New York: Bernard Geis, 1960. Jacket design and illustrations by Gil Meret. First Printing stated on title page. 256 pp., Octavo. Near Fine (slight spine slant) in a Near Fine clipped dustjacket (although the price $3.95 remains) with small chip at the crown. INSCRIBED by Blatty on title page: "To... More about Which Way to Mecca, Jack?
n.p. McSweeney's Books, 2008. First Edition. Near Fine pictorial Hardcover, issued without dustjacket. Cover art by Keith Shore. SIGNED by Brandon on ffep. Florida native Brandon's first book, praised for his "relentless" prose, "half Denis Johnson, half Elmore Leonard." More about Arkansas
New York: Random House, 1948. First Printing. Octavo. VG+ (“The Holliday Bookshop New York” sticker affixed to lower rear board) in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket (light crease with scuffing and edgewear). Housed in a custom slipcase. A striking copy of Capote’s first book. More about Other Voices, Other Rooms
New York: Riverhead Books, 1996. Advance Reader’s Edition (Uncorrected Advance Proofs). Near Fine Softcover. Diaz’s first book, ten stories drawing on his upbringing in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey; some of these stories first appeared in The New Yorker, Story, and The Paris Review. Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize..... More about Drown
Providence, RI: Mason Press, 1989. First Edition. 28 pp. SIGNED and numbered by Drury. 150 copies printed, this being #52. VG+ pictorial stapled wraps, with soiling and corner bump. The first book (a collection of three stories) by Drury, who in 1996 was named by Granta as one of the... More about In Our State
New York: Poseidon Press, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket with a touch of rubbing. Author’s first book. One story was the basis for the 2002 film Secretary starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal. More about Bad Behavior: Stories
New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition of her acclaimed first book, a collection of 15 stories. Near fine in a VG+ dustjacket (common fading to flaps). More about Reasons to Live: Stories
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. 289 pp. First Printing. SIGNED by Hemphill on ffep. VG+ blue cloth in a VG+ unclipped pictorial dustjacket (edgewear, crease on rear flap). More about The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music
Falmouth, MA: Kendall, 1970. First Edition of Humphrey’s first collection of poems. Near Fine in pictorial wraps. One of 100 copies SIGNED and numbered by the poet, this being number 15; also INSCRIBED in the year of publication to Jim Randall, editor of the literary magazine Sumac, which launched two... More about Argument for Love
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Near Fine in VG+ unclipped dustjacket. Jones’s debut collection of stories, which received wide praise (Robert Stone and John Barth blurbs on back cover). Jones would later become a National Book Award Nominee. More about The Pugilist at Rest
New York: Harold Vinal, 1927. First Edition. Limited to 580 copies, designed by Robert S. Josephy. SIGNED by Lattimore on ffep. VG+ black cloth (no dustjacket as issued), gilt lettering and design on front board and spine. Faded spine, with a touch of sunning to top edge. Bookplate of Paul... More about Hanover Poems
New York: Vintage Books, 1981. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine. First Edition thus. Near Fine, with sticker residue on both covers. Softcover, 222 [2] pp. SIGNED by Puig on ffep. Argentine writer Puig’s first book, first published in Spanish in 1968. The New York Times Book Review called it a.... More about Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
New York: Knopf, 1995. Uncorrected Proof, which announces the first printing of 50,000 copies. Near Fine, with sunning to spine and a staple hole in upper right corner; the business card of Jane Garrett, Editor at Knopf and an Episcopal Priest, was stapled here and is inserted inside book. Sullivan... More about Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality