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$50.00Greensboro: Unicorn Press, 2015. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 17 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Cherry.$45.00NY: Random House (1964). First edition. 240 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with wear to crown and base of spine and a tear to rear panel with two small bits of loss. Chester’s second book. Young 648*.$45.00London: Andre Deutsch (1965). First edition. 240 pp. Top edge foxed, else very good plus in very good dust jacket with scattered rubbing, a series of short tears to top edge of rear panel, and a chip to crown of spine. Chester's second book, a collection of short stories. Young 648* (US edition).$75.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1990. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 377 pp. Light foxing to top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket with a small corner crease to front flap. Edited by Edward Field. One of 100 numbed copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy #1. Erratum slip laid-in.
$250.00London: Andre Deutsch (1956). Uncorrected proof. 254 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Designated “file copy” on the front cover, along with the publication date. Author’s name and title inked to spine. Chester’s second novel (first under his own name), detailing the life of a Brooklyn undertaker and his interest in the deceased young man of the title. Young 650.$55.00NY: Vanguard (nd). First US edition. 254 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. Young 650 (UK edition).
$150.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Edward Field, with his foreword. Book reviews (Nabokov, Burroughs, Rechy, Capote), literary essays, columns. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy “Z.”
$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited, and with a foreword by Edward Field. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy #1.$100.00NY: Simon and Schuster (1967). Uncorrected proof. Narrow tall 8vo. [152 pp]. Spine darkened, else near fine in printed wrappers with publication month and price inked to front cover. Young 649*.$20.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 hardcover copies.$10.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First trade paperback printing. 204 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.$50.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1991. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$25.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1991. First edition, publisher’s copy. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Chester.$25.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition. 231 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 trade hardcover copies.$85.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, publisher’s copy. 231 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Chester.$35.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 231 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$12.50Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First trade paperback printing. 231 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.$55.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 231 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$55.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 224 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$20.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition. 224 pp. Top edge foxed, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 trade hardcover copies.$75.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition, publisher’s copy. 224 pp. Top edges foxed, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Chester.$35.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition. 224 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$15.00Berkeley: The Figures, 1978. First edition. 135 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers; a trade paperback original. One of 750 copies.$25.00London: HarperCollins (2007). First edition. 390 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Chevalier.$20.00NY: Dutton (2001). First edition. 324 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Chevalier on the title page.$20.00NY: Dutton (2001). Advance reading copy. 260 pp. touch of sunning along spine, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Chevalier on the title page.$20.00London: HarperCollins (2001). First edition. 403 pp. Very near fine in in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Chevalier on the title page.$15.00London: HarperCollins (2003). First edition. 278 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.$45.00NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1993). Uncorrected proof. 389 pp. Very near fine in wrappers with light soiling to covers. The fourth novel by this writer from Monroeville, AL. It was eventually made into a movie, directed by Antonio Bandera (his directing debut) and starring his wife, Melanie Griffiths, as the 'zany' Aunt Lucille. INSCRIBED by Childress on the half-title page.
$45.00(np): Mark Childress, 1992. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 75 copies for family and friends. Hand-decorated and colored. INSCRIBED by Childress at the conclusion of the essay.