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Sleep Tight [Signed, Limited]

Sleep Tight [Signed, Limited]

by Purdy, James

Nadja, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [16] pages. A short story, published in an edition of 126 copies, in collaboration with the Center for Book Arts. Illustrated with an abstract drawing by the author. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in bright, unsoiled wrappers (paperback). Pages unopened, as issued. This is letter V of 26 copies reserved for the publisher.
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A$193.68
Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling With Dots

Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling With Dots

by Mailer, Norman

Lord John Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 102 pages. One of 300 signed and numbered copies. Mailer's critique of television culture in which he recounts his TV appearances with people including Truman Capote, Dorothy Parker, Gore Vidal and others. First appeared in Esquire. First edition (first printing). Marbled paper over cloth and stamped in gilt. Black cloth spine a bit faded thus a near fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. In a fine slipcase. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy... Read more about this item
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A$193.68
Mudbound [Signed and Numbered]

Mudbound [Signed and Numbered]

by Jordan, Hillary

Algonquin Books, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 328 pages. One of 350 signed copies of the first edition issued without a jacket and instead in a slipcase. The film adaptation of Mudbound was released on Netflix in 2017 and in limited release in theaters to qualify for the Oscars, where it received four nominations. The author's first book. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. In a fine slipcase. Signed and numbered by the author on the title page.
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A$242.09
Gritloaf Anthology

Gritloaf Anthology

by Bonnette, Pete and Isabel Zuber (editors)

Palaemon Press, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 44 pages. Poetry anthology. One of 500 copies. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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A$23.24
Island Fire [Lettered edition]

Island Fire [Lettered edition]

by Hawkes, John

Burning Deck, 1988. First Edition. Pamphlet. [16] pages. 7-1/4 by 10-1/2 inches. One of 26 lettered copies out of an edition of 526. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in sewn wrappers (paperback). In a fine acetate dust jacket. Copy lettered L. Signed by the author on the colophon.
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A$193.68
Country Mouse, City Mouse

Country Mouse, City Mouse

by Price, Reynolds

Friends of the Library North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1981. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [8] pages. From an edition of 500 copies, of which 50 were numbered and signed. An essay first published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1964, with new introduction by the author. First edition (first printing). A touch of rust to the staples else fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
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A$38.74
Anglo-American First Editions East to West / West to East (Two Volume set)

Anglo-American First Editions East to West / West to East (Two Volume set)

by Brussel, I. R

Sol Lewis, 1981. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. First published in 1936, with new introduction and notes for this edition. Volume I: East to West -- Describing first editions of English Authors whose books were published in America before their publication in England. 170 pages. Volume II; West to East -- Describing first editions of American Authors whose books were published in England before their publication in America. 131 pages. A fine two volume set in a near fine slipcase.
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A$38.74
Imperfect Correspondences

Imperfect Correspondences

by Gullans, Charles

Symposium Press, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 6 pages. One of 300 copies, 275 of which were for sale. Printed at the Grace Hoper Press of Aptos. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Signed by the author on colophon page. Copy number 80.
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A$19.37
Higher Education (Lettered copy)

Higher Education (Lettered copy)

by O'Connor, Mary Flannery

Palaemon, 1980. First Edition. Broadside. 8 by 10 inches. Palaemon broadside number sixteen. One of 126 copies, 100 numbered for sale with 26 lettered A - Z for distribution by the publisher. First edition (first printing). A fine copy. Copy lettered O.
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A$125.89
Billy Ray's Farm [Letterpress proof, 1of 3]

Billy Ray's Farm [Letterpress proof, 1of 3]

by Brown, Larry; illustrated by Barry Moser

Wisteria Press, 1997. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 40 pages. Loose sheets, 12-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. One of three copies. This essay about a heifer's struggle to birth a calf was later included in a collection titled Billy Ray's Farm: Essays From a Place Called Tula. with a signed, numbered engraving by Barry Moser. First edition (first printing). Light 1-1/2 indentation to first few pages else fine. Signed by the publisher. Signed by the publisher. Moser engraving signed and numbered 4/40.
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A$968.38
Two Novels: You Didn't Even Try / Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head [Limited Edition]

Two Novels: You Didn't Even Try / Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head [Limited Edition]

by Whalen, Philip

Zephyr Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 250 pages. A new edition of two novels first published in 1967 and 1972. There were 350 cloth-bound copies; this is one of 50 numbered and signed by Whalen on the colophon. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Copy 29 of 50 signed by the author.
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A$193.68
Tropique Du Cancer

Tropique Du Cancer

by Miller, Henry

Paris: Deux-Rives, 1947. Number 514 of an edition limited to 750 copies. Unbound signatures in a pictorial red and black-stamped portfolio in a beige chemise (gilt-stamped) and slipcase: all as issued. Quarto. 396pps., with 24 full-color lithographs and numerous smaller illustrations printed in brown. Also a thirteen page Preface, 'Le Lyrisme de Henry Miller,' by Henri Fluchere. First Edition with this artwork. All signatures and the portfolio are in Fine condtion, clean and bright. The chemise... Read more about this item
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A$774.70
The Manuscripts of Howards End (Abinger edition 4a)

The Manuscripts of Howards End (Abinger edition 4a)

by Forster, E. M.; correlated with Forster's final version by Oliver Stallybrass

Edward Arnold, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 370 pages. This volume 'records every alteration made by Forstore within the surviving manuscripts.' Limited to 1000 copies. First edition (first printing). Pages tanned, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Red spine lettering on jacket faded to orange. Copy 345.
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A$193.68
The Real Thing [Lettered Edition]

The Real Thing [Lettered Edition]

by Lessing, Doris

Ultramarine Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Leather. 214 pages. Sketches of London, published in the UK as London Observed. This is one of 12 lettered copies, signed by the author and bound in full brown leather. Bound by Denis Gouey. This edition uses the sheets from the first US edition, published by HarperCollins. There were also 38 numbered copies in this edition. First edition (first printing). A fine copy but for slight wear at the corners. Signed by the author. [JSP01].
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A$774.70
Sleep Tight [Signed, Limited]

Sleep Tight [Signed, Limited]

by Purdy, James

Nadja, 1979. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [16] pages. A short story, published in an edition of 126 copies, in collaboration with the Center for Book Arts. Illustrated with an abstract drawing by the author. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in bright, white wrappers (paperback). Pages unopened, as issued. Signed by the author on the colophon page. This is copy 85 of 100 issued for sale.
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A$96.84
Norman Mailer's Provincetown: The Wild West of the East [Lettered edition]

Norman Mailer's Provincetown: The Wild West of the East [Lettered edition]

by Mailer, Norman; edited with introduction by J. Michael Lennon

Provincetown Arts Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 pages. 5-1/2 by 8-1/4 inches. One of 26 lettered copies bound in cloth; there were an additional 100 softbound copies. 'Five evocations of Provincetown from the writings of Norman Mailer' -- from the title page. First edition (first printing). Blue cloth with sliver lettering on cover. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. Signed by Mailer on the title page. Lettered copy M.
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A$774.70
Masks [Lettered Issue]

Masks [Lettered Issue]

by Bradbury, Ray

Gauntlet Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 287 pages. Edited by Donn Albright. Masks was a novel Bradbury worked on in the last 1940s and early 1950s and then abandoned. He submitted a portion of the novel as part of a grant application; that draft forms the basis of this edition, with Albright editing together various fragments of surviving drafts. This collection also includes six short stories written at the same time but never before published: "Walker in the Night", "The Drothldo", "The... Read more about this item
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A$1,452.56
Homage To Shakespeare

Homage To Shakespeare

by John Cheever

Country Squires Books, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 15 pages. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author. First published in Story Magazine. First edition (first printing). Small stain to fore-edge else a fine copy in a dust jacket with light fading to the spine. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Copy numer 110. With an additional 1979 signed inscription ot the previous owner: 'To ________ whose ownership of this book I envy, John Cheever.'.
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A$193.68
Death in the Fifth Position

Death in the Fifth Position

by [Vidal, Gore]; Edgar Box [pseudonym of Gore Vidal]

Armchair Detective Library, 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 221 pages. Originally published in 1952. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade, Limited and Collector editions, with a new 5-page introduction by the author. First Armchair Detective Library edition (first printing, with number line including the 1). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. In a fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy 'J.' Signed by the author as Gore Vidal on the limitation page.
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A$193.68
The Ash [Lettered copy]

The Ash [Lettered copy]

by Heyen, William; Drawing by Kristen Heyen

Tamarack Editions, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 7 pages. One of 26 lettered copies. Published in an edition of 326 copies, 126 of which contain a special drawing by the author's 12 year-old daughter Kristen Heyen, numbered 1 - 100 and lettered A - Z. The remaining copies are numbered 101 - 300. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in white sewn illustrated wrappers (paperback). Signed by the author and illustrator (poet's daughter) on limitation page. Copy 'L' of 26 lettered... Read more about this item
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A$116.21
The Hereafter Gang [Signed Limited]

The Hereafter Gang [Signed Limited]

by Barrett, Neal Jr

Mark V. Ziesing, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 348 pages. A limited edition of this Texas novel, limited to either 300 or 500 copies. The stated limitation is 500 copies, but some copies have handwritten corrections to change the number to 300. The limited edition is signed by author and the cover illustration and includes an inscribed photo of the author and a signed photocopied leaf of the novel's typescript. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the... Read more about this item
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A$193.68
Some Inhuman Familiars

Some Inhuman Familiars

by Heinemann, Katherine

The Cabbagehead Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 23 pages. One of 125 numbered copies. Animal poems. Text in black with titles in blue. First edition (first printing). A very good hardcover copy; no dust jacket. White cloth lightly soiled; one corner starting to fray. Signed by the author and the printer, John Risseeuw. Copy numbered 'A/P.'.
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A$96.84
Agent Running in the Field

Agent Running in the Field

by John Le Carre

London: Penguin Viking, 2019. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. Fine book in red leather. Still in the publisher's shrink wrap.
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A$1,549.40
Manchester Square

Manchester Square

by Dorn, Edward and Jennifer Dunbar

Permanent Press, 1975. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [20] pages. 6 by 8 pages. Poems. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the authors. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy, hand-sewn, in heavy illustrated wrappers (paperback). Very lightly faded around the spine. Signed by both authors on the limitation page. Copy number 77.
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A$48.42
Ker-bloom! #66, May/June 2007

Ker-bloom! #66, May/June 2007

by Karen Switzer

Oakland, CA: Artnoose Publication, 2007. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. Magazine. First Printing. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches staple bound. Printed letterpress. 12 pages. AS NEW. Binding firm, without stress creasing and square. All corners pointed. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked in any way and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
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A$18.59
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