Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 189 pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed acetate. Includes essays, poems and stories by the author of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Special limited edition. A short story by Carver. Illustrator unstated. This book was published in an edition of 200 numbered copies plus 26 letered copies in special quarter leather binding over patterned boards. This copy however, is labeled "Publisher's Copy" (not..... More
Vineburg: Engdahl Typography, 1992. First edition. Cloth. First and only edition of this play written by Carver when he was at Humboldt State University. Tall clothbound octavo with printed paper label on the front panel and spine. Frontis and three illustrations by Mayona Engdahl. Introduction by Richard Cortez Day and..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter navy cloth spine over illustrated boards. A 45 pp short story by the author of Spartina. This is one of 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Fine condition in a fine example of the unprinted navy dustwrapper. The first copy we have..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1932. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 230 pp. First edition stated. Green cloth binding is toned at spine at along the edges of the binding. With the ownership bookplate of James B. Vickery afixed to the inside front pastedown. The original dustwrapper is in solid very good..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1931. First edition. Cloth. Green cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 280 pp novel by the author of Death Comes for the Archbishop. Stated first edition. Some discoloration to spine color, but less than typically seen. Otherwise a handsome very good or better copy. The dustwrapper is just..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. Second printing. Hardcover. Small hardbound octavo. Navy covers ruled and stamped in gilt. Slight corner wear else a clean copy marred only by a small inked name/date (from 1912) on the front endpaper and a small bookseller stamp afixed to the inside..... More
New York: NMeredith Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter burgundy cloth over boards. 214 pp. Stated first edition. A biography of the well known saloonkeeper of yore. Illustrated with photographs. A very good copy in dustwrapper with chips and wear along the top edge of the front panel. This copy..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. Reprint. Cloth. Early reprint edition of this 373 pp memoir by the late night television host and commentator. Cloth covers are somewhat soiled. Age-spotting to page edges. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with some dampstaining to the rear panel. This copy..... More
New York: Creative Times, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 338 pp. An exploration of the ideas of Samuel Beckett's play set in the streets of a post Katrina New Orleans. Texts by Susan Sontag, Anne Pasternak, Kalamu Ya Salaan, Chan and others. With dozens of color and black and white..... More
Flint: The Shaw Society of America, 1953 - 1957. First edition. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Five random issues from the 1950's of the Shaw Bulletin, a publication devoted to the writings and life of playright George Bernard Shaw. Includes Number Four Summer, 1953, Number Five May 1954, Number Six September..... More
Norwalk: The Eason Press, 1992. Reprint. Leather Bound. Special leatherbound reprint edition of the author's first book. 205 pp. Illustrated frontis. A very handsome near fine copy in dark green full-leather binding with gilt decorations, all gilt edges and integral silk bookmark. More
Francestown, NH: Typographeum, 1993. First edition. Cloth. Fine press limited edition. Foreword by John Wyse Jackson and with a frontispiece by Jocelynn Hallen. One of 175 copies. 26 pp. An essay that Chatwin presented at a June 1973 charity art auction. Fine copy in dark grey cloth covers with paper..... More
Franklin, PA: Franklin Library, 1987. First Edition. Leather. First US edition published in full leather by the Franklin Library. SIGNED by Chatwin. 293 pp. A very good copy with some wear to the edges of the front cover. Signed by Author. More
Minneapolis: Redpath Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Small, narrow paperbound chapbook. 32 pp. Illustrated by Etienne Delessert. A short story by the author of The Wapshot Chronicles. Fine condition in bound illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Comes with original mailing envelope and publisher card. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected proof copy inbound peach wrappers printed in black. 167 pp. A clean near fine example of this uncommon proof. Minor toning to spine color. More
Franklin, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First edition thus. Full Leather. Full decorated leatherbound edition of one of the author's great literary achievements. Illustrated by Chet Jezierski. SIGNED by Cheever on a tipped in page with protective tissue guard. Publisher's Notes From The Editors booklet laid in. Other than some..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Tall, wide paperbound quarto. 240 pp. Illustrated in black and white. This is the Uncorrected Proof copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. In very good condition. An intimate memoir of Bowles written with the assistance of Cherie Nutting... More
Chicago: Newstand Library, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Clarence Cooper's first book written under this alias. A solid very good copy. A pocket paperback original book. Gangsters and voluptuous babes. More
Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. Issued without dustwrapper. One of 200 clothbound copies (there were also 26 lettered and signed cloth copies). Near fine condition. This book was mostly published in softbound format so the cloth copies are uncommon. More
New York: Hyperion Books, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of this charming book for children written by actor and author Alan Arkin. Illustrated by Hala Wittwer. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Arkin on the front endpaper. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1942. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 245 pp. Stated first edition. A handsome very good copy in illustrated brown cloth binding in very good price-intact, first issue dustwrapper with $2,00 price on the front flap. With charming illustrations by Kurt Wiese. Two ducks out on adventure. Nice..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1956. First edition. Cloth. First edition stated of the Connecticut author's first book. 188 pp. With illustrations by Louis Darling. A handsome very good copy in two-tone illustrated cloth covers in a good price-intact dustwrapper. The wrapper has a noticeable irregularly shaped chip at the..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company (Le Roy Phillips), 1904. Reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint edition of this illustrated classic children's book. Two pages have a piece torn away from the bottom edge, not affecting any text or illustrations. Otherwise a tight clean copy in illustrated boards. Prior ownership name to front endpaper..... More
