[Rarebooks] FS: 10 Modern First Editions, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

ALL PRICES ARE NET plus postage.


Price reduced:     Was $850,      Now $500

1. AUDEN, W. H. THE ORATORS. AN ENGLISH STUDY. London: Faber & Faber, 
(1932). First Edition. Bloomfield A3: only 1000 copies printed. Auden's 
third book, though his first consisted of less than 50 copies. This is a 
lovely example with light foxing to the endpapers, typical to this 
title, and bright boards with the gilt fully intact. The cream 
dustwrapper printed in blue, neatly price-clipped, has just the 
slightest of wear to the tips of the spine, which is mildly darkened, 
and a tiny chip at the bottom of the rear panel. Near Fine in a Near 
Fine dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. (#011372)        $500.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $100

2. DREISER, Theodore. CHAINS. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First 
Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a sunned spine and light 
wear. (#007409)        $100.00
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Price reduced:     Was $750,      Now $450

3. DREISER, Theodore. THE HAND OF THE POTTER. New York: Boni & 
Liveright, 1918. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. First issue of the 
First Published Edition with all three points; there was also a 
pre-publication copy which obviously was printed in a very small number. 
Dreiser's only play. Mild foxing to the first few pages. About Fine in a 
close to Fine example of the uncommon dustwrapper. (#007757)        $450.00
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4. DREISER, Theodore. A HOOSIER HOLIDAY. New York: John Lane Company, 
1916. First Edition. First state of the binding, second issue of the 
text. Original olive green paper-covered boards with an olive buckram 
spine. Illustrated by Franklin Booth who accompanied Dreiser on the 
automobile trip to the author's first home in Indiana that is described 
here. A handsome, well-made book. Signature of noted collector La 
Fayette Butler on the front pastedown dated 1918. Bumping to corners, 
otherwise Fine. Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. (#009430)        $50.00
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Price reduced:     Was $125,      Now $35

5. DUFRESNE, John. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT. New York: W. W. Norton & 
Company, (1994). First Edition. Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps of 
his second book. Fine. (#005727)        $35.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $85

6. DUFRESNE, John. THE WAY THAT WATER ENTERS STONE. New York: W. W. 
Norton & Company, (1991). First Edition. Review copy with publisher's 
insert laid in of his first book. Minor bump to bottom of rear cover. 
Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. (#000106) $85.00
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Price reduced:     Was $125,      Now $75

7. ERDRICH, Louise. LOVE MEDICINE. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 
(1984). First Edition. Her first novel. Minor rubbing to bottom edge; 
small rough erasure to the top of the front endpaper. Near Fine in a 
Near Fine dustwrapper with light wear to spine tips. (#005955)        $75.00
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8. EXLEY, Frederick. A FAN'S NOTES. New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 
First Edition. Advance Copy in printed red wraps of this acclaimed first 
book, a fictional memoir about an obsessed fan of the New York Giants, 
made into a film in 1972 starring Jerry Orbach as the narrator. Some 
vertical creasing to spine. Near Fine. (#007687)        $100.00
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Price reduced:     Was $350,      Now $200

9. EXLEY, Frederick. A FAN'S NOTES. New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 
First Edition. Advance Copy in printed red wraps of this acclaimed first 
book, a fictional memoir about an obsessed fan of the New York Giants, 
made into a film in 1972 starring Jerry Orbach as the narrator. Lovely 
copy. (#001751)        $200.00
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Price reduced:     Was $200,      Now $100

10. FOOTE, Shelby. LOVE IN A DRY SEASON. New York: The Dial Press, 1951. 
First Edition. His third novel, set in Mississippi. Tiny chips to lower 
corners of dustwrapper, slight sticker shadow on front flap, and edges 
of rear panel tanned. Close to Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and 
uncommon thus. (#008801)        $100.00
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