Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Large 4to. This copy inscribed by the photographer on the title page. Perfect bound in the black illustrated wrappers. 144 pages illustrated from photographs in five sections; New York, Los Angeles, Cuba, The Soviet Union, and Jerusalem. More
New York: Viking Press, (1970). First edition. Hardcover. Winner of the National Book Award. This copy is inscribed by Bellow "For George Hanson / with best wishes / Saul Bellow / Jan 9, 1973." Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1976. The author also won, along with... More
New York: Doubleday, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by the author on the title page to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood. Fifteen stories. 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
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first novel concerning a Chicano family in southern New Mexico. This copy inscribed in the year of publication. More
New York: Crown, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by the author on the front end paper "RWM from AC / with grateful thanks and all / good wishes / 1981." Alex Comfort is a physician, biologist and author both of literary works and of the standard treatise of... More
New York: Crown, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Comfort on the front endpaper. Laid in is a xeroxed 14 page manuscript, initialed in the author's hand and dated (not xerox) of more poems. This is also inscribed in ink at the top by Alex Comfort. A.... 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
Wheaton: Tyndale House, (1986). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Elson to actor Cliff Robertson on the front endpaper. Elson, born into a humble home in the Monongahela Valley outside Pittsburg, heard the call to the ministry and began a lifetime of service to a parish that eventually... More
New York: Random House, 1999. Third printing. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by Frankel to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood, and is also signed on the title page. An autobiography of a writer for the New York Times, that moves through Hitler's Berlin, Khrushchev's Moscow, Castro's Havana, and the... More
New York: Knopf, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. This copy bears Gray's presentation inscription to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood, dated at the time of publication. Gray did one of his notable monologues, "Monster In A Box," about the travails in writing this, his first novel. More
New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by Hanley in the year of publication: "For Noel Taylor / my thanks and / best wishes / William Hanley / 1968." This play focuses on a close family whose empty apartment building is about to be demolished. More
New York: Knopf, (1979). First edition. Hardcover. This copy, of the author's first book, is inscribed by him on the half-title page. A western novel that reimagines the story of the Dalton Gang. The novel is told in the form of a fictional memoir written in 1937 by 65 year... More
Washington: Craftsbury, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Hubbard to fellow photographer Bill Owens (with Owen's ink ownership signature), dated in 1981. Laid in is a TLS from Hubbard to Bill Owens. Hubbard, in 1977, inspired by the Farm Security Administration photographs of the 1930's, traveled the country in a.... More
New York: Putnam, (1986). First American edition. Hardcover. Nobel Prize winning British author's second novel that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and winner of the Whitbread Prize. This copy is briefly signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. It is set in post-World War II Japan... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1972). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Laurents on the half-title page: "To Pierre Sicari / from / Arthur Laurents." Basis for the famous big screen film that starred Streisand and Robert Redford and was directed by Sydney Pollack. More
New York: Fiction Collective, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover issue of the author's first book. 8vo. This copy bears Leyner's 1992 presentation inscription to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood: "To Glenn, great fun reading in your wonderful store. Best, Mark Leyner." More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by the author to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood. More
n.p. Catalpa Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by Joe McHugh. The born storyteller, like the born musician, has an ear for a good story. Here are McHugh's best humorous anecdotes, outlandish tall tales, and eerie ghost stories he has come across in his travels around the country... More
New York: Putnam, 1952. Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed "Chuck / but I don't / know them / Pat." Winner of the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the Critics Circle Award for Best American Play. A hilarious story of some of the difficulties... More
Seattle: The Mountaineers, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. A masterful account of three extraordinary humans and a fascinating depiction of the struggle for survival in the mountaineering world. Scott Fischer and partner Ed Viesturs' experience on K2, Colby... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "For Andrew / Robert Stone." National Book Award winner. A dark descendant of Conrad's and Hemingway's adventures stories, a tale of Vietnam and California, a narrative meditation on the counter-culture. More
New York: Knopf, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Updike on the title page and dated near the time of publication ("2/15/96"). More
New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. The author's fifth book, briefly inscribed on the title page. The author's brilliant anti-hero Burke-the brooding, merciless adversary of criminals who fatten on the lives of children-has been hailed as "lord of the asphalt jungle" (by the Washington Post). Here Burke leaves the... More
