New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title and early serial killer novel that author Vincent Starrett magnanimously cited as "one of the ten greatest detective novels ever written." Hubin, p.28; Pronzini & Muller, p.52. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth..... More
Sacramento: By the author, [1970]. Interesting group of items from the native Chicago poet and one of the principal figures of the mimeo revolution. Chiarrello was a poet, editor, and secretary to Lawrence Ferlinghetti; in his letter Blazek mentions the inclusion of the aforementioned poems for "the basement mimeo caper."..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1998. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [ii],[12],13-609,[13]pp. Light wear to wrapper extremities, with just a hint of spotting to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. An attractive copy of the highly-regarded Chilean author's fourth novel, "the story of two modern-day..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. First American Edition. Collection of 39 essays on various historical figures, originally published as 'Otras Inquisiciones' in 1952 and translated here into English for the first time. A stunning copy. First Printing. Octavo; pale gray cloth, with titles stamped in silver and dark gray..... More
Providence, RI: Axelrod Music Publications, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); original printed wrappers; 4pp. Signed by Bowles beneath his printed name on the front wrapper. Tiny nick at mid-spine, subtle toning to wrappers, some offsetting to p.1 and 4, with two two small spots to front and rear..... More
London: John Lehmann, 1952. First Edition. Bowles's second novel, centered around an American who arrives in Morrocco, who becomes consumed with the seedier side of Tangier's International Zone. Miller A6a. First Impression, one of 7,000 copies. Octavo (20.25cm); light blue-grey cloth, with titles stamped in maroon on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-318,[2]pp..... More
New York: American Music Edition, 1958. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed wrappers, stapled; 12pp. Signed by Bowles on the title page, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some oxidation to staples; Near Fine. Miller E45a. More
New York: New Directions Books, 1949. First American Edition. Bowles's first novel, following a trio of Americans who travel deep into the Sahara desert after the conclusion of World War II, who embark seeking different things, but ultimately find only deception, despair, and death. Basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's 1990 film..... More
London: Peter Owen Publishers, 1994. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author on the copyright page, this being copy no.98. Octavo (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's original unprinted white tissue dustjacket; [8],9-93,[3]pp; illus. Tiny scuff..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. First U.K. Edition. An association copy of the highest quality, inscribed to Bradbury's long-time friend, mentor, and literary agent Forrest Ackerman. It was Ackerman who introduced a teenage Bradbury to the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, published Bradbury's first story in his fanzine Imagination, and who..... More
Bensenville, IL: Mimeo Press, 1965. First Edition. First Printing, limited to no more than 500 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); variously-colored mimeographed sheets, stapled into pink and black pictorial card wrappers; [52]pp. Some trivial dusty spots to wrappers, else a bright, Fine copy. This "long short story" marks an important debut..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. The smallest available limitation of this substantial collection of the Bukowski's poetry from the mid-1970's, basis for Dominique Deruddere's 1987 film Crazy Love. Krumhansl 60d; Morrow & Cooney 312e. Deluxe Issue, one of five specially designated copies set aside for the author..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Bukowski's first novel, an autobiographical work based on his years spent as a postal clerk and mail carrier in Los Angeles. He left his job there when publisher John Martin offered him $100 a week for life if he wrote for his..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Sharp copy of Bukowski's first novel, an autobiographical work based on his years spent as a postal clerk and mail carrier in Los Angeles. He left his job there when publisher John Martin offered him $100 a week for life if he..... More
New York: Random House, 1980. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (21.5cm); full black cloth, with titling and author's initials stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xx,262,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Faint paperclip impression to upper front endpaper, else Fine in a...... More
![Item #5069 [TWO POEMS] CHEERED AND GREETED / A WINDOW IN CHERRY VALLEY - SIGNED. Jim Carroll,...](/pictures/thumb/5069.jpg?v=1619408886)
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. First Edition. A slip of a publication produced by Larry Fagin's Adventures in Poetry imprint, and printed on the mimeo machine at St. Mark's Church. Contains two poems - "Cheered and Greeted" by MacAdams, and Carroll's "A Window in Cherry Valley." Uncommon; OCLC notes..... More
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. First Edition. Deluxe issue of Conrad's unfinished novel, which he was working on prior to his death in 1924. Ehrsam 2277; cf.Keating 188. Limited Issue, one of 377 numbered copies printed on large paper and specially bound, this being copy no.40. Octavo..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1932. First Edition. The eleventh book in the author's Captain Kettle series, a lost race novel set in an ancient Mayan city. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1928. First Trade Edition. Douglas's descriptive treatise on the fauna of the Greek Anthology. In his introduction, he mentions his intention to include domestic animals in his survey, which he abandoned; "The wild animals must suffice for the moment; there are some hundred and fifty-three of..... More
[San Francisco: Beatitude], 1975. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of "perhaps the quintessential "Beat" publication...originally published in mimeograph at the Bread and Wine Mission on Grant Avenue in San Francisco's very hip North Beach...Beatitude was originally planned as a weekly newsletter, "designed to extol beauty and promote the beatific life among..... More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1960. First Edition. Arguably the best possible copy of this key reference book on the work of e.e. cummings. George James Firmage (1928-2005) was an editor, literary critic, and an authority on cummings, having compiled and edited numerous volumes of his work. First Printing. Octavo..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1967. First French Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 47 numbered copies printed on Lafuma-Navarre paper, this being copy no.26. Octavo (21.5cm); original printed wrappers; [9],10-288,[4]pp. Hint of sunning to spine and upper edge of front wrapper, else Fine, with the signatures uncut. In the original glassine overlay, 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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. First omnibus edition collecting all five of Hammett's novels (1929-1934) - some of the best crime fiction published between two covers. Layman AA1.c. Thick octavo (19.25cm); pale gray cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; bluish-gray..... More