Emerald City.
New York: Doubleday, 1996. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. An unread copy. The author's second book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Doubleday, 1996. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. An unread copy. The author's second book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Random House, 1990. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine copy in blue printed wraps. A review of an early book by Egan, winner of the National Book Award for his outstanding story of the 1930s Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time. This copy was sent to author Ivan Doig for a jacket blurb. Laid into the book is a TLS by Doig explaining why a bad back and other complications prevented him from writing the blurb. A nice association between two of the Pacific Northwest's best known writers. More
New York: Knopf, 1998. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in publisher's plain, brown wraps. A look at the New West by a former New York Times Pacific Northwest correspondent. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2000. Hardcover. First Dutch edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. This is the first Dutch translation of Dave Eggers first book. Browning to some of the pages because two different kinds of paper stock were used. Signed by the author on the title page. More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2001. First edition. Edited and designed by Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. This is 7th issue of Eggers' inventive and readable magazine. Actually a collection of staple bound stories in folding binder. Contains pieces by William Vollmann, Michael Chabon, Ann Cummins, Chris Ware, Kevin Brockmeier and Allan Seager. More
San Francisco: Oddi Printing, 1999. Paperback. Second Printing. A fine book in black and white illustrated wrappers. This is the third volume of Dave Eggers charming and funny editon of McSweeney's magazine. This unread copy contains stories by Rick Moody, SarahVowell, Arthur Bradford, Robert Lennon, Jonathan Lethem and Magnus Mills. More
London: Covent, 1972. Paperback. First edition. Stapled wrappers. A fine copy. An edition of 100 copies signed and numbered. Signed by the author. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More
London: Gollancz, 1953. Hardcover. First British edition. The first British edition of Ellison's classic work, published a year after the U.S. edition. A near fine, price-clipped book in a very good dust jacket. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Some soiling to the uncoated and iconic Gollancz jacket. Sunning to the spine. Tape reinforcement to the interior spine ends of the jacket. Small Australian bookseller label on front pastedown. More
Knopf, 1999. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book, a collection of stories. Signed by the author. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's first novel. Winner of the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the 1985 L.A. Times Book Award. The author's first novel and the first in a series of four novels to date. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Signed by the author. More
New York: Grove Press, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Light soiling to the front panel of the jacket, some fading to the jacket spine. The story of a displaced national seeking an identity card in a maze of Iranian indifference. In this comic masterpiece we follow this alienated man on a journey to freedom against the backdrop of a society dominated by ceremonious formalities, politeness, responsibility and confusion. A scarce book. More
New York: FSG, 2017. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The first published collection of short stories by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides. Signed by the author on a special publishers' page tipped into the book. More
New York: FSG, 1993. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Basis for the movie of the same name. a lovely copy. He was chosen as one of the top 20 young writers in America by Granta magazine. This is the first book by Eugenides who won the Pulitzer Prize for his second novel, Middlesex. More
New York: Macmillan, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. pages browning as usual. Some rubbing to the front panel and sunning to the spine. Corners of the flaps are clipped but the original price of $3.50 is present. More
New York: Macmillan, 1960. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Some wear at the extremities and at the head and foot of the jacket. All four corners of the jacket are clipped, but the price of $3.50 is present. The author's first book. More
Berkeley: Oyez Press, 1976. Hardcover. Limited edition. A fine copy. Quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards. One of 200 copies signed by the poet. This is #17. Illustrations by Patrick Kennedy and designed by Thomas Whitridge. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with no fading to the jacket spine. Bright red endpapers and dark topstain. A Classic of 1960's literature. As one review put it the book "traces a self-professed failure's nightmarish descent into the underside of American life, and his resurrection to the wisdom that emerges from despair. One of the few books that truly captures what it means to be an obsessed sports fan. More
Sydney: Picador, 2005. Hardcover. First Australian edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A well reviewed novel that looks at the life of Frederick Benteen 20 years after his commander, George Armstrong Custer, is killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. More
New York: Putnam, 2011. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's debut book, a collection of stories about women who are waiting at Ft. Hood, Tex. for their men to return. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket.The story of the lifelong relationship between W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpages. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Chipping to the spine ends of the dust jacket and wear to the extremities. Close tear at the bottom of the front panel. A novelization of the life of John Peter Altgeld, a German immigrant who became governor of Illinois and was controversial supporter of progressive causes. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Signed by Fast on the front free endpaper. More
New York: Random House, 2011. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The first British edition. Signed by the author on the title page. More