Literature
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, An Introduction
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1963. First Edition, third state, with dedication page appearing after copyright page. Near Fine in a sharp, VG+ unclipped dustjacket (light chipping to spine ends). More
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
New York: Random House, 1996. Advance Uncorrected Proof. INSCRIBED by Saunders on the title page. Fine in wraps, with publicist letter laid in. One novella and six stories in this, Saunders’s first book and a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. A scarce proof which launched Saunders’ career, becoming one of..... More
The World Doesn't Require You
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2019. Advance Reading Copy/Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Near Fine in illustrated wraps. Advance praise from Laura Van Den Berg and Lauren Groff, who called it a "wild, restless, deeply intelligent collection of stories, each of which resists and subverts the limits of categorization." Scott's first book..... More
The Star-Spangled Girl
New York: Random House, 1967. First Printing. 118 pp. Near Fine in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (light spine fading, rubbing, wear at extremities, including a small tear at top edge). Originally presented at the Plymouth Theatre in New York City on December 21, 1966 with Anthony Perkins, Richard Benjamin..... More
The Immortals of Mercury
New York: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1932. First Edition. Octavo, 24 pp. Published as Science Fiction Series No. 16 (Gernsback Publications). VG+ or better in stapled wrappers (toning to edges, ownership signature inside front cover which has bled onto opposite page). Smith’s first work of science fiction, what the Encyclopedia of Science..... More
Piece of Flesh
London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2001. Pictorial wraps, 18mo. First Edition. Fine. SIGNED by Smith on title page. Smith not only edits the collection, but also provides an Introduction: “I invited five, bright, young writers…to write stories of a pornographic nature…In effect, I paid my friends to write about sex..... More
Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: An Entertainment
London: Anthony Blond, 1969. First Edition. 46 pp. Introduction by Michael Holroyd. 17 two-color illustrations by Erte. VG+ in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket (stain to top of front cover, edgewear). More
Selected Letters of Robert Frost
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. First Edition. 646 pp. VG+ in VG+ price-clipped dustjacket (dampstaining to lower edge). Laid in is the 1964 Washington Post Book Week review by Randall Jarrell of the book. More
Shaking the Family Tree; A Remembrance
Lafayette, IN: VIA Folios, [1998]. First Edition. Pictorial softcover, 60 pp. VG+ (staining to rear cover). Reminescences of Turco's youth and family. More
The Great American Writers’ Cookbook
Oxford, Mississippi: Yoknapatawpha Press, 1981. First Edition. Introduction by Craig Claiborne. Illustrated wraps, spiral bound. VG+. 175 writers, 200 recipes. More
Acrobats in a Park
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1980. Limited to 300 numbered and SIGNED copies by Welty, this being #7. Printed on Frankfurt paper and designed by Pat Reagh. Near Fine in marbled boards. In her Introduction to this volume, Welty recalls that she wrote this story, one of her first, around..... More
Losing Battles
New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition, third printing of the trade edition (April 1970, with the $7.95 price on dj flap per Polk A.16). SIGNED by Welty on the ffep (previous owner’s name also on ffep). Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket (one small closed tear to top edge)..... More
Three Papers on Fiction
Northampton, MA: Smith College, 1962. Welty was the William Allan Neilson Professor at Smith, 1962. 46 pp. Near Fine in blue stapled wrappers. Includes "Place in Fiction," "Words Into Fiction," and "The Short Story." One of Smith College Pamphlets, which were issued at irregular intervals without numbering, to include lectures..... More
Women!! Make Turban in Own Home!
[n.p.]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1979. First Edition, limited to 235 copies, numbered 1-200, this being #180. SIGNED by Welty on the limitation page. 13[1] pp. Near Fine in striking green boards. First appeared in a slightly different form in the "Junior League Magazine" November, 1941. More
Musings of a Hermit at Three Score and Ten
Raleigh, NC: Nationwide Press, 1966. First Edition. INSCRIBED on title page by the author: “This copy for Ms. R.L. Allen 9-19-66 Clarke A. Willcox at the Hermitage.” VG+ in stapled illustrated wraps (approximately 7.5” x 10”) with some toning to covers. 95 pp. Letters, poetry, and musings from Willcox, described..... More
Back in the World
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. SIGNED by Wolff on the title page. Fine in a VG+ dustjacket, with chip at tail of spine, shelfwear, and some minor wrinkling and a fold to upper part of rear dustjacket. With publisher’s promotional bookcard laid in. More
Contemporary Writers
London: The Hogarth Press, 1965. Near Fine in a VG+ clipped dustjacket (light spine sunning, one inch closed tear). Preface by Jean Guiguet. Unpublished essays by Woolf, with insights into the novels and novelists of her time. More
Black Boy
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1945. Early printing (not the true first edition, as it does not include First Edition statement or M-T). VG+ (two ownership stamps on ffep) in VG or better dustjacket (no price present, edgewear and soiling). One of the most popular 20th century black autobiographies. More