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New York: Arbor House, (1981). First edition. SIGNED by author. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54438 More
New York: Arbor House, (1981). First edition. SIGNED by author. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54438 More
(Northampton): Gehenna Press, 1958. First edition. Scarce offering from the Gehenna Press. Prints Leyda's poem about the home of Emily Dickinson in black alternating with lines in red from the house's deed. Wood engraving by Lockwood of Dickinson printed on tissue. Number 102 of a stated 100 copies SIGNED BY..... Item #53657 More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1965. First edition. The first of his non-mystery novels. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "To Barbara and Harold/ with great affection/ Richard Lockridge." Light rubbing to black blocking on spine otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with spine ends nicked and rubbed, spine just slightly toned, and..... Item #71665 More
New York: Delacorte Press, (1976). First edition, INSCRIBED on half title page in year of publication "For - - Long live theatre. Joshua Logan Tysons Corner 10.13.76." Very good to fine in like dust jacket. Item #49538 More
[No Place]: The Strange Company, (1976). First of this edition. Folio No. 3. Number 10 of 150 copies SIGNED by R. Alain Everts, the publisher. The original holograph version and its transcription with an introduction by Everts. 8 ¾ x 10’ loose sheets laid in heavier printed portfolio. Pages not..... Item #55224 More
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
Columbia: University of Missouri Press, (1992). First edition. Critical study of Nobel Prize-winner Sigrid Undset’s SAGA OF KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER, “a wonderful addition to the corpus of Andrew Lytle, as well as a meaningful contribution to the study of Nordic literature” (from the jacket flap). INSCRIBED BY LYTLE in a somewhat..... Item #72160 More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1988). First edition. SIGNED BY LYTLE on the title page. Essays from one of the original Agrarians on others' works, here and abroad, and on his own work, including the writing of THE VELVET HORN, in an essay titled, "The Working Novelist and the..... Item #72144 More
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, (1957). First edition. Nominated for a National Book Award and considered by many to be his best work. INSCRIBED, 'To Walter and Jane/ Sullivan -/ With old affection -/ for those condemned, too/ Andrew Lytle -/ Nashville, 1958." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) studied under Lytle at the..... Item #72132 More
New York: Crown Publishers, (1975). First edition. SIGNED BY LYTLE on the dedication page. “The long-awaited family chronicle of one of this country’s most distinguished and highly respected men of letters” (from the jacket flap). Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy from the collection of Walter..... Item #72151 More
New York: Atria Books, (2007). First edition. SIGNED by author. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #52185 More
Afton, Minn. Afton Historical Sociey Press, (2001). First edition. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. Black-and-white photos of abandoned structures. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, 9 1/2 inches high and 11 inches long. Small crease to one corner. Item #45671 More
No-place: Privately Printed, (1937). First edition. Second collection of essays by the "saloonkeeper" profiled in The New Yorker by Joseph Mitchell. INSCRIBED BY MADDEN on the front endpaper, as most copies seem to be. Page top edges foxed and unavoidable offset from binding to pastedowns otherwise near fine in very..... Item #54112 More
(Greenfield Center / Cuttack, India): (Greenfield Review Press) / Chandrabhaga Society, (1980 & 1982). First edition of each. Prints the 12-part epic poem considered to be his best. Winner of India’s prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award -- the first English-language book of poetry to receive the award. TWO VOLUMES: the true..... Item #72135 More
Atlanta, GA: Norman Mailer Society, (2018). Second edition. One of 15 unnumbered copies in the "Signature Edition" marked "Presentation." There were an additional 40 numbered copies. All 55 copies with leaf SIGNED BY MAILER BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 2007 tipped in at front. According to Michael Lennon, of the 15..... Item #55547 More
New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First edition. From the collection of Adeline Lubell-Naiman. INSCRIBED, "To Adeline - In return for a long letter / Norman / Feb 1965." Spine unevenly faded, otherwise about very good in worn but still presentable dust jacket. Adeline Lubell-Naiman was the editor instrumental in..... Item #49637 More
New York: Rinehart, (1951). First edition. From the collection of Adeline Lubell-Naiman. INSCRIBED "To Adel and Lucky / - from the sweet / megalomaniac / With love / Norman / April 1951." Head of spine creased and bumped, edge wear to the cheap boards, light foxing to endpapers, small stain..... Item #49638 More
New York: Rinehart, (1951). First edition. SIGNED by Mailer. His second book. Black boards show minor wear, otherwise very good or better; in very good black-and-green dust jacket with edge rubbing and minor chipping at corners and spine ends. Also noted in red and black, priority unknown. Item #49693 More
New York: Dial Press, 1966. First edition. First issue with frontis photo tipped in. INSCRIBED, "To Paul Jacobs Cheers, Norman Mailer, Oct. '79." Paul Jacobs (1918-1978) was a pioneering activist, journalist, and co-founder of Mother Jones magazine. Mailer's interpretation of the Goldwater Convention in San Francisco, take on the United..... Item #49147 More
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
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
New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. INSCRIBED BY MAILER on the front free endpaper, "For Spencer--- cordially Norman Mailer." Massive volume, over 1,300 pages; a novel about spies, intelligence officers and the CIA. Slight roll to base of spine and signatures just beginning to fall away from head of..... Item #49381 More
(Tampa: Norman Mailer Society, 2007). First edition. The inaugural issue. Edited by Phillip Sipiora. Number 39 of 40 copies SIGNED BY MAILER AND SIPIORA. There were an additional 16 copies for presentation. Includes two first book appearances: his tribute to friend Robert Lucid and an excerpt from his unpublished play..... Item #54875 More
New York: Random House, (2003). First edition. A paperback original. SIGNED by the author. 260+ pages of poems and drawings with a preface by Mailer. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #49382 More