Titles starting with H from Joseph The Provider / Books

London:: Trigram Press,, 1968.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. One of 60 numbered, hardbound copies signed by all three poets (there were also 1000 unsigned copies bound in wrappers). ... more information

Bloomfield Hills / Columbia:: Bruccoli-Clark,, [1979].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine (issued without dust jacket). 8vo. Illustrated by Robin McDonald. One of 450 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 500). ... more information

New York:: Random House,, [1974].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Small 4to. Winner of the 1975 National Book Award for best novel. ... more information

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1967.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine, unrubbed dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is signed by the author. An important debut, winner of the William Faulkner Award and a Houghton Mifflin literary fellowship. Stone adapted the novel for the 1970 movie, WUSA that starred Paul Newman. ... more information

New York:: Boni & Liveright,, 1918.. First edition, first binding state. Hardcover. Fine in a fine example of the dust jacket. 8vo. Neat contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. ... more information

New York:: Knopf,, 1984.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Top edges a touch dusty, else fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Growing up in a country that is forever at war with an unseen enemy. ... more information

New York:: Viking,, 1957.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a trace of spine-sunning. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence,, [1971].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is inscribed by the author: "For Wayne and Carol. Kurt Vonnegut." Wayne Warga was an editor at Life Magazine and a feature columnist for the Los Angeles Times, who interviewed Vonnegut for the newspaper. ... more information

New York:: Delacorte,, [1982].. First and only edition. Hardcover. Fine in publisher's slipcase as issued. 8vo. One of 500 numbered copies (the entire edition) that were privately distributed to friends of the author and the publisher. Compiled and edited by Jill Krementz (Mrs. Kurt Vonnegut). Illustrated with numerous photographs. With contributions by Updike, Mailer, Capote, and 81 others. Laid into this copy is a mimeographed list of the seating plan for the celebratory dinner at Michael's rest... more information

New York:: Random House,, [1991].. First edition. Hardcover. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. ... more information

Garden City:: Doubleday,, 1961.. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket of a book that rarely turns up this nice. 8vo. ... more information

Paris:: Contact Press,, [1922].. First edition of the expatriate author's second book, the first publication of the Contact Press. Printed wrappers. Both the broadside and the unopened book are in superb condition. 8vo. A collection of stories and sketches. The book's title was suggested by James Joyce because he found McAlmon's use of the American idiom racy. Laid in is a copy of McAlmon's broadside, From An H'English Printer To An English Publisher, which is a separate "A" ... more information

London:: Faber & Faber,, [1957].. First edition of the poet's first book. Hardcover. Fine in an exceptionally fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

London:: Faber & Faber,, [1999].. First edition, hardbound issue. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the three best novels of the year. ... more information

New York:: Atheneum,, 1993.. First edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed by Doig on the title page. The author continues the autobiographical examination of the life of his family that he began in This House of Sky. ... more information

London:: Heinemann / Book Society,, [1948].. First edition, Book Society issue. Hardcover. Crude attempt to remove bookplate on front free endpaper, a very good copy in very good dust jacket (some wear and tear). 12mo. This copy is signed by Greene on the half-title. The title page imprint is "William Heinemann Ltd / & The Book Society Ltd." The copyright page states "This edition issued on first publication by The Book Society, Ltd., in association with William Heinemann Ltd / May 1948... more information

New York:: Scribner's Sons,, [1988].. First edition of the author's first work of fiction. Hardcover. Red ink remainder spot on bottom edges, else fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, [2000].. First edition of the author's acclaimed first book. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. . Small 4to. Cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the five best novels of the year 2000. ... more information

Garden City:: Doubleday,, 1983.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. This copy bears Meyer's presentation inscription on the title page to actor and film director Paul Bartel: "For Paul, With anticipation of great & beautiful things for us both. With both affection and love, John. 8/25/83." Bartel created such cult classics as "Eating Raoul," "Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills," "Death Race 2000," and "Lust In The Du... more information

Berkeley:: Bern Porter,, 1947.. First edition of the poet's first book. Hardcover. A very nearly fine copy (lacking the scarce dust jacket). 8vo. Illustrated with drawings by Mary Fabilli. One of 250 copies (of a total edition of 350). This copy is signed by Fabilli and inscribed by Duncan to fellow poet James Broughton: "For Mr. Broughton / 'he mimics the opulence of the fair' and charmingly / Duncan. ... more information