The Rachel Papers.
New York: Knopf, 1973. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. The author's first novel. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Knopf, 1973. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. The author's first novel. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking Press, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine jacket. A work that contains three long poems in prose, a radical departure for Ashbery at the time. The poems are The Recital, The New Spirit and The System. This is a review copy with a publisher's advance photo of Ashbery announcing his new book laid into the book. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: New Directions, 1984. Stiff wraps. Uncorrected Proof. This is an uncommon galley proof that apparently was prepared for several prominent book reviewers. It is signed by Borges in his blind hand on the first page, and scarce thus. The book collects seven lectures delivered by Borges in Buenos Aires between June and August 1977. Previously published in Spanish. Translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger and with an introduction by Alastair Reid. This has only text with no title or copyright page. Age toning to the pages which are unprinted cream wraps. It is addressed to Rebecca Slinker of the Philadelphia Inquirer with the return address of Elizabeth Harper, publicity director. A New Directions address label with publication information for hard cover and paperback issues is pasted at top. There is a glossy dust jacket mockup pasted below the address label. The lower portion of the mock up has come loose where the glue has dried out. A copy of a hand-corrected typescript of Reid's four page introduction is laid in. All in all a quite scarce item. Signed by the author. More
New York: FSG, 1988. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light soiling to the top edge pages. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The third collection of the author's to be published in the United States. More
New York: FSG, 1970. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A review copy with a photograph of Didion laid into the book as well as a publisher's review slip. A beautiful, lovely copy. Price of $5.95 on front flap. Didion's second novel is a ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, set in a rootless and ruthless Hollywood. The book that catapulted her to fame. It was later made into a film that starred Tony Perkins. Signed by Didion on bookplate laid into the book. Signed by the author. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Evidence of sticker removal on front endpapers. A closed tear and some creasing at the bottom of the front panel. Some edgewear to the rear panel. The author's second and scarcest book, a science fiction novel that he has refused to allow to be reprinted. Laid into the book is a 5 X 7 inch photograph signed by Doctorow. Signed by the author. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1983. Paperback. First edition. An uncorrected proof of the first U. S. edition.† †A very good plus copy with some wear to the extremities and a snag on the front cover.† Light sunning to the spine.† Previous owner name on front endpaper.† Signed by Umberto Eco on the title page. † The basis for the movie that starred Sean Connery.† This was Eco's first novel,† one that many critics now call a more sophisticated--and more insightful novel than another blockbuster† that was set in the Middle Ages--the Da Vinci Code.† †. More
New York: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. Early printing. A close to fine book in a worn, but very good dust jacket. This is a later issue, a second or later printing. No first edition statement but with the 1952 date on the title page. Considereable wear and rubbing to the dust jacket, sunning to the spine. Chipping at the head of the jacket and the top of the front panel. First Issue DJ with the $3.00 price and code A.F;T.O.D.A.Y.G. at the top of the front panel. No code on rear flap or rear panel. Laid into the book is Christmas greeting card that is signed and inscribed by Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank. Otto was the only surviving member of the Frank family after World War II and the holocaust. He worked diligently to get his daughter's diary published in The Netherlands and later Great Britain and the United States. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. A bright and tight copy with only minor sunning to the jacket spine and light foxing to the page edges. Signed by Ginsberg on the title page that is dated in 1990 with his initials circled on the page. Signed by the author. More
New York: Ecco, 1990. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light offsetting to the front free end pages. The author's first collection of essays exploring poets and postmodernism. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. The author's third collection of poetry. Louise Gluck's poetry has dazzled critics for years and this year she won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.† †The† judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."†Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Ecco, 2002. Hardcover. First Paperback edition. A near fine book in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Light scuffing to the front cover. This is the author's ninth book of poetry, described as her "strangest and most bold." Louise Gluck's poetry has dazzled critics for years and this year she won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.† †The† judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."†Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Pantheon, 1962. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Darkening to the jacket spine and some toning to the white jacket. Grass's first novel, one of the most acclaimed post World War II literary events. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by Grass. Signed by the author. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A close to fine book in a fine dust jacket. Bottom corners lightly tapped. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid into the book. Critics frequently call him one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Jacket design and illustrations by Leonard Baskin. More
New York: Harper, 1960. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. First U.S. edition.† A fine book in a close to near fine dust jacket. One snag to the rear panel and ink mark on rear panel.† This is the first printing, first issue copy with Harper stamped on the book spine and page 5 being numbered.† A lovely copy in publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. $3 price on the front flap.† The author's second book, following the smashing success of The Hawk in the Rain. More
New York: Random House, 1982. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in plain orange wraps. Precedes the paperback original that was the author's first trade publication. A 70-page collection of poetry, part of the National Poetry Series that was selected by Mark Strand. Signed and inscribed by Denis Johnson to the late well-known book collector, Larry Owens. Signed by the author. More
New York: Random House, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a close to fine dust jacket. One short closed tear to top of the front panel of the jacket. A lovely jacket with no sunning to the spine. The book has some offsetting to the front and rear pastedowns and evidence of sticker removal to the front pastedown. Signed and inscribed by Stephen Sondheim on the front free endpaper: "For Jane and Bob from Stephen Sondheim 12/31/81." And also signed by Arthur Laurents on a bookplate laid into the book. Jane and Bob Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years, the go-to bookshop for theater professionals and aficionados. An uncommon book signed. The show closed after 12 previews and 9 performances but has since been acclaimed as part of Sondheim's canon and a cult favorite. Signed by the author. More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A selection of eight stories. The author's second book and first short story collection. The first English edition and translated from French by Daphne Woodward. Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature. More
New York: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of an early novel by the 2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature. Signed by LeClezio on the title page. Signed books by the author are uncommon. More
New York: Atheneum, 1969. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light erasure mark on the front free endpaper. The author's third novel following The Flood. Translated by Barbara Bray. Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature. An uncommonly clean copy. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1938. Hardcover. First edition. A close to fine book in a very good dust jacket. One corner of the book tapped. Light wear to the jacket extremities and to the head and foot of the dust jacket. Price of $2.50 present on the front flap. Overall a lovely and very collectable copy of the collaboration by the Lindberghs. Signed and inscribed by the Lindberghs to Samuel Sloan in the year of publication, 1938. The book tells the story of both Lindbergh's 1933 flight from Africa to Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean at the end of their survey of North Atlantic air routes. It focuses on the last 10 days of the flight, when adverse weather and illness made for difficult flight for the couple. couple. Forward and map drawings by Charles Lindbergh. Signed by the author. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1935. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Some foxing to the end pages, but a solid crisp copy in publisher's original blue cloth binding. General wear to the dust jacket, wear to the extremities, head and foot of the jacket and some creasing to the jacket flaps. Original price of $2.50 is present on front flap. This is a travel narrative that describes the flight that the Lindberghs made to the Orient in the summer of 1931, via the Great Circle Route that included stops Ottawa, Alaska, Kamchatka and Osaka, Japan. With cartographic endpapers drawn by Charles Lindbergh. Signed by both Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Charles Lindbergh on the half title page and dated in 1935. More
Barcelona: Barral Editores, 1971. Paperback. Second edition. A very good book in original illustrated wrappers. Foxing on page edges and the rear panel. Some darkening to the spine. Signed by Llosa on the title page and uncommon as such. Signed by the author. More
Stockholm. Ordfronts Forlag, 1998. Hardcover. First Swedish edition. About fine book in a fine dust jacket. Some browning to the page edges. Slight spine lean. The first Swedish edition of this novel that features detective Kurt Wallander. The book features a criminal mastermind and and talented IT specialist who plans to right the wrongs of the world by deleting vast quantities of money from multinational banks' accounts system. Later made into a BBC movie that starred Kenneth Branugh. More
New York: Knopf, 1992, 1993, 1998. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The three volumes that comprise McCarthy's so-called Border Trilogy... featuring the best known and prize winning book, All the Pretty Horses, along with The Crossing and Cities of the Plain. Each copy is a fine book in a fine dust jacket. Laid into the All the Pretty Horses book is the front cover of a version of the screenplay written by Ted Tally. The document has been signed and inscribed to "To Thomas" by Cormac McCarthy and Tally. The cover is dated January 11, 1999. More
New York: Knopf, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with a touch of sunning to the spine and top edge of the front panel. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. A lovely copy of this classic work. Named by The New York Times as the best work of fiction in the past 25 years in a survey done in 2006. More