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: 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: 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
![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
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
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
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, (1972). First edition. Her second novel. INSCRIBED in the year of publication on title page: "For Beth Appeldoorn/ + her fantastic/ bookstore/ September 1972/ with best wishes/ Margaret Atwood." 1972 was the year Appeldoorn and partner Susan Sandler founded Toronto's Longhouse Books -- a shop specializing..... Item #72633 More
Longwood, FL: Christopherr-Burghardt Associates, 1990. First edition. Paperback original, in dust jacket. INSCRIBED on title page, "For Allen Mears/ with best regards/ Bruce Aufhammer/ 6/10/91." 8vo white pictorial paperwraps printed in black on front and spine only; matching dust jacket with additional text on rear panel (both flaps blank); presumably..... Item #72225 More
New Haven: Privately Printed, 1909. First edition. PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET'S FIRST BOOK, written the year he graduated Yale University. INSCRIBED BY BACON, "Charles A. Bennett / ex dono auctoris [a gift of the author]." From the collection of cartoonist Claude Smith with his penciled ownership signature. Light blue paperwraps printed..... Item #51393 More
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. INSCRIBED WITH A QUOTE from the book: "I made my mouth move smileward" and SIGNED by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #47069 More
(New York): Viking, (1999). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book: "The three of us were drive-dazed." Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #47116 More
New York: Gotham Book Mart Inc., (1956). First edition. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper, "To Mr and Mrs. Hoffman/ Sincerely/ Eric Barker/ Oct 1, 1956." With forewords by Merle Armitage (who also designed book), John Cowper Powys, and Robinson Jeffers. Spine a touch tanned and bumped and slight soiling on..... Item #72508 More
Athens: (No Publisher), 1951. First edition. With six poems translated from the Spanish of Antonio Machado. INSCRIBED by author on front endpaper with a rather lengthy note to a friend: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. --- You know , honestly, in spite of 2 1/2 years of silence, I'm sure of..... Item #51392 More
New York: Random House, (1980). First edition. Advance reading copy, INSCRIBED on half-title page with a quote, "Hello, Sunbeam! Ann Beattie." Publishers letter laid in, and duplicate page (p.228 at p.238) crossed out. Fine in glossy, white paperwraps printed in dark red and blue. Item #50917 More
New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. SIGNED with a quote from the book: "that keeps things lively." Fine in dust jacket. Item #49929 More
New York: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1986. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. Item #46819 More
New York: Grove Press, (1961). First edition, a paperback original preceding the UK and French editions. Not issued simultaneously in hardcover, as often seen with these Grove Press productions. INSCRIBED BY BECKETT, "For/ Goddard & Brigitta/ Lieberson/ from their friend/ Sam Beckett/ Paris Oct. 1961." Goddard Lieberson headed up Columbia..... Item #72285 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to Eda Lou Walton, "For Eda Lou, with my inexpressible gratitude for the best pieces in the book and the death of the Ice-Age. Affectionately, Ben." The printed dedication to the last..... Item #45577 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1990. First edition. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page, "For Walter/ & Jane/ with love/ [sketch of barking dog]/ & some barks/ Madison Smartt Bell." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding..... Item #72179 More