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NY, Harper & Row, (1977). The hardcover issue of this collection of poetry, with an introduction by Ted Hughes. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with the typically sunned spine. [#035053] $40
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NY, Rivers Press, 1970. His first book, a collection of poetry only issued in wrappers, in an edition of 500 copies with illustrations by Mary Miner. Precedes his second book by four years and his first book of fiction by well over a decade. Signed by the author. Fine. [#911346] $425
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NY, Horizon, (1983). His third novel, set in New Mexico during the development of the atomic bomb. A fast-paced story and an intellectual adventure of high order. Signed by the author. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with just a touch of rubbing at the crown. [#014398] $40
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Houston, Arte Publico Press, 1984. Inscribed by the author in 1986. Fine in wrappers. [#914438] $150
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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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(Burton), Subterranean, 2008. The advance reading copy of these two intertwined stories, one that takes place on Earth, the other a children's story that takes place on another planet. Signed by the author. Crowley is one of our most highly regarded fantasy writers, having won the World Fantasy Award for a novel, Little, Big in 1982; a novella, "Great Work of Time," in 1990; and for Life Achievement, in 2006. Minor cover splaying; near fine in wrappers. Scarce in this advance issue, especially signed. [#033925] $175
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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
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(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
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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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Undated. An anatomical sketch by Feitelson, working on a male form, with a rocking chair on the verso. 4-1/2" x 8". Unsigned, but accompanied by a signed copy of the magazine Minotaure from 1933. The sketch shows some light green watercolor on the page and is near fine; the magazine has endured some unsuccessful attempts at reinforcing with a tape binding; the covers are detached. The signature, "Property of Lorser Feitelson," appears on the upper edge of the front cover. Feitelson was one of the founders of what came to be called the Los Angeles School of painting, a post-surrealist style that developed into what became the "Hard Edge" style of abstraction. This drawing exhibits a classical approach to draftsmanship. The issue of Minotaure is number 3-4, and features writing by Andre Breton, Tristan Tzara, and others; photographs by Man Ray and Brassai, among others; and artwork by Picasso, Matisse, Miro and Dali, among others. A glimpse of the artist's work, and a well-used example of a key surrealist publication, that provides some context for the artwork. [#032871] $1,500
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London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962. Warmly inscribed by the author to Jean Gilbert in 1967. Dusty top edge; spine roll; near fine in a very good dust jacket splitting at the front flap fold. Laid in is a typed letter signed from Fenn to Gilbert expressing gratitude for a very delightful evening in 1965. Folded in fourths; fine. [#028632] $115
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Derry/Ridgewood, Babcock & Koontz, (1987). Ford's first limited edition and the first and only separate appearance of this story, which was originally published in Esquire and later collected in Rock Springs. Of a total edition of 240 copies, this is copy "IV" of 40 hardcover, Roman-numeraled copies signed by the author. Fine. [#914963] $350
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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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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
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Manuscript poem entitled "Subjunctive Tense," but eventually published, with significant changes, as "If We Could Be Brought" (first line). Signed by Ignatow. Undated. Lower corner stain, not affecting text; very good. [#035886] $150
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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
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NY, McGraw-Hill, (1964). Klaben's story of surviving 49 days in the Alaskan wilderness, along with her under-trained pilot Ralph Flores, following their 1963 plane crash enroute to California from Fairbanks. The 1975 television movie starred Sally Struthers as Klaben and Ed Asner as the pilot. Trace rubbing to spine tips; else a fine copy, lacking the dust jacket. [#035809] $50
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(n.p.), (n.p.), [1979]. The Prologue, Introduction, and Chapter One of his unpublished novel about an Indian warrior/Vietnam veteran fighting against a "syndicate of smuggling, drugs, and white slavery to avenge a beautiful pagan girl he once loved," here submitted as a movie script treatment, with a typed letter signed and 4-pages of back story for the "Indian Hawk." Set in Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong. Approximately 60 pages, all photocopy (but for the signature). The book chapters are velobound; the letter and protagonist profile are stapled to the front cover. Edge-creasing to the letter, else fine. [#034907] $200
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(Normal), Dalkey Archive, 1993. Her third book, a novel constructed of the thoughts and memories in the mind of a dying woman. This copy is inscribed by Maso to choreographer Mark Morris: "For Mark Morris - with extravagant admiration. Yours in irresistible music, Carole Maso/ 1994." From page 78 of the text: Behemoth is danced in silence, and while it is a silence full of rhythms, the rhythms break off abruptly or disappear in long pauses." (Not unlike the text of Ava.) Behemoth was a 1990 dance piece created by Morris. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket with one closed edge tear. [#034895] $175
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Los Angeles, Scream, 1986. The World Fantasy Convention Edition. Foreword by Stephen King. Inscribed by Matheson to horror writer Stanley Wiater: "For Stan, and making a mark that feels good. Thanks for the support & faith. Your pal, R.C." With Wiater's Gahan Wilson-designed bookplate inside the front cover. Bottom inch of half title (with inscription) detaching, else near fine in wrappers. An uncommon edition signed, and a nice association. [#030006] $200
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San Francisco, Sierra Club, (1992). Text by Matthiessen, who, at the invitation of musician Paul Winter, visited Lake Baikal in hopes of stirring a response that would help save the lake, which contains one-fifth of all the fresh water on earth and which has been threatened in recent years by acid rain and industrial pollution. Stunning photographs by Boyd Norton; introduction by the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Inscribed by the author in 2003, "for Rahda and Jimmy, with much love." Fine in a very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. [#035592] $150
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NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1980). The uncorrected proof copy of this collection of essays on sport, particularly hunting and fishing. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. [#911709] $250
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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
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NY, Harper & Brothers, 1849. First thus, with "The Story of Toby" included. Moderate foxing throughout; insect damage to rear joint; a good or better copy. [#035548] $250
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(Toronto), McClelland & Stewart, (1996). An advance copy, in the form of comb-bound galleys, typeset but reproducing several holograph corrections. Her third book, first novel, which was first published in Canada, and only in wrappers. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Guardian Prize for Fiction, the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Prize. Signed by the author. 9" x 11". Fine. [#915362] $650
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Paris, (Durand), (1953). Six illustrations by American surrealist artist Leon Kelly. This is Copy No. 47 of an unspecified limitation by this prolific French writer and translator. A near fine copy in self-wrappers, with a very good glassine dustwrapper. [#035597] $100
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Amenia, NY, 1975. Mumford declines to be a "nominator," on the grounds that he resists doing favors for anyone who might review his work, and suggests in his place Loren Eiseley or Harrison Salisbury. The letter reads as though the recipient was looking for a nomination, not for himself, but for some unnamed third party. The fascinating part is that Mumford begins the letter "I had a smothered fear, dear Van Veen," and closes it by saying "With all good wishes to you -- and Ada!" It is signed "Cordially, Lewis" (and headed with an Amenia NY address, where Mumford lived). "Van Veen" is the name of Vladimir Nabokov's protagonist in his novel Ada. Although we could find no direct connection between Mumford and Nabokov, both won the National Medal for Literature, in 1972 and 1973, respectively, and could have met at the April, 1974 ceremony where Nabokov received his. As for the nomination in question, Mumford, Eiseley, and Harrison all belonged to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Association. Folded in sixths; light corner creasing; near fine. [#035856] $300
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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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(n.p.), J. Faraone, 1987. An Oliver North paper doll. Drawn, printed, hand-cut, (i.e. "shredded"), and signed by Jim Faraone, founder of the International Fashion Doll Convention. A political statement, taking aim at National Security Council staff member Oliver North, who, with his secretary Fawn Hall, shredded documents that presumably would have implicated him in the Iran-Contra scandal (the selling of arms to Iran to fund Nicaraguan rebels). A reminder of simpler times in political corruption, when it sufficed to simply hide the truth, as opposed to fabricating new truths and then fighting for them. 8-1/2" x 11". Bottom edge shredded by design; fine. No copies listed in OCLC. [#034903] $200
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New Rochelle, Elizabeth Press, (1972). The softcover issue of this poetry collection. Corner crease to the rear flap; still fine in self-wrappers. [#035406] $45
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NY, Norton, [1998]. Advance reading copy. Near fine in wrappers, with promotional sheet laid in. [#035407] $50
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(n.p.), Kyuryudo, 1992. Text in Japanese, but primarily a book of photographs. Inscribed by actor Anthony Quinn to film director Anthony Harvey: "Dear Tony, the man at the bookstore asked me if my friend could speak Japanese. I said you spoke photo language. Here is [sic] some wonderful photos to last you the following wonderful New Year. A. Quinn." A nice Hollywood association: Harvey directed Quinn in the television movie This Can't Be Love, which also starred Katharine Hepburn, who won an Oscar working for Harvey in The Lion in Winter. Tall quarto; spine crease, else fine in wrappers and near fine dust jacket, lacking the wraparound band. [#026868] $350
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[NY], [Bantam], [1990]. Point of sale display for this title. (No book included.) Cover art: 14" x 16" at longest point, meant to attach to display rack. Rubbed, mild edge wear; near fine. Suitable for framing if cropped. [#023606] $60
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NY, PPP Editions, 2001. The Roth 101 reference work, a chronological guide to collecting 20th century photography books, which redefined the field in the early 2000s. With a 30-page essay, "When Objects Dream," by Shelley Rice, and writeups of each of the books chosen, describing their contents and explaining their importance. This is the trade edition; there were also two different limited editions. Slight corner taps, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Extra shipping may apply. [#035135] $250
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(NY), (Metromedia), (1971). Playbill for three plays based on three Philip Roth stories: "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," and "Eli, the Fanatic." This is the Playbill for the Premiere Performance, on October 26. Fine in stapled wrappers. Also included is a Playbill from the general run, which has more ads and a change of font on the title page. Also fine in stapled wrappers. [#911937] SOLD

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, (1987). The uncorrected proof copy. Voted one of the best works of American fiction in a quarter century in a survey conducted by the New York Times Book Review. Of the 22 titles named in that survey, Roth was the author of six of them. Promotional sheet stapled inside the front cover; slight spine-fading, thus near fine in wrappers. [#030383] SOLD

(n.p.), Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama, (2004). Inscribed by the author to Robert Stone: "You have given me great enjoyment over the years." Near fine in wrappers. [#033774] $40
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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
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Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1951. Their second collaboration, inscribed by Thoby-Marcelin to Barbara Howes in 1971. Howes/Smith bookplate front pastedown, causing offsetting to flyleaf at inscription. Introduction by Edmund Wilson, with Howes' pencilled markings in the text of the introduction; spine cloth faded; very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with several small edge chips. Uncommon, especially signed. [#018567] $250
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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
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NY, Donald I. Fine, (1988). Edited and introduced by Robert Polito and Michael McCauley. This copy is inscribed by Polito to the National Book Award-winning poet Ai (Florence Anthony): "For Ai -- doyenne of the dramatic monologue, with admiration & love -- Robert/ St. Patrick's Day/ 1988." Fine in a lightly rubbed, very near fine dust jacket. A nice, albeit unexpected, association. [#035334] $150
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(n.p.), (n.p.), 1979. A treatment script for an unproduced television film about Thorpe, co-written by Thorpe's daughter, Grace. Thorpe was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the U.S. at the Olympics (in 1912). Thorpe won gold for both the pentathlon and decathlon -- being acclaimed for those wins as "the greatest athlete in the world." He was stripped of the medals when it was learned that he had briefly played semi-professional baseball in the years prior; the medals were reinstated posthumously. Following his Olympic career, Thorpe played six seasons of professional baseball and six seasons of pro football. 19 pages, rectos only; comb-bound with acetate cover. Near fine. [#035021] $250
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NY, Knopf, 1972. Her fourth book, which many consider her scarcest. Signed by the author. Label removal shadow on front board, else very near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with the slightest smudging on the rear panel. [#911151] $1,000
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Cambridge, Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. The hardcover issue of this very early appearance in print by Updike. Harvard alumni commemorate the 75th anniversary of a tobacco store and gathering place; Updike contributes a poem, "The Old Tobacconist." Slight foxing to top edge, else fine in a near fine, orginal glassine dustwrapper. [#030276] $225
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Cambridge, Halty Ferguson, 1976. Of a total edition of 276 copies, this is copy number 16 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. This copy is also inscribed by Updike -- he has personalized the signature on the colophon in a different color ink -- and it includes a brief signed note by Updike on the prospectus, with a hand-addressed mailing envelope. By all appearances, Updike informed the collector of the existence of this edition by sending him a prospectus with a note saying "I thought you should be aware of this" and then the collector ordered the book and Updike personalized the signature for him. A mini-footnote to the relatively early years of Updike's being a highly collected author with numerous signed limited editions to his credit, with a glimpse of Updike's active involvement in helping a collector build his collection. [#031523] $350
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Newburyport, Wickford Press, 1968. An unsigned limited edition of an essay that first appeared in the New York Times. One of 250 numbered copies. Edge-sunning to covers; coffee splot lower front corner; very good in stapled wrappers. One of Updike's earliest limited editions, done the same year as Bath After Sailing and The Angels. Although the limitation of this title is larger than either of those, we have seen it less often and it appears to be scarcer in the market. [#026894] $400
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(n.p.), Albondocani, (1974). A card with a poem by Updike, used as a holiday greeting. One of 400 (stated) copies, of which this is one of 260 copies for the author's and artist's use, without the publisher's name printed on the page with the greeting. According to the De Bellis and Broomfield bibliography, 20 more copies were printed than stated in the colophon. Fine in stapled wrappers. [#030175] SOLD

[NY], (Scientific American), (1969). The first separate edition of this physics-themed poem. One of 6200 copies printed as Christmas cards to be issued with W.H. Auden's A New Year Greeting (not present). 24 pages, illustrated. Fine in stapled wrappers. Lacking the cardboard sleeve that combined the two booklets, but in a custom three quarter leather clamshell case from the Praxis Bindery. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For ___/ Merry Christmas 1995/ John Updike [with a drawing of holly leaves and berries]." While the print run of this item was not particularly small, especially when compared with the many limited editions Updike has done, the nature of its distribution -- as a freebie to Scientific American subscribers -- suggests that most copies would have been lost or discarded. [#030850] $1,500
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[1980]. Dated "Jan 1". One paragraph, agreeing to sign books for the recipient's wife. Written on the verso of the colophon for the limited edition of Problems. Signed in blue, with recipient's address hand-written in pink across the top; the colophon has some math written in pink. Folded in thirds for mailing; else fine. [#013416] $115
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NY, Random House, (2018). The advance reading copy of her bestselling memoir of her journey from her isolated survivalist upbringing in Idaho to Harvard and Cambridge. Fine in wrappers. Uncommon in an advance issue. [#034759] $100
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NY, Harper & Brothers, (1954). The limited edition of this collection of essays, stories and poems by the quintessential New Yorker writer and also the author of such children's classics as Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. One of 500 copies signed (initialed) by White for presentation to friends of the author and publisher. Sunning to spine ends; near fine in a very good dust jacket with light chipping at the spine extremities and rubbing to the folds. [#035627] $400
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