ALL I HAVE IS BLUE.
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
ASSOCIATION COPY
ANDREW NELSON LYTLE: A Bibliography 1920-1982; [Association copy, inscribed by Lytle and Wright].
Sewanee: The University of the South, 1982. First edition. INSCRIBED BY LYTLE on half-title page, "To Walter,/ out of the long/ [time?], in affection/ and Continued [inderlined]/ admiration - /Andrew Lytle/ Sewanee, Winter/ 1982"; and INSCRIBED BY WRIGHT on title page; "For Walter and Jane,/ with admiration and/ friendship -/..... Item #72199 More
THE ARMINARM ECOLOGUES; With the Hexercises (for the Heclogues): Pieces.
(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
BARKING MAN: and Other Stories; [Inscribed association copy].
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
BEING HERE: Poetry 1977-1980; [Association copy, inscribed].
New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. INSCRIBED BY WARREN on front endpaper, "To/ Walter & Jane,/ in all friendship,/ Red/ Fairfield, Conn./ October 2, 1980," and with Warren's HAND-CORRECTION to date on dedication page. Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature..... Item #72212 More
BOOK OF MIRACLES.
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition. INSCRIBED BY HECHT on front endpaper, "To SHOLEM ASCH/ of the line of the Prophets/ my deep admiration/ Ben Hecht." A nice sentiment to Asch, the Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist. Both he and Hecht were prolific writers, more celebrated in their own..... Item #55181 More
THE CHRISTMAS WIFE: Stories.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1985). First edition. The title story was the basis for the TV movie of the same name. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ Cordially/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern..... Item #72205 More
THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROBINSON JEFFERS WITH SELECTED LETTERS OF UNA JEFFERS; [In Three Volumes].
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009 - 2015. First edition of each of the three volumes. Edited by James Karman. VOLUME ONE: 1890-1930 (2009, 700 copies printed); VOLUME TWO: 1931-1939 (2011, 525 copies printed); VOLUME THREE: 1940-1962 (2015, 425 copies printed). Collector Allen Mears' copies, each one marked up lightly in..... Item #55447 More
COLLECTED POEMS.
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
THE COUNTRY BETWEEN US.
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
A CRY OF ABSENCE; [Inscribed association copy].
New York: Crown Publishers, (1971). First edition. His inexplicably scarce novel centering on race relations in the South. SIGNED BY JONES on title page, with ownership signature of Jane & Walter Sullivan on front endpaper, and publisher’s “Compliments of .... sent at the author’s request” slip laid in. Walter Sullivan..... Item #72196 More
DANGEROUS INHERITANCE.
Diana Younger. London: Hutchinson & Co., (1965). First edition. INSCRIBED on the title page to his step-daughter Diana Younger, "For Diana and Went / With love from Dennis." She illustrated the dust jacket for his 1938 book, THE GOLDEN SPANIARD as well as endpapers for several others. Fine in near..... Item #53578 More
DEAR JUDAS AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1932. First edition, 2nd printing. "INSCRIBED for John Ciardi Sincerely Robinson Jeffers March 3, 1941." Also signed by Ciardi on both pastedowns. Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. He also contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed..... Item #55799 More
DEATH OF THE FOX; [Inscribed association copy].
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. The first volume in his Elizabethan Trilogy. Walter Sullivan's ownership signature on first blank and INSCRIBED BY GARRETT on title page, "For Walter Sullivan/ My thanks for much/ & best wishes to you -/ George," above which he's added his initials beneath..... Item #72188 More
DO, LORD, REMEMBER ME; [Inscribed association copy].
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
DOORS: Stories; [Inscribed association copy].
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1999). First edition. A paperback original. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY HOFFMAN on title page, "To/ the Sullivans/ &/ for/ our fellowship --/ William Hoffman/ 5/5/99." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72194 More
DRAWINGS.
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
DRUNK WITH LOVE [Inscribed association copy].
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
ENTERED FROM THE SUN; [Inscribed association copy].
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
THE ESSENCE OF AESTHETIC.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. First UK edition. Translated from the Italian by Douglas Ainslie. JOYCE CARY'S COPY with his signature on front endpaper and his manuscript notes on front pastedown and both sides of front endpaper and eight pages of manuscript notes at rear. Very good. Lacking dust jacket. AN..... Item #55173 More
EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE; [Association copy].
New York: Farrar, Straus, (1965). First edition. Introduction by Robert Fitzgerald. Posthumously published collection of nine short stories, including the first appearances of two: "Judgement Day" (a re-worked version of "The Geranium") and "Parker's Back." From the collection of Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) -- author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72163 More
AN EXILE; [Inscribed association copy].
New York: Viking Press, (1967). First edition. Basis for the 1970 film, "I Walk the Line," starring Gregory Peck and with soundtrack by Johnny Cash. INSCRIBED BY JONES on half-title page, "For Jane & Walter,/ With affectionate regards,/ Madison." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor..... Item #72198 More
EXISTENTIAL ERRANDS.
Boston: Little Brown, (1972). First edition. One of the dedication copies. From the collection of Adeline Lubell-Naiman. INSCRIBED on dedication page below the printed names, "Could this be for your distinguished service in Maidstone dear old editor darling? / Love / Norman." A collection of essays, excerpts, etc., written from..... Item #49634 More
FERRIS BEACH; [Inscribed association copy].
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1990. First edition. Her 4th book, a young girl's coming-of-age story -- "On one side is the pull of reason and safety. On the other, the lure of mystery and adventure" (from the cover). Uncorrected proof in yellow and black paperwraps. INSCRIBED on title page, “For..... Item #72201 More
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THE HERO WITH THE PRIVATE PARTS: Essays; [Inscribed association copy].
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1966). First edition. Collection of 16 essays including one on "the making and meaning of one of the author's own novels, THE VELVET HORN." Foreword by Allen Tate. RAMBLINGLY INSCRIBED (covering most of the title page and with a few crossed out false starts)..... Item #72133 More