New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 168pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 gray cloth with matching paper over boards. Tales simultaneously embracing vivid images of ordinary human life and exuberant descriptions of the natural world. Signed by Rick Bass on the title page. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 172pp. Large octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed. Publisher's announcement tucked in. Inscribed by Rick Bass on..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. First Paperback. Paperback. 145pp. 21.5 cm. Collection of three novellas, "...each a singular exploration of the human heart set against the backdrop of nature." "Beautifully written and filled with radiant imagery and a powerful sense of the mysteries of nature-- human and otherwise."..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 189pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 dark red cloth with matching paper over boards. The front board has several faint, light scratches. "Magical, passionate, and lyrical, the three short novels in this collection are perhaps the finest Rick Bass has written... Land..... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 190pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 green cloth with green paper covered boards. Very good. The extremities are ever so slightly bumped and faded. There is a very short frayed tear in the cloth at the head of the spine. In a...... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Paperback. 445pp. In colored wrappers. "...a rich, spacious novel of a man who learns to value the human day as much as the geologic epoch. It is a momorable story of how we-- like the lands we walk upon-- are constantly layered, stressed, eroded, uplifted..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Advanced reader's copy. Paperback. 144pp. 20.5 cm. Blue paperback with black title on cover and backstrip. A few small ink markings throughout book. Includes insert of a note to editor from the Houghton Mifflin Company as well as a news release. Very Good+. Stories about the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Elizabeth Hughes. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 172pp. Large octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth, with black paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Signed by Rick Bass on the title page. Rick Bass is the author of over twenty books, including nonfiction..... More
London: Collins, 1989. Elizabeth Hughes. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 172pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth effect paper paper over boards, with gold lettering on the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with a rubbed surface. Drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. Signed by the award winning author and..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1977. Pierre-Yves Trémois. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 201pp. Quarto [29 cm]; bound in full maroon red leather. Elaborate gilt ornamentation on the spine and boards. All edges gilt. Peach moire endsheets. Silk ribbon bookmark. Near fine condition. Translated into English verse by various hands. Edited..... More
New York: A. Colish, 1971. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 201 pp; 188 pp. Volume I is a quarto [28.5 cm] with red cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on spine, and features a gilt one-line drawing of a female face against black cloth in a square shape on the front..... More
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1978. First edition in Spanish. Paperback. 292pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Orange, white and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The extremities are mildly rubbed and soiled. The spine is faded. The first blank page has an old price sticker stain, and a small patch of adhered..... More
Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1985. Primera edicion en Lecturas Mexicanas. Paperback. 292pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are rubbed, and the bottom edge of the rear wrap is lightly soiled. The pages are mildly yellowed. Spanish text. More
Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1985. Primera edicion en Lecturas Mexicanas. Paperback. 292pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed, and the rear wrap is discolored. There is also an abraded patch on the rear wrap that measures 1 and 1/2 inches deep by 1/4..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 223pp. 1/2 light brown cloth with beige paper covered boards. Fine / Fine. Signed by Baxter on the title page. Two of the stories from this collection were selected for Best American Short Stories (1987, 1989). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 187pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The spine ends and edges of the covers are very lightly bumped and rubbed. The top edge of the text block is foxed, and there are a...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. [SIGNED]. 187 pp. Octavo. [21.5 cm]. Brown cloth over boards with original dust jacket, which is in fine condition save a toned top edge. Pages clean. A humorous and magical novel set in the Southwest wonder of the Arizona desert. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 187pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown boards. Fine in very good dust jacket, which is price clipped and ever so slightly creased on bottom front fore edge. A novel about Papago Indians living in Tucson, Arizona. This is Byrd Baylor's first novel..... More
New York: Random House, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 342 pp. 1/2 cloth binding over paper-covered boards. Signed on the title page by Beattie. Dust jacket subtly faded at spine, bumped at extremities. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 477pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Blue paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine ends and edges of the covers are bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed and..... More
Livingston, MT: Elk River Books, 2015. Limited, first edition (1 of 100). Hardcover. 251 pp. Octavo. Full grey cloth with gold stamped title on the spine. Illustrated dustjacket. Signed and numbered by the author on the verso of the title page. Limited to 100 copies. From the publisher: "From a...... More
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 470pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in grey cloth stamped in gilt and black. Soiling and wear to boards and cocked spine, front board lower corners bumped and exposed, rumpling to rear board; hinges cracked (but holding), ink inscription on front free endpaper. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 313pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 blue and white woven cloth covered boards with pale blue paper covered boards, and black ink stamped tiltle and author information on the spine and front board. Very good. Subtle spine roll. In a very good..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo [20 cm] Yellow cloth with a purple ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. The spine is subtly rolled and the covers are slightly cocked. "Anton Jankowski smoked..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 343pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Blue paper over boards, with title stamped in red on spine, and author's initials in red on front board. "The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and..... More