THE DEATH OF SWEET MISTER. A Novel
New York: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Another Ozark noir by the author of GIVE US A KISS, TOMATO RED, MUSCLE FOR THE WING, UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, and THE... #29082
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IN A DARK, DARK WOOD. A Novel.
New York: Scout Press / Simon & Schuster, 2015. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first U.S. edition, first printing, with full number line. First book by this... #29080
SAY NOTHING. A Novel.
New York: Horizon Press, 1962. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Martin Seymour-Smith calls this novel set in a depressing boarding house in North England Hanley's most somber work... #29079
MOVING PICTURES. A Novel.
London: Duckworth, 1988. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Harrington on the front flyleaf, First novel by this Bristol-based British author, Set in Los Angeles. 8vo boards. #29078
A GREAT DAY FOR DYING. A Danny O'Flaherty Mystery.
Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing Book, 2001. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Harrington on the title-page. Stated first edition, first printing. Third in the series, preceded by... #29077
MACHINES LIKE ME and People Like You.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2019. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by McEwan on title-page. Semi-dystopian alternate history/reality novel. 8vo boards. #29076
HEDGE SCHOOL. 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
POINTS IN TIME.
London: Peter Owen, 1982. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. One of only 1250 printed. A personal book on Morocco, its history, etc. Preceded the U.S. edition by nearly two years. #29073
DIRTY LOVE. Stories.
New York: Norton, 2013. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition, f irst printing with full number line. Four linked novellas by the author of HOUSE OF SAND... #29072
EAST OF THE SUN & WEST OF THE MOON. A Play. Illustrated by Barry Moser.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Willard & Moser on the title-page. Willard won a Newbery Medal for her 1981 book A.... #29071
OUTLYING DISTRICTS. Poems.
Bolinas, CA: Smithereens Press. 1987. First Edition / First Printing. Softcover. Warmly inscribed & dated in 1988 by Hollo to Carl Rakosi, signed "Anselm" with a small drawing of a.... #29070
I AM! SAYS THE LAMB. A Joyous Book of Sense and Nonsense Verse.
New York: Doubleday, 1961. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Roethke on the title-page. Illustrated by Robert Leydenfrost. A charming book in every way. Despite noted flaws a.... #29069
THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY Poems.
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed "For Herb - with all good wishes - Maxine Kumin / 10 Feb. 71" on front flyleaf... #29068
THE PRIVILEGE. Poems.
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first printing. Beautiful, nearly as-new copy of her second book of poetry. Small 8vo cloth. #29067
HALFWAY. Poems.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first printing. Beautiful, nearly as-new copy of her first book of poetry. Small 8vo cloth. #29066
HANDWRITING. Poems
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ondaatje on the title page. His work has been hailed by Munro, Atwood, Russell Banks &c. 8vo boards. #29065
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #122 of 350 numbered & signed by Dorbin and Bukowski. Very good detail on his earlier work. Tipped-in to... #29064
THE DEVIL IN THE BOOK.
Los Angeles: California Emergency Defense Committee, 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Copy #236 of 750 numbered copies signed by Trumbo. A spirited denunciation of the Smith Act and the Communist Trial... #29063
THE ART OF NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. Edited by David Larkin and Introduced by Michael Danoff.
New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Book Original, 1977. Simultaneous First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Signed by Burkert on the half-title page. This study has many fine color illustrations of the work of... #29062
TYPEWRITER BIRDS. Poems.
New York: Caliban Press, 1954. First Edition. Softcover. #281 of 300 signed copies. The amusing poems are accompanied by letters arranged fancifully in equally amusing abstract drawings accompanying the poems... #29061
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
MY YOUNG LIFE. A Memoir 1944-1964. The Bronx, Manhattan, Mexico, Syracuse, Alphabet City.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Interesting recollections from the literary and art world by the author of several novels: VAN GOGH'S BAD CAFE... #29059
ALEPH. Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. A Novel.
New York: Knopf, 2011. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. By the author of THE ALCHEMIST, BRIDA, THE WALKYRIES, and others. 8vo boards & cloth. #29058
A GIFT OF DRAGONS. Illustrated Stories.
New York: Ballantine Books / Del Rey, 2002. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Illustrations by Tom Kidd... #29057
BEETHOVEN WAS ONE-SIXTEENTH BLACK and Other Stories.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007. First U.S. Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Stated first printing. Gordimer also won the 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. 8vo boards. #29056