St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1975. First Australian edition. A fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Evidence of a small sticker removed from the front panel. a collection of short stories by one of Australia's best known novelists. This is his first book. It was published primarily as a paperbound book with a small hardcover printing intended for libraries. Bail won the Miles Franklin Award in 1999 for his novel, Eucalyptus. This copy is signed by Bail on the title page. Signed by the author. More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book with some sunning to the spine and soiling to the front and back boards. Front hinge a bit loose. This is the original red cloth binding, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Numerous illustrations and black and white photographs. Signed on the title page by the principal author, Robert H. Bates. More

Penguin Books, 1994. Paperback. First edition. Near fine in paper wraps. A paperback orginal. A collection of poems, stories and essays by many of the West's best contemporary women writers. Signed by Kim Barnes, Mary Clearman Blew, Melanie Rae Thon, Debra Earling, Annick Smith, Pam Houston, Deirdre McNamer, Terry Tempest Williams,Teresa Jordan and Sandra Alcosser. More

New York: Harper, 2008. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Winner of the National Book Aware for poetry in 2009. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More

London: Heinemann, 1951. Hardcover. First British edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Some darkening to the jacket spine, wear at the extremities and sunning to the page edges. One of Greene's better known novels after the release of the 1999 movie of the same name that was directed by Neil Jordan and starred Julianne Moore, Ralph Fiennes, and Stephen Rea. More

New York: Atheneum, 1967. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a nearly fine dust jacket. An uncommonly nice copy of a tough book to find. Hecht won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1968. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More

New York: Atheneum, 1968. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of an early novel by the 2008 Nobel Laureate for Literature. Signed by LeClezio on the title page. Signed books by the author are uncommon. More

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2013. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The most recent novel by the Spanish author of Tomorrow on the Battle Think on Me. Signed by Marias on the title page. Signed by the author. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in about a fine dust jacket. The author's thrid book. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Signed by the author on the title page. More

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Creasing to the front flap. Winner of the 1972 National Book Award. Signed and briefly inscribed in 1971 by the author on the front free endpaper. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More

London: Serpent's Tail, 1999. Paperback. First British edition. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. A paperback original. The first volume in the Yorkshire Quartet. From the library of noted book collector Larry Owens. More

Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1972. First edition. First edition of the author's first book. A collection of poems published in a small format book. A fine copy in decorated wrappers. Twenty three years later Ms. Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel The Stone Diaries. Signed and inscribed by the author. More

New York: FSG, 1961. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Front hinge starting and weak. Edgewear and toning to the jacket. A presentation copy, inscribed on the half title page: "To My darling, Dobele, your Isaac." This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More