CALIFORNIA LA BELLA
(1926)
Rare signed true first edition of this novel of Mexican immigration to the United States from one of Bolivia's most celebrated writers.
Association Copy
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER
(1993)
Bound galley (stated) of the first edition of Butler's post-apocalyptic novel, sent by the publisher to James Sallis, who was one of Butler's instructors "where Octavia got her start" (Carl Brandon Society) — at the 1970 Clarion Writers Workshop.
KNEEL TO THE RISING SUN
1935
Scarce unnumbered copy of the signed limited edition of Caldwell's short fiction.
IN COLD BLOOD
(1965)
First printing of the pivotal true-crime book — signed by Capote, and with the ownership signature of Dorothy B. Hughes, author of the inverted noir masterpiece, IN A LONELY PLACE (1947).
FOR WHAT?
(1930)
Association first edition of Cartland's fourth novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
IF THE TREE IS SAVED
(1929)
Association first edition of Cartland's third novel — and one of only a handful of her 728 published books without a happy ending — inscribed by the Cartland to her uncle.
SAW-DUST
(1926)
Association first edition of Cartland's second novel — inscribed before publication by the Cartland to her uncle.
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
1895
First edition, second issue, of the most influential piece of war fiction in American literature, with the armorial engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt on the front pastedown, and Roosevelt's clipped signature additionally tipped onto the front free endpaper.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
1850
Inscribed first edition, first issue, second printing (before publication) of this transcendentalist approach to the Great Man theory of history — an important copy, early among Emerson's inscriptions.
VERY OLD BONES
(1992)
Signed association copy first edition, with a charming inscription from one Irish-American poet to another, from the author of IRONWEED.
IN QUEER STREET
(1932)
Association copy first printing of this collection of essays on murderers and others, from the personal library of fellow true-crime pioneer Jonathan Goodman.
OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL
1892
First edition of this interfaith contemporary romance — the "first American novel written by a Jew on a Jewish theme for an American audience" (D. G. Myers) — inscribed by the author to her brother.
XANADU 2
(1994)
Fine first printing of Yolen's second XANADU anthology, warmly inscribed to the late Susan Steinfirst, a noted scholar of children's literature and folklore.
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