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NY, Ballantine, (1993). The uncorrected proof copy. Peter Carey, Thea Astley, Patrick White, Tim Winton, Christina Stead, etc. Near fine in wrappers and in a proof dust jacket lacking flaps, apparently by design. [#036273] $50
$25

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 2010. The 2011 John Burroughs Medal winner. A surprisingly fascinating memoir of a woman's debilitating illness being eased by the companionship of a snail. Basis for the award-winning 2019 short film, narrated by Daryl Hannah and starring Ariela Kuh and Neohelix Albolaris (the snail). Signed by the author, "ETB," with a sketch of a snail on the move. Fine in a very near fine, lightly edge-rubbed dust jacket. First printings are scarce; signed copies much more so. [#036657] $250
$163

West Lafayette, Purdue, (1985). A collection of poems, only issued in wrappers. This copy is inscribed by the author in January, 1986: "For __ __, reaching across the plains, this one is for you. Jim Barnes. Kirksville MO." Slight bump to crown, else fine in wrappers, with publisher's prospectus laid in. [#036423] $125
$81

Chicago, J.G. Ferguson, (1976). An anthology of 200 years (1776-1976) of American outdoor writing and photography, featuring Bartram, Thoreau, Muir, Burroughs, Hornaday, Faulkner, Rawlings, Leopold, and nearly 100 others. Heavily illustrated with paintings and drawings in addition to photographs. This is the limited edition printed for the Outdoor Writer's Association of America. The colophon indicates this is copy No. 84 of 1000 copies bound in steerhide and with "OWAA" branded on the front cover. This copy is inscribed by the co-editor, Bashline, to Charles Kurault, of CBS's "On the Road" fame, in 1990, after Kurault spoke at the annual OWAA conference. Additionally, there's a letter laid in to Kurault from the Executive Director of OWAA, expressing praise and thanks. Note that the colophon was apparently filled in at the time of presentation, as it has been given the same date (6/29/90) as the letter. The letter also provides the information that, despite the colophon statement, only 105 copies of this edition were created, not 1000. The book also contains a fold-out sheet with the printed signatures of the 21 OWAA Officers and Board of Directors. A landmark collection, extremely scarce, and with a good association. Slight foxing to top of text block and slight shelfwear to the steerhide; still a fine copy, without dust jacket, as issued. [#036591] $1,500
$1,125

Boston/NY, Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone and his wife, "with much affection & admiration," in the year of publication. Fine in a very good dust jacket, with some fading to the spine and a small but jagged edge tear on the lower back panel. [#033691] $65
$33

(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
$455

(Brussels), (Fondation Europeenne pour la Sculpture), (1997). Bell provides a bilingual (English/French) fable as introduction to the catalog of work by Jean de la Fontaine: in 1997 the Luxembourg artist had installed his "Love of Camping" in a Brussels park. Number 452 of 500 numbered copies. Fine in stapled wrappers. A scarce piece by Bell, attractively illustrated. [#917040] $150
$98

Manchester, Clarion, 1892. Two issues of the Socialist paper, the "Christmas Number" and the "Summer Number." Bound together (despite being different sizes). The binding is stained and worn and there is foxing to the endpages, but it has done its job protecting the issues, which are near fine. Scarce: one copy of the Summer Number found in OCLC. [#600045] $250
$163

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
$244

Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow, 2001. Two comb-bound advance copies: one shot from typescript and printed on rectos only, 298 pp.; the second copy is typeset and printed on both sides of the page, 355 pp. Laid into the first copy is an earlier version of one included poem: "oh to be young in 1942!," here titled just "oh, to be young!" The poem is two pages, the first being ribbon copy. Photocopied emendations to the table of contents in the first copy, removing the titles of poems not included; penciled notes to the table of contents in the second copy. The first one has the limitation "2/3" and the publisher's initials, "JM," on the cover; the second one is also initialed, with the limitation "4/11." Each is fine with an acetate cover. From the collection of John Martin, publisher of Black Sparrow Press, which printed most of Bukowski's work for the last nearly 30 years of his life, and which was in turn supported by the success Bukowski had with his poetry and his fiction, which rewrote the boundaries of what was acceptable as art. [#033372] $1,250
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Kingston, Kingston Publishers, (1992). The true first (Jamaican) edition of Campbell's autobiography which deals, to a great degree, with the obscenity case brought against him and the Two Live Crew for their lyrics on their album "As Nasty as They Wanna Be." The album was declared obscene and illegal to sell; Campbell and two others were arrested after performing songs from the album at a club in Florida. They were acquitted after Henry Louis Gates, Jr., among others, spoke on behalf of their lyrics. This book was published in Kingston, Jamaica, with a "Parental Advisory" notice on its cover, because it was thought that it might not be publishable by an American publisher. When it was finally published in America, after the trial and appeal had ended, it became a bestseller, but the Jamaican edition, which is the true first, is scarce. OCLC lists only 6 copies of the Kingston edition. Light wear to spine and corners; near fine in wrappers. [#034789] $1,500
$1,125

London, Faber and Faber, (1980). First thus: the first British edition of this collection of stories, some of which appeared in the collection War Crimes, which was not published outside of his native Australia, and the others of which are from his first book, which was published in Australia with this same title in 1974. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#911418] $125
$81

Houston, Arte Publico Press, 1984. Inscribed by the author in 1986. Fine in wrappers. [#914438] $150
$98

(various), (various), (1956, 1968). In 1897, eight year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of the New York Sun, asking, in part, "Papa says, 'If you see it in The Sun it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?" The reply of Editor Francis P. Church read, in small part, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias...." Church's response became the most reprinted English language newspaper editorial in history. When Virginia O'Hanlon died, in 1971, friends formed a press to publish the editorial and its back story as a children's book; in 1974, the book became an Emmy Award-winning animated television special; and, in 2009, it became a CGI animated television special entitled simply, "Yes Virginia." The items offered here all predate the story's book and animation fame, and include the typescript of a 1956 television appearance by O'Hanlon, a Sun broadside of the editorial, and Two Christmas Classics, which is likely the editorial's first appearance in book form, in 1968. The lot is as follows: 1. The 3-page typescript of a 1956 segment of the television show The Children's Hour, hosted by Ed Herlihy, with guest appearances in this episode by Santa Claus and by Virginia O'Hanlon, who would have been in her late 60s. In it, Santa asks Herlihy if there really is a Virginia, and Herlihy introduces "Dr. Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas," using her married name (kept after her divorce), acknowledging her doctorate (from her career as an educator), and revealing that "Virginia" was actually her middle name. Herlihy then recounts the story of the editorial, and O'Hanlon is given unscripted time to talk about events since, followed by her own reading of Francis P. Church's famous response to her younger self. These pages are stapled to: 2. An undated New York World Telegram/The Sun broadside of the full editorial, entitled "Is There a Santa Claus?," and adding a paragraph at the bottom on "How Editorial Happened to Be Written." 3. A cover letter is included, written on New York World Telegram letterhead and dated October 21, 1956, from a former employee of the paper to "Miss Clements" (Alice Clements, producer of The Children's Hour), saying that he is acquainted with O'Hanlon and feels he can convince her to appear on the show, adding, "Each and every year during the month of December I was shocked by the nation-wide demand for reprints of the Virginia O'Hanlon story." These three items are folded in half, and the corner staple is rusted; they are otherwise near fine. 4. Together with the chapbook Two Christmas Classics, issued by Columbia University Press, ca. 1968, and printing both Church's editorial and Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from Saint Nicholas ("Twas the night before Christmas") as a holiday keepsake, as both Church and Moore were graduates of Columbia College. (Coincidentally, O'Hanlon received her Masters Degree from Columbia.) The chapbook also prints brief, anonymous, introductions to each. Approximately 4-3/4" x 6-1/2", edge-sunning to the front cover; near fine in stapled wrappers, with a holiday greeting laid in that is signed by Carl B. Hansen, of Columbia University Press. A relatively early grouping of items in the enduring legacy of one child's curiosity and Church's timeless response embodying the meaning of Christmas. [#032276] $2,000
$1,500

NY, Random House, (1977). Conversations between Cott and Maurice Sendak, Henry Miller, Warner Herzog, Oriana Fallaci, Walter Lowenfels, Glenn Gould, Stephane Grappelli, and Harry Partch. Inscribed by Cott in 1978. Foxing to top edge; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#035829] $85
$43

(n.p.), Boowat, 1976. A small book by Danielson on the meaning of Christmas, meant to serve as a Christmas card. With tipped-in illustrations by Riley. Inscribed by Danielson to Riley: "Nice to have you aboard my magnum opus. Your decadent friend, Garth Danielson." Riley was an up-and-coming young artist, who had been illustrating fantasy novels and would later branch out to mainstream book illustration, including a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Tate. By all appearances a handmade book; at the very least rare, perhaps unique. Clothbound; near fine without dust jacket, as issued. [#030706] $250
$163

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
$38

NY/San Francisco, Knopf/McSweeney's, 2014. The uncorrected proof copy of this Eggers novel, built entirely of a conversation between the protagonist and his kidnapped astronaut. Fine in wrappers, with a Knopf Canada label on the rear cover that changes the contact information printed beneath, as well as the publication date and price. [#033164] $100
$65

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
$163

(n.p.), (n.p.), 1988. A 120-page screenplay by Ford for a 1991 film adaptation he did from stories in his collection Rock Springs. The film was directed by Michael Fields and starred Dermot Mulroney, Lili Taylor, Sam Shepard and Valerie Perrine. Apparently a later generation photocopy, as the text is less sharp; also the rectos of the pages tend to stick to the versos of the pages preceding. This copy is signed by the author. Near fine, in maroon binder. [#911203] $1,000
$700

(Princeton), (Princeton University Library Chronicle), (1974). An offprint from the Chronicle, reportedly fewer than fifty copies printed for the author's use. Signed by the author. Shallow edge-sunning; near fine in stapled wrappers. [#021499] $225
$146

Somerset, Chicken House, (2003). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#915006] $150
$98

(London), Faber and Faber, (2004). A limited edition with text by Alex Garland and woodcuts by Nicholas Garland. Of a total edition of 310 copies, this is number 289 of 250 numbered copies (#s 51-300) signed by both Garlands. Folio, 17" x 12"; fine in slipcase. [#914498] $160
$104

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A Mariner paperback original, with an introduction by Ian Frazier. Blurb by Philip Roth. Mild foxing to end pages and text block. Near fine. [#036074] $45
$23

(Riverside), (National Shooting Sports Foundation), [ca. 1960s]. A youngster's gun craving is "as normal and as healthy as the love of ice cream" and if you would leave your youngster alone in the house for two or three hours, then he or she is ready for his or her first gun. A gender-neutral pro-gun brochure from a half-century ago. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#035007] $100
$65

NY, Harper & Row, (1981). A discourse on the characteristics and components of an Indian aesthetic and perspective, which attempts to also define the differences between the "Western" world view and that of "primitive" cultures, particularly Native American. A PBS documentary series was launched based on the ideas put forth in this book. Inscribed by the author: "For Hank [i.e., Henry Kurth]/ with much affection & loving friendship/ Jamake." A good association copy albeit, like all of the author’s self-representations as Native American, ethically dubious in retrospect. Recipient's name under front flap. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#026340] $100
$65

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, (1960). A specially-bound author's copy of Hoagland's second book, a novel. Three quarter leather, raised bands, gilt stamped, marbled endpapers. Probably a unique copy made for Hoagland by the publisher, or one of a couple of copies created by the publisher for the author and publisher -- a somewhat widespread tradition in American publishing in that era. Front cover fully detached, and in need of repair to be functional; leather somewhat mottled. A 1964 newspaper clipping about the 31-year-old Hoagland receiving two literary grants is laid in. From the author's library. [#033460] $450
$293

(Reston), National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, (1991). A comprehensive history of the first hundred years of women's basketball, ending at what now appears to be the cusp of a new era: post-Title-IX, with women's professional leagues on the horizon, and the superstars of that era firmly fixed in the pantheon (with some still acting as commentators and analysts today, if not still playing). Warmly inscribed in 2000 by co-editor Joan Hult. Only issued in wrappers. Near fine. [#036568] $200
$130

Woodstock, Overlook Press, (2008). Signed by Kelly and inscribed by Jacobs: "Mickey - a brown drama for a warming age. Hope it's instructive." The authors examine decades of fits and starts in clearing the Californian air in this "cautionary tale of environmental crisis." Tanning to page edges, else fine in a fine dust jacket bearing an Independent Publisher Book Awards label. Scarce signed. [#035992] $250
$163

Amherst, U. of Massachusetts Press, 1970. The softcover issue of this collection of poems, inscribed by the author to another poet in 1976. Fine in wrappers. [#011904] $45
$23

San Francisco, Fields Book Store, [1979]. A survey of the titles that had influenced or entertained him. Inscribed to Pauline Kael, with an autograph letter signed laid in telling Kael how much she is missed and urging her to see a Margarethe Mather exhibit in NY. Fine in stapled wrappers, with mailing envelope. [#035494] $125
$81

1902. Written to Mr. [William V.] Alexander, editor of Ladies Home Journal, who had requested a series of articles from Keller that were later published as The Story of My Life. Keller humbly thanks Alexander for payment for the last article; in part: "I only wish I could have made the story of my life more worthy of the generous praise it has received...It has meant a great deal in my life, and in Miss Sullivan's too -- the thought of the happiness that she says my compliance with your request has brought her is sweeter even than the thought of the kindness shown me in the letters that come constantly from old friends long silent and new friends whose words go to the heart..." Two 5" x 8" pages, typed with blue ribbon and signed "Helen Keller." A very early letter by Keller, preceding her first book, with exceptionally good content. Fine. [#021174] $3,500
$2,625

(n.p.), (n.p.), ca. 1961-1963. A portrait of a smiling Kennedy, presumably taken during his years as President. Inscribed by Kennedy: "To Bill/ with very best wishes/ John Kennedy." From the estate of Doris Dana, the partner and translator of Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. We were presented with the possibility that the inscription was to William Carter, Chief of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, but any connection he may have had to Kennedy, decades earlier, is lost to us. 8" x 10". Two pinholes to top margin, marginal tear to top edge; half-inch tear on right side; light creasing and minor edge wear; very good. [#036417] $3,500
$2,625

(Prague), Odeon, (1979). A Czech edition. A little edge-toning; near fine in a very good, rubbed dust jacket with light edge creasing. [#023513] $40
$20

NY, Andrion Books, (1987). Stamp of another author inside the front cover and a small ink "R" there; else fine in wrappers. [#030943] $40
$20

San Francisco, Level Press, (c. 1973). A "transmission" by Leary from Folsom Prison, timed with the arrival of the comet Kohoutek. This is a photocopy of nine pages of typewritten text on five stapled pages. The last page reproduces a hand-drawn yin-yang symbol with eight trigrams around it and references one of the hexagrams of the I Ching -- none of which appeared in the published version of this book, which was done by the Level Press and issued as a booklet; this version presumably preceded. According to Leary's bibliographer and the woman who typed Leary's manuscripts for him, including Starseed, this could have been made from Leary's own typescripts (she would have corrected the typos, she said) and issued in small numbers prior to the formal publication. A similar process took place for Neurologic, which was published in late 1973 but had a stapled, prepublication issue done in May of that year that the bibliographer called a "trial issue." Starseed was formally published in September of 1973, and this version -- if what the principals say is correct -- would likely have been done sometime around the time that the Neurologic "trial copy" was done (Neurologic was formally published slightly later in the year than the Level Press Starseed). In any case, an extremely scarce variant of one of Leary's scarcer books, unseen by the bibliographer or by Leary's typist. Near fine. [#030748] $1,500
$1,125

London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Signed by both editors. Musty; near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#035943] $50
$25

Woodstock, Overlook Press, (1999). Poetry by the playwright and filmmaker. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#024759] $95
$48

NY, Harper & Row/Crowell, (1984). The uncorrected proof copy, which lacks the illustrations of the published version. Near fine in wrappers. [#036124] $75
$38

NY, Sunbury Press, (1975). Her first book, a self-illustrated poetry collection. One of the earlier volumes published by Virginia Scott's feminist press, which operated out of the Bronx from 1973-1986. One small coffee spot on the front cover, else fine in stapled wrappers. [#036004] $100
$65

(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
$38

Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960-1962. Three reports from the Federal Radiation Council: Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protocol Standards (Report No. 1 and Report No. 2, 1960 and 1961) and Health Implications of Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Testing Through 1961 (1962). The first report has some marginal dampstaining to the front cover; otherwise the set is near fine in stapled wrappers. [#035735] $50
$25

(Milan), A Vallardi, (1987). The first Italian edition of The Nuclear Age. Signed by the author. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with outwardly imperceptible dampstaining. [#019572] $60
$30

[Hadley], [Flying Object], [ca. 2012]. A broadside poem. 13" x 18-1/2". Rolled for shipping; near fine. [#035222] $50
$25

NY/Chicago, Pitman, (1938). An explication of 350 Russian word roots. Inscribed by the author in 1938, to Mrs. Kathleen Barnes (possibly of the Institute of Pacific Relations). Patrick was, at the time, an Associate Professor of Russian at the University of California, Berkeley; he eventually chaired the Department of Slavic Languages. Spotting to top edge and mild dampstaining to lower board edges; near fine in a very good, somewhat stained and darkened dust jacket. [#035137] $250
$163

(Sydney), Picador, (2003). Signed by the author. Slight bump to crown; else fine in self-wrappers. [#912691] $100
$65

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1967. Second printing. From the author's own library and inscribed by Stone: "To Aunt Ruth/ with every best wish/ Bob Stone." Two names written on the rear flyleaf; near fine in a near fine dust jacket. [#033825] $200
$130

1979, 1980. Four letters from Thomson, widely considered one of the most important and influential American composers and music critics of the 20th century. Written to John Crelan, founder and director of the cultural organization Arts and Society. The first informs Crelan that he has set to music for solo voice work by the poets Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Max Jacob, and Georges Hugnet, and that he also has three full length operas (two featuring work by Stein and one featuring work by Jack Larson), and further that he finds Crelan's suggestion of a concert in Boston involving his work "most agreeable." The second letter confirms the date and venue and inquires about payment if there is to be a radio or television broadcast. The third and fourth continue to speak of the types of travel arrangements that were necessary in the era when one might need to send a postcard to a hotel should the timing of an appointment change. All letters fine, with mailing envelopes included. [#032679] $300
$195

Kittery Point, William Dean Howells Memorial Committee, 1987. One of 150 copies printed of a lecture Updike gave at Harvard as part of the 150th anniversary of Howells' birth. Published in a slightly altered form in The New Yorker, this is the first separate appearance, with an Author's Note by Updike. Approximately 40 pages of text; fine in self-wrappers with complimentary slip from the publisher laid in. Updike won the Howells Medal years later, in 1995, for Rabbit at Rest; the medal is given out for the best work of fiction in America during a five-year period. One of Updike's scarcest "A" items. [#028555] $1,000
$700

NY, Knopf, 1963. His second collection of poems. Inscribed by the author. Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket with creasing to the base of the spine. [#912067] $300
$195

(NY), Farrar Straus, (1948). A historical romance. Waters' second collaboration with Branch, after River Lady. Waters is better known for his novels and nonfiction about the American Southwest, and in particular Native Americans, than for his historical fiction collaborations with Branch. Handling apparent to boards, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with shallow edge chipping. [#035048] $100
$65

NY, Tor/Doherty, (1989). Signed by the author. Bookplate of another author on the front flyleaf, and a "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. Foxing to top edge of text block; very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket. [#031169] $95
$48