Charles Agvent

FITS AND STARTS: SELECTED POEMS OF JACQUES DUPIN

DUPIN, Jacques. Paul AUSTER (Translator) · 0

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

(Berkeley). Living Hand. First Edition. Translated by Paul Auster with a three-page introduction by him. One of 1000 numbered copies, though none of the copies we have seen have been numbered.. Near Fine

ELMER GANTRY

LEWIS, Sinclair · 0

$281.30 (€255.22 | £212.92 | ¥44,906)

New York. Harcourt Brace. First Edition. First state of the binding. Made into a 1960 film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. It won three Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and B...

EASY TRAVEL TO OTHER PLANETS

MOONEY, Ted · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Author's first book, a novel encompassing sex, dolphin communication, and the end of the world.. Slight dust soiling to bulked top edge of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

MOO

SMILEY, Jane · 1995

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Advance copy with printed letter to booksellers from Smiley (not in the trade edition) bound in at the front and a Complimentary Copy sticker on the front panel of the first issue dustwrapper without a bar code.. Fine in a Fine dustwra...

ORDINARY LOVE & GOOD WILL

SMILEY, Jane · 1989

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Two novellas by this winner of the Pulitzer Prize.. Slight foxing to top edge of bulked text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE AGE OF GRIEF

SMILEY, Jane · 1987

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Author's fourth book and first collection of short fiction.. Small nick to bottom edge of board; remainder mark top edge of bulked text. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THE NATURAL MAN

McCLANAHAN, Ed · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in light tan wraps. Southern author's first book.. A small splash of liquid (coffee?) on the front cover. Near Fine

LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT

DUFRESNE, John · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. W. W. Norton & Company. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps of his second book.. Fine

THE ORACLE AT STONELEIGH COURT

TAYLOR, Peter · 1993

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. One of 650 numbered copies of these special bound advance galleys of his last book.. Fine in paper slipcase, as issued

V FOR VICTOR

CHILDRESS, Mark · 1989

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in wraps of his second book.. Small indentation at rear. Information sheet taped to front. Near Fine

WILDLIFE IN AMERICA

MATTHIESSEN, Peter · 1959

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Matthiessen's third book, his first book of nonfiction, and "the first history of man's effect on the fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals of the North American continent." Illustrated with drawings by Bob Hines.. Bob Hine...

THE ALLEYS OF EDEN

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 0

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,982)

New York. Horizon Press. First Edition. Acclaimed author's first book.. Slight foxing to top edge. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with 1-1/2" x 3" faint adhesive remnant on the front cover

THE ALLEYS OF EDEN

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 0

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Horizon Press. First Edition. Author's first book, increasingly scarce.. Slight foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with some light rubbing

THE ALLEYS OF EDEN

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Horizon Press. First Edition. Author's first book.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

SUN DOGS

BUTLER, Robert Olen · 0

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Horizon Press. First Edition. Author's second book.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

DESCENT OF MAN

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan · 0

$1,250.00 (€1,134.10 | £946.15 | ¥199,545)

Boston. Little, Brown and Company. First Edition. Beige printed wraps. The uncorrected proof of Boyle's first book, rarely seen in this scarce advance format.. Light foxing to covers, bulked text edges, and first few pages; some light soiling to wraps and small chips from the ...

GREASY LAKE & OTHER STORIES

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan · 1985

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Boyle's second collection of stories.. Dustspotting to top bulked edge and slight foxing to endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with trivial wear to the head of the spine

WORLD'S END

BOYLE, T. Coraghessan · 0

$12.50 (€11.34 | £9.46 | ¥1,995)

New York. Viking. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. His monumental novel, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, epic in scope.. Remainder stripe on bottom edge, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper

THIS QUIET DUST

STYRON, William · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. Random House. First Edition. His first book of nonfiction. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE

PRICE, Reynolds · 1962

$43.80 (€39.74 | £33.15 | ¥6,992)

New York. Atheneum. First Edition. Author's first book. Blurb on front by Eudora Welty.. Fine in a Very Good first-state dustwrapper with a darkened and stained spine