Modern First Editions & Modern Literature
The Recognitions
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 956pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Printed wrappers. Very good. More
My Holy Satan
Denver, Colorado: Alan Swallow, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 326pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light blue cloth with printed title on front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. This special limited edition subscription printing of the first edition for friends of Vardis Fisher. Edition of 200 copies signed by Vardis Fisher and numbered of..... More
We Are Betrayed
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Brown cloth with title gilt on backstrip. Light chipping to jacket spine at top and to jacket rear cover at top, slight sunning to jacket spine; boards are crisp and unworn. More
City of Illusion
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 382pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Orange cloth with black label on backstrip. Jacket price clipped. More
The Stories of Eva Luna
New York: Atheneum, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 330pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over mustard boards. Near fine/Fine. Former owner's blind stamp on the front free endsheet. Inscribed the author in ink on the front free endsheet. More
The Partly Cloudy Patriot
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 197pp. 21.5cm. Red and tan binding. Blue printed title on backstrip. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Second full length work from the author of 'Take the Cannoli" and the 'This American Life' contributor. More
Loving Pedro Infante
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 325 pp. Octavo. 1/2 gold cloth over yellow boards. Fine/Fine. Warmly inscribed by the author to Terry Tempest Williams on the half title. Inscription reads ' 4.6.01 - For Terry - In sisterhood and friendship - to my - spirit..... More
The Yogi of Cockroach Court
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1947. First edition. Hardcover. 277pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Red cloth. Very good/Near fine. Corners of jacket lightly chipped with subtle losses. Head of jacket's front panel chipped with loss. Signed by the author on the title page. Tanner A10. More
Winter Count
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Black cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at head and tail of spine and light rubbing at the tips of the corners. 112 pp. Signed by the author on the title page in light blue felt pen..... More
To Walk the Line.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1970. First edition, #128/225. Hardcover. 236pp. Octavo. 1/4 orange cloth over light orange boards. Near fine/Near fine. DOUBLE SIGNED. Signed by the author on a limitation colphon that is attached to the front free endsheet, and signed again on the title page. First novel by..... More
Bookwoman's Last Fling
New York: Scribner, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 369 pp. The long awaited fifth novel in mystery writer John Dunning's renowned Cliff Janeway biblio detective series. Rare books meet race horses from Idaho to California in the latest Cliff Janeway thriller. More
Unsettling, The
San Francisco: MacAdam/ Cage, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 329 pp. Collection of short stories by Peter Rock. More
Life Full of Holes.
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 310pp. Octavo. Blue cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip. Near fine/Near fine. A novel tape-recorded in Moghrebi and translated into English by Paul Bowles. More
Buffalo Girls
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. 329 pp. Softcover; yellow, printed wraps. Some light soiling and Minor shelf wear to the outer wraps. Internally fine. More
America Was Promises
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, Inc., 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 20pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with silver stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Near fine with very good dust jacket. Slight soiling of dust jacket; dust jacket spine is sunned with some minor wear..... More
River Notes: The Dance of Herons
Kansas City, MO: Andrews & McMeel, Inc., 1979. First edition, Advance uncorrected proofs. Paperback. 89pp. Small octavo [21.5 cm] Green printed wrappers. Near fine. Advance proofs of the second nonfiction work by the award winning author. More
Followers of the Sun: A Trilogy of the Santa Fe Trail--Wolf Song, In Those Days, The Blood of the Conquerors
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 265pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Original tan cloth with printed design on the front board; printed design and title to the spine. Very good. Some minor soiling on the covers. The cloth covers are also foxed, and darkened along the hinges..... More
Vardis Fisher: Challenge to Evasion
Chicago: Normandie House, 1938. First edition; limited edition. Hardcover. 63 pp.; colophon. Limited edition of 400 copies. Preface by Vardis Fisher. Red cloth with gilt design on the front board; title to spine. Minor wear and rubbing to surfaces and extremities. Internally fine. More
The Vridar Hunter Tetralogy: In Tragic Life, Passions Spin the Plot, We Are Betrayed, No Villain Need Be.
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. First editions. Hardcover. Four volume set. Complete. 464, 428, 369, 387 pp. All volumes are near fine with like dustjackets. Light wear to edges of all books. Minor soiling of dustjacket panels with minor rubbing, wear and a few edge tears. Not price clipped. Bookplates..... More
My Holy Satan
Denver, Colorado: Alan Swallow, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 326pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light blue cloth with printed title on front board and backstrip. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine and surrounding areas are subtly faded. The dust jacket is in very..... More
Darkness and the Deep
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1943. Limited first edition. Leather bound. 296pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black grained leather with gilt stamped title on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Fine. The De Luxe edition od Darkness and the Deep is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. Signed by Vardis Fisher..... More
The Golden Rooms
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1944. Limited first edition. Leather bound. 324pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Red grained leather with gilt bands and title to backstrip. Title and author gilt stamped on front board. Fine. The De Luxe Edition of The Golden Rooms is limited to 125 signed and numbered..... More
Battle of Angels
Murray, Utah: Pharos, 1945. First edition. Paperback. 123 [4] pp. Octavo [23 cm] Light gray and red printed wraps. Good only. Fragile wraps. The covers are darkened and slightly soiled. There are two inch losses from the each end of the spine. The yapp edges are chipped and have numerous..... More