51. Vonnegut, Kurt.

Jailbird. A Novel.

First Edition. New York, Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence, 1979. Octavo. XXXVIII, 246 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Edge slightly dusty. Otherwise in very good+ condition.

52. Olds, Sharon / [Jane Cooper].

Satan Says. [Association Copy]

First Edition. Pittsburg, University of Pittsburg Press, 1980. 14 x 20 cm. 72 pages. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author’s dedication to poet Jane Cooper on the half title and her full signature on the title page. Clean and tight copy with some minor discolorations and a faded spine.

53. Oates, Joyce Carol.

Angel of Light.

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1981. 16 cm x 24 cm. 434 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Joyce Carol Oates.

54. Roth, Philip.

Zuckerman Unbound.

First UK Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1981. 20.9 cm x 14 cm. 225 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edging. Pink decoration to top edges. Very clean inside. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

55. Phillips, Jayne Anne.

Machine Dreams.

New York, E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, very good+ or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jayne Anne Phillips on the titlepage.

56. Updike, John.

The Witches of Eastwick.

First Trade Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Octavo. 307 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket with a tiny repair only.

57. Unger, Douglas.

Leaving the Land.

First Edition. New York, Harper & Row Publishers, 1984. 21.7cm x 15cm. 277 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

58. Malamud, Bernard.

Long Work, Short Life [″I intend to say something about my life a writer….”].

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. Frontispiece (Faksimile-page of a Manuscript by Malamud), 19 pages. Illustrated with three full-page photographs: 1. Bernard Malamud reading at the Carriage Barn, Bennington College (1978) / 2. Bernard Malamud in the 1960s (Clemens Kalischer photo) / 3. Bernard Malamud with Ben Belitt at Bennington College in 1981 (Kyle Hughes Photo). Softcover. Original brochure. One of only 1000 copies of this limited edition. As new ! [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy].

59. Barnard, Mary.

Time and the White Tigress. Illustrated by Anita Bigelow.

Portland, Or, Breitenbush Publications, 1986. 23 cm. 79 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author to Erik Haugaard, Danish-born American writer, best known for children’s books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.

60. Bellow, Saul [Ann Malamud].

More Die of Heartbreak.

First Edition. New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1987. 16 cm x 24 cm. 335 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Ann Malamud, with some annotations in her personal hand on a few pages. Loosely inserted a postcard from Psychoanalyst Stuart Feder to Ann Malamud from the year 1987.