New York Cambridge Philadelphia San Francisco London Mexico City Sao Paolo Sydney: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, pale blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected typographical dust jacket, 294 pages. SIGNED. The author's second collection of short stories. Now considered a.... More about HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH; and Other Stories
New York: Random House, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, pale green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale speckled green boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Christine Rodin, 192 pages + [2] About the Author... More about ORDINARY LIFE; Stories
New York: THE ECCO PRESS / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a bookplate, 8vo, gray quarter cloth with bright blood red lettering on spine over gray boards, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting surgical sizzors over a vertically striated white jacket... More about THE TORTURER'S APPRENTICE; Stories
Peoria, Illinois: Ellis Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Carl Sandburg overlooking the Chicago riverfront, 196 pages. Norbert Blei (1935 – 2013) was an American writer of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry as well as a.... More about THE GHOST OF SANDBURG'S PHIZZOG; and Other Stories
N.p. Author, N.d.: c.1940s. Original Typescript. Typescript. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the Author, small 4tos, recto only (11" H x 8 1/2" W), (n.p., n.d., ca. 1940's), an original typescript for a later appearance of this Caldwell story, with a new, one-page introduction by Caldwell. SIGNED "Erskine Caldwell" on the..... More about Typescript for "COUNTRY FULL OF SWEDES"
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, light green cloth with blue labels on spine & front cover, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (price-clipped in keeping with All publisher's copies due to a late price change), light yellow top stain to upper page edges by publisher for soil... More about OBSCURE DESTINIES; Three New Stories of the West
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, half red cloth over ivory boards with gold medallion on cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a man with antique pistol standing outside an inn, publisher's red stain atop pages for dust protection, x, [xi-xiv]... More about SEVEN GOTHIC TALES; With an Introduction by Dorothy Canfield
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue boards, the pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped) depicting a dog is protected in an archival... More about JOHNNY TOO BAD; Stories
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Review Copy SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over white boards & "JD" stamped on front cover, an archival quality clear plastic... More about LOVE WARPS THE MIND A LITTLE
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth over cinnamon colored boards, Mylar-protected yellow lettered dust jacket (unclipped), [xii} + 340 pages. "A collection of beautifully realized short stories woven from the rich experience of families... More about Fabulous Small JEWS; Stories
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY by the Author, 8vo, forest green cloth with beige labels with red borders on backstrip and front cover, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped), [xii] + 305 pages. A very early (first?) collection of Farrell's short stories set in... More about GUILLOTINE PARTY; And Other Stories by / James T. Farrell
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY by the Author, 8vo, gray cloth cloth with scarlet chevrons surrounding title on spine with "JF" initial in double-rule scarlet on front cover, Preface by the author, Introduction by Robert Morss Lovett, Mylar-sleeve added, top-edges stained red for... More about THE SHORT STORIES OF JAMES T. FARRELL
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author with a six-line Presentation to friends, 8vo, brown cloth over tan boards, Mylar-protected brown photographic dust jacket, [x] + 192 pages. Debut novel SIGNED by the Author and suggestive of Raymond Carver in... More about POACHERS; Stories
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Presentation Copy SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black cloth over mauve boards with "AG" stamped in black, Mylar-protected typographic dust jacket (unclipped) with "White People" in white against a solid black background, SIGNED copy in Exceptional Condition Internally & Externally! More about WHITE PEOPLE; stories and novellas by Allan Gurganus
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. The Finca Vigía Edition. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo (9.20" x 6.10" x 1.80"), maroon quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over orange boards, Foreword by John, Patrick and Gregory Hemingway, Publisher's Preface by Charles Scribner, Jr., Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket... More about The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway; The Finca Vigía Edition
New York: TOR / A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. SIGNED by the Editor, 8vo, gray boards with gold lettering and blind-stamped playing card with four suit symbols on front cover, pictorial-photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with jacket art by Michael Komarck protected in an archival... More about TEXAS HOLD'EM; Edited by George R. R. Martin; assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass / A Wild Cards...
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1963. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, tan cloth with orange and silver lettering on spine over brown boards with a blind-stamped "tree" motif, Mylar-protected jacket (unclipped) with same "tree" motif as front cover, orange endpapers, 253 pages. Author's FIRST BOOK! Short stories (many... More about By The North Gate
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Cloth and boards. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED by the AUTHOR, 8vo, black cloth with blue and silver lettering on spine over decorative blue-&-black boards, Mylar-protected blue jacket (unclipped) with same wavy motif as front cover, green endpapers, 250 pages. Author's third book... More about Upon the sweeping flood; & other stories
London: Virago Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting by Milton Avery, protected by an archival plastic cover, 211 pages. Grace Paley (1922 – 2007) was an American short story... More about LATER THE SAME DAY
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, salmon quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards, the photographic dust jacket (not price-clipped) painted by Lawrence Valenza is protected in an archival quality... More about ME AND MY BABY VIEW THE ECLIPSE; Stories
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, pale green cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a woman looking at Greek sculptures, John Updike (1932 – 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short... More about MUSEUMS & WOMEN; and Other Stories
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering on spine over pale blue boards with "John Updike" stamped in silver on front cover, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the Fall of Icarus by Bernard Picart, [viii] + 302 pages. Exceptional... More about TRUST ME; Short Stories by John Updike
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1951. First American Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 5/8" x 5 1/4"), yellow cloth with red lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 187 pages. SUPERIOR COPY: clean, tight, bright. The author's second collection of short stories published a year after the London... More about Such Darling Dodos; And Other Stories
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1935. Early G&D Reprint in same year as 1st edition. Cloth. 8vo, textured brown cloth with white striations and black lettering on spine & "W" on front cover, an archival quality clear plastic cover protects the lettered red-black-white dust jacket (unclipped), 304 pages. Thomas... More about FROM DEATH TO MORNING