BEYOND THE WALL. Essays from the Outside.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "To --- & ---/ Edward Abbey/ La Jolla '84/ on front flyleaf. Stated first edition, first printing, with full..... #27155
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ROBINSON JEFFERS. A Portrait.
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Chapbooks, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Signed "Louis Adamic - June, 1929" on the front flyleaf. This essay on Jeffers is usually considered Adamic's first book..... #29060
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SELECTED POEMS [SIGNED LIMITED].
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #25 of 50 numbered hardcover copies signed by Amichai. Translated by Assia Gutmann. Important first book by this major Israeli..... #27699
BIRDS. Essay by Margaret Atwood. Drawings by Billy Sullivan.
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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INTERVIEWS WITH FRANCIS BACON [SIGNED & INSCRIBED] With 94 Illustrations.
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
CONCRETE ISLAND
London: Jonathan Cape, 1974. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Urban dystopian novel where a man finds himself stranded beneath several crisscrossing freeways after a car accident and unable to..... #50197
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THE SPIDER'S HOUSE [INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR] A Novel of Morocco Today.
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed "For Steve Eastman - It was good to see you back in Tangier/ Paul Bowles 15/vi/87" on the..... #27705
NEW WORK.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Hardcover. Copy #1 of 200 numbered & signed by Brainard. Amusing journal entries and thoughts by the New York poet & artist. 8vo yellow..... #29458
CARELESS LOVE AND ITS APOSTROPHES. Poems.
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
ATTITUDES TOWARD HISTORY.
New York: New Republic, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed to Alice Decker Ferguson "with the best greetings of Kenneth Burke'' and dated August 1937. First edition, first printing, with no..... #27607
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THE PHEASANT [ONE OF 26 SIGNED LETTERED] A Story.
Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Copy "C" of 26 hardcover lettered & signed by Carver (there were also 150 numbered softcover copies). A scarce book in either..... #26257
EARLY FOR THE DANCE. Poems
Concord, NH: Ewert, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Copy #90 of 100 numbered copies signed by Carver (of a total edition of 136). This copy is also inscribed to a friend..... #27406
THE INHERITORS.
New York: McClure , Phillips & Co., 1901. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, second issue, with incorrect dedication page reading "To Borys & Christina". The illustration on the..... #27839
Alas, Babylon.
New York: Lippincott, 1959. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Classic dystopian novel about how life proceeds in a small town in Florida after most of the continental U.S. is..... #50194
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A BOY'S WILL. Poems [SIGNED].
New York: Holt, 1934. Second U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Signed "Robert Frost/ San Antonio 1937" on the front flyleaf. Stated first 1934 edition. Crane A2.2. This new 2nd edition differs significantly..... #27815
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THE LAND SURVEYOR'S DAUGHTER [SIGNED] Poems
Fayetteville, Arkansas: Lost Roads, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Gilchrist on the title page. Scarce first book. Published softcover only. #27437
FROM THE DIARY OF A SNAIL. A Novel
New York: HBJ, 1973. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Boldly signed by Grass on the front flyleaf. Stated first edition, first printing with "BCDE" on copyright page (note: HBJ did not..... #27621
DEBURAU (INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY of the 1918 French Trade Edition, and a copy the 1921 English Translation Edition) Comedie en vers libres
Paris: Fasquelle, [1918]. First Edition. Softcover. Trade edition. Signed & inscribed by Guitry in March 1918 to Edmond Roze, theatre impresario and producer of this play. An extraordinarily NICE ASSOCIATION..... #28533
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HEDGE SCHOOL [SIGNED LIMITED] Poems
Salem, Oregon: Charles Seluzicki, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Copy #145 of 285 numbered copies signed by Heaney & printer/illustrator Claire Van Vliet. One of the scarcest and most attractive of..... #29074
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OUR HUNDRED DAYS IN EUROPE [PRESENTATION COPY].
Boston: Houghton MIfflin, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding "A" (no priority between the three noted bindings; but Holmes' own copy and the copy he gave his wife were in binding..... #28695
Typed Letter Signed referring to "Show Boat"
Typed Letter Signed. An undated typed letter from Kern to a fan who had requested musical quotations or an autograph. In the letter (about 70 words) Kern agrees to the..... #26280
THE VIRGIN AND THE GIPSY. A Novel
Florence, Italy: G. Orioli, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. True first edition, appearing 5 months before the UK Secker edition. #743 of 810 numbered copies. [Roberts A54]. 8vo cream-colored paper-covered boards..... #27767
LITTLE NOVELS OF ITALY by Giovanni Verga. Translated from the Italian by D.H. Lawrence.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue binding. Roberts A30. Note: There were 8 variant bindings, black, purple, orange, etc. but this is the dark..... #29402
THE DOUBLE IMAGE. Poems
London: Cresset Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Levertov (with the final "v" rather than "ff") on the front flyleaf. First book by this important poet. Her name is..... #24903
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THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. A Confession of Faith. [SIGNED BY BOTH].
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed in full by Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the half-title page. Stated first edition, first printing, with no mention of..... #27305