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Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this copy is a postcard addressed to a woman in Indiana (cancel 1988) in the author's hand, on the message side Percy writes: "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. / The Moviegoer / Walker Percy." The opening sentence of this prize winner.
THE MOVIEGOER.
Percy, Walker
New York: Knopf, 1961.
Price: $3,000.00
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The first British and first hardbound editions of books that were published in the U.S. as paperback originals. Small 4to and 8vo. 4 volumes. Each of these books (which comprise the first four novels in the ongoing Temeraire series) is one of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page using a blindstamp colophon. These four novels have been optioned for the movies by Peter Jackson (director of the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy). They are historical novels set during the Napoleonic Wars but in an "alternate reality" that includes dragons.
TEMERAIRE, THRONE OF JAKE, BLACK POWDER WAR and EMPIRE OF IVORY.
Novik, Naomi
London: Harper Voyager, (2006-2007).
Price: $2,250.00
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This copy is signed by Capote on the title page and also signed on the dedication page by the dedicatee of the book, Tennessee Williams. A marvelous association of two great writers whose signatures are rarely seen in the same book.
MUSIC FOR CHAMELEONS.
Capote, Truman.
New York: Random House, 1980.
Price: $2,500.00
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The author started to write this book before The Orchard Keeper. The principle scene of this novel, the author's fourth, is Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early 1950s. No remainder mark, nor price-clip.
SUTTREE.
McCarthy, Cormac
New York: Random House, 1979.
Price: $2,500.00
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Author's first book. This copy is inscribed by Bowles: "George darling, please refer to Plain Pleasures. Love, Jane. 1966." Bowles misspelled "Pleasures" on the first try, crossing it out and began a second time but crossed that out also before penning the word correctly on the third try. "Plain Pleasures" is a collection of Bowles' short stories which Peter Owen published in 1966. The recipient, "George", may be movie director George Cukor since this book turned up at an auction with other books inscribed to him but it does not bear his bookplate as many of his books did. In any case, Jane Bowles inscriptions are seldom seen.
TWO SERIOUS LADIES.
Bowles, Jane
London: Peter Owen, 1965.
Price: $1,850.00
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This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page. This special edition was not sold but given away by the author to help celebrate his involvment with publishing which debuted with this book. A very scarce item. The book won the Grand Prix, the highest honor for a mystery novel in France. It also won the Anthony Award and Macavity Award for Best Novel of 1998, and was also the basis for the Clint Eastwood directed film that starred Eastwood, Angelica Huston and Jeff Daniels.
BLOOD WORK
Connelly, Michael
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
Price: $1,850.00
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One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bound in brown leather with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued without dust jacket.
SCREWJACK.
Thompson, Hunter S
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991.
Price: $3,000.00
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Small folio. This copy bears Leibovitz's presentation inscription on the front endpaper: "For Lena / with great admiration / Annie Leibovitz / New York 1999." From the estate of Lena Horne. A one-of-a-kind copy.
WOMEN by Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag.
(Horne, Lena)
New York: Random House, 1999.
Price: $2,750.00
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Author's first book. Laid in (loose) is a bookplate that has been signed by the author (HST, early bookplate Hunter made up on his computer then signed). In 1965, Carey McWilliams, editor of The Nation, offered Thompson the opportunity to write a story based on his experience with the California-based Hells Angels motorcycle club. After The Nation published the article (May 17, 1965), Thompson received several book offers and spent the next year living and riding with the Hell's Angels. The relationship broke down when the bikers concluded that Thompson was exploiting them for his personal gain. The gang demanded a share of the profits from his writings and after an argument at a party Thompson ended up with a savage beating, or "stomping" as the Angels referred to it. When this book was published "....Mr. Thompson was twenty-nine years old and was known as an avid reader, a relentless drinker and a fine hand with a .44 Magnum."
HELL'S ANGELS. The Strange And Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.
Thompson, Hunter S
New York: Random House, (1967).
Price: $2,250.00
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Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on the half-title page: "For dear dear Mary, with Love / P." Underneath his inscription Penn has drawn a circle then signed his name inside, adding "NY. 1984," the year of publication. This is the first comprehensive retrospective on Penn's work, and was published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA. 216 p, with 156 plates (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color).
IRVING PENN.
Szarkowski, John
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1984).
Price: $950.00
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One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author. Cloth and boards with the original acetate jacket. One of the author's most popular titles because of its autobiographical nature that tells the story of how Buk grew up in those heady early days in Los Angeles.
HAM ON RYE. A Novel.
Bukowski, Charles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1982.
Price: $850.00
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Signed by the author on the half-title. A nice big rendering of the author's unmistakable signature on the half-title page (with "*"). This book answers, once and for all, the question, "To what extent are human beings sacred, and to what extent are they machines?" Illustrations by Vonnegut, including a very good drawing of an electric chair in the basement of the Shepherdstown Adult Correctional Institution, just outside Midland City. Basis for the big screen film that starred Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte and Albert Finney, directed by Alan Rudolph
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS. Or Goodbye Blue Monday. A Novel. With Drawings by the Author
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.
New York: Delacorte / Seymour Lawrence, (1973).
Price: $750.00
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