Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. First four issues of this poetry journal called "the overseas wing of the New York School...The magazine was definitely "no nonsense" from the beginning, presenting no manifestoes or editorial statements, just high-quality literature - simply and elegantly presented with care and..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1955. First American Edition. The first of three novels in Beckett's Trilogy, written in Paris between 1947-1950, which include Malone Dies and The Unnamable. An uncommon advance; while we are aware that review slips often migrate from lesser copies to better ones, evidence dictates this one..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1947. First Edition. An attractive copy of Bellow's second book, a Burgess 99 novel. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); full black cloth, with titles stamped in blue on spine; powder blue topstain; dustjacket; [viii],294,[2]pp. Trivial wear to spine ends, faint foxing to text edges, with..... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964. First Edition. The first of a dozen small press books by the New York poet and visual artist, a major figure in the East Village poetry scene. The volume collects seven poems, an early title published by d.a. levy's Cleveland-based Renegade Press. Bergé would go on..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, Inc., 1929. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title and Berkeley's fifth novel featuring detective Roger Sherringham. A Crime Club offers to crack a case which has stumped Scotland Yard, involving an accidental death by poisoned..... 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
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First Edition. Collection of nine poems, which first appeared in the pages of Hearse, Targets, Midwest, The Other, Blitz, The Goodly Company, and Wormwood Review. Uncommon signed. Krumhansl 34b. Hardcover Issue, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with red title labels..... More
Glendale, CA: Poetry X/Change, [1968]. First Edition. Stunning copy of this early collection of verse, including "86'd" and "The Hairy Fist and Love Will Die", which has not been collected in any Black Sparrow Press edition of the author's work. Uncommon; we find 2 copies only in the auction record..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Edition. Final volume of Bukowski's selected correspondence, from 1978 leading up the month before his death in 1994. Lettered copies uncommon. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, this being copy 'Z'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip..... More
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Mamroneck, NY: The Midatlantic Review, 1975. First Edition. Sharp copy of this poetry journal, printing three poems by Bukowski, with contributions by Billy Collins, Ann Menebroker, Ray DiPalma, and Christopher Buckley, et al. "Big Max" would also appear in Bukowski's 1977 collection Love Is A Dog From Hell (pp.142-143). Slim..... 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
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Superior copy of the author's best-known work, a violent dystopia, and basis for Stanley Kubrick's highly-regarded 1971 film of the same name. The idea for Burgess's novel, sadly, was inspired by real-life events: his wife Llewela was violently assaulted by several G.I.'s during..... 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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First American Edition. Chandler's fourth novel, basis for the 1947 film noir directed by Robert Montgomery, who played the role of Philip Marlowe alongside Audrey Totter and Lloyd Nolan. Bruccoli A4.1.a. First Printing, one of 6,000 copies. Octavo; lime green cloth, with titling and..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1959. First Edition. An early young adult novel by the creator of the Ramona and Henry Huggins series, uncommon inscribed. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); mauve cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [8],9-284,[4]pp; illus. Generically inscribed by..... 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
London: Faber & Faber, 1944. First U.K. Edition. "The Four Quartets, the most important poem since Yeats' The Tower, and, as many think, of the century, were written over ten years...Although Eliot had long taken leave of modernism as a creed, and disapproved of poetry as a substitute for religion..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. The most limited state of this attractive re-issue of Fante's 1952 novel. Basis for the 1956 Richard Quine film starring Judy Holliday, Richard Conte, and Salvatore Baccaloni. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 specially-bound lettered copies, this being copy 'H'. Octavo (23.5cm);..... More
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. First appearance of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, preceding its publication in book format on 12 April, 1934, with illustrations throughout by Edward Shenton. A uniformly attractive set, typically found in bound volumes, missing wrappers, or bearing library marks. Four quarto issues (28cm); pictorial..... 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
Lawrence, KS: T. Williams, Publisher, 1967. First Edition. Broadside printing a poem written by Ginsberg at midnight, February 12, 1966, on his way to Kansas. Lino-cut of the title, Ginsberg's name, and his trademark three-headed fish uncredited. Morgan AA7. Original illustrated broadside, offset printed in black on light brown wove..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition. Photoplay edition for the seminal pre-code gangster movie set in Chicago, and the vehicle which catapulted James Cagney to stardom. Cagney's character was based on real-life Chicago gangster Earle "Hymie" Weiss and bootlegger Charles "Deanie" O'Banion. The screenplay, based on Glasmon and..... More
Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1954. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo; illustrated wraps, with cover art by Barye Phillips; yellow edge-staining; 175pp, [1]. Some trivial rubbing along front joint and a few stress creases to covers; Very Good+ to Near fine. Goodis' eighth paperback original, centered around three winos..... More