BLACK LIES, WHITE LIES: The Truth According to Tony Brown.
New York: William Morow & Co., (1995). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Fine in photographic dust jacket. Item #48582 More
New York: William Morow & Co., (1995). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Fine in photographic dust jacket. Item #48582 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED "For John Moffitt with the sincere good wishes of John Hall Wheelock," to which Wheelock has added the last five lines of his poem "The Fish-Hawk" (handwritten by Wheelock) and dated September 28, 1922. Page edges slightly soiled, otherwise..... Item #35572 More
New York: Duell, Sloane, Pearce, (1943). First edition. SIGNED by Hughes on title page. World War II-era noir thriller featuring intrepid heroine Julie Guilles. Near fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket with spine ends and corners lightly nicked and rubbed. Scarce signed and in nice condition such as this..... Item #53180 More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on front free endpaper "6/88- Best wishes from the Shirley Madison Inn and owner/author Steve Pieczenik." Fine in dust jacket with light edge wear and two small closed tears in rear panel. Item #36157 More
New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. With generic inscription (not to anyone in particular), "Aloha and Peace!" and SIGNED BY ABERCROMBIE -- the former Congressman and Governor of Hawaii -- on title page. Near fine with tiny tear where base of spine gently pushed; in crisp..... Item #51013 More
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
Boston: Little, Brown, (1998). First edition. Two volumes -- the hardback book which is fine in fine dust jacket and a fine advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps. Both are SIGNED BY CONNELLY on title page. The first in Connelly's series featuring semi-retired FBI criminal profiler Terry McCaleb and basis..... Item #71687 More
New Haven: Henry W. Wenning, 1966. First edition. Number 41 of 218 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON (the first 18 of which were reserved for friends of the poet and publisher). 8vo slender decorated paper boards; calf spine lettered in blind. Printed by Claude Fredericks on Kochi paper. Spine a bit..... Item #55688 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition. His second book. Two volumes -- advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps and SIGNED first printing in dust jacket. Both are fine. Item #34461 More
(Durham, NC): Duke University Press, (1985). First edition thus, adding 33 new poems to the 1971 edition. "The poems [herein] make up an unofficial oral history in verse of the Southern Appalachian folk often vilified and dismissed as hillbillies" (from the foreword by Herbert Leibowitz). Number 38 of 75 numbered..... Item #54877 More
Cape Town: Buren Publishers, 1969. True first edition. INSCRIBED on title page "For Harold, With my best wishes, Athol Fugard." One of the playwright’s best-known and most widely respected dramatic works. The play that established Fugard’s reputation as a major playwright. 8vo illustrated paper boards. Small label of Vanguard Booksellers..... Item #71538 More
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
New York: Putnam's Sons, (2001). First edition. SIGNED by Tan with a quote from the book, "The things I know are true." Labeled "uncorrected proof" on front cover but appears to be an advance reading copy. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps with publicity sticker on front cover. Item #46993 More
Rockville: Quill & Brush, 1975-1986. Each is a first edition. A collection of the books we published before Putnam started publishing us in 1989. They were INSCRIBED to a bookseller, in some cases to two (one being Bev Cheney, a good friend who died a few years ago). Includes the..... Item #40400 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1982). Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. SIGNED BY BRADLEY on front endpaper and with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO PAUL "DR. Z" ZIMMERMAN laid in. Letter on Bradley's half-sheet letterhead from Scottsdale, Arizona, is dated November 27, 1984--just a month before he died--speaks of being surprised and..... Item #55565 More
Pacifica: Big Bridge Press, 1990. First edition. One of 74 numbered copies. There were also 26 signed lettered copies. Poems by Harrison, Rothenberg, McClure, Whalen, Kyger, and Codrescu, with illustratations by Nancy Davis. Accordian-folded sheet attached to boards in back and front. In slipcase. Nice production and scarce. SIGNED BY..... Item #45454 More
New York: Harmony Books, (1995). First edition. The second collection of short stories and poems from the pages of Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts (1981-1996), whose guiding editorial policy was "all persuasions, no brutality." Includes pieces by Mamet, Erdrich, Angela Carter, Sharon Olds, Galway Kinnell, Ntozake Shange, Marge Piercy..... Item #55474 More
New York: Harmony Books, (1995). First edition. The second collection of short stories and poems from the pages of Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts (1981-1996), whose guiding editorial policy was "all persuasions, no brutality." Includes pieces by Mamet, Erdrich, Angela Carter, Sharon Olds, Galway Kinnell, Ntozake Shange, Marge Piercy..... Item #55475 More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976. First edition. LETTER "F" OF ONLY 26 SIGNED LETTERED COPIES WITH ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING TIPPED IN. (There were an additional 224 signed numbered copies issued without the drawing.) 8vo full black leather stamped in silver at spine. Foreword by Miller; illustrated with photographs by Jim..... Item #54177 More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1989. First edition. One of a designated 500 copies. Though not called for, this copy SIGNED BY WARD RITCHIE, the book’s designer, at the colophon. Introduction by Dave Oliphant. “The manuscript consists of a collection of songs gathered and copied by Una Jeffers [while..... Item #55665 More
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition. INSCRIBED BY HECHT on front endpaper, "To SHOLEM ASCH/ of the line of the Prophets/ my deep admiration/ Ben Hecht." A nice sentiment to Asch, the Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist. Both he and Hecht were prolific writers, more celebrated in their own..... Item #55181 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition. Author's first book, SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #31011 More
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
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press, 2004. First edition. Limited edition broadside poem. Number 172 of 200 signed by Sanger, who wrote the poem to commemorate the grand opening of the new Gaspereau Press printshop on September 9, 2004. Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Andrew Steeves on a...... Item #55979 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (2022). First edition. Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize. SIGNED BY FOWLER on publisher's tipped-in leaf. "...an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth" -- from the dust jacket flap. Fine in fine..... Item #72032 More