Live or Die
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. 90 pp. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Publisher's plastic comb-bound plain wraps. Very good with cracks to comb and toning to covers and pages. More
Advance Copies
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition, first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Bound in original coarse off-white cloth stamped in black and brown. Fine, with faint foxing to cloth, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning and light staining to spine..... More
Zodiac: The Eco Thriller
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Signed by Neal Stephenson on the title page. Bound in publisher's original blue wraps printed in black. Very Good with soiling and soiling, fading to the spine with short splits to the top of the front joint..... More
Smith of Wootton Major
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Advance uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Publisher's plastic comb-bound stiff wraps. Near Fine with toning and light wear, several trivial bends to the comb binding. With tentative release date and price on a slip of paper taped to front cover, with crease to..... More
A Dozen and One
Hollywood: Murray & Gee, Inc., 1943. Advance proof, bound in dust jacket. Good, though a bit fragile. Sunning to wraps. The spine ends flaking, with a two inch split at the top of the spine, culminating in a small dime-sized chip. There is a small indent from a pencil on..... More
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition. Plastic comb-bound wraps with trial dust jacket with rear panel and flaps both blank, folded off-center over wraps. Very Good with toning throughout, edge wear to jacket which is worn and very fragile along the front..... More
Slaughterhouse Five: or the Children's Crusade, a Duty Dance with Death
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition in trial proof dustwrapper after a design by Brian Edwards, rejected by the publisher, with an image of a Tralfamadorian, and close by a man with gun in holster holding a sword. The words "PROOF ONLY Provisional Publication Date..... More
Infinite Jest
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1996. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by the author as issued by the publisher. Very Good with wear to covers, small tear to foot of upper spine joint. Type on contact information label to front cover is scribbled out in ink, several..... More
The Corpse in the Green Pyjamas
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. Advance reading copy in green, black, and white illustrated self-wraps, "Publication Date / Feb - 8 1935" stamped on front flyleaf. First American edition. 305 pp. Very Good. Understandable creasing and concavity to spine, a bit of rubbing along edges and a slight..... More
The Robber Bridegroom
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1942. First edition, first printing. Signed by Eudora Welty on the front free endpaper, inscribed to a former owner. A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Near Fine, with offsetting to endsheets, and light soiling/scuffing to bottom edge of boards. In..... More
Augustus
New York: The Viking Press, 1972. First edition, first printing. An advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Original green cloth backstrip with gilt spine lettering, maroon paper covered boards. Near Fine with a light lean to the binding, light fading to covers to a thin strip along top..... More
A Cool Breeze on the Underground
New York: St. Martins Press, 1991. First edition. Advance reading copy with publisher's prospectus laid in. Signed by Don Winslow on title page. [vi], 281 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The crime author's debut, introducing private investigator Neal Carey. More
This Boy's Life: A Memoir
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Uncorrected advance proof, issued to book reviewers and booksellers before publication of the first edition. Signed by Tobias Wolff on title page, inscribed to Oregon radio host Mel Waggoner. [xii], 292 pp. Bound in publisher's blue wraps. Fine. A sharp, unread copy. Rare in..... More
Tomato Red
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Uncorrected proof in red paper wraps. 225 p. Signed by Daniel Woodrell on title page in black ink, at a Portland, OR reading in 2014. Very Good. Front cover creased; small, light staining to back cover and last page of text. Dedication and..... More
Granite and Rainbow
London: The Hogarth Press, 1958. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy bound in publisher's drab printed wraps with typed title label to spine. Very Good with several ink spots to front cover and bottom textblock edge, and a pink stain to the top of the front cover. Light corner wear. A...... More
Generation of Vipers
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. Advance Reading Copy. First edition. xix, 318 pp. Self-wraps, glued to spine and perhaps slightly trimmed, plain endpapers. About Very Good. Wraps a bit toned and fragile. Front cover worn along edges with a few small tears. Light stain to back cover. Slight lean..... More