[Rarebooks] FS: Modern First Editions, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $150,      Now $100

DREISER, Theodore. THE TITAN. New York: John Lane Company, 1914. First 
Edition. Decorated mottled blue cloth with gilt lettering. Mild sunning 
to the spine which has a slight roll. Signature of noted collector La 
Fayette Butler on the front pastedown. Very Good copy, lacking the 
scarce dustwrapper. (#009419)        $100.00
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GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel. IN EVIL HOUR. New York: Harper & Row, (1979). 
First Edition. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#008363)        $45.00
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GARDNER, John & DUNLAP, Lennis. THE FORMS OF FICTION. New York: Random 
House, (1962). First Edition. Gardner's first book, a textbook anthology 
including stories by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, 
Edgar Allan Poe, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, and others. Owner name on 
the front endpaper. Spine lightly soiled and sunned, as common with this 
title. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. (#001849)        $60.00
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Price reduced:     Was $175,      Now $100

GARDNER, John & DUNLAP, Lennis. THE FORMS OF FICTION. New York: Random 
House, (1962). First Edition. Gardner's first book, a textbook anthology 
including stories by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, 
Edgar Allan Poe, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, and others. Spine sunned, 
lightly soiled. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. (#001100)    
     $100.00
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Price reduced:     Was $350,      Now $75

GOODMAN, Allegra. TOTAL IMMERSION. New York: Harper & Row, (1989). First 
Edition. First book, a collection of stories, by this acclaimed writer. 
Some foxing to the bulked text edges and pastedowns. Near Fine in a Near 
Fine dustwrapper with minor scratches on the rear. (#003334)        $75.00
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HELLER, Joseph. WE BOMBED IN NEW HAVEN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. 
First Edition. Heller's second book, a play. Fine in a bright, Near Fine 
dustwrapper folded with the spine slightly offcenter. (#007825)        
$50.00
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Price reduced:     Was $50,      Now $35

NEMEROV, Howard. THE WINTER LIGHTNING. SELECTED POEMS. London: Rapp & 
Whiting, (1968). First Edition. SIGNED by the poet opposite the title 
page. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. (#014604)        $35.00
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SNODGRASS, W. D. HEART'S NEEDLE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First 
Edition. Author's first book and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Only 1500 
copies were printed. This copy in a later state dustwrapper, without the 
limitation statement and with review samples on the rear panel. Owner 
name and 1959 inscription on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near 
Fine, price-clipped, later-state dustwrapper with two closed tears on 
the front panel. (#012051)        $50.00
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Price reduced:     Was $200,      Now $150

SNODGRASS, W. D. HEART'S NEEDLE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First 
Edition. Author's first book and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Only 1500 
copies were printed. Minor bumping to lower corners. In the correct 
dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dustwrapper with a 
slightly sunned spine and a brief tear at the head of the spine. 
(#012545)        $150.00
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Price reduced:     Was $350,      Now $300

SNODGRASS, W. D. HEART'S NEEDLE. New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. 
Author's first book and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Only 1500 copies 
were printed. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a slightly sunned 
spine. Sharp copy and uncommon in this condition. (#006022)        $300.00
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WRIGHT, Charles. THE GRAVE OF THE RIGHT HAND. Middletown: Wesleyan 
University Press, (1970). First Edition. Poet's first trade book. This 
copy, as with all we have seen, has the poem on page 36 with a large 
printed X through it. Minor rubbing and soiling to the dustwrapper. Fine 
in a Near Fine dustwrapper, price-clipped as usual. (#006485)        $50.00

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