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Stone Harbor, NJ: Meadow Run Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Clothbound book in clear acetate wrapper and housed in a hard slipcase. 133 pp. Essays on fishing. With illustrations by John Swan. One of 1,500 copies. This copy has been SIGNED by McGuane on the title page. Fine.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Clothbound book issued without dustwrapper and housed in a cloth-covered blue slipcase. First edition. One of 300 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the author. A fine example. Very light wear to edges of the slipcase.

New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Green clothbound book with insert on the front panel of an image of horses. In clear plastic wrapper and housed in a hard slipcase. 176 pp. Short fiction by McGunae. One of 250 specially bound copies numbered and SIGNED by McGuane as well as the publisher. Fine… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Hardbound volume issued without dustwrapper. 208 pp. A collection of short fiction by a variety of acclaimed novelists and poets including Ashbery, Ishmael Reed, Maureen Howard, Walter Abish and many more. Small marking to rear panel else a fine example.

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. First UK edition. Cloth. Good/fair. Slender clothbound book in dustwrapper. 48 pp. First UK edition of this drama first performed in Germany in 1963. Light dampstaining to a small portion of the front panel. Some offset to endpapers. Overall in good condition in a heavily worn price-intact dustwrapper. Sold in as-is condition. … Read more about this item

London and New York: John Calder and Riverrun Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 134 pp. Introduction by Dougald McMillan. One tiny corner bump else a fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. A beauty.

Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, No Date. No Edition. Not bound. Fine. Please note: what is being offered here is not a book. Rather it is a sturdy shopping bag with an illustration mirroring the cover art for the book by John Kennedy Toole entitled A Confederacy Of Dunces. This bag was designed for/by LSU Press as an… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. 8vo. First edition of the author's second book. Winner of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a novel of "considerable literary achievement". 220 pp. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE ARTIST RAPHAEL SOYER "with great admiration and… Read more about this item

New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, 1970. First American edition. Cloth. Very Good +/none. First US edition of the Nobel Prize winner's classic novel of the people of Macondo. Stated first edition. 422 pp. Clean very good plus copy in dark green cloth binding. Lacking the dustwrapper. An attractive copy of this novel of magical realism. Translated… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt , Brace and Company, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 391 pp. Stated first edition of the author's second novel. A handsome very good or better copy in price-intact ($2.50) dustwrapper which shows numerous chips and wear at the edges of the wrapper.

Portland: Pomegranate, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 132 pp. With an essay by Steven Heller. Profusely illustrated in color. A great reference for Gorey fans and collectors. Near fine copy in dustwrapper.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. Hardbound book in clear acetate wrapper. 172 pp. First trade hardcover edition of 250 copies. A fine example.

London: John Calder, 1958. First UK edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. 8vo. Black clothbound book in dustwrapper. First UK edition of this 120 pp novel. A handsome near fine copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. Wrapper has a crease to the rear panel. SIGNED by Beckett on the title page.

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Small clothbound quarto with printed paper label afixed to the front panel. No dustwrapper, as issued. Two essays by Barth. 39 pp. Designed and printed by the Castle Press of Pasadena. This is one of the 100 deluxe copies, specially bound and SIGNED by the author. This copy is… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Cloth spine over boards. 219 pp. On of 200 numbered hardbound copies SIGNED BY BOTH SPENDER and BARTLETT. Near fine copy in clear acetate wrapper.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. 8vo. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards. In printed paper dustwrapper. 201 pp. One of only one hundred deluxe hardcover copies of this title SIGNED by Still.. A handsome near fine example in faded and lightly worn dustwrapper. One of the few non-fiction titles from the… Read more about this item

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 39 pp. Special fine press extract from Letters by Barth. A fine copy in tan cloth over patterned boards. This copy labeled "Publisher's Copy" and Barth has INSCRIBED this copy to herb Yellin.

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Pink clothbound book in dustwrapper. 279 pp. Stated first edition. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Nice copy.

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Clothbound book issued without dustwrapper. 35 pp. Fine press edition of this essay on The 1001 Nights. From the edition of 150 copies. This copy however is not numbered, nor is it signed. Presumed part of an overrun of the edition.

New York: Grove Press, 1957. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 8vo. Quarter cloth spine over boards. 72 pp. First American edition of this book by BEckett that was originally published in the UK in 1931. A handsome very good or better copy in clear acetate wrapper. This is copy 32 of only 250 hand-numbered… Read more about this item