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San Antonio: Wings Press, 2005. First edition, limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, this being a "promo" copy. 8vo, [2], 18, [2]pp. Signed by Cervantes at colophon. String bound, illustrated card wrappers. Fine condition. Beautifully printed chapbook from Wings Press, being the first two poems in the cycle Y la tierra no los olvidó, from preeminent Chicana poet and California native, Lorna Dee Cervantes.

Dublin, NH: Yankee Publications, 1983. Soft cover. Good. First appearance of "Uncle Otto's Truck" by Stephen King. Good condition with heavy rubbing to rear cover and some to front. Moisture damage to edges of last 40 pages or so.

New York: Miramax Books, 2004. First edition. 8vo, 290pp. Photographs. Signed by Yao Ming on the title page with material from the signing event laid in. Gray and black paper boards in illustrated jacket. Fine condition. Signed first printing.

U.S.A.: Dial Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good with previous owner's inscription FFEP. Very good jacket with light wear. 1st printing, though newbery sticker on jacket. Inscribed by author on title page.

Greenwillow, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Advance Reader's Copy (ARC, proof) of this Newbery Honor book. Near fine in wraps.

U.S.A.: Greenwillow Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first printing, with some light sticker residue to back cover. Newbery honor book.

New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009. Advance Reading Copy. 8vo, 386pp. Illustrated wraps. Very good with bumping to edges and toning to inside of front cover. Spine uncreased. Advance copy of this second book in the Atwood's dystopian trilogy, following Oryx and Crake.

HarperCollins, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine first printing, signed by author on special page tipped in.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover chapbook originally issued with the limited edition of Confessions of a Five-Chambered Heart. Fine condition.

Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition, 8vo, 64pp. Illustrated yellow wrappers, near fine condition with a bar code sticker to back cover. Catalogue published by the Harvard College Library in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Houghton Library, 1 March - 8 April 1994. Includes checklist of the exhibition and several illustrations.

Council Bluffs, IA: Yellow Barn Press, 2001. 31x23cm, [4]pp. printed in red and black with two 4x6" photos mounted to verso of last leaf. Blank order form laid in. Fine condition.

Livingston, Montana; Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Yellowstone Park Lodges and Camps Company, 1925. Brochure, 22.5 x 10cm folded, 11pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, map, printed in red and black throughout. Illustrated, stapled wraps show light wear and rubbing with a few bent corners, else fine. Beautiful brochure advertising stays at the park, with photos of lodges, sights, wildlife, maps, and pricing. "Any railroad agent can tell you about Yellowstone National Park, or address Yellowstone Park Lodge and Camps Co." Vernon Goodwin is listed as president, taking over from Howard Hays in 1924.

Random House, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Meets all first edition criteria. Very good book with musty smell, rubbing to corners and spine ends, and slightly dusty. Former owner's stamp attached to front pastedown. Very good- jacket is complete, though has several tears to edges, spine ends, and corners. Original 295/295 price in tact.

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1949. First edition. 24x17cm, 166pp. Introduction by William Saroyan. Review copy with slip from the publisher laid in. Orange cloth lettered in black in illustrated jacket. A near fine copy with some smudging to spine and foxing along upper edge of page block. Jacket very good with toning and a scuff to spine, some edge wear, and foxing to rear panel. Scarce review copy of the first published work of fiction by a Japanese American writer in English.  The collection consists of a group of interconnected stories set in Toshio Mori's (1910-1980) home of pre-WWII Oakland, CA.  The book was originally set to be published in 1942, however Mori was interned at Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah due to Roosevelts executive order 9066.  Even after his release three years later, publication was pushed back due to the anti-Asian sentiment following the war.  Finally in 1949, the collection was published.  Mori received favorable reviews as a writer, but the book… Read More

Pasadena: H.L. Doolittle, 1938. 8x10cm etching, signed by Doolittle in lower margin, mounted to board along with a letterpress printed quote from Muir, with gilt initial. The two prints matted together and suitable for framing. Fine condition with a couple minor blemishes to matting. Stunning aquatint etching by the California artist, Harold Doolittle (1883-1974), of Yosemite's Half Dome.  On the back is a small label from Doolittle's studio at 1520 Rose Villa St. in Pasadena, a Spanish Colonial house he designed and built himself in 1924.  Doolittle was also a printmaker, his work here on display in the beautiful printing of Muir's quotation from his unpublished journals, 1938.  A fine set, featuring one of his best known works, from the multitalented Pasadena artist.

Chicago: College Humor, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Very unique and interesting promotional book sent by College Humor magazine to advertisers and agencies in 1927 promoting the magazine, which was first published in 1920. This book was owned by Charles Wadsworth Camp, perhaps most well known as the father of Madeleine L'Engle, but an author in his own right. Laid in is a typed form letter from the advertising director, which was once mounted to the first blank page, asking the recipient (agencies) what would they give today to talk to themselves at twenty. It goes on to explain the appeal of the magazine to college youth of the time, and extol their great buying power and influence. The letter is signed by a very important individual, H. N. Swanson, first editor of the magazine and agent of F. Scott Fitzgerald and others. He writes a short note to camp at the bottom of the letter asking if he might send in something new. The book itself contains snippets of stories, art, and other works… Read More

Little, Brown and Company, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing, signed by Alexie on first blank page. Near fine book with lightly bumped corners and pushing to heel. Jacket is fine.

Bloomington, IN: Gaslight Publications, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Stated first edition, fine condition.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1938. First edition. 8vo, 213pp. Red cloth lettered in black. Staining to boards, worn at corners and spine ends, spotting to page edges, page block toned. A very good copy in facsimile jacket. Presentable first edition of this classic of hardboiled detective fiction set in Southern California.

Dutton, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Godwin, Edward; Godwin, Stephani. Nicely preserved copy of this book for children. Stated first edition. Near fine in very good jacket with a small chip from top edge, and few small tears elsewhere. Spine lightly sunned.