Charles Agvent

SELECTED STORIES

DUBUS, Andre · 0

$37.50 (€34.02 | £28.38 | ¥5,989)

Boston. David R. Godine. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. His finest stories, grouped together in one volume, including "Killings," the basis for the critically acclaimed film IN THE BEDROOM, "Voices From the Moon," and "A Father's Story.". Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

BROKEN VESSELS

DUBUS, Andre · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

Boston. David R. Godine. First Edition. His first book of essays, with an introduction by Tobias Wolff.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

EIGHT PLAYS FROM OFF-OFF BROADWAY

(O'HARA, Frank; SHEPARD, Sam; et al.) ORZEL, Nick and SMITH, Michael (editors) · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,991)

Indianapolis. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.. First Edition. Contains Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shephard's first play in book format, CHICAGO, which won an Obie award the same year for Best Distinguished Play. Other playwrights included are Frank O'Hara (THE GENERAL RETURNS F...

SPEECH ACCEPTING THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. STOCKHOLM, DECEMBER 10, 1962

STEINBECK, John · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Printed wraps; 11 pages. One of 3,200 copies printed for presentation by the publisher.. Fine

CATHEDRAL

CARVER, Raymond · 1983

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,995)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Although his previous collection achieved some popularity, this title is really Carver's breakthrough and break-away (from the restraints of Gordon Lish's style) book. In it, Carver moved beyond the constraining la...

MANY LOVES

GINSBERG, Allen · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

(New York). Pequod Press. First Edition. Printed wraps. One of 500 numbered copies illustrated by Roberta Collier. A poem from a 1956 Journal about making love to Neal Cassady, apparently for the first time, beginning "Neal Cassady was my animal: he brought me to my knees.". A...

THE HUNTED

LEONARD, Elmore · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

New York. The Mysterious Press. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in orange wraps of this reissue of a book first published in 1977.. Slight crease to lower front corner. About Fine

THE SPORTSWRITER

FORD, Richard · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,991)

New York. Vintage Contemporaries. First Edition. True First Printing of Ford's third book in pictorial wraps.. About Fine copy of this softcover original

WALKING THE BOUNDARIES. POEMS 1957 - 1974

DAVISON, Peter · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

New York. Atheneum. First American Edition. Galleys consisting of 7" x 9" loose sheets stapled in the upper left corner. An uncommon format, likely existing in just a handful of copies, this from the library of poet William Meredith, though there are no ownership notations.. N...

PLAYS AND OTHER DRAMATIC WRITINGS 1928 - 1938 BY W. H. AUDEN AND CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD

AUDEN, W. H [MENDELSON, Edward (editor)] · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,995)

(Princeton). Princeton University Press. First Edition. Includes dramatic works created by both authors together, including two that appear in print for the first time: THE ENEMIES OF A BISHOP and THE CHASE, authored by Auden alone.. Fine in Fine dustwrapper

RAIN IN THE WIND. FOUR STORIES

MARUYA, Saiichi · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Tokyo/New York. Koansha International. First Edition. A collection of 4 short stories by this Japanese writer described by Anthony Burgess as "a revealer of inner essences, a universal voice.". Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE STONE DIARIES

SHIELDS, Carol · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.30 | ¥9,982)

New York. Viking. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize.. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a crease at the bottom corner of the rear flap

ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS

WELTY, Eudora · 1984

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,999)

Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. First Edition. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.. Some foxing to bulked text edges; tiny tear at head of spine and front panel of dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

SEVEN CARD STUD (Life-Story). Typescript of Early Draft of His MEMOIRS

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 1974

$3,125.00 (€2,835.22 | £2,364.99 | ¥499,082)

New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Mimeographed copy, approximately 440 pages, bound with two brass screws in black leatherette covers, the title lettered in gilt, and labeled “Studio Duplicating Service” with the firm's address. An early, unexpurgated version of his MEMOIRS...

SUMMER AND SMOKE. The Lead Actress's Annotated Copy of the Script

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$18,750.00 (€17,011.32 | £14,189.91 | ¥2,994,491)

New York. Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing. Bound with one of two brads (the bottom is missing) in light gray paper covers (8-1/2" x 11"), untitled on the front, this is the working copy belonging to actress Margaret Phillips (who played the lead, Alma Winemiller, a young ...

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$9,375.00 (€8,505.66 | £7,094.96 | ¥1,497,245)

New York. Hart Stenographic Bureau. Bound with two screws in burgundy leatherette covers (8-1/2" x 11"), the title lettered in gold, the number "14" written in ink at the top right corner of the title page. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of approximately 120 pages. Thi...

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

(WILLIAMS, Tennessee) · 0

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.10 | ¥69,871)

Carbon copy typescript, approximately 40 pages, on onionskin, stapled at the top left corner (8-1/2" x 11"). An agreement between Tennessee Williams and Edwina D. Williams with Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions for the film rights to THE GLASS MENAGERIE.. A few pages loose, a...

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

[WILLIAMS, Tennessee] (WILLIAMS, Cornelius Coffin) · 91956

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Dayton, OH. Carbon copy typescript on onionskin paper (8-1/2" x 11"), two pages, naming Walter Dakin Williams and Rose I. Williams as beneficiaries, and concluding: “My other son, Thomas Lanier Williams, has more than enough money to take care of himself....”. Near Fine

ORPHEUS DESCENDING

WILLIAMS, Tennessee · 0

$2,500.00 (€2,268.18 | £1,891.99 | ¥399,265)

New York. Anne Meyerson Typing & Mimeographing. Bound with two brass screws in dark green leatherette covers (8-3/4" x 11"), the title lettered in gold. Original mimeographed rehearsal script of 130 pages from the first production, produced by Robert Whitehead at the Producer'...

WONDERFUL TOWN. A New Musical Comedy

FIELDS, Joseph and CHODOROV, Jerome · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.90 | ¥29,945)

New York. Random House. First Edition. Cloth with pictorial inset on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A Tony Award-winning musical about two sisters.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper