Titles starting with L from Ken Lopez - Bookseller, ABAA

NY: HarperCollins. (1993). Advance Reading Copy. Signed by the author. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Pantheon Books. (1986). First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

Hanoi: Foreign Language Editions. 1958. Heavily illustrated survey of Vietnamese crafts. Stamped "Library of Congress Surplus/Duplicate" on the verso of the title page. Rebound, original wrappers bound in. Near fine. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

(Paris): Gallimard. (1951). A review copy, on ordinary paper, of this treatise on the revolutionary or rebellious mentality, by the author of The Stranger and The Plague. Inscribed by Camus to Jean Paulhan, the literary director at Gallimard, a nice association. Pages browning slightly; trace foxing to the cover's edges and folds; else fine in wrappers in original French-folded glassine. In custom clamshell case. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press. 1973. Publication. Special Paul Metcalf issue. Very Good in wrappers. Bookplate removal mark. . softcover. ... more information

Buenos Aires: Losada. (1967). A long poem by the Chilean Nobel Prize winner, printed on different-colored pages. Inscribed by the author to Selden Rodman, the noted writer and champion of folk arts, particularly of Latin America and the Caribbean: "a Selden/ un abrazo/ de Pablo/ 1969/ 2 I." A nice inscription: "a hug from Pablo," indicative of the closeness of the two friends. Rodman had long been an advocate of Haitian art: he had been co-director of the Haitian Centre d'Art in the ... more information

NY: McGraw-Hill. (1979). Review copy w/ publisher's materials laid in. Very Good in Very Good (edge-worn) DJ. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. (2000). The advance reading copy of this novel of Detective Sergeant "Fang" Mulheisen of the Detroit Police Department -- a series of comic, hard-boiled novels that consistently receive glowing critical praise. Fine in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. (2000). A Mulheisen mystery. Inscribed by Jackson: "For Steve [Krauzer], my dear old pal. Jon." Jackson has also corrected the dedication page, changing "To the memory of Henry Wallace Robinson..." to "Leonard Wallace Robinson," adding, underneath, "Nardo." Fine in a near fine, spine-sunned dust jacket. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

Bogota: Ediciones S.L.B.. 1955. The first edition of the Nobel Prize winner's first book, a short novel published in the U.S. as "Leaf Storm" in the collection Leaf Storm and Other Stories. Set in the fictional town of Macondo, where much of his later fiction also takes place, the book covers three boom-and-bust decades in the town's history, the "leaf storm" of the title referring to the human "trash" which is blown into town in prosperity and out at decline. The colop... more information

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Espasa-Calpe Argentina, S.A.. (1942). Front cover hinge very weak (almost detached). Thus, Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Washington, D.C.: Decatur House Press. (1976). Her first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in wrappers. Markus later won a Houghton Mifflin Fellowship for her novella Uncle. Light rubbing to glossy silver wrappers; else fine. Signed by the author. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Washington, DC: Decatur House Press. (1976). First Edition in wrappers only. Author's first book. 1/1000 copies only. Very Good. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Linden/ Simon & Schuster. 1981. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Viking Press. 1986. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Author's first book. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Managua, NICARAGUA: Editorial Vanguardia. 1989. First Nicaraguan edition. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

NY: Venus Library. (1969). Very Good in Very Good DJ. Erotica. . First Edition. hardcover. ... more information

(Bordeaux). (1955). French literary magazine, this issue focusing on Miller, with writing by him and about him. Pages uncut; near fine in wrappers. . First Edition. softcover. ... more information

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. (1968). The galley sheets of this play, Shepard's first full-length play and his second play to be published. Claspbound, front cover tanned and separating; rear cover has date and price and "DUPL NYPL." Front cover has the name of Paul Myers, curator of the Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library. Very good. Laid in are the galleys of Elizabeth Hardwick's introduction, dated 1967. Shepard is most well-known these days as an actor, who was nominated f... more information

Paris: Gallimard. (1976). First French Edition. Very Good in wrappers laid into Very Good dust jacket. . softcover. ... more information