Ephemera. 3 pieces of correspondence, two from Terry Tempest Williams, one from her assistant. A typewritten letter from Literary Assistant Monette Clark on an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper with the letterhead of Terry Tempest Williams. Dated January 10, 2001. A note card dated 7 June 2001. The..... 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
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (An Owl Book), 1984. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 203pp. Octavo [21 cm] Printed wraps, with covers designed by Elissa Ichiyasu. With light surface and edge-wear to the wraps. Top fore-edge corners of pages gently bumped. A collection of essays selected personally by the..... 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
New York: E. P. Dutton, October 10, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. Octavo [21.6cm]. 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards. Head and tail edge of boards slightly faded. Head and tail of spine very slightly rubbed. Pages age toned. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket with one small tear measuring..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, October 10, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth and beige paper over boards. With light sunning to the edges of the boards. In the dust jacket, with only a couple of very minor traces of soiling. From Publisher: Good News..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 225pp. Octavo [21.5 cm]; 1/2 black cloth over red paper covered boards. These are as new copies of the author's last collection of essays published in 1988. This book includes one of Abbey's most important essays, "A Writer's Credo." The..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 1985. R. Crumb. Second Printing of the Tenth Anniversary Trade Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 356pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles, and a gilt stamped design of a wrench on the front cover. Cartographic endpapers. The covers are just..... More
New York: Punctum Books, 2013. First edition. Paperback. 106 pp. [21 cm]; grey and red illustrated wraps. More
New York: Crown, 1980. Yvonne Gilbert. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 141pp. Quarto [24.5 cm] Light brown cloth-effect paper over boards, with a dark brown ink stamped title on the spine. Boards a trifle cocked. In a price clipped dust jacket, with several minor scrapes to the rear panel- the..... More
New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1951. First edition. Paperback. 255pp. Octavo [20 cm] Illustrated wraps. In fragile condition. The text block has almost completely pulled away from the spine. Text block cracked here and there. Based on the author's experiences in Pittsburgh's Allegheny County Jail in 1941. In Brown's novel..... 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
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Later printing. Hardcover. 229pp. Sextodecimo [16.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the backstrip. Blind ruled borders on the boards. Backstrip a hair darkened. Cloth at spine ends and tips of corners rubbed. Barely perceptible soiling to the boards. Text block..... More
London: DK Classics, 2025. Reprint. Hardcover. 261pp. Duodecimo [21cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. Stamped in gold with sprayed edges. "The four March girls live together, as different as sisters as can be. There is sensible, romantic Meg and sweet, sunshiny Beth. There is Jo, who burns with the ambition to..... More
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 272pp. Octavo [22 cm] Magenta cloth over boards. The boards are just a trifle cocked. In the illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing. An honest and unforgettable account of soldiers away from home. Signed by Brian Aldiss on..... More
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo [22 cm] Black paper over boards, with gentle bruising to the head of the spine. In a dust jacket with general light rubbing and multiple light scratches. A poignant memoir. Based on journals that the author and his wife..... 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
New York: Grove Press, 2005. Later printing. Paperback. 242pp. Octavo [21cm]. Printed wraps. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Circa 1950. Later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 343pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth over boards, with some staining to the front board, and a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. In a worn dust jacket, with a number of losses from the edges. Inscribed by..... More
New York: Ballantine, 2025. First edition. Hardcover. 287pp. Octavo. [25 cm]. 1/4 dark blue. Title stamped in foil on spine. Light blue paper over 3/4. Illustratead dust jacket. "In San Francisco in 1866, an Irish nun, abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter..... More
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
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
New York: Henry Holt, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. Maroon boards quarterbound in black cloth are clean. Very slight bump at the tail of the spine. Dust Jacket - is clean and bright. More
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Turquoise cloth spine and boards. Light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. Black publisher's remainder mark on the upper edge. Dust Jacket. . More