Search Results: Authors starting with F from Sawtooth Books

London: Canongate, 2001. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. True First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A novella that links the 21st century with the ruins of the past. Signed by the author.

Sydney: Picador, 2005. First Australian edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Australian edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A well reviewed novel that looks at the life of Frederick Benteen 20 years after his commander, George Armstrong Custer, is killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

New York: Putnam, 2011. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The author's debut book, a collection of stories about women who are waiting at Ft. Hood, Tex. for their men to return. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Near fine book in a close to fine dust jacket. Signed by Fast on the front free endpaper.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Chipping to the spine ends of the dust jacket and wear to the extremities. Close tear at the bottom of the front panel. A novelization of the life of John Peter Altgeld, a German immigrant who became governor of Illinois and was controversial supporter of progressive causes.

New York: Random House, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A close to fine book in a nearly fine dust jacket. Very clean copy with a bit of fading to the top edge.† The dust jacket has a little darkening near the spine of the rear panel,† but is otherwise quite nice, not price-clipped, with no chips or tears and only the most miniscule bit of edge wear. Original price of $2.50 jacket flap. A collection of two interconnected short stories seen as a man struggling with a woman who ultimately causes his downfall. Faulkner preferred the title, If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem. The Wild Palms title was subsequently changed.

New York: Random House, 2011. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The first British edition. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Viking, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Offsetting and some soiling to the endpapers. Sunning to the jacket spine and a closed tear at the top of the front panel. The book contains stories, poems and drawings from 50 writers involved with the Works Progress Administration. Among the contributors are Jim Thompson from Oklahoma, whose 6-page short story preceded his first appearance in book form by five years; and Richard Wright who about the "The Ethics of Living Jim Crow" a year before his first book was published.

New York: Soho, 1991. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Paperback. Advance Uncorrected Proof. A fine book in illustrated wrappers. An unread copy of the the advance issue of the second book by Fergus. This copy belonged to novelist Ivan Doig who contributed a blurb for the hardcover edition. Laid into the book is a series of correspondence between Fergus and Doig concerning the review. Doig's blurb for the book is handwritten on the half-title page of this book. An interesting association.

Harper & Bros, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Light offsetting to the front pastedown. Sunning to the spine.

New York: Putnam, 1969. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine, tight copy in a bold and bright dust jacket. Contains more than 140 receipes.

London: Fulcrum Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A pristine, unread copy.

Ventura: Migrant Press, 1961. First edition. First edition. A very good book in illustrated wrappers. Stapled wrappers. Wear at the extremities and sunning to the page edges. Roy Fisher's first book of poetry.

Caldwell and New York: Caxton Printers and Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Pen marks on rear paste down. Four corners of jacket clipped but price of $2.50 is intact. An excellent example of this fragile dust jacket.

Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in full leather. Deluxe Limited and Signed First Edition. Bound in black Morocco leather with gilt-stamped front board design and spine lettering. Top edge gilt. This is the first book in the 'Testament of Man' series. This is #73 of 100 copies signed by the Author on the limitation page. Still wrapped in the original Caxton Printers package with the original label showing the book title and printing.

New York: Random House, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Minor toning to the jacket flaps and some soiling to the rear panel. A collection of the best work in American literature in 1982. Signed twice by Raymond Carver: once on the front free endpaper and once at his entry for his short story, Cathedral. Uncommon. Signed by the author.

London: Collins, 1984. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fnear fine dust jacket. Some scratches to the rear panel of the jacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Advance Reading Copy. Advance Reading Copy. A fine book in illustrated, printed wrappers. Appears to be unread. This was an early edition, promoting the trade copy of Richard Ford's first book. Ford went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Knopf, 1995. First edition. First edition. A special limited edition. One of an unspecified number issued signed by Ford on the front free endpaper. Housed in publisher's illustrated stiff card slipcase. The book is a fine copy and unread. Signed by Ford on tipped in page. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. A sequel to The Sportswriter that introduced Frank Bascombe. Signed by the author.

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A close to fine book in a fine dust jacket. A review copy with a "compliments of the publisher" card from the publisher laid into the book. Slight scoring on the rear hinge, common for this title. Richard Ford's uncommon second book, this one in especially collectible condition. Signed and inscribed by the author twice on the title page.