PETER NEVSKY And the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing.
New York: Henry Holt & Co., (1993). First edition. Uncorrected proof in red paperwraps. Near fine. Item #29114 More
PROOF
PICTURES FROM AN INSTITUTION.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition. His only novel. Uncorrected proof in blue, printed paperwraps labeled "Advance Copy" at top. About very good with covers somewhat soiled, spine slightly tanned and crease and tear to top edge rear cover. Newsclipping with notice of his death from the NY..... Item #35619 More
PLAINSONG.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1999. First edition. Uncorrected proof with sample of cover, publisher's "blurb" and a review half sheet (was stapled to front cover). Other than the staple holes and a touch of soiling, fine in printed paperwraps. Item #48155 More
RED SQUARE.
No place: No publisher, (circa 1991). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted black cloth spine, clear plastic front cover and heavier black-paper back cover. First page, which serves as a front cover (visible through clear plastic) has handwritten title and author over the chapter..... Item #52883 More
ROBINSON JEFFERS: FRAGMENTS OF AN OLDER FURY; [Three Pre-publication Volumes: 1st & 2nd State Proofs and an Advance Reading Copy]].
No-place [Berkeley, CA]: Oyez, 1968. First edition. Copyright 1968 but actually issued in 1967. Three pre-publication volumes. FIRST STATE PROOF unpaginated and printed on newsprint-like paper on rectos only without the initial chapter head letters or the first 15 prelimanary pages (pp.[1]-xv) and crudely stapled into red card covers printed..... Item #55767 More
ROME & A VILLA.
London: Michael Joseph, (1952). First UK edition. Her second book. UNCORRECTED PROOF in printed, tan paperwraps. Uncommon thus. Issued in 1952 with "First published .... 1952" on copyright page; the trade edition was not issued until 1953. SIGNED BY CLARK on the title page. Includes the illustrations by Eugene Berman..... Item #47337 More
THE SADDEST SUMMER OF SAMUEL S.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1967). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in brown printed paperwraps. Item #30119 More
SAILOR SONG.
[New York]: Viking, (1992). First edition. His controversial book; i.e. either his best or his worst. Uncorrected proof, fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #46273 More
SAMARITAN.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First edition. An advance reader's edition, INSCRIBED "To John, Richard Price." Tiny crease on back corner, otherwise fine in glossy pictorial wraps. Item #46047 More
SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories & Poems.
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Uncorrected proof in pale peach printed paperwraps. Includes the laudatory poem "Jeffers" which opens with "his blood-smeared horizons/ his hawks casting shadows of/ doom/ his stallions greater than/ men" (p.177) and lists Jeffers among other authors he holds in esteem in "nowhere"..... Item #55513 More
SEVEN NIGHTS.
New York: New Directions, 1984. First U.S. edition. Translated from the Spanish by Weinberger, introduction by Reid. Galley proof of Borges text only. No title or copyright page. 63 numbered pages printed on rectos only. Folio unprinted cream wraps with New Directions address label with publication information for hard cover..... Item #36435 More
A SINGULAR MAN.
London: The Bodley Head, (1964). First edition. Uncorrected proof copy in yellow pictorial paperwraps showing minor wear on corners and light soiling, but still very good or better. Name on upper left front cover. Item #43002 More
SKINNY LEGS AND ALL.
New York: Bantam Books, (1990). First edition. Uncorrected proofs in cream-colored, printed paperwraps. Fine. Item #32509 More
SOMETIMES YOU SEE IT COMING.
No-place [New York]: no-publ., no-date, (1993). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted white cloth spine and clear plastic front cover. First page (showing through cover) with title, author and promo. 456 pages, double spaced, no title page. We assume these were issued before any..... Item #52879 More
SONGS OF ENCHANTMENT.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1993). First editiion. U.S. proof copy published using the first UK sheets bound in pictorial wraps with "Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday" on the spine. Rear cover notes an October 1993 publication. The Nigerian born author's sequel to his Booker Prize-winning THE FAMISHED ROAD. Very minor edge wear..... Item #29783 More
SOPHIE'S CHOICE.
New York: Random House, (1979). First edition. Uncorrected proof. Winner of the National Book Award and the basis for the Oscar award-winning movie of the same name featuring the inimitable Meryl Streep. Included in Anthony Burgess's 99 Best Novels. Touch of minor shelfwear, otherwise fine in red, printed paperwraps. Item #49037 More
STIFF UPPER LIP.
London: Faber and Faber, (1958). First edition. Proof copy in mottled green paperwraps printed in black on front and spine. Text block evidently printed on two different types of paper as the middle section of pages are stark white while the rest are tanned. Near fine. Item #35663 More
TEXASVILLE.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1987). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow paperwraps. Together with a review copy stamped on front endpaper "REVIEW COPY - NOT FOR SALE" and with price clipped with scallop scissors. Otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #33595 More
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First edition. The author's first book under this name. Uncorrected proof in blue printed paperwraps. Light sunning to spine, few tiny stains to page fore edges, otherwise near fine to fine in printed paperwraps with copy of a photo and typed publication information taped..... Item #47177 More
TOO FAR AFIELD.
New York: Helen & Kurt Wolff/Harcourt, Inc., (2000). First U.S. edition. Translated from the German by Krishna Winston. Uncorrected proof, fine in gray printed paperwraps. Item #47619 More
TOURIST TRAP A Rebecca Schwartz Mystery.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1986). First edition. Uncorrected proof in white, printed paperwraps. INSCRIBED, "For Tom & Enid, With all good wishes -- Julie Smith 10/10/87." Near fine with flattened crease on rear cover and light soiling. Item #20353 More
TWO EPIGRAMS OF FEALTY BY DYLAN THOMAS DUKE OF GWENO (Cr. 1947).
(Soho: Privately Printed), [1954]. "Photostat proof" of the original edition which was published by Gawsworthy, self-proclaimed "King Juan of Redonda," in an edition of 30 numbered copies. Issued as a memorial after Thomas's death for members of the "Redonda Court." Small booklet printing Thomas's epigrams, "Upon King Juan's Return from..... Item #56089 More
TWO EROTIC TALES Aphrodite/The Songs of Bilitis.
Evanston, Ill: Evanston Publishing, Inc., (1995). First edition. Publisher's material laid in. Near fine pre-publication review copy, a spiral-bound uncorrected proof. Laid into a proof of the eventual trade cover. Item #40275 More
UHURU: A Novel of Africa Today.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., (1962). First edition. Uncorrected proof in tan, printed paperwraps. "Coming March 19, 1962" printed in black on upper front cover over-stamped in red and with "BOMC Selection Coming June 26, 1962" stamped in red beneath, as usually seen. Top corner of cover and first..... Item #51262 More