No Country For Old Men by McCarthy, Cormac - 2005

First UK limited edition Fine minus limited first edition with a hint of page edge yellowing in clear acetate wrapper, marbled boards and quarter leather binding, number 58 of 75 such copies with appreciations by Eric Homberger and Ted Allbeury, signed by author on the limitation page.

First edition 1st printing, Fine apparently unread book, in a Near Fine jacket with light edge wear, mild rubbing both panels, fold along spine slightly offset toward front of book. This copy inscribed by Johnson – For Tom, with deepest thanks! – signed Charles Johnson and dated 3/29/98. This title was winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1990.

First edition 1st printing, Very Good to Near Fine book with old price sticker pull/abrasion top corner of front end page, soft at spine ends, boards slightly bowed and lightly rubbed corners and bottom edges with some color loss; in a Very Good jacket with light edge wear, bit of soiling, and rubbing, slight color loss front panel, spine mildly sun faded, 1/2 inch closed tear at front top of spine. This copy of Stone's first book has been signed by the author on the title page.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book pushed or crimped at spine ends, light rubbing bottom edges of boards, some trim problems during production with front end page not cut to correct size (being a bit too long) and part of one gathering cut short and a bit rough – both problems at bottom of page block, previous owner name front end page in ballpoint; in a Very Good jacket with sun fade and yellowing spine and along folds, small spot of whiteout near bottom of spine, edge and corner wear with one small, closed tear back panel. This copy of author's first book has been signed by Barth on the title page. Proper first printing with flap price of $3.95 and (1) following final sentence.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine to Fine book with slight pushing at spine ends, mild rubbing to corners, offsetting to front paste-down and end page, apparently from an article that was laid in at some time; in a similar jacket with very light sun fade to spine and back panel, touch of edge and corner wear, mild rubbing back panel. A very nice copy of Welty's sixth book, a light-hearted novel. Inscribed "For -- and signed on first front end page.

Distributed Art Publishers, 2001 First limited edition, Fine book in Fine slipcase. An assemblage of fiction and poetry, by 22 contributors, inspired by the art of Joseph Cornell. This is Foer's first book appearance and includes an introduction and story by him. This is copy number 26 of 225 numbered copies (there were also 75 presentation copies produced). Contributors include: Diane Ackerman, Joyce Carol Oates, Rick Moody, Barry Lopez, Robert Coover, Howard Norman, Paul West, Siri Hustvedt, Dale Peck, Joanna Scott, Robert Pinsky, Lydia Davis, Mary Caponegro, John Yau and others. Each has signed at their contribution and each contribution features a tipped-in color photograph of one of Cornell's works. Joseph Cornell was a New York artist and sculptor whose most characteristic works were assemblages, or collages, housed in glass-fronted boxes. The beautifully produced book is a unique convergence of literature and art. Book received advanced praise from Susan Sontag, Paul Auster, and Ann Beattie..… Read More

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine, unread copy of author’s first mystery. Book has push/bump at top of spine, in a Near Fine jacket with touch of edge wear and several spots of color loss at corners, most significant of which is a 1/16 inch circular spotat lower front corner, a tight unread copy with a publishers promo post card laid-in. Winner of Agatha and Macavity awards.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with the common page yellowing, soft at spine ends, in a Near Fine jacket with light edge wear, touch of age yellowing and vertical crease to front flap. Front flap has large clips top and bottom corners but with printed price of $3.50 aligned vertically at top, thus appears to be a publisher’s re-pricing. Nice copy with movie tie-in.

First edition 1st printing, Fine unread book in a Near Fine jacket with vertical fold/crease back flap and a touch of rubbing on panels. Spine has no sun fade. A very nice copy.

First UK edition of Abbey’s fourth novel titled Black Sun in the U.S. Very Good to Near Fine book with crimping at bottom of spine, light offsetting to paste downs and facing end pages, two light brown smudges top of back board, and touch of dusting top page edges; in a Near Fine jacket with slight edge wear, pushed with slight color loss bottom of spine and bit of rub and curling top edges of flaps. Abbey’s fifth book, scarce in the UK edition.