New York: Harmony Books, 1993. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Light fading to the spine, else Fine and unread in wrappers.
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1996. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Henry Holt, 2012. First Edition. Copy belonging to Oscar-wining director-producer, Tony Bill, with an inscription to him for his birthday on the half-title page, from a friend named "Augusto." From the collection of Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners" (1987, director-producer). Fine and unread...
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1930. First Edition. Born in England, David Betts drifted around the American West before coming to New York and finding work driving cabs. He was dubbed "The Taxi Philosopher" after publishing several letters featuring his views on life and in the "New York Evening Post" during the 1920s. Proletarian through and through, "I'm Lucky At That"...
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1994. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Larry Brown on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / all best, / Larry Brown." Brown's memoir on his 17 year career as a firefighter. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996...
New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Diagonal crease to the upper corner of the front flap, else Fine.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to New York theater set designer Susan Barras on the title page: "Susan Barras. / May God's blessing be with you always. / In all sincerity / Peter Cushing '92." An uncommon signature from the meticulous actor whose name is synonymous with the great Hammer films of the 1950s...
New York: Harper and Row, 1989. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Annie Dillard to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Rita and Chris / gratefully - / Annie." From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by...
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition. Association copy, warmly INSCRIBED by Doig to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "For Chris Offutt / Fellow worker with words / Ivan Doig." From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was...
New York: William Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Lengthily INSCRIBED by Donofrio on the half title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris, A writer with guts + poetry, muscle + eloquence, who I had the amazing good fortune to go to writing camp with one summer. What a treat to find someone else who got in thru the back...
New York: Random House, 1988. First Edition. The third and final volume of the author's memoir trilogy, this one detailing his brother's death, his pseudo-sexual relationship with a shrink, and the stewardess Exley eventually marries. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition. A partial sequel to the author's debut memoir, "A Fan's Notes," detailing Exley's life in Florida and time spent teaching at the University of Iowa. Near Fine with a slight lean in a Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Mel Gussow on the half-title page: "To Mel / Thank you / Dorothy Gallagher." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8 books, served as editor for many others, and his reviews and...
Garden City: Doubleday, 1979. First Edition. The great trumpeter and composer's autobiography. Photo-illustrated throughout. Near Fine in a strong Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a couple of short closed tears and some light chipping, otherwise bright and unfaded.
New York: 4th (Fourth) Estate, 2003. First Edition. INSCRIBED and dated by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "For Mel / With very best wishes in New York / Hugo Hamilton / June 2003." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The New York Times from 1969 until his death in 2005. He authored 8...
New Orleans, LA: Self published, 2013. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Laid in is an INSCRIBED bookmark from the author to Tony Bill and his wife: "For Tony & Helen / With admiration for all that you are and all that you do / With great affection / C. Robert." A travel memoir, beginning in...
Santa Barbara: Neville Books, 1995. Limited Edition. An unnumbered copy in navy cloth covered boards. SIGNED on the limitation page by the author, and additionally INSCRIBED on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris & Rita / Another slim book of reminiscence. Huh! / Oh well / Jon." Jackson's memoir of his friend Raymond Carver, and a....
New York: HarperCollins (Harper Collins), 1994. First Edition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the title page. Spine ends lightly bumped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Author of "Fear of Flying."
San Francisco: North Point, 1983. First American Edition, and first in English, a paperback original. SIGNED by Paul Auster on the title page. Fine and unread in stiff wrappers. In a Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Boss Books, 1968. First Edition, a trade softcover original. SIGNED by Taylor Mead on the front endpaper. Mead was a beloved Beat icon, film director, and Warhol superstar, and over time became a fixture in the New York arts scene, his final film appearance being in the heartbreaking final sequence of Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003). Very Good...
N.p. N.p., Circa 1950s. Synopsis script for an unproduced film. Ribbon copy typescript. The supposed memoir of a showgirl, who begins who career simply as a beautiful woman who think she is untalented in all other areas, and ends up embarrassing herself rather often at the start of her career. She eventually develops a camaraderie with her fellow performers and.....
Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2006. First Edition. Morris was an English cinematographer whose film credits include "Green for Danger" (1946, Criterion Collection), "Beat the Devil" (1953), "Moby Dick" (1956), "Lolita" (1962), and "Fiddler on the Roof" (1971), the film that earned him an Academy Award. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Book and jacket extremities lightly bumped, and light toning to the...
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. First Edition. SIGNED by the former president and dated 9-1-92. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight lean and a touch of soiling to the top page edge. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with a couple of minor nicks to the crown, but bright and unfaded.
Boston: Beacon, 1997. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Hannah Nyala on the verso of the half title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris-- With great admiration and best wishes that your road ahead is always marked by the best qualities of the human spirit--lots of joy, hope, and healing. Warm regards, Hannah June 1997." A memoir of the author's experiences...
New York: Henry Holt, 1996. First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Vantage Press, 1992. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "Helen and Bud / My wonderful cousins / With love and Best Wishes / Ed." A touch of rubbing at the spine ends, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Perry's own recollections of the war, as an Air Corps navigator and...
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1992. First American Edition. Fine and unread without dust jacket as issued.
New York: Atheneum, 1974. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Jean Renoir on the title page: "To Dan and Estelle Rocklin. / Best wishes, / Jean Renoir." Garson Kanin writes of the book: "Jean Renoir's book is a Jean Renoir film. I can think of no higher praise." Renoir went from sitting for his father's paintings as a boy to becoming the...
Washington, DC: The New Republic Book Co, 1975. Later printing, Fine in a Very Good plus to Near Fine dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities and two short closed tears. A collection of semi-autobiographical memoirs exploring the boyhood neighborhood of the author, the Jewish ghetto of St. Urbain Street in Montreal.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. First Edition, No. 1451 of an unknown number of copies SIGNED by the author. Additionally INSCRIBED by Henry Miller on the front endpaper: "To me S.D. [Salvador Dali] is a prick of the first water, I know, from intimate contact. May he live to screw himself! / Henry Miller / 1/31/73 / Especially inscribed...
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1889. First Edition. Very Good, with bumps to the corners, light rubbing and soil.
Washington D.C. National Geographic Society, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a short closed tear to the front panel and light soil.
New Haven: Yale Univerity Press, 1955. First Edition, two volumes bound in red cloth housed in a black cloth covered slipcase. Issued for Carl Van Vechten's 75th birthday. Warmly INSCRIBED by Van Vechten on the front endpaper of the first volume to noted screenwriter Anita Loos: "For Anita with admiration and love from Carl / Christmas, 1955 / New York."...
Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2001. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf: "To Martha / Your Grandmother is a great lady / So must you be too! / The best to you / Ralph E. Winters." Winters worked for Metro-Goldyn-Mayer, earned two Academy Awards, and served on the board of governors at the Academy of Motion...