THE COMPLETE SHORT PROSE 1929-1989.
New York: Grove Press, (1995). First edition. Edited and with an introduction and notes by S. E. Gontarski. Barest shelfwear otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Scarce. Item #72655 More
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THE LOST ONES; [signed, limited edition].
(Stamford, CT): New Overbrook Press, 1984. First edition thus: Number 73 of 250 copies SIGNED BY BECKETT (beneath the colophon) AND KLABUNDE. The first and only publication of the New Overbrook Press, a reissue of Beckett's short story about a place "where lost bodies roam each searching for its lost..... Item #72690 More
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FORMA VREMENI [Form of Time].
Minsk: Eridan, 1992. Presumed first edition with "first time published in our country and abroad" (in Russian) on copyright page. Written in the Russian language. Volume one of a two-volume set collecting poems, essays and plays, this volume being poetry only. Near fine in like dust jacket with only mild..... Item #52602 More
LESS THAN ONE: Selected Essays.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1986). First edition. 8vo, quarterbound black cloth over beige boards with gilt-stamped spines, pp. 501. Near fine with barest shelfwear and faint foxing on page fore edges; in near fine dust jacket with slight toning along flap edges. Item #72523 More
BIG WOODS.
New York: Random House, (1955). First edition. Illustrations by Edward Shenton. Collects four hunting stories with one, "Race at Morning," making its first book appearance and with new material interconnecting the stories added by Faulkner. Minor wear to spine ends otherwise fine in very good or better, price-clipped dust jacket..... Item #72631 More
KNIGHT'S GAMBIT.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1951. First UK edition. Queen's Quorum title. Six interrelated short stories featuring attorney Gavin Stevens. About near fine with lettering on spine somewhat faded, but still legible and touch of foxing on fore-edge; in very good dust jacket with few rubbed nicks and tears, most noticeably..... Item #72604 More
THE REIVERS: A Reminiscence.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. First UK edition. Faulkner's last novel, published a month before his death, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1963. Basis for 1969 film of the same name. Spine ends lightly bumped and boards mildly bowed, otherwise very good in like dust jacket, unclipped..... Item #72458 More
THE GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH.
New York: Knopf, 1990. First U.S. edition, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. A review copy with review slip and promotional photo laid in. Fine in dust jacket. Item #29658 More
THE INHERITORS.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd, (1955). First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's second book. Near fine with only a touch of light shelf wear and small bookseller ticket to front pastedown; in very good, price-clipped dust jacket with slight tanning to spine and edges, small chip to head of..... Item #72309 More
THE SOFT VOICE OF THE SERPENT: and other stories.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952. First U.S. edition; preceding the UK. Nobel Prize winner's second book -- her first to be published in the U.S. Bright and near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with pin-prick hole and small light stain to front panel, edges lightly..... Item #54915 More
THE DOOR STANDS OPEN: Czeslaw Milosz 1911-2004; [signed, limited edition of this tribute written by one Nobel Prize-winning poet in memory of another].
Dublin: Irish Writers Center, 2005. First edition. Two poems and an essay by Heaney written in memory of the Nobel Prize-winning Polish-American poet. Number 8 of 250 numbered copies SIGNED BY HEANEY. (There were an additional 50 "special deluxe" copies.) 8vo stainless steel covers printed in black; wrapped in attached..... Item #50591 More
BABBITT.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, (1922). First edition, first issue with "Purdy" for "Lyte" on p.49:4 and "my" for "any" on p.49:5. About very good with spine a touch rubbed and toned, fraying to cloth at head of spine, and endpapers showing some tanning and scattered foxing. Lacking scarce..... Item #72736 More
DODSWORTH.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First UK edition. First binding in blue. Very good or better with light wear on spine ends and corners. Book plate on front pastedown. Lacking dust jacket. Item #50131 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 MOONS OF JUPITER: Stories.
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, (1982). True first edition. The Nobel Prize-winning author's fifth collection of short stories. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with one tiny tear at base of spine, and spine slightly toned and showing a few light stains. Item #72027 More
MR STONE AND THE KNIGHTS COMPANION.
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1963). First edition. His first book set in England. Faint foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise bright and near fine in very good dust jacket with slight toning to spine, a few tiny scrapes, and lightly rubbed creasing to spine ends. From the collection of sports..... Item #54093 More
A TURN IN THE SOUTH.
(London): Viking, 1989. First UK edition, preceded by the U.S. edition. Nailpaul's look at our southern states. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #33759 More
GENETICS AND THE FUTURE OF MAN: A Discussion at the Nobel Conference Organized by Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1965.
Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Co., 1966. First edition. SIGNED BY NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING CHEMIST GLENN SEABORG on front endpaper and dated "Mar. 1967." Seaborg was part of the advisory committee of Nobel Prize-winning scientists who assisted Gustavus Adolphus College officials in planning the conference program. Includes texts of speeches given by..... Item #71707 More
THE ESTATE.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1969). First edition. Sequel to THE MANOR. Translated from the Yiddish by nephew Joseph Singer. SIGNED BY SINGER on half-title page, "Greetings / I.B. Singer" (not to anyone in particular). Spine ends a little sunned otherwise near fine in very good to near fine..... Item #55034 More
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FRUCHTE DES ZORNS [Grapes of Wrath].
Stuttgarter: Duetscher Bucherbund, no-date. German translation; later printing, as the first was published in Zurich in 1940. Very good with rubbing along the edge of the cover, light soiling to the back board, and a tiny puncture in the cloth binding the size of a pen point on the front..... Item #51354 More
THE PEARL.
New York: Viking Press, 1947. First edition. First issue dust jacket with Steinbeck looking to his left (toward spine). Very good with minor shelfwear and light foxing to page edges and endpapers; in good dust jacket with a couple tiny nicks along edges and small triangular chip on rear cover..... Item #72660 More
ALBERT EINSTEIN, THOMAS MANN, SERGEI PROKOFIEV, ALBERT SCHWEITZER, PAUL VALERY; [Portraits of 5 Nobel winners by the celebrated Czech artist].
Prague: Artia, 1958 [1959]. First edition of this attractive production issued as a New Year's greeting for friends of the publisher. In addition to the 5 portraits of the Nobel Prize winners, there is a brief biography of the artist and his work that is written in the 5 languages..... Item #56102 More
THE ANTILLES: Fragments of Epic Memory.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1993). First edition of his 1992 Nobel Prize lecture. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #72247 More
THE GULF.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1970). First U.S. edition. Poetry collection. 8vo, blue cloth boards; 111 pages. Subtle toning to boards, otherwise fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with slight toning to spine and flap folds, a touch of rubbing and tiny nicks to spine ends..... Item #72524 More
GENES, GIRLS, AND GAMOW: After the Double Helix.
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. First U.S. edition. SIGNED BY NOBEL LAUREATE WATSON in his characteristically tiny script . Memoir picking up where THE DOUBLE HELIX left off. Crisp and fine in bright, fine dust jacket with barest wear. Item #46570 More
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