Recent Arrivals from The Book Prowler

Boston: Beacon Press, 2008. Hard Cover. As New/in dustjacket - as new. Ms. Oliver SIGNED above her name on title page in the presence of this bookseller. Multiple award-winning author Mary Oliver brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of her beloved classics, and two essays about creatures of all sorts and, of course, her beloved and disobedient little… Read more about this item

New York: Archipelago Books, 2011. Original Wrappers. Fine/Fine. Photographs by Julio Cortázar in collaboration with Antonio Gálvez. Translated from the Spanish Prosa del Observatorio by Anne McLean, first pub. in 1972. Considered one of Cortazar's most unique works, this flows from eels in European waters to a sultan's strolls through an astronomical observatory in Jaipur. Photos by the… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated second printing February 1967 (1 of 3000 copies) and is considered one of her finest works. This is personalized by two things: an inscription and a correction. She wrote "To my Dragoman from Sonoma / Affectionately Marianne. / December 26, 1967" and also drew a line through… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1978. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jacket woodcut from Rockwell Kent Legacies, cover design by Lidia Ferrera.. This First Edition title translates to "Hare", a story of two young boys surviving in the wild near a concentration camp, and the day everything changes. "As simply and beguilingly told as a fairy tale, this is a… Read more about this item

Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Divers Press, 1955. Original Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cover: Dan Rice (designer), Arthur Okamura (artist). First Edition of Blackburn's first collection of poetry. Fragile illustrated wrappers screenprinted over newsprint are rarely seen in this condition. Paul Blackburn was a poet, involved with Beat poets, as well as a translator of Latin American literature by… Read more about this item

London: Souvenir Press, 1973. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Cover image by Mike Hasted.. Stated First UK edition. First published in Spanish as El Hacedor (The Maker) as the 9th vol. in his Obras Completas. While a visiting professor at Univ. of Texas, he was persuaded by staff and students to publish it in English,… Read more about this item

New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1992. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First US Edition. Boldly SIGNED with name, "Nov. 1992" on half-title page, same date of publication. Translated by Fallaci (from a translation by James Marcus) from the original Italian Insciallah, which was awarded the Prix Antibes. Oriana Fallaci (1929-2006) was an Italian journalist and author. She was… Read more about this item

[Poetry] [Inscribed] Moore, Marianne. 1967. Stated second printing February 1967 (1 of 3000 copies) and is considered one of her finest works. This is personalized by two things: an inscription and a correction. She wrote "To my Dragoman from Sonoma / Affectionately Marianne. / December 26, 1967" and also drew a line through "To" on pg. 54 so… Read more about this item

Possibly the earliest work by the noted literary critic and Shakespearean authority; Was awarded The Chancellor's prize while Chambers was still a student at Oxford. Forgeries provides a scholarly, yet lively and interesting look at the forgery of books, documents and manuscripts throughout history Original printed tan wrappers with side stitched thread binding. Wraps soiled, one inch closed tear… Read more about this item

Signed on title page by the Ms. Ferré. Finalist, National Book Awards. Rosario Ferré (1938-2016) became one of the most prolific female writers to represent Puerto Rico and one of the strongest feminist voices of the 21st century. "What a delight to discover that Ferré is as a good a storyteller in English as in her native Spanish!"—Julia Alverez. "A… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First Edition. Signed on title page by the Ms. Ferré. Finalist, National Book Awards. Rosario Ferré (1938-2016 became one of the most prolific female writers to represent Puerto Rico and one of the strongest feminist voices of the 21st century. "What a delight to discover that Ferré is as a good a… Read more about this item

London: Allison & Busby Ltd, 1984. SIGNED as Donald E. Westlake under "Richard Stark" on title page. Original black cloth boards with title in gold letters on spine. Purple Dust Jacket, gold and white letters. The second Parker novel: Parker goes under the knife, changing his face to escape the mob and a contract on his life. Along the… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1989. Softcover. Ferre's first novel is SIGNED by Ms. Ferré on half-title page. First American Edition, translated from the original Spanish Maldito Amor by Ferré. Recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award for its German translation. Rosario Ferre (1938-2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist who was one of the most prolific female writers… Read more about this item

New York: Hanover House, 1957. The author, Curator of Reptiles, Staten Island Zoo at the time of publication, was an expert herpetologist. Kauffeld takes us along on his hunts for No. America's most dangerous snakes. "Here's a snake man who charms readers". Pale green boards with red lettering to spine. 266 pp. Index of Latin and common names of… Read more about this item

London: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1985. First UK Edition, SIGNED by Mulisch (1927-2010) in blue ink on title page. Translated from the original Dutch De Aanslag by Claire Nicolas White. Adapted into a film which won the 1986 Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Adapted into a graphic novel by Milan Hulsing in… Read more about this item

New York: George Braziller, 1991. Fine/in Fine dust jacket. First US Edition. Multi-award-winning author's first novel to be translated from the original Turkish Beyaz Kale into English by Victoria Holbrook. Won Independent Award for Foreign Fiction. "Turkey's foremost novelist and one of the most interesting literary figures anywhere, a first-rate storyteller. This is a highly entertaining, and indeed… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. SIGNED First US Edition by author on title page. This is the author's first book; a collection of interwoven short stories, compassionate and funny in turns, these short stories illuminate the very meaning of change through this pungent and exuberantly textured mosaic of lives. 0395498627. Dark blue over royal blue boards, red lettering to spine.… Read more about this item

New York: Borzoi/Knopf, 1991. SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Author's second book and first novel won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, Governor General's Award, and the SmithBooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Trillium Award. Basis for 1998 movie of the same name, which was also nominated for several awards. 9780679402589. 339 pp. Black… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First US Edition. Translated from the original Italian title Un Uomo by William Weaver, about a Greek revolutionary hero who fights alone and to the death for freedom and truth. Fallaci (1929-2006) was an Italian journalist and author and became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution and her "long, aggressive… Read more about this item

Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1991. First American Edition, SIGNED on the title page by Ms. Ferré (1938-2016). Translated from original Spanish "Papeles de Pandora" by author. Ferré's fiction focuses on the inferior status of women in Puerto Rico and their dual role as nurturer (wife and mother) and temptress (like Pandora, the dangerous female from mythical Greece who tempted… Read more about this item