Recent Arrivals from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Seven short stories published in an edition of 500 signed copies in a series of small anthologies with the names of colors in the title. 120 pages. 4-1/2 by 6-1/2 inches. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in purple boards stamped in gilt. This is no. 380,… Read more about this item

New York: Reagan Arthur / Little, Brown and Company, 2011. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. An inscribed copy of this stand-alone publication. 38 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in printed wrappers (pamphlet). Inscribed on the title page, "To Tom, George Pelecanos.

[Dallas]: Book Club of Texas, 2000. Hardcover. Very good. An attractive new edition of an 1884 book collecting letters from three Englishmen who settled on a sheep farm near Boerne, Texas. With a foreword by Elmer Kelton; an introduction, addenda, and annotations by John R. DeBruyn; and editing by Christine Gilbert. lii, 259 pages. One… Read more about this item

Jerez de la Frontera, Spain: Manuel Martín, 1942. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. An inscribed copy of the first book by a Spanish poet who won the Premio Nacional de Literatura in 1971. [1-14] 15-83 [84-88] pages. Prologue by Francisco Montero Galvache. 4-9/16 by 6-1/8 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the… Read more about this item

Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Stratis, 1998. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. One of 250 copies. Award-winning Latin American writer. 64 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in somewhat grubby cream-colored wrappers.

México [Mexico City]: Joaquin Mortiz, 1970. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. An inscribed first edition of this novel by a Mexican writer best known for his screenplays. 121 pages. One of 4000 copies. First edition (first printing). A very good to near fine copy with some fading to the orange spine. This copy is inscribed, "Para… Read more about this item

New York: Blue Sky Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition of this picture book signed by both illustrators. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Leo and Diane Dillon on the title page.

New York: Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A signed first edition of this collection of essays by this novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and husband of Joan Didion. Quintana was the name of Dunne and Didion's daughter, who died in 2005 at age 39. 262 pages. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Bentley Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. Good. 2017 printing of this manual, using the 1992 text. About 900 pages. Old dampstain along page edge making the pageblock a bit wavy, but otherwise solid and clean inside. No mildew smell.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. A very nice copy in a dust jacket of this popular book explaining about 100 magic tricks and illusions, from fire eating and sword swallowing to spirit writing and automatons playing chess to basic card magic and slight of hand. Each secret is explained on a double-page… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Editorial Apolo, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An inscribed copy in a dust jacket of this collection of a poems. Del Valle was a Spanish writer of the Generación del 27. 78 pages. Published as no. 3 in the Colección Azor. 5 by 7 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very good. A signed pre-publication copy of this novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lonesome Dove. This book is described on the cover as an "advance uncorrected reader's proof" printed from typeset pages reproducing the handwritten page numbers. Bound in the publisher's typical yellow printed wrappers. [1-15]… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A near fine signed first edition of Larry McMurtry's first long novel. 794 pages. First edition (first printing stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Nice. Signed by McMurtry on the front free endpaper.

Archer City, TX and New York: Three Dog Books and Simon and Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine copy of the 50 signed and numbered copies of the first book in theBerrybender Narratives series, issued by Three Dog Books in cooperation with Larry McMurtry. The limited edition was created by adding a rubberstamped limitation notice… Read more about this item

Santa Cruz, CA: Reese, 1890. Ephemera. Very good. An 1886 boudoir cabinet card albumen photograph of a girl and a woman seating in front of the Santa Cruz Giant, a large redwood tree. The image, 8-1/4 by 5 inches, is mounted on Reese back (10 by 7 inches), with gilt stamping on the front and a "notice… Read more about this item

London: Titan Books, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An oversized version of the Alien graphic novel (based on the Ridley Scott film) assembled from digitally remastered scans of Walter Simonson's original drawings. This edition also includes sketches and interviews with Simonson and letterer John Workman. 96 pages. 13-1/8 by 17 inches. A fine copy in illustrated… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A signed first edition of this novel set in the 19th century, about a woman and her children making the arduous journey from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny, in Wyoming. 287 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Near fine. The uncommon tape-bound proof for book three in the Berrybender Naratives. This proof has yellow printed covers labeled "advance uncorrected reader's proof" at the top. The spine has black binder's tape along its length. The pages are typeset like the finished book. 6-1/16… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A signed first edition of this novel set in the 19th century, about a woman and her children making the arduous journey from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny, in Wyoming. 287 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Uncorrected Proof. Trade paperback. Fine. A signed advance copy of this novel set in the 19th century, about a woman and her children making the arduous journey from Boone's Lick, Missouri, to Fort Phil Kearny, in Wyoming. This is the Advance Reading Copy (ARC) bound in wrappers (paperback) with a color… Read more about this item