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Summertime.
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
White Writing. On the Culture of Letters in South Africa.
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
A Day in the Life of Africa.
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
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Gates of Fear. Great Exploits of the World's Bullrings.
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
The Viceroy's Captain.
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
Burro Alley.
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1938. Hardcover. Limited edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Number 447 of 1500 copies in a signed limited reissue, designed by Merle Armitage. Small chip to paper at the bottom of the rear board. Originally published by Random House in 1938. Corle's third book, a Depression-era fantasy set on a Santa Fe street corner during a single day in 1938. More
Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809.
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
A Calendar: Poems by Robert Creeley.
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
A Short History of the Long Ball.
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
One to Count Cadence.
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
The Wars of Heaven.
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
The Inhuman Land.
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
Only Revolutions: A Novel.
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
Breath, Eyes Memory.
London: Abacus, 1994. First British edition. Fine in French wraps. A paperback original. Signed by the author. More
Jonathan Williams, Poet.
The Asphodel Book Shop, 1969. First edition. About fine in wraps. A chapbook. More
Great Heart. The History of a Labrador Adventure.
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
Coming Home.
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
Forty Acres. Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers.
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
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine in about a fine dust jacket. Some browning to the outer page edges, as is usual. The author's third book and scarcest, owing to the small first print of about 2,000 copies. More
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1992. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Some browning to the outer page edges, as is common with this title. The author's third book and scarcest, owing to the small first print of about 2,000 copies. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. More
Cesar Chavez: A Triumph of Spirit.
Norman, Okla. University of Oklahoma, 1995. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Stated first edition. Part of The Oklahoma Western Biographies series. A biography of Farm union leader and organizer Cesar Chavez. More
Americana. (Signed).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A couple of nicks to the head and foot of the dust jacket. panel. DeLillo's first book about a disillusioned media mogul. From the publisher: "At the height of his success, David (Bell) sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture, to impose a pattern on his own, and Americaís past, present, and future. With blue topstain and a price of $6.95 on front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Silence.
New York: Scribner, 2020. Hardcover. Advance Reading Copy. 95. A fine book in publisher's wrappers. An advance copy in large paperback format. The latest novel by DeLillo, author of Underworld and White Noise. Says author Joy Williams, the book is "a swift and searing haunting of a novel. An encapsulation of our continuing crisis of aberration and pause. The Silence is prime DeLillo." More