New York: St. Martin's Press / Vision Press, 1992. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Hornby's scarce first book, a collection of critical essays by the soon-to-be novelist on a variety of literary topics, including "the New Yorker short story," and American authors Richard Ford, Anne Tyler, Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, Andre Dubus, Jayne Anne Phillips...
New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 2003. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in Trade sized wrppers (softcover). Originally published as a novella in the New Yorker, "The Namesake" explores many religious, social, and ideological themes related to immigration. Author's first novel.
New York: Random House, 1941. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Schulberg in the year of publication, almost certainly to a fellow Paramount house screenwriter, on the front endpaper: "For Charley / With affectionate regards / From the guy in the adjoining cell. / Budd / March 29, 1941." Regardless of whether the inscribee is Charles Brackett, Charles MacArthur, or some Charley...
New York: HarperCollins (Harper Collins), 2001. First Edition. Fine in pictorial boards and no dust jacket as issued. A fascinating compilation of new literary children's cartoon stories, put together by Art Spiegelman and his wife, New Yorker editor Mouly, who have both publicly decried the regrettable lack of worthy children's cartoons in the current market. A lavish production, with a....
Concord, NH: William B Ewert, 1992. First Edition. One of 40 deluxe copies (this being No. 25) SIGNED by the author. Fine in cloth binding, with lovely handmade paper covered boards and just about Fine tissue dust jacket as issued. First separate publication of this story, which originally appeared in the New Yorker.