A novelist, short story writer, biographer, essayist, and editor, looking often to the gay community for his themes, White has come to be recognized as a major American writer. His first novel in 1973, Forgetting Elena, attracted praise from Vladimir Nabokov, Gore Vidal, and John Ashbery. His major work is the autobiographical trilogy which includes The Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room is Empty, and The Farewell Symphony. “His work has often crossed over into the mainstream, winning praise from both critics and readers alike. His reputation is as a highly literate, almost belletristic, writer as his fiction seems to move effortlessly between prose and poetry” (Contemporary Novelists, 6^thedition, 1996). The two non-fiction titles which brought him wide attention were The Joy of Gay Sex and States of Desire, travels in Gay America. His manuscripts and archives are at the Beinecke Library, Yale University.

A prolific writer, his oeuvre includes seven novels, two books of short stories, seven books of essays, biography, memoirs and other non-fiction. This collection includes the first editions of all of his books, most titles in both the English and American appearances, with a number of uncorrected proof copies and signed copies. This section of primary works (49 individual items) is followed by a group of secondary works(introductions, forewords, and other contributions), and two books about White. The collection consists of 62 individual items.

The price for the collection is $1600.        

48.         White, Edmund. The married man. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Fine in dust jacket. First American edition.

49.         White, Edmund., The flaneur: a stroll through the paradoxes of Paris [London] Bloomsbury [2001]. Fine in dust jacket. First edition.


SECONDARY (contributions, forewords, introductions, etc.) :

50.         Conjunctions 7. [Boston] David R. Godine [1985]. Fine in dust jacket. Contains "A conversation on an island in the Seine" by Edmund White and Edo. First edition, hardcover.

51.         Stambolian, George, ed. Men on men, best new gay fiction. New York, New American Library [1986] A Plume Book. Fine in orange wrappers. Includes “An Oracle” by Edmund White, first published in Christopher Street.

52.         Paris review. Paris review (The), Fall 1988, no. 108. [Flushing New York, 1988]. Fine in printed wrappers. Includes an Edmund White interview.

53.         Sarfati, Patrick. Athletes. ]Berlin] Bruno Gmuender [c1990]. Fine in printed wrappers. First edition. Introduction by Edmund White.

54.         Grumley, Michael. Life drawing, a novel. New York, Grove Weidenfeld [c1991]. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by Edmund White. Afterword By George Stambolian.

55.         Dowell, Coleman. A Star-bright lie. Norma, IL, Dalkey Archive Press [1993]. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. Foreward by Edmund White. Introduction by Linda K. and John R. Kuehl.

56.         The dissident word: the Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1995. Christ Miller, editor. [New York] Basic Books, a Division of HarperCollins Publishers [c1996]. Return line on bottom edge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. First edition. The fourth volume in the Oxford Amnesty Lectures series. Includes Andre Brink, Wole Soyinka, Edmund White, Taslima Nasreen, Gore Vidal, and Nawal El Saadawi.

57.         Acting on AIDS: sex, drugs and politics. Edited by Joshua Oppenheimer and Helena Reckitt. [London and New York] Serpent's Tail [1997]. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Includes two contributions by Edmund White: “AIDS awareness and gay culture in France” and “The Photo” a memoir of Hubert Sorin.

58.         Ginsberg, Allen. Spontaneous mind: selected interviews 1958-1996. With a Preface by Vaclav Havel and an Introduction by Endmund White. Edited by David Carter. [London] Penguin Books [2001]. Fine in printed wrapperes. First English editiion.

59.         Lost classics. Edited by Michael Ondaatje, Michael Redhill, Esta Splading, Linda Saplding. [London] Bloomsbury [2001]. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. First edition. Includes Edmund White's essay, The Story of Harold by Terry Andrews, first published in Brick: a literary journal.



BOOKS ABOUT WHITE :

60.        Barber, Stephen. Edmund White, the burning world. New York, St. Martin's Press [1999]. Lower corners lightly bumped, else fine in dust jacket. First U.S. Edition.

61.        Barber, Stephen. Edmund White: the burning world. A biography. [London] Picador [1999]. Fine in dust jacket. First English edition.

62.        Fleming, Keith. The boy with the thorn in his side, a memoir. [New York], William Morrow [2000]. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. Blurbs by Melissa Bank, Ann Beattie and Jerry Stahl.

63.        Fleming, Keith. Original youth, the real story of Edmund White's boyhood. [San Francisco], Green Candy Press [2003]. Fine in dust jacket. First edition. Blurbs by Alexander Chee, Felice Picano, Kird Read, Ed Sikov.


ADDITIONAL COPIES (included as a part of the collection without cost) :

64.        White, Edmund. Forgetting Elena. [New York] Penguin Books [1981]. Punch hole on price on back wrapper, otherwise fine in printed wrappers. First Penguin edition, American issue. Blurbs by John Ashbery, George Whitmore. The dollar sign remains from the punched price on the back wrapper.

65.        White, Edmund. Nocturnes for the King of Naples. [New York] Penguin Books [1980]. Fine in printed wrappers. First Penguin edition, American issue. Blurbs by Gore Vidal, Doris Grumbach, Christopher Street. Price in dollars on back wrapper.

66.        White, Edmund. Caracole. New York [etc.] A Plume Book / New American Library [1986]. Fine in printed wrappers. First Plume printing. Blurb by Cynthia Ozick.

67.        White, Edmund. The beautiful room is empty. [London] Picador [1994]. Fine in dust jacket. First Picador edition.

68.        White, Edmund. The burning library: writings on art, politics and sexuality, 1969-1993. [London] Picador [1995]. Fine in printed wrappers. First English paperback edition. Edited by David Bergman.

69.        White, Edmund. The farewell symphony. [London] Vintage [1998]. Original printed wrappers. Fine. First U.K. paperback edition.

70.        White, Edmund. Proust. [London] Phoenix [2000]. Fine in dust jacket. First English paperback edition.

71.        White, Edmund. The married man [London] Vintage [2001]. Fine in printed wrappers. First Vintage edition.