BETRAYED BY F. SCOTT FITZGERALD.
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Fine in price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with slight shelf wear. Item #47265 More
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AN AMERICAN REQUIEM: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED, "For Pamela/ Thank you for being part of this book's birth! Peace/ James Carroll/ June 5, 1996." Winner of the 1996 National Book Award for non-fiction. Item #35383 More
HELPING YOURSELF HELP OTHERS: A Book for Caregivers.
(New York): Random House/Times Books, (1994). First edition. Written with Susan K. Golant. INSCRIBED by Carter, former First Lady of the U.S., on the half-title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #46871 More
THE REAGAN YEARS.
New York: George Braziller, (1988). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in bold dust jacket. Item #47100 More
POWER IN MEN.
London: Nicholson & Watson/The Liberal Book Club, (1939). First edition. The "Liberal Book Club" edition preceding the first trade. SIGNED by Cary on the title page and INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR J. B. PRIESTLEY on the front free endpaper, "J. B. Priestley/ from his most sincerely/ the author" in Cary's typical..... Item #55174 More
APRIL TWILIGHTS.
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903. First edition of her first book; a "vanity press" production of thirty-six poems. Cather reportedly destroyed whatever remained of the edition in 1908. INSCRIBED, "Mr. J. W. Rankin / From an old friend / Willa Silbert Cather / New York / May..... Item #54535 More
IT IS TIME, LORD.
New York: Atheneum, 1963. First edition. His first book. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "Best of luck from Fred & Sue Chappell to Peggy & Hugh Kerner. Fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with internal tape repair to head of spine where there are a few short rubbed..... Item #56123 More
THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER.
New York: Knopf, 1978. Third printing. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critic's Circle Award and short-listed for the National Book Award. Not a great copy, but it is INSCRIBED by Cheever on the front endpaper, "To -- --/ John Cheever." Endpapers cracked at hinges (and somewhat inexpertly repaired..... Item #54344 More
WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS.
New York: Simon and Schuster, (1989). First edition. INSCRIBED by author on title page. Page edges a bit aged, otherwise about fine in dust jacket. Item #50878 More
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
AN INFINITY OF MIRRORS.
New York: Random House, (1964). First edition. Uncorrected proof in pictorial paperwraps. INSCRIBED inside front cover, "For Francisco Diabb (Frank Heller to you) with awe, respect and much fond admiration. Richard Condon New York Xmas 1903." Some minor wear on edges but still very good or better in stiff paperwraps..... Item #29564 More
JOSEPH CONRAD AS I KNEW HIM
London: Heinemann, (1926). Second impression, published just one month after the first. INSCRIBED "To Walter & Caroline Pilcher, affectionately from Jessie Conrad/ April 1928." Caroline Pilcher was the widow of Arthor Marwood, a friend of both Conrad's and Ford Madox Ford (Ford is said to have based his Christopher Tietjens..... Item #71772 More
OUR MAN IN VIENNA: A Memoir.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2000). First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the half-title page, "For --- remembering the old times - Richard Conroy." Page fore edges slightly soiled, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Memoir of the author's time in the Foreign Service. Item #37651 More
FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1986). First edion. Near fine uncorrected proof in red paperwraps, in dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page, "To Goldie/ Hope you enjoy this little flying story & sell a ton of 'em/ Best wishes/ Stephen Coonts." Item #32855 More
PEOPLE ON THE EARTH.
New York: Random House, (1937). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED twice on front endpaper. Very good with light soiling to edges and endpapers a little darkened but otherwise only minimal wear. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling, a tanned spine, a few tears repaired with tape..... Item #51500 More
CONTINENT.
London: Heinemann, (1986). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. INSCRIBED on the half-title page to Rolland Comstock, a great champion of Crace's work, "with my very best wishes and thanks." Bright and fine in equally nice dust jacket with publicity sticker "You can afford to make the journey!" (one..... Item #53702 More
SPECIMEN DAYS.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2005). First edition. Boldly SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page: "If only he could . . . become the dress she wore . . . ," Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #48226 More
ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAN WEST: A Biographical Dictionary.
Chicago: Sage Books / Swallow Press, (1974). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. An excellent reference to prominent Western artists. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Item #47323 More
BLUE DRAGON WHITE TIGER: A Tet Story.
Philadelphia: TriAm Press, Inc., 1983. First edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on front free endpaper, "For Jim Rouse with respect and admiration. Tran Van Dinh." Rouse was an urban planner and developer who is best known for pioneering indoor shopping malls, introducing 'festival marketplaces' (Faneuil Hall in Boston, Harbor Place in..... Item #36215 More
WINTER BROTHERS: A Season at the Edge of America.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1980). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. "Best wishes through all the seasons of life. Ivan Doig." Near fine with a faint sticker shadow on front pastedown and light soiling on page edges; in a lightly soiled dust jacket..... Item #35011 More
THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH A Verse Play in Fourteen Scenes.
(Brownsville): Story Line Press, 1994. First edition. A paperback original issued simultaneously with the hardcover signed, lmiited edition. INSCRIBED on title page, "For - - / Only good things / Rita Dove / 5 May 94." Fine in pictorial paperwraps with publisher's postcard laid in. Item #48437 More
THE SNAPPER.
London: Secker & Warburg, (1990). First edition and only hardcover edition. Second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." INSCRIBED BY DOYLE on title page, "To Toby Sunshine, Roddy Doyle, 17/4/96." Spine ends a little softened and few stray spots of foxing to page top edge otherwise fine in near fine dust..... Item #55408 More
I AM THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Together with THE LINE OF LEAST EXISTENCE and TO SMITHEREENS (Inscribed).
New York: Grossman Publ.; Random House; New American Libr. (1965, 1967, 1972). First edition of all three volumes. From the collection of Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman. Early works by the novelist, Pop artist, playwright, and former professional wrestler ("Rosa Carlo, the Mexican Spitfire"). I AM THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER (her first..... Item #55080 More
THE BOMB AND THE GENERAL.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1989). First U.S. edition. Children's book with illustrations by Carmi. Translated by William Weaver. INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE on half-title page by Eco with the classic opening phrase, "Once upon a time." Short remainder line on bottom page edge, tucked up against spine, otherwise bright..... Item #50129 More
SPECIAL PEOPLE.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author. Near fine in dust jacket. Item #47922 More