Charles Agvent

RACE ROCK

MATTHIESSEN, Peter · 0

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Author's first book, the issue bound in full green cloth, no priority known. . Very minor chipping to spine tips and short tear to top front panel of dustwrapper over the "ss" in Matthiessen. Near Fine in a Very Good, attractive dust...

THE BOOK OF BALLADS

1967

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter blue buckram and decorated boards, 240 pages. A collection of 87 classic ballads from all over the world, but primarily from England and America, selected and edited by MacEdward Leach. Illustrate...

LAND WHERE MY FATHERS DIED

DUBUS, Andre · 0

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.61 | ¥19,955)

Stuart Wright. First Edition. Black cloth with paper spine label, issued without dustwrapper. One of 200 copies SIGNED by the author.. Near Fine, issued without dustwrapper

LIFE STUDIES

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Farrar Straus Cudahy. First Edition. Winner of the National Book Award.. Owner name on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with tape repairs at the spine tips and one chip at the top of the front panel

THE CABALA with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

WILDER, Thornton · 1926

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.84 | ¥59,864)

New York. Albert & Charles Boni. First Edition. First issue of Wilder's first book, this copy in the red patterned cloth. Laid in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in full by the author dated 18 February 1941 on his personal stationary to a Mr. Ording returning some books and expl...

THE JOKE

KUNDERA, Milan · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Coward-McCann Inc.. First Edition. The true First American Edition of Kundera's first novel and his first book translated into English. . Slight rubbing of gilt on the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a one-inch closed tear and a faint sticker remnant...

SAY, IS THIS THE U.S.A.

CALDWELL, Erskine · 0

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

New York. Duell, Sloan & Pearce. First Edition. Quarto in pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. A wonderful collaboration.. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper

POESIE 1943-1952

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

Firenze. Casa Editrice Sansoni. First Edition. Brown wraps: 2000 copies of this bilingual edition were printed.. Paper edges darkened. Near Fine

THE MILLS OF THE KAVANAUGHS

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

New York. Harcourt, Brace and Company. First Edition. Author's third book.. Near Fine in a Very Good, moderatey soiled dustwrapper with light wear

LORD WEARY'S CASTLE

LOWELL, Robert · 0

$156.30 (€141.81 | £118.31 | ¥24,951)

New York. Harcourt Brace. First Edition. Lowell's first trade book after the very scarce limited LAND OF UNLIKENESS. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a few small tears and moderate edgewear

THISTLES

LEVINE, Philip · 1970

$187.50 (€170.11 | £141.92 | ¥29,932)

London. Turret Books. First Edition. The colophon states a limitation of 100 numbered and signed copies. This is not numbered but is SIGNED by the poet on the title page at a later date. Though identical otherwise to the limited edition, this is apparently one of 400 copies of...

EDWIN MULLHOUSE

MILLHAUSER, Steven · 1972

$93.80 (€85.10 | £71.00 | ¥14,974)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. First book by the winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize.. Remainder "H" stamp on the bottom of the front free endpaper. Somewhat faint adhesive remnant on the rear endpaper. Near Fine in typically soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper with two clo...

SKINWALKERS

HILLERMAN, Tony · 0

$18.80 (€17.06 | £14.23 | ¥3,001)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps.. Crease to lower rear cover; foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine

STANFORD SHORT STORIES 1964

[STONE, Robert] · 1964

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Stanford. Stanford University. First Edition. Advance Review Copy with slip. Edited by Wallace Stegner and including appearances preceding their first books by Robert Stone, Ed McClanahan, and Hugh Nissenson. . Faint skim mark on the front endpaper where the slip was once tape...

A SON OF THE CIRCUS

IRVING, John · 0

$106.30 (€96.44 | £80.46 | ¥16,969)

Franklin Center, PA. Franklin Library. First Edition. Limited and true First Edition bound in decorated leather and SIGNED by the author with a preface by him not in the trade edition.. New in shrinkwrap

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL. A CHRONICLE OF TWO SEASONS IN THE STONE AGE

MATTHIESSEN, Peter · 0

$31.30 (€28.40 | £23.69 | ¥4,997)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. His third book of nonfiction, a chronicle of the 1961 Harvard-Peabody Expedition to New Guinea. Later issue with the photographs bound correctly at the beginning and the end of the book.. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL. A CHRONICLE OF TWO SEASONS IN THE STONE AGE

MATTHIESSEN, Peter · 0

$62.50 (€56.70 | £47.31 | ¥9,977)

New York. The Viking Press. First Edition. His third book of nonfiction, a chronicle of the 1961 Harvard-Peabody Expedition to New Guinea. This is the first issue with the photos bound at the center of the book. Most copies were pulled by the publisher and sold to a book club ...

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...

ON BECOMING A NOVELIST

GARDNER, John · 0

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. Introduction by Raymond Carver. . Covers slightly bowed; spotting bulked edges of text. Very Good in a bright, Very Good or better dustwrapper with a very small tear near the top of the spine

OCTOBER LIGHT

GARDNER, John · 1976

$56.30 (€51.08 | £42.61 | ¥8,988)

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. First Edition. Winner of the National Book Award.. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper