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NY, St. Martin's, (1997). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, in the year of publication, "dear friends that I miss seeing." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#033751] $75

(San Francisco), (Browntrout), 1996. Two wall calendars for the year 1996, each with words by Lopez; one with additional words by Ed Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and Frank Waters. 14" x 12". Fine. [#034597] $75

NY, Dodge Publishing, 1911. A six-page photographic calendar (for 1912) depicting scenes from Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird" (with the added attribution "As I saw it played/Louise Hurlbut Mason.") Photographs by Byron. Ribbon-tied; 14" x 11". The calendar is a 4" x 2" inset accessible from all inner pages. Gift inscription on rear cover; moderate foxing; shallow insect damage to lower edge. Very good. [#035620] $75

West Hartford, Electron Press, 1999. The uncorrected proof of the first Electron Press edition -- which we can find no evidence of having been published. First published in 1974. Photocopied typescript. Dusty cover page; near fine. [#035454] $75

London, Heath Cranton, (1937). A follow-up to his autobiography, Art, Paint and Vanity. This copy appears to have been gifted by the author to an acquaintance: flyleaf reads "G. [Gertrude] Middleton from Arthur (1937)?" in Middleton's hand. The text bears Middleton's annotations in the text and her own personalized index on the rear endpages, showing that she had some outside knowledge of Mathison's life. A very good copy, lacking the dust jacket. Uncommon. 8 copies in OCLC. [#035931] $75

NY, Pageant Press, (1952). Apparently his first book, on how to make money on horse racing, after a career that started with writing for racing papers and eventually evolved into writing pulp fiction for Ace paperbacks, most with a race track theme. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___ ___/ You can always tell a horse player, but you can't tell him much." A very good copy in a fair, edge-chipped dust jacket. [#035815] $75

NY, Harper & Row/Crowell, (1984). The uncorrected proof copy, which lacks the illustrations of the published version. Near fine in wrappers. [#036124] $75

(Denver), Unbridled Books, (2006). Signed by the author. Unmarked, but from the library of Robert Stone. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#033756] $75

Charlottesville, Blue Ridge Review, 1978. An essay in the combined issue 1 & 2 of The Blue Ridge Review, with an autograph post card signed laid in to Pauline Kael, inviting her to visit him in Charlottesville and wishing her a happy birthday. The essay recounts Minckler's efforts to make a film about the director Claude Jutra, and includes excerpts from the film, including a scene at the end of the film when Jutra cites Kael as one of the only critics he understands, and the film focuses on Kael's portrait on the dust jacket of one of her books, and slowly zooms in, leaving just her eyes. On this page Minckler has written another note to Kael suggesting she might be interested in this scene, and again inviting her to visit. Signed "Love, David." Offsetting to pages from the paperclip holding the postcard in; about near fine in stapled wrappers. A bookmark has Minckler's address, and on the postcard Kael has written "answered." [#034568] $75

(Toronto), Viking Canada, 2006. "Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century." Inscribed by the author. Thin stain to front board; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#034918] $75

NY/Plainfield, Harbinger/Institute for Social Ecology, 1983. The second issue of this journal of social ecology. Includes Paley's story "Lavinia" and Bookchin's "Sociobiology of Social Ecology, Part II." Covers spotted, otherwise near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036099] $75

Chicago, Pascal Covici, 1925. Copy No. 111 of 700 copies. Facsimile signature under frontispiece. Small ink notation rear pastedown; a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket that was formerly taped to the book, leaving small tape shadows on the endpages and jacket flaps. [#035276] $75

1976. A one-paragraph letter, on Village Voice stationery, saying he can not recommend The Good Soldier Schweik in his column as he hasn't seen it, though he would like to and, despite not having seen it, goes on to say "It is the quintessential German story about the absurd worship of uniforms, and I think it should be shown for its sociological interest." Sarris was the longtime film critic for the Voice and was a key proponent of the auteur theory of filmmaking and film criticism. Folded in thirds for mailing; fine, with envelope. [#032675] $75

(Palermo), (Nuova Ipsa), (2000). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, in 2004: "Maybe I've made a mistake but each discovery is begun in this way." With a full-page typed letter signed laid in, thanking Robert Stone (if this is the Robert Stone, author of Dog Soldiers and Bay of [the] Souls), for words he wrote about her manuscript: "I'm cherishing these words like the most important literature's prize and I wish I'll say to him one day." The letter is fine though folded in thirds; the book is fine in wrappers. [#033806] $75

Boston, Little Brown, (1966). Inscribed by the authors to Pauline Kael: "For Pauline/ with love/ Billy/ Peter." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a chip at the crown. [#035502] $75

(n.p.), Unicorn Press, 1971. An author's copy of this broadside poem issued as Unicorn Broadsheet Series II Number 4. One of 300 copies. Printed in green and black on heavy paper; 12" x 18". Near fine. From the author's estate. [#034374] $75

Pittsburg, Kansas State College of Pittsburgh, 1974. A 6-page story for children by Tate in this double-issue of the college literary magazine. Tate, who also gets a full photo on the inside front cover, graduated from KSCP in 1965. Fine in stapled wrappers. From the estate of the author. [#034376] $75

Woodstock, Overlook Press, (1975). The first U.S. edition of this satire set within a termite colony, by a Polish writer. Originally published in English in 1953. Fine in a fine dust jacket with just the slightest hint of fading to the yellow spine. [#035752] $75

(Northampton), Tundra, 1991. A book of sketches by Totleben, one of the key artists associated with Swamp Thing and the horror anthology Taboo. Published as Number Two in the Tundra Sketchbook Series, the press that was an offshoot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle phenomenon. Fine in wrappers. [#034609] $75

Boston, William F. Gill, 1875. The first appearance of this Twain story. Welch-Bigelow device on copyright page; decorated brown cloth. Moderate foxing; hinges cracked; 1/2" open tear at spine base. A good copy. Heavy: extra postage may apply. [#035379] $75

Austin, Thorp Springs Press, (1982). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone, "whose novel A Hall of Mirrors greatly influenced this one -- & for the knifing political insight you've brought to the novel in our time." Top edge foxed, otherwise near fine in a very good dust jacket with two closed, but long, edge tears. [#033790] $75
On Sale: $38

Northampton, Tundra, 1991. The third volume in the Tundra Sketchbook Series. With a very short introduction by Neil Gaiman, quite early in his career. Fine in wrappers. [#034611] $75

NY, Putnam, (1987). A prequel to the author's other Jack Ryan books, and the basis for a Harrison Ford movie. This is the second state, with three of the four errors identified in the first state having been corrected. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024031] $70

NY, Putnam, (1991). A Jack Ryan thriller that was made into a 2002 movie with Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman. Lower corners tapped; else fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024033] $70

Candia, LeBow, 1994. One of 26 lettered copies, the entire hardcover issue of a title that had a total run of 150 copies. Signed by the author and the illustrator, Dina Knapp. Very near fine, without dust jacket, as issued. [#914645] $70

London, Gollancz, 1960. A collection of stories and a novella. Signed by the author. Owner name and contemporary date front flyleaf, small ding to upper board edge; near fine in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with a chip to the spine base, with loss of the publisher's name and part of the logo. [#028434] $70

(London), Picador, (2000). The advance reading copy of the inventive and highly praised first book, a collection of stories, by a writer from Sarajevo for whom English is a second language. The U.K. edition is the first English language edition, preceding the U.S. This is the earlier state advance reading copy, lacking the copyright page. Fine in wrappers. [#028240] $70

(Bainbridge Island), (The Arbor Fund), (1998). Text of the Virginia Merrill Blodel Lecture given at the Blodel Reserve in September, 1998. One of 500 copies in stapled wrappers. Eight pages, with a short biography and bibliography. Fine. [#015248] $70

NY, Knopf, 1998. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024151] $70

NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1987). His second book, first novel, a bestseller and probably the most talked about book of that year. Basis for the 1990 Alan Pakula movie with Harrison Ford. Corner crease to front flyleaf; else fine in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#024208] $70