Titles starting with V from Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA

Philadelphia: Lippincott. (1963). The advance reading copy of his first book, winner of the Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel of the year. With elaborate inventiveness, labyrinthine plots and a sometimes paranoid comic sense, Pynchon became the postmodern standard against whom all writers since have been measured. Each of his first three novels won one or more of the major literary awards given out in this country. Some cover creasing; spine creased from binder's glue and somewhat sunned; a... more information

London: Cape. (1963). The first British edition of his first book, winner of the Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel of the year. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Knopf. 1989. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

San Francisco: Family Dog. 1968. A postcard announcement of Velvet Underground, Charley Musselwhite and Initial Shock at the Avalon Ballroom. 6-1/2" x 4-3/4". Fine. . First Edition. ... more information

NY: Henry Holt & Co.. (2000). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Villard. (1998). The uncommon hardcover edition of her classic Obie Award-winning play. We have heard both that this edition was issued prior to the trade paperback first edition, and that it was issued in an edition of perhaps 200 copies produced for a performance in Madison Square Garden in 2001. This copy is signed by the author in 2005 with "Vagina Blessings!" Clothbound; faint spot to foredge; else fine, with ribbon marker bound in, in a fine matching cloth slipcase. An attractive product... more information

(Fredericksburg, TX): Shearer Publishing. (1986). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Random House. (1968). Very Good in Very Good (price-clipped, 1/4" closed tear to top of spine) DJ. Remainder mark on bottom edge. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Scribner. (1996). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Pantheon Books. 2007. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown. (1974). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Modern Library. (2001). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

Port Townsend, WA: Dragon Gate. (1982). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

(NY): Scribner. (1999). DeLillo's third play (although only his second produced and published in book form). Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Together with the program for 1998-1999 season of The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, where the play premiered, as well as eight internet printouts of reviews and one printout of DeLillo's own article, "Looking for Valparaiso." . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Touchstone. (2000). The first paperback edition of DeLillo's third play (although only his second produced and published in book form). Inscribed by DeLillo to the poet Mark Strand, "all respect." Fine in wrappers. A nice association copy between a National Book Award-winning author, DeLillo, and a Pulitzer Prize winner, Strand. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

(Various Places): (Various Publishers). (1977-2008). 227 items (plus 16 duplicates), in 19 different languages, of the twelve volumes in Rice's Vampire Chronicles and New Tales series, and including:- Interview with the Vampire, 45 items (plus 7 duplicates), as follows: eight German editions (2 hardcover); six Spanish editions (1 hardcover); three Italian editions (2 hardcover); two Dutch, two Swedish, one Norwegian and one Russian (all hardcover); two Hebrew (one hardcover, one softcover); and, all in ... more information

London: Secker & Warburg. (1991). Mild age-toning to page edges; else fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: E.P. Dutton. (1981). Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

NY: Simon & Schuster. (1973). Very Good copy in Very Good DJ. Remainder mark on bottom edge. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Crown Press. (1981). Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information