Chicago: Johnson Publishing, (1970). First editions, thus. Hardcover. 8vo's. An important association set, gifted from Johnson Publishing to Illinois Governor Otto Kerner. who was the Chairman of the 1968 U.S. Commission that declared in the so-called "Kerner Report" that our nation was "moving toward two societies, one black, and one..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1976. First edition. softcover. It is both a memoir of Baldwin's experiences watching movies and a critique of the racial politics of American cinema. 130pp. More
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
New Orleans: B E Trice, 2001. Russell Chatham. Presentation copy. Hardcover. Russell Chatham's Copy, so printed on the colophon page: "Of this first edition of Bitterroot, one hundred fifty numbered copies, and twenty six lettered copies, specially bound, have been signed by the author." Color lithograph by Russell Chatham to..... More
New York: Grove Press, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. The author stated that the chapters are intended to be read in any order. The reader follows the narration of junkie William Lee, who takes on various aliases, from the U.S. to Mexico, eventually to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. More
New York: Ecco Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed in full on the title page by Ray Carver and inscribed below by him: "For James and Norma from Ray. June 1988. Port Angeles" With photographs by Bill Burke; edited by Constance Sullivan; With a preface by Andy..... More
n.p. Published by the Author, 1982. First edition. Paperback. A PBO (paperback original). This copy signed by the author, singer, songwriter on the title page. Coe, to get noticed in Nashville, had a long black hearse with his name printed on the sides (in huge white letters). He used to..... More
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
New York: Knopf, (1972). Joseph Schindelman. First edition. Hardcover. Thanks to Mr. Wonka and a couple of buttons that did and did not get pushed, the Great Glass Elevator and all of its passengers find themselves orbiting in space! Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Front dust jacket flap..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1966). William Pene Du Bois. Later printing. Hardcover. Small 4to.When an irate eight-year-old girl puts the "magic finger" on the people who live on the neighboring farm, exciting things begin to happen. The author's third book for children. Price clipped jacket but code to bottom..... More
Carmel: The Friends of Photography, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Edited by James Aliner with an introduction by Sherry Turner. 82 illustrations after DeCarava's images of Harlem. 192pp with 82 full-page black and white plates. Still in the original shrink wrap. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. The story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of..... More
New York: Scribner, (2014). Hardcover. A war novel. It won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. An Indiespensible book, #47, done by Powell's books. Consisting of a first edition signed copy of the book with dust jacket, housed in a...... More
New York: Doubleday, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. Twenty tales of indelible characters: a solitary woman struggling to corral a flock of idiot sheep; a young girl who creates a strange fairytale that shatters her parents' love; a modern-day prophet waging war against..... More
New York: Random House, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book (Fan's Notes was his first). The death of Edmund Wilson precipitates an odyssey through the distorted literary landscape of America in search of Wilson's essence as the pre-eminent man of letters and the author's own creative wellsprings. More
Winston Salem: Palaemon Press Limited, (1981). First edition. Paperback. 4to. One of 140 numbered and signed copies, of which 40 were numbered I-XL (for private distribution) and 100 were numbered 1-100. This copy is #71 and is signed by Shelby Foote on the colophon page. First separate publication. Foote, famous..... More
New York: Basic Books, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. Criticism with both eyes open, fearless, illuminating, proving that the concern of the critic is with art, that true art is moral and not trivial, that it and the discussion of it can give pleasure, of a sort that lasts and re-echoes..... More
New York: Dey St, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. This signed first edition has been specially bound and produced by the publisher. Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie Harry BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK Musician, actor..... More
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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition (UK). Hardcover. This special copy has been finely bound for the publisher Tom Maschler bearing his personal bookplate especially designed for him by Quentin Blake. Original quarter leather patterned paper-covered boards with gilt titles in raised bands to spine and author's initials to the..... More
New York: Persea, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's scarce first novel. "A wonderful charivari, full of life and new news. He has appropriated the vitality of two cultures to produce, in magical synthesis, a splendid, bitter, and loving work of the imagination." More
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1976). Third Printing (1979). Hardcover. 4to. This copy is inscribed to Ralph Graves, the Time-Life Editor on the front free endpaper, "For / Ralph Graves / In happy remembrance of our association at / Life Magazine, and with the good wishes / of/ Yousuf Karsh..... More
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
Flagstaff: Rising Moon, (1996). Julia Miner. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. This copy is signed by six (6) original Navajo Code Talkers. They are: Sidney Bedoni Yellow Salt, 1st Para, Marine Regt * Chester Nez, Original 29, 1942-1945 * Bert Tallsalt 2nd Marine Div * Merril L Sandoval 5th &..... More
