SAILOR SONG.
[New York]: Viking, (1992). First edition. His controversial book; i.e. either his best or his worst. Uncorrected proof, fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #46273 More
PROOF
YOUNGBLOOD.
London: Bodley Head, (1956). First UK edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. An advance proof, very good in plain brown wraps. A rare item. Item #2028 More
PENTHESILEA: A Tragic Drama.
[New York]: HarperCollins Publishers, (1998). First edition. Translated and introduced by Joel Agee. Uncorrected proof, fine in tan paperwraps. Includes glossy pictorial dust jacket, with drawings by Maurice Sendak. Item #33314 More
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA.
[New York]: Viking, (1990). First edition of AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Uncorrected proof, fine in light green paperwraps. Item #29674 More
THE MINT.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1955. First U.S. edition, an advance "Reviewers' Edition" with proposed publication date of February 21, 1955, stated. Original printed paperwraps with minor creases on front cover and one corner otherwise very good or better. Scarce. ADVANCE ISSUE SENT FOR REVIEW. Item #54961 More
THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, (1983). First edition, preceding the British edition. Uncorrected proof. Spine and edges sunned, small (coffee?) stain near top of front cover, slight chipping along bottom edge. Otherwise, very good or better in blue paperwraps. Item #49044 More
TWO EROTIC TALES Aphrodite/The Songs of Bilitis.
Evanston, Ill: Evanston Publishing, Inc., (1995). First edition. Publisher's material laid in. Near fine pre-publication review copy, a spiral-bound uncorrected proof. Laid into a proof of the eventual trade cover. Item #40275 More
A KEY TO THE SUITE.
London: Robert Hale, (1968). First UK edition. Originally published in 1962 in paperback in the U.S. This is an uncorrected proof copy of the English edition which, when published, was the first hardback of this title. Very good in green printed wraps. The only early Hale proof we have ever..... Item #40090 More
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE SON.
New York: Random House, (1997). First edition. Uncorrected proof, SIGNED by Mailer on the half-title page. Tentative publishing date of May 1997. Fictionalized life story chronicled by Jesus himself. Fine in blue-and-white publisher's-logo printed paperwraps. SCARCE PROOF SIGNED. Item #48865 More
GOD'S GRACE.
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (1982). First edition. Uncorrected proof in light turquoise paperwraps. Title written on bottom edge of book, staple holes where the publisher's note once was (now laid in), otherwise near fine. Item #48454 More
COLLECTED STORIES.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. First edition. An uncorrected proof in tall, printed, orange-red wraps. Introduction by Virginia Spencer Carr, McCullers' biographer. Includes "The Member of the Wedding," "The Ballad of the Sad Café," and 19 other stories. Small cracks in the perfect-bound spine, otherwise fine. Item #46646 More
ANYTHING FOR BILLY.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow paperwraps. Item #33596 More
ANYTHING FOR BILLY: [Uncorrected proof in proof dust jacket differing from the eventual trade one].
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1988). First edition. Uncorrected proof in RARE PROOF DUST JACKET with blank flaps and a completely different design. TOGETHER WITH a copy of the book in its eventual trade dust jacket that is INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, "To .../ A gloomy tale/ Larry McMurtry."..... Item #53607 More
DESERT ROSE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1983). First edition. Uncorrected proof with "Sept 6" handwritten on front (presume the publication date). Fine in yellow paperwraps with only light paper clip crease to top edge front cover. Item #33601 More
FILM FLAM: Essays on Hollywood.
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1987). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow paperwraps. Item #33594 More
MOVING ON: A Novel.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First edition. Uncorrected proof in tall, narrow, yellow paperwraps as issued without paper spine. INSCRIBED, "For Sally & Charlie/ in friendship/ Larry McMurtry/ 6-9-70." McMurtry's long-standing policy against signing proofs makes this inscribed copy a rarity. Very good or better with few tiny staple..... Item #55071 More
TEXASVILLE.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1987). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in yellow paperwraps. Together with a review copy stamped on front endpaper "REVIEW COPY - NOT FOR SALE" and with price clipped with scallop scissors. Otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #33595 More
THE BEST OF HENRY MILLER.
London: Heinemann, (1960). First edition. Uncorrected proof. Scattered foxing to page edges and spine slightly soiled, otherwise near fine in blue paperwraps. Edited by Lawrence Durrell. Item #35709 More
THE COLLECTED POEMS: 1931-1987.
New York: Ecco Press, (1988). First edition. Selections compiled by the Nobel Prize-winning Polish-American poet himself with the assistance of award-winning American poet Robert Haas (who Milosz credits in his preface with helping to finesse the English translations). Uncorrected proof in green, printed paperwraps with publisher's newsletter and TLS from..... Item #55643 More
THE WITNESS OF POETRY.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, (1983). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in green paperwraps. Item #30856 More
CATHOLICS.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1972). First edition. "Advance Proof Copy" in light gray paperwraps printed in red on front cover. SIGNED by author on title page. Sunned on spine and edges, small stain on first leaf, otherwise near fine. Item #29493 More
NO OTHER LIFE.
New York: Doubleday, (1993). First U.S. edition, an uncorrected proof. A novel about a Canadian missionary, the child he saves and conflict with the Catholic Church. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #35321 More
THE GREEN KNIGHT.
(New York): Viking, (1994). First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof, very good to near fine in green, printed paperwraps with light edge rubbing and slight toning to covers, as usually seen. Item #50435 More
THE MARSHAL AND THE MURDERER: A Marshal Guarnaccia Mystery.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987). First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof with probable publication date October 1987. Fine in red paperwraps. Item #48512 More
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
New York: Summit Books, (1987). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, preceded only by two translations from North Canadian Algonquin languages. Uncorrected proofs. Near fine in light blue paperwraps with background of spine and top edge of rear panel very slightly faded. Item #33811 More