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THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH A Verse Play in Fourteen Scenes.
(Brownsville): Story Line Press, 1994. First edition. A paperback original issued simultaneously with the hardcover signed, lmiited edition. INSCRIBED on title page, "For - - / Only good things / Rita Dove / 5 May 94." Fine in pictorial paperwraps with publisher's postcard laid in. Item #48437 More
THOMAS AND BEULAH.
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1986. First edition, simultaneous paperback issue; second state, with Pulitzer slug on cover. INSCRIBED by the poet on the half-title page, "For Jeff, In the spirit -- Rita Dove/ Philly, 10 Feb 90.". Fine in paperwraps. Item #47664 More
THROUGH THE IVORY GATE: A Novel.
New York: Pantheon Books, (1992). First edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's first novel. Advance reading copy in glossy pictorial paperwraps SIGNED BY DOVE on the half-title page. Near fine. Item #50330 More
FIFE, DRUM & BUGLE.
Ernest L. Reedstrom. (Ft. Collins: The Old Army Press, 1971). First edition. Number 27 of 50 leather-bound copies SIGNED by both Downey and the illustrator, Ernest L. Reedstrom, with an original pen-and-ink drawing by Reedstrom bound-in opposite the colophon page. Introduction by Harold L. Peterson. A collection of stories of..... Item #49236 More
PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA.
(London): Secker & Warburg, (1993). First edition. Booker Prize winner. SIGNED BY DOYLE on title page. Near fine with tanning to page edges as often seen; in fine dust jacket with barest wear. Item #72030 More
THE SNAPPER; [Inscribed by Doyle].
London: Secker & Warburg, (1990). First edition, and the only hardcover edition. (Published in the U.S. in 1992 as a trade paperback original.) The second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." INSCRIBED BY DOYLE on title page, "To Toby Sunshine, Roddy Doyle, 17/4/96." Spine ends a little softened and few stray..... Item #55408 More
THE SNAPPER; [U.S. proof, signed by Doyle].
[New York]: Penguin, [1992]. First U.S. edition, issued as a paperback original. Uncorrected proof SIGNED & DATED on the title page, "Roddy Doyle 24/1/'94." The second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." Near fine in orange, printed paperwraps. Item #72258 More
A STAR CALLED HENRY.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1999). First edition. SIGNED by Doyle on title page. First volume in his "The Last Roundup" series. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #72039 More
THE BIRTH OF VENUS: Love and Death in Florence.
(London): Little, Brown, (2003). First edition. SIGNED BY DUNANT on the title page. A young artistic woman comes of an age during a time of political turbulence in Florence. Usual tanning to the pages otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71610 More
THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE. A Cliff Janeway Novel.
New York: Scribner, (2004). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Patsy, best regards. Sorry you missed the party. The fun began when the lights went out. John Dunning 4-3-04." With bookmark from the signing event (at Quill & Brush) laid in. The third book in the Cliff Janeway series by this award-winning..... Item #52349 More
SOUVENIR BOOKLET; [Signed on front cover by all three pilots].
Williamsburg, PA: [no-publisher], 1928. First edition. Scarce souvenir booklet published by Stultz’s hometown of Williamsburg, PA, in commemoration of his historic trans-Atlantic flight June 17-18, 1928, with Lou Gordon and Amelia Earhart. Issued on the occasion of his “Home-coming Celebration” in Williamsburg on July 18, 1928. SIGNED ON FRONT COVER..... Item #71961 More
THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1989). First U.S. edition. Children's book with illustrations by Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page by Eco with the classic opening phrase, "Once upon a time." Short remainder line on bottom page edge, tucked up against spine, otherwise bright..... Item #50129 More
WATERS/PLACES/A TIME.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First edition. One of 26 SIGNED, LETTERED copies handbound in boards. Fine in original acetate dustwrapper. Item #1856 More
SPECIAL PEOPLE.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. Item #47922 More
THE DARK FANTASTIC.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1983). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on half-title page. Near fine with a slight bump to the head of the spine. In a very good dust jacket that shows some wear to the edges, including a few small tears and skinning at the spine ends... Item #50705 More
BLOOD ON THE MOON.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1984). First edition. A serial-killer thriller set in L.A.; the first installment in the "Lloyd Hopkins" trilogy. His third novel but first to be published in hardcover in the U.S. (the rest were issued here in paperback). Also, his first book to be adapted for film--made..... Item #54759 More
L. A. CONFIDENTIAL.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1990). First edition. INSCRIBED, "To: Lana -- Blood blitz. James Ellroy." Noir novel set in 1950's L.A. in which three policemen investigate a series of murders and mete out with their own brand of justice. Basis for the critically acclaimed movie of the same name starring..... Item #54760 More
THE LAW OF LOVE.
New York: Crown Publishers, (1996). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. One of 250 SIGNED, numbered and specially-bound copies. Fine in slipcase. Item #14405 More
A SAILOR'S LOG: Recollections of Forty Years of Naval Life; [Inscribed to a British counterpart and with Autograph Letter Signed laid in].
New York: D. Appleton, 1908. Later printing, presumably the second. INSCRIBED BY EVANS on title page, "For Captain Keyes with my best/ wishes,/ R. D. Evans/ Rear Admiral/ U.S.N." Robley “Fighting Bob” D. Evans (1846-1912) -- a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who served in both the Civil and..... Item #54171 More
THE HORSE WHISPERER.
London: Bantam Press, (1995). First UK edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Basis for the Robert Redford movie. Advance reading copy (though labeled "uncorrected proof"). SIGNED BY EVANS on the title page, which is unusual as most copies we've seen were signed on a numbered bookplate. Fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps..... Item #50983 More
THE DIARY OF JOHN EVELYN.
New York & London: M. Walter Dunne, Publisher, (1901). First thus. Two volumes. Special Talleyrand edition, #27 of 100 sets. Edited from the original by William Bray, who also provides a biographical introduction, and with special introduction by Richard Garnett. Includes hand-colored frontispiece SIGNED by the engraving editor and five..... Item #51675 More