New York: Dial Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a brilliant, Fine dust jacket. Some tiny stains on the rear board, else as sharp a copy as one could hope for. Not an uncommon title, but rarely found in superior condition.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1969. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Just about Fine in blindstamped black cloth in a Near Fine publisher's printed slipcase and bellyband. Slipcase spine is toned with light rubbing at the corners with a closed tear to the bellyband. The first edition of this important play cycle, translated in 1975 by Donald Keene as "The Man Who Turned.....

Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine in a Fine illustrated slipcase. A hint of rubbing along the board edges of the book with a little darkening at the spine. A historical drama never translated into English. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1975. First printing of this edition. Near Fine in a just about Fine printed slipcase and bellyband. The two plays, Todomachi [Friends] and Enomoto Takeaki, issued together with a special bellyband around the slipcase commemorating their having received the Tanizaki Prize that year. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1974. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket and publisher's bellyband. A collection of lectures never translated into English. Text in Japanese.

n.p. Presse Bibliomane, 1973. First printing of this edition. One of 585 copies printed, this being copy No. 223. A short novel that first appeared in the magazine "Ningen" in 1950. Text in Japanese. Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with titles and top edge in gilt. Housed in original oatmeal Presse Bibliomane chemise. Chemise is Near Fine with just a hint.....

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1974. First Japanese Edition, first printing. SIGNED by Abe on the verso of the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine publisher's printed slipcase with bellyband intact. Faint sticker residue to the rear free endpaper. Abe staged this play later the same year and won the Yomiuri Literary Prize for this work. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1964. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine printed slipcase and bellyband. Slipcase toned at the spine with a touch of corner rubbing. A collection of works never translated into English. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Kodansha, 1965. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Just about Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket with bellyband. Some toning to the page edges, else Fine. A collection of essays never translated into English. Text in Japanese.

n.p. Presse Bibliomane, 1971. First printing of this edition. One of 435 copies printed, this being copy No. 221. Fine in perfect-bound wrappers with titles and top edge in gilt. Housed in a Fine original black Presse Bibliomane chemise. The play was initially staged in 1969 as the second part of "The Man Who Turned into a Stick" trilogy. Text.....

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards in a Near Fine printed slipcase with bellyband. Tiny ink dot to top page edges, else FIne. Slipcase lightly rubbed at the corners and along the spine. A collection of essays. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1975. First Japanese Edition, first printing. Fine in beige cloth in a Near Fine publisher's illustrated, paper-covered slipcase, with original bellyband intact. Cloth slipcase is rubbed under the glassine in a couple of places, else Fine. An interesting collection of short works by the author. Text in Japanese.

Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1971. First printing of this edition. Previously published in 1959. Just about Fine in a Near Fine printed slipcase and bellyband. First staged in 1958, this play won the Kishida Drama Prize. Never translated into English. Text in Japanese.

New York: D. Appleton, 1931. First Edition. Author's first novel, after a series of children's books in the 1920s. After graduating from Earlham she attended Columbia University where she graduated as the only women of the first class of the Pulitzer School of Journalism. Addington worked as manuscript and copy reader, and a series of free lance articles garnered her.....

N.p. Midnight Paper Sales / Hungry Mind, 1996. First Edition. One of 90 numbered copies (this being No. 60) SIGNED by the author. An excerpt from Alexie's "Indian Killer," given during a reading at the Hungry Mind in 1996. Near Fine. 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Alexie on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris in appreciation of your work Sherman Alexie 5/29/95 Missoula." 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.....

Bee-Line Book [Beeline], 1967. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus condition. Light spine crease, light reader's creases, light rubbing overall, small nick at the crown. Photo cover. A very presentable copy. Not in Holroyd.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1991. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. From the collection of author 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 “Granta” magazine. He has also written for.....

London: Moorhouse and Sorensen, 1994. First Edition. One of 100 copies (this being No. 34) SIGNED by the author, out of a total limitation of 326. The first book publication of Amis' first published story, "Denton's Death," published in the October 1976 issue of "Encounter" magazine, along with "Let Me Count the Times," a revised and retitled edition of his.....

New York: Ballantine Books, 1957. First Edition, published simultaneously in hardcover. A hired gun named Ross Ringler comes to a town where his reputation gets the better of him!Cover art by Mel Crair, whose primary output was between 1954-1963. Slight loss at the crown, else about Fine in illustrated wrappers. Schreuders (UK), p. 203.

Los Angeles: Lorimar, 1980. Two borderless photographs from the 1980 film. Though most often remembered as Peter Sellers' final role, it also was the last success for the great Hal Ashby, as well as Jack Warden's first shot at portraying the President of the United States. Photographs 8 x 10 inches. Brief emulsion defect to one of the photographs, else.....

Los Angeles: Sun and Moon, 1992. First American Edition, greatly expanded from the UK edition published ten years early. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Not to be confused with the more common signed limited edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: Sun, 1982. First Edition, a paperback original. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Two autobiographical essays by Auster, his first such publication. Near Fine in wrappers. Light bump to the top of spine, with some light rubbing.

Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1994. First printing of the omnibus edition, which combines the three novels in Auster's "New York Trilogy," originally published in three separate volumes by Sun and Moon Press in 1985-86. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1995. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Uncommon. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Berkeley, CA: The Figures, 1976. First Edition, a paperback original, one of 500 copies. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in wrappers with light soil.

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.....

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Later printing. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Virginia Allan / from Margaret Ayer Barnes." Winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Barnes also wrote "Dishonored Lady," a play twice adapted to film. Beginning in the 1890s, the story follows an upper-middle class girl from youth to adulthood, struggling within a changing.....

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Bass on the half title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "For Chris — Take good care — Rick Bass." The author's second book. 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.....

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition. The author's first book, with a price of $2.50 at the bottom of the jacket front flap as called for. Near Fine in a bright, about Near Fine dust jacket, with a lovely, deep brown topstain. Backstrip and jacket spine panel both very slightly sunned, with some minor wear at the spine.....

New York: William Morrow, 1968. First American Edition. Director Claude Berri's novelization of his classic 1967 film. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight spine lean, with a couple of splashes to the faded blue topstain. Jacket has black holograph ink to the price on the flap, an inch and a half long closed tear to the.....

New York: Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books, 1959. First printing of this edition. First appearance in softcover. A tale of rocky marriage, and a high-flying playboy looking for substance in his life. Cover art by Darell Green, whose primary output was for Pyramid Books. Faint dampstain to the bottom page edges, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the Blackmon to author Peggy Gaddis (Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern, 1895-1966) on the front endpaper, in the year of publication: "Affectionately, to the Best of Friends / Peggy Gaddis / From the author / Anita Blackmon (Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith) / August 29, 1937."Blackmon wrote extensively as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith.....