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Anthills of the Savannah.
New York: Anchor Press, 1988. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. This novel by the author of Things Fall Apart is set in the fictitious West African country of Kangan. Signed and inscribed by Achebe on front free endpaper in the year of publication. Signed by the author. More
Harvard Square.
New York: Norton, 2013. Hardcover. First edition. A fione book in a fine dust jacket. By the author of the well received novel Call Me By Your Name. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Homeland Elegies.
New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2020. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. By the author of his first book, American Dervish, and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Disgraced. Salman Rushdie calls the book "an unflinchingly honest self-portrait by a brilliant Muslim American writer, and, beyond that, an unsparing examination of both sides of that fraught hyphenated reality." Signed by the author on a publisher's tipped-in page. More
Homeland Elegies: A novel.
New York: Little, Brown and Co., 2020. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. An as new copy. By the author of the Putizer Prize winning drama, Disgraced. One of the best books of the year, landing in the top 10 of both the Washington Post and the New York Times. Salman Rushdie calls the book "an unflinchingly honest self-portrait by a brilliant Muslim American writer, and, beyond that, an unsparing examination of both sides of that fraught hyphenated reality." Signed by the author on a publisher's supplied tipped in page. More
A Delicate Balance.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Corners clipped but price is present on front flap. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A signed photo of the author is laid into the book. Signed by the author. More
The Business of Fancydancing.
Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Paperback original. First edition. A fine copy in illustrated wrappers. A paperback original, printed in an edition of 1,000 copies, and the author's first book. There was also small hardcover printing of this book, about 100 copies, most of which went to libraries. The book is a collection of poetry and is signed and inscribed by Alexie on the half-title page. Alexie has won numerous awards over the years, including The National Book Award in 2007 and the Pen Faulkner Award in 2010. Signed by the author. More
The Business of Fancydancing.
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. Paperback. A later printing. Fine in illustrated wraps. The author's important early book of poetry and prose. A movie of the same name and directed by Alexie was subsequently released. Signed by the author. More
First Indian on the Moon.
New York: Hanging Loose Press, 1994. Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in yellow cloth binding. No dust jacket, as issued. With its original acetate cover. An early collection of poetry and prose by Alexie. An interesting association copy, signed and inscribed to author Chris Offutt on the half title page. "To Chris O...with respect and friendship. Sherman." Dated in 1997. Offutt and Alexie were both named as two of the best authors under age 40 by Granta magazine in 1996. Signed by author. More
In the Kitchen.
New York: Doubleday, 2009. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The third novel by the author of Brick Lane. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Blood of Flowers.
London: Little Brown, 2008. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Dead Babies.
New York: Knopf, 1975. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Minor creasing to front flap. The author's second book, a parody of Agatha Christie's country-house mysteries. The novel takes place over a single weekend. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Night Dogs.
New York: Bantam, 1998. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. The trade edition of the Idaho author's popular second novel. Signed by the author. More
Final Arrangements : A Novel.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Bright Before Us.
Portland: Tin House Books, 2011. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Published as part of the Powell's Books Indiespensable series. The author's first book in which an "unmoored man who yearns for a woman he failed, while failing another," writes Amy Hempel in a jacket blurb. Signed by the author on the title page. More
3 Plays.
Calais: Z Press, 1978. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. One of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author. This is #497. A collection of three of the authors staged plays, first published in th 1950s, and brought together in this single volume. Signed by the author on the title page. More
And The Stars Were Shining.
New York: Knopf, 1994. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A very good book in plain wrappers. Some soiling and sunning to the front page Publisher's promotional laid into the book. Signed by the author on the title page. More
April Galleons.
New York: Viking, 1987. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Double Dream of Spring.
New York: Dutton, 1970. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light wear to the head and foot of the jacket and extremities. A touch of sunning to the top and bottom boards. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Flow Chart.
New York: Knopf, 1991. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A close to fine book in publisher's plain ivory colored wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Hotel Lautreamont.
New York: Knopf, 1992. Paperback. First edition. A fine book in plain wrappers. An uncorrected proof in rose colored wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Selected Poems.
New York: Viking, 1985. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Bottom corners lightly bumped. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
New York: Viking, 1975. Hardcover. Second printing. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Sunning to the top of boards, bumping to the front tip. Owner bookplate on the front pastedown with a small stain. Signed by Ashbery on the title page. This is Ashbery's signature work, a book that won the the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Signed by the author. More
Shadow Train.
Manchester: Carcenet New Press, 1982. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine and browning to the page edges. A series of poems composed uniformly in 16 lines of four quartrains each. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Tennis Court Oath.
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. Hardcover. First edition. A close to fine book in a very good dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine and light edgewear. Toning to the rear panel. This is the quite scarce hardcover edition of Ashbery's second book of poetry, following his well-received debut, Some Trees. Signed by the author on the title page. More
