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$1,000.00Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott (1963). Advance reading copy. 492 pp. Light tanning to spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. Pynchon’s first book.
$500.00NY: Knopf, 1976. Advance reading copy. 371 pp. Light tanning to extrems, a few light vertical creases to spine, in all, a very good plus copy of this advance issue of her first book.$350.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1983). Uncorrected proof. 260 pp. Tiny stain on fore-edge, some light rubbing to rear panel, else near fine in printed wrappers. “In-House Use Only” penned to the front cover in black ink. This copy is in green wrappers, one of a handful thus, and much less common than those in light blue wrappers.$250.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1985). Uncorrected proof. [83 pp] Very near fine in printed wrappers. This is the proof for the final section of ZUCKERMAN BOUND, Epilogue: The Prague Orgy (pp 701-784). Uncommon.$500.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1985). Uncorrected proof. 784 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Collects the GHOST WRITER, ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND, THE ANATOMY LESSON, and EPILOGUE: THE PRAGUE ORGY. An uncommon proof, more so in this condition.
$450.00Boston: Little, Brown [1963]. First edition, third issue. 248 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two small patches of rubbing to the spine (but no fade). The third issue, with the dedication page appearing after the copyright page, and “Seymore” for “Seymour” on page 173.$500.00NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First edition. 468 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket with overall edgewear and splits to flap folds. Dated (Hollywood 1945) and INSCRIBED by Service on the front free endpaper.
$1,500.00Seattle: Mill Mountain Press, 1975. First edition. 32 pp. Some light wear along top edge, else very near fine in printed wrappers. Stanford’s fifth book, a collection of sixteen poems. Illustrated with two drawings and a photograph of a painting, all by Ginny Crouch Stanford.
$950.00Fayetteville & [Seattle]: Lost Roads/Mill Mountain Press 1977. First edition. 542 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Stanford’s epic poem begun as a teen and worked on and off for years. Issued as Lost Roads 7-12. Though there is an assigned isbn for a hardcover edition of this title, one was not produced.$450.00Indianapolis & NY: Bobbs-Merrill (1951). Advance copy. 400 pp. Some light wear to base of spine, else near fine in full brown, gilt-stamped cloth without dust jacket. Stamped “Sample Copy / Not For Sale” on the front free endpaper, along with Styron's agent's name and address. Styron's first book.
$45.00[Melbourne]: Bloom Publishing (2015). First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of smaller number (of 200) copies accompanied by a full-color two-sided poster. Photographs of protests in Kiev and rural Ukraine during the initial actions of February 2014.
$125.00London: Covent Garden Press, 1973. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 11 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Trevor. Covent Garden Stories Number Six.$750.00NY: Knopf, 1976. Uncorrected proof. Narrow 4to. 233 pp. Sticker shadows to front and rear covers near bottom edge, two small stray ink marks to fore-edge, publication info inked to front wrap (which is stapled to front free endpaper). In all, a very good plus proof copy of Tyler's sixth book.
$350.00NY: Hocus Pocus (1990). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 302 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in full orange cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Vonnegut.$450.00Oxford: Plough Press, 1984. First edition. 24 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 100 numbered copies. In addition to the press history, includes an original leaf from THE OCTAVO FERNS and THE BRITISH SEAWEEDS.
$500.00[North Pomfret]: Elysium Press (1993). First edition, deluxe numbered issue. [48 pp]. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label in publisher’s matching clamshell case. Foreword by Edmund White. Illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan. One of 20 Roman numbered copies SIGNED by White, and with a corresponding numbered etching SIGNED by Le-Tan. Original prospectus accompanies.$350.00NY: Hill & Wang (1961). First US edition. 89 pp. Faint fade to spine, generic bookplate inside front board. In all, near fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket with heavy rubbing to spine and front flap, a few small chips, and a closed tear. Translated from the original French by Frances Frenaye. SIGNED by Wiesel on the front free endpaper.
$500.00NY: Viking (1972). Uncorrected proof. 327 pp. Near fine in illustrated yellow wrappers with sunning and light wear to the unprinted spine. Galley No. 51, with the numeral inked in by the publisher, along with the date of publication and retail price. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.
$750.00Norfolk: New Directions [1949]. Second edition. 207 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two closed tears and a chip to crown of spine. This second edition adds “Something wild...” by Williams as an introduction. INSCRIBED by Williams, “For Ruth Dutton / who has the happy / distinction of being / the sister of Lois / Tennessee.”$1,250.00Verona: Sandy Campbell, 1976. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 333 pp w/appendix & index. Fine in wrappers and fine illustrated dust jacket and and unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. Fine publisher’s slipcase. Edited, and with comments by Donald Windham. One of 26 lettered copies on blue Fabriano paper SIGNED by Williams and Windham.
$350.00NY: New Directions (1971). First edition. 591 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Williams on the front free endpaper. Collects THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE, SUMMER AND SMOKE, THE ROSE TATTOO, and CAMINO REAL.$500.00(np): Privately Printed, 1964. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-titled leather spine. The printed month for services has been struck through in holograph and “november” penned in. Zachary Scott and John Steinbeck each contribute a brief essay on their friend Emery.
$350.00Santa Barbara: Cadmus, 1979. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 12mo. 85 pp w/note. Fine in illustrated wrappers and fine unprinted glassine dust jacket. Translated from the original Arabic by Paul Bowles. Foreword by Gavin Lamberg, concluding note by Williams. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Choukri and Bowles.