101. Harrison, Jim.

Just Before Dark. [Signed]

Livingston, Montana, Clark City Press, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XIII, 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

102. Michener, James A.

The Covenant.

Middlesex, The Leisure Circle, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. XII, 873 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

103. Bellow, Saul (editor) / Botsford, Keith (Editor).

the noble savage.

New York, Meridian Books, 1961. 12 cm x 20 cm. 256 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

104. 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.

105. Lewisohn, Ludwig.

This People.

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1933. 14 cm x 21 cm. 305 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

106. Morris, Wright.

Love Among the Cannibals.

First Edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1957. 14 cm x 21 cm. 253 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

107. Michener, James A.

The Novel.

New York, Random House, 1991. 16 cm x 24 cm. 446 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

108. Theroux, Paul.

Picture Palace.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 359 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

109. Bellow, Saul.

Mosby’s Memoirs and Other Stories.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 184 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear to the dustjacket. The Volume itself in excellent condition. Signed by the author.

110. Vliet, R.G.

Water & Stone: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. 100 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Dustjacket in near fine condition. Volume in fine condition.

111. Villanueva, Tino.

Scene from the movie Giant.

First Edition. Willimantic, Curbstone Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 58 pages. Original softcover. Fine. Inscribed by the author.

112. Villanueva, Tino / Hoggard, James (translator).

Chronicle of my Worst Years / Cronica de mis Anos Peores.

Bilingual Edition. Evanston, Northwestern University Press, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. 84 pages. Original softcover. Fine. Signed by the author.

113. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

114. [Milton Hindus Provenance] Various.

Columbia Poetry 1939 – [Personal copy of poet Milton Hindus, with his poetry published in this Anthology. The book contains the following poems by Milton Hindus: “For the Lover of Walks” / “Summer Nights” / “Self Wears Vanity to Make Itself Invisible” / “Prayer to My Muse” / The Anthology also includes six first edition poems by Thomas Merton.

New York, Columbia University Press, 1939. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XIX, 93 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of poet and critic, Milton Hindus, with his name on the front free endpaper.

115. Levine, Philip.

Breath: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. X, 82 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition. Signed by the author Philip Levine.

116. Lowell, Robert.

The Old Glory.

New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XIX, 194 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

117. Eshleman, Clayton.

Archaic Design.

Boston, Black Widow Press, 1997. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 342 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

118. Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.

119. Price, Reynolds.

Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious).

Limited Edition / One of 309 signed copies. Palaemon Press, 1979. 18 cm x 25 cm. 29 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by Reynolds Price.

120. Boyle, T.C.

Riven Rock.

New York, Viking, 1998. 15 cm x 22 cm. XII, 466 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Unrevised proof edition. Binding slightly damaged in centre of book.

121. Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

122. Potter, Stephen.

Potter on America.

London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 13.5 cm x 21 cm. 160 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some stains on covers and edges.

123. Beck, Warren.

Final Score.

First Edition. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. 13 cm x 19 cm. 164 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket suffered some slight tears. With a gift-inscription to endpaper.

124. Melville, Herman.

Moby Dick. Or The White Whale.

London, Collins, 1954. 13 cm x 18.5 cm. 256 Pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Part of the original dustjacket are ripped. [Collins Seagull Library].

125. Auster, Paul.

Smoke & Blue in the Face – Two Films written by Paul Auster.

New York, Hyperion, 1995. 15 cm x 23.5 cm. VIII, 290 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. First Edition. Signed by Paul Auster.

126. Heller, Peter.

The Dog Stars: A Novel.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. 15cm x 22cm. 320 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Slight mark to the front cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

127. Franklin, Benjamin / Wright, Esmond (editor).

Benjamin Franklin: His Life As He Wrote It.

London, The Folio Society, 1989. 16 cm x 25.5 cm. 260 pages. Original hardcover with slipcase. As new.

128. 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.

129. Twain, Mark.

Roughing It. Introduction by Rodman W. Paul.

Seventh printing. New York, Holt, Reinhart and Winsten, 1962. 12,5 cm x 19 cm. XVIII, 333 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger.

130. May, Jim.

The Farm on Nippersink Creek. Stories from a Midwestern Childhood.

First edition. Little Rock, August House Publishers, 1994. 14 cm x 21,5 cm. 200 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With the author’s signature and dedication to Kruger on the title page and Kruger’s markings and annotations in the text. [American Storytelling from August House].

131. Alexander, Francesca.

The Hidden Servants and Other Very Old Stories. Told over again by Francesca Alexander.

First edition. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1901. 13.5 x 19.5cm. Frontispiece, (17), 234 pages. Original hardcover with gilt lettering in protective Mylar. Gilt tops and deckled edges. Very good condition, some minor signs of wear to spine, binding slightly shaky. Dedication to Lady Hobart by author on front free endpaper / Beautifully signed by Francesca Alexander.

132. Kinsolving, William.

Mister Christian: The Further Adventures of Fletcher Christian, Legendary Leader of the Bounty Mutiny.

Advance Reader’s Proof. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 380 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Excellent condition. Signed by author on title page.

133. O’Nan, Stewart.

A World Away.

Advance Reader’s Copy. New York, Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1998. 15.5 x 23cm. 338 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

134. Sheffield, Elisabeth.

Fort Da: A Report.

Advance Reading Copy. Tuscaloosa, Fiction Collective 2 / The University of Alabama Press, 2009. 13.5 x 21cm. 310 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

135. Witt, Lana.

Slow Dancing on Dinosaur Bones.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Scribner, 1996. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective cover. Block detached, otherwise in very good condition.

136. Gunn, Kirsty.

Rain.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. 12.5 x 18.5cm. 95 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

137. Roth, Philip.

Sabbath’s Theater.

Advance Reading Copy. Boston / New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 451 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

138. Straight, Susan.

Blacker Than A Thousand Midnights.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1994. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 388 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

139. Oates, Joyce Carol.

Angel Of Light.

Uncorrected Page Proof Copy. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1981. 13.5 x 21.5cm. (13), 440 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

140. Van der Berg, Laura.

What The World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us.

Advance Reader Copy. Westland, MI, Dzanc Books, 2009. 14 x 21.5cm. 205 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

141. Hickam, Homer H., Jr.

Rocket Boys: A Memoir.

Advance Uncorrected Proof. New York, Delacorte Press / Bantam Doubleday, 1998. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 378 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

142. Marmon Silko, Leslie.

Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit: Essays on Native American Life Today.

Advance Uncorrected Reader’s Proof. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1996. 13.5 x 21cm. 205 pages, with illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition, other than very mild foxing to jacket.

143. Frey, Stephen W.

The Takeover.

Uncorrected Proofs Copy. New York, Dutton Books, 1995. 15.5 x 23cm. 352 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition, as new.

144. Green, Terence M.

Shadow of Ashland.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, 1996. 12.5 x 19cm. 221 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

145. Norris, Kathleen.

Dakota: A Spiritual Geography.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Ticknor & Fields / Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. 13.5 x 21cm. (8), 225 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

146. Straight, Susan.

I Been In Sorrow’s Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Hyperion, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 326 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

147. Wilson, Christopher.

Cotton.

Uncorrected Proof Copy. Orlando, Harcourt, Inc., 2005. 15 x 23cm. 314 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

148. L’Amour, Louis.

To Tame A Land.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Bantam Books, 2007. 13 x 19cm. 255 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new. [The Louis L’Amour Legacy Editions].

149. Chabon, Michael.

Wonder Boys.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Villard Books, 1995. 14 x 21cm. 369 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author Michael Chabon on the titlepage.

150. Follett, Ken.

A Place Called Freedom.

Advance Reader’s Edition. New York, Crown Publishers, Inc., 1995. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 405 pages. Original softcover in protective sleeve. Excellent condition.

151. Valin, Jonathan.

Life’s Work: A Harry Stoner Novel.

Uncorrected Galley Proof. New York, Delacorte Press, 1986. 13.5 x 21cm. 252 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

152. Agee, James.

Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes. Preface by Jonathan Lethem.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Fordham University Press, 2005. 12.5 x 19cm. 54 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

153. Alexie, Sherman.

The Toughest Indian in the World.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000. 14 x 21cm. 229 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

154. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Signed by the author on title page.

155. Alexie, Sherman.

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Special Reader’s Edition. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993. 15 x 23cm. (10), 223 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

156. Tingle, Tim.

Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory.

El Paso, Cinco Puntos Press, 2003. 15 x 23cm. 142 pages, with black and white photographs. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Handwritten dedication by the author to Chuck Kruger on title page.

157. Melville, Herman.

White Jacket: Or, The World in a Man-of-War. With an Introduction by William Plomer.

New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1956. 13.5 x 20cm. (16), 376 pages. Original softcover. Some signs of external wear, spine joint beginning to loosen, otherwise in very good condition. Minor text annotations. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Evergreen, No. E43].

158. Nin, Anaïs.

The Diary of Anaïs Nin. Volume Two: 1934-1939 and Volume Three: 1939-1944. Edited and with a Preface by Gunther Stuhlmann.

Volume 2 & 3 of 7 in series. New York, The Swallow Press / Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1967 / 1969. 13.5 x 20cm. Vol. 2: (9), 357 pages / Vol. 3: (14), 327 pages. Original softcover. Vol. 2: Spine worn with a slight lean, some text annotations, otherwise very good condition. Vol. 3: Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Harvest Books, Nos. HB174 & HB199].