Livingston: Clark City Press, (1991). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. "This book should have been titled 'The Muddy Fork & Other Orphans. And this preface could be called "Stories About Stories." But I'm not old enough just yet to admit to too many orphans, literary or otherwise, and I'd rather save..... More
New York: Penguin, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Unrevised and unpublished proof copy. Here, Martin introduces the best of the young 'Western Writers" those whose work has reflected the region, its people, and their concerns, while at the same time transcending the West's rugged geography and offering stories of substance and..... More
New York: Harper Collins, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. This signed edition has been specially bound by the publisher. Chabon's first non-fiction book. A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces. In these insightful, provacative, slyly interlinked essays, presents his..... More
Seattle: Sasquash Books, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The story of how the Mariners went from the bottom to the top of Major League Baseball, and how Seattle shed some of its backwater instincts to become a city wiht a record-setting passion for..... More
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1988). First edition. Hardcover. This lucidly written study gives a careful and detailed reading of all of Pynchon's fiction from the early stories to Gravity's Rainbow. Seed stresses the intricacy of Pynchon's narratives and discusses such issues as his parody of myth, influences from..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1982). Tom Wolfe. First edition. hardcover. The signed limited edition, this signed twice on the colophon page by Wolfe, the underneath signature is dated November 19, 1987 by Wolfe and signed in his normal extravagant way. A collection of the 20 best non-fiction..... More
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2012. Vincent Chong. First edition. Hardcover. A signed limited edition, illustrations by Vincent Chong. The saga of Ringil Eskiath, Gil, for short, a peerless warrior, continues. Though his love for another man has made him an outcast and pariah. A near fine copy in a near..... More
San Francisco and Portland: Night Shade Books, (1991). First edition. Hardcover. The first collection of stories by Banks. The title story is a Culture novella that features characters from other Banks novels, but is set on Earth in 1977. An additional Culture story is included in this collection, as well..... More
London: Orbit, (1994). First edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page (also dated). An imaginative tour de force, a stunning novel of bravery and hope, fear and betrayal, strangeness and charm in the face of darkness. 279 pages. More
New York: Harper & Row, (1973). First edition. Hardcover. News Journalism is a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that uses literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time. The term was codified with its current meaning by Wolfe in this collection of journalism articles..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1980). Tom Wolfe. Galley. Paperback. 4to. A book of essays written and drawn by Tom Wolfe. Measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches bound in yellow illustrated wrappers (pad bound). Includes the drawings by the author. A copy of a letter from the publisher..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1983). First edition. The author examines Pynchon's novels first against the backdrop of contemporary fiction. Then he explores Pynchon's view of the modern world, both its apparent ills and available remedies. 238 pages with index. More
New York: Dutton, (2008). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Signed by Edwards on a tipped in page ('Signed Copy' sticker to front panel). The extraordinary tale of Wheeler Burden, California-exiled heir of the famous Boston banking Burden's , philosopher, student of history, legend's son, rock idol, writer, lover of..... More
Boston: Da Capo Press, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Brad Snyder on the front endpaper. Snyder, a US Navy Lieutenant served in Afghanistan as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer with SEAL Team Ten. Less than five months later, from the night Osama bin Laden was killed, Brad was engulfed..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1998). First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof of this novel of the world of high commerce and the American obsession with success, set in the industrial town of Lacewood, Gain tells the history of Clare Soap and Chemical Company, a Procter & Gamble-like manufacturer..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof of the author's first book that shows a publication date of 19 May 1988. A coming-of-age tale set during the early 1980s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chabon submitted this as his thesis for the Master of Fine Arts degree. One of..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, (1983). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book, ten stories. They are: Girl - In the Night - At Last - Wingless - Holidays - The Letter From Home - What I Have Been Doing Lately - Blackness - My Mother- At the Bottom..... More
New York: World Publishing, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book and the only volume of poetry written by acclaimed Native American novelist James Welch. 46 poems in 4 categories. The title of the book refers to the forty acres of Montana land Welch's father once leased from a Blackfeet..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed on the title page by Ivan Doig. From a great American storyteller, a one-of-a-kind father and his precocious son, rocked by a time of change, set in 1960 in a small Montana town. 387 pages. More
New York: Knopf, 1998. First edition. Paperback. The uncorrected proof perfect bound in light blue printed wrappers, as issued. Twenty-five essays, which include Legs, A Hemingway Story, Mailer at the Algonquin, Good-bye to Richard Yates, A Country Road Song, First Books, Autumn Legs, and many more. The author has received..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Tall Uncorrected Galleys measuring 5 x 11 inches, perfect bound with cloth spine and green printed wrappers of thick stock, as issued. Hand-numbered pages, 189, with binding flaw to last blank page. A rare, lucidly composed screenplay from one of America’s..... More
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1918. Second edition. Flexible boards. Lacking the dust jacket though this copy is inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, but the inscription above the author's reads: "To / Mark O. Prentiss / on his starting to circum / navigate the globe/ Earle..... More
London: Faber & Faber, (1985). First edition. Hardcover. The author's outrageous and informative account of the amazing story of the cigar, from those early beginnings in 1492 to the sophisticated Cohibas of today. The importance of the brand (and the band); cultivation and manufacture; how to cut and how to..... More
New York: Delacorte / Seymour Lawrence, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Eleven plays, short, mad, whimsical, funny, incisive and in one act. The plays are; Spider Rabbit, The Meatball, Apple Glove, The Cherub, The Authentic Radio Life of Bruce Conner and Snoutburbler, The Shell, The Pansy, The Bow, The Sail..... 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
