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Book #50620] FRIDAY BLACK. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

FRIDAY BLACK Stories

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame.

New York: Mariner Books, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Strong debut story collection that takes a satirical look at what it’s..... #50620

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Book #50839] FRIDAY BLACK [signed + promo tote bag]. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

FRIDAY BLACK [signed + promo tote bag] Stories

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame.

London: Riverrun, 2018. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Strong debut story collection that takes a satirical look at what it’s like to..... #50839

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Book #12598] A MOVIE STARRING THE LATE CARY GRANT AND AN AS-YET UNSIGNED ACTRESS and VERDI'S:....

A MOVIE STARRING THE LATE CARY GRANT AND AN AS-YET UNSIGNED ACTRESS and VERDI'S: A Gorgeous Gallery of Galatial Synecdoches

Ahern, Tom.

Providence & Philadelphia: Treacle Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 1/50 numbered hardcover copies signed by Ahern. Number 1 in the Treacle Story Series. Drawings by James E. Taylor. 8vo cloth..... #12598

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EMPIRE OF THE MIND. A Journey Through Great Britain.

Ahmed, Iqbal.

London: Coldstream Publishers, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ahmed on the front flyleaf. Extends his travels & observations from his 2004 book on London. 8vo cloth. #23215

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SORROWS OF THE MOON. A Journey Through London.

Ahmed, Iqbal.

London: Coldstream Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ahmed on the front flyleaf. Interesting informal travels in which Ahmed compares the contemporary reality of London with the images he..... #23214

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Book #50830] NELSON ALGREN CORRESPONDENCE WITH POET AND FRIEND JOHN CIARDI. Nelson Algren

NELSON ALGREN CORRESPONDENCE WITH POET AND FRIEND JOHN CIARDI Six Typed Letters and Two Cards Signed between 1954-1963

Algren, Nelson.

1954-1963. First Edition. Softcover. Collection of typed correspondences from Nelson Algren to his friend and poet John Ciardi. Includes 6 typed letters signed "Nelson", 1 typed post card signed "Nelson"..... #50830

Price: $750.00 save 15% $637.50

ALENTEJO BLUE. A Novel

Ali, Monica.

London: Doubleday, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ali on the title page. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Tale of the Portuguese village of..... #23176

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MANNERS.

Aliki.

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED WITH DRAWING of elephant by Aliki on the page facing the title page. 4to, white pictorial boards. #50824

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Book #29278] FLIGHT AND PURSUIT. Dick Allen

FLIGHT AND PURSUIT. Poems.

Allen, Dick.

Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1987. Simultaneous First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Allen on front flyleaf to a noted scholar of Wallace Stevens: "A flight and pursuit into childhood and..... #29278

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Book #29270] OVERNIGHT IN THE GUEST HOUSE OF THE MYSTIC. Dick Allen

OVERNIGHT IN THE GUEST HOUSE OF THE MYSTIC. Poems.

Allen, Dick.

Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1984. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Allen on front flyleaf to a noted scholar of Wallace Stevens: "To --- for so many thanks..... #29270

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SELECTED LONGER POEMS.

Ammons, A. R.

New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1980. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Ammons on the title page. 8vo, red cloth. 104pp. #50319

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Book #29264] SPEAKING IN HANDS. Greg Antonini

SPEAKING IN HANDS. Poems

Antonini, Greg.

West Haven, CT: Flying Horse Press, 2017. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Antonini on the title-page. A paperback original. #29264

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Book #27613] WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE. Illustration by Elizabeth Murray. John Ashbery

WHO KNOWS WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIFE. Illustration by Elizabeth Murray. A Poem.

Ashbery, John.

Calais, Vermont: Z Press, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Of a total edition of 226, this is one of 26 lettered copies signed by Ashbery and an original bound-in color print..... #27613

Price: $600.00 save 15% $510.00

CHICAGO. A Novel

Aswany, Alaa Al.

London: Fourth Estate, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Aswany on the title-page. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Translated from the Arabic by Farouk..... #24487

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BIRDS. Essay by Margaret Atwood. Drawings by Billy Sullivan.

Atwood, Margaret.

East Hampton, NY: Glenn Horowitz, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 unnumbered hardcover copies signed by Atwood & Sullivan. There were also 350 unsigned softcover copies, for a total..... #29417

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MARGINALIA [signed by both].

Auden, W. H.; Scott, Laurence.

Cambridge, MA: Ibex Press, 1966. Signed Limited First Edition. Softcover. Printed and illustrated by Laurence Scott. Out of a total edition of 150 copies, this is one of 45 hors..... #30257

Price: $450.00 save 15% $382.50

Book #50873] THE DYER'S HAND. W. H. Auden

THE DYER'S HAND And Other Essays

Auden, W.H.

New York: Random House, 1962. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Auden on the front fly: "Irving Drutman may skip as he likes W.H.A." Additionally, SIGNED..... #50873

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THE DROWNED CITIES.

Bacigalupi, Paolo.

New York: Little Brown, 2012. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the half-title page. Sequel to Ship Breaker and second installment in the author's young adult..... #50440

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SHIP BREAKER.

Bacigalupi, Paolo.

New York: Little Brown, 2010. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the title page. Author's first novel for young adults and first in this dystopian trilogy..... #50441

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INTERVIEWS WITH FRANCIS BACON [SIGNED & INSCRIBED] With 94 Illustrations.

(Bacon, Francis) Sylvester, David.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1975. Simultaneous First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Inscribed "To John with all my best wishes/ Francis Bacon" on the front flyleaf (the half-title page). The recipient of..... #29392

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Book #50928] REPERCUSSIONS. Timothy Barcomb

REPERCUSSIONS Books. Libraries & the triumph of Human Freedom

Barcomb, Timothy.

East Burke Vermont: Plowboy Press, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Poetry chapbook. Attractive letterpress production bound by hand in Fabriano Miliani Ingres. One of 150 copies printed and signed by the..... #50928

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Book #14698] AROUND THE CLOCK. Elizabeth Bartlett

AROUND THE CLOCK. Poems

Bartlett, Elizabeth.

Laurinburg, NC: St. Andrews Press, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Review copy with publicity sheet. Inscribed to Pultizer Prizewinning poet Maxine Kumin, whose printed comments are on the back cover. These..... #14698

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Book #29277] COME RAIN, COME SHINE. Jack B. Bedell

COME RAIN, COME SHINE. Poems

Bedell, Jack B.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2006. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Bedell on title-page, and inscribed to a noted Wallace Stevens scholar: "For --- with great hope..... #29277

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CALL AND RESPONSE. Conversations in Verse.

Bedell, Jack B. & Bourque, Darrell.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2009. First Soft Cover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed by Bedell on title-page to a noted scholar of Wallace Stevens: " For --- with much appreciation for..... #29251

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Book #29252] AT THE BONEHOUSE. Jack Bedell

AT THE BONEHOUSE. Poems

Bedell, Jack.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2003. Reprint. Softcover. Signed by Bedell on title-page. 2003 reprint of this 1997 book which won that year's Texas Review Poetry Prize. Trade paperback edition..... #29252

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Book #29253] WHAT PASSES FOR LOVE. Jack Bedell

WHAT PASSES FOR LOVE. Poems

Bedell, Jack.

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 2001. First Soft Cover Edition. Softcover. Signed by Bedell on title-page. First trade paperback edition. This book won the 2000 Texas Review Poetry Chapbook Prize..... #29253

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Book #8427] THE STRANGE DEATH OF MISTRESS COFFIN. Robert J. Begiebing

THE STRANGE DEATH OF MISTRESS COFFIN. A Novel

Begiebing, Robert J.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1991. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed & dated at time of publication by Begiebing. Historical whodunit set in Exeter, New Hampshire in the..... #8427

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Book #29445] THE BETRAYERS. David Bezmozgis

THE BETRAYERS. A novel.

Bezmozgis, David.

New York: Little Brown & Co., 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Bezmozgis on the title-page. First book by this Russian-Latvian author. First book. Blurbs by Shteyngart, Hemon, Edith Pearlman..... #29445

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Book #29446] THE BETRAYERS. David Bezmozgis

THE BETRAYERS. A novel.

Bezmozgis, David.

New York: Viking Penguin, 2014. First U.K. Edition. Softcover. Inscribed Sept 29, 2014 by Bezmozgis on the title-page. First UK edition of his first book by this Russian-Latvian author. The..... #29446

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Book #50746] PROMISES TO KEEP. Joe Biden

PROMISES TO KEEP On Life and Politics

Biden, Joe.

New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by President Biden on the the title page in year of publication: "Steve / Thanks for..... #50746

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UNITED Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good

Booker, Cory.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2016. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Booker on title page. Booker signed this copy during his February 27th appearance at North Atlanta High..... #50542

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BLUE JAY. A Poem

Booth, Martin.

Concord, NH: WIlliam B. Ewert, 1981. First Edition. Broadside. One of 50 copies signed by Booth. Issued to commemorate Booth's investiture as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature..... #3728

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Book #3367] CALLING WITH OWLS. Martin Booth

CALLING WITH OWLS. Poems

Booth, Martin.

Concord, NH: Ewert, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Booth (of 126 total). Booth was the former publisher of the Sceptre Press. Original wrappers. #3367

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Book #26529] LOOKING FOR THE RAINBOW SIGN. Martin Booth

LOOKING FOR THE RAINBOW SIGN Poems of America (DEDICATION COPY)

Booth, Martin.

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Bloodaxe Books, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. A half-dedication copy. Warmly inscribed by Booth to one of the two (American) dedicatees whose names are printed on the..... #26529

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Book #27943] "On the Road to Merrivale" Martin Booth

"On the Road to Merrivale" A Poem

Booth, Martin.

Autograph poem. Fair copy of this poem written out in Booth's hand "for Bill and Mary" [Ewert] and dated in 1986. Like Booth [of Sceptre Press fame] Bill Ewert was..... #27943

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THIS IS NOT A LETTER AND OTHER POEMS.

Boyle, Kay.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1985. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Boyle on the title page. Errata slip tipped in on front endpaper. Small 8vo, burnt..... #30336

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Book #30337] WORDS THAT MUST SOMEHOW BE SAID. Kay Boyle, Elizabeth S. Bell

WORDS THAT MUST SOMEHOW BE SAID Selected Essays

Boyle, Kay; Bell, Elizabeth S. (editor).

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1985. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Edited with an Introduction by Elizabeth S. Bell. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Boyle to a local theater critic..... #30337

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Book #22278] THE INNER CIRCLE. T. C. Boyle

THE INNER CIRCLE. A Novel

Boyle, T.C.

New York: Viking Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Boyle on a tipped-in page. Novel about a sex researcher working for Kinsey in the 1940's. One of the 100..... #22278

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Book #26391] GATHERED FROM THE TEMPEST. George Bradley

GATHERED FROM THE TEMPEST. A Poem

Bradley, George.

Andover, MA: The Acre, 2004. First Edition. Broadside. Copy #36 of 100 numbered copies signed by Bradley. Printed at the Bull Thistle Press of Jamaica, Vermont. Broadside poem printed on..... #26391

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THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF AN ALBINO TERRORIST.

Breytenbach, Breyten.

London: Faber, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Breytenbach on the title-page. First edition, first printing, with "First published in 1984 by Faber and Faber Limited", and no mention of..... #27108

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Book #26223] CARELESS LOVE AND ITS APOSTROPHES. William Bronk

CARELESS LOVE AND ITS APOSTROPHES. Poems.

Bronk, William.

New York: Red Ozier Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Of a total edition of 175 numbered copies - 135 of which were softcover - this is copy #27 of the..... #26223

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DEVOLUTION A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre

Brooks, Max.

New York: Del Rey, 2020. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Brooks on a special page bound in by the publisher. Stated first edition, first printing, with full..... #50402

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Book #50851] THE BEAUTY OF DUSK. Frank Bruni

THE BEAUTY OF DUSK On Vision Lost and Found

Bruni, Frank.

New York: Avid Reader Press, 2022. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by Bruni on the title page. From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes..... #50851

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HOMILIES AND RECREATIONS.

Buchan, John.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1926]. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #6 of 200 numbered copies signed by Buchan. Essays and addresses by the great English writer also known as..... #27695

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Book #50901] THE CHINESE NOVEL. Pearl S. Buck

THE CHINESE NOVEL Nobel Lecture Delivered Before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm, December 12, 1938

Buck, Pearl S.

New York: The John Day Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Buck on the front fly. Buck's lecture given on accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature. 8vo black cloth..... #50901

Price: $500.00 save 15% $425.00

Book #50821] THE ADDING MACHINE. William S. Burroughs

THE ADDING MACHINE Selected Essays

Burroughs, William S.

New York: Seaver Books, 1986. First American Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Selected Essays. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Burroughs on the title page. 8vo cloth & boards. #50821

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THE RETREAT DIARIES.

Burroughs, William S.

New York: The City Moon, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by Burroughs on the title page. One of 2,000 copies. Price of $2.50 on the rear wrapper. There..... #50820

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Book #13574] ON THE ROAD TO BAILEY'S. E. G. Burrows

ON THE ROAD TO BAILEY'S. Poems

Burrows, E.G.

Highland Park, MI: Fallen Angel Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. With Burrows' 1980 inscription to Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Maxine Kumin on the title page. Issued softcover only. #13574

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DECISION POINTS.

Bush, George W.

New York: Crown, 2010. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED by former President George W. Bush on the title page. 8vo cloth & boards. #50744

Price: $125.00 save 15% $106.25