WAVERLY BOOKS List 146 WAVERLY BOOKS Dan Adams/Member ABAA 948 9th Street Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 393-4593 email: [email protected] website: www.waverlybooks.com TERMS: All items are offered subject to prior sale. Any book may be returned within 10 days, providing prompt notice is given. Scans available upon request. SHIPPING: Shipping is by UPS/Insured at $8.50 for the first book, $1.00 for each additional book. Media Mail/Insured for $6.50 for the first book, $1.00 for each additional book. Priority Mail/Insured at actual cost. Overseas shipping is via Air Parcel Post/Insured at actual cost. Global Priority shipped at actual cost. (Insurance not available for Global.) We will ship only with customer’s waiver for loss or damage. PAYMENT: We accept: VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Checks. California 1. Adams, Douglas. THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE . HARMONY. NY 1982 First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain lime-green printed wrappers. SECOND novel in the popular series. $125.00 2. Albee, Edward. A DELICATE BALANCE . ATHENEUM. NY 1966 First Edition. Fine in dj. (Tiny & faint soil spot at fore edge) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama. $175.00 3. Alexie, Sherman. INDIAN KILLER. ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS. NY 1996 First Edition. SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 100 numbered copies with a specially bound-in colophon page. Fine in dj. $75.00 4. Amis, Martin. (Text) Spielberg, Steven. (Introduction) INVASION OF THE SPACE INVADERS . CELESTIAL ARTS. MILLBRAE 1982 First American Edition. Near fine in pictorial trade paperback. (Trace of shelfwear at bottom tip of front cover. Faint diagonal crease at upper lefthand corner of rear cover) A surprisingly elusive title. $200.00 5. (ANTHOLOGIES) Burnett, Whit. & Foley, Martha. (Editors) STORY IN AMERICA, 1933-1934 . VANGUARD. NY 1934 First Edition. Fine in a Nf. dj. (Slender chip at base of spine on dj. Spine on dj. age toned, but still perfectly readable) Features the FIRST book appearance of Zora Neale Hurston's great story "The Gilded Six-Bits." Also included are William Faulkner's "Artist At Home", and John Fante's "My Mother's Goofy Song." A scarce & important anthology. $350.0 6. (ANTHOLOGIES) Copperfield, David & Berliner, Janet. (Editors) DAVID COPPERFIELD'S TALES OF THE IMPOSSIBLE . HARPER PRISM. NY 1995 First Edition. SIGNED by David Copperfield on the half- title page, and by his co-editor Janet Berliner on the title page. Dean R. Koontz has SIGNED & dated (1996) at the conclusion of his preface. Fellow contributors Raymond Feist, S.P. Somtow, and Ray Bradbury have SIGNED at their places in the text. Fine in dj. $300.00 7. (ANTHOLOGIES) Derleth, August. (Ed.) NIGHT'S YAWNING PEAL .. ARKHAM HOUSE/PELLEGRINI & CUDAHY. NY 1952 First Edition. Fine in a Vg.+ or better dj. In the 'first' issue binding with signatures bound in 8's. (Some edge tears & small chips at corners of dj.) Features H.P. Lovecraft's "The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward." Also stories by Robert Bloch & Lord Dunsany among others. Only 4500 copies printed. $125.00 8. (ANTHOLOGIES) McCauley, Kirby. (Editor) DARK FORCES. NEW STORIES OF SUSPENSE AND SUPERNATURAL HORROR . VIKING. NY 1980 First Edition. SIGNED, or INSCRIBED to the noted collector of vampire literature Bongo Wolf by the editor Kirby McCauley, Robert Bloch & Ramsey Campbell on the half-title page. Also SIGNED, at the places in the text where their stories appear, by Theodore Sturgeon, Karl Edward Wagner, Dennis Etchison & Edward Bryant. Fine in dj. $350.00 9. (ANTHOLOGIES) Ward, Don. (Ed.) Leonard, Elmore. (Contributor) BRANDED WEST . HMCO. BOSTON 1956 First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Close to fine in tall plain ringbound printed wrappers. Features Elmore Leonard's "The Hard Way." Proofs of this vintage are seldom encountered. $450.00 10. (ART) Bengston, Billy Al. PUERTO ESCONDIDO. WATERCOLOR SUITE . CORCORAN GALLERY. LOS ANGELES 1977 First Edition. Near fine in plastic ringbound wrappers. (62p.) (4 1/2" X 6") Artist Sam Francis' copy, with his ink stamp on rear inside cover. (Half-inch stain at fore edge) 20 color illustrations. $50.00 11. (ART) Calle, Sophie. DOUBLE GAME . VIOLETTE. LONDON 1999 First Edition. Near fine in pictorial boards & quarter maroon cloth with matching satin ties. Issued without dj. (Top corner tips slightly bumped. Hint of shelfwear on front cover) Sophie Calle appears, as herself, in writer Paul Auster’s novel “Leviathan.” $125.00 12. (ART) Duncan, Alastair. And De Bartha, Georges. GLASS BY GALLE . ABRAMS. NY 1984 First American Edition. Fine in a virtually fine dj. (Lavender hue at spine on dj. mildly discolored) $450.00 13. (ART) Eidelberg, Martin. DESIGN 1935-1965. WHAT MODERN WAS . ABRAMS. NY 1991 First Edition. Fine in dj. A surprisingly elusive title. $450.00 14. (ART) Hernandez, Gilbert & Jaime. (Los Bros. Hernandez) LOVE & ROCKETS. BOOK THREE . FANTAGRAPHICS. WESTLAKE VILLAGE 1987 First Edition. Close to fine in pictorial boards, without dj. as issued. (Light trace of bumping at one corner) $75.00 15. (ART) Hockney, David. DAVID HOCKNEY . ACADEMY EDITIONS. LONDON/NY 1988 First Edition. SIGNED by David Hockney on the title page. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. (Not issued in cloth) Features an original handmade print. $250.00 16. (ART) Matthews, William. (Paintings) Kittredge, William. (Foreword) Zaslowsky, Dyan. (Introduction). COWBOYS & IMAGES. THE WATERCOLORS OF WILLIAM MATTHEWS . CHRONICLE BOOKS. SAN FRANCISCO 1994 First Edition. SIGNED by William Matthews on the half-title page, with a special colophon reading: "To the friends of The General Counsel Law Firm." Fine in dj. Lovely production. $200.00 17. (ART) Mouse, Stanley. FREEHAND. THE ART OF STANLEY MOUSE . SLG BOOKS. BERKELEY/HONG KONG 1993 First Edition. SIGNED by Stanley Mouse with his distinctive 'mouse' drawing on the half-title page. A near fine copy in a Nf. dj. (Previous owner's name inked at upper edge of front endpaper. A few mild traces of soiling at front pastedown & endpaper. Couple of short edge tears at corner tips on dj.) $150.00 18. (ART) Ruscha, Edward. (Subject) Hickey, Dave and Plagens, Peter. (Essays) Livet, Anne. (Introduction) Hopkins, Henry T. (Foreword) THE WORKS OF EDWARD RUSCHA . HUDSON HILLS PRESS/SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART. SAN FRANCISCO 1982 First Edition. Fine in dj. $200.00 19. (ART) Russell, Charles. M. RAWHIDE RAWLINS STORIES . MONTANA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION. GREAT FALLS 1921 First Trade Edition. Very good copy in oversize printed wrappers. (Spine reinforced with clear tape. Additional tape repairs to edges & corners. Spots of old dampsoiling at edges of covers. Contents fine) A scarce & fragile book. $350.00 20. (ART) Silverstein, Shel. TAKE TEN . PACIFIC STARS AND STRIPES. TOKYO 1955 First Edition. A near fine copy in pictorial boards, lacking the rare dj. & shipping carton. (Trace of faint foxing to endpapers & pastedowns. Hint of foxing at top edge. Mild rubbing to edges of boards) Silverstein's FIRST book. $200.00 21. Asimov, Isaac. BUY JUPITER AND OTHER STORIES . DOUBLEDAY. NY 1975 First Edition.. Fine in an about fine dj. (A few tiny edge nicks in dj.) Stories. $100.00 22. Asturias, Miguel Angel. THE EYES OF THE INTERRED . DELACORTE. NY 1973 First American Edition. Close to fine in a Nf. priceclipped dj. (Bottom corner tips minutely bumped. Dime-sized rubbed spot at spine on dj. Tiny chip at base of front panel of dj.) $85.00 23. Baker, Dorothy. YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN . HMCO. BOSTON 1938 First Edition. Fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Mild shelfwear & a few small chips at spine ends. Short edge tears in dj.) Basis for the film with Kirk Douglas. $300.00 24. Ballard, J.G. THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION: NEW REVISED EDITION . RE/SEARCH. SAN FRANCISCO 1990 SIGNED Ltd. Ed. Only 400 copies printed. Fine in dj. Features annotations & commentary not in the original printing as well as four additional stories & illustrations & photos. $400.00 25. Barker, Clive. WEAVEWORLD . POSEIDON. NY 1987 First American SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Fine in the publisher's slipcase. $200.00 26. Barnes, Djuna. A NIGHT AMONG THE HORSE . HORACE LIVERIGHT. NY 1929 First Edition. A very good+ copy in a Vg. dj. (Mild bumps to bottom tips of boards. Several shallow chips at edges & at corners of dj. Traces of faint shelfsoiling at edges of dj . Some short edge tears) Scarce in dj. Stories. $1,000.00 27. Barrett, William E. THE LILIES OF THE FIELD . DOUBLEDAY. NY 1962 First Edition. INSCRIBED by William E. Barrett & dated in year of publication on the half-title page. Fine in dj. Basis for the film adaptation which resulted in actor Sidney Poitier's Oscar winning performance. $200.00 28. (BASEBALL) Aaron, Hank. I HAD A HAMMER . HARPER COLLINS. NY 1991 First Edition. SIGNED by the 'Hammer' on the front end paper. Fine in dj. $150.00 29. (BASEBALL NOVEL) Asinof, Eliot. MAN ON SPIKES . MCGRAW. NY 1955 First Edition. REVIEW COPY. (Publisher's printed review slip laid-in) Fine in a Nf. dj. (A few small edge nicks in dj. Trace of light shelfwear at spine ends) Author's scarce FIRST book. $650.00 30. (BASEBALL NOVEL)) Greenberg, Eric Rolfe. THE CELEBRANT . EVEREST HOUSE. NY 1983 First Edition. SIGNED by author on the title page. Fine in a Nf. dj. (Faint trace of rubbing to front cloth cover. 3 separate half-inch tears at head of rear panel, alongwith one very slender chip) Highly regarded novel of Baseball immortal Christy Mathewson. The first signed copy we have encountered. Casey Award winner. $500.00 31. (BASEBALL NOVEL) Sayles, John. PRIDE OF THE BIMBOS . ATLANTIC/LITTLE, BROWN. BOSTON 1975 First Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain orange printed wrappers. FIRST book. $300.00 32. (THE BEATLES) Epstein, Brian. A CELLARFUL OF NOISE .