DUNN, Stephen

Walking Light

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. A first collection of essays and memoirs by this accomplished poet. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 007453

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Memoirs Modern Poetry Essays Literature: American Modern First Editions

DUPIN, Jacques. Paul AUSTER (Translator)

Fits and Starts: Selected Poems of Jacques Dupin

(Berkeley), Living Hand, (1973). First Edition. Wraps. Translated by Paul Auster with a three-page introduction by him. One of 1000 numbered copies, though none of the copies we have seen have been numbered. Near Fine .

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Book number: 005791

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern French Literature Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Literature: American Modern Poetry

DYBEK, Stuart

The Coast of Chicago

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof in cream printed wraps of this collection of stories. Promotional slip stapled to inside front cover, otherwise Fine .

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Book number: 017135

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: 20th Century American Literature, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Short Stories Literature: American Uncorrected Proof

DYLAN, Bob [GLASER, Milton]

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits: 33 1/3 Rpm Vinyl Record Album with Poster

(New York), Columbia Records/ CBS, Inc. [1967]. First Edition. Record Album. A 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record album with the desirable and famous poster designed by Milton Glaser, one of the most recognized images of post-war American pop culture. Printed in large quantities and inserted in record albums, it seems that after being pinned up in college dorm rooms, many were discarded and consequently have become scarcer. This one is in Fine shape. Auction records for this occasionally approach one thousand dollars. Ill.: Milton Glaser. Not played but appears to be Fine in a Near Fine sleeve and Fine poster with the usual folds .

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Book number: 021644

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Keywords: Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Record Albums, Milton Glaser, Modern First Editions, Music Milton Glaser Music Modern First Editions Literature: American Modern Poetry

EARLEY, Tony

Here We Are in Paradise

Boston, Little, Brown & Co. (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an impressive collection of stories. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, essentially new .

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Book number: 015148

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Southern Literature, Short Stories Modern First Editions Tony Earley Short Stories Literature: American

EARLEY, Tony

Jim the Boy

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps of the author's second book and first novel. Fine .

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Book number: 015149

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Southern Literature, Uncorrected Proof Modern First Editions Literature: American Uncorrected Proof Advance Review Copy

EBERHART, Richard

A Bravery of Earth

London, Jonathan Cape, (1930). First Edition. hardcover. Poet's first book, published in England before America. With the errata slip tipped in and the publisher's response card laid in. Especially scarce in dustwrapper. Very light wear. Near Fine in a lightly soiled, Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 006592

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: First Book, Modern Firsts Richard Eberhart Modern Poetry First Book Literature: American

ELIOT, T. S

The Classics and the Man of Letters

London, Oxford University, 1942. First Edition. Printed wraps. Printed light blue wraps, 27 pages. Gallup A40: 5017 copies. A later copy with the "t" on the title page weakly registered but still noticeably visible. Spine lightly sunned, otherwise Fine .

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Book number: 006181

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Literary Criticism, T. S. Eliot Modern First Editions Literary Criticism Literature: American T. S. Eliot

ELIOT, T. S

Essays Ancient and Modern

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1936). First Edition. Hardcover. Gallup A31b. Gutters and pastedowns darkened from reaction to glue. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine and a small chip at the top of the front panel .

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Book number: 008365

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Essays, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions T. S. Eliot Literature: English Modern First Editions Literature: American

ELIOT, T. S

Four Quartets

New York, Harcourt Brace and Company, (1943). First Edition. Hardcover. One of only 788 copies of the first impression with the words "first American edition" on the copyright page. The scarce true first edition of a seminal collection as most of the printing run was destroyed due to poor quality. Gallup A43a; Connolly, One Hundred Modern Books 92. Some soiling, little wear to corners, spine dull; lengthy inscription in an unknown hand on the front free endpaper with scattered pencil checks in the text. In what is now acknowledged to be the first issue dustwrapper with a $2.00 price and nine titles listed at rear. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 006282

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Keywords: High Spot, T. S. Eliot, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Literature: American High Spots Literature: English

ELIOT, T. S

The Waste Land in the Dial, November 1922, Original Wraps

(New York), (Dial Publishing), 1922. First Edition. wraps. Volume LXXIII, Number 5. Original printed salmon wraps. Contains the first printed appearance in the United States of THE WASTE LAND, and only its second appearance overall, having appeared the previous month in England in the CRITERION Magazine. Also includes contributions by Yeats, Picasso, Sherwood Anderson, Ezra Pound, Malcolm Cowley, Bertrand Russell, and others. Uncommon in original wraps, unrestored. Offsetting to the first page of the poem from the St. Severin frontispiece by Robert Delaunay, as usual; some loss of paper on the spine and a bit of chipping to the outside front wrap. Very Good .

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Book number: 021641

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, High Spot, Modern Firsts, Modernism, T. S. Eliot, Pablo Picasso, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, Sherwood Anderson, Literary Periodical Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Literature: English High Spot

ELIOT, T. S

The Waste Land in the Criterion. A Quarterly Review, October 1922, Original Wraps

London, R. Cobden-Sanderson, 1922. First Edition. wraps. Volume I, Number 1. Original printed tan wraps with yapped edges of this periodical founded and published by Eliot. Contains the first printed appearance anywhere of THE WASTE LAND. Also includes contributions by Dostoevski (plan for an unfinished novel co-translated by Virginia Woolf), an essay by Herman Hesse, and a review of Joyce's ULYSSES. Largely unopened. Uncommon in original wraps, unrestored. Moderately foxed, unread as most of the pages are unopened; old stain to spine extending to part of the front cover, less so to the rear. Very Good .

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Book number: 021642

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, High Spot, Modern Firsts, Modernism, T. S. Eliot, Pablo Picasso, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, Sherwood Anderson, Literary Periodical Modern First Editions Modern Poetry Literature: English High Spot

ELLIOTT, George P

Parktilden Village

Boston, Beacon Press, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Novelist, poet, and critic's first book. Bumped upper front corner. Short closed tear to bottom of front panel of dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 002311

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, First Book Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book 20th Century American Literature

ENGBERG, Susan

A Stay by the River

New York, Viking, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected Proof in beige printed wraps of the author's second book, a collection of stories. Small sticker residue on front cover, otherwise Fine .

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Book number: 017134

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: 20th Century American Literature, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Short Stories Literature: American Uncorrected Proof

ERDRICH, Louise

Love Medicine

New York, Holt Rinehart and Winston, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. 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 .

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Book number: 005955

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Native American Literature Fiction Literature: American Women's Literature Native American Literature