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AUSTER, Paul. A very fine and extensive collection of his works, including signed and limited editions, together 66 volumes, 12 o-4 o, generally in very fine condition. Provenance : Carter Burden (the core of the collection purchased from his estate; also see inscription in Mr. Vertigo ). Comprising: THE NEW YORK TRILOGY: A complete set of the signed, limited edition of 26 copies of Auster's New York Trilogy , Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press: City of Glass . 1985. LIMITED EDITION, copy "J" of 26 copies signed by Auster. -- Ghosts . 1986. LIMITED EDITION, copy "X" of 26 copies signed by Auster. -- The Locked Room . 1986. LIMITED EDITION, copy "Q" of 26 copies signed by Auster. Together 3 volumes, 8 o. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; pictorial dust jackets. VERY FINE COPIES. Another issue. Together 3 volumes, 8 o. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jackets. FIRST TRADE EDITIONS. City of Glass . Los Angeles, 1985. 8 o. Original printed wrappers. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOF, SIGNED BY AUSTER. The New York Trilogy . Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. 8 o. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUSTER. SIGNED OR LIMITED EDITIONS: Unearth . Weston, CT: Living Hand Press, 1974. 8 o. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 1000 copies of AUSTER'S FIRST BOOK, No. 3 of Living Hand , ed. by Auster and Mitchell Sisskind (other issue of Living Hand are included below). Wall Writing . Berkeley, Cal.: The Figures, 1976. 8 o. Original pictorial wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, copy "Q" of 26 copies signed by Auster. Auster's second book. AUSTER and Jean-Paul-RIOPELLE. Unearth . [Paris:] Maeght, 1980. 4 o. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number 263 of 620 copies. SIGNED BY AUSTER on the title. Expanded edition of Auster's first book (see above). White Spaces . Rhinebeck, NY: Station Hill, 1980. 4 o. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 1000 copies. Facing the Music . Rhinebeck, NY: Station Hill, 1980. 8 o. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 100 copies. The Art of Hunger . Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1992. 8 o. Original cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 110 of 300 copies signed by Auster. Auggie Wren's Christmas Story . New York: William Drenttel, 1992. 4 o. Original goatskin; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 42 of 50 copies specially bound and signed by Auster. Another issue. Original cloth-backed boards. LIMITED EDITION, number 104 of 100 copies in quarter cloth signed by Auster. Another issue. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number 324 of 300 copies. Autobiography of the Eye . Portland, Ore.: The Beaverdam Press, 1993. 8 o. Original wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 35 copies signed by Auster. Why Write? . Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1996. 8 o. Original cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 29 of 50 copies signed by Auster from an edition of 2500. OTHER FICTION, POETRY AND FILMS : The Invention of Solitude . New York: Sun, 1982. 8 o. Wrappers. -- BENJAMIN, Paul [Auster pseudonym]. Squeeze Play . New York: Avon, 1982. 8 o. Wrappers. First paperback edition. -- Another edition. London: Faber, 1991. SIGNED by Auster as Paul Benjamin -- Disappearances: Selected Poems . Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1988. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. -- Moon Palace . New York: Viking, 1989. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED by Auster. -- The Music of Chance . New York: Viking, 1990. 8 o. Wrappers. UNREVISED PROOFS. -- Another issue. New York: Viking, 1990. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. SIGNED by Auster. -- Another edition. London: Faber, 1990. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- Ground Work: Selected Poems and Essays . London: Faber, 1990. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. -- Leviathan . New York: Viking, 1992. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Auster. -- Mr. Vertigo . New York: Viking, 1994. 8 o. Wrappers. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS. -- Another issue. 8 o. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUSTER TO CARTER BURDEN on the title: "For Carter Burden