My Secret Boat. A Notebook of Prose and Poems.
New York: Norton, 1990. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A very good copy in publisher's original blue plain wraps. Review material laid into the book. More
New York: Norton, 1990. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A very good copy in publisher's original blue plain wraps. Review material laid into the book. More
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Random House, 1992. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. A collection of essays. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Weybright and Talley, 1968. Paperback. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Caldwell recounts his life growing up as the son of a minister in the south and his view of religion. More
New York: Viking, 1935. Hardcover. First edition. A limited edition of 1475 copies, this being number 640. Though not called for it is signed by Caldwell on the limitation page. A near fine copy with original paper tissue wrapper. Issued without a dust jacket. Slipcase is a heavily worn and darkened and the top and bottom seams are split. Signed by the author. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
London: William Heinemann Australia, 1967. Uncorrected Proof. The true first edition. Very good in illustrated wraps. Reminiscences of Caldwell's minister who traveled the deep South. More
New York: Viking, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. First trade edition. Very good overall. Darkening to the edges of the tan boards and book spine. Sun fading to the cover and darkening at the jacket spine. This copy is signed by Caldwell on the front free endpaper, and scarce thus as collectible copies of the trade edition are uncommon. More
Random House, 1986. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book, a non-fiction account of the relationships between men and women. More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1983. First edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Wear to the head and foot of the jacket spine. Rubbing to the front panel. Remainder dot on bottom edges. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Random House, 1951. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. First state with coarse cloth covers. Minor soiling to the book, wear to the jacket edges, sunning to the spine, and chjipping to the head and foot of the jacket. Price clipped. More
New York: New Directions, 1977. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a fine dust jacket. Foxing to the page edges and some soiling to the top edges. The second book by the Nicaragua poet-priest. More
London: Faber and Faber, 2012. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The most recent novel by the author of The True History of the Kelly Gang and Oscar and Lucinda. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Toronto: Random House, 1995. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Abira Ali. Signed by Peter Carey on the title page. Signed by the author. More
London: Faber and Faber. 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The first British edition. Signed by Carey on the title page. Signed by the author. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, 1994. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A large format proof in fine condition. With a transmittal letter from Copper Canyon to Barbara Epstein at the New York Review of Books. Photos available on request. More
Port Townsend: Coppe Canyon Press, 1994. Oversized paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in uncorrected proof. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Second edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Green cloth book with gilt lettering. Some wear to the head and foot of the jacket spine and small stain on rear panel. Wear at the extremities. A landmark in environmental journalism. Based on a lengthy article in the New Yorker, this book told the story of how insecticides and pesticides were silently killing birds, insects and fish across America. Although the book was primarily concerned with the misuse of pesticides, it was the first work work to address the larger issues of environmental pollution. As one authority commented, "Although the book was primarily concerned with the misuse of pesticides, it was the first work work to address the larger issues of environmental pollution. More
London: Sceptre, 2001. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy. Signed by Cartwright on the title page. The sixth novel by the author of the Whitbread Award winning book, Leading the Cheers. More
London: Sceptre, 1998. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
London: Bloomsbury, 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. As new copy. Signed by the author on the title page. Part of The Writer and the City series. More
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. As new copy. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Random House, 1985. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. More
New York: Random House, 1986. Hardcover. First edition. More