101. Harte, Bret.

The Story of a Mine.

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877. 17 cm. 271 pages. Original softcover in protective clear pocket. Good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. The front cover has been annotated in pen and there is considerable rubbing of the outer spine which has half-detached. The back page has also detached completely. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown and name of his father to titlepage. [Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition].

102. Harte, Bret.

Stories in Light and Shadow.

Leipzig, Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1899. 17cm. 285 pages. Original hardcover / Beautiful quarter leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. With the initials of Haugaard’s father or grandfather (A.H. 1899) to the spine and his ownership stamp to the endpaper: A.Chr. Haugaard – Strandvej 201, Hellerup. [Collection of British authors. Tauchnitz edition].

103. Gunn, Kirsty.

Rain.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 95 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

104. Green, Terence M.

Shadow of Ashland.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, 1996. 12.5 x 19cm. 221 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

105. Graver, Elizabeth.

Have You Seen Me ?

Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburg Press, 1991. 15.5 cmx 23.5 cm. 170 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

106. Goldman, Francisco.

The Long Night of the White Chickens.

New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 450 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

107. Golden, Arthur.

Memoirs of a Geisha.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Octavo. 434 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Fine condition.

108. Goebel, Joey

Commonwealth.

San Francisco, MacAdam Cage, 2008. 15 cm x 23 cm. 511 pages. Softcover with author photograph by Isolde Ohlbaum. Book design by Dorothy Carico Smith. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper.

109. Glazier, Lyle.

Decadence and Rebirth – Haceteppe Lectures in American Literature.

Ankara, Haceteppe University Press, 1971. 8°. 188 pages. Original brochure. Used, but in good condition. Binding slightly damaged to the backcover only. Absolutely rare !!

110. Garon, Paul.

Rana Mozelle. Surrealist Research & Development.

Chicago, Black Swan Press, 1978. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover. Second Printing, 1978. Very good. [Monograph Series – Number Four].

111. Frey, Stephen W.

The Takeover.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Dutton Books, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

112. Follett, Ken.

A Place Called Freedom.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 405 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition.

113. Eshleman, Clayton.

Archaic Design.

Boston, Black Widow Press, 1997. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 342 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

114. [Dickinson, Emily] Clendenning, Sheila T.

Emily Dickinson. A Bibliography: 1850-1966.

San Fernando, The Kent State University Press, 1968. 8°. XXX, 145 pages. Original Hardcover (red cloth). Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

115. De La Torre, Lillian.

Dr. Samuel Johnson, Detector – Narrated as From the Pen of James Boswell. Including: the Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie’s vanisht Ruby, the stolen Christmas Box, and the pilfer’d Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant in Mincing Lane, and the macabre Affair of the Wax-Work Cadaver.

London, MacMillan London Limited, 1985. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. X, 259 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor discolouing and foxing to endpapers and pastedowns.

116. Cather, Willa.

Death Comes for the Archbishop.

4th impression of the Popular Edition. London, William Heinemann, 1932. 20 cm. 268 pages. Original illustrated hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear.

117. Cassill, R.V.

La Vie Passionnée of Rodney Buckthorne – A Tale of the Great American’s Last Rally and Curious Death.

No place, Bernard Geis Associates, 1968. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 243 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Foxing to dustjacket and edges. Red decorated top edge with slight water stain.

118. Cartier, Raymond.

50 mal Amerika. Einführung und Nachwort von Robert Jungk.

Stuttgart, Piper, 1954. Octavo. 491 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Brodart / Mylar (Spezielle Sammler – Schutzfolie für Schutzumschläge). Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

119. Burke, James Lee.

To The Bright and Shining Sun.

Missoula, Dennis McMillan Publications, 1989. 14 cm x 20 cm. 241 pages. Original softcover. Good condition only with signs of wear and some minor staining to the endpaper and titlepage. Contains inscription by previous owner.

120. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.

121. Bodett, Tom.

The Big Garage on Clear Shot – Growing Up, Growing Old, and Going Fishing at the End of the Road.

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1990. 16 cm x 24 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

122. Bierce, Ambrose.

Aus dem Wörterbuch des Teufels. Auswahl, Übersetzung und Nachwort von Dieter E. Zimmer.

Frankfurt am Main, Insel, 1966. 11 cm x 18 cm. 119 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Insel-Bücherei. no. 890.].

123. Bellow, Saul (editor) / Botsford, Keith (Editor).

the noble savage.

New York, Meridian Books, 1961. 12 cm x 20 cm. 256 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

124. Bellow, Saul.

The Adventures of Augie March.

First British Book Edition. London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. 536 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very slight discolouring of edges and pages. Two inscriptions on endpaper dated 1954 and 1976.

125. Beck, Warren.

Final Score.

First Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. 13 cm x 19 cm. 164 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket suffered some slight tears. With a gift-inscription to endpaper.

126. Atlas, James.

The Great Pretender.

First Edition. New York, Atheneum, 1986. 14 cm x 21 cm. 277 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

127. Alexie, Sherman.

The Toughest Indian in the World.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. 14 x 21cm. 229 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

128. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

129. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

130. Agee, James.

Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes. Preface by Jonathan Lethem.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Fordham University Press, 2005. 12.5 x 19cm. 54 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

131. Oates, Joyce Carol.

Angel of Light.

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1981. 16 cm x 24 cm. 434 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Joyce Carol Oates.

132. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

133. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

134. Smiley, Jane.

Ordinary Love & Good Will. Two Novellas.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 15 cm x 22 cm. 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage.

135. Smiley, Jane.

A Thousand Acres.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 371 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear to the Mylar ! Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage. In 1992 Jane Smiley won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for this publication !

136. Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

137. Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.

138. McCullers, Carson.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

Facsimile of the First Edition. Shelton, The First Edition Library, 1967. Octavo. 356 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. The book is housed in its original slipcase. Close to new ! Absolutely Fine condition with an only mildly sunned dustjacket-spine. Includes even the publisher’s advertising slip.

139. Levine, Philip.

Breath: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. X, 82 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition. Signed by the author Philip Levine.

140. Kumin, Maxine.

The Designated Heir.

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. 14.5 cm x 21.3 cm. 174 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Author on title-page. Endpaper and half-title are slightly separated.

141. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

142. Harrison, Jim.

Just Before Dark. [Signed]

Livingston, Montana, Clark City Press, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XIII, 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

143. Ellis, Edward S.

Through Forest and Fire.

First Edition. Philadelphia, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891. 19.7cm x 13cm. iv, 302 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover. With frontispiece illustration. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated in colour. Excellent, near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpaper inscribed by preowner. [Wild Woods Series No. 1].

144. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

145. Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Warlord of Mars. Frontispiece by J. Allen St.John.

First Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1919. 12.5 cm x 19 cm. 296 pages. Original hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent, Near Fine condition with minor signs of external wear.

146. Bellow, Saul [Ann Malamud].

More Die of Heartbreak.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 335 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Ann Malamud, with some annotations in her personal hand on a few pages. Loosely inserted a postcard from Psychoanalyst Stuart Feder to Ann Malamud from the year 1987.

147. Auster, Paul.

Smoke & Blue in the Face – Two Films written by Paul Auster.

New York, Hyperion, 1995. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. VIII, 290 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First Edition. Signed by Paul Auster.

148. Salinger, J.D.

Der Mann im Roggen. Roman. Deutsch von Irene Muehlon.

Erste deutsche Auflage. [First German Edition of “The Catcher in the Rye”]. Zürich, Diana Verlag, 1954. 14 x 21 cm. 290 Seiten. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolut “Sehr guter Zustand” mit nahezu tadellos erhaltenem Schutzumschlag (in Mylar) mit nur ganz wenigen Gebrauchsspuren. Der Band selbst in exzellenter Erhaltung mit nur einigen Stockfleckchen auf dem oberen Schnitt. Innen sehr sauber. In dieser Erhaltung ein nahezu unauffindbares Sammler-Exemplar dieses seltenen Buchs !

149. Payne, C.Douglas.

Youth in Revolt – The Journals of Nick Twist. Volumes I, II, III (Youth in Revolt – Youth in Bondage – Youth in Exile).

FIRST Edition. Sebastopol (California), Aivia Press, 1993. 8°. 503 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in FINE condition. Some very minor discoloration to the edge. SIGNED by Payne on the titlepage.

150. Lawrence, D. H.

St.Mawr – Mockup – This is not the book but a unique Furniture Drawer (Toolbox) made by a D.H.Lawrence enthusiast. The Drawer was made in bookform and has the St.Mawr Emblemata on the cover and the title on the spine. Excellent craftsmanship. Leather covered board.

no place, c. 1930. Folio. Original Hardcover with leather covered boards. Hard to qualify this exceptional piece as Ephemera, but that is what it is. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dimensions are 45,5cm (high), 34cm (wide), 13cm (thick).

151. Twain, Mark.

Mark Twains ausgewaehlte humoristische Schriften. II. Band – Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn / Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer und Fahrten / III. Band – Skizzenbuch / IV. Band – Auf dem Mississippi – Nach dem fernen Westen.

3 Baende (von 6). Stuttgart, Verlag von Robert Lutz, 1897. Octavo. 320, (12), 285 (4), 298, (6) Seiten. Hardcover / Originale, sehr dekorative Ganzleinenbaende mit reicher Vergoldung und Illustrationen auf den vorderen Einbanddeckeln. Sehr guter Zustand bis auf kleineren Wasserschaden auf den ersten 5 Seiten von Band 3. [Text in Fraktur !].

152. [Viereck, Peter] Eliot, Alexander.

Proud Youth.

First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. 13 cm x 21 cm. 222 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Marble coloured boards, top edge green. Personal copy of the american poet Peter Viereck, signed and inscribed with a long inscription by his father George Sylvester Viereck: “For Peter – Xmas 1953 – G.S.V. – The most startling book I’ve come across this side of pornography, written by a descendent of President Eliot”.

153. Vonnegut, Kurt.

Jailbird. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Octavo. XXXVIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Edge slightly dusty. Otherwise in very good+ condition.

154. Rexroth, Kenneth.

With Eye and Ear.

New York, Herder and Herder, 1970. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Kenneth Rexroth on the halftitle. [An Azimuth Book].

155. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

156. Gardner, John / O’Donohue, Thomas (illustrator).

Nickel Mountain: A Pastoral Novel.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. 15 cm x 22 cm. 313 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by John Gardner.

157. Burgess, Gelett (S.B.).

Are You a Bromide ? or The Sulphitic Theory, expounded and exemplified according to the most recent researches into the psychology of boredom, including many well-known Bromidioms now in use. With decorations by the author.

Fourth Printing. New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1906. 18cm x 12.5cm. 63 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated frontcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Upper hinge with minor split. Very interesting bookplate of the ABAA (American Booksellers’ Association) to the front pastedown. The bookplate has the printed dedication “Compliments of B.W.Huebsch” and is signed in ink by Gelett Burgess.

158. Brame, Charlotte M.

The Mystery of Colde Fell Or Not Proven.

First Edition. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1930. 13 x 18,5 cm. 252 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Former library copy from the Sligo County Library. VERY RARE !

159. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.