The late Patrick Eddington was a Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project,” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling..... More
Educational Comics, Inc., 1954. Paperback. Thin quarto [26 cm] Illustrated wraps. Good only. The spine has been taped. There is a dark stain on the rear wrap that runs along the entire length of the spine. The stain is 1/2 inch thick. The edges of the wraps are mildly chipped..... More
The Mentor Association, Inc., 1913-1916. Leather bound. Black bonded leather spines with pebbled green cloth covered boards. The index volume has green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front board. Good. The extremities are gently rubbed, particularly the spines. The spines are also subtly rolled. The..... More
NP: De L'Imprimerie de la societe Litteraire- Typographique, 1784. Hardcover. Single volume only--(#58 of 70 volume set). Quarter leather with speckled paper over boards. A spine of a later date has been professionally attached. Gilt, leather spine label. Some wear and rubbing to surfaces and edges. Endsheets of a later..... More
Dundee, OR: Authors of the West, 1981. Reprint. Paperback. 20pp. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled tan and black printed wraps. Very good. The last page is yellowed. Includes numerous details concerning his works. Reprint of the Caxton Printers, Ltd. edition from 1939. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 203pp. Octavo [21 cm] Printed wraps, with rubbing to the wraps, and light edgewear. Inscribed by Edward Abbey on the half title page: "To____- best of everything, Edward Abbey, La Jolla '84." A collection of essays selected personally..... More
Moab, Utah: Back of Beyond Books, 2018. Facsimile edition. 262pp. Small folio [31cm]. Unbound sheets with printing on recto. Printed on 80# Smooth Text Pacesetter Opaque Digital paper by AMP Printing + Graphics. Housed in a custom brown cloth clamshell box with title stamped in white on spine, and blind..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1980. Early trade paperback printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 242pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated casebound wraps. Very good. The wraps are a bit toned, and there is a gift inscription on the half title page, below the author's signature. There is a Valentine sticker on this page..... More
Chosho Publishing, 2022. Reprint. Paperback. 360pp. Octavo [22.5]. Illustrated wraps. This is a print-on-demand title, but the text is clear and easy to read. The author never wished this title to be reprinted, and the author would not wish you to read it. Abbey himself described this early novel as..... More
New York: Holt Paperbacks, 1996. Reprint. Paperback. 400pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]. Black and white pictorial wraps. This book is different from any other Edward Abbey book. It includes essays, travel pieces and fictions to reveal Ed's life directly, in his own words. More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Vinegar Tom Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 37pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over boards. Front board is bound in illustrated paper, and there is a small paper label on spine. Head of front board is a touch yellowed. Included is the publisher's original packaging..... More
New York: Punctum Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. 106 pp. [21 cm]; grey and red illustrated wraps. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. First edition thus. Paperback. 193pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good condition. Contributors include Carson McCullers, Wallace Stegner, May Sarton, Josephine Johnson and others. More
New York: Picador, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. 248pp. Octavo [21cm]. Illustrated wraps. Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Fiction. "The story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. Reprint. Paperback. 262pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo" a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan..... More
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. First Vintage Books Edition, Later Printing. Paperback. 204pp. Octavo [20.25 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson’s “Dr. Gonzo,”..... More
New York: Vintage, 2004. Second edition. Paperback. 289pp. Octavo. Pictoral covers with title in yellow on spine. A tremendously acclaimed and exquisitely realized novel of literary suspense, Harbor recounts the adventures of Aziz Arkoun who, at twenty-four, makes his way to America via the hold of an Algerian tanker. Though..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2003. First printing. Paperback. 20 pp. Stitched Wraps. Elik/Utah #2. More
London: Atlantic Books, 2009. First UK edition. 351pp. Second book from Adiga, who won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, "The White Tiger." "Between the Assassinations presents a compelling microcosm of Indian life in the 80s, the years between the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv"--from..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Bright orange boards eighthbound in yellow cloth are clean. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Dust jacket has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the head of the spine and at the extreme..... More
London and New York: Chapman & Hall; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. Later printing. Hardcover. 472pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Brown cloth over boards. The front endsheet is heavily glue stained and abraded. The text block is cracked here and there, however the book is still quite sturdy. An account of..... More
New York: Little, Brown, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 345pp. Octavo [24cm]. Tan boards with title stamped in black on spine. "A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, 'Homeland Elegies' blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and..... More
Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 84pp. Slim octavo [23.5 cm] Dark green cloth with silver lettering on the backstrip and front board. Inscribed by Alexie on the title page" "for____- / We have to believe in the power / of our imagination because it's all..... More
Brooklyn, New York: Hanging Loose Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 116pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Yellow boards with black ink stamped titles. The spine ends and corners of the covers are a bit bumped, and the boards are lightly soiled. No dust jacket as issued. Inscribed (recipient not specified) by..... More
New York: Grove Press, 2005. Later printing. Paperback. 242pp. Octavo [21cm]. Printed wraps. More