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Toronto, McGraw-Hill, (1977). A review copy. Review slip tipped to front flyleaf; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with one closed edge tear. Author photo and publicity sheet laid in. [#912753] $80

Franklin Center, Franklin Library, 1992. The Franklin Library edition and the true first edition of Stone's first bestseller. Chosen by the New York Times as one of the dozen best books of the year, covering all categories, and nominated for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Leatherbound; page edges gilt; with an introduction by Stone about the genesis of this book, which does not appear elsewhere. Signed by the author. Fine. [#912829] $80

London, Heinemann, (1983). His fourth book, nominated for the Booker Prize, and basis for a 1992 movie with Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke. Trace foxing to top edge; else fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a shallow crease at the lower rear panel. [#914334] $80

NY, Knopf, 1980. A quirky novel that was the first of her books to be go into numerous printings right after publication, although not quite a bestseller as her later books have become. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024217] $80

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

London, Macmillan, (1993). Her eerie second book. Signed by the author. Slight waviness to pages else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#913467] $80

London, Cape, (1998). The hardcover issue. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915673] $80

(Edinburgh), Rebel, Inc, (1996). A collection of novellas by six Scottish writers, including "The Rosewell Incident" by Welsh. This copy is signed by Welsh. Fine in wrappers. [#912161] $80

(London), Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1898. Large folio, 11" x 15" with 17 laid in plates: 15 with sketches of the performers/performance by Phil May and two with photographs. One photographic plate is of lead actress Winifred Emery; one is of two actors and the manager and J.M. Barrie. Unknown if all plates present. Some edge-wear and marginal staining to the plates; the green textured portfolio is about very good, lacking the ribbon tie. [#600044] $75

NY, Penguin, (1977). Near fine in wrappers. [#036027] $75

(n.p.), Yale Review / Southwest Review, 1997. Two offprints, one each from the Yale Review and the Southwest Review, featuring Section III and Section IV, respectively, from his longer poem. Both offprints are inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife in 1997. Side-stapled wrappers; near fine. [#033700] $75

NY, (Pynson), 1936. New Series, Volume 1, No. 3. A near fine copy in a preserved, if darkened, glassine dustwrapper. [#033617] $75

(n.p.), [Print Mint], [1969]. First printing of this R. Crumb one-off, with the 50 cent price, and no statement of copyright. Splitting at upper spine; very good. [#036364] $75

San Francisco, Rip Off Press, 1970. First printing, as determined by the word "decadence" partially missing page 17; and with a couple pages (26-27) having mis-aligned art, with panels printed too close to the edge. Near fine. [#036377] $75

[San Francisco], Apex Novelties, [1968]. Assumed third printing, with a 35 cent price and no printer statement on the rear cover. (A 50 cent price sticker is covering the price; which we assume says 35 cents; the fourth printing printed the 50 cent price on the cover. Near fine. [#036359] $75

NY, Pantheon, (2000). The simultaneous paperback issue of the first published edition of his first book (which states "2nd edition" on the title page). There was a simultaneous hardcover issue of 2000 copies. A bit of rubbing to the black covers; near fine in wrappers. "Listen to the House" promotional card laid in. [#035397] $75

London, Unicorn, 1898-1899. Two bound volumes: Vol. One and Vol. Two of the New Series (October to December, 1898 and January to March, 1899). Owner names; bindings worn; contents preserved, but still only good copies. [#600032] $75

NY, Theodore Foster/William Lewer, 1837. February, July, and October issues. The July issue is lacking its covers. Moderate foxing; some staining to covers; good copies overall. [#600029] $75

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, [1910]. Issued as #9 in Crowell's series of miniature anthologies edited by Albert Broadbent. Pencil underlining in the first few pages; one owner inscription; two owner names; and dated twice by owners (1913, 1967). Tipped-in color frontispiece. 3-1/4" x 6". Very good, without dust jacket, as issued. [#035578] $75

Storrs, University of Connecticut, 1976. Inscribed by the author to the poet Edward Hyland "who's got the goods!" in 1978. Rubbing to the covers near the spine; else near fine in wrappers. A nice association copy between the Gloucester poet and Hyland, the poet from Manchester, who was one of the youngest writers to attend Breadloaf when he was 17 years old. [#033166] $75

Westport, Lawrence Hill, (1983). An autobiography of a Vanderbilt heir who became a member of the Communist Party. Apparently inscribed by the author: "For Kathleen - with good memories of those days - Fred." (We cannot authenticate the "Fred" in question, but context strongly suggests the inscription is authorial.) Very good in a very good dust jacket. [#035524] $75

Nottingham, Boots Ltd, Cash Chemists, ca. 1898. A UK edition published by the pharmacy chain Boots Chemists, which operated a circulating library. No date given, but has an ownership signature dates 1898. Bears no library markings; several pencil marks in text. Pharmacy advertistements serve as endpapers. Heavily acidified pages; evidence of a few old water stains. A good copy, lacking dust jacket. Uncommon. [#035926] $75
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Sylva, New Native Press, 1985. A broadside poem, printed in an edition of 100 copies. Approximately 9" x 17", now matted to 13-1/2" x 21-1/2". Fine. 3 copies in OCLC. [#035453] $75

(NY), Ecco, (2021). The advance reading copy of this novel by the Cherokee author of Where the Dead Sit Talking, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2018. Very light rubbing to covers; near fine in wrappers. Uncommon in an advance issue. [#036231] $75

[Berkeley], Ecology Center, ca. 1969. The author of Brave New World takes on the threats posed by rising populations and accompanying preoccupations with politics and power rather than with democracy and ecology (with special reference given in the text to Russia and China). First thus: issued as Ecology Center Reprint 7 (reprinted from Center Magazine). Near fine in stapled wrappers. [#035313] $75

NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2000). A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen mystery, signed by the author, who has also altered the name of the dedicatee, replacing "Henry" with "Leonard." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a tiny scratch to the spine. [#035008] $75

Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office/Department of Agriculture, 1969. Edge-sunned; very good in stapled wrappers. A report on poverty among Native Americans, both on and off reservations, in the 1960s. Interestingly, the Native American population of the U.S. in 1960 is pegged in this report as being approximately 552,000; the current Native American population is 5.2 million, a tenfold increase over a span of time in which the country as a whole doubled its population. [#035861] $75

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, [1937]. A "donation edition" (i.e. advance review copy), "photographically reproduced from uncorrected galley proofs." Like his Pulitzer Prize-winning Laughing Boy, a novel of Indian life, this one concerns a Navajo man who was sent to boarding school as a youth, was Christianized, and returns to his own culture, from which he is now alienated. Owner signature of Cora M. Folsom ("C.M. Folsom," of Hampton University, a historically Black university) on the front cover. Spine is tape-repaired but still fragile. Corners chipped. A good copy in wrappers. [#035018] $75

NY, Dutton, 1963. The first American edition of his sequel to The Centurions. Light shelf wear to the spine extremities; near fine, lacking the dust jacket. [#035359] $75

NY, New American Library, (1989). The advance reading copy. Inscribed by the author (but not signed) to Robert Stone and his wife. Very good in wrappers. [#033747] $75