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
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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine in wraps, with just a touch of wear. The Meat Eaters, his first short story collection, was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1993. Uncommon proof. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. Uncorrected Proof of De Teran's first book, a novel. The following year, Granta included her in its list of Best Young British Novelists (a list that included Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, and Salman Rushdie). VG+ in wraps (edgewear), with Cape's publication label affixed to front cover..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
