Rare books from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World 1966 New York, 1969. Near fine (page edges a bit tanned) in very good dust jacket (sunned spine, edgewear at top and bottom of spine). SIGNED by author on title page in 1997. Author's third book.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. SIGNED uncorrected proof in red wraps. Very good+ (one spot of edgewear at bottom of spine, slight imperfections to two letters in title on front cover, see scans; cover is red, including the scan of back and spine which looks orange, but that is a trick of light; it's red!). Alice, the central character, is a social activist, squatter, demonstrator, yet looking for domesticity in the midst of disturbing unrest. 370 pages. Verified signature: signed by author in the presence of the bookseller.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition - uncorrected proofs. Soft Cover.

New York: Seaver Books, 1981. Very good (lightly foxed page edges and endpapers, interior otherwise clean) in very good dust jacket (2 large closed tears on back panel -- partially repaired with scotch tape on inside of jacket, but still visible -- and 1 wrinkle on lower edge of front panel; lightly rubbed; see scans..). INSCRIBED by author. SIGNED program from 1993 reading is laid in. Silko grew up in Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, and these stories and tales reflect the Pueblo story-telling traditions even when they focus on her own personal family experiences and history. 278 pages, beautifully printed and laid out. Many photographs.. Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

New York: Harper & Bros, 1902. Very good+ (some slight separation between first free endpaper and binding, but still secure; worn spine heel and crown; 1 of the 7 plates tipped in originally has loosened with small pieces missing from the bottom edge but picture intact). See scans. TEG and cover gilding are intact, including the cover epigram, "We ought never to do wrong when people are looking." Beautifully printed. 179 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Lucius Hitchcock.

New York: Targ Editions, 1980. Fine in edgeworn glassine wrapper (as issued, no dust jacket). One of 350 SIGNED copies. Beautifully printed and bound Targ edition. Himes wrote this book while an expatriate in France. The picture of interracial relations, including sexual, is darker than the stereotypical picture of that "accepting" French environment for African American expatriates. Interesting to compare this to Baldwin's "Stranger in the Village.". Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. SIGNED by Wilder on Table of Contents page: "For Ernest" and dated '91. Profusely illustrated with stills from the films and during shooting. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976. Very good (some light sunning to the covers including a faint impression of the dust jacket image from sunning; one tiny nick and some light soil to top cover edge, one slightly bumped corner--lower rear) in very good, lightly edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket with one 1/2 inch shiny spot from some clear substance stuck to jacket (see scan). SIGNED by author on title page. Author's 6th book, 2nd novel. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Norton, 1967. First printing of the reissue of 1963 Harper & Row first edition; it contains "some revisions and one hitherto unpublished poem." SIGNED by Rich on the title page. Fine in very good+ dust jacket (light edgewear, clipped bottom corner of front flap but not price-clipped).. Signed by Author. 1st Edition thus. Hard Cover.

Muscatine, Iowa: Prairie Press, 1938. Near fine (very slight edgewear, two or three tiny soil spots on the covers, previous owner's bookplate and giver's inscription on front pastedown) limited edition. This is a beautifully printed special edition, limited to 490 copies. Gray cloth over boards with gilt wording on spine. Rare. Beautiful copy, NOT ex-library.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: New American Library, 1966. A first printing of Ozick's first novel. Very good (small dent in bottom front cover--see scan--former owner's ink name on front pastedown, very slightly wrinkled upper-right page corners, unmarked and clean and tight otherwise) in good+ dust jacket (chipped especially at spine, edgeworn, soiled in a few places -- see scan -- now in archival cover to prevent further damage and improve appearance). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1979. Originally published in Dutch in 1949, and thirty years later here published in the English translation made by Bax's wife and approved by him. This is a beautifully printed and bound book, extensively illustrated, 416 pages including index, extensive bibliographies, and appendices of the works of Bosch and of Bruegel referred to in the book. This copy is in fine condition with the original tan paper dust jacket in near fine condition (some slight edgewear, and two small brown spots on the back panel) in Brodart protective wrapper. . 1st Edition thus. Hard Cover.