Grass, Gunter (Translated by Krishna Winston)
The Box: Tales From The Darkroom

Imprint: New York City, NY, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 210 pages. Collection of intertwined tales. One of Gunter Grass' finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Gunter Grass' "Die Box" in a felicitous English translation. A novel on photography, as only the author can conceive it. "Eight adult children assemble over several months to recall memories of their father, a famous writer, and Marie, a photographer, whose pictures inspired his work. The children, born of several women, recall an emotionally distant father, moving from household to household, with some of the children not learning of their siblings until adulthood. The one constant was Marie and her miraculous box of a camera, an old-fashioned Agfa, that 'knew what had been and what was to be, and what people wish for'. The children, among them a photographer, a nurse, and an actress, now parents themselves, review their parents' turbulent relationships and their father's fame and constant work, and speculate on the magic wrought by Marie. Delivers a fictionalized, engaging, and meandering look at his own life through the eyes of his children" (Vanessa Bush). An absolute "must-have" title for Gunter Grass collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Gunter Grass' "The Tin Drum" is widely regarded to be the greatest German postwar novel of the 20th century. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GUNTER GRASS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0547245033.

Stock number: 17728. ISBN: 0547245033

$US 20.00

Green, Sally
Half Bad

Imprint: London, England, Penguin Books, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 388 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. "Signed By The Author" orange sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced indeed, on archival stock paper, with silver boards, matching silver ribbon marker, silver circles on the page edges, and silver pictorial DJ, as we have come to expect of British publishing. Presents Sally Green's "Half Bad". A global bestseller, the first book of the projected "Half Bad" trilogy. "In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White Witches, who are good; Black Witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both [hence the novel's and trilogy's title]. Nathan's father is the world's most powerful and cruel Black Witch. His mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch, or else he will die. In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, 'Half Bad' is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Sally Green collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen on the title page by Sally Green. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the true First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant British writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0670016780.

Stock number: 18840. ISBN: 0670016780

$US 30.00

Greenblatt, Stephen (Author) & Lucretius (Subject)
The Swerve: How The World Became Modern

Imprint: New York City, NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 356 pages. Book-length account on subject. One of the most important books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. Does NOT have either the National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize Winner logo-imprint. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Stephen Greenblatt's "The Swerve: How The World Became Modern". His compelling historical narrative-argument that the idea of modernity was made possible by the re-discovery during the Italian Renaissance of the Roman Era ancient text, Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" ("On The Nature of Things"). One of the foundational and greatest books of Western civilization, it has been recognized as such since its fortuitous re-discovery. As a work of literature, it is a timeless classic: Lucretius writes with a profoundly personal voice that is lucid, riveting, and brilliant on every page, in which a ground-breaking worldview is fully articulated, and the reader sees the world as if for the very first time. The inspiration for intellectual autobiographies as diverse as Montaigne's "Essays", Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams", and Claude Levi-Strauss' "Tristes Tropiques", "De Rerum Natura" is also the first non-scientific (and anti-religious) book to anticipate by more than one thousand years modern science, the atom being posited by Lucretius to constitute our universe long before it could be proven to actually exist. The abiding tenet of contemporary culture is "Make It New", cultural amnesia, that is, willful forgetting (of admittedly, an often painful past), as the only viable option for progress or meaningful and positive change. Surely, the Renaissance knew better when it revived Western civilization and made modernity (that is, the Present) possible by going all the way back to the Past, "Make It Old". "Turns his attention to the Renaissance as the origin of Western culture's foundation" (The New York Times). An absolute "must-have" title for Stephen Greenblatt collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Stephen Greenblatt. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Material of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: This copy does NOT have either the National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize Winner logo-imprint. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 2011 and the Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for "The Swerve: How The World Became Modern". One of the most brilliant historian/scholar/thinkers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0393064476.

Stock number: 21593. ISBN: 0393064476

$US 150.00

Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy (Photographer); Mercurio, Gianni (Contributor) & Various Subjects
Movie Stars: Ritratti Di Timothy Greenfield-sanders/movie Stars: Photographs Of Timothy Greenfield-sanders

Imprint: Milan, Italy, SKIRA Ginevbra-Milano, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 95 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the best celebrity-portrait collections of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Marcello Francone: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers, which feature a portrait of Woody Allen on the cover, and white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Text by Gianni Mercurio. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Milan, Italy to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Museo Carlo Bilotti Rome from October 17, 2007 through January 13, 2008. Presents Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' "Movie Stars". A veritable feast. Here are Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Matthew Broderick, Matt Dillon, Anne Hathaway, Ethan Hawke, Alfred Hitchcock, Nicole Kidman, Jodie Foster, Julianne Moore, Guy Pearce, Vanessa Redgrave, Steven Spielberg, and Orson Welles, among many others, in some of their most soulful sittings ever, in "pictures of people who are looking at us". Every single portrait is "full-frontal", with the subject looking straight into the camera, shyly and confidently, casually and seriously, a compelling, undeniable presence, which surely helps explain why they are stars in the first place. The photographs are composed with a simplicity, rigor, and austerity that remind one of the work of Peter Hujar, except that it's all in color. There is none of the knowing "inside" joke or sly comment one finds in most "post-modern" portraiture. An absolute "must-have" title for Timothy Greenfield-Sanders collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed and inscribed in black pen-marker on the title page by the photographer: "For Betsy, You are (followed by an arrow pointing to the printed title) a movie star! Timothy Greenfield-Sanders". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The recipient, who is named and flattered, is named. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. A rare signed copy thus. 50 plates. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is Resident Photographer of Vanity Fair Magazine and was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) to photograph 700 American figures for its Permanent Collection. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine copy. .

Stock number: 13845.

$US 100.00

Greer, Germaine
Shakespeare's Wife

Imprint: New York City, NY, HarperCollins Publishers, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 406 pages. Book-length account on subject. Now considered a contemporary classic. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Germaine Greer's "Shakespeare's Wife". A brilliant re-imagination, based upon extant documents, of the most fascinating and important character in Shakespeare's real life. "In 1979, Greer wrote 'The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters And Their Work', which helped save several women artists from obscurity. Now, she turns her attention to another shadowy figure, Ann Hathaway. Greer wants to rescue Hathaway from the frantic fantasizing of the Bardolators, who would have us believe that Shakespeare left Stratford for London in order to escape an unhappy marriage. Maybe, and since the cupboard is so bare of facts, Greer can do no more than speculate herself. But her speculation is based on careful sifting through every shard of contextual evidence: Archives, records, registers, and literary works, not just as they relate to the Shakespeares and the Hathaways, but also to their place and time. What we get is a portrait of life in Stratford circa 1600 on almost every level and in every aspect: The practice of medicine, the brewing of ale, birth, marriage, and burial. Greer provides an intriguing analysis that helps us understand more about the person Ann might have been" (Mary Ellen Quinn). "Cites the desire depicted in 'Venus And Adonis' (about an older woman and a younger man) and suggests that some of the sonnets were written to Ann. Offers theories and not, she is careful to state, a definitive narrative. The theory that seems most to have inflamed British critics is that Ann may have paid to have Shakespeare's plays printed after his death. Since many wives do publish their husbands' work after their death, I'm not sure why this is considered so heretical. But Greer knew it would be" (Marilyn French). An absolute "must-have" title for Germaine Greer collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on the title page by Germaine Greer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First American Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0061537152.

Stock number: 21290. ISBN: 0061537152

$US 50.00

Griesemer, John
Signal & Noise

Imprint: New York City, NY, Picador, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 593 pages. The author's second novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Griesemer's "Signal & Noise". His follow-up to his brilliant debut, "No One Thinks of Greenland" (2001). "A thoroughly riveting read. Big, bold, rambunctious, and very rewarding" (Richard Russo). Griesemer completely acquits himself with that most challenging literary endeavor, the second novel, and deserves the mainstream audience he now enjoys. An absolute "must-have" title for John Griesemer collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by John Griesemer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN GRIESEMER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0312300824.

Stock number: 10776. ISBN: 0312300824

$US 30.00

Groebli, Rene
London 1949: Photographs By Rene Groebli

Imprint: Zurich, Switzerland, Sturm Und Drang Publishers, 2016
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 32 pages. Retrospective collection of photographs. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. Limited Edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. The first and only edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Rene Groebli and Sturm Und Drang: Oversize-volume foirmat. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Rene Groebli. There is minimal text. Printed in tritone on thick glossy stock paper in Zurich, Switzerland to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is outstanding in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a Limited Edition format, Rene Groebli's "London 1949". Evocative and imagistic, a London that no longer exists, except in these wonderful photographs. "A few days before Christmas 1949, the young Swiss photographer arrived at Victoria station in fog-bound, bombed-out London. For two weeks, he wandered aimlessly around the city with his Rolleiflex camera. The result is compiled in this edition with high-quality tritone offset printed images. The second part of the book contains a series of images shot at London's Crystal Palace Park in 1951" (Publisher's blurb). Rene Groebli was 22 years old when he first set foot in London and took these photographs. He has finally published them, in an outstanding volume, at the age of 89. An absolute "must-have" title for Rene Groebli collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition, indicated/numbered as such on the title page. It is also very prominently and beautifully signed in green pen-marker by Rene Groebli. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is an art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The production quality and values of this book can no longer be found in most photography books being made today. A rare signed copy thus. 38 tritone plates. One of the finest photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 3906822052.

Stock number: 20506. ISBN: 3906822052

$US 200.00

Gunesekera, Romesh
The Sandglass

Imprint: New York City, NY, The New Press, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 278 pages. The author's second novel. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Romesh Gunesekera's "The Sandglass". His marvellous "follow-up" novel, a triumphant achievement that deserves a much wider readership. His first novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994 and was widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic. The second book, just getting it written at all, is often the "acid test" for every writer. Gunesekera passes the test with flying colors. Born and raised in the Philippines, a Sri Lankan by nationality, and now London-based, Romesh Gunesekera is firmly established as a cult writer with a considerable international following. An absolute "must-have" title for Romesh Gunesekera collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially ine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ROMESH GUNESEKERA TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 156584484X.

Stock number: 724. ISBN: 156584484X

$US 20.00

Guthier, Norbert (Photographer) & Kunkel, Thor (Contributor)
Guthier No. 3: Photographs By Norbert Guthier

Imprint: Bonnigheim, Germany, Edition Braus Im Wachter Verlag, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Collection of sex pictures. Norbert Guthier's single most beautiful book. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Norbert Guthier and Wachter Verlag: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Norbert Guthier. Short story, "Parfum" ("Perfume"), by Thor Kunkel, in the German original and felicitous English translation. Printed in duotone on glossy stock paper in Bonnigheim, Germany to the highest standards. In matching hard board slipcase with circular, "Peeping Tom" die-cut on one side. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Norbert Guthier's "Guthier No. 3". His best and most daring collection thus far of couples having sex, or if you prefer, making love. None of the photographs was staged (as indeed, almost all erotic art photography very meticulously is). All of them were taken while the couples (who are not professional models, but are instead, regular German citizens) were doing it. All of the subjects are attractive, sexy, and finally, beautiful (during sex, at least). "Inhabits the space between beauty and vitality. The camera takes the lead or is content just to be there, recording what it sees. Captures gestures of devotion and bodies that become almost tangible" (Thor Kunkel). "Is it possible for a photographer to accompany couples while making love without destroying the special intimacy, tenderness, and magic of the moment? Norbert Guthier has succeeded in remaining part of the background and in actually fusing with the protagonists at the same time. It was the only way to keep alive the intimacy and poetry of the situation while simultaneously translating the frivolity, the passion, and the humor of these moments. Guthier's pictures prove that love and sex aren't mutually exclusive" (Publisher's blurb). Norbert Guthier is a serious photographer who studied at the legendary Fachhochschule Darmstadt. Beautifully produced, "Guthier No. 3" is widely considered his definitive statement on oral sex, sexual intercourse, and the sex picture in general. An absolute "must-have" title for Norbert Guthier collectors. This title is a contemporary erotic art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws ("Very Good") because they have been pored over. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with duotone plates. One of the finest photographers of the sex act. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 3899040716.

Stock number: 21317. ISBN: 3899040716

$US 150.00

Habermas, Jurgen (Translated by Various Contributors)
The Future Of Human Nature

Imprint: London, England, The Polity Press, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 128 pages. Collection of essays on subject. One of the most important philosophical texts of our time. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United Kingdom. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny first print run as a hardcover original only. There is no American Edition. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jurgen Habermas' "The Future of Human Nature" in a felicitous English translation. His thoughtful and necessary reflections on religion, science, and technology. "Recent developments in bio-technology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. His analysis is guided by the view that genetic manipulation is bound up with the identity and self-understanding of the species. We cannot rule out the possibility that knowledge of one's own hereditary factors may prove to be restrictive for the choice of an individual's way of life and may undermine the symmetrical relations between free and equal human beings" (Publisher's blurb). "When a philosopher of the stature of Jurgen Habermas makes an intervention into contemporary genetics it pays to sit up and listen" (Disability And Society). The final essay, "Faith And Knowledge", is the slightly revised (and final) version of the lecture Habermas gave upon winning the Peace Prize of The German Book Trade in 2001. More than any other essay written thus far, it examines the tension between science and religion in the modern world, a "tension which exploded with such tragic violence on September 11". An absolute "must-have" title for Jurgen Habermas collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First British Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative.. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest European philosophers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0745629865.

Stock number: 17827. ISBN: 0745629865

$US 40.00

O'Hagan, Andrew
The Illuminations

Imprint: London, England, Faber & Faber, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 295 pages. The author's fifth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the American Edition and copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Andrew O'Hagan's "The Illuminations". Secrets and lies. "How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we forget it? Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography. Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki. Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne's secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Andrew O'Hagan collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Andrew O'Hagan. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (British) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the American Edition. Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. One of the finest British writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0374174563.

Stock number: 19958. ISBN: 0374174563

$US 50.00

Hagedorn, Jessica
Dogeaters

Imprint: New York City, NY, Pantheon, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 250 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jessica Hagedorn's "Dogeaters". Her first, and still her finest, novel. Set in Manila during the harrowing Marcos dictatorship, it is the author's satirical yet poignant account of the country she came from, barely knew, and needed to re-discover (Hagedorn was in her very early teens when she moved permanently to the United States) in order to understand her roots and heritage. "The definitive novel of the encounter between the Philippines and America. It is a rich and satisfying work and certainly among the best novels I've read" (Robert Stone). In a celebrated New Yorker Magazine review, the novel was praised by John Updike as striking just the right balance between intimacy and distance, a beautifully written novel that presents her subject with strained and pained love for a country and her often unfathomable people, "the only love worth writing about" (John Updike). Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic of our time, wrote that "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures. She takes aim at racism in the United States and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging" (Harold Bloom). A masterpiece. An absolute "must-have" title for Jessica Hagedorn collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jessica Hagedorn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page or bookplate, as many copies available online are. Hagedorn's signature on this copy is one of the most beautiful we have ever seen: Clean, flowing, and elegant. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1990 for "Dogeaters". Voted the "Best Book of The Year" by the Before Columbus Foundation. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JESSICA HAGEDORN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394574982.

Stock number: 16658. ISBN: 0394574982

$US 50.00

Hagedorn, Jessica
Dream Jungle

Imprint: New York City, NY, Viking, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 325 pages. The author's third novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jessica Hagedorn's "Dream Jungle". Her much-awaited third novel. "As beautiful as summer, as unforgettable as heartbreak, and Zamora de Legazpi is one of the most troubled and fascinating protagonists in recent memory. Another luminous performance by a writer who soars from strength to strength" (Junot Diaz). In a celebrated New Yorker Magazine review, Jessica Hagedorn was praised by the late John Updike, the most influential reviewer/critic in America of his time, as one of the most brilliant writers of her generation. Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic of our time, weighed in and wrote that "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures. She takes aim at racism in the United States and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging". An absolute "must-have" title for Jessica Hagedorn collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue pen-marker on the title page by Jessica Hagedorn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It is one of the most beautiful specimen-signatures by Hagedorn we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1990 for "Dogeaters". Voted the "Best Book of The Year" by the Before Columbus Foundation. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JESSICA HAGEDORN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0670884588.

Stock number: 11453. ISBN: 0670884588

$US 30.00

Hagedorn, Jessica (Editor/Author) & Other Contributors
Manila Noir: The First Philippine Edition

Imprint: Manila, Philippines, Anvil Publishing Press, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 240 pages. Collection of short stories. One of the best collections in the wildly successful Akashic Books "Noir" Series ever published. The first appearance of the title in the Philippines. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the Akashic Books Edition itself. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents "Manila Noir". Crime stories set in various parts of the eponymous city, all of which appear in published form for the very first time. "While certain cities in past Akashic volumes might appear to lack an obvious 'noir' element, Manila practically defines it, as shown by the 14 selections in this excellent anthology. As Hagedorn points out in her insightful Introduction, Manila is a city burdened with a violent and painful past, and with a long heritage of foreign occupation. The Filipino take on 'noir' includes a liberal dose of the gothic and supernatural, with disappearance and loss being constants" (Publishers Weekly). "Writers from the Americas and Europe are known for a certain style of 'noir' fiction, but the rest of the world approaches the crime story from a culturally unique perspective. In 'Manila Noir' we find that the genre is flexible enough to incorporate flamboyant emotion and the supernatural, along with the usual elements 'noir' fans have come to expect: Moody atmospherics, terse dialogue, sudden violence, mordant humor, a fatalist vision" (Jessica Hagedorn). The book is filled with horrific atmospherics indeed. Two of the pieces, Marianne Villanueva's "Desire" and Jessica Hagedorn's own contribution, "Old Money", are masterly. An absolute "must-have" title for Jessica Hagedorn and Akashic Books "Noir" Series collectors. This copy is very prominently signed, dated (in the year of publication), and inscribed in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Best in noir, Jessica Hagedorn 2013". The recipient is named. Hagedorn launched the book in Manila itself, during which her signature was obtained. This title is a classic in the Akashic Books "Noir" Series. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, inscribed, and publication-year dated copy of the First Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The other signed copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. Some of the finest Filipino and Filipino-American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JESSICA HAGEDORN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 9712728242.

Stock number: 18234. ISBN: 9712728242

$US 30.00

Hagedorn, Jessica (Poet) & Powell, Richard (Artist)
Petfood & Tropical Apparitions: The Limited Edition

Imprint: San Francisco, CA, Momo's Press, 1981
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 88 pages. The author's second collection of poems, prose-poems, and short stories. Limited Edition of 50 hardcover copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the softcover retrospective edition called "Danger And Beauty". Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Jon Goodchild and John Woo: Regular-sized volume format. Red hard boards with black titles embossed on the cover and spine, as issued. Text by Jessica Hagedorn. Fantasy-themed etchings by Richard Powell, which are an homage to the art and music of Jamaica, particularly reggae and its greatest exponent, the late Bob Marley, to whom the book is dedicated. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Jessica Hagedorn's "Petfood & Tropical Apparitions". Her best poetry collection. In a celebrated New Yorker Magazine review, Jessica Hagedorn was praised by the late John Updike, the most influential reviewer/critic in America of his time, as one of the most brilliant writers of her generation. Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic of our time, weighed in and wrote that "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures. She takes aim at racism in the United States and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging". An absolute "must-have" title for Jessica Hagedorn collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in glossy pink pen-marker on the title page by Jessica Hagedorn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The signature glows beautifully against the light. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1990 for "Dogeaters". Voted the "Best Book of The Year" by the Before Columbus Foundation. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JESSICA HAGEDORN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0917672151.

Stock number: 6313. ISBN: 0917672151

$US 150.00

Hagedorn, Jessica
Toxicology

Imprint: New York City, NY, Viking/Penguin Books, 2011
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 225 pages. The author's fourth novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jessica Hagedorn's "Toxicology". Her most ambitious novel since "Dogeaters". "Keenly alert to the mesh of pop culture and life, audacious, multi-talented Hagedorn investigates New York's art and film mystique in an edgy, speedy tale that launches with the shocking death of a Heath Ledger-like actor. Out of jump cuts and close-ups, Hagedorn has composed a jazzy, stingingly smart tragicomedy of toxic substances, hate, and delusions; hustle and creativity; obsession and passion" (Booklist). In a celebrated New Yorker Magazine review, Jessica Hagedorn was praised by the late John Updike, the most influential reviewer/critic in America of his time, as one of the most brilliant writers of her generation. Harold Bloom, the greatest literary critic of our time, weighed in and wrote that "Hagedorn expresses the conflicts experienced by Asian immigrants caught between cultures. She takes aim at racism in the United States and develops in her dramas the themes of displacement and the search for belonging". An absolute "must-have" title for Jessica Hagedorn collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Jessica Hagedorn. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Her signature is clean, flowing, and elegant. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the National Book Award in 1990 for "Dogeaters". Voted the "Best Book of The Year" by the Before Columbus Foundation. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JESSICA HAGEDORN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0670022578.

Stock number: 16604. ISBN: 0670022578

$US 30.00

Hallberg, Garth Risk
City On Fire

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 944 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most eagerly anticipated novels of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a regular first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Garth Risk Hallberg's "City On Fire". His sensational first novel. "Find a comfortable chair, a lamp, and mix yourself a Manhattan, because this book is going steal your time and throw you into the swirling mayhem of 1970's New York City, where the lives of the wealthy, punks, artists, cops, anarchists, and fleeing teens collide, and you are not going to want it to end. Garth Risk Hallberg has not only written one of the most anticipated debuts of the year, but has done so with enormous ambition and giddy success. Told through multiple perspectives, Hallberg's novel reveals a vast and varied web of characters whose lives intertwine around a shooting and the New York City blackout of 1977. This is a novel of America, of hopes and dreams, of old money, of families and rebellion, and how 'no matter what you deserve, how far you run, your fate stays stuck to your heels'. Rendered with cinematic detail and crisp-cracking prose, 'City On Fire' is electric" (Al Woodworth). "Hallberg comes as close to the great New York City novel as any I've read in my lifetime. He's so masterful at describing the city, at perfectly dreaming it for us, that it does exactly what great literature can do: Stand up as accurate even as it knocks us over with its beauty" (Interview Magazine). An absolute "must-have" title for Garth Risk Hallberg collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Garth Risk Hallberg. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title will become a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GARTH RISK HALLBERG TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385353774.

Stock number: 20590. ISBN: 0385353774

$US 50.00

Halliday, Lisa
Asymmetry

Imprint: New York City, NY, Simon & Schuster, 2018
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 275 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most important literary debuts of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The first print run was much smaller-than-usual because Second and Third Printings proliferate. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Lisa Halliday's "Asymmetry". Her brilliant, acclaimed first novel. "In its subtle and sophisticated fable of literary ambition, and the forms it can take for a young woman writer, 'Asymmetry' is a masterpiece in the original sense of the word, a piece of work that an apprentice produces to show that she has mastered her trade. Much more rarely do we hear this story from the young woman's point of view. What's so powerful and interesting is that Halliday does not exactly undo that silencing; rather, she enacts it, and then explodes it" (The Atlantic). "A scorchingly intelligent first novel. A clever comedy of manners set in Manhattan as well as a slowly unspooling tragedy about an Iraqi-American family, which poses deep questions about free will, fate, and freedom, the all-powerful accident of one's birth and how life is alchemized into fiction. Will make you a better reader, a more active noticer. Hones your senses" (The New York Times). Halliday was a protegee of Philip Roth whose influence on her writing is unmistakable, both its verisimilitude and its fabulism. An absolute "must-have" title for Lisa Halliday collectors. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The first print run was smaller-than-usual and sold out shortly after publication. Second and Third Printings proliferate, with copies available online now in multiple subsequent printings. A rare copy thus. One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPY OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 150116676X.

Stock number: 22213. ISBN: 150116676X

$US 50.00

Hamilton, Jane
A Map Of The World

Imprint: New York City, NY, Doubleday, 1994
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 391 pages. The author's second novel. One of Jane Hamilton's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the "Oprah Book Club"-stamped edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jane Hamilton's "A Map of The World". A stunning exploration of how one careless moment can cause irrevocable and devastating change. "Alice Goodwin is caring for her best friend's children when two-year-old Lizzy Collins wanders to the pond on the Goodwin farm and drowns. The consequences of this tragedy reverberate through a small Wisconsin community, which never accepted Howard and Alice Goodwin. Jane Hamilton has removed all doubts that she belongs among the major writers of our time" (San Francisco Chronicle). An absolute "must-have" title for Jane Hamilton collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jane Hamilton. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award in 1989 for "The Book of Ruth". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANE HAMILTON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385473109.

Stock number: 10066. ISBN: 0385473109

$US 30.00

Hamilton, Jane
The Short History Of A Prince

Imprint: New York City, NY, Random House, 1998
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 349 pages. The author's third novel. One of the finest novels ever written on homosexuality. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Jane Hamilton's "The Short History of A Prince". Her so-called "gay" novel. The poignant story of a young man driven by his unrequited passion for a career in ballet and for a handsome dancer, both of which he can never have. Jane Hamilton ends her novel with an enthralling coda that is reminiscent of both James Agee's "A Death In The Family" and Michael Cunningham's "Flesh And Blood". "Arguably her best, it matches its range of emotion with a technical precision both masterful and haunting. Hamilton has eased time and memory throughout her novel with the expert abandon of a dancer in full pirouette" (The Boston Globe). An absolute "must-have" title for Jane Hamilton collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Jane Hamilton. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award in 1989 for "The Book of Ruth". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANE HAMILTON TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679457550.

Stock number: 10067. ISBN: 0679457550

$US 30.00

Harding, Paul
Enon

Imprint: New York City, NY, Random House, 2013
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 245 pages. The author's second novel. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on a tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. "Autographed Copy" green round sticker (which beautifully matches the DJ's color scheme) pasted in front. Presents Paul Harding's "Enon". His keenly anticipated follow-up to "Tinkers" (2009). Its protagonist, Charlie Crosby, a boy in "Tinkers", is now a man. As such, he must come to terms with an overwhelming tragedy. "Harding's subject is consciousness rooted in a contemporary moment but bound to a Puritan past. His prose is steeped in a visionary, Transcendentalist tradition that echoes Blake, Rilke, Emerson, and Thoreau, and makes for a darkly intoxicating read" (The New Yorker Magazine). "An extraordinary writer, for the intoxicating power of his prose, the range of his imagination, and above all for the redemptive humanity of his vision. With painstaking brilliance, 'Enon' charts one man's attempt to salvage meaning from meaningless tragedy, to endure the ubiquitous presence of a loved one's absence" (The Financial Times). With every writer regardless of innate talent and actual achievement, the second novel is always the hardest one to write. Paul Harding acquits himself triumphantly. An absolute "must-have" title for Paul Harding collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed and dated (on the day of the book launch) in blue pen on the title page by the author: "9-20-13 Paul Harding". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. A reluctant public speaker/signer at best, Harding signed most copies of the book through his publisher's tipped-in page. But he did launch the book in New York City during which event his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed and book-launch-day dated copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for "Tinkers". One of the most brilliant American novelists of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 1400069432.

Stock number: 18301. ISBN: 1400069432

$US 30.00

Hargreaves, Julian
Naked Life

Imprint: London, England, Westzone, 2000
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Unpaginated. Landmark collection of male nudes. One of the most sensational erotic art photography debuts of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Julian Hargreaves: Flesh-toned cloth boards with gilt titles on the cover and spine and photographic reproduction pasted in front, as issued. Photographs by Julian Hargreaves. Except for the credits at the end, there is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Julian Hargreaves' "Naked Life". An attempt to somehow de-mystify the photographic male nude. Every photograph is carefully composed, dramatically lit, and highly erotic. Virtually every nude is full-frontal and in many instances, "in-your-face". The men, all of them Latinos, are shown grabbing their genitals or partially erect, and are photographed in public places. Some of them will rival the best-looking models of Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Greg Gorman. But all of them have a darker, more sinister look, an aura of danger about them that makes them more, rather than less, attractive. Hargreaves' explicit intention is to de-mythologize and "de-idealize" the male nude in the Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Greg Gorman vein. He succeeds brilliantly. An absolute "must-have" title for Julian Hargreaves collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with full-page color and black-and-white plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of the male nude of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0953743861.

Stock number: 17751. ISBN: 0953743861

$US 50.00

Harris, Mark Edward
The Way Of The Japanese Bath: Photographs By Mark Edward Harris

Imprint: Los Angeles, CA, Shashin Press, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 125 pages. Collection of photographs with accompanying text on subject. One of the most beautiful photography books of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Second and Third Reissued Editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out upon publication. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Mark Edward Harris and Scott Rivera: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with black titles embossed on the cover and spine and photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed center, as issued. Photographs and text by Mark Edward Harris. Matching cloth and hard board slipcase with white Japanese clasps at the end. Printed on pristine-white coated stock paper in China to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Apex Gallery Los Angeles from February 21 through March 29, 2003. The exhibition travelled on to other venues. Presents Mark Edward Harris' "The Way of The Japanese Bath". One of the most enchanting and unusual photographic records of our time. "A beautifully composed walk through the ancient custom of the Japanese hot-spring bath. Harris gives us all the details of this time-honored ritual, showing us the various locations, describing the ritual and the quality of the water, which is thought to have medicinal purposes. Other photographs reveal the convivial nature of the baths, which serve as an equivalent to a social club, where one can relax, reflect, and interact. Shot in elegant black-and-white through the shadows and haze of the steam coming off the water, Harris' photographs treat his subject with deep respect" (Publisher's blurb). The book is suffused with a warmth and sensuality that are palpable. One feels transported to another world where one leaves this world behind. A shower, whether private or communal, is merely about rinsing oneself (of grime, exhaustion, dead skin). A bath, especially as the Japanese practice it, is a slow and contemplative cleansing of body and soul, about immersion and renewal. An absolute "must-have" title for Mark Edward Harris collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Mark Edward Harris. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Laid-in is a copy of the Souvenir Invitation for the Exhibition Opening during which his signature was obtained. This title is a contemporary photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the Second and Third Reissued Editions. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with tritone plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0972784101.

Stock number: 14492. ISBN: 0972784101

$US 150.00

Haslett, Adam
Union Atlantic: A Novel

Imprint: New York City, NY, Doubleday & Company, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 307 pages. The author's first novel. One of Adam Haslett's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Adam Haslett's "Union Atlantic". His brilliant debut novel. Haslett's is not the kind of vision - fearless, unsentimental, and honest - that endears a writer to millions of readers. Still, he is "an enormously compassionate writer, and shows a lovely acuity about his people. He never romanticizes or oversimplifies" (Claire Dederer). Almost alone among the younger generation of openly gay American writers who have succeeded Edmund White, Haslett is a lapidary artist with more wide-ranging interests (even as he has remained unapologetically faithful to his sexuality). He is a "sentence-writer" before he is anything else: "For better or for worse, I care a lot about holding my reader's attention. Perhaps obsessively so. I think of myself as crafting an experience for her or him. And so I want them with me as I move through a scene or a thought. Once your reader is with you, they're willing to go places, to take leaps. I think a writer has to earn that trust, in whatever style they are working in. And so 90% of the work goes into the sentences. Trying to create a rhythm in the writing that does more than just communicate information. That's why in the end, you can never summarize a book. It exists in the sequence of words that it was written in and nowhere else" (Adam Haslett). An absolute "must-have" title for Adam Haslett collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed in blue pen-marker on the title page by Adam Haslett. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Haslett's signature on this copy is the most beautiful we have ever seen. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. Finalist for the National Book Award in 2002 of "Your Are Not A Stranger Here: Stories". Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for "Imagine Me Gone". One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ADAM HASLETT TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0385524471.

Stock number: 20759. ISBN: 0385524471

$US 50.00

Hawes, James
A White Merc With Fins

Imprint: New York City, NY, Pantheon Books, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 289 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Hawes' "A White Merc With Fins". His first novel. "Narrated by a middle-class man who, in his late twenties, is suddenly faced with his own mortality and mediocrity. To avoid the truth about himself, he develops a plan to rob a private bank that caters to the whims of the British ruling class. To pull off the robbery, he brings together three other characters, including a former dancer, with whom he becomes sexually and emotionally obsessed, the services of the IRA, and a stolen white Mercedes. The peculiar characters and absorbing action make this witty and satirical drama entertaining. The narrator's unflinching insight into the British contemporary social scene, and ultimately our own, effectively jumps from the comic to the tragic" (David A. Berona). "Crime is just Nature's way of right-sizing economic differentials" (James Hawes). An absolute "must-have" title for James Hawes collectors. This title is now collectible. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Finalist for the Booker Prize in 1996 for "A White Merc With Fins". One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JAMES HAWES TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679442251.

Stock number: 12983. ISBN: 0679442251

$US 20.00