley won the 2023 John Burroughs Medal for Bayou D'Arbonne Swamp. [#035679] SOLD

Garden City, Doubleday, 1973. The author attempts to extrapolate the overdevelopment and land use problems on the island of Martha's Vineyard to the rest of the country. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy features prominently in the text and reviewed the book for the New York Times (May 20, 1973). Laid in is a typed note signed from Kennedy to Senator Edmund Muskie, transmitting this copy of the book, because of his "interest in the problems of the environment," adding, "The experience of this group of citizens may be valuable for similarly concerned people throughout the country." Offsetting to rear hinge; a near fine copy in a near fine, lightly rubbed dust jacket with one short edge tear at the lower front panel. [#035680] SOLD

NY, Viking, (1974). His first collection of essays, winner of two National Book Awards (for Arts and Letters and for Science). Signed by the author. Foxing to top edge, small spot to foredge; about near fine in a very good, price-clipped and dusty dust jacket with light wear to the edges and folds and a couple of stray pen marks on the rear panel. A surprise bestseller, which went into at least 10 printings in its first year of publication: first printings are scarce, and signed firsts especially so. [#035681] $400

NY, Viking, (1979). His second collection of essays, after The Lives of the Cell won two National Book Awards in 1975. This copy is inscribed by the author prior to publication: "To Jack White/ with great respect/ Lewis Thomas." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. [#035682] SOLD

Boston, Faber & Faber, (1987). The first book by the longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book, among others. This is a collection of her columns for the Boston Globe Magazine, with an introduction for this collection by the author. Signed by Orlean. Slight wear to covers; near fine in wrappers. Scarce, particularly signed. [#035683] $200

[Mount Vernon], (Walpole Printing Office), [1941]. Prospectus for the "regular edition" of 295 copies, after a deluxe edition of 50 copies. Three paragraph statement about the book by Patchen; blurb by Henry Miller; and the names of some of the subscribers that made publication possible (Maxwell Perkins, E.E. Cummings, Wallace Stevens, James Laughlin, Louis Untermeyer, William Carlos Williams, Stephen Vincent Benet, etc.) One sheet, folded to make four pages. Slight edge-sunning; near fine. Uncommon ephemeral piece for what is perhaps Patchen's best-known book. [#035684] $100

NY, Harper & Row, (1966). The best-known of his participatory sports books, partly by virtue of the 1968 film version, starring Alan Alda as Plimpton. This copy is inscribed by Plimpton to three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and former Librarian of Congress, Archibald Macleish, "with warm regards," in the month prior to publication. A fine association: Plimpton met Macleish nearly two decades prior, when he took a course from him at Harvard. Plimpton, in addition to his well-known sports books, was a co-founder of The Paris Review, one of the longest-running and most respected literary journals in America. Sunning to the top board edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket with shallow edge wear. [#035685] SOLD

[London], [Self-published], [1950]. Poetry by the Dominican writer best-known for her novel The Orchid House. Inscribed by the author on the inside front cover, under the dustwrapper flap: "For Nelia, never a dried herb, despite our intervals. From PSA with love." Saddle-stitched wrappers, some foxing to pages; a very good copy in a near fine dust jacket. Laid in is a postcard with publication information on one side and "Gift copy sent at request of author" on the other. [#035686] SOLD

Washington, D.C., A.S. Witherbee, 1887. A 20-page pamphlet dedicated to proving that the epitaph on Shakespeare's gravestone contains the sentence (via cryptogram) "Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's plays." One name (Ignatius Donnelly) underlined in the introduction. Covers dust-soiled; else near fine in self-wrappers, with a fold-out of the epitaph tipped-in. No copies in OCLC. [#035687] $200

Paris, Editions de la Montagne, (1930). A bilingual edition, one of 400 numbered copies of a total edition of 502. Pages uncut. Ten verbal portraits, in poetry and prose, of Picasso, Erik Satie, and the two translators of this volume, George Hugnet and Virgil Thomson, among others. Near fine in French-folded self-wrappers and very good original glassine. [#035688] $500

(London), Picador, (2004). A highly praised memoir of traveling by foot across Afghanistan in 2002, just after the fall of the Taliban. Stewart's book won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize and was selected by the New York Times as one of its 10 best books of the year, in all categories. A bestseller when it was reprinted in paperback, the hardcover edition is scarce and the first printing virtually unknown; one suspects that the majority of them went to libraries as they seldom appear on the market. Note on rear blank: "Artistotle, 74.10" and a marginal line on page 74, footnote 10, referencing Aristotle, otherwise fine in a fine dust jacket but for a minor softening to the spine crown. [#035689] SOLD

(n.p.), Charlie & Marsha Brown, 1969. More than a dozen artists contribute 17 different drawings to this fan-based publication. The majority of the drawings illustrate specific lines from the book. 8-1/2" x 11"; side-stapled; some light staining to covers; no pages colored. Near fine. Although The Hobbit was first published in the U.S. in the 1930s, it wasn't until the mid-1960s that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings gained a cult following on college campuses and became part of the counterculture. Given that the Tolkien phenomenon continues unabated more than a half-century later, this counts as an early tribute publication. No copies on OCLC. [#035690] SOLD

(n.p.), (Marble Arch), (1979). Dialogue continuity script for Kanin's television screenplay based on C.D.B. Bryan's 1976 nonfiction book. Friendly Fire chronicles the radicalization of a patriotic Midwestern family after their son is killed by "friendly" (i.e., U.S.) fire, and they try to get the details from a balky government, seemingly more interested in protecting those responsible than in honoring the dead. An important book, and film, for depicting the tide of mainstream political opinion in the U.S. turning against the war effort in Vietnam. Claspbound photocopied sheets; first page creased, otherwise near fine. [#035691] $175

NY, Evans, (1972). The author's first book, an adventure novel of a Vietnam vet, which introduced the "Rambo" character into American culture. Small stain to foredge; several marginal marks in pencil in the text and pencil notations on the rear flyleaf, as though the copy was used for review, although we have been unable to verify this. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. [#035692] SOLD

Paris, Rene Julliard, (1963). One of the two classic accounts of this pivotal battle which climaxed the first Indochina war, the other being Bernard Fall's Hell in a Very Small Place. This copy is inscribed by the author (in French) in 1965. Spine creased, with some lamination separation there; a very good copy in self-wrappers. [#035693] SOLD

NY, Little Brown, (2016). The final book of nonfiction by the author of The Right Stuff, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, among many others. This book, a critique of Charles Darwin and Noam Chomsky, is inscribed by Wolfe to his lawyer, Alvin Deutsch: "Alvin! Has it really been 50 years since the day Tom Wolfe, at the suggestion of Byron Dobell, came to see Attorney Bella Linden and was introduced to her partner, Counselor Deutsch?" Included with this copy is Deutsch's article entitled "Tom Wolfe: Latter Day Exegete of the U.S. Copyright Act," originally delivered in 2002 as part of a panel discussion at Yale Law School, and issued here as an offprint of the Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA (Vol. 50, 2003). The 6-page offprint is near fine in wrappers. But for a very slight bump to the lower rear board edge, the book is fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed, especially with such a good association. [#035694] SOLD