(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2004). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns. Produced in honor of readings at the Center by established and emerging..... Item #55775 More
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2005). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center’s binder-in-residence. Produced in honor..... Item #55773 More
Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, (1992). First edition. His second collection of poems. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "For Tony, with--poems, or no poems--Love [underlined], from Jonathan" beneath which he's sketched a chair and captioned it "Chair, EOS Hotel, Zurich, 21.v.92." Fine in glossy, black, pictorial..... Item #53749 More
![Item #51013 BLOOD OF PATRIOTS; [Signed "Aloha and Peace!"]. Neil Abercrombie, Richard Hoyt](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. With generic inscription (not to anyone in particular), "Aloha and Peace!" and SIGNED BY ABERCROMBIE -- the former Congressman and Governor of Hawaii -- on title page. Near fine with tiny tear where base of spine gently pushed; in crisp..... Item #51013 More
New York: John Day, (1967). First U.S. edition. SIGNED BY ACHEBE on the title page. Final book in his acclaimed African trilogy. Winner of the first-ever Jock Campbell/New Statesman Prize for African writing. Near fine to fine with gilt spine lettering just slightly dulled; in near fine dust jacket with..... Item #72287 More
![Item #72381 HOME AND EXILE; [signed]. Chinua Achebe](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72381.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753828227)
(New York): Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. SIGNED BY ACHEBE on the title page. Based on three 1998 lectures delivered at Harvard during his long tenure at Bard College. Very good to near fine in like dust jacket. (Would be a fine copy if not for splashes of wine..... Item #72381 More
New York: Doubleday, (1989). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For James O. Freedman/ with all good wishes/ Chinua Achebe/ March 3, 1990." Freedman (1935-2006) was president of Dartmouth College from 1987 to 1998, during which period Achebe was in residence there as a Montgomery Fellow (Jan.- Mar. 1990)..... Item #72387 More
New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. INSCRIBED on bookplate affixed opposite the half-title page to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht, "for Tony, In praise of his poems, and with all good wishes, Diane / 1991." Base of spine a little sunned, otherwise fine in fine dust..... Item #53728 More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1961. First edition, trade issue. Illustrated by Nick Eggenhofer. INSCRIBED by Adams on the front endpaper, " To - - with best wishes. If you ever have to ride the rough string here's hopin' your cinch is tight./ Cordially yours, Ramon F. Adams." Fine in price-clipped..... Item #51457 More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1981). First edition. INSCRIBED TO HIS COPY EDITOR on half-title page, "For Carmen Gomezplata/ mit herzlichen glückwünschen/ (with hearty happiness-wishes)/ von/ Joel Agee/ New York, April 30, 1981." Carmen Gomezplata was chief copy editor at Farrar Straus for decades and well known for her..... Item #72492 More
New York: Putnam, (2001). First printing of the third edition. SIGNED by Allen Ahearn. Revised and enlarged with prices for over 20,000 first editions in all fields for collectors, dealers, and librarians. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #28153 More
![Item #29818 THE JANUARY CORPSE; [Inscribed and with 2 different photo cards laid in]. Neil Albert](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29818.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1447889216)
New York: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of his first book. Featuring disbarred attorney and private investigator Dave Garrett. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper, "- -/ Thanks so much for your/ support. Read carefully:/ all the clues are there if/ you take your time./ Neil Albert. Fine in bright..... Item #29818 More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1926. First edition. Number 339 of 1010 copies -- this one INSCRIBED BY ALDINGTON TO HIS FRIEND, the philosopher and writer, "Henry Slonimsky/ from/ Richard Aldington/ at/ Malthouse Cottage/ 7-7-26." Slonimsky was a professor of ethics and philosophy of religion at the Jewish Institute of Religion in..... Item #54684 More
(No-place: Xlibris, 2000). First edition. Paperback original. The first book to be written and published in English by Alexander, a political refugee from Communist Romania. Novel focusing on the experiences and memories of a young Romanian couple adapting to life in New York. INSCRIBED to author and Washington Post columnist..... Item #37828 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1973). First edition of this collection of stories. INSCRIBED by Algren (covering the full front endpaper), "with best wishes to Jeen" followed by one of his signature cat drawings, signed and dated June 1978, and colored with light blue and yellow streaks and whirls. Two small..... Item #53734 More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1942). First edition. INSCRIBED BY ALGREN, "For Jimmy Cannon, Who knows it's from the depths the stars shine clearest, God bless his Merry Christmas. Nelson Algren, '57." Journalist Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973) was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his coverage of the..... Item #54153 More
![Item #52683 WHO LOST AN AMERICAN?; [signed]. Nelson Algren](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52683.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1390425748)
New York: Macmillan Co., (1963). First edition. SIGNED by Algren on the front endpaper. Essays on travels, etc. Crisp and near fine; in good or better dust jacket with spine a little toned, rear panel somewhat soiled, folds lightly rubbing, and nicks and rubs to spine ends and corners. Item #52683 More
(New York): HarperCollins, (1991). First U.S edition. SIGNED by Allende on the half-title page with her traditional flower drawing. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Fine in fine dust jacket with the barest rubbing to the tips. Item #54324 More
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989). First edition. Two volumes: first printing of volume two, second printing of volume one. BOTH VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY AMBROSE. The first two volumes in Ambrose's Nixon trilogy. Illustrated with photos. Volume one: Slight lean at top of spine still very good to fine in..... Item #47542 More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1993). First edition. SIGNED by the author, who for seven long years was in darkness and chains, not knowing when, if ever, he would be free. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Item #42947 More
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1986). First edition. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. SIGNED and INSCRIBED "To Audrey, with many bluebonnets, Jean Andrews" on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #37668 More
(New York): Viking, (1994). First edition. Her first book. The story of a woman forced by circumstance to live with her in-laws “surrounded by the family’s obsession with an exacting, angry God and the disquieting ghosts of the past” (from the dust jacket). INSCRIBED BY ANSAY on title page, "For..... Item #72175 More
(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
New York: Viking Press, (1978). First edition. Review copy with slip, photograph and publisher's letter laid in. INSCRIBED and dated on front endpaper. Laid in is a TLS from Apple "...I also remember that years ago when you were at The New Republic you were, I think, the first person..... Item #30775 More
