Authors starting with S from Joseph The Provider / Books

Toronto:: Knopf,, [1998].. The correct first edition of the Canadian author's first novel, a Governor General's Award finalist. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed by Sakamoto on the title page. Winner of the Commonwealth Prize for Best First Novel. ... more information

Boston:: Little, Brown,, [1963].. First edition, third issue (dedication page tipped in after the title page). Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. 8vo. ... more information

Boston:: Little, Brown,, [1963].. First edition, third issue (dedication page tipped in after the title page). Hardcover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket (spine a bit sunned and a few tiny nicks and tears). 8vo. ... more information

Boston:: Little, Brown,, [1963].. Uncorrected galley proofs. Printed wrappers. Just about fine. Proofs in this format are produced in small numbers only. Narrow 4to., spiralbound. Though we have not collated the text with that of the finished book, it is not unreasonable that Salinger, a known up-to-the-minute reviser of his texts, did so here. In a 1961 TLS to his editor he reveals that: "I've made a few marks on the proofs" ... "I worry about typos. ... more information

San Francisco:: North Point Press,, 1988.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (price-clipped). 8vo. The novelist's first collection of short stories. ... more information

New York:: Random House,, [1991].. First edition of the author's second book, his first novel. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. Signed by Salzman on the title page. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1973.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

Chapel Hill:: Algonquin Books,, 1990.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (tiny erasure on back panel). 12mo. ... more information

Chapel Hill:: Algonquin Books,, 1993.. First edition of the African-American author's second book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 12mo. Her first novel, Clover, won the Lillian Smith Award. ... more information

New York:: Henry Holt,, [1987].. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket with blurbs by Larry McMurtry and John Nichols. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Henry Holt,, [1991].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. The first novel in the author's GroVont trilogy. ... more information

Santa Barbara:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1985.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in acetate dust jacket as issued. Small 4to. One of 150 numbered, hardbound copies signed by the author with both his given name and his longstanding pseudonym. ... more information

Los Angeles:: Plantin Press,, 1951.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 4to. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the author, who self-published the book. This copy is inscribed: "To my publisher, John Martin. John Sanford. 9 Feb, '82." A compelling association copy -- it was Martin who resurrected Sanford's literary reputation by publishing seven of his books for the Black Sparrow Press. ... more information

New York:: Norton,, [1964].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. A bibliographically provocative copy -- the front inner flap has no less than four printed prices on it, ranging from $3.75 to $4.95. The implication, of course, is that the jacket was issued before the publishers could agree on a published price. This copy came from Sanford's library and is inscribed by him to one of his publishers. ... more information

Santa Barbara:: Black Sparrow Press,, 1986.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in acetate dust jacket as issued. Small 4to. One of 150 numbered, hardbound copies signed by the author with both his given name and his longstanding pseudonym. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1939.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine, unfaded example of the scarce dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is inscribed by the author: "With this book I began the historical insertions. John Sanford, 19 Aug. '82." The inscription refers to Sanford's incorporation of factual events in American history into his novels -- a literary device that earned him the highest of critical praise. ... more information

Urbana:: University of Illinois Press,, [1980].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. With a foreword by Annette K. Baxter. This copy is inscribed by Sanford to author Robert W. Smith: "Millay's soldier was Arthur Davison Ficke. John Sanford. 10 Aug '82." The authorial citation refers to Sanford's essay in the book on Edna St. Vincent Millay, related in the voice of Ficke, who indeed was her "soldier" and lover. ... more information

New York:: Albert & Charles Boni,, [1935].. First edition of the author's second book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is inscribed by the author: "The 'Governor' would be 110 this year. I wish he'd lived. To Bob Smith, John / Julian. 22 Jan. '85." ... more information

New York:: Horizon,, [1975].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Laid into this copy is the four-page foreword to the 1982 Black Sparrow Press reissue of this title, detailing its inexplicable history of rejection by more than 200 publishers. ... more information

Englewood Cliffs:: Prentice-Hall,, [1967].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket (touch of wear at spinal extremities). 8vo. This copy is inscribed by Sanford and dated "2 June '88. ... more information