First Edition. A reduced-size paperback edition of this pairing of pictures by Avedon with text by Baldwin. A few years ahead of its time, this collection of Avedon photographs seems to trace the fracturing of American culture, beginning with his portraits of royalty and American blue bloods before progressing into the.....

First Edition. This acclaimed novel re-imagines the underground railroad, the informal network of guides and safehouses that help enslaved people escape bondage before the Civil War, as an actual railroad network running below ground. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This is one of an unspecified.....

First Edition. A Double D Western, most of which are scarce in hardcover. D. B. Newton, who wrote under a variety of pseudonyms, was a founding member of the Western Writers of America, which gives out the Spur Awards each year. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a near fine.....

First Edition. Ten poems by Cavafy paired with ten captioned black-and-white photographs by Michals placed on the following pages. The work is homoerotic, with many of the photographs incorporating male nudes. Michals explains the intent of the book in his short introduction: "Because [Cavafy] was a man who loved other men.....

First Edition. The author's first book, a novel, written before he turned to short fiction. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy (minor bumping and fading to spine ends; small stain on the title page) in a near fine jacket with just the mildest bumping to the spine ends.....

A bilingual edition of Cisneros's poetry collection, Loose Woman, presented in the original English with a Galician translation by Marilar Aleixandre on the facing page (Galician is a language spoken in Northern Spain). 197 pages. First edition (first printing of this edition). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback), with a wrap-around.....

First Edition. A collection of interrelated stories. Cisneros's first book from a New York publisher. This set, assembled by a collector and housed in a black-cloth clamshell case, includes the following: 1) Advance Reading Copy (ARC), signed by Cisneros on the title page; 2) First edition, inscribed on the title page, "Para.....

First Edition. "An extraordinary novel of Negro life on an isolated plantation"—the dust jacket. "Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African American experience. Rejecting the prevailing sentimental stereotypes of her times, she portrayed her black characters with sympathy and understanding, endowing them with the.....

First Edition. The play Thomas had just finished when he died. xiv, 107 pages. First American edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with a few short tears and minor wear to the spine ends.

Uncorrected Proof. An advance copy, preceding the first edition, of this long novel. 641 pages. Bound in printed off-white wrappers. Spine and bottom edge tanned, else very good in printed off-white wrappers. Spine creased due to a minor binding flaw.

First Edition. This acclaimed novel re-imagines the underground railroad, the informal network of guides and safehouses that help enslaved people escape bondage before the Civil War, as an actual railroad network running below ground. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. A miniseries based on the book.....

First Edition. The third Alan Grofiled novel, which has the same first chapter as Westlake's hardboiled Parker novel, Slayground, which opens with an armored car heist that goes terribly wrong. First edition (first printing stated). A fine copy in a jacket that would be fine but for a severe price.....