San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. First edition, advance review copy. (First printing dated 4-72" on last page of ads, price of $3.95 on back cover.) 478, [2] p. Illustrated wraps. Publisher's review slip laid in. Light shelf wear, else Fine and unread, bright contents. An excellent copy, scarce in..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. First edition, first printing. Signed by Norman Maclean on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with titles stamped in silver on the spine. Near Fine, boards faintly splayed and light spotting to cloth at top edge. In a Very..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition, first state dust jacket. Signed by John Updike on the title page. x, 242, [4] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth and paper-covered boards, lettered in silver and gold. Near Fine with a little toning at spine ends, shelf wear, in Near Fine..... More
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Early 20th century reprint of Mark Twain's first published book, which was originally published in 1865. Signed and inscribed by Twain on the front pastedown: “To Lieut. Norman Woolcock, R.N.R. with the compliments & best wishes of Mark Twain, S. S. Minnetonka..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. Uncorrected advance proof, issued before the publication of the first edition to reviewers and publishing industry figures. Bound in publisher's brown wraps. xviii, 385 pp. A Fine, unread copy. Uncommon format of a collection of stories by an American master of the form... More
London: Cassell & Co., 1951. First British edition. xii, 276 pp. Bound in crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name on paste down, light wear, in Near Fine dust jacket, a little rubbed along edges, spine slightly toned. A collection of plays, essays, and short stories..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Small bookplate to front pastedown, corners bumped and spine gilt lightly flaked, else a very sharp and unusually fresh copy. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with very slight..... More