Washington, D.C. Counterpoint Press, 1995. First edition. Essay collection. Presentation copy INSCRIBED BY SNYDER, "For Al Mears/ Gary Snyder/ 9.XI.95." The date is November 9, 1995, and was presented during a conversation following Snyder's reading at Chapters bookstore. As new in dust jacket. Item #55634 More
Munich, West Germany: Carl Hanser Verlag, 1989. First edition. Presentation copy "for/Allen Mears/best (indecipherable)/Botho Strauss/Berlin 11.3.90." Book about Jeffers, in paperwraps. As new. Item #55608 More
(Dublin): Beaver Row Press, (1985). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Small sticker on title page. Near fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #38974 More
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1973). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A tale of "loopholes" in the welfare system. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #47918 More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, (1973). First edition. INSCRIBED, "For the Laites with thanks and warmest good wishes. Theodore Sturgeon / April 1973." About fine with just the barest rubbing on corners; in a near fine dust jacket with light soiling, a few spots of creasing, most noticeably on..... Item #51499 More
(Oakville, Ontario): Mosaic Press / Valley Editions, (1981). First Canadian edition and the first and only English-language edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Seymour Mayne. Introduction by Ruth R. Wisse. Frontis sketch of the author by Susan Katz. This copy INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR, "For Howard Schwartz, under the wings..... Item #54252 More
New York: Pantheon Books, (1967). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TERKEL TO DIRECTOR PETER BOGDANOVICH inside torn-off front cover from a paperback edition of this title, "To Petar Bogdanovich who understands the losers so well. Studs Terkel." The taped-in inscription covers a "From the Library of Peter Bogdanovich" stamp, a signature..... Item #54120 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1996. First edition. INSCRIBED with a quote, "a carefree boy," and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Advance reading copy, fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #47557 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972. First edition. His first short-story collection. INSCRIBED, "To Lana, with best wishes, Paul Theroux." Provenance: from the estate of Lana Pipes. Lana and her husband, Lane, were prominent Washington-area collectors. Tiny imperfection to front endpaper at base of hinge otherwise fine in near fine, lightly..... Item #54797 More
Stanford: James Ladd Delkin, 1946. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. INSCRIBED BY MILLER on front free endpaper, "To Joseph Whitnah, during a recess at Big Sur. Best of greetings. Henry Miller 9/1/46." Whitnah, a "re-write man" for the Oakland Tribune, compiled two books on California in the mid-1940's A...... Item #54179 More
London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co., Ltd, 1938. First edition. Preface by Lord Olivier, Governor of Jamaica, 1907-13. INSCRIBED BY TIMPSON on front endpaper, "Inscribed for Mrs. Grace Jacobs by George F. Timpson/ Third May 1946." Illustrated with full-plate black-and-white prints and photographs. "Jamaica, the oldest and most beautiful of..... Item #71549 More
(New York): Dutton, (2009). First edition. INSCRIBED BY TROPPER on the title page, "Hey Asya, I hope you like it. Best, Jonathan Tropper." Made into the film of the same name with screenplay by Tropper, starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, and Jane Fonda. Spine ends very gently pushed, still quite..... Item #53133 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First edition. The final novel from the Irish-American raconteur, INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "To Comet Brooks/ a lover of Books/ and my friend/ Jim Tully" and with Brook's attractive silver bookplate with long quote from Thomas Wolfe's OF TIME AND THE RIVER on front..... Item #54186 More
New York: Greenberg, (1936). First edition in G&D dust jacket. Tully drew on his own experiences on the road and in the ring as well as those of his friends Jack Dempsey (the heavyweight champ to whom the book is dedicated), Gene Tunney, et al. INSCRIBED, "To Joe Shaw /..... Item #56112 More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. Sixth printing, which seems remarkable given how few copies of this book turn up in the first edition or otherwise. INSCRIBED, "To Bill Fountaine with the best wishes of his old friend. Jim Tully." AN INTERESTING COPY for the material pasted in front..... Item #55257 More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To Dorothy from Jim Tully." A novel about Hollywood during the silent-film era. During the '20s and '30s, Tully was was routinely ranked with Hemingway and Fitzgerald as a true American voice. Very good or better with corners a little..... Item #55258 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. INSCRIBED by Mack on title page. Page edges and spine slightly soiled, otherwise fine in dust jacket with few small spots on front panel, and marginal edgewear to spine ends and tips. Item #25686 More
New York: Knopf, 1960 - 2000. First edition of each of the four volumes in the "Rabbit" quartet, plus LICKS OF LOVE, a collection of short stories including the sequel novella, "Rabbit Remembered." RABBIT, RUN with 3 x 5" card laid in INSCRIBED "For - - , Best wishes, John..... Item #49847 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First edition. The final Rabbit, a Pulitzer Prize winner. INSCRIBED on endpaper, "For Andrew Simon, Best wishes, John Updike." Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #56126 More
St. Louis: [Privately printed], 1991. First edition. Rare, privately printed book of poetry published for her friends after she had won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for NEAR CHANGES (1990) over Anthony Hecht's THE TRANSPARENT MAN. The final poem in the volume, "Long Stretch Minimalist Sonnet IXX (for Howard),"..... Item #54274 More
Champaign, Illinois: The Ceres Press, 1972. First edition. Poet laureate Van Duyn's fourth book, following her National Book Award-winning TO SEE, TO TAKE. Poetic recollections from the perspective of her grandmother written in Germanic dialect. One of only 300 copies hand printed and hand bound at the Distaff Bindery. This..... Item #54271 More
Sherman Oaks, Ca: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. The first book published by Wagener's Mixolydian Editions. SIGNED BY WAGENER, the author/publisher/ printer AND INSCRIBED on the colophon page "For Allen / With Best Regards / Richard Wagener / 1/15/07" This 5.5 x 10 inch tall book contains four full-page wood..... Item #55876 More
Los Angeles: Times- Mirror Press, (1922). First edition. Humorous guide to California authored and illustrated by Wagner. INSCRIBED to producer and screenwriter Ralph Block, "Christmas greetings to Ralph Block from Rob Wagner/ 1922." A tall, narrow book (5.5 x 10") with paper-covered boards and no dust jacket, as issued. Fragile..... Item #46799 More
New York: Doubleday, (1994). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #33474 More
[New Haven]: Yale University, (1956). First edition. One of only about 175 copies [Grimshaw A14, p.84]. Designed, printed, and illustrated by Jane Doggett at Yale University's School of Design. This copy WARMLY INSCRIBED BY WARREN on front endpaper, "To Stuart (W) with admiration and friendship. Red (W)." Bibliographer and publisher..... Item #49496 More