Plowing the Dark
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 415pp. Octavo [21 cm] Peach printed wrappers. Fine. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 415pp. Octavo [21 cm] Peach printed wrappers. Fine. More
New York: Atheneum, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 195pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles. Top edge dyed red. Very good. The spine ends and edges of the covers are subtly sun faded and gently bumped. There is a minor slant to the spine. The dust..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009. Paperback. 271 pp. Octavo. Black covers with title in red. Author interview included inside. Eighteen-year-old Stony De Coco has to make a choice: either join his father in the tightly knit world of New York's construction unions or take off and find his..... More
New York: Picador, 1992. Later printing. Paperback. 611 pp. Octavo. Black pictoral covers with title in yellow. Excerpt from Richard Price's new novel, Lush Life, included inside. At once an intense mystery and a revealing study of two men, a veteran homicide detective and an inner-city crack dealer, on opposite..... More
New York: A Douglas Book, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. 154pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Silver paper over boards. Red, white, and blue silk ribbon page-marker. With a slight lean to the spine. In the dust jacket with subtle wear to the panels. From the dust jacket- "On the morning of September..... More
New York: Scribner, 1999. William Matthews. First edition. Hardcover. 283pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black paper with light sea green paper covered boards. Near fine / Very good. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly soiled. Minor price sticker remains on the front panel. Includes six full color..... More
New York: Scribner, 1999. William Matthews. First edition. Hardcover. 283pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black paper with light sea green paper covered boards. Includes six full color full page paintings William Matthews that were only included in the first edition. Includes the short story 'Brokeback Mountain' that was the basis..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 381pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. Very good / Very good. The rear panel of the dust jacket is mildly soiled. The author's brilliantly obsessive novel about an accordion and the life that it leads from one family to..... More
New York: Scribner, 1996. Signed first edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 381pp. Octavo [24cm]. 1/4 brown cloth over beige paper covered boards. Title stamped in copper on spine. In a lightly soiled dust jacket, with a past price sticker obscuring the bar code. More
New York: 1971. First edition, 1/300. [24pp] Oblong duodecimo [18 cm by 20.5 cm] Tan stapled wrappers with cover artwork by the author. Near fine. This edition was limited to 300 copies, this copy is number 269. Signed and inscribed by the author. Signed on the limitation page, and warmly..... More
New York: Scribner, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 287pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 blue paper with pale green paper over boards. Very good. The front cover is a little bit concave. The dust jacket is in fine condition. David Quammen has won the National Magazine Award for his science essays..... More
Santa Fe: Red Crane Books, 1993. Advance Readers Copy. Paperback. 218pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue and black printed wraps. Very good. Very minor sun fading to the extremities. The front cover has a large abraded patch, where the publisher's information was rubbed out. There is also a small light stain..... More
Santa Fe, NM: Red Crane Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 218pp. Octavo [22.5cm]. Blue boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Light bumping to extremities. In a mildly toned and rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. A novel of murder..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1938. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 147pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in original mottled red cloth. Recased. Major restoration to jacket; label removed from front board; ink stamps washed from free endpaper, foxing to front matter and rear endpapers. In custom red cloth clamshell case. A first..... More
New York: Signet, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 1070pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. "Who is John Galt? When he says that he will stop the motor of the world, is he a destroyer or a liberator? Why does he have to fight his battles not against his enemies but against those..... More
New York: Signet, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. 704pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2013. Victoria Vebell. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 741pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Full blue leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endsheets. Collector's Notes laid in. Complete in..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Ochre colored boards quarterbound in brown paper spine. "My Dear Sister, I'm writing to warn you: Cattino - the cat who is soon to arrive at your house with my wife - is really a lion," laments Lorenzoccio, the..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996. Fritz Kredel. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 175pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Black leather with raised bands, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative patterns on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Orange moire endsheets. Light brown ribbon page marker. Fine..... More
New York: Richard R. Smith, 1936. Martha Moore. First edition. Hardcover. 235pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth covered boards with silver stamped titles. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. The endsheets are very mildly darkened and soiled. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There..... More
Greenwich, Ct. New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 120pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Light gray cloth covered boards with a brown ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine condition. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped. The dust jacket is in very good..... More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 120pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Bound in light gray cloth with title stamped in brown ink on spine. Spine ends and extremities lightly bumped. Dust jacket rubbed. This title was supposedly ghostwritten by Larry McMurtry. More
New York: Grove Publishers. Fourth printing. Paperback. 491 pp. Octavo. [21 cm]. Pictorial wraps. Including a new interview with the author. "“[Rechy’s] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in..... More
London: J. & C. Brown and Co. Wm. Harvey. One volume edition. Hardcover. 447pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt tooled spine, and embossed designs on the covers. Fair. The covers are rubbed, and the spine is faded. The front cover is hanging on by a...... More
New York: Norton, 2021. First edition. Paperback. 223pp. Octavo [21cm]. Illustrated wraps. "How do we properly define cultural appropriation, and is it always wrong? If we can write in the voice of another, should we? And if so, what questions do we need to consider first? Creative writing professor Paisley..... More