Search Results: Modern and Hypermodern Fiction from Singularity Rare & Fine

Bloomington, IN: iUniverse Star, 2014. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New, and pristine. Signed by author on the title page. Calling-card size promo for the novel laid in. See scans and description. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse Star, 2014. 'The Actor', a thriller by Douglas Gardham; first edition, but no printing numbers are indicated for this title. Octavo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 336 pp. New, and flawless. Gardham's first Ethan Jones novel, followed in 2018 by The Musician. Laid-in promo card is also, on its reverse, a promo for that second Ethan Jones tale. Signed by Gardham at a bookstore in Central New York. Pristine condition. L94

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1996. First Edition (stated) and First Printing (number line starting with '1'). Fine/Fine. 12mo, jacket designed by Molly Renda, yellow and blue boards with gilt spine imprinting, yellow endpapers, 236 pp. Fine book in a fine jacket which does show some a small patch of removable price-sticker adhesive at top right (see scan). L-26

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition and printing, fine book in fine jacket. 355 pp, octavo, cloth boards in photo-composite pictorial jacket. Trenchant story of troubled Wade Whitehouse. Basis for the Paul Schrader film starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe and Mary Beth Hurt. A fine collector-grade copy. See scans. L-26

New York: Random House, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition / First Printing - with, unusually for Random House, a '1' in the number line as well. As New, with notation. See scans and description. New York: Random House, 2011. E.L. Doctorow's 'All the Time in the World''. Octavo, illustrated jacket, gray & black boards with silver spine imprinting, 277 pp. + 1 pp Acknowledgments + 1 pp About the Author + 1 pp About the Type. As New in every way, but for a small red dot on bottom page edges (see scan), which may or may not be a remainder mark, but must be treated as such. Otherwise, immaculate. Stated First Edition and First Printing. See scans. L16n

New York: HarperPrism, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: HarperPrism, 1997. First Edition and First Printing, with full number line and the statement "First Printing: September 1997" on the copyright page. "0897P" on front jacket flap. Octavo, illustrated jacket, black cloth boards and spine with metallic red spine imprinting, teal endpapers. Fine book in Fine jacket; collector copy. A Mulder & Scully adventure, based on Chris Carter's hit TV series, "The X-Files". L-23

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 1st Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. First Edition, "California Set-Aside". Signed by Vonnegut. Octavo, 295 pp. Crisp, bright, As-New book & jacket copy of a special set: one of 100 copies of the first edition signed and set aside for California friends of the author, so stated on a set-plate on the ffep (see scan). Bagombo Snuff box is Vonnegut's own selection of twenty-three of his favorite stories never published before in book form, with his 11 page introduction and a 7 page coda in which he recounts his life as an author for periodicals. Preface by Peter Reed, a noted Vonnegut scholar. Includes a number of very early stories from the fifties written for Cosmopolitan and The Saturday Evening Post, including the 1954 title story, as well as several from 1999. A pristine collectible, scarce with the signature and downright rare as one of… Read More

San Francisco: McSweeney's Publishing LLC, 2004. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Burns, Charles; Millionaire, Tony. San Francisco: McSweeney's Publishing LLC, 2004. The October, 2004 issue of The Believer, Vol. 2, No. 10. Fine condition. Quarto, wraps, 88 pp. John Kerry cover illustration by Charles Burns for an interior interview of Kerry by Z.Z. Packer. H.P. Lovecraft article taken from the 1999 Michel Houellebecq book, "H.P. Lovecraft-Contre Le Monde Contre LA Vie", which would shortly after this issue be published in English, focused on the not-much-of-a-party-guy nature of the great horror writer. That may be a thing about horror writers in general. A lot more, of course, in the issue. L63

New York: Viking, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: Viking, 1986. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, illustrated jacket by Fred Marcellino, gold and black boards with gilt spine imprinting, 368 pp. Very Good + book in Very Good + jacket, unclipped. Nice copy; see scan. L-25

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good. See description and scans. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. First Paperback Edition and First Printing. Octavo, orange printed perfect-bound wraps, xvii + 381 pp. Very Good; small closed tear at lower left, small dog-ear at upper right, a few spots at page edges. See scans. Otherwise, bright, tight, sturdy. 21 short stories, selected from American and Canadian magazines, in this annual series. L201

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1982. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, black spider-web jacket, cream and black boards with silver spine imprinting, 239 pp. Fine book in a near fine, unclipped jacket showing just micro-edgewear at top edge and a millimeter of toning along inside top edge of flaps. Nice, collectible copy. L-26

Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1999. First Edition and First Printing. Signed by P.L. Gaus on the title page, without additional inscription. Octavo, dust jacket with cover design by Chiquita Babb, red cloth boards with gilt imprinting on spine, v + 2 + 230 pp. As New, pristine and flawless, both book and jacket; a collector copy. See scans. P.L. Gaus' widely-admired murder mystery, in its most collectible form. L46n

Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1999. First Edition and First Printing. Signed by P.L. Gaus on the title page, without additional inscription. Octavo, dust jacket with cover design by Chiquita Babb, red cloth boards with gilt imprinting on spine, v + 2 + 230 pp. As New, pristine and flawless, both book and jacket; a collector copy. Even the jacket spine ends show no crinkle (scan). P.L. Gaus' widely-admired murder mystery; the most collectible form of the first entry in the Amish-Country Mysteries, a series formerly known as the Ohio Amish Mysteries. Please see scans. L98

New York: Warner Books, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: Warner Book, 1995. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, illustrated jacket, white boards, green spine with silver imprint, 248 pp. Fine book, Fine jacket. Nice collectible 1st/1st of Waller's fourth novel. L23

New York: Warner Books, 1995. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. New York: Warner Books, 1995. First Edition and First Printing. Octavo, jacket designed by Jackie Merri Meyer, ivory and green boards with silver spine imprinting, 248 pp. New; a Fine book in a Fine, unclipped jacket. Handsome collector copy. L-26

New York: Del Rey, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gianni, Gary. New York: Del Rey, 2005. Advance Uncorrected Proof of the first Del Rey. Profusely illustrated by Gary Gianni. Octavo, 367 numbered pages. Fine, as new but for a small yellow highlighter mark, top page edges, presumably not a remainder mark as this is an A.U.P. Proof and the mark is on the top. Very collectible, and scarce, form of the Del Rey edition. Chock-a-block with Gianni's fine Frazetta-like illustrations. L43n

New York: Viking, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. Pristine. See scans and description. New York: Viking, 1996. First Edition and First Printing; signed by Helen Fielding on the title page, without further inscription. As New; pristine and immaculate, both book and jacket. A collector's copy. Octavo, dust jacket design by Evan Gaffney, gold and white boards with copper/gilt spine imprinting, 271 pp. Fielding's 1996 unforgettable diary-form contemporary romance - later made into the Renée Zellweger / Colin Firth / Hugh Grant film - in its most collectible form. L201

New York: Viking, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New. Pristine. See scans and description. New York: Viking, 1996. First Edition and First Printing; signed by Helen Fielding on the title page, without further inscription. As New; pristine and immaculate, both book and jacket. A collector's copy. Octavo, dust jacket design by Evan Gaffney, gold and white boards with copper/gilt spine imprinting, 271 pp. Fielding's 1996 unforgettable diary-form contemporary romance - later made into the Renée Zellweger / Colin Firth / Hugh Grant film - in its most collectible form. L 46n

New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition . Cloth-backed Paper Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Book in Fine Jacket. See scans and description. New York: Random House [1952]. First Edition. First Printing stated on copyright page. Octavo, 335 pp. Black cloth-backed orange paper boards, blue lettering on cover and spine; light buff dustjacket with black and red lettering on cover, spine and rear cover. Fine, flawless book in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket, showing one 1 mm closed nick at upper left, front (see scan). Mylar protected. Striking condition. The third novel in Williams' White Mule trilogy about the Stecher family of immigrants and their lives in America; the first two were The White Mule [1937] and In the Money [1940]. L12n

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First American Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First Edition with all first state points, those being - on Jacket: James Jones blurb instead of Nelson Algren's at bottom of back panel; $ 5.00 price; code 0464, bottom of front flap. Book: purple cloth, black paper boards; no statement of printing (later editions do state printing); 5.75" x 8.25", 224 pp.; red endpapers and topstain as per first issue. Near fine in near fine jacket; very close to fine, which is scarce for this title in the first state. One of the better copies you're likely to see of this inexpensively produced title. Jacket is first state and not clipped, still bearing the $ 5.00 price. First edition of the somewhat tardy American re-do of Southern's original (under the pseudonym Maxwell Kenton)through the Olympia Press in Paris in 1958 -which was itself chased and marked for destruction by French authorities.… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First American Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1964. First Edition with all first state points, those being - on Jacket: James Jones blurb instead of Nelson Algren's at bottom of back panel; $ 5.00 price; code 0464, bottom of front flap. Book: purple cloth, black paper boards; no statement of printing (later editions do state printing); 5.75" x 8.25", 224 pp.; red endpapers and topstain as per first issue. Near fine in near fine jacket; very close to fine, which is scarce for this title in the first state. One of the better copies you're likely to see of this inexpensively produced title. Jacket is first state and not clipped, still bearing the $ 5.00 price. Book shows unobtrusive spotting at top (dyed) page edges, faint fade toward very top of boards. Jacket shows very small scale touch edgewear at places. First edition of the somewhat tardy American re-do of Southern's original (under… Read More