Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co of America, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book, in the first issue dust jacket (without the Southern Living quote) published by a small press in Baltimore. Tiny first printing. In this copy Bahr was written out a paragraph from the book and signed..... More
Northampton: Ghenna Press, 1965. Leonard Baskin. First edition. Paperback. 4to. One of 500 copies printed. A collection of 16 of Baskin's drawings that includes "After Leonardo," "The Torment of Rembrandt,""The Torment of Albrecht Durer," and "The Torment of Michelangelo," among others. In addition to the drawings of the classic artists..... More
Barcelona: Plaza & Janes, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Saul Bellow. This edition, a first edition printed March of 1979, is in Spanish. Features three Nobel winners, Harry Martinson (Swedish, 1974) features three pieces; Nettles Bloom, The Path of Freedom, and a Poetry Anthology, Eugenio Montale (Italian, 1975) three..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (2006). Michael P Berman. First edition. Hardcover. Small oblong 4to. This copy is signed by both Charles Bowden and photographer Michael P. Berman on the title page. "Inferno burns with Bowden's passion for the desert he calls home. "I want to eat the dirt and..... More
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Two stapled promo sheets laid in. The culmination of the author's "accidental trilogy." With familiar surgical precision, Bowden combines memoir, natural history, and keen reportage at breakneck speed. More
New York: Random House, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected First Proof. A collection of short fiction and non-fiction pieces. Includes ‘Handcarved Coffins.” this book spent an unprecedented (for a collection of short works) 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Perfect bound in the original red printed wrappers..... More
New York: Random House, (1983). Proof copy. Paperback. Early proof copy with title and publisher handwritten to red front cover.Tiny literary agency stamp to bottom of half-title page. Page numbers originally handwritten (but reproduced here). 21 pages printed on rectos only. Perfect bound in red wrappers. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. This copy has the bookplate of Frank Buxton (1930-2018) on the front pastedown. Frank Buxton was an American actor, television writer, author, and television director. Frank Capra has briefly inscribed and signed his name to Buxton's bookplate. This book provides a...... More
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. An Advance Copy bound in white cloth with copper stamping to spine and front cover housed in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase. Laid in is a note on Random House stationery, A Personal Note, signed by Bob Bernstein, presenting this advance copy..... More
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
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: Scribner, (2010). First edition. Hardcover. Six stories by the author of 'All the Light We Cannot See.' The stories are; Memory Wall, Procreate/Generate, The Demilitarized Zone, Village, The River Nemunas, and Afterworld. 242pp. The title story, 'Memory Wall' won the 2010 National Magazine Award for Fiction. 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
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
New York: Knopf, 1974. Herbert L Fink. First edition. Hardcover. Magic, madness, menace and romance are all woven together in this Gardner collection. Nine tales depict ministers and college students, strange medieval countries full of demented royalty, and whaling ships. More
New York: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. The author's final novel, that follows Peter Mickelsson, former football player and current Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. More
New York: Dutton/Seymour Lawrence, (1988). First edition. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Perfect bound in the original illustrated brown printed wrappers. 324pp. Press release/promotional letter laid in. The story of a woman of the west, told in her voice. She shares with us her great determination to find the illegitimate son..... More
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
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. Introductions by Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. Edited by Joseph Bednarik. Signed by all three, Bednarik, Gerber and Jim Harrison. Copy C of 26 lettered copies. Also includes work by Charles Simic, Ezra Pound, Jim Harrison, Adrienne Rich, Gary Snyder..... More
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
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
n.p. Associated American Artists, 1963. Joseph Hirsch. First edition. Lithograph. Image measures approx 14 1/8 X 22 1/2 inches, overall (framed under glass) 31 1/4 x 26 inches. This copy is marked "Artist Proof, '63" and signed by the artist in pencil. There was an edition of 50 signed. Printed..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. An Indiespensible selection done by Powell's Books that includes a signed first edition of the book, a chapbook interview along with a matching slipcase. Hunt's third novel concerning Nat and Ruth, young orphans, living in a crowded foster home run by..... More
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
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1976). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Parrish on the half-title page. Robert Parrish directed his first film in 1950, Cry Danger. His credits include 'The Purple Plain', 'Fire Down Below', 'The Wonderful Country', and 'Casino Royale'. Earlier, as film editor, he worked with such directors..... More
