The PORTLAND LAUGHER.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. 1st edition. 344 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth spine, gilt stamped lettering, over purple paper-covered boards. Color illustrated, black and purple glossy paper DJ. More
Modern First Editions
A TIME Of SOLDIERS.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1976. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by author to ffep. 306, [6 (blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x6-3/4". Quarter-bound brown cloth spine over beige paper-covered boards. Dark brown lettering to spine, color illustrated DJ. Inscribed to poet and pacifist William Stafford on the flyleaf: "For Bill..... More
The CLAM LAKE PAPERS. A Winter in the North Woods. Introducing the Metaphorical Imperative and Kindred Matters.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. SIGNED and INSCRIBED 1st Edition. 148 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8". Light blue cloth covered binding, blue lettering stamped to spine and front board. Light grey endpapers. Beige printed paper DJ. A nice association copy from the personal collection of poet William Stafford, inscribed..... More
GATHER TOGETHER In My NAME.
New York: Random House, (1974). 1st edition. [8], 214, [2] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
TWILIGHT At MONTICELLO. A Literary Mystery.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973. 1st edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author. 241, [3 (blank)] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Black cloth binding, silver stamped lettering and design to spine and front board. Color illustrated DJ. Inscribed and dated by author to front free endpaper, signed on title leaf... More
The HERITAGE Of NURSE O'HARA.
New York: Avalon Books, (1977). 1st edition. 185 pp. 8vo. Yellow-black cloth binding with dark blue spine lettering. Pictorial dust jacket. More
A JUG Of WINE, A WATERBED, And WOW!
Oakland, California: The Rather Press, 1971. 1st printing. Limited to 80 cc. 47, [1 (blank)] pp. Printed with Cloister Bold type on "expensive left-overs from past projects." Doggie ornaments courtesy of Dan Solo. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 6-5/8". Steel blue cloth spine over "special colored papers of various origin, specially selected..... More
SEDUCERS In ECUADOR.
London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, 1924. 1st edition (Cross A.12; Woolmer 52). 73, [3] pp. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Red patterned cloth boards, printed paper spine label. Dedicated to Virginia Woolf. More
APOCALYPSE.
London: Martin Secker, 1932. 1st trade edition. xli, [3], 224 pp. B/w photographic frontis inserted. 8-1/4" x 6". Light blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine and front board. Inscribed by Schendler to Richard Ellmann. More
LIFE ARBOREAL.
(n. p.): Peter Russell, the Pound Press, (1953). 1st edition. 98, [2 (blank)] pp. 8-5/8" x 5-3/4". Grey cloth binding, black stamped lettering to spine, grey printed paper dust jacket. More
SING O BARREN.
London: Routledge, (1947). viii, 138 pp. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Red cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine, red printed paper DJ. Possibly lacking rear free endpaper. More
LOSING BATTLES.
New York: Random House, (1970). Early printing. 436, [2] pp. 8-5/8" x 6". Green cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering and design to spine and front board. Green printed paper DJ. More
The LOVELY LADY.
London: Martin Secker, (1932). 1st edition. 246, [2] pp. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2". Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
SWEET THURSDAY.
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. 1st edition, 2nd printing (Holmes A37a). x, 273, [5 (blank)] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4". Yellow-gray cloth binding, blue and red stamped lettering and design to spine and front board. Color illustrated DJ. More
A GARLAND For The GREEN.
London: Hutchinson, (1962). 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Milne on ffep to fellow Irish poet: "To Patrick Galvin / With many thanks for his advice and suggestions in making the selection of these poems. Thanks, pal/ From Ewart Milne, April 1962" 95, [1] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Black quarter-bound cloth spine..... More
FAR STARS.
London: Dennis Dobson, (1961). 1st edition. 191, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8". Blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Black color illustrated DJ. More
BLACK WATER.
(New York): Dutton, A William Abrahams Book, 1992. 1st edition. SIGNED by Oates to the title leaf. 154, [2 (blank)] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-3/8". Black cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards. Color illustrated DJ. More
The PLAYMAKER.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 1st US edition. SIGNED and dated by the author to title leaf. 353, [1 (blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Brown cloth quarter-bound spine with silver lettering over blue paper boards. Color illustrated DJ. More
LIGHTS OUT In The REPTILE HOUSE. A Novel.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1990). 1st edition. 285, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
DEAR MR. CAPOTE. A Novel.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1984). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. 258 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. A lengthy inscription, on the t.p., by Lish to "Bee" More
ZIMZUM. A Novel.
New York: Pantheon Books, (1993). 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy. 98, [2] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. A lengthy inscription, on the t.p., by Lish to "Bee ... I love your name + bonhomie!" More
MATHILDA SAVITCH.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. 1st edition. [8], 292, [4 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Black paper covered boards, silver stamped lettering to spine. Black color illustrated DJ. More
WHEN WALLFLOWERS DIE. A Phoebe Siegel Mystery.
New York: Walker and Company, 1996. 1st edition. [8], 324, [4 (blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth binding, red printed lettering to spine. Black color illustrated DJ. More