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
New York: William Morrow, (1936-1965). Author's edition, 23rd printing. Hardcover. Film source for director Frank Capra's 1937 film that is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery located high in the mountains of Tibet. A veteran member of the British diplomatic service finds inner peace, love..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Center, 1980. Will Harmuth. First edition thus. Hardcover. Signed by Ralph Ellison, his first book. Lacking the booklet "Notes from the Editor". First published in 1952, this novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by the African Americans in the early twentieth century..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Pare Lorentz to Harris Liechti founder of the International Film Series on the front endpaper. "To Harris / Best Wishes for more / high low comedy / (signed) Pare Lorentz / Oshkosh, November 23, 1971." Ownership signature of Harris..... 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
Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press, (2008). First edition. softcover. Prolific Pacific Northwest author's first book, a PBO (paperback original) signed by Evison on the title page with those words that are oh so true, "NO PAIN NO GAIN!" (signed) with his initials. This novel won critical acclaim, including the Washington State..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, (2001). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. "In this remarkable collection of essays, David James Duncan, award-winning author of The River Why, braids his contemplative, activist, and rhapsodic voices together into a potently distinctive whole, speaking with power and urgency about..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2000). First edition. Hardcover. A memoir that chronicles the author's stewardship of his younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents. 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: Knopf, 1996. First trade edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page. This is a story that begins when Elena McMahon, estranged from her powerful husband in California and covering the 1984 primary campaign for the Washington Post, makes her way to Florida to see her..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Didion on the front red endpaper. The novel is narrated by Grace Strasser-Mendana, an American expatriate who married into one of the three or four families that dominate Boca Grande politics, the Mendanas. Grace was trained as an anthropologist..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1984. One of 400 signed. Hardcover. #201 of 400 hardbound copies signed by Bukowski on the colophon page. a selection of poetry from the early 1980s. Bukowski shows that he is still as pure as ever but that he has evolved into a slightly happier man..... 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
New York: Ecco, (2010). From the author's photographs. First edition. Hardcover. With some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf) transgender women, Kabuki Goddesses, porn queens, poets housewives, makeup artists, geishas, Valkyries and Venus figurines. A charming, evocative and piercing examination of an ancient Japanese tradition and the keys it holds..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2018). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by both authors. When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival. 390pp plus author commentary. More
New York: Knopf, (1995). Thirteenth Printing. hardcover. A 13th printing signed by Ray Bradbury on the front endpaper. He has also included the date 6/21/96. This novel takes place in the summer of 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Illinois, based upon Bradbury's childhood home of Waukegan, Illinois..... More
New York: Ballantine, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first contemporary novel. Set in the circus world of the 1940s and 1950s, it tells the story of two trapeze artists, Mario Santelli and Tommy Zane, and the professional relationship they develop which ultimately leads to love. Nearly 600 pages. More
New York: Grossett & Dunlap, (1927). First edition thus. Hardcover. Saunders was born in Minnesota but schooled in Seattle where his father served as U.S. Attorney. After attending the University of Washington he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, entering in the fall of 1919 where he was the first..... More
New York: Scribner's, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. A novel that tells the story of two immigrants to New France, René Sel and Charles Duquet, and of their descendants. It spans over 300 years and witnesses the deforestation of the New World from the arrival of Europeans into the contemporary era..... More
New York: Scholastic Press, (2001). First edition. hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Eleven-year-old Nickel, a boy with a great affinity for animals and photography moves into an apartment building run by the strange and mysterious Mr. Beastly and discovers a secret about the other..... More
New York: Free Press, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Acclaimed travel writer Bonie Tsui takes an affectionate and attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather's return from the fortune-cookie factory. Tsui..... More
Jerome: The M Kimberly Press, 1999. Mare Blocker. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Artists' book. Letterpress with linocut illustrations. Spiral bound photo album. This copy is #16/100 signed by Blocker. The colophon reads: "I have always loved to tell stories. This book celebrates twenty years of mining my loved ones..... More
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed and inscribed by the author and dated May 29, 2004. Publisher postcard laid in (dust jacket illustration). Ruth Whitney's debut novel set in a small, interior country of Africa at the start of the AIDS epidemic. The aged..... 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
New York: Grove Press, (2001). First edition. hardcover. Inscribed by Jim Harrison to actor and fellow Montana resident Margot (Kidder): "To my dear / Margot / this wisdom / with love / from / Jimmy / Going to France / tomorrow." Also signed on the half title page by the..... More
