Postcards Annie Proulx Fourth Estate, London, 1996 This is the first edition/first printing of the Fourth Estate Compact Classic edition of Postcards. It is in fine/fine condition and is signed in Proulx’s typical tiny autograph on the title page. At only 6″ x 4″, and with its wood grain patterned dust jacket, it is attractive and [...]
The Shipping News Annie Proulx MacMillan Publishing Company, U.S.A. 1993 The Shipping News won the 1993 National Book Award and the 1994 Pulitzer Prize. It was also nominated for the 1993 Irish Times International Fiction Prize. It was made into a major motion picture in 2001. The true first edition is the first printing of this edition. They [...]
That Old Ace in the Hole Annie Proulx Scribner, U.S.A. 2002 This is a true first edition of what could end up being Annie Proulx’s last novel. In essence, it is a very entertaining history of the doomed Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles. The main character’s uncle owns a thrift store and collects early plastics, like [...]
Brokeback Mountain – Movie Tie-In Edition Annie Proulx Scribner, U.S.A. 2005 This first movie tie-in edition, with the number 1 in the number line, features Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger on the cover. Although it immediately went into multiple print runs, you can still find these first printings on-line for under twenty-five dollars in fine condition. [...]
Brokeback Mountain Annie Proulx Fourth Estate, U.K. 1998 This Fourth Estate edition came out in 1998, less than a year after the story first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. In 1999 it was included in Proulx’s short story collection Close Range – Wyoming Stories. Brokeback Mountainwon an O. Henry Award and a National Magazine [...]