Why Didnt They Ask Evans?

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 144 pp. First printing of the author's first book, a collection of stories. Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. Spine very slightly cocked at crown, just a hint of foxing to top edge, otherwise Fine. In bright, very lightly edgeworn jacket. Size: 8vo

2020 - 1st ed stated ("1" present) - SIGNED by the author on the title page - "A Matt Drake Thriller" - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve Author's debut novel that is getting fabulous reviews

New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478

2021 - 1st ed - SIGNED by both authors on the front free endpaper - book: very good - dj: very good - dj in protective mylar sleeve

200 copies were published by Quill & Brush for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Features Octavia E. Butler, Michael Chabon, Maxine Clair, Annie Proulx and Jane Smiley.

Evvie. By Vera Caspary, author of the haunting "Laura". (1960, Harper & Brothers Stated First Edition W/DJ) . EXLIB. Used. Good/Good condition Uncommon. Original unclipped $4.95 white DJ. Evvie, a Murder Mystery of the notorious roaring twenties. PLOT SUMMARY:" It was a time when skirts were short and hair was shingled. A time of speakeasies, hip flasks and bathtub gin. A time when Evvie Ashton, the beautiful society girl who modeled, danced, painted and loved promiscuously had come of age--knowing all the right people and doing all the wrong things...."

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover.8vo 8" - 9" tall. 330 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Mylar-wrapped cream dust jacket with black, green, blue, and yellow text to front and spine, and color illustration of a fisherman in a creek to front; not price-clipped; light age toning; spine heavily toned, text not faded; red cloth boards with blind stamped willow branch illustration to front; gilt stamped lettering and black stamped willow illustration and border to spine; yellow top edge and deckled fore-edge of text block; small water stain to bottom right corner of front board; bottom corners slightly rubbed; else clean; previous owner inscription on front paste-down; else interior book clean; tight binding; numerous B&W illustrations throughout. Arnold Gingrich (1903 - 1976) was the co-founder and editor of Esquire magazine; he was also an accomplished violinist and avid fly fisherman, authoring several books on the subject. The Well-Tempered Angler is both a how-to… Read More

1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve

New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.