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149. TYLER, Anne. If Morning Ever Comes. NY: Knopf, 1964. The
first novel by the author of The Accidental Tourist and the Pulitzer Prizewinning
Breathing Lessons. Written when she was just 22 years old, and
published with a small first printing of only 4000 copies. Fine in a fine dust
jacket and custom clamshell box. $2500
150. TYLER, Anne. The Tin Can Tree. NY: Knopf, 1965. Her
second book. Two tiny stains on the front flyleaf; still easily fine in a fine
dust jacket. A beautiful copy, with the spine snowy white and exceedingly
scarce thus: we have never seen a nicer copy. $3000
151. TYLER, Anne. The Clock Winder. NY: Knopf, 1972. Her
fourth book, which many consider her scarcest. Signed by the author.
Stain on the front board, else near fine in a very near fine dust jacket with
the slightest smudging on the rear panel. $3000
152. WELSH, Irvine. Trainspotting. London: Secker & Warburg
(1993). His first novel, highly acclaimed upon publication and later
the basis for the phenomenally successful movie that became a cultural
milestone of the 1990s. This is the hardcover issue, reportedly one of only
600 copies, most of which presumably went to libraries; the bulk of the
edition was issued in softcover. Signed by the author. Remainder speckling
(?) to top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket. $3500
153. -. Same title, the softcover issue. Fine in self-wrappers.
Uncommon in the first printing, especially in this condition. $500
154. WEST, Nathanael. The Day of the Locust. NY: Random House
(1939). The author’s classic novel of Hollywood, a scathing satire based
on his own experiences as a screenwriter and for which he has received
something approaching literary immortality. His last novel published
in his lifetime: West was killed with his wife in a car accident in 1940,
apparently after becoming distraught upon hearing of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
death, and failing to notice a stop sign. The Day of the Locust remains the
crowning achievement of his career, and a novel with influence far beyond
the author’s overall modest output during his short career; his first book
had been published only eight years earlier. A bit of foxing to the foredges
of the pages, otherwise a fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket, with none
of the fading so typical of this title. The best copy we can recall seeing
offered for sale in well over a decade. A beautiful copy. $15000
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