Literature
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Thomas, Dylan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Published in Britain in 1940, the first edition, first printing. An unusually good copy of Thomas’s celebrated work of fiction published in 1940 and the first edition anywhere of a volume described by the publisher as “one of the most outspoken and audacious books of its kind.” Thomas’s semi fictional portrait of his life as…
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Rhys, Jean Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys’s masterpiece. A fine copy of the original British edition in a fine unclipped dust jacket. The cover has a couple of tiny creases, and otherwise looks practically new. Red boards denote first printing. Contents are fresh and clean. No pastedowns. Accompanied by a bright dust jacket presenting a continuous illustration of the estate…
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Munro, Alice Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You…Thirteen Stories
First Canadian/ American edition of Munro’s second story collection, following her award-winning novel Lives of Girls and Women. McGraw-Hill 1974. Printed in Canada. First edition, first printing. The back cover is a head- and- shoulders portrait of the author. Book condition, fine to outstanding. Jacket is price clipped and otherwise like new. For a sample…
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Heaney, Seamus, Station Island
First edition second issue binding in black cloth. Generally regarded as the first issue. Published by Faber and Faber, 1984. Signed by Seamus Heaney and dated 25, VI, 87. Represents his first poetry collection in five years. The book contains the long title poem preceded by a group of meditative lyrics and followed by the…
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Didion, Joan. Play It As It Lays
First edition, first impression 1970. Didion’s third book, second novel, her break-out book: “set in a place between good and evil , literally in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and the wastes of the Mojave, but figuratively in the landscape of the arid soul.” Book is in fine condition with stamped red boards and black…
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Cather, Willa. My Antonia. First Edition
First edition, first printing from 1918 with illustrations by W.T. Benda. Plates are second state, printed on the same stock as the text; ordered so by the author who wanted the illustrations on glossy stock to be replaced in all copies of the first printing in the publisher’s possession shortly after publication. Brown boards with…
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Burnett, Frances Hodgson, The Secret Garden, First Edition
The children’s classic. First British edition, first printing, fourth impression January-July 1914. Eight illustrations by Charles Robinson. The illustrations are intact with tissue guards present. Unmarked and clean throughout. No tears or nicks. Pastedown to front flypaper records this copy was awarded to a Cambridgeshire schoolgirl. Hint of detachment of front boards less so with…
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Waiting for Godot (First trade edition)
First trade edition, published by Grove Press in 1954. The American edition followed the original Paris production. Beckett did his own translation. Text preceded by four pages of photographs. Book is elegantly presented in black boards stamped For Godot and with white lettering to the spine. This copy’s one slight imperfection is a ghost of…
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Hjortsberg, William. Literary Archives.
The literary archives of the late author William “Gatz” Hjortsberg, of Livingston, Montana, extensively document the life’s work of an important American novelist, screenwriter and Richard Brautigan biographer. In addition, these archives offer key insights into the evolution of the publishing and film-making industries over the course of the last fifty years, as well as…
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Nye, Nelson C. [Richard S. Wheeler]. Archive of Typed Letters (TLS).
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1986 – 87. An archive of nine typed letters, signed by Nye to Western and historical fiction writer and editor Richard S. Wheeler, dated from June 19, 1986 to June 19, 1987. Four of the letters are on full-size, tan letterhead, and five are on half-sheet, white letterhead (one of which is for Nye’s “Old…