Search Results: Advance Review Copy from Charles Agvent

New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pierce, (1944). First Edition. Hardcover. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A collection of radio dramas about America. An Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. An anthology of detective fiction with the writers' names in anagram. Introduction by Stanley Ellin. Original unbound sheets with a photocopy of a note from the publisher stating that this is one of 8 sets of unbound, folded, and gathered signatures to be used for review purposes.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Edited with an introduction by Bishop with translations by her, Paul Blackburn, June Jordan, Galway Kinnell, James Merrill, W. S. Merwin, Mark Strand, Richard Wilbur, and others. This copy SIGNED by both Bishop and Brasil on the title page as well as W. S. Merwin at one of his translations: "For Burt Britten/Bill Merwin." In addition Bishop has made two corrections in the text. A Review Copy with slip laid in.

New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. Wraps. A little wrinkling to the spine and soiling. Near Fine. Advance Copy in pictorial wraps replicating the dustwrapper design. Scarce issue of this remarkable novel about how a tribe of Stone Age natives in the Amazon are affected by various Americans. SIGNED on the half-title page by the author.

New York: Pantheon Books, (1997). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps reproducing the art of the dustwrapper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Although his previous collection achieved some popularity, this title is really Carver's breakthrough and break-away (from the restraints of Gordon Lish's style) book. In it, Carver moved beyond the constraining label of minimalism to mine an emotional depth not present in his previous work and which would blossom fully in his next and last book. The title story and "A Small, Good Thing" rank among the best stories of the latter twentieth century. A Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Review copy with slip laid in. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. wraps. Fine in a Fine paper slipcase, as issued. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading Copy, SIGNED by the author as issued on the front free endpaper, of his last collection of stories.

(New York): (Alfred A. Knopf), (1996). First Edition. wraps. Fine. 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 Fisketjon.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. wraps. Slightest of bumps to upper rear corner; slipcase with short tear at bottom edge. About Fine in a Near Fine paper slipcase, as issued. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading Copy, SIGNED by the author as issued on the front free endpaper, of his last collection of stories.

New York: Delacorte, (1975). First Edition. wraps. Paperclip rust impression to the first two pages, spine a little sunned with the adhesive label bearing the title beginning to fray. Near Fine and uncommon. Uncorrected Proof in red printed wraps of Yates's fourth book, and perhaps his most uncommon, especially in this state.

New York: Random House, (1941). First Edition. Softcover. Some browning and chipping, as could be expected, but overall in Very Good condition and quite scarce. Bloomfield & Mendelson A24a: 2000 copies printed, precedes the English edition. This copy is likely an Advance Review Copy and consists of loose signatures, never bound. In pencil on the title page is written "Aldington," this likely being Richard Aldington's copy though the signature does not match his handwriting.

New York: Phaedra, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper lacking a few chunks from spine and with a few stains on the front. Advance Copy in wraps with dustwrapper with the publisher's address line on the copyright page and Trident Press noted on the rear dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is identical to the trade issue but slightly different in size extending above the top of the covers and resulting in inevitable wear.

New York: Phaedra, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Owner inscription on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a soiled and worn Good dustwrapper. Advance Copy in wraps with dustwrapper with the publisher's address line on the copyright page and Trident Press noted on the rear dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is identical to the trade issue but slightly different in size extending above the top of the covers and resulting in inevitable wear.

New York: Phaedra, 1965. First Edition. Wraps. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a few small holes on the spine and some tanning. Advance Copy in wraps with dustwrapper with the publisher's address line on the copyright page and Trident Press noted on the rear dustwrapper flap. The dustwrapper is identical to the trade issue but slightly different in size extending above the top of the covers and resulting in inevitable wear. Review Slip laid in.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1985). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Review Copy Excerpt of the Southern author's second book, "a seriocomic autobiography in the form of a gallery of portraits of the great and small Ed McClanahan encountered in thirty peripatetic years of wandering the fringes of the academic and literary worlds." Cover art by Robert Crumb. SIGNED by the auhor on the title page in Port Royal on 12 March 1986. Laid in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by McClanahan presenting the book to the recipient: "There aren't many of them extant, very few signed ones."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with review slip and flyer laid in of the final volume of White's autobiographical trilogy.

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Carver's second collection of stories, one of 1200 copies of the issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1300. This is a Review Copy with the publisher's slip laid in.

New York: Delacorte Press, (1978). First Edition. wraps. Fine. Uncorrected Proof copy in gray printed wraps with author and title in ink on spine as well as date of publication also in ink on the front cover. Laid in is a photocopied review slip.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1950). First American Edition. hardcover. The bright yellow cloth has a little soiling to the spine and a very slightly bumped corner. The dustwrapper has a small hole on the back edge of the spine, a small stain on the somewhat soiled rear cover, and a tiny closed tear on the bright front panel. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Review Copy, with slip laid in, of the first book by this Nobel Prize winner.