Moore, Lorrie
A Gate At The Stairs: A Novel

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 322 pages. The author's third 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. "Autographed Copy" metallic-silver round sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Lorrie Moore's "A Gate At The Stairs". Marks her triumphant return to the novel form, after a hiatus of almost fifteen years. Her last book, "Birds of America", a short story collection, was published eleven years ago, in 1998. Lorrie Moore's much-awaited novel took more than a decade to conceive and write. "Lorrie Moore's people are jokesters, wisenheimers. They hold the world, and the language used to describe it, a little off to the side, where they can turn it around and if not figure it out, at least find something funny to say about it. Vintage Moore: Brittle, witty, and dark, the portrait of a Midwest college town through the eyes of Tassie Keltjin, a student from the country whose mind has been lit up by learning, but who spends nearly all this story out of class, as a nanny for a couple who have adopted a toddler. Tassie's a bit of a toddler herself (and an ideal narrator because of it), testing the world as if through her teeth, and she finds the world stranger and more deeply wounded the more she learns of it. Sad, hilarious, and thrillingly necessary" (Tom Nissley). The fictitious Midwest college is based upon and inspired by the legendary University of Wisconsin at Madison, where Lorrie Moore is a Professor of English. An absolute "must-have" title for Lorrie Moore collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Lorrie Moore. 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. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0375409289.

Stock number: 14853. ISBN: 0375409289

$US 20.00

Moore, Susanna
The Big Girls

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 224 pages. The author's sixth novel. One of Susanna Moore'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 Susanna Moore's "The Big Girls". One of her most beautifully written novels. "In spare yet hypnotic prose, Susanna Moore examines the bond between a young psychiatrist and a mentally ill patient in her devastating novel, set at an upstate New York federal women's prison. Sloatsburg Correctional Institution is dangerous, under-staffed, under-financed, and overwhelmingly grim. The place epitomizes what is wrong with our nation's prison system and stands as a warning about our growing mental health crisis. Moore deftly shifts perspective among her principal characters as the action hurtles to an oddly satisfying resolution. Reading this heart-breaker is like watching a train wreck while dialing for help on your cellphone. You can't turn away" (Publishers Weekly). An absolute "must-have" title for Susanna Moore collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Susanna Moore. 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. Winner of the Pen/Ernest Hemingway Citation and The Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER SUSANNA MOORE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1400041902.

Stock number: 11990. ISBN: 1400041902

$US 30.00

Moretti, Luisa Menazzi (Artist/Photographer) & D'Amico, Fortunato (Contributor)
Cose Di Natura/nature's Matters: Photographs By Luisa Menazzi Moretti

Imprint: Genoa, Italy, Musei Di Nervi, 2014
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 95 pages. Exhibition Monograph. Collection of color photographs on subject. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. Review Copy. Review Material laid-in: A Letter on the artist/photographer's letterhead signed by her. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only that was not distributed commercially and sold out upon publication. The Exhibition Monograph is now rare. A brilliant production by Luisa Menazzi Moretti: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and Interview by Luisa Menazzi Moretti. Essay by Fortunato D'Amico. All of the text is in the Italian original and felicitous English translations. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Genoa, Italy to the highest standards, as one has come to expect of Italian publishing. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark inaugural exhibition of the same name held at the Musei Di Nervi Genoa, Italy in 2014. Presents, in a beautifully produced volume, some of Luisa Menazzi Moretti's finest and most representative images. They are all photographs of Nature, very meticulously and prudently mediated by digital camera technology, and executed with a brilliant aesthetic twist: Moretti uses her natural surroundings to make highly personal and emotionally resonant images that refer, ultimately, to the inner life. She sees Nature as the Beginning of all Art, as the first work of art, and corrollarily, views art or photography that is deracinated and alienated by Nature (that is to say, a great deal of Modernism and Post-Modernism) as defeatist, even pointless. She is by no means enamored by Nature and is aware only too well of its destructive and catastrophic side. Rather, Nature is the starting point for her of a personal artistic journey that results in some of the most ravishingly beautiful photographic images being made today. "I do not have an enchanted vision of Nature. It is beauty, balance, relief, harmony, but also desolation, devastation, indifference. Nature gives me an unlimited and constantly renovated vitality. The energy she conveys to me heals tensions, frees from negative moods, gives balance, joy, serenity" (Luisa Menazzi Moretti). The Monograph is divided into three parts: "From The Depths", "Transition", and "Towards The Sky". In other words, Nature's Matters, and that Nature matters. An absolute "must-have" title for Luisa Menazzi Moretti collectors. This is a Review Copy. It comes with a Letter on the artist/photographer's personal letterhead/stationery, which is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen by Luisa Menazzi Moretti. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Monograph available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: As is the industry custom, Moretti did not sign the book itself. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the most brilliant Italian artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO STEPHEN M. SCHAUB TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 19355.

$US 30.00

Moriyama, Daido
Color: Photographs By Daido Moriyama

Imprint: Tokyo, Japan, Getsuyosha, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Binding: With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 312 pages. Artist Book. One of the most beautiful photography books of our time. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Should also not be confused with Daido Moriyama's previous volumes of his color work, all of them simply called "Color". Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only that was not reissued once all of the copies were sold. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Daido Moriyama: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Daido Moriyama. There is no text. Publisher's original obi-band wrapped around the DJ. In publisher's original plastic wrappers. Printed on glossy stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Daido Moriyama's "Color". Page after page, most of them doublespreads, all of them "bleed", of the photographer's most recent and most ambitious images in color. All of them are of his beloved Tokyo, taken using a digital camera, and showcase Moriyama's achievement in color, a medium that the Master Photographer of black-and-white is NOT identified with even though he has published two major volumes: "Color" and "Color 2". "Documents Tokyo between 2008 and 2012. Amassing a total of 30, 000 digital images for the project, 'Color' is Moriyama's visual assault of photographs packed together. Images of street scenes, fleeting portraits, and snapshots of Moriyama's lived experiences are placed within the new viewing context of color. The resulting images present an exciting and stimulating viewing experience that lacks none of Moriyama's provocative black-and-white imagery" (Publisher's blurb). "The young lady who coolly crosses my path is a work of art. The middle-aged man sitting on the sidewalk in front of her is also a work of art. The middle-aged woman feverishly shopping in a crowded store is also a work of art. The cat stretching and yawning on the wall over there is also a work of art. The young guy in Kabukicho, the couples walking in the love hotel district, and the drunks in Golden-Gai are all, through and through, works of art. In other words, the city of Tokyo is filled with art, and all of its people are works of art. What about me, walking around with my digital camera, clicking away, and taking photos of this, that, and the other? Might I be a work of art, too?" (Daido Moriyama). In the sense that the indisputable art of our time is photography, and that photography has re-defined the work of art as medium, the answer is yes. Still, the question is merely provocative and rhetorical. What Moriyama is really saying is that "Color" is his photographic valentine to Tokyo, about which he loves everything unconditionally. An absolute "must-have" title for Daido Moriyama collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in metallic-silver pen-marker by Daido Moriyama. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. 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 pristine beauty. Please note: This is Moriyama's color images of Tokyo and should not be confused with his previous volumes of color work also simply called "Color". The original obi-band is completely intact. A rare signed copy thus. 191 doublespread and full-page color plates. Five of Daido Moriyama's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". The greatest Japanese photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAIDO MORIYAMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 4901477943.

Stock number: 20200. ISBN: 4901477943

$US 100.00

Moriyama, Daido (Photographer); Klein, William & Hoppen, Michael (Contributors)
Daido Moriyama: Vintage Prints: The Shine Gallery Exhibition Catalog

Imprint: London, England, Guiding Light/Michael Hoppen Gallery, 2004
Edition: First Edition

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 100 pages. Exhibition Catalog. One of the most beautiful books on the photographic art of Daido Moriyama ever published. Limited Edition of 800 copies. Published simultaneously with the Deluxe Edition of 100 numbered and signed copies. A brilliant production by Peter B. Willberg at Clarendon Road Studio: Oversize-volume format. Unbound broadsheets, each of which measures 15.5 X 23 inches, folded together. Photographs by Daido Moriyama. Introduction by William Klein. Text by Michael Hoppen. Enclosed in a 19 X 15 inch, translucent electrostatic-shield, re-sealable plastic bag. Corrugated card board laid-in. Round sticker pasted in front. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated newsprint stock paper in the United Kingdom to the highest standards. The paper used is THE perfect medium for the photographer's gritty images. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition, "Daido Moriyama: Vintage Prints", at the Shine Gallery and Michael Hoppen Gallery London in 2004. Presents "Daido Moriyama: Vintage Prints". An extraordinary range of Moriyama's work. The vintage prints come from Moriyama's personal collection, and represent his oeuvre from three tumultuous decades: The 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's. They show how Moriyama started out and also how he became one of the great visual artists of our time. Moriyama's life-work has been to make us keenly aware of the photograph as the product of a mechanical instrument (the camera) and of the person behind the camera (the photographer) as the witness to the constant flow and throbbing intensity of the world. While the photograph shows reality as ever-changing, a painting makes it seem static, immutable, essential. A photograph is a fragment, not a record. "Taking a photograph does not mean to cut off a piece of time and place and save it as a record, but to remove color, palpability, smell, and sound from a time and place, and transpose the remnants into a distribution of varying densities of equivalent light and shadow. To take a photograph is to fragment the comprehensive sensory data" (Daido Moriyama). For many intelligent people, this is precisely the weakness of and problem with photography, that it reduces reality to our sense of sight. For Moriyama, it is the medium's inherent and unavoidable nature and therefore its strength, the starting point of all photography, whatever the individual photographer's talent or intentions may be. Flow, intensity, and fragments that build up to a cumulative and ecstatic visual experience: This is Moriyama's highly influential conception of photography. An original Daido Moriyama book is an event. This one is a sensation. An absolute "must-have" title for Daido Moriyama collectors. This title is a great photography collection. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition of 800 copies still available online, is still in the publisher's translucent electrostatic-shield, re-sealable plastic bag, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the Deluxe Edition available online command more than $1000, rightly so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 82 black-and-white plates in 51 unbound sheets. Five of Daido Moriyama's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". The greatest Japanese photographer of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAIDO MORIYAMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0953845176.

Stock number: 20408. ISBN: 0953845176

$US 100.00

Moriyama, Daido (Photographer); Muhly, Nico & Other Composers
Moriyama Zoo No. 1: The Limited Edition

Imprint: Tokyo, Japan, Powershovel Books, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 16 pages. Artist Book. Collection of animal portrait-photographs, with accompanying Souvenir Materials. One of the most beautiful photographically-based Artist Books of our time. Limited Boxed Edition of 1000 copies. The first and only edition. The Limited Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Daido Moriyama and PowerShovel Books: Oversize-volume format. Photographs by Daido Moriyama. The suite is presented as a stand-alone book. Contributions by various artist-musicians, which are presented as the images' glorious expansion in the form of accompanying Souvenir Materials. They include: Two vinyl LP's; one CD; "Stray Dog" Pop-Up Card; and a Menko Game. Matching black pictorial box. All of the materials are printed, as noted by the publisher, in "unbelievably deluxe black-and-white on lush papers and boards". In publisher's original plastic shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in a sumptuous Limited Edition format, Daido Moriyama's "Zoo No. 1". Magnificent portraits of animals by the photographer who is iconically identified with a stray dog. The most original and influential Japanese photographer of our time, Moriyama is known for grainy images that are reproduced in dark, inky black-and-white. "This volume began as a retrospective collection of photographs on the subject of animals. Along the way, musicians were invited to contribute, and two vinyl LP's, a CD, two pop-up cards, and a Menko Game were added, all printed in unbelievably deluxe black-and-white on lush papers and boards. Exquisitely printed, ultra-collectible, cloth-bound boxed set with falcon endpapers glued into the box. The musical contributions are by David Grubbs, Dirty Three, DJ Olive, Jan Jelinek, Lau Nau, Matmos, Mount Eerie, Nico Muhly, Sanso-Xtro, and The Zoo Wheel, among others" (Publisher's blurb). The participation of Nico Muhly, one of the most brilliant, cutting-edge Classical composers of our time, is particularly noteworthy. An absolute "must-have" title for Daido Moriyama collectors. This title is a great Artist Book. This is one of few copies of the Limited Boxed Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: It is NOT remainder-marked, and it is offered at the publisher's original list price. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with black-and-white plates. Five of Daido Moriyama's books were selected as among the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". The greatest Japanese photographer of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER DAIDO MORIYAMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 4434119230.

Stock number: 21166. ISBN: 4434119230

$US 200.00

Morrisroe, Mark
Mark Morrisroe

Imprint: Santa Fe, NM, Twin Palms Publishing, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 197 pages. Posthumous collection of photographs. Now considered a contemporary classic. Limited Edition of 4000 copies. An austerely elegant production by Jack Woody: Oversize-volume format. Cloth boards with titles on spine, as issued. Photographs and excerpts from his diaries by Mark Morrisroe. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles and running text on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Mark Morrisroe". The very first retrospective of his ground-breaking work. Morrisroe died of AIDS at a very young age, before he could realize his dream of becoming a great and celebrated artist. Many of the photographs he left behind have a raw power, energy, and vitality as well as an underlying sadness that the artist could not disguise. Mostly self-portraits, many of them are full-frontal nudes. The photograph showing Morrisroe lying down in bed with one arm raised and a bird perched on his hand is now widely considered one of the finest photographic images ever made. Morrisroe was attractive and not surprisingly, was obsessed with both the glory of the male body as well as its inevitable decline. He photographed himself up to the very end when, dying, he took pictures of himself, as frail as a foetus, a shell, a prematurely aged shadow of his youthful self. "It kills me to look at old photographs of myself and my friends. We were such beautiful, sexy kids, but we always felt bad because we thought we were ugly at the time. We believed what other people said. If anyone of us could have seen how attractive we really were, we might have made something better of our lives" (Mark Morrisroe). An absolute "must-have" title for Mark Morrisroe collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Limited Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, 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 scarce copy thus. 204 color plates. One of the most brilliant American photographers of the 20th century. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARK MORRISROE TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0944092624.

Stock number: 16492. ISBN: 0944092624

$US 80.00

Morton, Bruce (Photographer) & Gillen, Paula (Designer)
Textile: Photographs By Bruce Morton

Imprint: Bowen, IL, Bruce Morton Studios, 2015
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 36 pages. Collection of color photographs, presented as an Artist Book with actual pieces of fabric. One of the most beautiful art photography books of its kind ever published. Limited Edition, whose limitation is not stated. Published as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Bruce Morton and Paula Gillen: Oversize-volume format in wide oblong shape. Orange softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs and Captions by Bruce Morton. The cover as well as selected inside pages have pieces of fabric neatly pasted on them. Each copy's textile is unique to it. No two copies are alike. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Chicago to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, Bruce Morton's "Textile". Lovely. All of the color photographs show various fabrics "in situ": As raw harvested cloth, dresses, curtains, tablecloths, window displays, and finally, as discarded wardrobe-donations to the Salvation Army. While there isn't a single human presence, that is precisely what we feel and sense - and is consciously evoked - by these austerely beautiful "landscape" photographs of modern urban spaces, of as the expression goes, The Way We Live Now. An absolute "must-have" title for Bruce Morton collectors. This is a copy of the Limited Edition, and it is very boldly and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Bruce Morton. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The pieces of fabric that are neatly pasted on each copy is unique to it. No two copies have the same textile samples, thereby enhancing each one's collectible value. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BRUCE MORTON TITLE IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 20176.

$US 50.00

Moyer, Stephen; Paquin, Anna & Skarsgard, Alexander (Subjects) & The Editors of Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Magazine Issue: True Blood "they're Hot They're Sexy They're Undead" Promotional Material

Imprint: San Francisco, CA, Rolling Stone Magazine, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 95 pages. Rare Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard/"True Blood" and Rolling Stone Magazine collectible item. A fine copy of the promotional material. The latter is an exact-size, 8 X 11 inch replica of the magazine cover, signed by Stephen Moyer. The promotional material had very limited distribution and is now rare. It is encased in its own protective plastic sleeve. Presents "True Blood". One of the most sensational magazine covers of all time in its promo souvenir version. The three leading stars of the most popular television series since "The Sopranos" on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. "Covered in gobs of blood, Anna Paquin, her Series and real-life fiance Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgard get completely naked" (Publisher's blurb). Like no other American Pop culture phenomenon, "True Blood" 's appeal has transcended national cultures - every local culture has a vibrant vampire lore, which is part of a larger mythology about the intimate connection between mortality and immortality, life and afterlife - by glorifying the sexual allure of vampirism as only Hollywood can. It is probably just a coincidence, but the cast of "True Blood" is genuinely international: American (Moyer), Canadian (Paquin), and Swedish (Skarsgard), among others. The Rolling Stone Issue became one of the magazine's Top Five bestselling issues of all time. Copies were snapped up and vanished from newsstands, bookstores, and online within days of the Issue's release. Considering that the show can be taped in the privacy of one's home or bought and collected on DVD (for repeated "rewinds" of the juiciest parts), the success of the Issue is amazing, a testament to the print medium's unique appeal. An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for "True Blood" collectors. This copy of the promotional material is an exact-size, 8 X 11 inch replica of the cover, and it is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker by Stephen Moyer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A rare signed copy thus. Three of the sexiest and most beautiful actors of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO COPY OF THE ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE WITH SIGNED COPY OF THE PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 16838.

$US 30.00

Mozley, Fiona
Elmet

Imprint: Chapel Hill, NC, Algonquin Books, 2017
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 312 pages. The author's breakthrough debut novel. One of the most sensational literary debuts of our time. 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 softcover original only by a small independent press. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Fiona Mozley's "Elmet". Singled out by the most prestigious British literary prize over hundreds of other candidate-titles (and released as a softcover only), the brilliant first novel by a professional historian of medieval history, who may or may not write another novel. The epigraph from Ted Hughes' "Remains of Elmet", about the eponymous medieval Celtic kingdom, sets the ominous tone. "A quiet explosion of a book, exquisite and unforgettable" (The Economist). "Part fairy tale, part coming-of-age story, part revenge-tragedy, Mozley's first novel is a shape-shifting, lyrical, dark parable of life off the grid in modern Britain. Mozley's instantaneous success is a response to the stylish intensity of her work, which boldly winds multiple genres into a rich spinning top of a tale" (Kirkus Reviews). An absolute "must-have" title for Fiona Mozley collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, placed, and dated in green pen-marker on the title page by the author: "Fiona Mozley 18th January 2018 NYC". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a cult classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed, placed, and dated 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: Like the First British Edition, the American Edition was issued as a softcover original only by a small independent press. A rare signed copy thus. Finalist of the Booker Prize in 2017 for "Elmet". One of the most brilliant British novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO EMILY FRIDLUND TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1616208422.

Stock number: 21767. ISBN: 1616208422

$US 50.00

Mukherjee, Bharati
The Holder Of The World

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 286 pages. The author's fourth novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly copies that are signed on the publisher's tipped-in page. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Bharati Mukherjee's "The Holder of The World". Her fourth novel. "An amazing literary feat and a masterpiece of storytelling. Once again, Bharati Mukherjee proves she is one of our foremost writers, with the literary muscles to weave both the future and the past into a tale that is singularly intelligent and provocative" (Amy Tan). It is not an exaggeration to say that Mukherjee is the crucial "figure in the middle", that is to say, the central figure who continues and transmutes the work of the pioneering R. K. Narayan, and helps smooth the way for the present generation of young Indian writers in English like Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai. Mukherjee not only anticipates but fully embodies many of their concerns, and remains an influential force in immigrant-American literature. An absolute "must-have" title for Bharati Mukherjee collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Bharati Mukherjee. 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 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 National Book Critics Circle Award in 1989 for "The Middleman And Other Stories". One of the finest American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER BHARATI MUKHERJEE TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394588460.

Stock number: 16887. ISBN: 0394588460

$US 40.00

Muller, Karin Apollonia
Karin Apollonia Muller: On Edge

Imprint: Tucson, AZ, Nazraeli Press, 2009
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in Fine Dust Jacket. 48 pages. Collection of color photographs presented as an Artist Book. Limited Edition of 500 copies. An austerely elegant production by Karin Apollonia Muller and Chris Pichler: Oversize-volume format. Pale gray cloth boards with photographic reproduction pasted on the recessed center. Photographs by Karin Apollonia Muller. There is no text. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. In glassine DJ with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Karin Apollonia Muller's "On Edge". Her much-awaited second collection, which took her more than eight years to complete. "While 'Angels in Fall' (2001) dealt with the disconnect between human beings and their environment, 'On Edge' shows the earth crumbling away, and our futile efforts to control or hide the subtle invasion of nature into cultivated spaces. Working in color with a muted palette and low contrast, Muller creates powerful images which evoke a sense of displacement in keeping with artist's 'visitor status' as a foreigner in Los Angeles. Born in Heidelberg in 1963, Muller grew up as the daughter of a sea captain. She studied photography and film at the University of Essen before moving to the United States in 1995. Karin Apollonia Muller's work has been widely exhibited in the United States and Europe, and is included in such collections as The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Whitney Museum New York, and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Karin Apollonia Muller collectors. This copy is one of the Limited Edition of 500 copies, indicated as such by the publisher. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page (right underneath her printed name) by Karin Apollonia Muller. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Karin Apollonia Muller did NOT sign most copies of the Limited Edition. A rare signed copy thus. 31 color plates. Karin Apollonia Muller's "Angels In Fall" was selected as one of the greatest photography books in "The Photobook". One of the most brilliant photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER KARIN APOLLONIA MULLER TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1590052390.

Stock number: 14595. ISBN: 1590052390

$US 100.00

Muller, Herta; Mueller, Herta (Translated by Michael Hofmann)
The Land Of Green Plums

Imprint: New York City, NY, Metropolitan Books, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 242 pages. The author's second novel to be translated into English. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. Review Copy. Review Material laid-in. The first appearance of the title in English and 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 DJ design is stunningly beautiful, utilizing an iconic image by the Czech photographer Jan Saudek from "Love, Life, Death & Other Such Trifles". The First Edition is now rare. Presents Herta Muller's "Herztier" in a felicitous English translation. Masterpiece. It is one of the most ferocious indictments of Communist totalitarianism in novel form. In luminous, poetic, transparent prose (Muller's work would be unbearable were it not for the sheer beauty of her prose, which shines through even in translation), she shows how an all-powerful state system "comes to inhabit every human realm and how everyone, even the strongest, must either bend to the oppressors or resist them and thereby perish" (Publisher's blurb). As a portrait of how human beings become dehumanized, dispensable, and disposable, Muller's novel is one of the bleakest anyone is likely to encounter in modern literature. Muller shows in the most harrowing detail, interleaved with moments of irony and humor, how idealism reverts effortlessly to barbarism once it comes to power. Regarded as a national icon in Germany, "a living Goethe" (rhymes with Herta), Muller was awarded the Nobel Prize on the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism: "The Committee has recognized an author who refuses to let the inhumane side of life under Communism be forgotten". That is an implicit rebuke of Milan Kundera's famous (and frivolous) statement that "the condemnation of totalitarianism doesn't deserve a novel". Yes, it does, and in Muller's writing, what being human means in the context of a totalitarian system has a metaphysical lyricism. An absolute "must-have" title for Herta Muller collectors. This is a Review Copy, and it is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by Herta Muller. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Muller made a rare and historic appearance at the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, during which her signature was obtained. Laid-in are the Review Material and a pristine copy of Philip Boehm's translation of her Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, which was distributed during the Festival. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only such signed Review 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: It is NOT remainder-marked, as most copies of the book are (including one from us, priced accordingly). A rare signed copy thus. Winner of The Kleist Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes given to writers in German, in 1994. Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1998 for "The Land of Green Plums". Winner of the European Literature Prize in 2006. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER HERTA MULLER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0805042954.

Stock number: 17318. ISBN: 0805042954

$US 250.00

Munro, Alice
Dear Life: Stories

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2012
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 340 pages. The author's fourteenth collection of short stories. One of Alice Munro's finest achievements. 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. "Autographed Copy" sticker pasted in front. The First Edition is now rare. Presents Alice Munro's "Dear Life: Stories". Her valedictory collection, announced as such by the author in 2012. But after winning the Nobel Prize in 2013, her publishers immediately issued a new retrospective collection beautifully entitled "Family Furnishings" (2014). "Breathes life - real, blemished, nuanced life - into her characters and settings. Her empathy is the greatest weapon in her arsenal, and it is on full display here. But the most satisfying part is the last four stories, bundled together in what the author calls 'Finale', the closest she'll ever come to writing about her own dear life" (Alexandra Foster). "Our Chekhov" (Cynthia Ozick). "A stunningly precise writer who is often able to say more in 30 pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in 300. Munro writes about what are usually called ordinary people, but her intelligence, compassion, and astonishing power of perception enable her to give their lives a remarkable dignity, indeed redemption, since she shows how much of The Extraordinary can fit into that jam-packed emptiness called The Ordinary" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Alice Munro collectors. This Autographed Copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Alice Munro. This title is a great book. This is one of few such signed 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: Alice Munro's publisher issued a very limited number of pre-signed copies to celebrate the book's publication. Throughout her long career, Munro made few public appearances, and is a reluctant signer at best. As such, most of her books are signed on a bookplate, which are much less desirable than copies signed on either the title page or tipped-in page. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALICE MUNRO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307596885.

Stock number: 19593. ISBN: 0307596885

$US 300.00

Munro, Alice
Friend Of My Youth: Stories Of Alice Munro

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 278 pages. Landmark collection of short stories. Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition. The first appearance of the title in any published form. Precedes and should not be confused with both the Canadian and American regular trade editions. Published in a small and limited print run whose number is not specified. None of the copies was commercially sold to the public. There is no ISBN of its own. The ARC is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Cream softcovers with maroon titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Short stories by Alice Munro. Maroon cardboard slipcase, which is missing in copies of the edition. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Alice Munro's "Friend of My Youth: Stories". Her seventh collection of inimitable short stories. "Ten miraculously accomplished stories which not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience" (Publisher's blurb). Alice Munro is regarded by critics and loyal readers alike as the greatest writer of the short story in English of our time: "Our Chekhov" (Cynthia Ozick). "A stunningly precise writer who is often able to say more in 30 pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in 300. Munro writes about what are usually called ordinary people, but her intelligence, compassion, and astonishing power of perception enable her to give their lives a remarkable dignity, indeed redemption, since she shows how much of The Extraordinary can fit into that jam-packed emptiness called The Ordinary" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Alice Munro collectors. This copy is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Alice Munro. This title is a classic. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with both the Canadian and American regular trade editions. Alice Munro's publisher has issued several special editions such as this of her books because throughout her long career, Munro made few public appearances, and is a reluctant signer at best. As such, most of her books are signed on a bookplate, which are much less desirable than copies signed on either the title page or tipped-in page. The slipcase, which is integral to the edition, is intact whereas copies available online are missing it, and the book itself is pristine. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALICE MUNRO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394584422.

Stock number: 18362. ISBN: 0394584422

$US 200.00

Munro, Alice
Selected Stories

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 545 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition of 200 signed copies. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. They have the same ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Cream cloth boards with gilt titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Short stories by Alice Munro. Purple pictorial slipcase with titles on one side. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Gathers and presents Alice Munro's "Selected Stories". Twenty-eight of the most representative and finest short stories by arguably its greatest writer of our time. "There's nothing quite like a retrospective collection of short stories by a virtuoso of the form: Neither novels nor poetry nor memoirs present readers with such richness, such surprise, such twists of fate, and such quirks of personality. With this gathering of the best of nearly three decades of work, Alice Munro's place in the constellation of short story Masters is affirmed and celebrated. A true literary event, the publication of this generous selection of stories, drawn from Alice Munro's seven collections, gives enormous reading pleasure while it confirms Munro's place in the front rank of today's writers of fiction" (Publisher's blurb). "Our Chekhov" (Cynthia Ozick). "A stunningly precise writer who is often able to say more in 30 pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in 300. Munro writes about what are usually called ordinary people, but her intelligence, compassion, and astonishing power of perception enable her to give their lives a remarkable dignity, indeed redemption, since she shows how much of The Extraordinary can fit into that jam-packed emptiness called The Ordinary" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Alice Munro collectors. This is a copy of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition, and it is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Alice Munro. This title is a classic. This is one of few copies of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition 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 regular trade edition. Alice Munro's publisher has issued several special editions such as this of her books because throughout her long career, Munro made few public appearances, and is a reluctant signer at best. As such, most of her books are signed on a bookplate, which are much less desirable than copies signed on either the title page or tipped-in page. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALICE MUNRO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679446273.

Stock number: 18364. ISBN: 0679446273

$US 250.00

Munro, Alice
Selected Stories

Imprint: New York City, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 545 pages. Retrospective collection of short stories. Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition of 200 signed copies. The first appearance of the title in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with the regular trade edition. They have the same ISBN. The Limited Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Cream cloth boards with gilt titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Short stories by Alice Munro. Purple pictorial slipcase with titles on one side. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Gathers and presents Alice Munro's "Selected Stories". Twenty-eight of the most representative and finest short stories by arguably its greatest writer of our time. "There's nothing quite like a retrospective collection of short stories by a virtuoso of the form: Neither novels nor poetry nor memoirs present readers with such richness, such surprise, such twists of fate, and such quirks of personality. With this gathering of the best of nearly three decades of work, Alice Munro's place in the constellation of short story Masters is affirmed and celebrated. A true literary event, the publication of this generous selection of stories, drawn from Alice Munro's seven collections, gives enormous reading pleasure while it confirms Munro's place in the front rank of today's writers of fiction" (Publisher's blurb). "Our Chekhov" (Cynthia Ozick). "A stunningly precise writer who is often able to say more in 30 pages than an ordinary novelist is capable of in 300. Munro writes about what are usually called ordinary people, but her intelligence, compassion, and astonishing power of perception enable her to give their lives a remarkable dignity, indeed redemption, since she shows how much of The Extraordinary can fit into that jam-packed emptiness called The Ordinary" (Nobel Prize Citation). An absolute "must-have" title for Alice Munro collectors. This is a copy of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition, and it is very prominently, neatly, and beautifully signed in pen on the publisher's tipped-in page by Alice Munro. This title is a classic. This is one of few copies of the Advance Reader's Edition/Limited Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the regular trade edition. Alice Munro's publisher has issued several special editions such as this of her books because throughout her long career, Munro made few public appearances, and is a reluctant signer at best. As such, most of her books are signed on a bookplate, which are much less desirable than copies signed on either the title page or tipped-in page. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER ALICE MUNRO TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0679446273.

Stock number: 18390. ISBN: 0679446273

$US 200.00

Munves, James
Andes Rising

Imprint: New York City, NY, New Directions, 1999
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 189 pages. The author's debut novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents James Munves' "Andes Rising". His first and only novel. Primarily known and established as a journalist and nonfiction writer, James Munves has published sublime short stories and longer fiction pieces, mainly for The New Yorker Magazine. His slim and powerful novel is a mystical journey, effortlessly, convincingly, and grippingly written. It is about the ultimate theme of all great literature: One man's search for the meaning of life, and the potentially extreme and fatal consequences of this search. An absolute "must-have" title for James Munves collectors. This title is a late-modern 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, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the finest American writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. . ISBN 0811214079.

Stock number: 1056. ISBN: 0811214079

$US 20.00

Muti, Riccardo (Conductor) & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Verdi: Messa Da Requiem ("verdi: Requiem Mass")

Imprint: Chicago, IL, CSO Resound, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 1 pages. Rare Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra collectible item. A pristine copy of Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" CD recording, signed by Riccardo Muti. One of Muti's and CSO's greatest achievements. The first release of the CD on the CSO ReSound Label. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent releases. The First release is now scarce. Presents Riccardo Muti's and CSO's "Messa da Requiem". Muti's landmark debut recording with CSO as its Music Director. "Inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as Music Director with one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus and four outstanding soloists. Recorded live from sold-out, electrifying concerts, this stunning performance brilliantly captures both the pathos and passion of Verdi's masterpiece. Beautiful, highly emotional, and requiring a truly virtuosic performance" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Riccardo Muti and CSO collectors. This copy of the CD of "Verdi: Messa da Requiem" is very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker in front by Riccardo Muti. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with pristine copies of the two-volume Souvenir Programs of his landmark April 23, 2016 full concert-format rendition of Verdi's final opera, "Falstaff", performed on the occasion of Chicago's "400th Anniversary Shakespeare Festival". This title is a great CD recording. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Riccardo Muti rarely does public signings, and when he does, limits what he is willing to sign to one piece per person, making signed materials scarce. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of two Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance in 2011 for "Verdi: Messa da Requiem". One of the greatest musical geniuses of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO GIUSEPPI SINOPOLI, GUSTAVO DUDAMEL, AND OTHER CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ASIN B003WL7EJE.

Stock number: 20407. ISBN: B003WL7EJE

$US 50.00

Nabokov, Vladimir (Author) & Boyd, Brian (Editor)
Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire, Lolita: The Screenplay: Novels 1955-1962

Imprint: New York City, NY, Library Of America, 1996
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 910 pages. Retrospective collection of the author's "American" novels. The First Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a Slipcased Edition for distribution to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. The Slipcased Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. The Slipcased Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production: Regular-sized volume format. Text by Vladimir Nabokov edited and annotated by Brian Boyd. Cream hard board slipcase. Printed to the highest standards on acid-free paper, utilizing sewn binding, closely woven rayon cloth boards, satin bound-in ribbon marker, and a page layout that is both readable and elegant. The book is guaranteed to last for several generations of readers and collectors (despite frequent and regular use, the estimated life span of Library of America Editions is 1000 years; un-used, they will last forever). Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in their definitive form, Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", "Pnin", "Pale Fire", and as a special bonus, his screenplay adaptation of "Lolita". Three of Vladimir Nabokov's early-American novels, the second volume of the LOA three-volume set. The set is a major literary event: "Marks the first time the Library of America has offered works by a foreign-born author. Though a native of Russia, Nabokov could easily be considered an American by osmosis since he wrote his major works while living on American soil. Contains all his American fiction and nonfiction writings, and incorporates the corrections the author added to his personal editions" (Publisher's blurb). "His most acclaimed and popular works. The short, often anthologized 'Pnin' is included, as is 'Pale Fire', Nabokov's most elaborate fictional joke, a novel masquerading as a 999-line poem accompanied by a professorial pedant's extensive annotations. But this Deluxe Volume is most valuable for its inclusion of 'Lolita' alongside the screenplay that Nabokov wrote for Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick's film is different from the version Nabokov intended, and 'Novels 1955-1962' offers the opportunity to compare 'Lolita' 's two Nabokovian incarnations with Kubrick's film and with the recent, controversial movie directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Jeremy Irons" (Publisher's blurb). The latter adaptation was written by Stephen Schiff, a noble failure that pales beside the Nabokov original, but at least, Schiff's screenplay was not mangled as Nabokov's was by the megalomaniacal Kubrick, who apparently and inexplicably thought that he was a greater artist than Nabokov. An absolute "must-have" title for Vladimir Nabokov collectors. These titles are great books. This is one of few copies of the First Library of America Slipcased Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The First Slipcased Edition was distributed to libraries and LOA subscribers only. None of the copies was sold to the public. A rare copy thus. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER VLADIMIR NABOKOV LIBRARY OF AMERICA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1883011191.

Stock number: 22102. ISBN: 1883011191

$US 150.00

Nadas, Peter (Translated by Ivan Sanders)
A Book Of Memories

Imprint: New York City, NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 706 pages. The author's breakthrough second novel. One of the greatest novels of the 20th century. The first appearance of the title in English and 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 Peter Nadas' "Emlekiratok Konyve" in a felicitous English translation as "A Book of Memories". Inevitably, his masterpiece. A massive novel that has been compared to Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time", it was championed by Susan Sontag, who arranged to have the novel translated into English and personally brought the author to the United States for the first time. "A novel within a novel. The outer shell of this ambitious tale concerns a nameless Hungarian writer and his menage a trois with an aging actress and a younger man in East Germany. While the contemporary writer's own story unfolds, he is busily at work on an historical novel about a German novelist named Thomas Thoenissen. As if a novel about a novelist writing about a novelist wasn't confusing enough, the two fictional writers have a great deal in common, including an unnatural affection for their mothers and a predilection for bisexual triangles. Moving in time between the old Stalinist era and post-communist Eastern Europe, Peter Nadas convincingly conveys the effects of Communism, both as it happened and as it collapsed. In his unnamed narrator, he creates a perfect conduit between two times; the narrator grew up in a privileged Communist family, the son of the state prosecutor in a Stalinist regime. In chronicling the boy's passage from child to man, Nadas paints a vivid portrait of the secrecy, fear, and tension in a society in which the personal and the political are often one and the same" (Publisher's blurb). "The greatest novel written in our time, and one of the great books of the century" (Susan Sontag). An absolute "must-have" title for Peter Nadas collectors. This title is a great book. 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. Peter Nadas' "A Book of Memories" is widely regarded as one of the canonical works of our time. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PETER NADAS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374115435.

Stock number: 12926. ISBN: 0374115435

$US 70.00

Nafisi, Azar
Reading Lolita In Tehran: A Memoir In Books: The Uncorrected Proof

Imprint: New York City, NY, Random House, 2003
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 347 pages. The author's memoir on subject. Now considered a contemporary classic. Uncorrected Proof. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a tiny print run as a softcover original only for the exclusive use of the publisher and author. There is no ISBN. The Uncorrected Proof is now rare. Presents, in its earlier publication state, Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita In Tehran". Her breakthrough and masterpiece. A Professor of English literature at the University of Tehran, Azar Nafisi was expelled when she refused to wear the veil and eventually found political asylum in the United States, where she teaches at Johns Hopkins University. "I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam's war against women. Her memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher" (Susan Sontag). "A memoir about teaching Western literature in revolutionary Iran, with profound and fascinating insights into both. A masterpiece" (Bernard Lewis). "We rediscovered that we were also living, breathing human beings; and no matter how repressive the state became, no matter how intimidated and frightened we were, like Lolita we tried to escape and to create our own little pockets of freedom" (Azar Nafisi). An absolute "must-have" title for Azar Nafisi collectors. This copy of the Uncorrected Proof is very prominently and beautifully signed twice, in both Roman ("English") and Arabic ("Persian") alphabets and dated, in black ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Azar Nafisi Nov 11, 06". 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 and dated copy of the Uncorrected Proof available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: The first print run was small, and there were just a handful of the Uncorrected Proof that ever made it online. 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 greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER AZAR NAFISI TITLES IN OUR CATALOG).

Stock number: 11050.

$US 150.00

Naipaul, V. S.
Half A Life

Imprint: London, England, Picador, 2001
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 228 pages. The author's thirteenth novel. One of V. S. Naipaul's finest achievements. 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 a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents V. S. Naipaul's "Half A Life". His first novel after what was, for him, a long hiatus of six years. Published in Naipaul's "annus mirabilis" year: Within two weeks of its publication, he finally won the Nobel Prize. Many talented writers have since emerged in Naipaul's shadow. Zadie Smith is perhaps the most prominent among them, and the single greatest "breakthrough" writer from the Caribbean since Naipaul is indisputably Marlon James ("A Brief History of Seven Killings"). Still, what has always set Naipaul apart - and makes him an exemplary posthumous figure - is his relentless tough-mindedness. "Magic Seeds", the sequel-of-sorts to "Half A Life" (the two novels can be read independently of each other), was published in 2004, his final novel. "Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it. This is what I would ask of the writer: How much of the modern world does his work contain?" (V. S. Naipaul). "The greatest writer of English prose" (London Observer). Bar none. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for V. S. Naipaul collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by V. S. Naipaul. 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 still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Authentic signed Naipauls are rare. He has always been an elusive and reluctant signer. Most signed copies of his books are of the Limited Editions (on a tipped-in page). Signed copies of the regular First Editions (on the title page) are actually much more scarce than the former. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 for "In A Free State". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER V. S. NAIPAUL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0330485164.

Stock number: 21966. ISBN: 0330485164

$US 300.00

Naipaul, V. S.
Magic Seeds

Imprint: London, England, Picador, 2004
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. As New in As New Dust Jacket. 294 pages. The author's fourteenth and final novel. 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 a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents V. S. Naipaul's "Magic Seeds". The ostensible sequel to "Half A Life". Tantalizing chapters originally appeared in The New Yorker Magazine. "A stunning novel of the present moment that takes us into the hearts and minds of those who use terrorism as an ideal and a way of life. A moving tale of a man searching for his life and fearing he has wasted it. Its spare, elegant prose sizzles with devastating psychological analysis, bleak humor, and astonishing characters" (Publisher's blurb). Writing about what is peripheral, he re-defines what is central. Naipaul makes the margins of modern life, his lifelong subject, become the center. "Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it. This is what I would ask of the writer: How much of the modern world does his work contain?" (V. S. Naipaul). "The greatest writer of English prose" (London Observer). Bar none. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for V. S. Naipaul collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by V. S. Naipaul. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of very 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: Authentic signed Naipauls are rare. He has always been an elusive and reluctant signer. Most signed copies of his books are of the Limited Editions (on a tipped-in page). Signed copies of the regular First Editions (on the title page) are actually much more scarce than the former. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 for "In A Free State". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER V. S. NAIPAUL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0330485202.

Stock number: 7266. ISBN: 0330485202

$US 150.00

Naipaul, V. S.
The Masque Of Africa: Glimpses Of African Belief

Imprint: New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 241 pages. Book-length account on subject. V. S. Naipaul's last book. 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 V. S. Naipaul's "The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief". His continuing exploration of the nature of faith, what it is, how it enables and impedes material - and spiritual - progress at the same time. As such, it is best seen in the context of his tough-minded series of books on India and "Among The Believers: An Islamic Journey" (1981), his scathingly negative appraisal of Islam. Seeing Islam (which he revisits in the book) as an unmitigated disaster, Naipaul presciently anticipated (by more than twenty years) the recent rise of ruthless, militant Islamic fundamentalism. But he also predicted its eventual defeat (by an increasingly belligerent West, by its own sectarian enemies, and by its increasingly crazed self-identity). "Naipaul gets it. He is dry, often irked, sometimes enraged. He is also patient (not a trait often associated with him), engaged, funny, self-reflective, and thoughtful. A book for outsiders, for those who may never visit Africa or may know it only superficially. But it is also a book in which Africans themselves may find something to learn. Naipaul is a difficult, imperfect narrator who does not care to be liked, but he is an honest one and doesn't dissemble. Somehow, by the end of it all, and despite his best efforts, I have grown to like him" (Aminatta Forna). "Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it. This is what I would ask of the writer: How much of the modern world does his work contain?" (V. S. Naipaul). "The greatest writer of English prose" (London Observer). Bar none. Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul died on August 11, 2018 at the age of 85. An absolute "must-have" title for V. S. Naipaul collectors. This copy is very prominently and neatly signed in black pen-marker on the title page by V. S. Naipaul. 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 still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Authentic signed Naipauls are rare. He has always been an elusive and reluctant signer. Most signed copies of his books are of the Limited Editions (on a tipped-in page). Signed copies of the regular First Editions (on the title page) are actually much more scarce than the former. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1971 for "In A Free State". Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER V. S. NAIPAUL TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0307270734.

Stock number: 21965. ISBN: 0307270734

$US 150.00