The Children in the Woods: New and Selected Stories.
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1994. First edition. Wraps.
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The Children in the Woods: New and Selected Stories.
NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1994. First edition. Wraps.
Invisible Mending.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1984. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 277 pp. Jacket lightly scuffed and worn around edges, sunned at spine. Card from author enclosed, additional signature on title page. Pages clean and tight. Novel of a Jewish woman in New York.
Countrymen of Bones.
New York: Horizon Press, 1983. First edition. 1/4 Cloth. 8vo. 217 pp. Corners bumped. Jacket is scuffed with small tears to the top edge. Previous owner's signature to front inside flap. First edition. One man is working on the mystery of the atom bomb, the other the mystery of an.....
Severance.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 263 pp. 12mo. Hardcover in dustjacket. First edition. Slight wear to jacket, in great condition. Very light edge wear to book, in excellent condition.
Sun Dogs.
New York: Horizon Press, 1982. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 218 pp. From the author of The Alleys of Eden comes this novel touching on themse of a man's search for viable meaning in his life, for personal salvation. Book's spine is bumped on top and bottom. DJ is a......
Niagara:; A Stereophonic Novel
Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1969. Hardcover. 267 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Review copy w/ slip laid in. Light shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock quite clean, practically crisp. Slight scuffing, chipping & edgewear to dj.
Prose Pieces.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Hardcover. 407 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj. Review copy, w/ review slip laid in. The Works of Witter Bynner Vol. 4. Light foxing & soiling to boards & spine. Binding very sturdy. Some faint foxing to textblock edges & scattered lightly to otherwise.....
Messer Marco Polo.
New York, NY: The Century Co., 1921. First edition. Cloth. 147 pp., 8vo. Hardcover in dj & slc. First edition. Romantic fiction about travels of Marco Polo. Orange cloth with black lettering, four illustrations. Slight shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding holding sturdy. Custom blue cloth dj w/ gold-stamped leather.....
Destiny Bay.
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1928. Hardcover in a slipcase. 4to. 350 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, slipcase is rubbed, knicked and bumped around edges, former owners bookplate to fpd. "If any phrase in Destiny Bay show a prediliction toward one or the other way.....
The Line of Love.
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1905. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 291 pp. Corners slightly bumped, some slight rubbing to cloth. Decorative covers with slightly rubbed oval paste-on illustration by Pyle, gilt lettering. Spine decoration somewhat faded. Decorated endpapers, tiny bookseller's label on fpd. Story inspired by "Les Adventures d'Adhelmar.....
Sub-Hollywood: A Novel.
Los Angeles: Yes Press, 2005. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 335 pp. Book is in excellent condition. Crisp and clean interior. First edition, signed by the author next to his fingerprint on the halt-title page.
The Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher.
New York: Arbor House, 1975. Paperback. 502 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Review copy w/ slip, notes & b&w; author photo laid in. Light scuffs & edgewear to covers & spine; some sunning to spine lettering & les sto front cover lettering. Binding very sturdy. Foxing to textblock edges. Interior quite clean.....
Strange Fugitive.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 264 pgs. Cloth faded and worn slightly at edges, faint soil. Faint soil and browning to page edges. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly rolled. The author's first novel.
Trapp's Peace.
St. James Place, London: Collins, 1979. First edition. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 180 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, light rubbing along dj edges, dj is price clipped. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. First edition to Callison's follow-up to Trapp's War.
Touched.
New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 1996. First edition. Boards w/ Dustjacket. 8vo. 313 pp. Illustrated front dj cover. Light rubbing to dj edges. Remnants of sticker to dj spine. "Autographed Copy" sticker to front dj cover. Dj edges lightly soiled. Very light shelfwear to book edges. Inscribed.....
For Kings And Planets.
New York: Random House, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. 336 pp. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Cover lightly rubbed and slightly sprung. Stunning novel about two men, vastly different and from opposite worlds, who meet at Columbia University. Follows the course of these men's lives, women and work.
Yerney's Justice.
New York: Vanguard Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 101 pp., 12mo. Hardcover. First edition. English translation. Light shelfwear & soiling to boards & spine; slight discoloration to spine. Binding very sturdy. Textblock quite clean, practically crisp.
Truelove and Homegrown Tomatoes.
Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, 2001. First edition. Wraps. 5 x 7". 262 pp. Very slightly creased along spine, otherwise in excellent condition. Three women in Georgia look for love.
Honeymoon and Other Stories.
New York: Nan A. Talese, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 161pp., illustrated dj cover, dj spine ends rubbed and bumped, edges and corners rubbed, book spine ends rubbed and lightly bumped with a closed tear on joint of front cover.
Into the Great Wide Open.
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1996. First edition. Quarter Cloth. 8vo. 244 pp. Jacket rubbed slightly. Signed by author on title page.
Acts of Faith.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2005. Paperback. 8vo. 666 pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, otherwise book is fresh and clean.
The Mermaids Singing.
London: Viking, 1998. First edition. Hard Cover. 254 pp. 8vo. Boards in dustjacket. Shelfwear to jacket, bumping to spine ends and upper corners. Edgewear to book, bumping to spine ends and upper corners. Interior tight and clean.
Jack Maggs.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. 304 pp. Light soiling, some bending to front cover. The story of a thief in 1830's London and how he comes to live amongst a wealthy but emotionally distressed household. Full of mystery, science, and passion. Signed by the author.
From the Teeth of Angels.
New York: Doubleday, 1994. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 212 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Otherwise book is in excellent condition. First edition. Signed by the author. Signed.