First Edition. A full-length biography of the great science fiction author. 384 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket bumped at the top of the spine. Signed on the title page by Ray Bradbury.

First Edition. A biography of Frederick Douglass by the longtime leader of the Tuskegee Institute (now University). Washington frames Douglass as an inspiring figure from the past, part of an era of "destruction and liberation" focused on slavery and its immediate aftermath. Washington implies that the more difficult task of.....

First Edition. One of a series of memoirs, in the form of short vignettes, that McMurtry wrote in his later years. This one mostly provides anecdotes about his books, with bits about filmmakers and booksellers tossed in for seasoning. 175 pages. First edition (first printing); Three Dog Books issue, limited.....

First Edition. The biography of one of the leading dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. 294 pages. First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket but for REMAINDER spray on the bottom edge. This copy is inscribed by Jamison to the collector Oliver.....

Uncorrected Proof. An advance copy, preceding the first edition, of this memoir by Raymond Carver's first wife. Advance reading copy (ARC), labeled Advance Uncorrected Proofs. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Signed by Maryann Burk Carver on the title page; scarce signed.

First Edition. Autobiographical prose pieces about Rexroth's life from the late 1920s into the 1940s. 61 pages. Limited to 350 signed and numbered copies. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Rexroth on the front free endpaper. Copy 329 of 350.

First Edition. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. With an information card from the Parnassus Books Signed First Editions Club laid in. A flyer printing a note from the.....

First Edition. A memoir of growing up in a Massachusetts mill town. This is the Powell's Indiespensable version of the signed first edition, in a special slipcase printing a small booklet with an interview with Thompson. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in.....

First Edition. 303 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Houston on a page tipped in at the front of the book.

First Edition. A biography of the author's parents, published simultaneously in this hardcover version and a trade paperback. Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin; he won the Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. First US edition (with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust.....

First Edition. A memoir by one of Ernest Hemingway's grandson. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. With the ownership signatures of an unrelated Hemingway on the front free endpaper.

First edition. The author's memoirs. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to Glenn Goldman, the late owner of the independent bookstore Book Soup in Los Angeles. "For: Glenn with appreciation & best always, sincerely Gay Talese."

First Edition. 731 pages. A biography of the composer. First edition (first printing). Very good in a good dust jacket, with considerable wear to the edges. This copy is, however, inscribed to Alfred Wallenstein, the noted cellist and conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. "Inscribed to Wally, Kapellmeister extraordinary.....