MY LIFE IN HEAVY METAL.
New York: Grove Press, (2002). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Twelve passion-fueled stories. Signed by the author on a tipped-in page before the half-title page. 205pp. More
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HUMBOLDT'S GIFT.
New York: Viking, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Slight crimping at spine crown, the jacket has the lightest of darkening at spine. Sharp copy. More
MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET
New York: Viking Press, 1970. First edition. Winner of the National Book Award. Touch of dulling to spine (just a touch). More
BOOK COLLECTING. The Last Refuge of the Illiterate.
Salt Lake City: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by Bowden. Casebound in black cloth boards, with red paper labels pasted front and rear. Rear endsheet serves as the colophon. Cover design by Edward Bateman. Book design and letterpress printing..... More
RUE MORGUE #1 Edited by Rex Stout and Louis Greenfield. Inscribed Twice by Ray Bradbury
New York: Creative Age Press, (1946). First edition. hardcover. Nineteen (19) mystery/crime stories collected from pulps, including one by Ray Bradbury, "The Watchers" first published in Weird Tales (May 1945). Here, in this copy, Bradbury addresses the legend about how he met his wife, Marguerite McClure, in April of 1946..... More
A LOST LADY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. #7 of the 'Autograph Edition' this copy marked "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page. Not signed by Cather. Blue and beige cloth with spine label in a decorated, light green dust jacket that is taller than the book. More
BLOOD AND GRITS. Essays.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's tenth book. Essays. Seventeen pieces that were all published, with the exception of "A Night at a Waterfall." The stellar piece, in my opinion, is "A Walk in the Country." The first printing was 6500 copies..... More
THE MUDDY FORK. A Work in Progress.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. LImited signed edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 25 pages of text, bound in brown cloth and yellow patterned boards with acetate wrapper. #62/200 numbered copies signed by Crumley. The published work contained short fiction and non-fiction published by Clark City Press in 1991. More
SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Foote on the front endpaper, "For / Michael Hargraves / displaced in Frisco / from / Shelby Foote / Memphis Nov 1982." In this novel, a magisterial historian of the Civil War charts its distant repercussions in..... More
A JOHN GRAVES READER
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1996). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by John Graves on the half-title page. Laid in is a post card notice of a book signing at a book shop on October 6, 1996. Post card sent to the person the book is inscribed to..... More
A JOHN GRAVES READER.
Austin: University of Texas, (1996). First edition thus. Hardcover. Signed by John Graves on the half-title page. This anthology contains selections from 'Goodbye to a River and his two other major books, "Hard Scrabble (1974) and "From a Limestone Ledge" (1980). It also includes short stories and essays, some of..... More
MYSELF AND STRANGERS. A Memoir of Apprenticeship
New York: Knopf, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. This much admired author of Goodbye to a River, and other nonfiction classics recounts his long, winding journey toward becoming a writer in the years after WWII. ("Compliments of the Author" card laid in along with a letter from a friend). Drawing upon..... More
EGGS I HAVE KNOWN.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1955). First printing stated. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to June and Oscar Levant "To June Levant and / Oscar who uses / the same surname / In sincere / admiration." (signed) "Corrine Griffith." A collection of recipes of fine and unusual food, with..... More
LEGENDS OF THE FALL. Uncorrected White Proof. One of Not More Than 15.
New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. According to the Orr/Torrey Jim Harrison bibliography 1964-2008, this advance copy, A14.a. states, "This state of the proof, white pad-bound binding with black lettering. Cover of this proof is paper and is a photocopy..... More
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RIVERS. With 5 Relief Prints by Russell Chatham
Seattle: Wynn Books, 1986. Russell Chatham. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jim Harrison on the half-title page. A book of poetry. Includes 5 relief prints, measuring 14 x 18 inches, each marked; "AP 8/40" and each pencil signed by Russell Chatham. Though lacking the folder, the 5 prints are all..... More
THE PET SHOP BOYS VERSUS AMERICA. Photographs by Pennie Smith
London: Viking Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. An English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness..... More
THE ORDWAYS. A Novel.
New York: Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Author's second novel. Laid in is a card signed by Humphrey. Set in a small Texas town that is poised on the frontier where two myths meet, those of the South and those of the West. In following the Ordway clan through four..... More
THE BLIND PIG. A Mystery Novel About Guns, Crime and a Cop Named Mulheisen in One of America's Most Violent Cities.
New York: Random House, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, this copy inscribed on the front endpaper by Jackson, "To ______ / I've always looked / up to you -- you've been / like an older sister! / I hope this makes / your blood percolate / Love /..... More
BLACK LEOPARD RED WOLF. A Novel
New York: Riverhead, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed on the title page. "Signed First Edition" sticker to the front cover. Myth, fantasy, and history merge in this stunning novel following a mercenary and his search for a missing child. Illustrated with maps. 620pp. The first volume of..... More
ANDERSONVILLE. A Novel
New York and Cleveland: World, (1955). First edition. Hardcover. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book interweaves the stories of real and fictional characters. It is told from many points of view, including that of Henry Wirz, the camp commandant, who was later executed. It also features..... More
A LIFETIME OF PERCEPTION
New York: Abrams, (1982). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Features 150 duotone illustrations, with text by Ben Lifson. Grey cloth with silver stamping, crisp copy. More
BUFFALO GALS, WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT. Illustrated by Susan Seddon Boulet and Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
San Francisco: Pomegranate Art Books, (1994). Susan Seddon Boulet. First edition. hardcover. 4to. Le Guin has an uncanny understanding of the magical. In this story, she is particularly adept at exploring the magic of animals as she shows us their wisdom, follies, spirits and personalities. The illustrations, over 20, by..... More
UNSPEAKABLE GENTLEMAN.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Lacking the dust jacket, but a first edition of the author's first book. Frontispiece by A. I. Keller. Bookplate and blindstamp of writer/producer and voice actor, Carey Wilson, whose screenplays include Ben-Hur (1925), Mutiny on The Bounty (1935), and The Great..... More
EAST MEETS WEST.
Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Large perfect bound wrappers, with french flaps, slick illustrated covers, as issued. No hardback issue. 214 pp, illustrated from color photographs by Miyake with a few in black and white. All stylized fashion shots, and all about clothes. Preface by Diane Vreeland. The..... More
ORIGINAL BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH BY HORACE BRISTOL.
First Edition. Photograph. An original black and white photograph, signed by Bristol on the mat "Horace Bristol '4" Image measures 7 x 8.75 inches, overall approx 17.25 x 21.25 inches matted and framed under glass, wood frame painted black (with a few rubs and nicks). A stunning image, close-up head..... More