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We’re a rare and collectible bookshop operated by Matthew Kollmer and Kristina Intinarelli.
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The owners of Evening Land Books are got married!
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Wedding photos. Elvis showed up!
Kristina and I kissing at the end of the aisle outside at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. Behind us is a blue clear sky and the Lady Luck sign. Folks are cheering and clapping around us. Kristina and I kissing between two Las Vegas showgirls in pink and Little Elvis in gold and black standing in front of us. My father and I getting ready in the hotel room. He is adjusting my tie. I am smiling at him in my blue suit. Kristina and I standing in front of the neon signage of old casinos. She's in her wedding dress, throwing the peace sign and kissing. I'm in my blue suit with a copper orange tie. I'm facing the camera, shrugging and holding out my hand.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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There will be very serious announcements @eveninglandbooks.com later this week!

Very serious!!!! Stay tuned!!!
A selfie of the owners of evening land books. They’re sitting together in the airport terminal. Matthew is feigning his most serious face—squinting eyes, but he can’t help but smile a little. Kristina turned just in time so she looks surprised!
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Cujo. By Stephen King. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Viking. New York, 1981.

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The front cover of the first trade edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring the snarling snout of a mean dog sticking out of a fog. The copyright page showing the correct first trade edition information.
October 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The Movement. Inscribed by Danny Lyon. Text by Lorraine Hansberry. First Edition, First Printing, Softcover Issue. Simon & Schuster. New York, 1964.

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The front cover in the original wrappers featuring a black and white photograph of a Black person being grabbed by a police officer from behind. The police officer is wearing riot gear from the 1960s–a helmet with a visor. A crowd of white bystanders are in the background, looking serious but relatively undisturbed. Danny Lyon's inscription. It reads: No "s" in my name / Danny Lyon / Tucson, 1997. Two pages from the text. The verso shows quotes from notable historical figures from previous generations. The recto shows a photo of a young James Baldwin speaking at a pulpit. A photo of protestors marching and holding signs. One reads: "Like, Man, I'm Tired (of waiting)". Another reads: "Liberty for all or death for America / This we mean"
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Black Beauty. By Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie. First Prittie Illustrated Edition, First Printing. John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia, 1927.

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The front cover in full cloth with elaborate gilt stamping and a pictorial pastedown featuring an image of two horses and their riders leaping over some brush. An illustration from the text. IT shows a young girl riding a horse as it leaps over a pile of rocks. In the background is another rider following behind and a cloudy but bright sky.
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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A Personal Selection. Signed by Brett Weston. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Photography West Graphics. Carmel, 1986.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a black and white photo of sand dunes. The half-title page showing Brett Weston's signature. A black and white, closeup photograph of seaweed laying on a rocky beach. A black and white nude of the female figure underwater.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Need more proof we've regressed as a nation? Check out these broadsides from the 1936 campaign to reelect FDR. They cover policies like eliminating tariffs, bailing out farmers, supporting labor rights, establishing environmental protections... Maybe by 2036, we'll be right back where we started?
A broadside titled Through Tariff Walls It points out the damaging impact of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs and the progress in removing tariffs and establishing free trade. A broadside titled Farmers—Make Your Choice It highlights how FDR bailed out farmers and improved produce markets in the New Deal. A broadside titled Our Wealth of Earth and Water It highlights the National Conservation Army and the environmental protections of FDR's first term. A broadside titled Collective Bargaining - Which? - Industrial Strife It highlights how FDR passed the Labor Relations Act.
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Almanac of the Dead. Signed by Leslie Marmon Silko. First Edition, First Printing. Simon & Schuster. New York, 1991.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring an image of a Southwest desert road going into a pink horizon with hills and cactus. Above the horizon is a blue night sky with Native imagery floating in the stars. The title page showing Silko's signature.
October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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We've been busy listing dozens of etching prints from the early twentieth century! They're from a series called the Modern Masters of Etching, for subscribers only.

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Etching print of a woman sitting with elbows on a table, holding up her head. She's wearing what looks like large ear muffs and she's looking to the left. Titled IV. “Le Beguin” by G.L. Brockhurst. Etching print of a man napping in a grassy spot with a cat nuzzling his leg. Titled III. “Purring and Snoring” by Edmund Blampied. Etching print of an abstract view of a bridge with wires and steel beams. In the background is a city skyline. Titled III. “Looking Through Brooklyn Bridge” by CRW Nevison. Etching of a city street in the rain with pedestrians walking with umbrellas and old cars driving by. Titled VIII. “Rain on Murray Hill” by Martin Lewis.
October 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The Essential Thomas Keller. With Facsimile Menu Signed by Keller. First Editions, Later Printings. Artisan. New York, 2009.

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The front cover of the first volume. It's in a white dust jacket with black calligraphic text that reads It's All About Finesse. The front panel of the facsimile menu showing Keller's scribbly signature in black marker. The menu folded open, showing the text on both sides.
October 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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April Galleons. Signed by John Ashbery. First Edition, First Printing. Viking. New York, 1987.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a painting of gray and white clouds with gaps of blue and a few birds silhouetted in the distance. The title page showing John Ashbery's signature.
October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Down the Great River. By Captain Willard Glazier. Early Reprint. Hubbard Brothers. Philadelphia, Circa 1895.

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The front cover of this early printing. It's in a maroon cloth with elaborate gilt stamping of the title text, a canoe and paddle, and the spine label of similar variation. The title page showing the lengthy full title similar to other travel and conquest narratives. A map of the waterways of northern Minnesota where Glazier purportedly discovered the actual source of the river (he was fabricating this claim).
October 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find. By Flannery O’Connor. First Edition, First Printing. Harcourt, Brace, & Co. New York, 1955.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in a second-issue dust jacket with the same design as the first issue: yellow with vibrational patterns in red where the title text appears. The copyright page showing the first edition statement.
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The Dead Zone. By Stephen King. First Edition, First Printing. Viking. New York, 1979.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket with black background and large title text in a bronze gold. Below the text is an image of a man's face staring straight at the camera. Half of his face is shrouded by shadow. From the shadow a talisman of some sort emerges. The talisman is gold and circular. The copyright page showing the Viking "First Published" statement.
October 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Portraits. By Richard Avedon. First Edition, First Printing. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. New York, 1976.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket–just a white background with title text and author name in uppercase. The copyright page showing the first edition statement. The black and white portrait photograph of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The foldout photograph of Andy Warhol and a group of his friends standing in various poses.
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Wicked Series: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, Out of Oz. All Signed by Gregory Maguire. First Editions, First Printings. HarperCollins. New York, 1995-2011.

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All four volumes arranged in a row. At the front is the first edition of Wicked. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a leafless vine framing a pink space with the title text in a circular frame. Inside the circular frame the dust jacket has a gap showing the pictorial board underneath. The pictorial board shows the image of the Wicked Witch of the West in cap and robes, looking downward. The title page of Wicked showing Gregory Maguire's signature in sharpie.
October 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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As October sneaks up on us, I know that some of us are starting to think about holiday shopping. If books or bookish gifts are on your list, consider supporting your local indie bookstore(s). I've made a couple of starter packs of the ones here on Bluesky for you to follow & befriend.
September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The Stand. By Stephen King. Complete and Uncut Trade Edition. Doubleday. New York, 1990.

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The front cover of the complete and uncut trade edition. It's in the original dust jacket with the classic image of the dueling characters, one with sword, the other with sickle. The image is framed, however, by a red border that reads "FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPLETE & UNCUT". The copyright page showing the first trade edition statement.
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Rosa Parks: My Story. Signed by Rosa Parks. First Edition, First Printing. Dial Press. New York, 1992.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a portrait photo of Rosa Parks. The half-title page showing Rosa Parks' dated signature.
September 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Mao Zhuxi Yulu [Quotations from Chairman Mao][The Little Red Book]. First Complete Edition, Third Edition Overall, First Printing. General Political Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Peking, 1965.

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The volume in original wrappers standing upright on its red clamshell box. It is plain tan with a red frame around the title text in Chinese. The portrait of Mao in the front matter.
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Lord of the Rings Signed by Tolkien in Elvish to Auction
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'Lord of the Rings' Signed by Tolkien in Elvish to Auction
A first edition of The Lord of the Rings signed by JRR Tolkien in Elvish Tengwar script will go under the hammer at Forum Auctions' Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper sale on September 25.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Masters of Deceit. Signed by J. Edgar Hoover. First Edition, First Printing. Holt & Co. New York, 1958.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring the title text and author name in large, uppercase letters over a cream background. Between title and author text is one splatter of red–like a paint or blood splatter. The front free endpaper showing J. Edgar Hoover's signature in blue pen.
September 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Recent changes to U.S. trade policies are affecting the book trade. The IOBA Board of Directors penned this letter reflecting our concerns. It was sent to U.S. Congress and Senate Committees.
Dear Chairman, I'm writing to you as the President of the Independent Online Booksellers Association. IOBA is a U.S.-based, nonprofit, international trade organization benefiting member booksellers conducting business online, with many members also having brick and mortar retail operations. The Executive Branch of the US government issued Executive Orders 14193, 14194, 14195, 14226, 14227, 14228, 14257, 14259, 14266, and 14298, all readable at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/ The stated intents of the Executive Orders were balancing trade and improving national security, but these Orders caused unintended, significant harm to the bookselling trade. Additionally, the Orders apply to trade in newly produced goods, but our members are unduly burdened as they trade mainly in used, collectible, and antiquarian books. Books are tariff-free in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 9/2025, but Orders override that, and U.S. and non-U.S. booksellers are severely constrained by country-by-country ad valorem tariffs of 10% to 25% or a flat rate from $80 to $200 USD. Navigating uncertainty, major countries and blocs have suspended parcel shipments to the U.S., thus affecting our member booksellers. Particularly harmful is suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment for all countries. Books have low profit margin, and most online sales are for a single book, thus the ad valorem tariffs negate any profit on, and effectively stop, international sales to U.S. booksellers and retail customers. Even a 10% levy on books, plus the undue burden of reportage, threatens the viability of the traditionally low profit bookselling business. Some of our member booksellers specialize in non-U.S. topics and source books from non-U.S. countries. Current tariffs effectively thwart these booksellers from sourcing inventory, and their businesses will fail if this is not remedied. Our U.S. and non-U.S. member booksellers operate what is classified as a "small business," are self-employed, and their trade supports their families and their local economies. Current Executive Orders, as written, are causing both present and lasting harm to these booksellers. I urge you to use the power of your position to influence key decision-makers, with the goal of amending Executive Orders, and other policies, to stop this harm. Sincerely, Jeffrey A. Rothermel President, Independent Online Booksellers Association
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Sir Francis laps up the last days of summer sun.
A photo of our Boston terrier sitting in the sun on the back deck. He's on a gray wicker leg rest. There's a couch and wicker table behind him. On the table, a potted plant sits in the sunlight. There are fallen leaves strewn around. Shadows frame the potted plant and Sir Francis.
September 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Alone With Me. Inscribed by Eartha Kitt. First Edition, First Printing. Henry Regnery Co. Chicago, 1976.

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The front cover of the first edition. It's in the original dust jacket featuring a striking photo of Eartha Kitt as she looks over her shoulder at the camera, chin down and eyebrows up. The front free endpaper showing Eartha Kitt's inscription.
September 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM