September 5-10, 1978, compiled specifically for Delta Airlines CEO David C. Garrett, Jr (served 1978-1987). Contains 215 color photographs of the week’s activities at the Abara Ranch in Wyoming, including the induction ceremony of Garrett (now a member of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame). Beautifully presented, with Garrett’s photo..... More
Typed Letter SIGNED “L. Sprague de Camp” dated “19 April 77” on de Camp’s own letterhead with wonderful content on Robert E. Howard. Written to C.C. Clingan (addressed to Chet), who was the editor of the sci-fi fanzine The Diversifier (1974-1979) where de Camp’s writing appeared in 1976 and 1978. The opening..... More
SIGNED by Atwood at top of this 4 pp. light blue ephemeral publication. VG+ with a slight fold. Included is a letter on This Magazine letterhead, additionally signed by Managing Editor Anne Bains, congratulating the grand prize winner of the magazine’s “Word on the Street” draw. Poems included are “Miss..... More
Worcester, MA: Shield Press, 1971. [3] 20 pp., printed on rectos only. Six drawings by Stephen Jenkins. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author in the year following publication: “Best wishes To Mr. & Mrs. [ ] Corrine E. Bostic -1971-.” VG+ (edgewear, light creasing to bottom edge, lightly..... More
Hollywood, FL: Frederick Fell Publishers, 1986. Illustrated by Peter Nelson. VG+ illustrated softcover with some sunning to spine. SIGNED by Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic on p. 87 at his recipe and caricature. Simic also began to sign his name on the title page. Uncommon signed. More
Barcelona: Editorial Lumen, 1963. Issued without dustjacket. Text in Spanish. VG+ (spine weakening, edgewear). SIGNED by Nobel Laureate Cela on half-title. More than 20 photographs of aspiring toreadors in Spain. The only signed copy on the market (October 2018); only two found in OCLC (both housed in The British Library)..... More
Oxford: The Holywell Press Ltd, 1986. 56 pp. VG+ in yellow stock stapled covers. Contains work by Seamus Heaney (“The Haw Lantern”), Derek Mahon, Seamus Deane, Tony Harrison, Medbh McGuckian, Miodrag Pavlovic, Jay Parini, and Charles Simic. This issue, though not called for, is SIGNED by Simic at his poem..... More
Augusta, ME: Charles E. Nash & Son, 1924. First Edition. 252 pp., with 58 illustrations and 17 maps and charts. VG+ brown leather boards with gilt lettering and design on front board and spine, sticker ghost on ffep, and some staining to endpapers. Foreword by Maine Governor, Percival Proctor Baxter..... More
New York: New Directions, [1968]. Twenty-Second Printing. Paperback, 93 [3] pp. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti on the half title. VG+ with light soiling and edgewear. Ferlinghetti died in February 2021. More
New York: Atheneum, 1979. First Edition. VG+ pictorial wraps (no hardcover edition). INSCRIBED by Levine to a former student on 10 May 1979: “Dear Patricia, These were the poems I was working on while I was supposed to be preparing for class at Bloomington. I hope they make up for..... More
Los Angeles: Southland Press, 1984. Near Fine, 29 [3] pp. stapled wraps with a touch of sunning. SIGNED by Porter and INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner Maxine Kumin: “Signed copy for Maxine Kumin (See p. 21) (Looking forward to hearing you at the O. Henry Patrons’ Dinner in Greensboro!) If..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1962. First Edition. VG+ (spine weakening) in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket with some light chipping to head of spine. First novel by the oft-divorced Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, made into a successful film three years later that marked the final screen appearance..... More
Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1983. First Edition. VG+ stapled wraps (some soiling and wear to covers), [24 pp.]. INSCRIBED by Rhodes on title page: “For Alison, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I enjoy your company. Love, Marvin K. Rhodes.” 13 photographs, “a summary of a graduate photographic..... More
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989. First Edition. 95 pp. Includes 33 paintings by DeLoss McGraw, many in color. Near Fine in dark crimson cloth in a Near Fine pictorial dustjacket with modest discoloration and shelfwear. SIGNED by Snodgrass on title page; additionally, this copy is INSCRIBED on verso of..... More
Printed in Limited Edition by Maine Coast Printers for Bern Porter International, October 1975. 200 copies, this being #162. Fine (without dustjacket as issued) in brown cloth with yellow endpapers. Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Eberhart’s copy, SIGNED by him on ffep and dated “April 1976.” Eberhart won the National Book..... More