New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1950. First Edition. The Edgar Award-winning author's sixth novel, basis for Roy Ward Baker's 1952 film noir Don't Bother To Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft in her film debut, and Marilyn Monroe in her first leading dramatic role. Hubin, p.14; The Dark Page, Vol.II, pp.4-5..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable. A truly scarce volume in the first state; the second state featured a corrected black and white title label applied to..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. An especially desirable issue of this early collection; the deluxe issue has shown up at auction 4 times in the last 34 years, and is noted as one of Al Fogel's "Top 20 Bukowski Rarities." Krumhansl 32c. Deluxe Issue, one of 50..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1976. Volume collecting a large portion of Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column which he wrote for Open City between May, 1967 and February, 1969. The column and subsequent publication of the book made Bukowski more famous than nearly anything else he did..... 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
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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
Fort Smith: Border Press, 1965. First Edition. Scarce second issue of this short-lived poetry magazine published by Wayne Philpot's Border Press, containing the first appearance of Bukowski's poem "I Keep Wanting To Cry About Everything But I Can't Get Started". He also contributed the cover illustration titled "Sunday Afternoon in..... More
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San Francisco: Second Coming Press, 1977. First Edition. Sharp copy of this journal published by Winans, a special issue dedicated to his work, the poetry of the late Ed "Foots" Lipman, and Charles Bukowski. 25 of Bukowski poems are printed here, many of them for the first time. Octavo (22.75cm);..... 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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First Edition. Cain's third novel, a story of "the great American institution that never gets mentioned on the Fourth of July, a grass widow with two small children to support" (Hoopes, p.305). Basis for the 1945 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Joan..... More
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[Chicago]: Fenian Head Centre Press, 1966. First Edition. The elusive "drug issue" of Casement's short-lived literary journal, with contributions by Carl Larsen, d.a. levy, Al Young, Ray and Bonnie Bremser, John Sinclair, and others. This copy contains the equally elusive Heroin Haikus insert, containing East Peoria poet Wantling's drug-inspired verse..... More
San Francisco: Crime Music, 1977. Original program / songbook given out at a CRIME show at Mabuhay Gardens in San Francisco on December 17, 1977. Provides the set list for the night and includes lyrics to such songs as Frustration, Crime Wave, Rock 'n Roll Enemy #1, Piss on Your..... More
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. First UK Edition. First translation into English of Dostoevsky's first novel, originally written over the course of nine months between 1844-45. An epistolary novel, focusing on the relationship between two relatives, both living in humiliating poverty, who struggle with their lack of self-esteem..... More
[San Francisco: S.i., ca.1959]. Large, early photographic portrait of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, taken in the basement of his City Lights Bookstore a few years after it opened. Ferlinghetti is seated on a stool, a shelf of books in the background (including Kerouac's Mexico City Blues), pointing at a door painted with..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition Thus. Preceded by the 1938 Stackpole edition. A Near Fine copy, with the top edges of the boards imperceptibly toned, in a Very Good acetate jacket with one small chip and a few splits. The edition consisted of 500 cloth trade copies..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. Early UK printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, centered around the lives of young socialites in post-World War I New York. Both the first and second UK printings of This Side of Paradise vary "unauthoritatively from the first Scribner's printing of the novel..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934. First Edition. A significant copy of this uncommon baseball-themed mystery novel, basis for Edward Sedgwick's 1934 film of the same name, starring Robert Young, Mickey Rooney, and Madge Evans. OCLC notes 12 holdings for the first edition. Hubin, p.143. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm);..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Trade Edition. Attractive copy of the Lebanese-American author's fifth English language book, an illustrated volume of aphorisms, poems, and parables published three years after The Prophet. Uncommon in dustjacket. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt..... More
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. First Edition. First edition of Hammett's "novel" comprised of two stories - "The Big Knockover" and "$106,000 Blood Money" - in which the Continental Op "sets out to find the gang that robbed the Seaman's National Bank of several million dollars, and does battle..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2010. Limited Edition. Handsome edition of Hornby's first novel, basis for Stephen Frears's 2000 film of the same name, starring John Cusack and Jack Black. Octavo (22 cm); full dark blue leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers;..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1942. First Edition. Pseudonymous novel by Cornell Woolrich, first serialized in the pages of Detective Fiction Weekly. A waking nightmare of a novel: "A man quarrels with his wife, goes out and picks up a woman in a bar, spends the evening with her, and comes home..... More
Berlin: Nero-Film AG, 1931. First Edition. Original Austrian premiere program for Fritz Lang's 1931 German film, customized for the film's premiere at the Apollo Theater in Vienna - Lang's birthplace and home for the earlier part of his life. A highly influential pre-war film noir and masterpiece of world cinema..... More
N.P. Universal Pictures Co., 1948. A Fine copy with a single center fold, printed in red and violet on buff-colored paperstock. Measures roughly 5.75 X 8.75 inches (closed) and 5.75 X 11.5 inches (opened). An original advertising herald for the 1948 film noir "Secret Beyond the Door," directed by Fritz..... More
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. First Edition. Sharp copy of the first installment in Lansdale's East Texas series featuring Hap Collins (Liberal White bad-ass) and Leonard Pine (a Black, gay, Republican Vietnam vet). Basis for Sundance TV's popular mini-series Hap and Leonard. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); red cloth, with..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. 40th Anniversary Edition. 40th Anniversary Edition of Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, with a special foreword written by the author. Like the 35th anniversary edition, this one was reprinted dozens of times within a short period. Basis for Robert Mulligan's Oscar-winning 1962 film starring Gregory Peck..... More