New York. McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Light foxing to the page edges. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown. Very short nick at the top of the front panel. A handsome and collectible copy. One of Abbeys' most enduring books that details his love for the desert and canyons. Written after he worked as a ranger in Arches National Park. There was a small first printing and many of the firsts were read and passed around. Consequently, well preserved copies such as this are uncommon. More

Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Paperback original. First edition. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. A paperback original, printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, and the author's first book. There was also small hardcover printing of this book, about 100 copies, most of which went to libraries. The book is a collection of poetry and is signed and inscribed by Alexie on the half-title page. Alexie has won numerous awards over the years, including The National Book Award in 2007 and the Pen Faulkner Award in 2010. Signed by the author. More

New York: Random House, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in printed yellow wrappers. An unread copy. Set in apartheid-era South Africa, Age of Iron explores the insidious nature of complicity and reflects on the failure of language to maintain its authority in a complex postcolonial world. Like many of her white compatriots, Elizabeth Curren, a professor of classics who is dying of cancer, has remained willfully blind to the violence and degradation around her. Signed by the author. Signed proofs by this reclusive South African Nobel Laureate, who now lives in Australia, are quite uncommon. More

New York: Chuckanut Editions/Simon & Schuster, 1996. Hard Cover. Limited edition. One of 26 copies of a limited edition. This is copy W, signed by Ivan Doig on the limitation page and bound in leather. Housed in fine cardboard slipcase. There was also another unlettered limited edition of 150 copies. The author's fictional account of the building of the Fort. Peck Dam in Montana. A beautiful example of this collector's set. Signed by the author. More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A very good copy in printed blue wrappers. Wear to the extremities and light wear to the front cover. Darkening to the spine. This is a long form galley of Ivan Doig's first major book, often mistakenly referred to as his first book. A memoir of growing up in Montana. Certainly an uncommon edition of this book. More

New York: Harper Bros, 1956. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of a book that wears easily. The author's first book, a novel of contemporary life on the Navajo Indian reservation. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth novel. Precedes the U.K. edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Mary Dumont / Best Wishes / John Fowles / 1980." More

New York: Putnam, 1975. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in red cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket. Owner name on front end paper and some toning to the jacket. Slight spine lean. Harris's first book, the story of a plot by Arab terrorists to blow up the Super Bowl. $7.50 price intact on dj flap. An outstanding copy of a book that was the basis for the movie of the same name. Signed by Harris on bookplate laid into the book. Signed by the author. More

New York: Knopf, 1983. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Minor sunning to the front and rear flaps. The late author's first novel. More

London: Gollancz, 1974. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Slight spine lean. Closed tear along the rear flap fold along with some creasing to the rear panel. Modiano, a French author, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2014. This is his third novel, the first edition published in English. It won the Acade'mie Prize. It is the story of a Parisian Jew named Serge who goes looking for his father and not liking what he finds. A very uncommon book in hardcover. More

London: Chatto & Windus, 2006. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. The first English language edition, preceding the U.S. edition. A classic book by Irene Nemirovsky about the fall of France in May, 1940. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. More

New York: Knopf, 1997. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in a plain white wraps. Large paperback format. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1998. One of Roth's most powerful novels that examines a family's disintegration following a violent act by a daughter. Signed by Philip Roth on a bookplate laid into the book. Signed by the author. More

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A collection of poems by Snyder that had not been previously published and which by chance or by choice he had kept to himself. Signed by the author on the title page. More