Latham, NY: Paris Review Editions/ British American Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by Charles Baxter to Laurence & Nancy Goldstein. "I read Charles Baxter's Imaginary Paintings with intense pleasure. This is poetry of the first order, characterized by an anguished, almost inconsolable lyricism, utterly immersed in the life that is, a life that tends to be ignored in our art, whatever the form." (Jim Harrison, quoted..... More

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1982. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed by Charles Baxter at his contribution to James Perrizo. This is the first softcover edition of a compilation of fiction by Michigan writers, edited by James Tipton & Robert E. Wegner. Among the contributors is the noted writer George Baxter, then teaching at the University of Michigan. He has signed this copy at his contribution with citation: "For..... More

New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed, signed & dated near time of publication by Charles Baxter. "...here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. The Feast of Love is just that- a sumptuous work of fiction about the thing that most distracts and delights us. In a re-imagined Midsummer Night's Dream, men and women speak of..... More

Santa Monica, CA: The Center for the Humanities of Santa Monica College, 1989; 1990. First Printings. Softcovers. Both issues signed by Tom Clark on front covers. Two near-contiguous issues of the prestigious literary journal chiefly edited by Jim Krusoe, both featuring contributions of poetry by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the great American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist who resides atop our category of "The Prolific & Underappreciated," most deserving of..... More

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1991. First Printing. Softcover. A collection of short stories on the theme of family beyond or different from the traditional "Ozzie and Harriet" arrangement, "-by established and new authors-each of which in some manner reflects, elucidates, or amplifies some of this new reality. Together, they celebrate our much broader understanding of what a family can be."(from back cover) edited by Scott Walker, & with contributions..... More