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

Paris: Booster Publications, (1938). First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE PAINTER HILAIRE HILER, "To Hilaire Hiler -- monetary expert. Henry 10/38. Hiler, a fellow expatriate in Paris in the 1920s, tutored Miller in art. (He and Miller, together with William Saroyan, authored a 1945 book on the subject called WHY ABSTRACT?)..... Item #54161 More

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946). First edition. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED "WITH LOVE" TO COMPOSER DAVID DIAMOND. The National Book Award-winning poet's first book, written when he was just 24 years old, two short years before he was to become the longtime poetry editor at The New Yorker. INSCRIBED on..... Item #72096 More

(New York): New Directions, (1990). First edition. Simultaneous paperwraps issue. INSCRIBED BY NIMS on half-title page, “Snowy greetings but/ warm wishes to/ Jane & Walter/ -- John/ Jan. 14, ’91.” Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72203 More

Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, (1985). First edition. Winner of the 1986 Christian Book Award's Gold Medallion for Fiction. INSCRIBED BY NORRIS on front endpaper, "For Jane and Walter/ with best wishes/ Helen Norris." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, and authority on Southern literature..... Item #72204 More

(Rocky Mount, NC): North Carolina Wesleyan College Press, (1994). First edition, limited issue. Number 520 of 750 SIGNED copies, this one INSCRIBED to the Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and his wife, "For Tony & Helen with love & hope from Reynolds." Fine in original burgundy cloth..... Item #53647 More

(New York, et al: Farrar; New Directions; et al, 1959 - 1962). A mix of first edition hardcovers, later printings and paperbacks, all of which are INSCRIBED by Purdy to Brodsky. COLOR OF DARKNESS, (New York): New Directions, (1957), second printing, INSCRIBED, "For Louis Brodsky with sincere good wishes from..... Item #54266 More

Boston: Little, Brown, (1983). First U.S. edition. "...a story of courage and cowardice, morality and desperation. The flying boat Aldebaran has a strange and sinister crew...." (from the dust jacket flap). SIGNED IN FULL on title page and INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper to Walter Sullivan, "A ripping yarn!..... Item #72118 More

New York: Harper & Row, (1988). First U.S. edition. Short novel about a young working-class man and wealthy middle-aged widow. ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on title page, “For Walter, who is one/ of the happy few,/ a tale from the depths,/ Alan Sillitoe/ Nashville,/ Queen of Cities, 17/4/90.” Walter..... Item #72207 More

Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Foreword by Eudora Welty. INSCRIBED BY SPENCER on title page, “For Walter and Jane Sullivan/ With special affection/ Elizabeth/ 31 October 1987." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Spencer -- one..... Item #72210 More

London: Chatto & Windus / Hogarth Press, (1985). First UK edition. Collection of short stories. INSCRIBED BY TAYLOR on title page, "to Jane and Walter/ affectionately/ Peter." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and -- along with Taylor -- one of..... Item #72147 More

St. Louis: [Privately printed], 1991. First edition. Rare, privately printed book of poetry published for her friends after she had won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for NEAR CHANGES (1990) over Anthony Hecht's THE TRANSPARENT MAN. The final poem in the volume, "Long Stretch Minimalist Sonnet IXX (for Howard),"..... Item #54274 More

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