Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 162pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 ivory white cloth with beige paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are a little bit concave. With a dust jacket, in very good condition. There are 5 small stains on the front panel. The largest stain..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 162pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 ivory white cloth with beige paper covered boards. The spine is slightly rolled, and the boards are just a little bit splayed. Stories about the wildness and freedom of living in the last valley in Montana to..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. Advanced reader's copy. Paperback. 144pp. 20.5 cm. Blue paperback with black title on cover and backstrip. A few small ink markings throughout book. Includes insert of a note to editor from the Houghton Mifflin Company as well as a news release. Very Good+. Stories about the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. Elizabeth Hughes. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 172pp. Large octavo [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth, with black paper covered boards, and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Signed by Rick Bass on the title page. Rick Bass is the author of over twenty books, including nonfiction..... More
London: Collins, 1989. Elizabeth Hughes. First UK edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 172pp. Octavo [22 cm] Black cloth effect paper paper over boards, with gold lettering on the spine. Near fine in a very good dust jacket, with a rubbed surface. Drawings by Elizabeth Hughes. Signed by the award winning author and..... More
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1978. First edition in Spanish. Paperback. 292pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Orange, white and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The extremities are mildly rubbed and soiled. The spine is faded. The first blank page has an old price sticker stain, and a small patch of adhered..... More
Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1985. Primera edicion en Lecturas Mexicanas. Paperback. 292pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are rubbed, and the bottom edge of the rear wrap is lightly soiled. The pages are mildly yellowed. Spanish text. More
Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica, 1985. Primera edicion en Lecturas Mexicanas. Paperback. 292pp. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed, and the rear wrap is discolored. There is also an abraded patch on the rear wrap that measures 1 and 1/2 inches deep by 1/4..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 223pp. 1/2 light brown cloth with beige paper covered boards. Fine / Fine. Signed by Baxter on the title page. Two of the stories from this collection were selected for Best American Short Stories (1987, 1989). More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 187pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The spine ends and edges of the covers are very lightly bumped and rubbed. The top edge of the text block is foxed, and there are a...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 187pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown boards with title stamped in teal on spine. The spine ends are very lightly bumped. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front pastedown, above author's inscription. In a price-clipped dust jacket with multiple closed tears..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 blue cloth with light gray paper covered boards, and a silver stamped title on the spine. The spine ends are mildly bumped and rubbed, and the dust jacket is lightly edge worn. Signed by..... More
New York: Random House, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 342 pp. 1/2 cloth binding over paper-covered boards. Signed on the title page by Beattie. Dust jacket subtly faded at spine, bumped at extremities. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 477pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Blue paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine ends and edges of the covers are bumped. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Lightly rubbed and..... More
Livingston, MT: Elk River Books, 2015. Limited, first edition (1 of 100). Hardcover. 251 pp. Octavo. Full grey cloth with gold stamped title on the spine. Illustrated dustjacket. Signed and numbered by the author on the verso of the title page. Limited to 100 copies. From the publisher: "From a...... More
Livingston, MT: Elk River Books, 2015. First paperback edition. Paperback. 251 pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. From the publisher: "From a beer carton full of 15-years worht of rain-blurred and spine-broken journals come these tales of the road, trail and barstool. Setting out..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 191pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Lime green paper over boards, with slight warping to the front board, and gentle bumping to the extremities. In a worn dust jacket, with a 2 1/2" loss from the jacket's spine. The front panel is nearly detached..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. 470pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in grey cloth stamped in gilt and black. Soiling and wear to boards and cocked spine, front board lower corners bumped and exposed, rumpling to rear board; hinges cracked (but holding), ink inscription on front free endpaper. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 313pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 blue and white woven cloth covered boards with pale blue paper covered boards, and black ink stamped tiltle and author information on the spine and front board. Very good. Subtle spine roll. In a very good..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo [20 cm] Yellow cloth with a purple ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly bumped and rubbed. The spine is subtly rolled and the covers are slightly cocked. "Anton Jankowski smoked..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 343pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Blue paper over boards, with title stamped in red on spine, and author's initials in red on front board. "The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and..... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Hardcover. 322pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 blue cloth with orange paper covered boards. Very good. The covers are slightly concave. There are several very small light stains on the edges of the text block. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well..... More
Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1982. Reprint. SIGNED. 438pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 black cloth with red paper over boards. The covers are just a little stained along the top edges, the front hinge is a little soft, and the pages are mildly tanned. In a dust jacket with rubbing..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Octavo. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth spine. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with just a trace of rubbing. Bright red endpapers. Signed by the author on the free front endpaper in..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1983. Second printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 265pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black boards quarterbound in black cloth spine. The bottom edge of the text block is speckled. Bright red endpapers. The extremities are bumped and a bit faded, and the spine is rolled. The price-clipped..... More