Group of Eleven Books, Mostly Signed Novels

All 8vo, to include:

Perry Burgess. WHO WALK ALONE. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1945. 24th printing. "Special Edition." Presentation bookplate signed by the author laid down. Hardcover, in jacket. Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction. (Good copy with expected wear to boards, pages toned, jacket with tears and small losses, not price clipped.)

Shepherd Mead. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING: THE DASTARD'S GUIDE TO FAME AND FORTUNE. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. First edition, stated first printing. Hardcover, in jacket. (Good overall condition; boards with edgewear including small losses to cloth, corners and head and tail of spine rubbed; pages very lightly toned; jacket scuffed with small tears, losses, and stains, damp staining impacting top edge of jacket and flaps, and front board.)

Bernard Packer. CARO. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. Stated first edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Hardcover, in jacket. "A Book-of-the-Month Club Alternate Selection" statement on front jacket flap. (Very good with occasional mark to interior, light wear to jacket, not price clipped.)

Alex Haley. ROOTS: THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition. Hardcover, in jacket. Winner of The Pulitzer Prize in 1977. (Good condition with light wear and residue to boards; interior with light toning, foxing mostly on edges; jacket with toning, scuffing, edgewear, back with two tears, creases and folds, not price clipped.)

John Irving. THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1981. Second printing. Signed by the author on the half title. Hardcover, in jacket. (Very good with light wear and toning to boards; light toning to interior; jacket with toning, minor edgewear, not price clipped.)

Michael Cunningham. GOLDEN STATES. New York: Crown, 1984. Stated first edition. Hardcover, in jacket. (Very light marks and stains at edges, slight separation from text block; jacket toned with light scuffs and edgewear, not price clipped. Very good/in very good jacket.)

Sheila Garrigue. THE ETERNAL SPRING OF MR. ITO. New York: Bradbury Press, 1985. Signed by the author on the title page. Hardcover, in jacket. (Very good with light wear to jacket and boards, unmarked interior, dj price clipped.)

Larry McMurtry. SOME CAN WHISTLE. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First edition. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Hardcover, in jacket. (Head and tail of spine rubbed, boards with two small dents and stains at bottom edge; jacket toned, with edgewear and large bookstore sticker on back; small damp stain impacting jacket and lower board; good/in good jacket.)

Susan Isaacs. MAGIC HOUR. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Second printing. Signed by the author on the title page. Hardcover, in jacket. (Very good with very light wear to boards; minor foxing and grime on edges otherwise clean and unmarked interior; edgewear, light grime and scuffing to jacket, with publisher's "autographed" sticker on cover, not price clipped.)

Umberto Eco. THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE. New York: Penguin, 1996. Signed by the author on the title page. Paperback. (Very good to near fine with light scuffs to wraps.)

Michael Ondaatje. ANIL'S GHOST. New York: Knopf, 2000. Stated second printing before publication. Inscribed by the author on the half title. Hardcover, in jacket. (Easily very good with unmarked interior; scuffing and toning to dj, not price clipped.)
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