HEAT ISLANDS (signed) by White, Randy Wayne - 1992

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book. 277(1)pp., A short story split into four sections, each section taking a different tone. Set during the Rebellion, two soldiers from the enemy's camp, held as hostages and entertained in the friendliest way, are led out to be reluctantly shot by their host; a wife betrays her brutal husband to the enemy; and more. A very nice copy bound in blue gray cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a couple of corners lightly bumped, a near fine copy in very good in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping and soiling to spine and edge of rear panel, an abrasion to upper right corner of front panel . A scare work of this author's first book especially in dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Signed on the title page by James Welch. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a dust jacket with minor wear, else fine. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The scarcest of Welch's novels, especially in nice condition.

313+[7 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4' x 5") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with black lettering in gilt rectangular box to spine and black lines running through from spine to cover in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Young Fane, attached to the American Embassy in London, gets into trouble in Germany through the machinations of the beautiful Liselotte, who is an agent of Dr Grundt, called Clubfoot. Objects which Fane has lost are later offered for sale to the United States Government and the young attaché is being hunted down by G-men, but Fane has disappeared somewhere in Central Europe. His twin sister, Patricia, organizes an expedition to find him before the Secret Service men can lay hands upon him. For this endeavor she enlists four soldiers of fortune. The story of the operations of Patricia's friends, the G-men, and Clubfoot's gang moves with speed and mounting tension. Condition: Some intermittent foxing, previous owner's name on front pastedown, slight stains to covers,… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. Signed on the second blank page following the free end-paper by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Plum cloth spine, red paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine to very good dust jacket, with abrasion to the lower spine around the publisher's name. The author's masterpiece, and one of the most important books of the seventies.

Toronto: Little, Brown Canada: 1995. Signed by Richard Ford on the title page. First Canadian edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and the Pen Faulkner Award. Highly praised and much anticipated sequel to The Sportswriter. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 1995 List.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1958. Very Good+ condition in a Good only dust jacket (see photos). Scarce clothbound edition, especially so in jacket. Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The jacket has several tiny chips, two creases, and four tears, of which two are nearly 4 inches long. However the jacket is still quite attractive and presents well in its Brodart clear-plastic sleeve (removed for photos). NOT price clipped ($3.50). NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and crisp. The third book in the trilogy. Translated from the French by the author. This is the uncommon clothbound edition [it was also issued in wraps and in 3 specially bound limited editions]. This copy is in the publisher's full gray cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. Federman/Fletcher 377 (cloth bound edition) in SAMUEL BECKETT, HIS WORKS. See also pages 62-63 of Lake's NO SYMBOLS WHERE NONE INTENDED, the catalogue of the extensive Samuel Becket collection at the… Read More

PARGETER, Edith (Ellis Peters)The Fair Young Phoenix (first edition with wrapper)Heinemann 1948 First edition 1st impression. Hardback with jacket. Red board with black title plate. Small half moon shaped piece out on base of front board. Jacket chipped and tattered on edges, piece out on spine head and bottom RH corner. Now in archive sleeve. See scan. End papers tanned. Internally clean and sound. No inscriptions. Prompt, secure UK dispatch. Pargeter's eighth book. It is very unusual to find this rare title with its wrapper.
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.

First Edition. First Printing. Signed/Limited Edition. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Number 208 of 250 numbered copies signed by McMurtry in publisher's slipcase . Publisher's slipcase is as new, no dust jacket issued with this edition.