Fifty new arrivals, with an emphasis on interesting provenance.
First Edition. A collection of cartoons published in the New Yorker in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 8-5/8 by 11-1/8 inches. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending 1). A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket showing minor wear to the corners and missing.....
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![Item No: #365933 If You See Her [Suntup Numbered / Book Designer's PC Copy]....](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365933.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199838)
This is the book designer's personal copy given to Michael Russem by Paul Suntup in acknowledgement of his work on the edition. The Classic edition is limited to 1000 copies signed by Ania Ahlborn and Babs Webb. In addition to the 6 full color interior illustrations, this is the only.....
Price: $100
The author's first novel, inscribed to one of his writing teachers. Alarcón is a Peruvian American writer who won the Whiting Writers' Award for his first book. He was given a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2021. This novel is set in a nameless South American country in the aftermath of.....
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First Edition. The author's first book, inscribed to one of his writing teachers. Alarcón is a Peruvian American writer who won the Whiting Writers' Award for this collection of stories. He was given a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2021. 189 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in.....
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![Item No: #365934 The Amityville Horror [Suntup Numbered]. Jay Anson](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365934.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199825)
This is the book designer's personal copy given to Michael Russem by Paul Suntup in acknowledgement of his work on the edition. The Numbered edition of 350 copies is a quarter goatskin binding with printed sides from a design by Claire Guillot. Endsheets are Hahnemühle Bugra and the edition is.....
Price: $350
First Edition. An elaborate single-item auction catalog for the sale of the Cobra that won the 1965 FIA world championship. The car was designed by Peter Brock and others under Carroll Shelby's management. This catalog includes a history of the car, illustrated with many photographs. It sold for more than.....
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![Item No: #365940 Future on Ice [Signed x 9]. Octavia Butler, George R. R. Martin](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365940.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199842)
First Edition. An anthology of science fiction stories with a long introduction to the book and short introductions to each story by Card. 432 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy (small tear at top of spine) in a fine dust jacket.....
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![Item No: #187272 Death Comes for the Archbishop [Signed, Numbered]. Willa Cather](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/187272.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199768)
First Edition. One of 225 signed and numbered copies of this classic New Mexico novel about the establishment of a Catholic diocese in the mid-19th century. The book is on both Time magazine's and the Modern Library's list of best novels, and it remains popular today. "Death Comes for the.....
Price: $2,500
A short letter, addressed to a "Mr. Barrett", who apparently asked a question about the historical basis for Cather's novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop. Cather asserts the accuracy of the novel and refers Barret to a statement on her sources. The letter reads in full: "September 26, 1928. My.....
Price: $1,600
First Edition. Passages selected and arranged by Nathan Sheppard into 15 broad topics, with summary captions above each excerpt. [2:blank], xv, [1:blank], 351, [1:blank], [16:publisher's ads for scientific books] pages. First edition (first printing). Pages with very minor browning, else a very near fine copy in the original publisher's terra.....
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![Item No: #365947 The Chronicles of Rodriguez [Signed, Numbered]. Lord Dunsany,...](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365947.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199840)
A rare association copy of Dunsany's first novel, copy 1 inscribed by Dunsany to his mother-in-law. One of 500 copies also signed by the author below his preface and by the illustrator on the frontispiece. Dunsany's "first novels unequivocally set out to occupy what might be called the domain of.....
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![Item No: #365948 The Chronicles of Rodriguez [Signed, Numbered]. Lord Dunsany,...](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365948.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199771)
One of 500 copies of Dunsany's first novel, signed by the author and the illustrator. Dunsany's "first novels unequivocally set out to occupy what might be called the domain of fantasy... The Chronicles of Rodriguez conveys its young disinherited protagonist through a fantasied Spain, gifting him with a Sancho Panza.....
Price: $350
![Item No: #223704 The King of Elfland's Daughter [Signed, Numbered]. Lord...](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/223704.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766205127)
First Edition. One of 250 copies of this foundational fantasy novel signed by Dunsany and his favorite illustrator Sidney Sime. This limited edition preceded the trade edition and is bound uniform with the limited editions of The Chronicles of Rodriguez and Time and the Gods. Dunsany "was instrumental in creating.....
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![Item No: #365949 Time and the Gods [Signed, Numbered]. Lord Dunsany, Sidney H....](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365949.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199804)
One of 250 copies of Dunsany's second book, reissued in a signed edition to coincide with the publication of Dunsany's first novel, The Chronicles of Rodriguez. The book is signed by Dunsany below his preface and by the illustrator, S. H. Sime on each of the ten photogravure plates. "The.....
Price: $850
![Item No: #365936 American Gods [Suntup Classic Edition]. Neil Gaiman](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365936.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199796)
A massive new illustrated edition of this Hugo and Nebula Award-winner that was adapted into a TV series. The Classic edition is limited to 1250 copies. It is a quarter cloth, smyth-sewn binding with a foil blocked embossed paper cover, and a dust jacket featuring gold foil accents. The cloth.....
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![Item No: #365849 American Gods [Suntup Numbered PC]. Neil Gaiman](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/365849.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199837)
A massive new two-volume illustrated edition of this Hugo and Nebula Award-winner that was adapted into a TV series. This is a PC copy given by Paul Suntup to the book's designer, Michael Russem. According to the Suntup website: The Numbered edition is limited to 350 copies and is a......
Price: $1,500
![Item No: #366008 The Black Incal [Numbered]. Alexandro Jodorowsky, Moebius, Jean...](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/366008.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1766199753)
First Edition. A near fine copy of this large format, full color, English language edition of the first volume of L'Incal Noir, an acclaimed French graphic novel written by Jodorowsky (perhaps best known for his extravagant, never-filmed movie of Dune) and Moebius (one of the most admired comic artists of.....
Price: $200
First Edition. A short comic novel. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Johnson with a characteristically outrageous inscription on the title page to his friend, the novelist Chris Offutt: "Chris—I waited there for two days. Turned.....
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First British edition. A collection of essays, originally published in the US in 2001. First UK edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy (pages tanned, as usual) in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by Johnson to the novelist and Iowa Writers'.....
Price: $400
First Edition. Selections from four previous books of poems plus a number of previously uncollected pieces. Johnson was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction a couple of times. 225 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.....
Price: $500
First Edition. An inscribed copy of the second of L'Engle's "Crosswick" memoirs. In this book, she writes about three generations gathering to care for the author's elderly and declining mother at L'Engle's home, Crosswicks, in rural Connecticut. 245 pages. First edition (first printing stated). The edges of the page block.....
Price: $100
First Edition. The third volume in the quintet of novels that began with A Wrinkle in Time, inscribed to literary friends. This book won the National Book Award for children's literature in paperback (a short-lived prize category). First edition (first printing stated). The edge of the page block is spotted.....
Price: $300
First Edition. A community cookbook notable for its section devoted to Spanish-American cookery, one of the first such collections of recipes published in English. The Landmarks Club worked to preserve historical sites in California, many of which dated back to the Spanish and Mexican eras in the state's history. The.....
Price: $3,500
First Edition. The correct first edition of this anthology that collects the 1975 Nebula Award winning novella, novelette, and short story, along with several other nominated short works selected by Ursula Le Guin. The contributors to this anthology include Fritz Leiber, Joe Haldeman, Roger Zelazny, Vonda N. McIntyre, Harlan Ellison.....
Price: $300
First Edition. New stories from six writers who were nominated for the Campbell Award, including George R. R. Martin (who chose the entries for this anthology). Ben Bova wrote the introduction. Martin's story, The Stone City, a Nebula Award finalist, first appeared here. 268, [4:blank] pages. First edition (first printing.....
Price: $125
