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NY, Oxford University Press, 1989. The uncorrected proof copy. Edited by William Trevor. Very good in wrappers. [#036269] $45
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(NY), New Rivers Press, 1974. The scarce hardcover issue of his second book, a collection of poetry. The total edition was 600 copies, of which only 200 were issued in cloth; 400 were issued in wrappers. Well-known these days as a writer of fiction and of essays on fiction, Baxter didn't publish his first novel until 1987, seventeen years after his first book (Chameleon) and thirteen years after this title. Inscribed by the author in 1982. Fine in a slightly rubbed, else fine dust jacket. [#911007] $650
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Worcester, Metacom Press, 1981. The hardcover issue. The first separate appearance of this short story, which first appeared in Antaeus. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is one of 26 lettered copies, signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911362] $250
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Tucson, Firsts, 1999. The full year, 11 issues (#7/8 is one issue). Articles on Jim Harrison, Henry David Thoreau, John Irving, the century's best books, etc. Fine. [#036321] SOLD

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
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(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
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NY, Viking, (1966). The first American edition -- reportedly preceding the Canadian edition -- of the landmark second novel by the Canadian poet-folksinger, one of the key books of the Sixties -- a "visionary counter-culture religious epic" in the words of one critic. In its paperback reprint edition, it was ubiquitous on college campuses and passed hand-to-hand by a generation that was finding itself increasingly alienated from the mainstream, dominant culture. Trace foxing to foredge, still a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and a crease to the front flap fold. [#034866] $450
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NY, Macmillan, 1948. Winner of the 1949 John Burroughs Medal. "Bird Experiences in Florida," with text by Helen G. Cruickshank and photographs by the author's husband, Allan D. Cruickshank, who was the official photographer of the National Audubon Society. This copy is signed by both Cruickshanks. Allan has added "Dum Vivimus Vivamus" ("While we live, let us live") below his signature. A fine copy in a very good, unevenly faded, price-clipped dust jacket with moderate edge wear. [#034647] $300
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NY, Grove, (2002). The advance reading copy of the second book by the author of the highly praised Lord of the Barnyard, who committed suicide in May, 2005. This copy is signed by Egolf. Fine in wrappers. [#914920] $250
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London, Faber and Faber, (1970). Inscribed by Figes to her parents: "To Mummy & Daddy with love/ Eva/ 23rd May 1970." This was Figes's first book of nonfiction, a feminist classic published the same year as Greer's The Female Eunuch and Millet's Sexual Politics. An excellent association copy, for the author who wrote (in this book) "...woman is taught to desire not what her mother desired for herself, but what her father and all men find desirable in a woman." Spine- and edge-sunned; a near fine copy, in a supplied, near fine dust jacket. [#034714] $1,000
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(Cincinnati), (University of Cincinnati), (1968). The text of a symposium on American Underground Film, featuring John Cage, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, and Stan Vanderbeek, and moderated by Jim McGinniss, a University of Cincinnati film professor. A historic symposium that brought together four of the leading avant garde artists of the time, whose work still resonates. Small marginal notation and stain to one page; near fine in stapled wrappers. [#027360] $100
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Somerset, Chicken House, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915006] $150
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NY, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). His only children's book. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#912617] $275
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NY, Harper & Row, (1984). The first book in his Ghost Horse cycle, a novel written for young adults and chronicling three generations in the lives of a Northern Plains Indian family in the nineteenth century. Inscribed by the author to Henry Kurth, "in friendship." Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with slight wear at the crown. [#026341] $40
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NY, Atlantic Monthly, (2002). The advance reading copy of this mystery/thriller. Fine in wrappers. [#035009] $65
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(n.p.), Grand Street, (n.d.). Offprint from the literary journal Grand Street, inscribed by the author to Pauline Kael, "with gratitude, respect, admiration, and _____ (fill in the blank)" and dated January, 1991. Klawans was the longtime film reviewer for The Nation, winner of a National Magazine Award for his reviews, and author of Film Follies: Cinema Out of Order and Left in the Dark, a collection of reviews. Slight wear; near fine in stapled wrappers. [#034560] $50
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(London), Golden Handshake, (2004). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife: "If you don't write to say how swell you think this book is I won't blame you. Just had a visit from Joey Brooks. Spoke of you & the great old days in Gethly." Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Landesman to the Stones, talking about a grandchild, and her eyesight, and the included poem "A Luddite Lament." The letter is near fine; the book is fine in wrappers. [#033799] $85
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(London), Sun Tavern Fields, (1992). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, with "much love." Fine in wrappers. [#033797] $50
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Highlands, Jonathan Williams, 1958. The "Author's Edition" of this early collection of poetry, her fourth book, printed as Jargon 19. One of 50 copies, of a total edition of 500. While this edition is called for to be signed by Levertov on the front flap of the dust jacket, this copy lacks its jacket and is instead inscribed by Levertov with "love" on the first blank. Fine in plain white wrappers. [#023539] $300
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London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Signed by both editors. Musty; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#035943] $50
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NY, AMS Press, 1971. The Summer/Fall issue, with a poem by Clarence Major. This copy is inscribed by Major: "For my friend Burt/ Clarence Major -- the forgetful one (yet the thoughtful one)." Also inscribed by Lee Hatfield. Very good in wrappers. [#036041] $50
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NY, Pantheon, (2004). Markel examines six major epidemics in the U.S. in the 20th century, including tuberculosis, the Bubonic Plague, and AIDS. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. "with great appreciation." Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#034917] $125
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NY, Random House, (1990). The first book in his highly acclaimed trilogy, later published in 2008 as the edited single-volume Shadow Country, which won the National Book Award and the William Dean Howells Medal. Inscribed by the author in Santa Barbara in 1994: "For Rahda and Jimmy/ Perhaps by the time we meet again, I can bring you Watson II & III/ Many thanks/ and love/ Peter." Also signed in full on the facing page. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#035591] $125
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NY, Viking, 1961. Second printing of this chronicle of a trip through the Amazon wilderness; Matthiessen's second book of nonfiction. Signed by the author in full on the title page and on the verso of the front flyleaf, and inscribed by him on the half-title: "For Rahda & Jimmy/ with many thanks/ Affectionately/ Peter." Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the folds. [#035586] $150
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Buenos Aires, Santiago Rueda, (1960). The first Argentine edition of Tropic of Capricorn. A very good copy in self-wrappers, inexpertly tape-repaired at the hinges and folds. [#017180] $40
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Chicago, Harvester-Hall, 1964. The earliest publication we have seen by Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom, among a number of other books, both fiction and nonfiction. Murphy was one of the co-founders of Esalen Institute and a key figure in the human potential movement that grew from it. One of 500 copies. Dampstain at lower corner of front cover, thus near fine in stapled wrappers. [#009648] $95
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NY, Harper Colophon, (1976). Conversations with Robert Reines, John Todd, Ian McHarg, Paolo Soleri, and Richard Saul Wurman. Owner name; very good in wrappers. [#036044] $45
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Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974-1984. 17 reports from the 93rd-98th Congresses on matters related to Indian affairs, including self-determination, education, health care, housing, jobs, oil, trust lands and trust fund disbursement. Together with three Congressional Resolutions (on land claims and religious freedom) and one Senate Bill (on the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act) from the 94th and 95th Congresses. Some edge-foxing to the resolutions; the lot is overall near fine in wrappers. [#035857] $175
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(Thetford), Self-Published, (2001). The uncorrected proof copy, published by Nichols himself in an edition of 100 copies. Inscribed by the author to Peter Matthiessen and with an autograph note signed laid in, written across the top of a photocopied letter to friends about the writing of the work. This proof covers "Part One - Revised" and "Beginning Part Two." As best as we can tell, Simple Gifts remains unpublished. Nichols died in 2010. The Vermont author was a neighbor and friend of Grace Paley and of Peter Schumann, the founder and director of the Bread and Puppet Theater. The letter is folded and near fine; the proof is fine in wrappers. [#032506] $185
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(Castle Rock), Bella Luna, (1992). An apparently never-produced limited edition of Offutt's first book, which was a collection of stories published in 1992 as a paperback original in the Vintage Contemporaries series. Offered here are copyedited, typeset sheets: one full set (140 pages) and five partial sets (approximately 270 pages). 8-1/2" x 11" sheets, printed on rectos only, with copyeditor's marks throughout. Offutt's book received high praise from critics; on the strength of it and his 1993 memoir, The Same River Twice, he was named one of the "20 best young American writers" by Granta magazine in 1996. A few marks where rubber bands once lay; near fine, in manuscript box. Presumably unique. [#915763] SOLD

Prairie City, Decker Press, (1948). An unrecorded variant of this uncommon title. Gray cloth with the same design as that of the apparently first issue yellow cloth, in a blue dust jacket with gold and black lettering, a price of $1 and the words "THE ARCHIVE of Duke University" in place of "Louis Untermeyer" on the dust jacket copy. According to Morgan, Decker printed about 200 copies of this title, about 20 of which were the first issue, although Morgan doesn't account for all known variants. Fine in a mildly sunned, else fine dust jacket. [#001805] $1,250
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NY, Knopf, (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition of the second book in his Sally Lockhart trilogy. Light red splashes on lower spine; near fine in wrappers. [#023040] $250
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New Haven, Yale University Press, (2000). A review copy of this collection of Rogoff's theater criticism. With press release and New York Times review laid in. Together with an autograph card signed to film critic Pauline Kael, soliciting comments. One page corner turned, else fine in wrappers. [#023062] $45
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(Bretenoux), (Braad Press), (1977). Number 115 of 300 numbered copies, with woodcuts by Ian Tyson laid in. Inscribed by Rothenberg to Clayton [Eshleman] & Caryl, "a book from the cove country. With love." Near fine in wrappers and dust jacket. [#033546] $125
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NY, McCall, (1970). The uncorrected proof copy of the first American edition (published simultaneously with the Canadian edition) of her second book, a lesbian novel set in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in the U.S., Rule emigrated to Canada in her 20s. Her first novel, Desert of the Heart, was made into the 1985 film Desert Hearts. Long bound galleys, 6-1/2" x 11", printed on rectos only. Very good in sunned wrappers, with a small edge tear near the crown. An uncommon proof, and a landmark of lesbian literature. [#035584] $200
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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
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Ottawa, Borealis, 1972. The first book, a collection of poetry, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Stone Diaries. Inscribed by Shields to the Canadian poet and novelist Rosemary Aubert: "For Rosemary/ with thanks for a delightful evening/ Carol Shields." Spine faded, with a little tear to the spine base; near fine in wrappers. A nice literary association copy of an important first book. [#029530] $750
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Sevenoaks, (Privately Published), 1967-1968. Sisson writes to Edith Heal, author of William Carlos Williams/I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet, which was published in the U.K. in 1967. Sisson shares his thoughts on Williams, and on Heal's book, and transmits to her two chapbooks of his own work, which are included here: Roman Poems and The Discarnation. The letter is two pages, with hand corrections, and is signed by Sisson. Folded; near fine. The chapbooks are near fine in stapled wrappers. [#035888] $125
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NY, Dutton, (1987). A review copy of this collection of poetry. Mild age toning to pages, else fine in a fine dust jacket, with review slip, author photo and promotional pages laid in. [#916868] $100
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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
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NY, Knopf/Vintage, (1986)/(1992). Later printings of the first American edition and the Vintage paperback edition, but both from the author's own library. Fine in a fine dust jacket; fine in wrappers. [#033833] $50
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Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1964. Includes Robert Stone's first book appearance, two excerpts from his first novel, then in progress. Other contributors to this volume include Ed McClanahan, Hugh Nissenson, and Merrill Joan Gerber. Edited by Wallace Stegner. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#009509] $50
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(Warwickshire), Sixth Chamber Press, 1987. A limited edition of this story. Of a total edition of 201 copies, this is copy "N" of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Quarterbound in leather and marbled paper boards; fine in slipcase. An attractive production, uncommon in the lettered issue. [#911255] $450
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NY, Knopf, 2009. The advance reading copy of the first novel by the Ethiopian-born physician and author of My Own Country: A Doctor's Story. Cutting for Stone was one of the most highly praised books of the year; the paperback edition stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. The author received a National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2015. Hint of a crown bump; slight glue residue lower rear cover; still very near fine in wrappers. Uncommon in the advance issue. [#035898] $150
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(Belmont), American Opinion, ca. 1967.. Six Vietnam pamphlets published by American Opinion and issued together in mailing envelope (included) as The Vietnam Packet. Missing: the book Background to Betrayal; also there is only one copy of the petition rather than the 6 noted on the envelope. Three of the six pamphlets are authored by Robert Welch, of the John Birch Society. Minor foxing; about near fine in stapled wrappers. [#036017] $60
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London, Cape, (1996). The lettered limited edition. Three novellas -- "tales of chemical romance." One of 15 lettered copies signed by the author and produced for private distribution. Consists of the first wrappered edition and colophon quarterbound in black leather and pink boards, with marbled endpages. Although the colophon states there were 15 lettered copies, this is letter "T." Fine. [#912162] $375
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Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992. The uncommon hardcover issue of this collection of poems. Unmarked, but from the library of the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with a slight crimp at the crown. [#034478] $50
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(n.p.), (n.p.), ca. 2009. A spiralbound mock-up of a book of selected poems, with photocopied selections from, apparently, seven of her previous books. Some pages reproduce copyeditor's marks. Such a selection was issued by Wave Books in 2009. Last few pages creased, with a small (coffee?) stain. Otherwise about fine. Unmarked, but from the author's library. Scarce, possibly unique. [#034480] $250
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NY, St. Martin's, (1985). The second of his acclaimed Hoke Moseley crime novels. Signed by the author. Fine in a near fine, mildly spine-sunned dust jacket with trace rubbing to the flap folds. A very nice copy. [#913495] $550
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1994. The advance reading copy of the anthology edited by Tobias Wolff, with stories by Sherman Alexie, Robert Olen Butler, Thom Jones, Stuart Dybek, Tony Earley, Chris Offut, Barry Hannah, Christopher Tilghman, and others. Fine in wrappers. [#008030] $45
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Sydney, Cornstalk Publishing, 1927. The first Australian edition of this early book by Woolrich, published the year after his first book. In the 1940s and '50s, Woolrich, writing under his own name and also as William Irish and George Hopley, wrote some of the classic volumes of noir fiction of the era, a large number of which were turned into the movies that defined film noir and gave it its cultural importance and artistic stature. Foxing to pages, as is typical with this edition; minor spotting and fraying to the spine. Very good, lacking dust jacket. [#011666] $115
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(n.p.), Dreamworks, 2007. The shooting script for the film version of Yates's first novel: the book was published in 1961; the movie was released in 2008. The script was nominated for a BAFTA Award for best adapted screenplay; Haythe's first novel, The Honeymoon, was nominated for the 2004 Booker Prize. This is a May 3rd shooting script with revisions for May 11 and May 16. "Revised" sticker on front. Pink and blue bradbound pages; near fine. [#029373] $375
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