Modern First Editions

1989. 1989 Hager, Jean THE GRANDFATHER MEDICINE First edition NY: St Martin's Press, c1989 244pp 8vo Fine copy in d/w with only faint rubbing on lower edge of spine panel.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth spine, slate paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The author's first book.

First edition 1st printing, Good book with wear along bottom edges of boards, rubbed through to cardboard at bottom corners, crimped bottom of spine, spine bowed with vertical ridge line, page block wavy, front board splayed; in a Fine minus jacket with crimping bottom of spine, and mild rubbing back panel. Signed and dated presentation copy to author John Hawkes.

New York: Doubleday, 1994. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. First state uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. GRANTA 20 author.

New York: Viking, Inc., 1976. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Inevitable light fading to the orange paper spine, else near fine. Contains publisher's photocopied note laid in. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.

NY: Appleton, 1926. First American edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Appleton, 1926, first printing. 8vo., vi+340pp., plus 3pp. publisher's ads. red cloth with gold titles and designs. Stories of the Italian Alpine Corps (Alpini) during World War I. Translated by Rudolph Altrocchi. Light dust spotting on top edge, some dulling to the titles, several sheets uncut, with a few pages opened roughly with overhanging chads/edge chips, previous owner name on pastedown. Still very good, clean, bright, attractive. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. Signed on the title page by Michael Ondaatje. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Warlight was Nominated for the 2018 Booker Prize. The English Patient recently Won the Golden Booker Prize.

In Lettin It All Hang Out, part autobiography, part how-to manual, superstar RuPaul comes out and comes clean with the full story of his remarkable rise and rise. Born to a mother who was a "hot firecracker of a woman," RuPaul Andre Charles talks about her powerful influence and of his life growing up in a house full of women. He tells the story of his difficult but loving childhood, his early awareness of "being different," and takes us on a wild ride highlighting his various drag personae over the years in Atlanta, New York City, and eventually all over the world.RuPaul also reveals his secrets as the apotheosis of the nineties' glamour girl: how to work a wig, how to get sparkling white teeth, how to work the camera and how to get the camera to work for you, the essential items every drag queen must have in her purse, and how to achieve the fiercest tuck this side of the Mason-Dixon line. RuPaul also lets us behind his persona to show his fans that there is more to him than the paint and the… Read More

New York: Random House, 1994. Signed by E. L. Doctorow on the title page. First trade edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921, first printing. 8vo., 160pp. Yellow cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, marbled endpapers. Spine lettering bit dull, very light, occasional foxing. Paper bright, binding tight, attractive. Very good plus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition / First printing. Off-white cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. The author's first story collection, and her second book.

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Souvenir Press, 1989, first printing. Folio, 9" x 12", 124pp., illustrated in color, with 59 humorous cartoons and a glossary on book collecting. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

(Comma Press, London, 2014). 1st Edition. Octavo. Signed by the Author on the title page 137 pages. Translated by Jonathan Wright. A soldier with the ability to predict the future finds himself blackmailed by an insurgent into the ultimate act of terror. From legends of the desert to the horrors of the forest, Blasim's stories blend the fantastic, with every day, the surreal with the all-too-real. The Guardian writes: "Perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive." Winner of the Independent foreign fiction prize. His books are either banned or heavily edited in many Near Eastern countries. Bound in stiff paper wraps, spine lettering white. A fine copy.

William Goyen. The Faces of Blood Kindred. N.Y.: Random House. 1960. First edition. Blue and black cloth in pictorial dust jacket. 167 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Personal inscription "For Hazel and Whit./ dear friends for many, / years / my affections , /S/ Billy". An unusual association copy and rare thus. Note: I have a large selection of Goyen material inquire about other items.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. Original paper issue for December, 1867. Published Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867. 8vo. wrappers, 6 3/8" x 10", 124pp.+iv+xiv ads, plu 3 tipped in sheets of ads on color paper. Includes: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: The Guardian Angel; BAYARD TAYLOR: By-Ways of Europe: A Visit to the Balearic Islands; THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH: A Young Desperado; JOHN NEAL: A Mysterious Personage; JAMES K. MEDBERY: Our Pacific Railroads; CHARLES J. SPRAGUE: What We Feel. Minor edge fray, chipping to covers, flattened crease to upper corner. Very good plus, clean bright. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.