New York: Ecco Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); reddish-brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in copper on spine, and publisher's logo embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; xiv,127,[1]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $25.99). Posthumously published collection of previously-unpublished poems. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Graphic Arts, 1995. First Edition. Advance issue of this collaborative work between Bukowski (1920-1994) and Kenneth Price (1935-2012), a poetic and artistic ode to the City of Los Angeles. Among the towering achievements of John Martin's Black Sparrow Press – the regular and deluxe issues were..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. A series of Bukowski's journal entries from 1991-1993, illustrated throughout with Crumb's trademark black and white pen illustrations. Lettered copies uncommon. Krumhansl 156d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound with a silkscreen print signed by the illustrator, this being..... More
Augsburg: Maroverlag, 1990. First Edition. Small collection of pieces culled from Bukowski's 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man' column in the pages of Open City, translated into German by Carl Weissner and illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner, with a portrait of Bukowski by Jörg Fauser. Of the 2 mock-ups, one..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Short story chronicling the events surrounding a man's visit to his wife in a mental hospital. The second of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. Basis for David Morrisey's short film adaptation (2000). cf.Krumhansl 79a. Eighth Printing. Quarto (26.5cm); illustrated..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. Terrific story about the final act of a washed-up comic, illustrated throughout in Crumb's trademark style. There's No Business was the third of four projects Bukowski collaborated on with Crumb during his lifetime. cf.Krumhansl 87a. Sixth Printing. Quarto (26.5cm); illustrated card wrappers; 17,[3]pp; illus..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, [1984]. First Edition. Attractive prospectus for this important collaborative work between Bukowski and Crumb, issued as Black Sparrow Press Broadside/Flyer No.12. Not in Krumhansl. Original broadside, with text and illustration printed in three colors on pink stock, measuring 25cm x 43cm (9 13/16" x 17")..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. Trade issue, one of 1,000 hardcover copies. Oblong quarto (22.5cm); photographic paper and teal cloth-covered boards, with printed title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [170]pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. A travelogue of the author's trip to Germany, where he was treated as something of a celebrity, and illustrated throughout with numerous photographs by Montfort. Krumhansl 143d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Michael Montfort..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1979. First Edition. A travelogue of the author's trip to Germany, where he was treated as something of a celebrity, and illustrated throughout with numerous photographs by Montfort. A title that is, on occasion, signed by either Bukowski or Montfort, but rarely by both. Krumhansl..... More
San Pedro: Brown Buddha Books, 1986. First Edition. Handsome edition, produced in small numbers to commemorate Bukowski's marriage to Linda Lee Beighle. "Of these 40 copies, six were given to the Bukowski's to distribute to their friends; these six copies each had a corrected (from Beigle to Beighle) colophon tipped..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper and black cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 380,[8]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Hefty volume of correspondence between..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies with an original serigraph print bound in, this being copy no.21. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-380,[8]pp; illus. Lower right corner..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Volume containing separate issues of Sparrow 25-36, trimmed and bound together without separate title page. Contains Bukowski's Africa, Paris, Greece (Sparrow 30). Morrow & Cooney 220; cf.Krumhansl 47a. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 copies specially bound and signed by all contributing authors..... More
Los Angeles: N.P., 1968. About Fine, with light toning to the edges and folds. A copy of the elusive and notorious "surpressed issue" of Open City, this one signed by editor John Bryan on the lower right margin. According to Dorbin, the issue was suppressed due to an allegedly obscene..... More
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Santa Fe: Norm Moser / Illuminations, 1971. First Edition. Fifth issue of this New Mexico-based literary journal, here dedicated entirely to The Gentleman-Caller, a damatic work by African American playwright Ed Bullins, a major figure in the Black Arts Movement. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets, side-stapled into photo-illustrated wrappers; [iv],15,[6]pp. Light..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. Third novel featuring Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black and blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 305, [5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in plain orange wrappers. Burdett's third novel featuring Thai detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep; this copy has been signed by the author on the title page. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1956. First Edition. The author's first novel, and the first volume in his Malayan Trilogy. Boytinck 812; Brewer A27. First Impression. Octavo (19.25cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],214,[2]pp. Trivial wear to base of spine, with faint dust-soil to text edges;..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in pictorial wrappers, a Dave Robicheaux novel set in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Uncommon in any sort of advance format. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2008]. First Edition Thus. Handsome edition of the 16th Dave Robicheaux novel. Octavo (23.75cm); full dark brown leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [x],373pp. Signed by the author on a special limitation page. A...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Scarce advance copy of one of Burnett's best-known novels, the story of a hardened criminal just out of prison, a heist gone bad, and a stand-off with police high in the snow-capped Sierra's. Basis for two superb adaptations: the 1941 film noir..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1936. First Edition. More than likely this copy was inscribed during the filming of 'Nobody Lives Forever' in 1946, a film directed by Negulesco and based on a book and screenplay by Burnett. A novel about an Ohio Governor named Read Cole, whose initial..... More
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / The Dial Press, 1929. First Edition. Burnett's first novel, a hard-boiled classic charting the rise and fall of a Chicago gangster against a backdrop of political and social turmoil. The title character, Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello, was based, in part, after real-life Chicago gangster..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. Madison Square edition of the thirteenth Tarzan novel, the final Grosset edition with the dustjacket art designed by J. Allen St. John. "Battling Arab slavers, Tarzan and an American discover two lost cities of 12th century knights." Heins T13.8. Octavo (19.25cm); brick red paper-covered..... More