Search Results: First Book from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

Boston: Godine, 1985 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 211pp. brown cloth 8vo: near Very Good in a Very Good+ dj [ffep has been removed; tiny bump @ top edge of back cover boards; light top & fore edge foxing; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy; dj = short tear on back cover panel near spine tail; else VG+] A first book of stories set in the South.

New York: Knopf. 1991 1st ed. 129pp. hardback sm 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj [few tiny age spots on fore edge; else VG] A dozen stories in the author's debut.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 1st ed. 240pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good in a Fine dj [small name label on ffep; text is age browned; edges are foxed; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A humorous memoir of a young writer’s life in retirement in a community of Florida senior citizens.

Atlanta: Peachtree, 1988 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 216pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [text is age browned; else a nice crisp copy]

New York: Vintage Books, 1987 reprint. SIGNED on title p. by author. 178pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A nice signed copy of this youthful rough travel adventure to the back of beyond. Vikram Seth (b. 1952) won the 1983 Thomas Cook Award for travel writing for this first book.

New York: Atheneum, 1982 reprint. 210pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a near Very Good dj [ink date on ffep; else VG+] Garrison Keillor's first book, a collection of weirdly humorous New Yorker Magazine pieces. Jacket praise from Fran Lebowitz, Jean Shepherd, et al.

New York: Atheneum, 1982 1st ed. SIGNED by author on title p. under "Best biscuits." 210pp. hardback 8vo: Very Good+ in a Fine dj in poly cover [fore edge is foxed & age browned; else VG+] Garrison Keillor's (b. 1942) first book, a collection of weirdly humorous New Yorker Magazine pieces.

New York: Kenan Press, 1980 1st ed. 252pp. hardback 8vo: near Very Good in a near Very Good dj [ink name on ffep; some age foxing of edges; small rem. dot bottom edge; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy; dj = few creases; else nrVG] An entertaining period piece that evokes a late sixties, early seventies travel style experienced by many a Baby Boomer.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985 1st Am. ed. 259pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a generally Good dj with some tears @ extremities, now protected in a Brodart poly cover. An absorbing travel memoir, the first book by the English novelist Morley (1948-2018).