Literature
Paula
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 326pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Yellow and black printed wraps. Very good. The covers are mildly soiled, faded and creased. The rear wrap is slightly scratched. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. Isabel Allende is the author of The House of..... More
The Sum of Our Days
New York: Harper, 2008. First American edition. Hardcover. 301pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 dark brown paper with tan paper covered boards and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is very slightly rolled. There is a tiny dark stain on the top edge of the front..... More
Violeta
New York: Peng/Rand, 2022. First U.S. edition. hardcover. SIGNED. 322pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Green paper over boards with the title stamped in gold on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by author in blue ink. From the publisher: Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first..... More
Bastard Out of Carolina
New York: A Dutton Book, 1992. Uncorrected proofs. Paperback. 307pp. Octavo [21 cm] Green wraps. The preliminary and terminal pages are prominently darkened. The publisher's contact info is in pen on the front wrap. The author's debut novel. More
Home is the Sailor: The Whole Truth Concerning the Redoubtful Adventures of Captain Vasco Moscoso de Aragao, Master Mariner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Octavo [22 cm] Navy blue cloth spine and boards. Pea green publisher's topstain. Light bumping to the extremities; fore-edge of text block lightly foxed. In a dust jacket, with moderate toning, and very occasional short closed tears and..... More
The Folks That Live on the Hill
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Tan boards quarterbound in navy blue cloth are clean. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and at the tip of the upper rear corner. Just a trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of the lower corners. Black..... More
Bless Me, Ultima
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 1999. Later printing. Paperback. 272pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Illustrated wraps. Exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English. Indeed, Anaya's tales fairly shimmer with the haunting beauty and richness of his culture. The winner of the..... More
Tortuga
Berkeley: Editorial Justa Publications, Inc, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 197pp. Octavo [22 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. There is a faint embossed owner's stamp on the front free endpaper, and again on the title page. The front endpaper is gently pulling..... More
Cuentos Chicanos: A Short Story Anthology
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Revised edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 186pp. Octavo [23 cm] Yellow and black printed wraps. The spine and surrounding areas are faded. A collection of short stories by Chicano authors edited by Rudolfo Anaya and Antonio Marquez. Inscribed by Anaya on the half title..... More
Night Dogs
Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 522 numbered pages. Octavo, red cloth boards with gold title stamped on spine, in fine dust jacket. Black endpapers are stamped in gold with the seal of the Portland police department. Foreword by James Crumley. Signed and dated by the author..... More
The Angelic Avengers
New York: Random House, 1947. First US Edition. Hardcover. 402pp. Octavo. Teal cloth over boards with decorative piece stamped in gilt on front board. Previous bookstore stamp on front free ensheet. 1/4" open tear in head of spine of dust jacket. The only book written under a pen name by..... More
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
New York: Ballantine Books, 2015. Later printing. Paperback. 289pp. Duodecimo [17.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment..... More
The Diary of My Honeymoon
Cleveland: The Goldsmith Publishing Co., 1910 on copyright page. Reprint. Hardcover. 308pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Light green cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Good. The boards are gently bowed. The extremities are very mildly bumped and darkened. The edges of the text..... More
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V Zajetí Slov
Prague: Svoboda, 1969. Later Czech edition. Hardcover. 209 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with stamped illustration of eyeglasses, a pipe, and a pen on front cover. Publisher's pink top stain. Original dust jacket is in very good- condition, intact but foxed, toned, and mildly torn at edges..... More
The Limberlost Review: A Literary Journal of the Mountain West
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2021. Royden Card. 2021 Edition. Paperback. 359pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "The 2021 Edition features work by Robert Wrigley, Gino Sky, Nancy Takacs, David Lee, Bethany Schultz Hurst, E. Ethelbert Miller, Alex Kuo, Sherman Alexie, Judith Root, Jim Heynen, Gary Gildner, Rachel Tennelach, Hank Nuwer, Ron..... More
Simplicity Jones And Other Stories
London: Collins, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 250pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Pink cloth over boards. The boards are a hair warped and the spine is subtly sunned. The text block is cracked at p. 145, however it is still very sturdy. In the dust jacket, with fading to the spine, light..... More
The Handmaid's Tale
New York: Anchor Books, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. 311pp. Octavo [20 cm]; illustrated wraps. "In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles..... More
The Handmaid's Tale
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. 311pp. Octavo [23 cm] 1/4 turquoise cloth with gray paper covered boards. In the pictorial dust jacket ($16.95 price on front flap), with moderate toning. With the publisher's publicity bookcard laid in, in fine condition. Atwood is the author of over..... More
The MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood, MaddAddam
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2003-2013. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 378; 425; 394pp. Octavo [24.5cm]. Two volumes featuring gray boards, one tan. Titles stamped in various metallic hues on spines. Boards lightly faded at edges. "The Year of the Flood" and "MaddAddam" are both signed by the author in black..... More
Jane Austen: The Complete Works 7-Book Boxed Set
Penguin Classics, 2015. Coralie Bickford-Smith. Hardcover. 3120pp. Octavo [21 cm] Seven-book box set containing Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Love and Freindship, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, and Mansfield Park in a floral slipcase. Various colored cloth over boards. Sealed in publishers shrinkwrap. Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and..... More
Pride and Prejudice
Sirius, 2022. Hardcover. 352pp. Duodecimo [17cm]. Purple paper over boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Additional gilt stamped illustration on front board. All edges gilt. More
Sense and Sensibility
London: Sirius, 2023. Hardcover. 365pp. Duodecimo. Blue paper over boards with illustrated gilt on front board. "This elegant gift edition presents Jane Austen's best-loved work, Sense and Sensibility, featuring beautiful gold-embossed cover designs, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers. Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor..... More
The Land of Little Rain
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Sierra Edition. Hardcover. 280pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Brown cloth over boards lettered and pictorially stamped in brown and green. E. Boyd Smith frontispiece. Spine ends just a little bruised. Minor wrinkle in cloth at bottom of front board. In the pictorial dust jacket, with a small..... More
A Glass Of Water
New York: Grove Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 215pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Hardcover in dustjacket. NEW. From the publisher: "An award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca has established himself as an inspiring and important spokesperson for the Chicano experience, continually giving voice to the voiceless. His first novel, A...... More