[Rarebooks] 10 Modern First Editions, all but 1 SIGNED incl. Franklin Library, prices greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

ALL PRICES ARE NET plus postage.  Multiple copies of some titles available.


Price reduced:     Was $100,      Now $70

1. ATWOOD, Margaret. THE ROBBER BRIDE. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin 
Library, 1993. First Edition. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by 
the author and with a special introduction by her not included in the 
trade edition. As new in shrinkwrap. (#009271)        $70.00
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2. AUSTER, Paul. GHOSTS. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, (1986). First 
Edition. The second volume of his New York trilogy. This copy SIGNED by 
the author on the title page. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. (#008289)        
$160.00
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3. BALDWIN, James. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN. Franklin Center, PA: 
Franklin Library, 1979. First Illustrated Edition. Bound in full brown 
decorated leather. The First SIGNED Limited edition of Baldwin's first 
book with a previously unpublished introduction by the author. 
Illustrated by Burt Silverman. Fine. (#004118) $125.00
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4. BAXTER, Charles. IMAGINARY PAINTINGS AND OTHER POEMS. (Latham, New 
York): Paris Review, (1989). First Edition. Pictorial wraps SIGNED by 
the author on the title page. Published only in softcover, this is 
Baxter's third collection of poems, though he is best known now for his 
wonderful fiction. Fine. (#006103)        $85.00
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5. BOYLE, T. Coraghessan. THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE. Franklin Center, PA: 
Franklin Library, 1993. First Edition. Decorated blue leather. Color 
frontispiece. Limited and true First Edition with an introduction by 
Boyle not in the trade edition and SIGNED by the author on the 
limitation leaf. A fictional account of the beginnings of the Kellogg 
dynasty in Battle Creek. Made into a movie. Fine. (#008089)        $50.00
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6. BOYLE, T. Coraghessan. WATER MUSIC. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 
1982. First British Edition. Boyle's first novel, recounting the travels 
of eighteenth century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, in West Africa. 
SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. 
(#004567)        $75.00
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7. BUTLER, Robert Olen. COUNTRYMEN OF BONES. New York: Horizon, (1983). 
First Edition. Butler's third book, SIGNED by him on the title page. 
Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a sunned spine. (#009324)        $85.00
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8. BUTLER, Robert Olen. ON DISTANT GROUND. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 
1985. First Edition. Uncorrected proof in printed orange wraps. 
Publisher's matter stapled to inner cover. Near Fine. (#002902)        
$75.00
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9. STEGNER, Wallace. THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN. Franklin Center, PA: 
Franklin Library, 1978. First Illustrated Edition. Decorated brown 
leather. A limited edition reissue with a previously unpublished note 
from Stegner in which he calls this book "the novel in which I first 
managed to define my early experience and the way it shaped me." 
Illustrated with full page watercolors by Charles Reid. SIGNED by the 
author as issued. Spotting to gilt bulked edges of text, otherwise Fine. 
(#005166)        $50.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $150

10. STEGNER, Wallace. THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN. Franklin Center, PA: 
Franklin Library, 1978. First Illustrated Edition. SIGNED limited 
edition reissue bound in full brown leather with extensive gilt 
decorations. With a previously unpublished note from Stegner in which he 
calls this book "the novel in which I first managed to define my early 
experience and the way it shaped me." Illustrated with full page 
watercolors by Charles Reid. This copy with the separate Notes bulletin 
included. As new, still in publisher's sleeve and the shipping box. 
(#004072)        $150.00

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