Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY BLOOM on the half-title page. Some of the power of her fiction (Love Invents Us, etc.) comes from Bloom's mastery of the writing craft; more arises from the empathy for human frailty exhibited by this author, who also works as a psychotherapist. Here, eight stories shed insight on the healing properties of love, experienced through unexpected epiphanies, ardent sacrifices and impulsive acts of forgiveness.
Hardcover. New York, F. A. Stokes, 1st, 1923, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, small publication date slip laid-in. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Nice, bright copy, end papers illustrated in 2-colors.
Hardcover. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 247 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY PROSE on half-title page. Tight copy with only minor wear to covers.
Hardcover. New York, Doubleday, 1st limited, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 375 pages. Hardcover with original slip case. (1st LIMITED EDITION #1337 OUT OF 2000. Monthly letter laid-in.)(SIGNED AT BACK PAGE BY ILLUSTRATOR) Bound in green/blue, gilt title and decoration on spine and front cover. Vibrant color and b/w illustrations throughout by Charles Raymond. Slip case has a little bit of age wear. Spine has a touch of shelf wear. In very good condition, clean and bright inside.
Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a price-clipped dust with mild tanning. Decorative endpapers, clean interior. Stated first edition. The book tells the story of flower now known as the poinsettia, which has its basis in Mexican legend. Woodcuts by Tom Lea. Inscription opposite title page, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st US, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 164 pages. Translated from German by Breon Mitchell. Beautiful copy. Like new.
Hardcover. NY, E.J. Hale & Son, 1st, 1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, original gilt decorated cloth, the author's first work of fiction. A collection of nine short stories, 195 pages. There is a tear to cloth along 60% of spine edge. very repairable.
Hardcover. NY, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Preface by Jorge Luis Borges. Translated from the Spanish by Richard and Lucia Cunningham. Published originally as La Ultima Niebla, by Editorial Orbe, Santiago de Chile: 1976. Maria Luisa Bombal (1910-1980) was one of the most important Chilean writers of the 20th century. The stories in New Islands, written in the 1940s, represent the best of Bombal's work. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. In Gallagher's collection of 12 short stories we enter the working class world depicted by Dreiser and Farrell and, more recently, by Bobbie Ann Mason and Russell Banks. Gallagher finds her characters in laundromats and trailer parks, picking them up at a moment of revelation when suddenly the air is cleared by a profound understanding that cannot change anything. In "Bad Company" Mrs. Herbert, bringing flowers to her husband's grave, confides in a young woman she has met in the cemetery. In doing so she realizes how completely she had shut her husband out of her life. In "Girls" Ada is reunited with Esther, once her best friend. But Esther doesn't remember Ada, who comes to realize that her past has drifted away irreparably. These finely crafted stories, authentic in every detail, deal with constricted, confined lives in an unemotional yet compassionate manner. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, reprint, 1904, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in light green cloth with dark green lettering on cover, 79 pages, b&w frontis. Seven stories set in New England and told, in part, in dialect. Small ownership sticker on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. "With The Angel on the Roof, acclaimed author Russell Banks offers readers an astonishing collection of thirty years of his short fiction, revised especially for this volume and highlighted by the inclusion of nine new stories that are among the finest he has ever written." Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, George Braziller, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, SIGNED BY FRANCIS on title page. Minor soil to dust jacket.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2018, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Finished shortly before Johnson's death, this collection is the last word from a writer whose work will live on for many years to come. Clean copy.
Softcover. Saranac Lake NY, self published, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 104 pages, light tan card wraps. SIGNED BY TYLER on title page. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 257 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Spotless and tight copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Herbert S. Stone and Company, 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated burgundy cloth stamped in white and green, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Thorton Oakley, William Rogers, Henry Hutt. Short stories including "The Stolen Stradivarius", A Girl of the Period" and more set in the Victorian Era. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly and Lee Co., reprint, 1921, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 144 pages. Illustrations from woodcuts by John T. McCutcheon. Red cloth covers with gold lettering, some stains on covers. Dust jacket fragile with minor tears on edges.
Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Monthly , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket., 235 pages. INSCRIBED BY FORD on title pg.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. One of 500 SIGNED BY BENEDICT on a special tipped-in page.
Softcover. Rutland VT, self-published, 2nd Ed., 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, red paper covers stamped with a black title and cartoon portrait of author. Yankee humor in the form of short sketches originally published in the Rutland Herald. The author (pictured in a photo on the first inside page) was a member of the Vermont legislature. Several cartoons by George Randall embellish the 90 pages of text. Ads in rear. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Elkin Mathews and Marrot Limited, 1st Ltd. Ed., 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, color decorated boards with an orange cloth spine, 36 pages. Paper label on front with title. SIGNED BY COLUM on the limitation page, this is #263 of 500 for sale. Endpapers darkened otherwise clean, very good.
Hardcover. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1st, 1894, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in dark green, silver and gold gilt. 221 pages illustrated with b&w plates by various artists. Spine slightly cocked, darkened otherwise clean, very good.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1st, 1899, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in red, black and gilt with a oval pastedown on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Stories of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. Mild fraying to top of spine, otherwise very good, clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half title page. A signed collectible first edition copy of this short story collection from this National Book Award winning and PEN/Faulkner and Pulitzer Prize nominated author. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, David McKay, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 241 pages, red cloth with black lettering on spine. Dust jacket with light wear, mild fading to spine, unclipped. INSCRIBED BY UPSON on front fly leaf to fellow Vermont author John Clagett.
Hardcover. Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1st Edition, 1860, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 267 pages. Hardcover. Black cloth cover boards, Blind-stamped with decoration, gilt title on spine. Very Good condition. Rubs to the corners and spine tips. Gilt top edge (faded). Edges and pages have tanning from age. Dark endpapers. Binding good. Spine straight. Pages unmarked except title page with original owner's name and address in top right corner. 19 tales.
Hardcover. New York, Boni & Liveright, 1st, 1928, Two hardcover volumes 291/266 pages. Black cloth spine with gilt decoration over boards with patterned batik paper. Limited numbered set #2025/2050, signed by the publishers on the limitation page. 24 two-color semi-erotic plates by Ralph Barton. Edgewear to cardboard covers and corners worn. Some gutter cracks throughout. Overall, a good plus set.
Hardcover. New York, Ecco Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 175 pages, light rubbing, mild soil to the unclipped dust jacket, small tape repair to inside of jacket at top of spine, otherwise a clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. Boston, Atlantic Little Brown , 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Boyle's 1st book, 2,500 copies printed, dust jacket unclipped w/ light nicks to top edge. The PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author's first book, a collection of 17 short stories gathered from various literary magazines and journals.
Hardcover. NY, Picador, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY CARLSON on the title page. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, Riverhead Books, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages. The Pulitzer Prize winner's first book, a collection of short stories.
Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, reprint, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with green and white design on front cover, spine with green lettering. 32 b&w plates by Remington.
Hardcover. New York, Harper & Row, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 183 pages, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page, minor dust jacket edge fade, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Ticknor & Fields , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped jacket. SIGNED BY BELL on half-title page.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 120 pages. Satirical writing by author. Unlike Al Capp's all cartoon books, this one is a work of prose with occasional comic illustrations, some nearly full page in size. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, unclipped.
Hardcover. New York, The World Publishing House, 1st US, 1877, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 332 pages. Hardcover. With 60 b/w illustrations/plates. B/w illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. No other printings mentioned on publication page, either 1st edition or very early printing. Cover boards bound in green cloth, title reverse in gilt on spine, black decoration on spine and front cover board, decoration blind stamped on back cover board. Some rubbing and chipping to boards (see images). Some tanning to edges and pages, doesn't affect illustrations or text. Some foxing on a few pages (see image). Binding remains tight. Spine very slightly cocked. Short stories by literary master Jules Verne, beautifully bound and ready for display. Illustrated by Henri Theophile Hildibrand, well known for his illustrations in Verne's books.
Hardcover. New York, NYU Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 308 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edge wear to dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. Tight copy
Hardcover. London, Heinemann, 1st UK, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 150 pages. Author's first book. Lovely copy in protective brodart cover. Minor wear to dust jacket, else like new.
Hardcover. New York, G. W. Dillingham, 1st, 1897, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with a 3-color design. Tales of New York City before the turn of the century. Decorated green cloth. Frontispiece of the author, black & white illustrations by F.A. Nankivell. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY O'NAN on title page, with a short hand-written note from the author laid in. His first book. The 1993 winner of the Drue Heinz Prize and the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Prize. A collection of twelve short stories.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1891, Hardcover, original decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt, with a paper black and white oval cameo laid on front board. First edition. A cornerstone collection of 24 New England regional tales, including the ghost stories "A Gentle Ghost", "The Twelfth Guest," and "A Village Lear". Spine gilt lightly faded otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Knopf, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Following The Missing Person, her highly praised debut--"A seriously entertaining and probing novel," wrote The Washington Post Book World--Alix Ohlin gives us a collection of stories that demonstrates her impressive range. In their various locales, from Montreal (where a prosthetic leg casts a furious spell on its beholders) to the Southwest (where a Soviet-era exchange student changes a family's dynamic forever), the characters in Babylon are coming to terms with life's epiphanies, for good or ill. They range from the very young who, confronted with their parents' limitations, discover their own resolve, to those facing middle age and its particular indignities, no less determined to assert themselves and shape their destinies. A tenacious eight-year-old practices piano on paper keys; an expectant mother, settling into an idyllic farmhouse, discovers the tragic story of its previous, rightful inhabitants; and a fictional haunted hospital becomes an obsession for a ghostwriter grappling with her empty nest. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. The New Yorker magazine named Matt Klam one of the twenty best young writers in America, and the seven stories that comprise Sam the Cat are all the proof we need. Knowing, perceptive, and wickedly funny, Matt Klam loves his characters but spares them nothing: the swaggering womanizer Sam falls in love with a woman across a crowded room who, upon closer inspection, turns out to be not quite what he expected; a self-doubting young professional attends the posh wedding of his successful friend and delivers a disastrous toast; the chicken one man's girlfriend is preparing for dinner comes to embody the darkly corrosive element in their relationship. These stories crackle with humor, intelligence and style and add up to an outrageously funny, unforgettable debut. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Riverhead Books, 1st US, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. The secrets people kept, the lies they told. In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories, people are effortlessly cruel to one another, and the natural world is a primitive salve. Here, women are domestically trapped by predatory men. Ireland's folklore and politics loom large, and poverty, emotional and material, seeps through every crack. By an award-winning Irish writer, her second book. Clean copy.
Softcover. London, Canongate Pub Ltd, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 242 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on half-title page. Very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. Paris, Hector Bossange, reprint, 1829, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Two parts in one volume, 136 + 203 pages, bound in maroon half leather over marbled boards, gilt design on spine. Edition Stereotype: D'apres le procede de Firmin Didot. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf and blank prelim page, moderate foxing to pages.
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