New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine square copy in a Fine unclipped first state dust jacket. The Color Purple tells the story of two sisters—one a missionary to Africa and the other a child wife living in the South—who remain loyal.....
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy with bright orange cloth in a Near Fine dust jacket. Anderson, especially through his short stories, is one of the most influential American writers whose style and subject matter had a huge impact on such.....
New York: Crown Publishing, 1990. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This comprehensive look at Art Deco painting provides an authoritative survey of this exotic art form and features the works of Tamara de Lempicka, Jean Dupas, Charles Meere, Glyn.....
New York: Abrams, 1967. First Printing of the First Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. Kurt Schwitters was the purest exponent of the Dada spirit to emerge from Germany as artists and civilians were searching for a more vital subject matter to express their.....
New York: Knopf, 1982. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. In The Mists of Avalon, the Bradley relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine (Morgan le Fay), a......
This signed card measures approximately 6.5" x 3.5" and is Signed, "Best Wishes--M. Scott Carpenter Mercury Astronaut." Together with a black & white photograph of Carpenter in his space suit outside of NASA's Mercury Control Center. Original mailing envelope included. Scott Carpenter was one of America's original seven Project Mercury astronauts.....
Langley: GRB Publishers, 2015. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight new copy in illustrated glassy paperback binding. "Into the Fold: A Primer for Beginning Book Collectors" is the most comprehensive introduction to the exciting world of book collecting. This valuable resource provides anyone new to book.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1989. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light sunning to the spine. For 18 years, Keith Abbott was one of Brautigan's closest friends especially early on in Brautigan's writing career. Abbott paints a......
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First Printing of this Anthology. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good plus clipped dust jacket with a touch of wear to the head of the spine. This omnibus edition collects three of Brautigan's books: Trout Fishing in America; The Pill versus the Springhill.....
Madison/Houston: Quixote Press, 1969-83. Various Printings. Here are all three of the different printings of this collection of works by and about Charles Bukowski. The first printing in the orange cover by the Quixote Press; the second printing (in the blue cover) and the third printing brought out by Douglas.....
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in illustrated hardcover binding. Pulp was Bukowski's last published novel released just prior to his death. Pulp is a convoluted detective story about a hard-boiled private eye who solves his cases by waiting.....
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This comprehensive collection of Charles Bukowski' writings was compiled and edited by Bukowski's long time editor John Martin. Martin weaves together the best of Buk's novels, short.....
New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with previous owner name and some toning to the edge of the text block in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. This comprehensive collection of Charles Bukowski' writings was compiled and edited by.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine paperback binding. The eight short stories in the early collection represent Carver at his earliest stage as a writer of short prose. The stories included are: Dummy, Distance, The Lie.....
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine bright copy (previous owner name on flyleaf) in green cloth binding with the Army of the Potomac Society emblem in gilt and red on the front board. General George Brinton McClellan is one.....
New York: Harper's Magazine Press, 1974. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, price clipped dust jacket with two spots to the front panel. This is Dillard's reverential exploration of the lower Shenandoah Valley where she was living in the 70s, seen with.....
Philadelphia: The Centaur Press, 1934. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with several closed tears to the front panel and two chips to the rear panel. There is some offsetting to the front and rear free endpapers from.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. The Bottom of the Harbor is considered a fundamental New York book. Every story Mitchell tells, every person he introduces, every scene he describes is illuminated by his passion for.....
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1984. First Editions Thus. All Volumes are Fine in Fine dust jacket jackets. Volume 1 map in rear pocket another tipped in. Other map present. As a midshipman Vancouver had been with Cook when he discovered the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands in 1778. In 1791, Vancouver led.....
New York: Da Capo Press, 1967. Facsimile Reprint Edition. A Fine copy. Facsimile Reprint of 1790 Edition Sm. 4to. xl + 372pp. + appendix. Port. frontis., 17 plates including 7 folding, 7 maps, large folding map, folding chart. John Meares was sent out in 1786 from Calcutta, by a group.....
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. This is Garcia Marquez's third book and the seven stories include: Leaf Storm, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, Blacaman.....
Seattle: Puget Sound Press, 2001. First Printing of the First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. A Fine copy. There was no hardcover edition of this book. In 1967, eighteen year old Morse Code operator Eddie Carr is assigned to an army listening post in Panama. What he finds there changes his.....
New York: Farar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight clean copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. These fictional accounts of German student life in three different historical periods center on the relationships among young men and attempts to reconcile the.....
Pleasant Hill: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1977-81. Mixed Printings of the First US Edition. All Near Fine to Fine copies in paperback bindings. Volume 1 is a 2nd printing, the other six are 1st printings. The Spit in the Ocean series was first conceived by Kesey as a way to.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1954. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Near Fine copy with a bookplate on the front pastedown in a Near Fine dust jacket with some light age darkenng to the spine. Contains 696 pages. Catalog Creme.
