Modern Literature / First Editions from Derringer Books

New York: Grove Press, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Stated first hardcover edition. 59 pp. A later prose work by the author of Waiting For Godot. A near fine copy in dustwrapper.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Thick hardbound book with cloth spine in clear acetate wrapper. Over 560 pp. Includes two full-length works: The Works Of Love & The Huge Season. #67 of only 100 specially hardbound copies and SIGNED by the author. A handsome near fine example in clear acetate… Read more about this item

New York: Johnray Publishing, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Tall, slender stapled wrappers. 16 unnumbered pages. A program for the 1977 production of Frank Langella in Dracula performed at the Jujamcyn Theaters. Gorey designed the scenery and costumes for this show. This booklet has much info about the production and includes several Gorey drawings. Some staining to… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/none. First edition of one of the author's most memorable titles. 569 pp. Stated first edition. A solid very good cloth-bound book. Lacking the dustwrapper. Pulitzer Prize winning title by Stegner and a classic of 1960's Western lit.

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1991. First UK edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperbound book. 177 pp. Literary criticism. First UK edition. This is the Uncorrected Book Proof in bound decorated wrappers. A near fine example. SIGNED by the author.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. 8vo. 138 pp novel by the author of You Bright and Risen Angels. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. Specially decorated cloth spine over boards. 276 pp. A collection of short stories by the author of The irony of the Leash. This is Letter O of 26 specially bound copies and SIGNED by Myles. A handsome near fine copy in clear acetate wrapper. Signed… Read more about this item

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. Decorated cloth spine over boards. 196 pp. With an introduction by Roger Conover and edited by Elizabeth Arnold. A gorgeous fine bright copy in clear acetate wrapper. #23 of only 176 copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray.

New York: New Directions, 1963. First American edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. 8vo. Clothbound book in dustwrapper. 183 pp. First US edition. Translated into English by Raymonf Rosenthal, John Longrigg and Wayland Young. A handsome fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper.

Stone Harbor, NJ: Meadow Run Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Clothbound book in clear acetate wrapper and housed in a hard slipcase. 133 pp. Essays on fishing. With illustrations by John Swan. One of 1,500 copies. This copy has been SIGNED by McGuane on the title page. Fine.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Clothbound book issued without dustwrapper and housed in a cloth-covered blue slipcase. First edition. One of 300 hand-numbered copies SIGNED by the author. A fine example. Very light wear to edges of the slipcase.

New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo. Green clothbound book with insert on the front panel of an image of horses. In clear plastic wrapper and housed in a hard slipcase. 176 pp. Short fiction by McGunae. One of 250 specially bound copies numbered and SIGNED by McGuane as well as the publisher. Fine… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. Hardbound volume issued without dustwrapper. 208 pp. A collection of short fiction by a variety of acclaimed novelists and poets including Ashbery, Ishmael Reed, Maureen Howard, Walter Abish and many more. Small marking to rear panel else a fine example.

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. First UK edition. Cloth. Good/fair. Slender clothbound book in dustwrapper. 48 pp. First UK edition of this drama first performed in Germany in 1963. Light dampstaining to a small portion of the front panel. Some offset to endpapers. Overall in good condition in a heavily worn price-intact dustwrapper. Sold in as-is condition. … Read more about this item

London and New York: John Calder and Riverrun Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 134 pp. Introduction by Dougald McMillan. One tiny corner bump else a fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. A beauty.

Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, No Date. No Edition. Not bound. Fine. Please note: what is being offered here is not a book. Rather it is a sturdy shopping bag with an illustration mirroring the cover art for the book by John Kennedy Toole entitled A Confederacy Of Dunces. This bag was designed for/by LSU Press as an… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Fine/very good. 8vo. First edition of the author's second book. Winner of the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for a novel of "considerable literary achievement". 220 pp. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE ARTIST RAPHAEL SOYER "with great admiration and… Read more about this item

New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, 1970. First American edition. Cloth. Very Good +/none. First US edition of the Nobel Prize winner's classic novel of the people of Macondo. Stated first edition. 422 pp. Clean very good plus copy in dark green cloth binding. Lacking the dustwrapper. An attractive copy of this novel of magical realism. Translated… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt , Brace and Company, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good. 8vo. Hardbound book in dustwrapper. 391 pp. Stated first edition of the author's second novel. A handsome very good or better copy in price-intact ($2.50) dustwrapper which shows numerous chips and wear at the edges of the wrapper.

Portland: Pomegranate, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 132 pp. With an essay by Steven Heller. Profusely illustrated in color. A great reference for Gorey fans and collectors. Near fine copy in dustwrapper.