Orpheus Books

New York: William Morrow, 2026. Signed on the title page by Kim Thayil. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Founding member and lead guitarist for Soundgarden. After two EP discs released by Seattle label SubPop and one LP with SST, Soundgarden was the first of the Seattle bands of the grunge era to get a major label contract (with A & M) in 1989. Winner of two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2025. Kim Thayil was named the 100th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2010, and the 67th greatest guitarist of all time by SPIN in 2012.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Signed to the title page by Pat Conroy. Additionally inscribed to Major Jo Anne Montray. First edition / First printing. Red cloth. Very good with spot to rear board in a very good dust jacket, with a skinned spot to the lower spine.. Previous owner has printed the recipients last name at the top of the title page, as Conroy's hand is not as legible on the last name as it is elsewhere.

New York: Pantheon: 2012. Signed twice by Chris Ware. Signed by Chris Ware on the cover of gray hardcover book with the beige cloth spine at the bottom of the cover where the cloth meets the paper-covered board. Signed by Chris Ware on the inside cover of the hardcover book with the gold foil spine. First edition / First printing. Illustrated paper-covered box containing 14 discrete books, booklets, pamphlets, and ephemera. Fine in fine box. Box has light wear. Contents still in publisher's shrinkwrap, which has been opened at the top to extract the books for signing. An large clear archival bag is included to keep the box clean. Chosen by the editors of New York Times Book Review as one of the Ten Best Books of 2012. Chosen by David Ulin of the Los Angeles Times as one of the Ten Best Books of 2012.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2015. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine in very fine dust jacket.. Winner of the 2016 Booker Prize. The first time the Booker Prize was given to an American. Winner of the 2016 National Book Circle Award.

New York: Doubleday, 2024. Signed on the title page by Percival Everett. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize. Winner of the 2024 National Book Award. Number 50 on the New York Times Reader's List of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2024. Finalist for the 2024 Booker Prize.

New York: Faber and Faber, 2004. Signed on the inter-title (following the contents pages) by Billy Corgan and dated 04. Second Printing. Gray paper-covered boards Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Pantheon, 2003. Signed by Marjane Satrapi on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the 2001 Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award for Persepolis. Co-Winner of the 2007 Jury Prize for Persepolis Cannes Film Festival.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. First Issue Binding with gold foil on the front cover. Navy cloth. Very fine in first issue binding with gilt lettering on front board in near fine dust jacket, with slight fading to the spine.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Green cloth spine, green paper-covered boards. About fine, with some of the usual toning to the board edges, in fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Signed on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. First U.S. edition / First printing. Red paper spine, blue-gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Pamuk was the 2006 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pamuk has created and opened a Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, with a collection of everyday objects from the lives of Turks of the last half-century. A Mini series based on this title was recently released to streaming platforms.

Norwalk CT: The Easton Press, 2002. Signed by Joan Didion. First Easton Limited Edition / First printing. Brown leather. Very fine. With Certificate of Authenticity laid in.

New York: Rizzoli, 1999. Signed on the half-title page by Frank O. Gehry. First edition / First printing. Illustrated boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Frosted "vellum" jacket is fragile, and tears and chips easily, this copy is flawless. Frank O. Gehry is the Pritzker Prize Winner for 1989.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1979. Signed by Norman Mailer on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize.

London: Flamingo, 1997. Signed by Arundhati Roy on the title page. First U. K. edition / First printing. Navy blue paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of the Booker Prize. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1997.

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First edition / First printing. One of a small number of hardcover copies. (Alleged to be 200 copies) Ochre cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The novel received the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in 1985. It was a runner up for the National Book Award in 1985.

New York: Bantam, 1967. First paperback edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Attractive copy of the first paperback edition of Pynchon's second book.

New York: Grand Central, 2025. Signed by Roger Deakins. First Edition / First Printing. Black and white illustrated boards. Very fine, issued without dust jacket. Two Time Winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, 2017 and 2019. Five Time Winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2019.

New York: HarperCollins, 2007. Signed by the author on a specially printed page. First edition / First printing. Publisher's Signed Edition. White paper spine, black paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

New York: Abrams, 1961. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

New York: Warner Books, 1996. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on the title page and dated Aug 7, '96. Additionally inscribed: To Gail & Guy Many Thanks for Lifts Ad Astra. First edition / First printing. Blue paper-covered boards. Near fine, with toning to the edges of the boards in fine dust jacket.

New York: Viking, 1994. Signed by the author on a publisher's bookplate mounted on the front free end-paper. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, pale gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.. Publisher's letter to bookseller laid in. Winner of the 1995 Irish Times International Fiction Prize. J. M. Coetzze won the Booker Prize twice, in 1983 and 1999. He also won the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Signed by Simon Schama on the title page. First edition / First printing. Gold cloth. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1992. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition hardcover / First printing. Green cloth spine, tan paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket, with light diagonal crease to the top front jacket flap.