arcs and proofs
A COAST OF TREES: Poems
New York: Norton, (1981). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Near fine. UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated). Hint of thumbsoil to wraps, but overall clean. 52pp. Clean proof copy of this slim collection from the reowned, award-winning poet.
THROUGH THE SAFETY NET: Stories
[New York]: Viking Press, (1985). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound printed wraps. Very good. Light surface scratches to wraps, touches of soil. Interior bright and clean, binding tight. 213pp. Uncorrected proofs for Baxter's second collection of stories, which depict middle-class American life.
SELECTED POEMS
New York: Penguin Books, (1994). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's original textured wraps. Minor soil to wraps with light wear at edges. Very good. 132pp. Uncorrected proofs for SELECTED POEMS, edited by Aram Saroyan with an introduction by Alice Notley,. Uncommon.
ELEGY TO JOHN DONNE AND OTHER POEMS
(London): Longmans, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound plain red wraps with title label affixed to front. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, labeled thus on front. About very good with light fading and small chips to spine (at top and bottom), interior clean throughout if very slightly yellowed. 76pp. Proof copy of...
MAPS IN A MIRROR: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1990). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF. Very good plus. Spine shows small surface tear and touch of soil. Rear wrapper lightly curled, soiled. Interior bright and clean throughout. Binding tight. Appears largely unread. 675pp. The "complete collection" of Card's short-fiction work...
THE BIG EASY
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First Edition. Wraps. 7" x 11" approx. comb-bound in wraps. Wraps moderately toned and foxed. Spots of adheisive residue and remnants of sticker closure at lower edges. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Uncorrected proofs for THE BIG EASY by James Conaway, which the author claims...
THE POET
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1996. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original color wraps. ADVANCE READER'S EDITION (stated). Near fine. Warmly INSCRIBED and SIGNED by author Connelly to title page. One of the Edgar-winning author's best. 434pp.
THE LAST LOVE SONG: A Biography of Joan Didion
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2015). First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Photographic wraps. Very good plus. ADVANCE READING COPY, with promotional ephemera laid in. Light traces of edgewear, remnant of sticker to front. Interior clean and bright throughout. Good and sound. 699pp. Quite thorough (and acclaimed) biography of Didion.
FREAKS' AMOUR
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. About very good, with some soil to rear wrapper, and edgewear. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF copy, with letter from publisher laid in. Clean throughout. 277pp. Proof copy of De Haven's first novel, telling the story of a nuclear...
FAR FROM THE TREE
New York: St. Martin's Press, (2000). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound glossy pictorial wraps. Near fine. SIGNED by DeBerry and Grant to half title. ADVANCE READING COPY. Light curl to front cover. Interior bright, clean. 338pp. Novel of "sisterhood" by the two African-American women, who had been "best friends for...
THE MALADY OF DEATH
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1986. First edition thus. Wraps. 8vo. Off-white perfect-bound printed wraps. Publication date on front cover corrected from May to June in pencil. Toning to covers and spine. Very good plus. 62pp. Scarce uncorrected proof of the first Grove Press edition, originally published in French in...
THE PAINTED DRUM
(New York): Harper Collins, (2005). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Photographic wraps. ADVANCE READER'S EDITION. Near fine. ASSOCIATION COPY: INSCRIBED by Erdrich for poet Terence Winch at title page. Trivial hints of wear at edges. Interior bright, crisp, and clean throughout. Good and sound. Ephemera (for Erdrich's appearance at the Smithsonian...
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MIDDLESEX; [Advance Reading Copy]
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. ADVANCE READER'S COPY (stated). Very good plus in wraps. Top edge fainly toned. Minor shelfwear. Else clean and sound throughout. Advance promotional issue of this Pulitzer-winning novel from the author of The Virgin Suicides. An epic tour-de-force.
OUTLAND
(New York): Warner Books, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Moderate toning and soil to wraps. Clean, bright internally. 269pp. Foster's novelization of the screenplay by Peter Hyams (for the 1981 film starring Sean Connery).
HAPPY FAMILIES: Stories
New York: Random House, (2008). First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to. Perfect bound glossy wraps. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated). About near fine. Trace edgewear, touches of soil. Bright, clean throughout. Tight. Review materials laid in. 331pp. Proofs of Fuentes' short story collection. Translated by Edith Grossman.
CHOURMO
New York: Europa Editions, 2006. First edition thus. Paperback. 8vo. Original red printed wraps. UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated) of the first US edition. Fine. Slightest lean. Else bright, sharp and tight. Unread. Second book of the Marseilles Trilogy from the author of Total Chaos. Translated from the French by Howard Curtis...
THE NIGHT MANAGER: A Novel
New York: Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's wraps. Trivial wear at edges, else clean and sharp. Near fine. 436pp. Advance reader's edition (ARC) of Le Carre's first post-cold war novel in excellent condition.
LOG OF A FILM DIRECTOR
London: Quality Press Ltd, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth. ADVANCE COPY, with "Specimen Only / No Value" written on the title page. Good plus. Light dampstain to one corner of front board. Mild sunning to spine. A bit of soiling to front pastedown. Pages significantly browned, and a....
THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE
New York: Doubleday, (2003). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good plus to near fine. ADVANCE READING COPY, stated. Mild touches of edgewear to wraps. Bright, clean throughout. 470pp. A clean advance copy of Lethem's early novel.
A GAME OF THRONES
New York: Bantam Books, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Original wraps in dust jacket. ADVANCE READING COPY (stated). Very good overall. Mild touches of curling and trivial small tears at edges of jacket. Pages lightly toned. Else sound and clean. 663pp. Scarce ARC of this Locus-winning first title in Martin's...
FIGHT CLUB
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., (1996). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Original laminate overlay with small patch of raising to lower front, at spine. Tiny section of dampstain affecting lower ends of approximately final 30 pages. General, mild handling wear, overall clean, sound. Scarce...
NEVER PICK UP HITCH-HIKERS!
London: Macmillan London Limited, 1976. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Wraps. 8vo. Green printed wraps. Spine sunned; edges moderately shelfworn. Very good plus. 256pp. Uncorrected proof copy of this stand-alone contemporary crime novel by Peters (Pargeter), best known for her Brother Cadfael historical mysteries.
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[Lot of 8 Popular Library Pulp Novel Cover Proofs]
[New York]: Popular Library, [1949-1951]. Eight original cover proofs. Color lithograph on card. 2 also include rear cover graphics and text. Mild handling wear. Very good. Collection of eight original cover proofs from the Popular Library publishing company. Seven of the eight feature artwork attributed to prolific pulp cover artist...
THE CROCODILE BIRD
New York: Crown Publishers / Harmony Books, (1993). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Tape-bound; transparent plastic front cover and leatherette rear. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF. Near fine. Clean, bright, and unmarred throughout. 506pp. An advance proof of this novel by the British mystery writer, with copyright page indicating it was printed...
HARM DONE
[New York]: [Crown Publishers / Random House], [1999]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Tape-bound self-wraps. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF. Very good plus, with mild edgewear and curling; light dents to rear wrapper. Interior clean and unmarred. [244] pp. An advance proof of this novel from the Inspector Weford series by the...