[Rarebooks] FS: 9 SIGNED Modern Firsts, Auden, Brautigan, etc., prices greatly reduced

Tue Sep 17 16:24:53 EDT 2013

ALL PRICES ARE NET plus postage.

Price reduced:     Was $650,      Now $500

[AUDEN, W. H.] SALUS, Peter and TAYLOR, Paul (editors). FOR W. H. AUDEN. 
New York: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Printed wraps. A 
commemorative festschrift for the poet's 65th birthday with 
contributions by Hannah Arendt, William Meredith, James Merrill, et al. 
Stated limitation of 500 copies but apparently only 200 copies were 
distributed and the rest were pulped. This copy INSCRIBED to Mike Newman 
and SIGNED by the poet on the title page. Uncommon to find this title 
SIGNED. Soiling to fore-edge of bulked text; some sunning to spine and 
portion of rear cover where glassine is missing. Still Near Fine in 
remnants of glassine. (#011952) $500.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $125

BARTH, John. CHIMERA. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. 
Copy #244 of 300 numbered and SIGNED copies of this winner of the 
National Book Award. Walter Shirley's copy with his bookplate tipped to 
a front blank. Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued. 
(#008203)        $125.00
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BARTH, John. CHIMERA. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition. 
Copy #8 of 300 numbered and SIGNED copies of this winner of the National 
Book Award. Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued. 
(#009384)        $150.00
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Price reduced:     Was $350,      Now $175

BARTH, John. GILES GOAT-BOY OR, THE REVISED NEW SYLLABUS. Garden City: 
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Copy #109 of 250 SIGNED 
by the author. A Burgess 99 book: "The book is allegory, parody, 
didactic treatise, fable, religious codex, and the taking of it 
seriously entails the taking of it unseriously" (p. 98). Barth's first 
commercial success and something of a cult book. Spine with very mild 
soiling; slipcase with a few small nicks on the back edge. Near Fine in 
a Near Fine slipcase. (#010328) $175.00
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BENET, Stephen Vincent. HEAVENS AND EARTH. New York: Henry Holt and 
Company, 1920. First Edition. Gilt-decorated purple boards. Affixed to 
the front pastedown is an envelope addressed by Benet and containing a 
two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the author written from Paris to 
Henry Winslow at the YMCA in Bennington, Vermont. A long, apologetic 
response to an inquiry to have a book signed. Slight smudging to a few 
words including "Benet." Book has very light wear and sunning to the 
very edges; dustwrapper complete but for small chips at the spine tips 
not affecting any lettering. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. 
(#010780)        $250.00
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Price reduced:     Was $150,      Now $75

BERGER, Thomas. KILLING TIME. New York: The Dial Press, 1967. First 
Edition. Advance Copy in printed wraps. The publisher's statement on the 
front cover states that "KILLING TIME is a book for all those who refuse 
to believe that non-fiction has eclipsed the novel as a means of social 
and psychological revelation." INSCRIBED to --- "with all the best" and 
SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Small stain lower front 
corner, minor soiling. Very Good. (#002604)        $75.00
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Price reduced:     Was $1000,      Now $800

BERGER, Thomas. LITTLE BIG MAN. New York: The Dial Press, 1964. First 
Edition. Berger's best-known book, subject of the award-winning film 
starring Dustin Hoffman as the survivor of major historical events in 
the Old West. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. 
The first issue dustwrapper is in very nice shape with insignificant 
rubbing to the red color and two very brief closed tears. Fine in a Near 
Fine dustwrapper. (#011436)        $800.00
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Price reduced:     Was $250,      Now $200

BRAUTIGAN, Richard. THE TOKYO-MONTANA EXPRESS. New York: Targ Editions, 
(1979). First Edition. One of 350 copies SIGNED by the author. Some 
sunning to the edges. Near Fine in glassine with small tears. 
(#006965)        $200.00
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Price reduced:     Was $125,      Now $75

PURDY, James. COLOR OF DARKNESS. New York: New Directions, (1957). First 
Edition. Author's first trade book, SIGNED by him on the title page. 
Very Good in a dustwrapper with moderate edgewear and soiling. 
(#000371)        $75.00
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