Authors starting with W from Alexander Rare Books

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1998. Hardcover First edition 75 pp. A volume in the James Dickey Contemporary Poetry Series edited by Richard Howard. A Review copy with printed publisher sheet laid in. Wade is the wife of novelist Padgett Powell, the director of the prestigious writing program at the University of Florida, where she is professor of poetry. Fine in like dust jacket. Her second book. ... more information

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New York: Villard, 2001. First edition Near Fine in Wraps The Advanced Reader's Edition of the author's third novel. His novels about Hollywood have been critically acclaimed (Updike, Walter Kirn, and Maslin and Kakutani of the NY Times) but he has yet to reach the audience he deserves. Top edge bumped, otherwise fine in wrappers. ... more information

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Berkeley: Little Brown & Co, 1979. Paperback First edition. 109 pp. Very good with only light wear and rubbing, internally very clean. ... more information

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London: Macmillan, 1963. Softcover First UK edition 270 pp. Uncorrected proof copy (no such indication, but clearly not the hardcover or reprint issue) in red wrappers and pasted label. Near fine. ... more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1978. Softcover First edition 71 pp. Uncorrected proof copy in tall printed green wrappers (a Crane). Fine copy of an easily worn format. ... more information

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New York: Doubleday, 1966. Hardcover First edition 95 pp. Black cloth in dj. Near fine copy in very lightly edgeworn near fine dust jacket. Poet's first book published by a major publisher and fourth overall. ... more information

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Omaha: Abattoir Editions / University of Nebraska, 1980. Paperback First edition 16 pp. One of 170 copies. Printed by Harry Duncan and Mark Watson in Romulus Bold type in Perpetua display type, initials in yellow on Misumi-Kochi paper. 16 page single signature pamphlet with mustard Moriki paper wrappers. Very good or better in mustard wrappers. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. Hardcover First edition A collection of four plays and an essay, an early book by this Nobel Laureate. A full page gift inscription on the inside ffep mars the otherwise fine copy; the dust jacket is worn, with one short tear, but still bright. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ ... more information

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Jonathan Cape, 1962. Hardcover London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition. Cloth. Fine. Signed by the author in May 1993. Although not his first book, as he had published poetry, and for the theatre, in the West Indies going back to the late 40's, this was his first book published in Great Britain. His first book to be published in the U.S., where he has lived and taught for many years, came two years later. He won the Nobel Prize in 1992, a full thirty years after this book's publication. A... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997. Hardcover First edition. The title poem a long elegy for his mother, most are about St. Lucia his birthplace. With blurbs by fellow Nobel Prize-winners Brodsky and Heaney. Fine in Fine DJ. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1976. Hardcover First American edition. A very fine copy inscribed to a former Ivy League college president. In a specially made cloth slipcase. Fine in Fine DJ. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997. Hardcover First edition. The title poem a long elegy for his mother, most are about St. Lucia his birthplace. With blurbs by fellow Nobel Prize-winners Brodsky and Heaney. Fine in Fine DJ ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1970. Hardcover First edition A Review Copy with slip laid in of this early collection of poems by the Nobel Laureate. Signed and dated on the title page. Fine in like jacket; it is hard to imagine a better copy. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2000. First printing Uncorrected proofs in plain tan wrappers with publisher printed letter laid in. Near fine ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997. First edition Two uncorrected proofs: the first in tan printed wrappers with an inked in date of Feb. 97, the second in green wrappers with a June date and a printed letter stating that "several significant changes were made". There are minor changes throughout, and several poems added to the later version. Both about fine, and uncommon. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998. Hardcover First edition Fine in Fine DJ 245 pp. A collection of essays by the Nobel Laureate written over twenty years on fellow writers V. S. Naipaul, Robert Lowell, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Frost, C. L. R. James, Phillip Larkin, Les Murray, Hemingway, and Ted Hughes, as well as one short story. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1998. Hardcover First edition Fine in Fine DJ 245 pp. A Review copy with printed pub sheet laid in of this collection of essays by the Nobel Prize-winning poet. Essays on V. S. Naipaul, Robert Lowell, Joseph Brodsky, Robert Frost, C. L. R. James, Phillip Larkin, Les Murray, Hemingway, and Ted Hughes, as well as one short story. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1997. Hardcover First edition The title poem a long elegy for his mother, most are about St. Lucia his birthplace. With blurbs by fellow Nobel Prize-winners Brodsky and Heaney. Short closed tear and resulting crease at one tip, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. ... more information

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New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1979. Hardcover First edition. Cloth. Fine copy in a dust jacket that has one nick else is fine, though the verso shows some tanning to the edges. ... more information

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Berkeley: Arif Press, 1975. Paperback First edition [7 pp.] Large chapbook, one of 900 copies in stapled, decorated wrappers. Three poems, including "For J[ohn. A[shbery]. As Dusk Deepens Canyon". Short creases along the edges, stain to the reverse, otherwise at least very good. ... more information

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