To Play the Fool
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 260pp. Octavo. Black paper over boards with title stamped in copper gilt on spine. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 260pp. Octavo. Black paper over boards with title stamped in copper gilt on spine. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1979. Hardcover. 288pp. Quarto [28 cm] 1/4 black cloth with brown paper covered boards, and a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are very gently bumped, rubbed and faded. The spine is a little rolled. There are several ripples in the..... More
London: Virago Press Limited, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. 232pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Black paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The edges of the spine and covers are very lightly bumped and rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good plus condition. The..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 232pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with brown paper covered boards, and a dark brown ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped. There is an indentation in the top edge of the front cover..... More
New York: Harper Perrenial, 2013. 246 pp. Duodecimo. [20.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. “ The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling. " - Los Angeles Times A bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean..... More
New York: Harper Perennial, 2019. Later printing. Paperback. 496pp. Octavo. White illustrated wraps. How could two hardworking people do everything right in life, a woman asks, and end up destitute? Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals, and have nothing to show for..... More
Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona College of Agriculture, 1982. Paperback. 32pp. Very thin quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. With light soiling and shelfwear to the wraps. With a contribution by Barbara Kingsolver titled "The University of Arizona's Bioenergy Research Facility (BRF)." More
Toronto: A Totem Book, 1985. Reprint. Paperback. 125pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good plus. Inscribed by the author on the first page. W. P. Kinsella is the author of Shoeless Joe. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 310pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 ivory white cloth with light green paper over boards and a blue ink stamped title on the backstrip. Red endpapers. Very good. The covers are just a tiny bit concave. The dust jacket is in..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First American edition. Hardcover. 354pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] dark green cloth over boards, with gilt lettering and black ink stamped nautical vignettes on the backstrip and front board. Minor darkening to endpapers. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Text block nice and square. In..... More
New York: Washington Square Press, 1992. First Washington Press trade paperback printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 145pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine condition. Inscribed by Kirn on the title page. Walter Kirn is the author of Thumbsucker. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 145pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 gray cloth with light green paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the covers are subtly sun faded. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly soiled. Walter Kirn's fiction has appeared in..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Pocket Books hardcover printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 227pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 purple cloth with yellow paper covered boards. Fine / Fine. Inscribed by Kirn on the title page. Walter Kirn is the author of My Hard Bargain. More
Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1987. First printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 182pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good condition. The spine is sunned, and there is a gift inscription on the title page. A book of autobiographical essays, by an author whose stories and essays have appeared in various periodicals..... More
New York: Scribner. Later printing. Paperback. 416pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine. Klosterman has written for Esquire, The New York Times, and Spin. More
New York: Penguin Press, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. 792pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Blue boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. "From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel that questions the responsibilities we have toward one another and ourselves—and the limits of what..... More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. George Roth. Limited edition. Leather bound. SIGNED. 238pp. Octavo [23 cm] Black leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the backstrip, and elaborate gilt stamped ornamental patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. There..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 271pp. Octavo [24 cm.] 1/2 black cloth over red cloth with silver title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. Subtle fading to jacket's spine. Faint rubbing to corners of boards. Warmly inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the..... More
Paperback. 25pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. Culture and traditions of Ukraine. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 262pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] in boards over cloth spine. Faint shelfwear to jacket; bump to front board lower corner, else very light wear; two tiny ink marks to textblock fore-edge, else interior is clean, tight, and bright. Signed by..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 262pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 burguny cloth with matching paper over boards. With bumping to the spine ends and rubbing to the boards, and a long vertical crease in the jacket's spine. Inscribed by the author on the half..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 91pp. Sextodecimo [18 cm] 1/4 olive green cloth with green and white patterned paper over boards. An attractive unmarked bookplate has been loosely laid in. The spine is moderately rolled back, and the top fore edge corner of the front cover..... More
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1983. Joe Servello. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 152pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped portrait pastiche of Sherlock Holmes on the front cover. Bright blue endpapers. The spine ends and..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc.; Peregrine Smith Books, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 183pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Dark green vinyl cloth over boards. Very good, in a very good dust jacket. The edges of the jacket are rubbed and creased. There are also a handful of small..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs M. Smith, Inc.; Peregrine Smith Books, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 183pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Dark green vinyl cloth over boards. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with mild rubbing and creasing, and approximately 6 small closed tears in the edges. Signed, "David..... More