The Knife Thrower
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1998. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 258pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Very good. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1998. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 258pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Very good. More
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 239pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 red cloth over green boards. The front panel of the dust jacket is moderately rubbed. Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. Millhauser writes, "December 1993, Saratoga Springs, New York - Steven Millhauser." More
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 239pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 red cloth over green boards. The front panel of the dust jacket is marginally rubbed. Signed by the author on the front free endsheet. Millhauser writes, "December 1993, Saratoga Springs, New York - Steven Millhauser." More
New York: Poseidon Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 239pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 red cloth over green boards. The front panel of the dust jacket is marginally rubbed. Inscribed (recipient not specified) by the author on the front free endsheet. Millhauser writes, "December 1993, Saratoga Springs, New York -..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1996. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. Signed by the author. Advance reading copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. More
New York: New Directions, 2015. Reprint. Paperback. 254 pp. Octavo [20 cm]; illustrated covers. From the publisher: "Confessions of a Mask reflects Mishima's own coming of age in post-war Japan. Its publication in English – praised by Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, and Christopher Isherwood – propelled the young Yukio Mishima..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 2018. 50th Anniversary - later printing. Paperback. 185pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A special 50th anniversary edition of the magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from renowned Kiowa writer and poet N. Scott Momaday, with a new preface by the author. A young Native American, Abel has come home..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1976. First edition. Perfect bound. 171 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Yellow printed wraps. Title penned in red ink on spine. Wraps heavily sunned and ever so slightly creased at corners, else near fine. A well preserved uncorrected proof of "The Names", written by Pulitzer..... More
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1927. Hardcover. 242pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. The edges of the spine and covers are very lightly bumped and rubbed, and the spine is rolled. The edges of the text block are..... More
Garden City: A. L. Burt Company, 1931. Carl Moon. Hardcover. 284pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Bright orange cloth covered boards with black and purple decorative ink stamped titles and designs on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped. The front endsheet..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 300pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 navy blue cloth over peach boards. Light soiling to front board. In a dust jacket, with light rubbing to the surface. Signed by Christopher Moore on the title page. Moore's third published novel, and the..... More
New York: William Morrow, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. 390 pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]; dark and light blue paper covered boards, titling printed in gold on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by the author in black ink on the tipped-in publisher's page. First printing with full number line. From the..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Topaz House, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Two staple, saddle staple binding. Keith Moore is a graduate of the University of Utah, and has been previously published in Western Humanities Review, Weber Studies, Irreantum, and other journals. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Octavo [22cm]. 1/4 gray cloth over gray boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Foot of spine mildly bumped. Dust jacket is faintly scratched in a few spots. Moore's well-received second novel, told primarily through recollection, is the story of..... More
Washington DC: William F. Boogher, Publisher, 1885. First edition. Paperback. 87pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown and black printed wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly soiled, rubbed and creased. There are small losses from the paper at the ends of the spine. The larger loss is at the foot of..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. First UK edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Octavo [20 cm] Bright chartreuse cloth over boards with the title and decorative borders stamped in blue on the backstrip. Publisher's blue topstain. The spine ends are a bit bruised. In the dust jacket, with mild toning (most visible on..... More
New York: Vintage, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. 205pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue..... More
New York: Vintage International, 2019. Later printing. Paperback. 354pp. Octavo [20.5]. Photographic wraps. "These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. She looks deeply..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. 1/4 brown paper over black boards. Title stamped in bright blue on spine and front board. "Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Octavo. Black boards thirdbound in a maroon cloth spine with gilt lettering. Very light bumping at the head of the spine. Signed by the author on the title page in black pen. 267 pages. Dust Jacket -..... More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly, 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. 438pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 dark blue paper with light blue paper covered boards. Near fine / Near fine. The edges of the jacket are lightly rubbed. Farley Mowat is Canada's most beloved naturalist-author. More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1954. Warren Tufts. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with bold silver stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed. The edges are chipped and creased, and..... More
London: Peter Owen, 1967. Hardcover. 176pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth effect paper over boards. Very good plus condition. The top edge of the text block and the endsheets are lightly foxed. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with foxing as well. From the dust jacket- "The essence..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 2013. Reprint. Paperback. 1157pp. Octavo [20 cm]. Illustrated wraps. New. "A love story, a mystery, a fantasy, a novel of self-discovery, a dystopia to rival George Orwell's--1Q84 is a tremendous feat of imagination from one of our most revered contemporary writers." More