New York: Dial Press, 1962. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Light rubbing to the jacket spine, short closed tear at the top of the front panel and light soiling to the rear panel. Definitely a collectible copy of Abbey's third novel about a rancher who is being forced from his New Mexico land to make way for an Air Force bombing range. Abbey introduces the book this way: "The story which follows was inspired by an event which took place in our country not many years ago. However, it is a work of fiction and any resemblance to living persons or actual places is accidental." More about Fire on the Mountain

New York: Knopf, 1980. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Light toning to the flaps of the dust jacket. The author's first book. More about Sister Wolf

New York: FSG, 1989. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A novella set in a community outside London. More about Running Wild

Riverside: J. B. Blanchard, 1973. First edition thus. A very good book in blue, printed wrappers. Soiling to the front and rear covers. Writing on the cover and on numerous pages inside. A textbook in Spanish based on the filmscript of Macario. More about Macario: A Textbook based on a Filmscript by B. Traven

The Dial Press, 1980. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Top corners bumped. Wear at the head and the foot of the dust jacket. More about Real Presence

New York: Vanguard, 1947. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book with light edgewear. Some offsetting to the endpapers. The author's second novel. No dust jacket. More about The Victim

New York: Random House, 1952. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor creasing to the rear panel and a couple of nicks to the extremities. The author's second novel following The Sheltering Sky. More about Let It Come Down

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Some toning to the jacket flaps. A very nice copy. More about The Hawkline Monster. A Gothic Western

New York: Dell Publishing, 1964. Paperback. later printing. A near fine book in original illustrated wrappers. Seventh printing of one of Brautigan's most popular works. From the estate of Beef Torrey, writer, raconteur and friend to many many writers. More about Trout fishing in America

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a very good plus dust jacket. Some toning and soiling to the mostly white dust jacket. Light sunning to the jacket spine. Front jacket flap is clipped and repriced by Cape. The first novel by the Booker award winning author of Hotel Du Lac. More about A Start in Life

Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Sunning to the spine. Twenty-two Stories Selected and with an Introduction by Carvel Collins. More about Erskine Caldwell's Men & Women. 22 Stories Selected and with an introduction by Carvel Collins

Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 1986. First edition, first printing. A fine book in paper wraps. A trade paper original. The author's second book, a collection of seven inter-related stories that define the protagonist, Rocio Esquibel. More about The Last of the Menu Girls

New York: Viking, 2005. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The U.S. trade edition. Signed by Coetzee on the title page. More about Slow Man