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Regarding Wave
$350.00
Snyder, Gary
New Directions: New York, 1970. Â First edition.
Signed, located and dated in the year following publication, inscribed to the leader of the student-run Writer in Residence program at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.  Snyder has also added an original drawing of a small animal.
Offsetting from laid in newsprint to title and opposite page, scant edgewear to spine tips, small spot top front board, otherwise a fine, tight and unread copy in fine, priced dust wrapper. Â A very fresh copy.
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$500.00G. P. Putnam’s Sons: New York (1953). Â First edition. Â Part of the “Putnam Sports Series”. Signed by six members of the “Whiz Kids”, the 1950 Phillies team which, despite a number of young players, unexpectedly won the National League pennant before losing the World Series to the Yankees. Players and their 1950 statistics are: Robin Roberts, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1976, winner of 20-games with a 3.02 ERA Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame Center Fielder and two-time National League batting leader, hit .303 Del Ennis, Right Fielder who had more RBI than any player other than Stan Musial from 1949-1957, led the team with a .311 batting average, 31 home runs and 126 RBI Curt Simmons, starting pitcher who went 17-8 with a 3.40 ERA Eddie Waitkus, starting First Baseman, .284 batting average Granny Hamner, .starting Shortstop, 270 batting average, 70 RBI Mild toning to endpapers and pastedowns, a solid near fine copy in like dust wrapper
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Signed by Winner of 2015 Nobel Prize
Second-Hand Time. The Last of the Soviets
$800.00London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2016.  First UK edition.  A paperbound original. Signed to the title page by the author, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature, and dated in the latinate style as is her wont.  Not to be confused with the 2024 Fitzcarraldo edition, limited to 1000 copies signed on a bookplate. Few small finger smudges, else fine in wrappers.
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An Important and Revealing Copy
The Nature and Destiny of Man
$600.00New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949.  First one volume edition. Signed and inscribed by Niebuhr, adding “I try in this volume to explain that the meaning of life for the individual and the whole of mankind is found in the love as it is revealed in Christ.” An important and revealing copy of this landmark of twentieth-century thought. Exploring the complexities of human nature and the philosophical and theological implications of humanity’s existence, the Nature and Destiny of Man was rated number 18 of the Modern Library’s Top 100 Nonfiction works in the 20th century.  “A collection of theological lectures delivered by Niebuhr in 1939, The Nature and Destiny of Man tackles the Christian concept of human nature, the powerlessness of man, and Christianity’s impact on human history. Delivered just before the outbreak of World War II, these lectures were so influential that Cold War containment policies and aspects of realpolitik can be traced back to them. Highly recommended for fans of ontology.”
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A "stopper" for Denis Johnson completists
Inner Weather
$1,250.00Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, (1976). First Edition. Limited edition, #9 of only 20 copies, signed by Johnson. The very scarce hardbound edition, simultaneously issued with 600 unsigned copies in wrappers. Johnson’s second book of poetry, published seven years before his first novel. An early publication from the author of Jesus’ Son and the National Book Award winning Tree of Smoke. Nearly fine with slight softening to corners without dust wrapper as issued.
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