ON DISTANT GROUND
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Considered one of the better novels about the Vietnam conflict.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Considered one of the better novels about the Vietnam conflict.
New York: Horizon Press, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book.
(New York): Delacorte Press, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. Advance Copy with publisher's slip laid in. One leaf (pp. 147-148) is a cancel. We have not seen another copy of this book to help determine if this might be an issue point. A modern literary "forgery." The dustwrapper blurb states that.....
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 1996. Second Edition. softcover. First Printing in pictorial wraps of the reprint of the original hardcover edition from 1977 with a brief note by Carter about the reissue. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in full by the former President and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize: "Best wishes/to.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Early collection of poems, one of 1000 copies of the softcover issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1100. Increasingly uncommon to find without any defects.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. The standard trade issue in paperback. There were also a small number of copies bound in boards, similar to the limited edition and likely meant for libraries. A superb collection containing the title essay as well as his essay "On Writing," along.....
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Carver's second collection of stories, one of 1200 copies of the issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1300.
London: Harvill, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover. The true First Edition published a year before the U.S. softcover publication. Foreword by Tess Gallagher.
New York: Vintage Contemporaries, (1992). First Edition. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. Edited by William Stull with a foreword by Tess Gallagher.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1976). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Carver's first trade book, a collection of stories that heralded a new perspective on the role of Everyman in modern fiction.
New York: Random House, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. A fine collection of poems by this writer of powerful short stories. A Review Copy with photocopy of the publisher's slip laid in. Poet William Heyen's copy SIGNED and dated 1987 on the front pastedown underneath the dustwrapper flap.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. His uncommon second book.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. The poet's uncommon second book.
New York: The Swallow Press and William Morrow and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, 1000 copies printed by Carroll Coleman at the Prairie Press. Master of the epigram and one of our most underrated poets.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover.
CT: Wesleyan, (1964). First Edition. Wraps. Poet's second solo book, the wraps issue.
New York: Scribner, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Dickey's true first book, a collection of 24 poems issued together with collections by Paris Leary and Jon Swan. One of the more uncommon volumes in this series, this is an Advance Review Copy with a review slip laid in. Wright A1.
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-decorated green leather. Illustrated by Oscar Liebman. Limited and true First Edition with an introduction by Didion not in the trade edition and SIGNED by the author. "Notes from the Editors" pamphlet present.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (2002). First Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Gilt-decorated brown leather. Illustrated by Oscar Liebman. Limited and SIGNED by the author. Author's Note and Authenticity Certificate laid in.
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1921). First Edition. Hardcover. Fifth state of the text (no priority given for states 3-5) in the scarce dustwrapper, this with the third state of reviews. INSCRIBED and SIGNED, but not in Dos Passos's hand, on the front endpaper: "To M.C. Baldwin/with the compliments/of.....
New York: John Lane, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. The second issue with the four-page essay by Dreiser at the end of the text.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, (1959). First Edition. Hardcover. Campbell was an editor and critic for Dreiser for over twenty-five years. Fountain Lawn Library bookplate on the front pastedown.
(New York): (Alfred A. Knopf), (1996). First Edition. wraps. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy of his last collection containing 3 stories, each separated by a titled cover in a different color: "All the Time in the World," "The Timing of Sin," and "Out of the Snow." With an introduction by Gary.....
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Dugan's second book, follow-up to his winner of both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and aptly titled.
New York: Harper & Row, (1971). First Edition. hardcover. Second book by the author of GEEK LOVE.