(Washington, D.C. The Word Works, 1983). First edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, "Ernie: I can't tell you how much I appreciate your words on the cover. Looking forward to seeing you. Bob." Inscription is to poet Ernest Kroll, who provided the following blurb that appears on..... Item #50933 More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1906). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on first free endpaper, "P. H. Mayo, Esq./ Best wishes of The Author: Winthrop E. Scarritt, Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 1906." Recipient's bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with 16 black-and-white photographs. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering..... Item #52633 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912. First edition. INSCRIBED, "For Mrs. Samuel Prentiss who suggested the book---." Also a gift inscription below Schauffler's. Very good with a cover that is rubbed on corners and spine ends and lightly soiled. Lacking dust jacket. Item #51557 More
New York: Soho, (2000). First edition. Author's first book. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Item #46947 More
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1996). First edition. A Harvest paperback original. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "For Tony & Helen: with best wishes, Charlie / Nov 14, 1996 / Strafford, N.H." Fine in pictorial white paperwraps printed in black and red..... Item #53744 More
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1971). First U.S. edition. Translated from the Yiddish by Singer and Elizabeth Shub. Generically SIGNED BY SINGER on title page, "Love/ I B Singer." Fine in good dust jacket toned on edges and tanned at spine with small stains where 2 thumb-nail tears were internally..... Item #54062 More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., (1960). First edition. Designated by Claude himself as #10 of 10 copies "with unfortunate printing error [hand-]corrected." SIGNED by Claude on title page and INSCRIBED on the copyright page with error message. Home-made bookmark at location of the error labeled in the author's hand..... Item #52996 More
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue, printed paperwraps. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To Tom & Enid, Here's hoping to see you in Boulder sometime -- All the best -- Julie 10/12/91." The sequel to her Edgar Award-winner, NEW ORLEANS MOURNING, the first to feature..... Item #20354 More
Brockport: BOA Editions, 1977. First edition. One of 1000 copies. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine, black endpages. INSCRIBED on title page by Snodgrass to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "for Tony and Helen with delight and affection / De / W. D...... Item #53731 More
Baltimore: Charles Seluzicki, 1978. First edition. Printed at the Janus Press. Number 218 of 300 copies SIGNED by Snodgrass, who translated the folk songs herein from the collections first made by Bartok and Kodaly (1906 and 1929, respectively). Illustrated with decorations cut by Dorian McGowan. Stiff, unlettered, tan paperwraps, with..... Item #54275 More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint Press, 1995. First edition. Essay collection. INSCRIBED BY SNYDER, "For Al Mears/ Gary Snyder/ 9.XI.95." Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55634 More
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New York: McGraw-Hill, (1967). First edition. Her fifth novel. INSCRIBED BY SPENCER on title page, “For Walter and Jane Sullivan/ always in friendship/ Elizabeth/ 31 Oct 1987.” Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Spencer -- one of..... Item #72083 More
![Item #72074 THIS CROOKED WAY; [Association copy, inscribed]. Elizabeth Spencer](/pictures/thumb/72074.jpg?v=1670443386)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1952). First edition. Her scarce second book. INSCRIBED BY SPENCER on half-title page, “For Walter and Jane/ So much appreciation/ of their constant/ support & affection/ all best/ Elizabeth." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature..... Item #72074 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
No-place: No-publisher, 1962. On approximately 8.125 x 10.75" off-white cardstock with image covering lower third. Dated "Nov 11. 62" at top right and boldly inscribed, "Brad: 'Believe it or not'...this is Staggs recipe for longevity. Abstain from tea, coffee, alcohol, and sex (after 39) ... stay on a strict diet..... Item #72052 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 and BOGDANOVICH'S..... 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