THE COUNTRY AHEAD OF US, THE COUNTRY BEHIND
by GUTERSON, David
New York: Harper & Row, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Acclaimed writer's first book, a collection of short stories. Dustwrapper blurbs by Mary Robison and Charles Johnson.
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SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
by GUTERSON, David
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight foxing to top bulked edge of text. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. His first novel, made into a film.
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A TOUR PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1795-6, THROUGH THE TAURIDA, OR CRIMEA, THE ANTIENT KINGDOM OF BOSPHORUS, THE ONCE-POWERFUL REPUBLIC OF TAURIC CHERSON and all the other countries of the North Shore of the Euxine, ceded to Russia by the Peace of Kainardgi and Jassy ... Described in a Series of Letters to her Husband, the Editor, Matthew Guthrie...
by GUTHRIE, (Mrs. Maria)
London: T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies, 1802. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing; library bookplate and small stamp on the front pastedown with red ink stamps on the dedication page. No other library markings but for white numbers on the spine. Large folding map with several splits and a small piece detached but present. Binding firm. Good. Quarto... Read More
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BOUND FOR GLORY
by GUTHRIE, Woody
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. One page creased, a couple of others browned from previously laid-in newspaper clipping. Gilt on front rubbed and faded. About Very Good. Autobiography and first book by one of our greatest songwriters, author of this country's unofficial national anthem, "This Land Is Your Land." This... Read More
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BOUND FOR GLORY
by GUTHRIE, Woody
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Small white paint stain on the front cover, the gilt on the cover and spine a little faded but clear. The dustwrapper is bright and attractive, free from any major defect and with only a few small chips. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper. Autobiography... Read More
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BOUND FOR GLORY
by GUTHRIE, Woody
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner's address label on the front endpaper, gilt on the front cover and spine strong. The dustwrapper is bright and attractive free from any major defect but for a large chip at the head of the spine, extending to 1-3/4" at its deepest and obliterating nearly... Read More
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DOCUMENTARY #1 STRUGGLE with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by GUTHRIE, Woody
[New York]: Asch Records, [1945]. First Edition. Record Album. The three discs in Fine condition; slight edgewear with tiny bit of loss to spine head and light foxing to album boards. Letter with light creases at foldlines. Near Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Exceptional. Album of three 78 rpm discs housed in the original half blue cloth... Read More
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MEINE REISE IM DEUTSCHEN VATERLANDE, aus Thüringen ins Riesengebürge zu den Elbquellen und durch Böhmen ins Erzgebürge; über Erfurt, Leipzig, Dresden, Bautzen, Görlitz, Bunzlau, Warmbrunn, Hirschberg, Arnau, Turnau, Prag und Töplitz bis Freyberg
by GUTS MUTHS, Johann Christoph Friedrich
Breslau, Hirschberg und Lissa in Südpreußen: Johann Friedrich Korn, 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean and complete with all endpapers and blanks. Near Fine. Contemporary marbled boards with later cloth tape over the spine; [vi], 260 pages. Scarce account of travels in 18th century Germany.
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THE TERRIBLE CHILDREN
by HACKER, Marilyn
n.p.: (Samuel R. Delany), (1967). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Near Fine and quite scarce. Twenty-six mimeographed 8-1/2" x 11" pages bound with two staples with photo-illustrated front and rear covers. Poet's extremely scarce first book, preceding her first regularly published trade volume--PRESENTATION PIECE, which won the National Book Award--by seven years. Published by Hacker's then-husband, science fiction writer... Read More
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PEARL-MAIDEN
by HAGGARD, H. Rider
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903. First British Edition. Hardcover. Subscription library bookplate on front pastedown. Minor wear at the spine tips and corners. Light foxing. Very Good. Original blue cloth.
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FOR FIFTY YEARS. Verses Written on Occasion, in the Course of the Nineteenth Century
by HALE, Edward E[verett]
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild soiling to the covers. Very Good. Decorated green cloth. An uncommon collection of poetry by the author of THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
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THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
by HALE, Edward Everett
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Minor wear to the top of the spine which is lightly sunned. Still Near Fine in a Very Good, intact slipcase. Edward Wilson. Octavo (7" x 10") bound in full terra-cotta leather with a blind embossed design of North America without the United States on... Read More
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THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
by HALE, Edward Everett
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Some wear to spine with loss at the top bottom. Very Good in a Fine slipcase. Edward Wilson. Octavo (7" x 10") bound in full terra-cotta leather with a blind embossed design of North America without the United States on the front cover and gold-stamped on the spine. Printed on hand-made... Read More
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LA TOURAINE
by HALLAYS, Andre
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1930. First Edition. wraps. Minor soiling to some page edges. Near Fine in a slightly worn cloth folder. Obviously scarce. Folio (mostly 9-3/4" x 13-1/4' with some leaves smaller) consisting of loose signatures within printed wraps and in a decorated cloth folder; (viii), 244, (4) pages. Copy #4 of only 5 copies... Read More
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A ROOF OF TGER LILIES
by HALL, Donald
New York: The Viking Press, (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Very Good dustwrapper with a chip at the base of the spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1987 by the poet on the title page: "this book still pleases me."
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THE DARK HOUSES
by HALL, Donald
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a price-clipped, close to Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Lovely copy of Hall's second major collection INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1987 by the poet on the title page: "with pleasure/this old book."
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THE DAY I WAS OLDER. ON THE POETRY OF DONALD HALL
by [HALL, Donald] RECTOR, Liam (editor)
(Santa Cruz, CA): (Story Line Press), (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A collection of Hall's poems, essays by other poets such as Robert Creeley and W. D. Snodgrass about Hall, reviews of Hall's work, an interview with Hall, and a bibliography. Illustrated with photographs from Hall's collection. Uncommon in hardcover.
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THE MUSEUM OF CLEAR IDEAS
by HALL, Donald
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
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TO THE LOUD WIND AND OTHER POEMS
by HALL, Donald
Cambridge, MA: The Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Stiff wraps. Fine copy in a lightly sunned, Near Fine blue dustwrapper with a faint small stain on the outside edge of the front cover. Stiff wraps with a blue printed dustwrapper. Hall's first collection of poetry published in the United States, issued as Volume I, Number I of the... Read More
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PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS OF PORTUGAL. PROSE PIECES
by HALL, Donald
Boston: Beacon Press, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Reflections on his family home in New Hampshire, baseball, and much more. SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
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THE TOWN OF HILL
by HALL, Donald
Boston: Godine, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without dustwrapper. A thin chapbook of 44 pages bound in black-and-white patterned boards. The title poem is about a town in New Hampshire erased by a flood, although another town of the same name was built not far from the original. INSCRIBED on 24 January 1976 on the title page... Read More
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APPLES AND PEACHES
by HALL, Donald
(Edgewood, KY): Robert Barth, 1995. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. Chapbook in printed pink wraps with a decoration on the front cover. Of a total of 300 copies, this is one of 25 SIGNED by the poet on the colophon with an original unpublished two-line poem in Hall's hand titled "The Learning of Poets": "Thus -- for his final... Read More
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THE TOY BONE
by HALL, Donald
Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, (1979). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. One of 400 copies in wrappers of a total edition of 500. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title page in 1987.
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THE DAY I WAS OLDER. ON THE POETRY OF DONALD HALL
by [HALL, Donald] RECTOR, Liam (editor)
(Santa Cruz, CA): (Story Line Press), (1989). First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The softcover issue. A collection of Hall's poems, essays by other poets such as Robert Creeley and W. D. Snodgrass about Hall, reviews of Hall's work, an interview with Hall, and a bibliography. Illustrated with photographs from Hall's collection.
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THE DARK HOUSES
by HALL, Donald
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with small stains on the front panel. Cloth-backed boards. Hall's second major collection INSCRIBED and SIGNED to the poet David Ray on the front endpaper: "For Dave in Ithaca,/with friendship and in admiration,/on a good visit,/Don Hall/April 12, 1962."
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