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$30.00NY: Arbor House (1978). Uncorrected proof. 178 pp. Foxing to page edges, else near fine in very good plus proof dust jacket with foxing along the verso of the top edge. Promotional materials laid in.$25.00NY: Viking (1984). First edition. 378 pp. Fine in very good plus dust jacket with a tear along one flap fold, and another to the top edge of the front panel.$75.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. Foxing along top edge, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Purdy.$150.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 29 pp. A bit of foxing to top edge, else fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Purdy. This is copy “A.” Uncommon in this issue.$200.00Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970. First edition, publisher’s copy. 29 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Purdy.
$75.00NY: Nadja (1979). First edition, numbered & signed issue. [14 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies on handmade Umbria paper SIGNED by Purdy. A prose work with a drawing by Purdy as a frontis.$20.00NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987). First edition. 143 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a light fade to spine lettering.
$55.00NY: Nadja, 1985. First edition, numbered & signed issue. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. Purdy’s short story with an illustration by Ed Colker. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches paper SIGNED by Purdy and Colker.$20.00London: Peter Owen (1986). First UK edition. 360 pp. Pages browned, a few light stains to page edges. In all, very good plus in near fine dust jacket. Small US distributor sticker on title page.$25.00NY: Dutton (1986). Uncorrected proof. 182 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers.$35.00London: Aloes (1978). First edition. [32 pp]. Faint sunning to front cover, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Pirated edition of this single short story that originally appeared in New World Writing magazine in 1960. The first issue, with an isbn number, a printed 60p price, and the publisher logo (a book with a bite out of it). Mead C2.$27.50NY: Holt (1997). First edition. 773 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket and unprinted acetate dust jacket.$35.00London: Aloes Books (np). First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. First separate appearance of this piracy. This short story was originally published in the Cornell Writer of March 1959, and later collected for SLOW LEARNER.
$1,000.00Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott (1963). Advance reading copy. 492 pp. Light tanning to spine, else near fine in printed wrappers. Pynchon’s first book.$20.00NY: Random House (1994). Advance reading copy. 289 pp. Light bend to front cover, else fine in laminated wrappers. An excellent advance copy of her celebrated and best-selling novel. With a letter from a Random House editor to the scholar and O. Henry Prizes editor William Abrahams laid in.$17.50Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1996. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wraps. Author’s first book. Blurb by Jonis Agee.
$750.00London: John and Edward Bumpus, 1908. First edition. xi + 113 pp. Very near fine in full red cloth with gilt decoration. Her third collection of poems, preceding her first novel for many years. THE WELL OF LONELINESS, her best known book, was published in 1928.$10.00Los Angeles: USC (1997). Volume XIV 136 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Piercy, Saroyan, Talese, Wakoski, and others.$15.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1992). First edition. 242 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Review slip and promotional flyer laid in.$250.00NY: Arbor House (1985). First edition. 336 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Rice, 'For ___ / Enjoy! / Anne Rampling / Anne Rice.'$25.00NY: The Smith/Horizon Press, 1976. First edition. 103 pp. Tiny spot on fore-edge, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Rane’s first book.$45.00Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions (1998). Uncorrected proof. 346 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Rangel-Ribeiro, “Best wishes / Victor Rangel-Ribeiro / June 25 1998.”$25.00Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions (1998). First edition. 344 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Dated (June 25 1998) and INSCRIBED by Rangel-Ribeiro. Promotional flyer laid in.$20.00Berkeley: Creative Arts (2001). First edition. 182 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Dated (11-15-01) and INSCRIBED by Ratch.$25.00NY: Harper & Brothers (1956). Later printing. 241 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two short tears and a few shallow chips. INSCRIBED by Rau on the front free endpaper, “To Clarence / with all good wishes / Santha Rama Rau.”$45.00London: Anthony Blond (1963). First edition. 196 pp. Some light soiling to verso of the last leaf, else very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with shallow chipping to tips of flap folds and light overall edgewear.
$150.00London: Anthony Blond (1959). First edition. 247 pp. Very near fine in fine dust jacket. Raven's second book, a spy thriller. Young 3208.
$75.00London: Anthony Blond (1961). First edition. 187 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art by Osbert Lancaster. A history of the decline English Gentleman, “a casulty in the first world war” and downhill from there. Young 3210*.$75.00London: Anthony Blond (1959). First edition. 254 pp. Prior owner’s inked name, address, and date on front free endpaper, else near fine in near fine dust jacket with wrinkles to the lower edge of the front panel, light sunning to spine and one short closed tear.$20.00London: Jonathan Cape (1991). First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. His second book.