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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1997). First American edition. INSCRIBED "Hi, Brenda!" and SIGNED by Francis. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #46979 More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1997). First American edition. INSCRIBED "Hi, Brenda!" and SIGNED by Francis. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #46979 More
New York: Viking Press, 1941. First edition of the book which is near fine in a very good dust jacket darkened on spine and edges. Promotional letter laid in from Kroch's & Brentano's with sales pitch for A CHILD OF THE CENTURY, Hecht's 1954 autobiography which Adolph Kroch calls "the..... Item #55558 More
New York: Random House, (1976). First edition. SIGNED on the half-title page. His sequel to BURR; the third volume chronologically in his "Narratives of Empire" series. Near fine with dark blue cloth just a bit faded on edges in very good or better dust jacket with spine and edges just..... Item #54486 More
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2006). First edition. One of 50 copies (each broadside with stated limitation of 100 however, according to Sarah Nicholls, Program Coordinator for the Center, only 50 were to be made). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- in portfolio..... Item #55776 More
Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles, 1974 - 1976. First edition, first printing of DEVOTION. "22," is a second printing. Whole issues of Sparrow 22 and 48, respectively. Both in stapled wraps. A fine set. Item #55124 More
Black Sparrow Press: Los Angeles, 1974 - 1978. First edition, first printing of each of the volumes except "22," which is a second printing. Whole issues of Sparrow 22, 48 and 66, respectively, and each in stapled wraps. A fine set. Item #55123 More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First edition. SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Unavoidable offset due to the binding glue on the pastedowns, otherwise very good to fine in dust jacket with one small closed tear and spine darkened but still very good. Clippings and publisher ads in..... Item #45536 More
Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood and Company, 1860. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BURROWS on front endpaper to "The Honorable Judge McCurdy/ From his old friend & Most [illegible] Servent [sic]/ Silas E. Burrows." Burrows' record of the proceedings before the court in the case of the American citizen Silas Enoch..... Item #56131 More
(New York): Scribner, (1996). First edition, SIGNED on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #16334 More
New York: Anchor Books, (1993). First edition, a paperback original. Illustrated with photographs by John Lueders-Booth. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His first book, a non-fiction narrative in which "after a brief look at the plight of 'undocumented workers'' crossing into the U.S., Urrea focuses on..... Item #55449 More
New York: Random House, 1946. First edition. INSCRIBED, "To the Tucker's --- with hope for deep snow and unbroken legs --- Irwin Shaw." Cloth a bit faded and corner tips slightly worn, but still very good in slightly darkened oatmeal dust jacket with a few chips and a closed tear..... Item #45907 More
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1978. First edition. Styron's tribute to Warren. Number 197 of 250 SIGNED copies (there were also 26 lettered copies). Black-and-white frontis photograph of Warren. Plain white heavy wraps and blue dust jacket with printed paper label. Fine. Item #54474 More
London: Kozmik Press Centre, (1976). First edition. SIGNED, dated, and numbered "106/ 220." Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with a few tiny chips and small closed tear. Item #42997 More
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1981. First edition. One of an undisclosed number of copies of this SIGNED limited edition published for members of "The Signed First Edition Society." Precedes the first trade edition. Includes an introductory "special message for the first edition" by Snow and illustrations by Howard Rogers not..... Item #71909 More
New York: Viking Press, (1964). First edition. One of 499 SIGNED numbered copies for sale. There were also 500 copies for private distribution. One of his most personal plays, a thinly veiled personal critique centered on Miller's recent divorce from Marilyn Monroe. The book is very good with spine slightly..... Item #54687 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Slightly sloped spine otherwise in near fine condition, in a dust jacket with the barest wear. Item #50865 More
New York: Atheneum, 1992. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to author Neil McGaughey, "For Neil/ With my great respect and with my thanks. Jim 7-3-92." Fine in dust jacket. Item #35327 More
(London): Septre, (2014). First UK edition. SIGNED by Mengestu on the title page. "....a transfixing portrait of love and grace, self-determination, and the names we are given and the names we earn" -- from the dust jacket flap. 8vo gilt-stamped black cloth boards; 256 pages. Fine in fine gold-foil dust..... Item #72165 More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1930. First edition. One of 1025 SIGNED, numbered copies. Fine, as issued without dust jacket in slipcase which is a bit soiled and worn but still very good. Item #45643 More
New York: Doubleday, (1998). First edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #28319 More
New York: Public Affairs, (2005). First edition. For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children David, Maury, and Lynn and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, edited this collection of his most beloved columns. This copy INSCRIBED BY ALL FOUR of the editors. The 20th..... Item #53642 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1987). First edition. INSCRIBED BY CREWS on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ All best to/ one of the great ones/ Harry Crews." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature. "A virtuoso blending of despair and hope..... Item #72100 More
New York: Horizon Press, (1981). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK--SIGNED. Cloth slightly sunned at spine ends otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #11348 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
[Aromas, CA]: Cayucos Books, 1973. First edition. Previously unpublished poetry. Limited to 250 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON who provides Commentary and Notes. AN INTERESTING TWO-VOLUME SET composed of copies number 128 and 207. Number 128 with spine stamped in gilt, mylar jacket, and publisher's prospectus laid in with Robinson..... Item #56184 More