Blessings in Disguise.
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy. More
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy. More
San Francisco: Grape Press, 1971. First edition. A near fine book in staplebound wrappers. Some darkening to the outer page edges. A collection of poety published in an edition of 300 copies. Signed by Codrescu on the title page. Codrescu is a poet and writer who often appears on National Public Radiio. More
New York: Venture, 1975. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A memoir by Codrescu, a poet and writer who often appears on National Public Radiio. An account of his growing up in Transylvania. Signed and inscribed by the author. More
New York: Viking, 2007. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. More
London: Harvill & Secker, 2009. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Longlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. By the author of Dusklands and The Life and Times of Michael K. More
New Haven: Yale University, 1988. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A near fine copy Velobound in red card stock covers. With the jacket copy inserted as two loose photocopies sheets. A letter from the press to literary book club. is enclosed. A scarce format for his early work on nonfiction from the Nobel-Prize-winning writer. Coetzee, a Nobel Laureate from South Africa, discusses in 7 essays the literary heritage and work of major white authors in South Africa before World War II. More
San Francisco: Tides Foundation, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. A photographic feast of a day in the life of Africa. Forward by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Photographed by the world's top photojournalists. Profits benefited AIDS education in Africa. More
London: Puffin Books, 2003. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1957. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a very good, chipped dust jacket. Conrad takes a tour of the world's great bullrings (mostly Spain's) to tell the stories of the country's finest bullfighters, some living, some dead. Signed by the author. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2000. Hardcover. First British edition. The first British edition and true first edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The first book in a promising series set in colonial India and featuring Capt. John Caspasian of the Twelfth Ghukas. Signed by the author. More
New York: Dutton, 1972. First edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Toning to the jacket and darkening to the jacket spine. Price clipped. Bookstore stamp on half title page. Signed by the author on the title page. More
New York: Viking, 1981. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Owner name on front pastedown under front flap. A sharp copy of the first book in the Richard Shapre series. Price of $12.95 is intact on the front flap. More
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1964. Hardcover. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Bob Cousy looks back on his playing days with the Boston Celtics. Signed by Cousy. More
West Branch: Morning Coffee Press, 1984. Pamphlet. Limited edition. Limited Edition. A fine copy. This is number 546 of 600 copies. Oblong octavo. String-tied Japanese-style binding with striped paper wrapper and printed paper label. Signed by the author. Photos available on request. More
Tulsa: Council Oaks Books, 1990. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. This is Cronin's first novel...actually a novella that was the Winner of the National Novella Award for 1990. Cronin is the author the Passage Trilogy consisting of The Passage, The Twelve and the City of Mirrors. An interesting association copy. Signed and inscribed by Cronin to fellow writer Chris Offutt: "To Chris/ Who got just what he deserved." Signed by the author. More
New York: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Some wear to the foot of the jacket. Crumley's first novel, a book that explores the absurdity of the Vietnam War. Signed by the author on a bookplate laid into the book. More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's second book, following his critically acclaimed Vietnam book, Fatal Light. Signed by the author on the title page. More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1951. Hardcover. First British edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Minor soiling to the boards. Jacket has some edge wear and soiling to the rear panel. Czapski was a Polish artist, author, and critic, as well as an officer of the Polish Army who survived the Russian massacre at the Katyn Forest in 1940. The first English translation of Czapski's account of his search for missing Polish officers during World War and the negotiations with Russian authorities on the whereabouts of Polish POW's. An uncommon first edition. More
London: Transworld Publishers Ltd, 2006. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The true first edition. The British edition precedes the U.S. edition. A pristine, unread copy. The second novel by the author The House of Leaves. A finalist for the National Book Award. More
London: Abacus, 1994. First British edition. Fine in French wraps. A paperback original. Signed by the author. More
The Asphodel Book Shop, 1969. First edition. About fine in wraps. A chapbook. More
New York: Viking, 1988. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in plain wrappers. This copy belonged to the late Ivan Doig who provided a promotional blurb for the book. Doig's handwritten blurb is on the half-title page. Also included is promotional material from the publisher. More
New York: Random House, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book, the story of three African-American pilots who fought in the Vietnam War. The first novel by this African-American writer who flew 47 mission over Vietnam. A review copy with the publisher's sheet laid into the book. More
New York: Praeger, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. An insider's account of the grape strikes and boycotts undertaken by Cesar Chavez and the other leaders of the farm workers movement in California in the 1960 and 1970s. Day went to Delano, Calif. as a young Franciscan priest on a mission and wound up ministering to the farm workers movement. The book is signed and inscribed by Day on the front free endpaper. Signed by the author. More