Ghosts of Chicago
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee: Jefferson Press, 2008. Hardcover. Signed by the author, with an inscription to a named individual, on the title page. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; as new. More
Signed by Author
This is, after all, a UNESCO City of Literature and home to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so we tend to have a few books signed by authors. Whether they came to town with a professor or student, were signed at a reading at local legend Prairie Lights or at the University of Iowa, or were collected by the literature lovers of to Iowa City, signed books are commonly featured in our collection.
Elbow Room
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987. Later Printing. Paperback. Like all books in the "Scribner Signature" edition, this has a printed version of the author's signature on the title page, but it is ALSO signed by the author in blue ink, with a warm inscription to a named individual, on the dedication..... More
The Piano Tuner
Athens, Georgia: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author to two named individuals on the back of the half-title page, and signed again by the author at the title page. Crisp, clean pages; square, tight binding; hard cover shows only gentle..... More
Arrows: Selected Poetry, 1957-1992
Black Sparrow Press, 1994. One-Quarter Cloth. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; a touch of shelfwear at the tips of the heel corners and a hint of toning to a "Signed" sticker on the acetate, otherwise fine. Hand-numbered 83 (of 100) and signed by the author on the limitation page..... More
Sparks
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1973. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by Dr. Menninger at the front free endpaper. Clean, crisp pages; square, secure binding; full cloth cover shows softening and creasing at the spine heel, light dust staining at the head and heel edges, and..... More
Necessities
White Pine Press, 2013. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by Christopher Merrill on the title page. Except for a tiny edge fold at the bottom front of the soft cover, as new. More
The Tree of the Doves: Ceremony, Expedition, War
Milkweed Editions, 2011. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to a named individual on the title page. Clean; mild shelfwear at spine ends and corners of the hard cover and dust jacket, otherwise excellent. More
Oceans
Toronto: Exile Editions, 2004. Paperback. Signed, dated, and inscribed by the author to a named individual at the title page. Pages are crisp and clean, spine square and uncreased, soft cover only very gently rubbed at the corners with one shallow, light chip at the top rear, otherwise excellent. 75pp..... More
The River Warren
Saint Paul, Minnesota: Hungry Mind Press, 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named indiviual by the author at the title page. Crisp, bright pages; binding leans slightly to the right but remains secure; hard cover bears only modest softening and rubbing at spine ends. Jacket shows..... More
Encyclopedia of Snow
Picador, 2003. Hard Cover. Signed by the author on a tipped-in plate at the half-title page. Clean and bright; except for gentle shelf rubbing at the spine ends of the hard cover and a few tiny chips and edge wrinkles on the dust jacket, excellent. More
Road-side Dog
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. Second Printing Thus. Hardcover. Signed by the author on the title page with no date or inscription. Clean and bright; except for some chipping at the spine heel and top right front corner of the dust jacket, excellent. Jacket is now protected in..... More
Red Azalea
New York: Pantheon Books, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on the half title page, with no date or inscription. Clean and bright except for a pale brown droplet mark on the bottom edge of the book; hard cover shows mild softening at spine ends and a bit of..... More
As Far as Efrat
University of Iowa, 2009. Staple-bound Softcover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the first page. Crisp and clean; except for gentle rubbing along the spine and a thumbnail mark at the top left rear, excellent, nearly as new. [20pp.]. More
The Spider Who Walked Underground (Kangaroo Court no. 4)
Kangaroo Court Publishing, 1985. Limited. Paperback. Second Printing, limited to 212 copies. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a fellow writer by the author at the title page, this copy is crisp, bright, and clean; except for a hint of shelf rubbing at the corners and spine tips, as new. More
Permanent Visitors
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2006. First Printing. Paperback. Signed and dated by the author, with no inscription or named recipient, at the title page. The pages are crisp and clean except for one tiny, gray speck at the foreedge; spine is square and uncreased; soft cover shows a...... More
Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir
Graywolf Press, 2010. Paperback. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author across the title page (the inscription is five lines of text written in a radiating pattern around the asterisk printed on the title page). Clean and bright; soft cover shows mild curling and edgewear around spine..... More
The Happy Birthday Handbook
West Branch, Iowa: The Toothpaste Press, 1982. Illustrated by the Author. Paperback. Long 12mo. Signed, dated, and inscribed to named individuals by the author and his partner on the first (blank) page. Crisp, clean pages; secure binding; mild fading along the spine of the soft cover, two tiny, brown droplet..... More
Labor Day at Walden Pond
Roseville, Michigan, U.S.A. Ridgeway Pr, 1997. Soft Cover. Except for almost unnoticeable rubbing at the corners of the soft cover, as new; inscribed to a named individual at the half-title page, dated, and signed by the poet. More
Fireflies
E. P. Dutton, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named recipient by David Morrell on the front free endpaper. Crisp, clean pages; square, secure binding; hard cover shows spots of rubbing at the corners and spine ends but is otherwise clean and excellent. Dust jacket bears..... More
Last Reveille : A Novel
New York: M. Evans and Co., 1977. First Printing. Hardcover. Fondly inscribed to a named individual by the author at the first free endpaper, dated and signed. This copy has clean, crisp pages except for foxing evident at the head- and fore-edges of the page block; the binding is square..... More
William M. Halsey: A Retrospective
Greenville, South Carolina: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1972. Cloth. Signed and inscribed by artist William M. Halsey, to a named individual, at the front free endpaper. There is a small, light adhesive stain at the top of the first page (a photo of artist); pages otherwise clean, binding square..... More
From Sand to Solid Ground: Questions of Faith for Modern Christians
Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd, 2007. Soft Cover. Signed by the author at the title page with no date or inscription. Clean and bright except for a small, gray smudge at the right edge of the book; no owners' marks; spine square and uncreased; soft cover shows a little rubbing at..... More
Change Me into Zeus's Daughter : A Memoir
Scribner, 2000. First Printing This Edition. Hard Cover. Signed, dated, and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the title page. Clean and bright except for a touch of dust staining along the top edge of the pages; light rubbing at spine ends and very gentle taps and..... More
Desirable Daughters
Theia, 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by the author at the title page, with no date or inscription, this beautifully-kept copy shows only gentle rubbing at the spine ends and is otherwise as new. The jacket is now protected in a clear sleeve. More