Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. First edition. Winner of the first National Book Award and made into the movie that resurrected Frank Sinatra's career. "Unrevised proofs" in tall, plain blue wraps with light-blue label printed in black. Measures 6 7/8 x 11 3/4"; last page number is "122" but... Item #52513 More about THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
New York: Viking Press, (1970). First edition. Quotations selected and with commentary by Auden; arranged in alphabetical sequence on topics ranging from "Accedie" to "Writing." Auden described this work as the closest he would ever come to writing an autobiography. It was, he wrote, "a map of my planet." Uncorrected... Item #49554 More about A CERTAIN WORLD: A Commonplace Book
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 about SOMETIMES YOU SEE IT COMING
London: Faber & Faber, (1962). First edition. Uncorrected proof in tan, printed paperwraps. Tiny stain on back cover, otherwise fine. Item #43023 More about THE VIEW FROM A BLIND I
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First edition. SIGNED by the author. Uncorrected proof, near fine in gently soiled and sunned paperwraps. Item #47651 More about ILL WIND
New York: Henry Holt & Co., (1993). First edition. Uncorrected proof in red paperwraps. Near fine. Item #29114 More about PETER NEVSKY And the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing
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 about THE BURNING HOUSE
New York: Dial Press, 1964. First edition of his third and most famous work. Dial Prize winner, and the basis for the Dustin Hoffman movie of the same name. "UNCORRECTED GALLEYS"--sheets punched with two holes, printed on front only, string tied with cardboard covers marked as above. Small portion of... Item #42328 More about LITTLE BIG MAN
New York: New Directions, 1984. First edition. Near fine galley proof with copy of the manuscript sheets of the introduction laid in. Black-and-white photograph (which has a small skinned spot) and publisher's slip attached to the front cover. Translated by Eliot Weinberger and introduction by Alastair Reid. Even the hardback... Item #36435 More about SEVEN NIGHTS
New York: William Morrow, (1987). First edition. Uncorrected proof pale gray, printed paperwraps. Fine. Item #54525 More about UNDER THE VULTURE-TREE
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). First edition. Uncorrected proof in yellow printed paperwraps. The winner of the second Pen/Faulkner Award. Light soiling to covers and slight vertical indentation in spine, otherwise near fine. Scarce. Item #20148 More about THE CHANEYSVILLE INCIDENT
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1961. First edition. The author's only book. An advance copy INSCRIBED by Brammer, "For Wm. Beckman -- Friend of famous Arthurs / Pen Pay of Genius Poets / Patron of the Pataphysician. From his boon companion Wm. (B. L.) Brammer 3/21/63 (4 a. m.)." One... Item #53157 More about THE GAY PLACE. Being Three Related Novels THE FLEA CIRCUS, ROOM ENOUGH TO CAPER, COUNTRY PLEASURES
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 about THE GREATEST GENERATION
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 about BILLY RAY'S FARM
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 about SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories & Poems
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1997). First edtion. Uncorrected bound galleys, fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Item #36739 More about THE LAST SIX MILLION SECONDS
(New York): HarperCollins, (1992). First edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in red paperwraps with publisher's card stapled inside front cover. Item #30858 More about LOST BOYS
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 about THE NEWS OF THE WORLD
New York: Villard Books, 1995. First edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. Chabon won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay." An advance reader's edition in printed paperwraps. SIGNED by the author on the title page with quote, "The... Item #46672 More about WONDER BOYS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (2002). First editon. A "Sales Conference Presentation Edition" SIGNED by author on title page to "John." Fine in printed wraps. Item #46043 More about CARAMELO, OR PURE CUENTO
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 about THE KINGFISHER
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 about ROME & A VILLA
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 about AN INFINITY OF MIRRORS
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, (2001). First edition. Bound galley proofs, fine in paperwraps. Item #30615 More about THE AZTEC TREASURE HOUSE: New and Selected Essays
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 about FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER