BYNNER, Witter

Witter Bynner. The Pamphlet Poets

New York, Simon & Schuster, (1927). First Edition. Softcover. Wraps. Part of The Pamphlet Poets series. Owner name in very small letters on cover. Very Good .

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Book number: 000274

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Southwestern Literature, Witter Bynner Modern First Editions Witter Bynner Southwestern Literature Literature: American

CABELL, James Branch

Gallantry. An Eighteenth Century Dizain in Ten Comedies, with an Afterpiece

New York & London, Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated light green cloth, the first state binding. Illustrated with 4 full-page color plates by Howard Pyle. Ill.: Howard Pyle. Spine a bit rubbed. Very Good .

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Book number: 000717

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: 20th Century American Literature, Modern Firsts, Howard Pyle, Illustrated Books Howard Pyle Modern First Editions Literature: American Illustrated Books Howard Pyle

CALDWELL, Ian & THOMASON, Dustin

The Rule of Four

New York, The Dial Press, (2004). First Edition. wraps. Advance Reading Copy from Uncorrected Proofs in wraps for this first book by two young authors, a bibliomystery about a Renaissance text. Much more uncommon than the First Trade Edition. Publisher's response card laid in. Fine in a mostly transparent Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 013284

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Biblio Mystery, Bibliomystery, Advance Review Copy, Thriller, Modern Firsts, Books on Books, Modern First Editions Books on Books Bibliomystery Modern First Editions Literature: American

CANTY, Kevin

Into the Great Wide Open

New York, Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading copy of author's second book and first novel. Fine .

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Book number: 018568

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Advance Copy Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Advance Review Copy

CANTY, Kevin

Into the Great Wide Open

New York, Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps. Bound Galley with a form letter from the publisher laid in of author's second book and first novel. Fine .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018569

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Advance Copy Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Advance Review Copy

CANTY, Kevin

Nine Below Zero

New York, Doubleday, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading Copy with promotional material laid in of the author's third book and second novel. Fine .

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Book number: 018571

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Advance Copy Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Advance Review Copy

CANTY, Kevin

A Stranger in This World

New York, Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 013566

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Short Stories Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Short Stories

CANTY, Kevin

A Stranger in This World

New York, Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Wraps. Printed light gray wraps. Uncorrected Proof of the author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories. Small mark on front cover, still Fine .

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Book number: 018570

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Uncorrected Proof, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Short Stories Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Uncorrected Proof

CANTY, Kevin

A Stranger in This World

(London), Viking, (1996). First British Edition. Hardcover. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories. Letter from the publisher laid in. Some aging of the cheap paper. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020177

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, First Book, Modern Firsts, Kevin Canty, Short Stories Modern First Editions Literature: American First Book Short Stories

CAPOTE, Truman & ARLEN, Harold

House of Flowers

New York, Random House, (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. A lovely copy of this musical collaboration first produced in 1954 but not published until its Off-Broadway revival in 1968. Probably Capote's scarcest book. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper and difficult to find in this condition .

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Book number: 019162

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Southern Literature Modern First Editions Musical Theater Literature: American Plays

CAPOTE, Truman

In Cold Blood

New York, Random House, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Capote's classic true crime tale and basis for a film. Owner name and address in ink on front pastedown. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper .

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Book number: 021664

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Film, Truman Capote, Southern Literature, True Crime, Modern Firsts, Documentary Novels, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions True Crime Literature: American Movie Fiction

(CAPOTE, Truman) INGE, M. Thomas (editor)

Truman Capote: Conversations

Jackson, MS & London, University Press of Mississippi, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. Based on more than two dozen interviews with Capote conducted by various people including Andy Warhol , Gloria Steinem, George Plimpton, David Frost, and Jann Wenner, as well as three self-interviews conducted by Capote. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 019505

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Interviews, Truman Capote, Southern Literature, True Crime, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions True Crime Literature: American Literary Interviews

CARTER, Jimmy

Always a Reckoning and Other Poems

New York, Times Books, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. His first collection of poetry. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020523

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Poetry, Jimmy Carter, Modern Poetry, Presidents, Nobel Peace Prize Modern Poetry Presidents Literature: American Modern First Editions

CARTER, Forrest

Watch for Me on the Mountain

(New York), Delacorte Press, (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. Advance Copy with publisher's slip laid in. One leaf (pp. 147-148) is a cancel. We have not seen another copy of this book to help determine if this might be an issue point. A modern literary "forgery." The dustwrapper blurb states that the author is "Storyteller in Council to the Cherokee Nations," but in fact Carter, from Alabama, was not Native American and was a speechwriter for George Wallace. Dustspotting to the top bulked edge of the text. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with very light edgewear .

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Book number: 008259

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Native American Literature Fiction Modern Firsts Advance Copy Amer. Indian Literature

CARVER, Raymond

At Night the Salmon Move

Santa Barbara, Capra Press, 1976. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Early collection of poems, one of 1000 copies of the softcover issue in pictorial wraps of a total edition of 1100. Increasingly uncommon to find without any defects. Fine .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 021400

Catalogue: Modern First Editions

Keywords: Modern Firsts, Raymond Carver, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Modern Firsts Literature: American Modern Poetry