Allende, Isabel.
Daughter of Fortune (Advance Manuscript Copy).
New York: Harper Collins, 1999. ADVANCE MANUSCRIPT COPY, preceding the uncorrected proof. Fine, brad bound with publisher's letter laid in. [Book #100871]. (read more)

Amis, Kingsley.
A Frame of Mind (Uncorrected Proof).
London: University of Reading, 1953. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof, preceding the first edition, Near Fine in white, perfect bound wrappers with offsetting to top edge and fore-edge. This edition is the same as the limited edition, except that the word Proof is written in the limitation blank (ostensibly in Amis' hand). The author's second book, a collection of poems. Published in the same year as Lucky Jim. [Book #59051]. (read more)

Auster, Paul.
Hand to Mouth (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Henry Holt, 1997. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #117848]. (read more)

Auster, Paul (editor, introduction, host).
I Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project (Uncorrected Proof, Signed by Paul Auster).
New York: Henry Holt, 2001. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition (also states Advance Reader's Edition). SIGNED by Paul Auster on the title page. Auster hosted NPR's National Story Project during 2000-2001, and this book is the culmination of the contributions generated, a wonderful collection of true stories by closeted writers all over America. [Book #112193]. (read more)

Barker, Pat.
Blow Your House Down (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Putnam (1984). UNCORRECTED PROOF of the US Edition. Booker Prize-winning author's second book. Faded at the spine, still easily a crisp fine copy in printed wrappers. [Book #89609]. (read more)

Barker, Pat.
Life Class (Uncorrected Proof).
Garden City: Doubleday, 2007. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover), with postcard and excerpt sheet inside. A story of love and art during World War I. [Book #111385]. (read more)

Bell, Madison smart.
All Soul's Rising (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #111876]. (read more)

Bill, Tony.
Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Workman Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Oblong, plastic spiral bound in clear mylar wrappers as issued. A comprehensive and irreverent dicitionary of terms used on film sets, whimsically illustrated throughout by Katie Maratta, and containing several essays on about the craft of filmmaking by the author. Tony Bill has worked in Hollywood for 45 years as an actor, director, and producer, which he won an Academy Award for the "The Sting." A must have for any film buff. [Book #107311]. (read more)

Brakhage, Stan.
The Seen (First Edition).
San Francisco, Pasteurize Press [Zephyrus Image], 1975. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine in saddle-stitched, reflective wrappers. An offprint of Brakhage's remarks following a screening of his film, "The Text of Light," at the San Francisco Art Institute, Nov 18, 1974. A variant of the first edition described in the Zephyrus Image bibliography by Alastair Johnston, this copy without the inner printed mylar wrapper and printed envelope. Probably the rarest Brakhage item extant, and an extraordinary example, given nature of the fragile wrapper. Not in OCLC. Johnston’s entry for this title notes "After the film screened at Canyon Cinematheque in 1975, Holbrook Teter of Zephyrus Image decided to publish a transcript of Brakhage's accompanying talk. Teter said: 'Stan Brakhage showed a movie of light refracted in a glass ashtray. You couldn't tell it was an ashtray. The whole movie was just the shifting light in the ashtray for a very lengthy time. After he showed the movie he talked about his own life and development as an artist and what he had to say was so turned on, so accurate and beautiful. Somebody had taped it so we transcribed it and put out the book.'” "Teter originally proposed the title "Seeing is Believing" which Brakhage rejected as having religious connotations and 'then anyway my concern is to pry words such as 'seeing' FREE from those traditional associations of it which would limit a person.'""Upon reviewing the tape to proof-read his first galley, Teter found that the Cinematheque transcriber had edited rather wildly, leaving out chunks and had even interpolated parts from another Brakhage speech at the University of California Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive. Teter re-transcribed the speech, and "The Seen" first appeared in print in late 1975." Brakhage was thrilled, and wrote in a letter to Teter, "Bless you for this beauty," and said that of all the books that had been inspired from his films, that Teter's was "easily the most beautiful of all." The Criterion Collection released a collection of 26 key works by Brakhage, titled "By Brakhage," in 2003, allowing frame-by-frame digital examination of his work for the first time. In 2010, Criterion released a second volume, curated by his wife, with an additional 30 films. [Book #104362]. (read more)

Brockmeier, Kevin.
The Brief History of the Dead (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Pantheon, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Fine and unread in pictorial wrappers in a Near Fine translucent wrap-around dust jacket with white cord, as issued. [Book #83356]. (read more)

Brown, Larry.
Dirty Work (Signed Uncorrected Proof, with promotional material).
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1989. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Promotional material stapled to front wrapper. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine in gray trade-size wrappers (softcover). Author's first novel. [Book #118335]. (read more)

Brown, Larry.
Fay (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #112189]. (read more)

Butler, Gerald.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (UK Uncorrected Proof).
London: Nicholson and Watson, 1940. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the UK edition. Fair to Good in plain brown unprinted wrappers, as issued, with a holograph notation on the front panel indicating a publication date of February 6, 1940. Shelfwear, spine lean, creasing and lifting to the spine panel and corners of the wrappers. The earliest edition of one of the rarest film noir sources, basis for the 1948 American film noir starring Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #112390]. (read more)

Cannell, Dorothy.
The Thin Woman: An Epicurean Mystery (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Lower corner creases to the panels, else about Near Fine in white trade softcover binding. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The only proof copy we have encountered. [Book #61720]. (read more)

Carver, Terrell.
Friedrich Engels: His Life and Thought (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Near Fine in red pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in black and white. [Book #80622]. (read more)

Chabon, Michael.
Summerland (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2002. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good+ in trade-size wrappers (softcover), slightest spine roll, very lightly bumped at the lower tip. A youthful tale of the people of Clam Island, Washington, who, when threatened by an ancient enemy, call upon the heroics of Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in history. [Book #111405]. (read more)

Chabon, Michael (editor, contributor); Jim Shepard, Stephen King, Dave Eggers, Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, Rick Moody, Michael Crichton, others (contributors).
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (McSweeney's No. 10) (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Vintage, 2003. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Fine in white-and-purple wrappers. [Book #45039]. (read more)

Chang, Eileen.
Lust, Caution (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Anchor, 2007. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #101394]. (read more)

Chayefsky, Paddy.
Altered States (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in light green wrappers as issued, with publisher's marking across the top, in red pen, "A Literary Guild Alternate" and "1st novel." Basis for the 1980 Ken Russell film starring William Hurt. [Book #109684]. (read more)

Chekhov, Anton (author); David Mamet, Spalding Gray, Wendy Wasserstein, John Guare, Michael Weller, Samm-Art Williams, Maria Irene Fornes (playwrights).
Orchards: Seven Stories by Anton Chekhov and Seven Plays They Have Inspired (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The first appearance in print of these seven plays, all of which were inspired by Chekhov short stories, by seven of the most gifted playwrights of the 1980s. A scarce title in collectible condition. [Book #102232]. (read more)

Coe, Jonathan.
The Rain Before It Falls (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Advance Reader Copy preceding the first US edition. Fine in wrappers with publisher's material laid-in. [Book #105358]. (read more)

Connelly, Joe.
Bringing Out the Dead (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). Adapted to film in 1999, starring Nicolas Cage, and directed by Martin Scorsese. [Book #115710]. (read more)

Connelly, Michael.
Blood Work (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1997. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Binding cocked, else Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #114487]. (read more)

Crais, Robert.
L. A. Requiem (Uncorrected Proof, Signed).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good+ in trade-size wrappers (softcover). Front wrapper curling away from text block, slightest spine roll, pages tanning. A very presentable copy. Writer for such award-winning shows as "L. A. Law," and "Hill Street Blues." [Book #111662]. (read more)

Davis, Lydia.
Samuel Johnson is Indignant (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: McSweeney's, 2001. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Fine in bradbound wrappers with glassine cover as issued. To our knowledge, there was no perfect bound proof edition of this title, only a few bradbound copies for use of the author and publisher. Uncommon. [Book #117462]. (read more)

Delillo, Don writing as Cleo Birdwell.
Amazons (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1980. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers as issued, with a bump at the heel and minute wear to a couple of corners. Delillo's pseudonymously written, fictitious autobiography of the first woman to play in the National Hockey League. A bright copy. [Book #115101]. (read more)

Doty, Mark.
Sweet Machine (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: HarperCollins (1998). UNCORRECTED PROOF. Spine faded, else Fine in printed wrappers. [Book #91569]. (read more)

Durrell, Lawrence.
Constance in Love, or Solitary Practices (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first American edition of this title. Very Good in beige wrappers, with some creasing at a couple of corners, and light staining to the outer wrapper in a couple of spots. Published in hardcover by Viking as "Constance, or Solitary Practices." [Book #105018]. (read more)

Eddings, David and Leigh.
The Treasured One (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Warner Books, 2004. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first edition. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers (softcover) as issued. [Book #107787]. (read more)

Eggers, Dave.
You Shall Know Our Velocity (UK Uncorrected Proof).
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first UK edition, Fine in wrappers (softcover) as issued. [Book #102699]. (read more)

Eichenberg, Fritz (editor).
Artist's Proof / A Journal of Printmaking, Volume VII (First Edition).
New York: Pratt Graphic Art Center,1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Book shows light lean; jacket shows light shelfwear. [Book #103600]. (read more)

Ellroy, James.
The Black Dahlia (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Fine in peach trade softcover binding. Very Good, with corner creases to the front panel, some spotting and light soil. One of the scarcest Ellroy proofs. First book in the L.A. Quartet. [Book #109669]. (read more)

Fforde, Jasper.
Something Rotten (Uncorrected Proof, Signed).
New York: Viking Press, 2004. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Single vertical crease to the spine, else Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). Fourth installment of the beloved literary detective series starring Thursday Next. [Book #111613]. (read more)

Flynn, Nick.
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF, prceding the First Edition, first printing. About Near Fine in wrappers. Flynn's controversial memoir. [Book #100853]. (read more)

Frazier, Charles.
Cold Mountain (Uncorrected Proof, signed).
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in pictorial wrappers, stating "Uncorrected Manuscript" at the top of the front panel. Basis for the 2003 film, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger, who won an Academy award for her role. [Book #115805]. (read more)

Gaiman, Neil.
American Gods (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: William Morrow, 2001. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first edition. Near Fine in plain white wrappers (softcover) with an amusing note to the reader from Gaiman printed on the front wrapper, as issued. [Book #107788]. (read more)

Ghose, Zulfikar.
Jets from Orange (Uncorrected Proof).
London: Macmillan, 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in printed wrappers. [Book #92297]. (read more)

Golding, William.
Free Fall (UK Uncorrected Proof).
London: Faber, 1959. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition, Very Good in plain brown trade softcover binding, with a slight lean, some wrinkling to the spine, and a tiny closed tear at the front fore-edge. Tight and fully intact. We have not seen reference to a state of this proof that is brown (but have seen green and gray). [Book #17145]. (read more)

Gordimer, Nadine.
Loot and Other Stories (Advance Reading Copy).
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). [Book #111864]. (read more)

Grubb, Davis.
Night of the Hunter (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Harper (Harpers), 1953. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof, preceding the first edition of this title, and issued after the original long galley proofs (and actually constructed from them). Very Good overall in fragile long mustard-yellow wrappers, with publisher's title label showing release date and price information in manual type, and publisher's advance letter folded once and laid in. Some chipping and minor loss along the spine, and the wrapper separated from the gathered signatures; however, it would appear to have been issued thus, as there is no evidence of detachment. Basis for the classic 1955 film noir directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. We have handled one copy of the original long galleys of this title, but this is the only bound proof we have ever encountered. Judging from the primitive nature of the binding, we would assume that only a handful were made. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. [Book #100292]. (read more)

Guralnick, Peter .
Nighthawk Blues (Uncorrected Proof, Signed).
New York: Seaview, 1980. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Near Fine in plain pictorial trade softcover binding, SIGNED by Guralnick on the title page. The author's first and only novel. [Book #17749]. (read more)

Hannah, Barry.
Boomerang (Uncorrected Proof).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding first edition. Near Fine and unread in plain blue trade softcover binding. Very mild shelf wear to bottom edges. [Book #76942]. (read more)

Hannah, Barry.
Never Die (Uncorrected Proof).
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding First Edition. Spine slightly faded, else Fine and unread in plain teal trade softcover binding [Book #76960]. (read more)

Harvey, John.
Living Proof (Signed UK First Edition).
London: Heinemann, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #117617]. (read more)

Heller, Zoe.
What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal (Advance Reading Copy).
New York: Henry Holt, 2003. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover), with promotional material. [Book #111880]. (read more)

Horan, Nancy.
Loving Frank (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Ballantine Books, 2007. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. About Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover). With a laid-in promotional card. [Book #115712]. (read more)

Hornby, Nick.
Fever Pitch (Signed Uncorrected Proof).
London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover) with light soiling and rubbing overall. Hornby's first novel, an ode to obsessive love for a losing sports team. Adapted twice, first as a delightful 1997 British film starring Colin Firth and then as a more forgettable 2005 American remake starring Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore. [Book #116177]. (read more)

Irving, John.
My Movie Business (Uncorrected Proof).
New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade-size wrappers (softcover) with the standard blue-and-white Random House proof design. [Book #110482]. (read more)

James, Bessie Rowland.
Anne Royall's U.S.A. (Uncorrected Proof).
New Brunswick, New York: Rutgers University Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Near Fine and unread in light blue perfect bound textured wrappers. [Book #84131]. (read more)

Jin, Ha.
The Bridegroom: Stories (Uncorrected Proof, Signed).
New York: Pantheon, 2000. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition (also states Advance Reading Copy). SIGNED by the author on the first blank. Slight waviness to the top of the rear panel, else Fine in pictorial trade softcover binding with slipcase, as issued. [Book #111969]. (read more)