Philadelphia [London]: For J.Johnson, 1776. First Edition. Handsome copy of this spurious Revolutionary pamphlet. "Of this oration, [never delivered], there was no Philadelphia edition [in spite of its being indicated by title-page]; it was, in fact a London forgery designed to show that the colonies were bent on independence" (Howes..... More
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Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1957. First Edition. Attractive copy of Beckett's second dramatic masterpiece concerning the ennui surrounding Hamm and Clov, two mutually-dependent characters living in a wasteland of rubbish. Lieberson (1911-1977) was the president of Columbia Records from 1956-1971, and again from 1973-1975. Prior to that, he had..... More
[Santa Barbara]: Burn Again Press, 1985. First Edition. The first of five titles produced between 1985-1990 by Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin, each printed in small numbers under the faux-imprint Burn Again Press. OCLC finds 6 copies only (NYPL, SUNY Buffalo, Huntington, UCSB, USC, Emory). A true stopper for..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry Chinaski through post-WW2 America as he blows through a series of dead-end jobs. Basis for Bent Hammer's 2005 film adaptation, starring Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, and an appropriately sleazy Matt Dillon. Krumhansl 51c. Limited Issue..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Attractive advance copy of Capote's best-known book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction, an Edgar Award, and basis for the 1967 Richard Brooks film Starring Robert Blake ad Scott Wilson. First Printing. Octavo (cm); publisher's brick red unprinted wrappers, bound into the..... More
Concord: William B. Ewert, 1988. First Edition. The first appearance of this short story by Carver, with a frontispiece and internal illustration after woodcuts by Mary Azarian. One of 74 copies numbered and signed by the author and illlustrator, this being copy no.21. Small quarto (26cm); letterpress printed sheets hand-sewn..... More
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New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, 1936. Notable issue containing 'The Curtain,' Chandler's penultimate contribution to Black Mask, which would later be collected in Killer in the Rain. Includes novelettes by W.T. Ballard, Dwight Babcock, George Harmon Coxe, and Theodore Tinsley. Bruccoli C50; Hagemann 348. Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 128pp;..... More
London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1840. First Edition. Dashkova (1743-1810) was a close friend and confidante to Empress Catherine the Great, and involved in the coup that put her on the throne. Her memoirs were first published in Paris in 1804; the English edition was edited by Mrs. Martha WIlmot Bradford..... More
Paris: Universal Film S.A., 1945. Large quarto; single sheet of matte stock (18 X 24.25 inches), folded to make a four-page pressbook, which opens into a poster with printed synopsis; text and illustrations printed in red, black and white. A stunning, Fine example of the French film pressbook for Fritz..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1934. First Edition. Wall Street mystery featuring Dr. Hiram Arthur, an engineer-turned-private investigator who serves the upper echelons of Manhattan's financial district. After a financier is murdered in his private office, "wily old Dr. Arthur and his team of voluptuous secretaries tangle with the..... More
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1965. First Edition. "A post-nuclear war society struggles to reconstruct itself in an isolated setting. Kept in contact with the outside world by an orbiting disc-jockey, the group's members include Bill, an encysted telepathic twin; Bruno Bluthgeld, the weapons expert responsible for the war; and..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. The first book in Farmer's "Riverworld" series, originally serialized in 'Worlds of Tomorrow' between 1965-66. In it, adventurer Sir Richard Burton finds himself resurrected on the banks of an endless river. He soon learns that he is only one of billions of..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1935. First French Edition. Attractive copy of Faulkner's third novel translated into French. Petersen A13r. First Impression, a review copy, with "S.P" printed at lower margin of front flap and title page. Octavo (18.5cm); publisher's original printed wrappers; xvi,421,[3]pp. Generically inscribed by the translator on the first blank..... More
Printed in the U.S.A. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1948. A Fine copy with a single center fold, printed in blue, white, and red measuring roughly 8.5 x 11 inches. An original advertising herald for the 1948 film noir based on Kenneth Fearing's novel, starring Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, and Maureen O'Sullivan..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, [1951]. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies bound from British sheets. Octavo (22.25cm); teal cloth, with titling and rule stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xx,425,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, tiny tear at crown, with some faint dust-soil along upper board edges; contents..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First Edition. First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped Second Printing dustjacket. Two small rubbed spots on the cloth at spine and rear panels, with a bit of faint even toning to the pastedowns and endpapers, else a sharp copy with..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Attractive copy of Freeman's first novel, introducing the public to Dr. John Thorndyke, whose scientific approach to detection was something of a departure in the genre during this period. Thorndyke attempts to clear the name of a young man who stands accused of..... More
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914. First Edition. An early Freeman mystery featuring Humphrey Challoner, a specialist in criminal anthropology, who after the murder of his wife dedicates his life to the apprehension and punishment of criminals (and by "apprehension and punishment" I mean he murders them, shrinks their..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1952. First Edition. Prior to the publication of his first novel, Gault was already a prolific writer for the pulps, publishing more than 300 stories for magazines like Argosy, Black Mask, and Dime Mystery. By the time the 1950's came around, the pulp industry..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1938. First Edition. The author's first novel, following the struggle between a police Captain, a criminal escaped from a mental asylum, and those who may have released him to hide their own heinous crime. Hubin, p.181. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black cloth, with titles..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. A superlative copy of Hemingway's classic novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and generally considered the catalyst for Hemingway winning the Nobel Prize. Basis for the 1958 John Sturges film starring Specer Tracy. Grissom A.24.1.a; Hanneman A45a. First Printing. Octavo..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Lime Kiln Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine press printing of Jeffers's masterful poem, presaging the downfall and death of Adolf Hitler. With an afterword by William Everson. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Everson and Allison Clough, this being copy no.135. Folio (41cm); beige canvas cloth..... More
Marietta & Smyrna, GA: 1991-1993. First Edition. Consecutive, early run of this southern tattoo zine created by Patricia "PJ" Jettie, a heavily-tattooed 26 year old divorcee and member of Mensa. The zine was published for Mensans who formed a special interest group "to facilitate open and uncensored communications of the..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1937. First Edition. Kantor's short novel about a rural community still bitterly divided in the aftermath of the Civil War. Basis for Roy Rowland's 1947 film starring Van Johnson and Thomas Mitchell, and the debut vehicle for both Janet Leigh and Gail Davis. First Printing. Octavo;..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1953]. Early 1950's edition of the 15th Nancy Drew mystery. Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (1905-2002) wrote the earliest Nancy Drew and Dana Girls mysteries under the penname Carolyn Keene for the Stratemeyer Syndicate between 1929-1947. The year before her death, she was given a Special..... More