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Complete list: Comprises: SINGER, I. B. In My Father's Court. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1966. * SINGER, I. B. The Séance. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. First Printing. * ROTH, Philip. Portnoy's Complaint. 1969. Octavo. Cloth, dust-jacket. First edition, limited issue; one of 600 copies (this is #309) signed by the author. * NABOKOV, Vladimir. Ada. New York: McGraw-Hill Book, 1969. * HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Islands in the Stream. New York: Scribner's, 1970. * DIDION, Joan. Play It As It Lays. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. * KOSINSKI, Jerzy. Being There. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. * GARDNER, John. The Sunlight Dialogues. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. * HELLER, Joseph. Something Happened. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by author to his lawyer, "To Ev Zeigler, Collector, gourmet and amiable entrepreneur, with sincere good wishes. Joe Heller, 6/1/75, New York City". * SINGER, I. B. The Collected Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. Numbered 374/450 and signed by author. * SONTAG, Susan. The Volcano Lover. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992. * GUTERSON, David. Snow Falling on Cedars. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1994. * DIDION, Joan. The Last Thing We Wanted. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First printing. * SONTAG, Susan. In America. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.
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Lot 416Sale 20858
American authors, 1966-2000Fourteen first editionsEstimate: USD 800 - 1,200
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