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New York:: Scribner,, 1986.. Good condition in glossy illustrated wrappers (some wear to the edges of the covers.). Trade paperback. Contributors include Kate Wheeler, David Leavitt, Mona Simpson, Lorrie Moore, Leigh Allison Wilson, Susan Minot, David Updike, Bret Lott, Ann Patchett and more. Preface by Spark. xii, 269 pp.

New York:: Scribner,, 1986.. SIGNED -. Very condition in glossy illustrated wrappers (a little bit of pencil underlining). Trade paperback. SIGNED by Mona Simpson at her story 'Approximations.' Other contributors include Kate Wheeler, David Leavitt, Lorrie Moore, Leigh Allison Wilson, Susan Minot, David Updike, Bret Lott, Ann Patchett and more. Preface by Spark. xii, 269 pp.

San Francisco:: The Adobe Bookstore,, (1994). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated gray wrappers. . First printing, a trade paperback original. A slim volume of fiction, poetry, essays and art - SIGNED by Rebecca Solnit at her contribution on skin, "Volumes Bound in Leather." Includes an interview with William Vollman and a portfolio of photographs of the down and out in San Francisco by his friend Ken Miller, and more. 84 pp.

Edmonton:: NeWest Press,, 1990.. First edition -. Good condition (prev owner's name.) . Paperback original - first printing.

Chapel Hill, NC:: Algonquin Books,, 2015.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition. Author essays and excerpts from forthcoming fiction by Andrew Roe, Heidi Pitlor, Aline Ohanesian, Yglesias, Roland Merullo. Each excerpt is preceded by an essay from the author describing the genesis of the novel. SIGNED by Yglesias at his contribution. 39 pp.

Donna, TX: : VAO Publishing,, (2012). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. An anthology of poetry and prose, collecting the work of 39 writers from South Texas. Contributor biographies. 232 pp. Striking wraparound cover art by Noe Vela.

New York:, 1953.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good - dust jacket (overall edgewear to dj.). First thus. Issue dedicated to James Hanley and containing a short story by him. Also included is an open letter from the editor to the Postmaster regarding the accusations of obscenity made regarding this publication, an article on forbidden books by 'an old bibliophile' and poetry by Alfred Hines, Jr. Illustrated. 256 pages.

Hanover, NH:: Middlebury College Press,, 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket Uncommon signed. . First printing. The sixth of the Breadloaf anthologies - poetry, stories and essays with an introduction by Pack and Parini. This copy is SIGNED by FOUR of the contributors: Julia Alvarez at her poem 'Homecoming'; Gary Soto at "One Last Time;" and by Jacqueline Woodson at "Autobiography of a Family Photo" and Garrett Hongo at "Kubota." Among the 40 contributors are Julia Alvarerez, Pinckney Benedict, Larry Brown, Melvin Dixon, Michael Dorris, Garett Hongo, Robert Houston, Erica Jong, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Mariani, Linda Pastan, Gay Talese, Richard Rodriguez, Julia Ortiz Cofer, Ron Powers, Ishmael Reed, Sarah Shulman, Gary Soto, Gore Vidal, Terry Tempest Williams, and Clara Yu. Notes on the contributors, 373 pp.

Hanover, NH:: Middlebury College Press,, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Uncommon signed.. First printing. The sixth of the Breadloaf anthologies - poetry, stories and essays with an introduction by Pack and Parini. This copy is SIGNED by SIX contributors: Julia Alvarez at her poem 'Homecoming'; James Atlas at 'Chicago Highbrow, Erica Jong at 'How I Got to Be Jewish,' Ishmael Reed at 'Distant Cousins,' Gary Soto at "One Last Time' and Garrett Hongo at "Kubota." Among the 40 contributors are Julia Alvarerez, Pinckney Benedict, Larry Brown, Melvin Dixon, Michael Dorris, Garett Hongo, Robert Houston, Erica Jong, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Mariani, Linda Pastan, Gay Talese, Richard Rodriguez, Julia Ortiz Cofer, Ron Powers, Ishmael Reed, Sarah Shulman, Gary Soto, Gore Vidal, Terry Tempest Williams, and Clara Yu. Notes on the contributors, 373 pp.

San Francisco:: Aunt Lute Books,, (2008.). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in. . First printing, a very thick trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A massive book, SIGNED by FOUR authors at their contributions: Sandra Cisneros, Susan Griffin. Lorna Dee Cervantes and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge - "A comprehensive collection of twentieth-century US women's writing, this volume contains works by over 150 women writing in a variety of genres. Works include not only fiction, drama, and poetry, but various nonfiction forms (autobiography, movement writing, journalism, essay) as well as other creative forms (opera libretto, spoken word, song lyrics, stand-up comedy). A sample of the writers, A through C: Elmaz Abinader, Jane Addams, Etel Adnan, Marjorie Agosin, Ai, Elizabeth Alexander, Paula Gunn Allen, Dorothy Allison, Maya Angelou, Gloria Anzalda, Harriette Arnow, Mary Austin, Toni Cade… Read More

New York:: Norton,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. An anthology of essays by women writers with an uncommon premise. As Sussman states: "I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone....I behave badly because I can." and she invited 25 other "bad girls" to share their stories. SIGNED by THREE authors - INSCRIBED on the title page by Sussman and SIGNED by Ann Hood at her essay "Lying" and by Pam Houston at "Executrix." Also includes essays by Elizabeth Benedict, Mary Roach, Kim Addonizio, Susan Straight, M. J. Rose and more. Notes on contributors. 304 pp.

Boston:: Beacon Press,, (1996). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. A diverse collection, arranged by topic, which "includes the work of well-known authors such as Toni Morrison, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Amy Tan, and Gwendolyn Brooks, along with several new voices, many appearing in book form for the first time. Writing as mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, lovers, and friends, these women represent a cross-section of religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic classes. In their essays they discuss nearly every conceivable issue permeating contemporary American female life?family and relationship dynamics, birth and death, infertility, sickness, the violation of rape, the complexities of ethnic identity, discrimination and stereotyping, and 'finding oneself' in today's world. Especially notable are Betty Friedan's 'Thoughts on Becoming a Grandmother,' Jane Slaughter's 'A Beaut of a Shiner,'… Read More

London:: Collins,, 1987.. Hardcover first edition -. Some toning to the pages, otherwise fine in a fine dustjacket.. First printing. Essays and brief comments on topics ranging from Thatcher's Third Term to Reagan in the US, and Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, to the Queen Anne 2 and cricket. Introduction by Ken Livingstone. Cartoons by Gibbard, Brian McAlister and Steve Bell. Index. 256 pgs.

London:: Collins,, 1980.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.. First printing. Shirley Williams introduces a selection from the 1979/80 Guardian. Cartoons by Bryan McAllister.

Berkeley, CA:: Heyday Books,, (1997). SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Introduction by Malcolm Margolin. Includes stories, poems and essays, arranged roughly chronologically from authors like Jack London and Lincoln Steffens to Simone De Beauvoir, Dorothy Bryant, Philip K. Dick, Robert Duncan, John Kennethy Galbraith, Allen Ginsberg, Susan Griffin, Robert Hass, Jack Kerouac, Maxine Hong Kingston, Josephine Miles, Frank Norris, Thomas Pynchon, Ishmael Reed, Bobby Seale, Jack Spicer, George R. Stewart, Yoshiko Uchida and Al Young. The final selection is a poem by Julia Vinograd "For Moe Who Died", an epitaph for the longtime Berkeley bookseller. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions - Susan Griffin and Ishmael Reed. Biographical notes. xv, 240 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2000.. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in printed wrappers (hint of sunning to spine). . First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Amy Bloom, Raymond Carver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ha Jin, Ron Carlson, Junot Diaz and more. SIGNED by Walter Mosley at his story 'Pet Fly.' Brief biographies of the contributors. Edited and with an ntroduction by E. :L Doctorow. Katrina Kennison, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 1999. 381 pp.

New York & Boston:: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin,, 2015. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in green illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. Collects 20 essays selected and introduced by Rebecca Solnit on a wide variety of topics by writers Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, Michelle Alexander, Elizabeth Kolbert and more. SIGNED by Solnit on the title page. Robert Atwan, series editor. Notes on contributors. xxvii, 224 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2010. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Richard Russo on the title page and by Jim Shepard at his story 'The Netherlands Lives With Water' Also includes stories by Charles Baxter, Jennifer Egan, Karen Russell, Wells Tower, Jill McCorkle and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Introductions by Richard Russo and Heidi Pitlor, series editor. Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories. 421 pp.

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2002.. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. These books are notable for the amount of good - and interesting -writing compressed into one volume. Includes stories by Alice Munro, Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Chabon, Edwidge Danticat, Jill McCorkle, Carolyn Cooke and more. Brief biographies of the contributors. Introductions by Sue Miller and Katrina Kennison, series editor. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Danticat at "Seven" ; Chabon at "Along the Frontage Road" and Jim Shepard at "Love and Hydrogen." Includes contributors' notes and list of 100 other distinguished stories of 2001. 375 pp.

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin / Mariner Books,, 2009.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback. An anthology which highlights the "very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics, screenplys, blogs and more." Introduction by Marjane Satrapi. Contributors include Denis Johnson, Nathan Englander, Eula Bliss, Yannick Murphy, Matthew Power, Jonathan Franzen, Philip Connors, Rebecca Makkai and more. Illustrated. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions - Makkai at "The Briefcase" and Philip Connors at "Diary of a Fire Lookout." (preceded his first book on being a fire lookout) Notes on contributors. 413 pp.