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
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED by Neil Abercrombie on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51013 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: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper. Photograph of Albert laid in. Fine in a bright dust jacket. Item #29818 More
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1926. First edition. Number 339 of 1010 copies of which the first 150 were signed by the author. However this copy is INSCRIBED, "Harry Sloninsky from Richard Aldington Malthouse Cottage 7-7-26." Black cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Yellow jacket and endpapers designed by Frank Mechau. The..... 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
New York: The Viking Press, (1984). First edition. INSCRIBED by prize-winning poet Ashbery to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife on title page, "for Tony and Helen with love, John Ashbery / May 23,1984." Spots of excess ink to fore-edges of last several leaves (appears to..... Item #53732 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
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
(Lake Oswego, OR: AMV Entertainment), 1992. First edition. "This volume is an attempt to bring together a reference source for the Beatles' available session work." Apparently issued in only 150 copies. This copy with "19/150" handwritten in the corner of the Introduction page, beside Todd's INSCRIPTION, "Dear - - Thanks..... Item #50603 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: 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
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First edition. Two soldiers return from Vietnam to the deep-rooted prejudice of their native Tennessee. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page with a small doodle, "For Jane & Walter/ here's a [illegible]/ to you both/ with love from/ Madison." Additionally signed in full on..... Item #72178 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First edition. A tale of domestic terrorism in the gritty streets of 1980s New York. INSCRIBED BY BELL on title page, "For Uncle Walter/ & Aunt Jane/ who taught me some of/ everything I know/ Madison Smartt Bell." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author..... Item #72177 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1987. First edition. Presumed review copy with publisher's promo letter laid in. INSCRIBED BY BELL on half-title page, "For Uncle Walter/ & Aunt Jane/ May it please/ you ----/ Madison." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature..... Item #72176 More
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1921. First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. "For Billie Allen / in memory of many / happy hours on the / shore of Lake Como / Robert C. Benchley / Dec 20..... Item #40334 More