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.
Uncorrected Proofs
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How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1991. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the author's first book, preceding the First Edition. Presentation set of bound galley sheets prepared for the friends of Algonquin Books, preceding all but the original manuscript. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover).
Background to Danger (Publisher's Advance Reading Copy in wrappers)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the First American Edition. Very Good in publisher's standard card wrappers, stating "SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY: For private and confidential use only". Tipped on to the front wrapper, as issued, is the full-color illustration from the first edition jacket. Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh, written for the.....
Timbuktu (Signed Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Henry Holt, 1999. ADVANCE READER COPY, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in wrappers.
Further Fridays: Essays, Lectures, and Other Nonfiction 1984-94 (Uncorrected Proof)
Boston: Little, Brown, 1995. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in wrappers, with light fading to the spine.
Come Back, Dr. Caligari (Advance Preview Edition)
Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. Advance Preview Edition, preceding the First Edition. Publisher's review slip laid in. Promotional publication of two stories by the author, "Florence Green is 81" and "Me and Miss Mandible," in anticipation of Barthelme's first book, a collection of stories. Loose leaves, mimeograph duplication. Fine, housed in original Near Fine red publisher's box. An attractive copy of.....
All Soul's Rising (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover).
It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future
New York: Viking Press, 1994. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Includes a 40-page segment excised from the published book. Not to be confused with the more common advance reader's edition, which has a pictorial wrapper and does not include the excised text. Spine panel lightly faded, else Fine in pictorial wrappers.
Rights of Desire (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
New York: Harcourt, 2001. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Fine in red trade size wrappers (softcover).
Nativity Poems (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 2001. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in yellow trade size wrappers. Text in both Russian and English.
Hotel du Lac (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Pantheon, 1984. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the US Edition. Letter from the Publicity Director of Pantheon laid in. Winner of the Booker Prize. An abrasion to the top of the front wrapper obliterating the o in uncorrected and the a in page, otherwise a sharp, fine copy in printed red wrappers.
The Dark Command (UK Uncorrected Proof)
London: William Heinemann, 1938. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Basis for the Academy Award-nominated 1940 film directed by Raoul Walsh starring John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and Claire Trevor; the only film in which Wayne and Rogers appear together, and the second of only two films on which Wayne and Walsh worked together after Walsh discovered Wayne as a......
Summerland (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Talk Miramax Books, 2002. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good plus 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.....
Crazy Heart (Advance Reading Copy)
New York: Harper and Row, 1987. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. A single vertical crease at the front wrapper, with a hint of fading at the titles on the front wrapper. Basis for the acclaimed 2009 film starring Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, the story concerns marginalized country singer-songwriter Bad Blake, a good.....
Diary of a Flying Man (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine and unread in publisher's wrappers with a tentative publication date and price.
L. A. Requiem (Uncorrected Proof, Signed)
Garden City: Doubleday, 1999. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus 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."
The Body Artist (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Scribner, 2001. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover), slight foxing. A story of a woman's encounter with a strange man on a lonely coast.
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Lies, Inc. [The Unteleported Man] (Publisher's Setting Copy and Proof for the 1984 Reissue)
London: Victor Gollancz, 1984. Setting Copy and Publisher's Uncorrected Proof for the 1984 novel "Lies, Inc," the posthumously-published first appearance of author Philip K. Dick's revised novel written from his earlier short story "The Unteleported Man". First published in 1964 in Fantastic Magazine, the rights to "The Unteleported Man" were subsequently purchased by Ace Books, and Dick then revised the.....
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. UNCORRECTED PROOF, prceding the First Edition. About Near Fine in wrappers. Flynn's controversial memoir.
Blood Sport (Uncorrected Proof of the First UK Edition)
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good plus in brown wrappers as issued. Very slightly cocked, small stray red pen mark near the fore-edge of the front wrapper, vertical wrinkling at the spine. A very presentable copy of the earliest state of this title.
In the Frame (Uncorrected Proof of the First UK Edition)
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good in brown wrappers as issued. Spine roll and associated vertical wrinkling to same. A very presentable copy of the earliest state of this title.
Nerve (Uncorrected Proof of the First UK Edition)
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good in brown wrappers as issued. Spine lean and some vertical wrinkling to same. Generic bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in (i.e., not attached). A very presentable copy of the earliest state of this title.
Odds Against (Uncorrected Proof of the First UK Edition)
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Very Good in brown wrappers as issued. Spine roll and associated vertical wrinkling to same. Generic bookplate SIGNED by the author laid in (i.e., not attached). A very presentable copy of the earliest state of this title.
West of the Rockies (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. With a proposed publication date and price in holograph ink annotation to the front wrapper. Rare, this being the first example we have ever encountered. Front and rear wrappers affixed to a glued gathering of signatures, presumably the way this proof was issued and constructed. Bottom edge sealed from.....
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Uncorrected Proof)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Near Fine in red publisher's wrappers. Light fading to the top of the front panel, with fading and a few mild reading creases at the spine. An attractive copy of this set of short stories.
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Harper and Row, 1978. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. Light fading at the spine and extremities, else just about Fine and unread in light green wrappers. A lovely copy of a scarce proof.
News of a Kidnapping (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. Just about Fine and unread in gray wrappers. Bottom corner lightly bumped. An attractive copy.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (UK Uncorrected Proof)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First UK Edition. Just about Fine in red wrappers, with just a hint of foxing to the page edges. An attractive copy, and basis for the 1987 film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Rupert Everett.
Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. About Fine and unread in light green wrappers, with proof jacket stapled to the rear and publisher's materials stapled to the front wrapper. A lovely copy.
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (First Edition, Uncorrected Proof)
New York: William Morrow, 1937. Uncorrected Proof, preceding the First Edition. Good to Very Good in publisher's self-wrappers, with a publication date of April 12, 1937 and projected price of $2.00 rubber-stamped on the front endpaper. Spine lean and roll, vertical creasing to the spine panel, small stain to the fore-edge of the first couple of leaves. A presentable copy.....
Fat City (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1969. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, in the publishers white comb binding and printed light blue wrappers. The author's first novel, basis for director John Huston's critically acclaimed 1972 film starring Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrell and Candy Clark. Publisher's notation to the front wrapper, with shadows present where labels where.....
Jets from Orange (Uncorrected Proof)
London: Macmillan, 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in printed wrappers.
Spook Country (Archive including original corrected manuscript and corrected galleys)
N.p. [G.P. Putnam's Sons / Viking Press], 2007. Archive containing the author's original corrected printed typescript and corrected galleys for the 2007 novel, both dated February 2006. Annotations in both documents by author William Gibson and a proofreader in various colors of holograph ink (typically Gibson’s are in red and proofreaders’ are in green). The second novel in the loose.....
City of God (Uncorrected Proof, inscribed to Chris Offutt)
New York: W.W. Norton, 1995. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author to fellow writer Chris Offutt on the half-title page: "Aug '95 / Dear Chris — / Thanks for the astute, though aborted quote. May it bring you good karma with your next one. / Just remember, Clinton is the Anti-Christ! / Tom / Compadre.....
Hangover Square (Advance Review Copy)
New York: Random House, 1942. Advance Review Copy of the First American Edition. Basis for the superb 1945 film starring Laird Cregar and George Sanders. Good to Very Good in illustrated self-wrappers, with the same illustration (and odd laminate) used on the jacket for the first edition of the book. Numerous vertical creases at the spine, and a slight roll.....
What Was She Thinking: Notes on a Scandal (Advance Reading Copy)
New York: Henry Holt, 2003. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover), with promotional material.
Seabiscuit [Dark Horse: The Legend of Seabiscuit] (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Random House, 2001. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Here under the working title "Dark Horse: The Legend of Seabiscuit". Basis for the 2003 film starring Jeff Bridges and Tobey Maguire, nominated for seven Academy Awards. Near Fine in pictorial wrappers.
Rosie (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Viking Press, 1983. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the author's second book. Near Fine in printed wrappers. Small smudge front wrapper, reading crease at spine, "Rosie" written on spine in pen.
The Russia House (Uncorrected Proof, American edition)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First American Edition. Laid in is a short note, author unknown, written on the publisher's stationery: "Dear Doris / le Carre: Masterly and as up-to-date as tomorrow's headlines. / [illegible]". Very Good plus in white trade size wrappers. A single spine crease, light soil, and a corner crease at the rear.....
Amnesia Moon (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1995. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Just a hint of a bump to two top corners, else Fine and bright in white trade size wrappers (softcover).
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The Man From M. A. L. I. C. E. [Movies, Art, Literature and International Conmen's Establishment] (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1966. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Unbound signatures in dust jacket with "Color Proof" on the front flap, lacking the third blurb at the rear flap, with faint pencil annotations at the rear flap from the proofer. Signatures are Fine; jacket with light creasing and tiny closed tears at the top edge.
Baaa (First Edition, review copy belonging to writer George Zebrowski)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. REVIEW copy, with publisher's materials and two postcards addressed to science fiction writer George Zebrowski laid in. Fine and unread in illustrated gray wrappers.
To Skin a Cat (Advance Reading Copy, limited and signed)
New York: Dutton, 1986. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the First Edition, a trade softcover original. One of 250 copies of the title story of McGuane's subsequently-published short story collection of the same name (this being No. 109) SIGNED by the author on the front wrapper. Fine and unread, saddle stitched in white wrappers with publisher's slip laid in as issued.....
On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF in publisher's red printed wrappers. The author's coming-out story, with additional material, first appearing in January in the New York Times Magazine. Binding label at the bottom has been broken, else Near Fine in printed wrappers, with publisher's annotations on the front panel and half-title page.
The Stones of Summer (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Barnes and Noble, 2003. UNCORRECTED PROOF. This is the 2003 reprint edition, published by Barnes and Noble. Basis for the 2002 Mark Moskowitz documentary of his yearlong odyssey in finding Dow Mossman and trying to discover what had happened to him and his book. As noted in the film, the book was released, lauded as a masterpiece, and.....
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Perilous Passage [The Basque] (Uncorrected Proof)
Los Angeles: Conway and Associates, Circa 1975. Uncorrected proof of Nicolaysen's 1976 novel, "Perilous Passage," here under the working title, "The Basque". Nicolaysen would adapt his novel into a screenplay, and in 1979 a film was made based on his screenplay, called "The Passage". This proof is an early draft of the novel, presumably produced for purposes of film development.....
Childwold (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Vanguard, 1976. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition, Near Fine and unread in tall gold wrappers.
Handwriting (Uncorected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. UNCORRECTED PROOF preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in blue wrappers, with review materials stapled inside front cover.
Simon Girty, Indian-Lover (Corrected proof of the 1975 novel)
Los Angeles: Marvin Moss, Circa 1974. Uncorrected proof of Owen's 1975 novel, "The Indian-Lover," here under the working title, "Simon Girty, Indian-Lover". This proof is an early draft of the novel, produced for purposes of film development. Agency photocopy, with the Marvin Moss agency label on the title page and accompanying cardboard box lid, and photocopied corrections throughout. A fictional.....
Art and Ardor (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. A collection of essays. Fine and unread in red printed wrappers.
The Cannibal Galaxy (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Near Fine in a white printed wrappers.
Looking for Rachel Wallace (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Delacorte, 1980. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. A Spenser novel. Fine in tall green wrappers as issued.
Zuckerman Unbound (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1981. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. About Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover).
Everything is Illuminated (Advance Reading Copy, Signed)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 2002. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page: "For — / Thanks, / Jonathan Safran Foer." About Fine in black and white pictorial wrappers. Light rubbing to the corners of the front panel. An attractive copy.
Maigret Loses His Temper (First UK Edition, uncorrected proof)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1965. First Edition. Duodecimo. Publisher's date and proof stamps, with an ink notation, on the front panel, faint stamp on the rear panel. Published in 1965 by Hamish Hamilton; copyright here states "First Published in Great Britain in 1964". Very Good plus in blue wrappers. Light toning overall, with a couple of tiny dampstains, and a few faint.....
Reaches of Heaven: A Story of the Baal Shem Tov (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1980. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Touch of shelfwear to rear panel, else Fine in printed wrappers.
Death Kit (Uncorrected Proof, with annotations)
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1967. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the author's second novel, preceding the first edition. Copiously annotated, sometimes quite critically, other times effusively, by novelist Frederick Tuten, who reviewed the book. Scarce in an advance issue, with an association. In a custom blue cloth clamshell box with leather spine label and titles in gilt. Pink card wrappers.....
Snow Crash (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Bantam Books, 1992. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first edition. Stephenson’s breakthrough title, one that saw him move away from the straightfoward satire of his first two novels into the action-packed and idea-heavy speculative fiction for which he would become known, while simultaneously putting the final exclamation point on the cyberpunk genre. About Fine in off-white wrappers with red.....
Forest Fire (Uncorrected Proof)
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the first UK edition. While the UK edition of Stout's book is itself a rarity, this proof likely the only surviving copy. Found in the author's attic after his death. Very Good in brown wrappers, title label on the spine. Square and tight with a few creases to the spine panel. Housed.....
O-Zone (Ozone) (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Putnam, 1986. UNCORRECTED PROOF, published before the first edition. Near Fine in yellow wrappers. Gently read, with a few creases at the corners and the spine, with a hint of soil. A tight, attractive copy.
Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China (First Edition)
New York: Putnam, 1988. ADVANCE READING COPY, preceding the First American Edition. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers. A single reading crease at the spine, with light bumping to the extremities. A lovely copy.
The Money Harvest (Signed Uncorrected Proof)
New York: William Morrow, 1975. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. Fine and unread in green wrappers.
In the Hand of Dante (Advance Reading Copy, signed)
New York: Little, Brown, 2002. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding first edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Ed, Nick Tosches." Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers and publishers belly band. Tosches names the main character after himself, a sometimes-thief who authenticates a manuscript of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
Blood on the Moon (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Coward McCann, 1931. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. The author's fifth book. Very Good in printed wrappers. Spine faded, light dampstain to the lower front wrapper, separation to the front hinge.
Sacred Hunger (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Doubleday, 1992. Uncorrected Proof of the US Edition. Co-winner of the Booker Prize. Fine in printed wrappers.
Future Missionaries of America (Uncorrected Proof, signed)
San Francisco: MacAdam Cage, 2009. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Humorously INSCRIBED to fellow writer Chris Offutt on the title page: "To Chris, This is the second inscription I'm writing today. If I see this on eBay later, you're dead.
The Siege of Trencher's Farm (Uncorrected Proof)
London: Secker and Warburg, 1969. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Basis for Sam Peckinpah's violent 1971 film classic, Straw Dogs, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and a bunch of kill-crazy Devon townies, considered by many to be his finest directorial effort in a career that included many important films. Very Good in orange printed wrappers. Address label to the.....
The Future of Life (Uncorrected Proof)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Fine in trade size wrappers (softcover).
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