New York: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First edition. INSCRIBED BY ALGREN, "For Jimmy Cannon, Who knows it's from the depths the stars shine clearest, God bless his Merry Christmas. Nelson Algren, '57." Journalist Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973) was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the..... Item #54153 More
![Item #72175 VINEGAR HILL; [Inscribed association copy]. A. Manette Ansay](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
(New York): Viking, (1994). First edition. Her first book. The story of a woman forced by circumstance to live with her in-laws “surrounded by the family’s obsession with an exacting, angry God and the disquieting ghosts of the past” (from the dust jacket). INSCRIBED BY ANSAY on title page, "For..... Item #72175 More
(La Quercia, Italy: John Van Sickle and Giulia Battaglia, 1971). First edition. Number 116 of 180 numbered copies. An additional 20 copies were printed on varying colored paper. THIS COPY INSCRIBED TO PRIZE-WINNING POET ANTHONY HECHT, "For Anthony Hecht, with great esteem, this volume that provoked my life-long study of..... Item #54273 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page, "For Walter/ & Jane/ with love/ [sketch of barking dog]/ & some barks/ Madison Smartt Bell." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72179 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First edition. Two soldiers return from Vietnam to the deep-rooted prejudice of their native Tennessee. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page with a small doodle, "For Jane & Walter/ here's a [illegible]/ to you both/ with love from/ Madison." Additionally signed in full on..... Item #72178 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. A tale of domestic terrorism in the gritty streets of 1980s New York. INSCRIBED BY BELL on title page, "For Uncle Walter/ & Aunt Jane/ who taught me some of/ everything I know/ Madison Smartt Bell." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author..... Item #72177 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First edition. Presumed review copy with publisher's promo letter laid in. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page, "For Uncle Walter/ & Aunt Jane/ May it please/ you ----/ Madison." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature..... Item #72176 More
(No-place): Shoemaker & Hoard, (2005). First edition. Collection of Berry's essays plus two others by Daniel Kemmis and Courtney White. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY BERRY on endpaper, "To Walter & Jane/ love & admiration from/ Wendell/ 12/14/05." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on..... Item #72154 More
![Item #72101 WHAT ARE PEOPLE FOR? [Inscribed association copy]. Wendell Berry](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72101.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1675286631)
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. First edition. Essays and two poems. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED on endpaper, "To Walter Sullivan/ in return, with thanks/ and many good wishes./ Wendell Berry." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72101 More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BERRY on title page, "Signed for Jane & Walter/ with appreciation & many/ good wishes./ Wendell Berry/ 11/30/94." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of..... Item #72181 More
![Item #72182 AN UNEXPECTED LIFE; [Inscribed association copy]. Joseph Blotner](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72182.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1714422505)
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2005). First edition. Autobiography from the noted William Faulkner biographer. INSCRIBED BY BLOTNER on front endpaper, “For Walter and Jane,/ the dearest of friends/ with love from/ Joe,” and signed in full on title page. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt..... Item #72182 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1952). Two volumes of the first UK edition. One is INSCRIBED to her good friend Doris Grumbach, the novelist, essayist and critic, "Love to Doris - Kay." In what appears to us to be the first binding: light-red cloth with gold lettering. Chambers [A25c] calls for..... Item #29768 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
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1974). First edition. Autobiography of the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 astronaut, INSCRIBED TO HIS COPY EDITOR on front endpaper, "For Carmen Gomez-plata,/ with all good wishes -/ Michael Collins." Carmen Gomezplata, for decades the chief copy editor at Farrar Straus, was known for..... Item #72257 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1960). First edition. Harry Blackmer's copy, signed on front endpaper, "Harry Blackmer/ Paris/ May '60." This presumably being the ownership signature of Colorado millionaire, Henry "Harry" Blackmer, who spent much of his life in self-imposed exile in Europe to avoid testifying in the Teapot Dome oil..... Item #55025 More
New York: D. Appleton, 1908. Later printing, presumably the second. INSCRIBED BY EVANS on title page, "For Captain Keyes with my best/ wishes,/ R. D. Evans/ Rear Admiral/ U.S.N." Robley “Fighting Bob” D. Evans (1846-1912) -- a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy who served in both the Civil and..... Item #54171 More
Toronto: General Publishing, (1967). First edition of the author's first book. INSCRIBED to his "Uncle Doug": "I dropped in to see Father and I thought perhaps you might enjoy my signing this - my first novel. Best wishes Tif / Timothy Findley / Cannington / October 10,1967." Tanning to front..... Item #39960 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1982). First edition after the 1981 signed, limited. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht on title page, "For Anthony, With great admiration and warm regards, and with gratitiude for your warmth and welcome at the library. October 26, 1982 / Washington..... Item #53727 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1965. First edition. A traveling troupe descends on a small town for an "Old Timey Revival Meeting" (from the jacket flaps). Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. Walter Sullivan's ownership signature on front endpaper and INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "To Walter/..... Item #72187 More
New York: Doubleday, (1990). First edition. Advance reading copy in glossy pictorial paperwraps. The third and final volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter & Jane with love & squalor -- Best wishes/ George Garrett/ 10/13/90." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime..... Item #72191 More
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1992). First edition. Collection of essays and reviews. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter/ with admiration &/ all best/ wishes/ G" and signed in full above his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on..... Item #72215 More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1983. First edition. The second volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ with admiration &/ all best wishes" and signed in full beneath his crossed-out, printed name. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72190 More
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1982). First edition. Memoirs of a sort in which Garrett has rewritten "personal experience and history pretty much as he will" (from the dust jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter & Jane/ Love & thanks --/ G" and signed in full beneath..... Item #72189 More
New York: H. R. Russell and Son, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD on the dedication page, "To Dan Beard whose advice and friendship is of the greatest value to his friend C. D. Gibson, Dec. 1894." Beard was an illustrator, author, youth leader and social reformer..... Item #71535 More
Boston: Little, Brown, (1986). First edition. Review copy with publisher's review slip and promo letter laid in. INSCRIBED BY GILCHRIST on half-title page, "For Walter/ Sullivan - / with all good/ wishes -/ Ellen Gilchrist." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern..... Item #72192 More