New York: Crown Publishers, 2007. First edition. "A raging, hilarious, and profane love song to the great American redneck" --Sherman Alexie (cover blurb). Advance reading copy with "Uncorrected Proof - Not for Sale" on cover. White pictorial paperwraps. Very good. From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman..... Item #55416 More
No-place [New York]: no-publ., no-date, (1993). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted white cloth spine and clear plastic front cover. First page (showing through cover) with title, author and promo. 456 pages, double spaced, no title page. We assume these were issued before any..... Item #52879 More
New York: Henry Holt & Co., (1993). First edition. Uncorrected proof in red paperwraps. Near fine. Item #29114 More
New York: Random House, (1982). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book, "She loved being pregnant---." Uncorrected proof, fine in red printed wraps. Item #47151 More
New York: New Directions, 1984. First U.S. edition. Translated from the Spanish by Weinberger, introduction by Reid. Galley proof of Borges text only. No title or copyright page. 63 numbered pages printed on rectos only. Folio unprinted cream wraps with New Directions address label with publication information for hard cover..... Item #36435 More
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). First edition. Pen/Faulkner Award winner. Early state of the uncorrected proof in dark yellow printed paperwraps with pages hand numbered in the copy; 444 pp. Together with a copy of the first edition in dust jacket. 8vo gilt-stamped blue cloth boards; top edge blue;..... Item #20148 More
New York: Random House, (1998). First edition. Oversize, 8 1/2 x 11 inch proofs bound with unprinted black cloth spine and heavier blue paper covers with just the title on front. 354 pages. We assume these were issued before any other proofs. Few "handwritten" (in the copy) changes to the..... Item #52874 More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2001. First edition. Advance, "limited edition excerpt," SIGNED by Brown on title page. Limitation unstated. 28 pp., fine in stapled paperwraps. Item #52252 More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Uncorrected proof in pale peach printed paperwraps. Includes the laudatory poem "Jeffers" which opens with "his blood-smeared horizons/ his hawks casting shadows of/ doom/ his stallions greater than/ men" (p.177) and lists Jeffers among other authors he holds in esteem in "nowhere"..... Item #55513 More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1997). First edition. Uncorrected bound galleys, fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Item #36739 More
New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company, (1987). First edition. Advance Reader's copy with John Irving blurb on front cover. Faint crease in rear cover, otherwise near fine in tan printed paperwraps. Item #29700 More
New York: Villard Books, 1995. First edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. SIGNED WITH A QUOTE from the book, " 'The empty Sundays of his life...'/ Michael Chabon/ 2002." Advance reading copy in white paperwraps printed in black. Slight tanning to pages otherwise fine. SIGNED..... Item #46672 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002). First edition. A "Sales Conference Presentation Edition" SIGNED by author on title page to "John." Fine in printed wraps. Item #46043 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition of her first regularly published book. Uncorrected proof, fine in cream-colored printed wraps. Item #45234 More
London: Michael Joseph, (1952). First UK edition. Her second book. UNCORRECTED PROOF in printed, tan paperwraps. Uncommon thus. Issued in 1952 with "First published .... 1952" on copyright page; the trade edition was not issued until 1953. SIGNED BY CLARK on the title page. Includes the illustrations by Eugene Berman..... Item #47337 More
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
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, (2001). First edition. Bound galley proofs, fine in paperwraps. Item #30615 More
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
(New York): Viking, (1989). First U.S. edition. Third volume in his "Francis Cornish" series. Uncorrected proof, fine in cream-colored, printed paperwraps. Publication date "1/89" handwritten on front cover but with copyright page dated 1988. Few minor edge bumps, otherwise fine. Item #29834 More
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No-place: no-publisher, (1991). First edition. Photocopy page proofs. 8 x 11" sheets printed on rectos only, 357 pages, unbound. With a typewritten title page dated “(1991)” at bottom followed by Davies’ handwritten, undated title page with Samuel Butler quote (“Printers finde by experience that one Murther is worth two Monsters...”)..... Item #54943 More
New York: Viking, 1985. First edition. Near fine uncorrected proof in slightly soiled paperwraps. Item #38083 More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1967). First UK edition. Uncorrected proof, near fine in brown printed paperwraps. Item #30119 More
London: The Bodley Head, (1964). First UK edition. Uncorrected proof in yellow, printed paperwraps. Very good with minor wear on corners, light soiling, and name on upper left front cover. Scarce in this format. Item #43002 More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1987). First edition of Dorris' first novel. Uncorrected proof, fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps."Complimentary Reading Copy Not for Sale" on front cover. Item #34857 More
[New York]: Penguin, [1992]. First U.S. edition, issued as a paperback original. Uncorrected proof SIGNED & DATED on the title page, "Roddy Doyle 24/1/'94." The second book in his "Barrytown Trilogy." Near fine in orange, printed paperwraps. Item #72258 More