London: Fourth Estate, 2004. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. A close to fine book in illustrated wrappers. This is the uncorrected proof of the first British edition. It was published as a paperback original in the U.K. The author's first novel set in her native country of Nigeria. She was recently named one of the top U.S. authors under the age of 40 by New Yorker magazine. This book won the Commonwealth Writers' Preize and was short listed for the Orange Prize. Signed by the author on the title page. More about Purple Hibiscus

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 about Contemporary Portraits and Other Stories

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 about Five Miles High. The Story of an Attack on the Second Highest Mountain in the World by Members of...

New York: Viking, 1956. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Wear at the spine ends. Some soiling to the front and rear panel. Sunning to the dust jacket spine. Price of $3.00 is present on the front flap with a light pencil mark through it. Bellow's uncommon fourth book which contains the titled novella and three short stories. Laid into the book is a publisher's promotional photograph of Bellow. Signed by the author on the title page. More about Seize the Day

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1941. Hardcover. First edition. A close to fine book in publisher's original cloth. One of 246 copies signed by the author. This is #192. A presentation copy from the author to his sister Laura, inscribed twice. "For darling Lolly from the author, her brother with devoted love, William Rose Benet." December, 1941. And on the colophon page, "For Lollie with my love, Bill." Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1942. This book is from the collection of the late, noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More about The Dust Which is God

New York: Random House, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in printed yellow wrappers. An unread copy. Set in apartheid-era South Africa, Age of Iron explores the insidious nature of complicity and reflects on the failure of language to maintain its authority in a complex postcolonial world. Like many of her white compatriots, Elizabeth Curren, a professor of classics who is dying of cancer, has remained willfully blind to the violence and degradation around her. Signed by the author. Signed proofs by this reclusive South African Nobel Laureate, who now lives in Australia, are quite uncommon. More about Age of Iron

New York: Penguin, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in plain, orange wraps. This is the uncorrected proof of Coetzee's uncommon third book. It was published as a paperback original in the United States. With a blurb by Joseph Lelyved, former editor of the New York Times, on the front cover. More about Waiting for the Barbarians

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 about Fire to Fire

New York: Frederick Ungar, 1960. Paperback edition. An early paperback edition of the U.S. edition of this book.. Very good in printed wraps with some wear at the extremities and browning to the rear panel. Translated by Eric Sutton. An uncommon title in the U.S. printing. More about Little Man, What Now?

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 about The End of the Affair

New York: Random House, 2013. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The newest novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Tinkers. Enon follows a year in the life of Charlie Crosby as he seeks to come to terms with a shattering loss. Signed by the author on the title page. More about Enon

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Slight toning to the jacket flaps. A lovely copy of sixth of of Hillerman's books featuring Navajo detective Jim Chee. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. This book is from the library of the late noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens. More about The Ghostway

New York: Grove Press, 1966. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's first book published in the US. Laid into the book is a bookplate signed by the author. Signed by the author. More about The Time of the Hero