Literature
A Craving for Swan
Columbus: A Sandstone Book / Ohio State University Press, 1986. First paperback edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 314pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine. The essays in this book were broadcast on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" between 1983 and 1985. An exquisite collection of rants. More
[sic]; A Memoir
New York: W.W. Norton, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 266 pp. [22cm] Black boards with bright yellow dust jacket. From the publisher A searing memoir about devastating illness, creativity, sex and drugs, and thirty-something life in New York. Joshua Cody, a brilliant young composer, was about to receive his PhD when he was..... More
Chief Left Hand Southern Arapaho
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. First edition. 338pp. Octavo [23.5 cm.] Full gray cloth with silver stamped title on backstrip. Very good/Near fine. Short closed tear to head of jacket's rear panel. Light rubbing to corners of jacket. Former owner bookplate on front free endsheet. Subtle rubbing to..... More
The Alchemist
New York: Harper Collins, 1998. Later Printing. Paperback. 197 pp. 21 cm. Tan wrappers. More
The Alchemist
HarperOne, 2014. 25th Anniversary Edition; later printing. Paperback. 182pp. Octavo [20.5cm]; illustrated wraps. Translated by Alan R. Clarke. More
The Changing Wind
New York: Bantam Books, 1990. Uncorrected Page Proofs. Paperback. SIGNED. 294pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Light red and blue printed wraps. Very good. The spine is subtly faded. Signed by Don Coldsmith on the title page. More
Another Marvelous Thing
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray boards quarterbound in a slightly lighter gray cloth spine. Faint bump at the rear corner of the head of the spine. 130 pages. Dust Jacket - has very slight rubbing near the tips of the front two outside corners. More
The Lone Pilgrim
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Light peach colored boards quarterbound in light gray cloth spine. Light bumping at the head of the spine. Light sunning along the extreme upper edge of each board. 211 pages. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the..... More
Apache
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1931. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. Publisher's light brown cloth spine and boards with orange lettering. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips of the upper corners, with light accompanying rubbing. Orange publisher's topstain. 274..... More
Go-Ahead Rider
New York: M. Evans & Company, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 159pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth spine and boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Spine ends gently bumped. Dust jacket - has light rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the tips..... More
Mountain Windsong: A Novel of the Trail of Tears
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 218pp. Octavo [22 cm] Light brown cloth spine and boards. Dust Jacket - spine has sunned to a light blue color - lettering unaffected. Very nice copy! More
The Runner: A Romance of the Niagaras
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 481pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good. The spine ends are gently bumped, and the..... More
Routes of Man; How Roads are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today
New York: Knopf, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 333pp. Octavo [24cm] Hardcover in dustjacket. Tan cloth boards. From the publisher: "Roads bind our world—metaphorically and literally—transforming landscapes and the lives of the people who inhabit them. Roads have unparalleled power to impact communities, unite worlds and sunder them, and reveal the..... More
The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. 1000 copy edition. Hardcover. 217pp. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Dark blue cloth covered boards with white ink stamped titles and a white and light blue ink stamped maritime vignette on the front cover. Good only. The covers are rubbed. The bottom edge of the..... More
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. First edition, later issue. Hardcover. 630pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and an orange and black ink stamped floral and shovel design on the front cover. Very good. The edges of..... More
An Outcast of the Islands
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First American edition. Leather bound. 335pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] 3/4 red leather with marbled paper covered boards, a gilt tooled spine with a gilt stamped title, and gilt ruled borders on the covers. Top edge gilt. Good. The extremities are gently rubbed. There..... More
The Shadow-Line: A Confession
London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1917. First edition. Hardcover. 227; 18pp. Octavo [19 cm] Light green cloth with gilt and brown ink stamped titles, decorative borders and nautical designs on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine is rolled and heavily darkened. The gilt..... More
Tales of Hearsay
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 120pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles stamped on the spine and front board. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed, and the spine is rolled. There is a contemporary gift inscription, along with..... More
Bloody Head
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 254pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Tan cloth spine and boards with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Very good. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and some foxing to the front and..... More
Lorenzo the Magnificent (The Riders from Texas)
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1925. Hardcover. SIGNED. 320pp. Small octavo [19.5 cm] Bright red cloth spine and boards with gilt lettering. Good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are bumped. 3/4" closed tear in the cloth of the head of the spine. Slight spine lean..... More
Gerald's Party
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. Advance reading copy. Paperback. INSCRIBED. 308pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Gray illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. More
A Night at the Movies, Or, You Must Remember This
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 187pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 red cloth over blue boards. Near fine/Near fine. Remainder stamp. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears?
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Advance uncorrected proofs. Paperback. 120pp. Duodecimo [21 cm] Tan printed wrappers. Near fine. More