[LITERATURE -- 1970s and 1980s]. A group of 16 works published in the 1970s and 1980s, ALL FIRST EDITION OR LIMITED EDITION, MOST SIGNED, comprising:

1) BAKER, Nicholson. Room Temperature. New York: Grove Weeidenfeld, 1990. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BAKER.

2) BARTHELME, Donald. Here in the Village. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. Original cloth-backed boards. LIMITED EDITION, number 262 of 275 copies, SIGNED BY BARTHELEME.

3) BARTHELME, Donald. Sixty Stories. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Original cloth; cloth slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 30 of 500 copies, SIGNED BY BARTHELME and specially bound.

4) BEATTIE, Ann. Picturing Will. New York: Random House, 1989. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED TWICE BY BEATTIE.

5) BEATTIE, Ann. Secrets and Surprises. New York: Random House, 1978. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BEATTIE.

6) CAMPBELL, R. Wright. Fat Tuesday. New Haven and New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1983. FIRST EDITION.

7) CAMPBELL, Robert. Nibbled to Death by Ducks. New York: Pocket Books, 1989. FIRST EDITION.

8) CHILDRESS, Mark. V for Victor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY CHILDRESS.

9) EDGERTON, Clyde. Raney. A Novel. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1985. FIRST EDITION.

10) EXLEY, Frederick. Last Notes from Home. New York: Random House, 1988. FIRST EDITION.

11) FORD, Richard. Rock Springs. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY FORD.

12) GIFFORD, Barry. Beautiful Phantoms. Selected Poems 1968-1980. N.p.: Timbouctou, 1981. Original wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY GIFFORD to Bill Berkson.

13) GRASS, Gunter. The Rat. New York et al: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY GRASS.

14) HAWKES, John. Whistlejacket. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988. FIRST EDITION.

15) MASON, Richard. The World of Suzie Wong. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, n.d.

16) BROWN, Larry. Facing the Music. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 1988. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY BROWN.

Together, 16 works in 16 volumes, all 8vo, all in publisher's cloth and dust jackets (except where indicated), condition generally fine.