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HARD CHOICES. A Memoir
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2014). First edition. hardcover. Signed on the title page "Hillary". The inside account of the crises, choices,, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. 632 pages illustrated from..... More
HARD CHOICES.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by "Hillary" on the title page. Here is Clinton's inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America's 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. By..... More
MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN ACCRA. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.
New York: Knopf, 2013. First United States Edition. Hardcover. In 1974, an English archaeologist discovered a manuscript in Accra, the present capital of Ghana; carbon dating showed that it had originated in 1307. Written in Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin, the document describes a meeting in the year 1099 between the..... More
STRANGER SHORES. Literary Essays. 1986-1999.
New York: Viking Penguin, (2001). First U. S. edition. Hardcover. This volume gathers together for the first time in book form twenty-six pieces on books and writing. His subjects range from great eighteenth, and nineteenth century writers Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Ivan Turgenev to the the great German modernists..... More
LANDSCAPE WITH ROWERS. Poetry From The Netherlands
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, (2004). First edition. Hardcover. Though the Netherlands has been the site of vigorous literary activity since at least the Beweging van Vijftig (Movement of the Fifties) poets, the status of Dutch as a "minor" language spoken by only fifteen million people has kept its..... More
LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K
New York: Viking Press, 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home. On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies. Imprisoned, Michael is..... More
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS. A Novel.
New York: Penguin, 1982. First edition thus. Paperback. An advance reading copy of a Penguin Paperback Original. Published in the U.S. for the first time. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black..... More
SHE MADE ME LAUGH. My Friend Nora Ephron
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Nora Ephron (1941–2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, and movie director (Sleepless in Seattle; You’ve Got Mail; When Harry Met Sally; Heartburn; Julie & Julia). She wrote a slew of bestsellers (I Feel Bad About My..... More
WALLACE STEGNER. A Descriptive Bibliography
Lewiston: Confluence Press, (1990). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page, then, in different ink, under her signature, "Best Wishes July 21, '96 NC". A volume in the American Authors Series. Introduction by James R. Hepworth. Illustrated, 280 pages. Includes: Separate Publications - Contributions to Books..... More
LET LOVE HAVE THE LAST WORD. A Memoir.
New York: Atria, 2019. First edition. hardcover. This copy is signed and inscribed by Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common. The American rapper and actor opens up about his early days touching on God, self-love, partners, children, family and community. 215 pages illustrated..... More
MOUNTAIN MEN. A History of the Remarkable Climbers and Determined Eccentrics Who First Scaled the World's Most Famous Peaks
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, (2001). First edition. hardcover. An account of the pioneers of mountaineering as colorful and eye-opening as the characters involved. Imagine a world without Imax or Gore-tex, before North Face, a world without mobile phones or high-altitude Internet links, super-light hiking boots and polyamide fleece. Imagine a...... More
TRAIL OF THE EAGLE. Hunting Alaska with Master-Guide Bud Conkle
Anchorage: Great Northwest Publishing, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on the front endpaper and dated 1991 and signed by Bud Conkle's wife Lenora (Bud passed on in 1985). This book is based on the letters and diaries of Alaska Master Guide Bud Conkle. While on long hunts, he regularly wrote..... More
BLOOD WORK
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First edition. Hardcover. This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page. This special edition was not sold but given away by the author to help celebrate his involvment with publishing which debuted..... More
BLOOD WORK. A Set
New York: Little Brown, 1998. First edition. Hardcover and paperback. A crime novel made into a memorable film directed by Clint Eastwood who also stars in the film, as well as Jeff Daniels and Anjelica Huston. This set includes the Advance Reading Copy (ARC) in the publisher's stunt binding, which..... More
THE BLACK ECHO.
New York: Little Brown, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page. Not only is this the first book by Michael Connelly, it is also the debut of one of the great detectives of the modern era, one Harry Bosch..... More
CONARTIST. 30 Years with the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Times, (1993). Paul Conrad. First edition. hardcover. 4to. Contains 317 black-and-white line drawings. Known as one of the greatest editorial cartoonists in the world. The drawings in this book date from 1963 to 1993. Conrad was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes. The cartoons, arranged by decade, represent..... More
THE GREAT SANTINI. Uncorrected Proof
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof, in the original orange wrappers, perfect bound. Laid in is a publisher's invoice with a message to the recipient, the invoice is stamped "Complimentary Copy No Charge." Though the invoice is not dated it is for $10. Hard-nosed Marine fighter..... More
THE BLACK SPARROW PRESS. A Checklist. With 30 Passing Remarks by Robert Kelly
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #190 of 200 numbered copies, hardbound in cloth and boards signed by Robert Kelly and Seamus Cooney. This checklist yields the first 100 publications of the Black Sparrow Press. 40 pages. More
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. Thomas Pynchon and the Contemporary World
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived..... More
A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES. Or, You Must Remember This
New York: Linden Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Advance uncorrected proofs perfect bound in the original light tan printed wrappers. From Hollywood B-movies to Hollywood classics, A Night at the Movies invents what "might have happened" in these Saturday afternoon matinees. Mad scientists, vampires, cowboys, dance-men, Chaplin, and Bogart, all..... More
RAZORBLADE TEARS. A Novel
New York: Flatiron Books, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. The last thing he expects to hear..... More
HEY NOSTRADAMUS! A Novel
New York/London: Bloomsbury, 2003. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. Overrun with paranoia, teenage angst, and religious zeal..... More
CONTINENT.
New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First U.S. edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof of the author's first book. Laid in is a TLS from Ted Solotaroff to Gilbert Sorrentino dated November 3, 1986 on the publisher's letterhead which reads: "Dear Gil / I think that Jim Crace is a writer..... More