The Mayor of Casterbridge

By: Hardy, Thomas

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Norwalk, CT, Easton Press: 1964

Seller ID: 18743

Octavo (22 cm), pp. 318. Full blue leather with gilt decorations and text. Four raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Yellow silk ribbon bookmark sewn in. Decorative endpapers. Publisher's pamphlet, "Notes from the Archives" laid in. Illustrated with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker. Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Appears unread. View more info

The White Rainbow

By: Harrington, Alan

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Little, Brown & Co.: 1981

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 23212

Octavo (21 cm), pp. 379. Signed and inscribed on free front endpaper to his friends, Tom and Dee Cox of Tucson, Arizona. Jacket with Aztec-style design, orange boards with black quarter binding. Spine is mildly cocked, jacket has moderate edge wear with several small closed tears, binding glue visible through endpapers. This was Harrington's third novel, a darkly humorous thriller that was named a notable book of the year by the New York Times Book Review. Inscribee To... View more info

The Road Home

By: Harrison, Jim

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1998

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 16872

Octavo (23 cm), pp. 446. First American edition, this the publisher's limited edition of 600 copies with tipped-in page signed by author and personalized "To Eric." Gray paper over boards with navy quarter cloth, silver titling, and Russell Chatham artwork ("Twilight in Eastern Montana") on jacket. Endpapers are a map of Nebraska from 1885. This full-length novel continues the story of Dalva and her family. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info

The Road Home

By: Harrison, Jim

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Grove Atlantic: 1998

Seller ID: 16244

Octavo (23 cm), pp. 416. Uncorrected proof. Tan wraps with brown text. Minor bumping to corners. Continues the family saga begun in "Dalva." View more info

Armadillo in the Grass

By: Hearon, Shelby

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Pressworks: 1983

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 10918

Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 150. 1983 reprint of 1968 original. Author flatsigned on introduction page, signed and inscribed by Hearon to author and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams: "Reprint of my first novel, full of natural history and mother-loss. Fondly, Shelby." Jacket and boards with only slight wear. Dust jacket present. View more info

Scat (Japanese Language Edition)

By: Hiaasen, Carl

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Tokyo, 2010

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 5306

Duodecimo (19 cm), pp. 481. Unknown edition. Signed by author on title page. Pictorial jacket, green boards with animal track motif. Japanese translation by Shigeki Chiba. Hiaasen's third young adult novel sends a pair of teenagers up against an oil company, with the bad guys losing in spectacular fashion. Dust jacket present. View more info

East of Denver

By: Hill, Gregory

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 2012

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19806

Octavo (22 cm), pp. 264. Beige boards with blue quarter paper and silver spine text. Pictoral jacket of an airplane flying over a windmill. Light bumping to corners and edge wear to jacket. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. A dark-comic novel by the lead singer and guitarist of The Babysitters. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info

Odd Corners: The Slip-Stream World of William Hjortsberg

By: Hjortsberg, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Shoemaker and Hoard: 2004

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 14867

Duodecimo (17.5 cm), pp. 266. First paperback edition. Signed by author on title page to Nebraska writer Beef Torrey. View more info

Falling Angel

By: Hjortsberg, William

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: 1978

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 23857

Signed with dated inscription by author on front free endpaper to writer Beef Torrey and his then-girlfriend Melissa: "To Beef and Melissa- On the long and winding trail to Nirvana... and beyond." Octavo (21 cm), pp. 243. Golden paper boads with red quarter cloth, pictorial jacket. Jacket is clipped with rubbing and moderate edge wear, text block has foxing. Originally published in 1978, Falling Angel was turned into the steamy horror movie Angel Heart in 1987. D... View more info

Mai-Dee of the Mountains

By: Hollister, Mary Brewster

Price: $24.00

Publisher: London, Fleming H. Revell: 1933

Seller ID: 18688

12mo (19.5 cm), pp. 153. Unknown edition (presumed first). Black cloth boards with yellow text and border. Foxing to endpapers, previous owners and other pencil notations, and "15" in black crayon, on front free endpaper. Boards show frayed edges and discoloring along fore-edge. No jacket. View more info

The Blazing World

By: Hustvedt, Siri

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: 2014

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 19994

Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 357. Goldenrod boards with red quarter binding, red jacket. Jacket with light edge wear, also along flap creases. Spine bumped at tail. Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View more info

Ridin' With Ray and The Old Game

By: Jackson, Jon A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Neville Books: 1995

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 19414

Limited edition (#13/326), signed by author on colophon page. Octavo (22 cm), pp. 40. Black slipcase with navy blue boards (no jacket), silver titling. Illustrations by Barnaby Conrad. An essay recalling the author's friendship with Raymond Carver, along with a short story featuring Detective Mulheisen. View more info

Straight from the Heart

By: Jackson, Rev. Jesse L.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Fortress Press: 1987

Edition: First Edition

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 23964

Presentation copy, signed to former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau: "6/11/88 / Bro. Pierre- / Keep hope alive- / Jesse Jackson." Also signed with inscription "Peace & freedom" on half title page. Octavo (23 cm), pp. 324. Denim cloth with silver-stamping, pictorial jacket. Boards and jacket with light edge wear, several small closed tears. It's unclear whether this series of essays by Jackson ever resided in Trudeau's library; the book came from th... View more info