Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1972. First Edition. A distinguished copy of Atwood's second novel, touching on themes of gender identity, environmental conservation, and Canadian nationalism. Fry (1917-?) was employed at McClelland and Stewart from 1965-1971, working closely with Farley Mowat, Sinclair Ross, and Ernest Buckler. Significantly, she served as..... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., [ca.1946]. An attractive copy of the eleventh Oz book. Reprint. Octavo (23.5cm); beige cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine, and color title leaf mounted to front cover; dustjacket; 312,[2]pp; with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's name to "This..... More
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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993, 1999. First Editions. The second and third volumes of Berlin's short fiction published by the Black Sparrow Press, collecting between them 41 stories written between 1987-1998, several of which first appeared in the pages of City Lights Review, Folio, Gas, In This Corner, Jejeune..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy of the uncorrected proof in a Very Good+ example of the trial dustjacket. The book is bound in red wrappers with a white publisher's label printed in black. The jacket measures 3/8" taller than the proof, resulting in some..... More
New York: Marks Edition, 1947. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed card wrappers; 7,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front cover, above his printed name. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. A piano solo by Bowles, "written as a dance number for Anita Alvarez. First performance at Town Hall..... 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: 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
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. An early collection, gathering work from It Catches My Heart In Its Hands, Crucifix in a Deathhand, and At Terror Street and Agony Way, along with new poems written during the early 1970's. Krumhansl 46d. Deluxe Issue, one of five specially designated..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1960. First French Edition. First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's "Service de Presse" punch to lower margin of rear wrapper. Octavo; publisher's plain beige wrappers, printed in black and red; 194pp, [5]. Inscribed by Cioran (in French) on the half-title page. Spine and text edges gently sunned..... More
Berkeley and San Francisco: Last Gasp Eco Funnies, 1981-1993. First Edition. Complete run of Crumb's magazine-sized comics anthology, published between 1981-1993. The magazine featured Crumb's own new work, and showcased work by a new generation of cartoonists alongside many from the Zap! Comix days. Contributors include Harvey Pekar, Raymond Pettibon..... 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
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1973. First UK Edition. The Nobel Prize-winning musician's second book, a hefty volume collecting his lyrics from 1962-1971, arranged by album era. "This is the first time that all the lyrics of the legendary songwriter and folk singer have been collected in one volume. Besides the..... More
New York: New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Attractive copy of Everson's first major collection, gathering selections from his previous volumes, together with at least one unpublished poem and a three-page preface by the poet. Warmly inscribed to his preliminary bibliographer, the poet and editor David Kherdian, who included Everson's work..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titling and rule stamped in..... 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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. First Edition. First Printing, one of 7,650 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); full hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; [viii],145,[1]+[2]pp ads. Spine ends gently nudged, hint of offsetting from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else a fresh..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Edition. A novel centered around the social drama which unfolds in an upstate New York town during the Civil War. The protagonist, Abner Beech, is a Northerner opposed to the invasion of the South; he is branded a "copperhead" by his abolitionist neighbors..... 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: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. First American Edition. Considerably less common that its British counterpart; when Lord of the Flies was first published in the U.S. in 1955, it sold only 2,383 copies before quickly going out of print. By the numbers, fewer copies of the American edition were produced..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. First Edition. An early anthology of James's work selected and edited by Ruth Head, who had James's blessing before he died, giving her permission to publish extracts from his many works. Edel & Laurence A76a; BAL 10692. First Impression, English Issue, one of 700 copies..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1970. First Edition. Collection of 20 stories revised (or in some cases, completely re-written) by H.P. Lovecraft, who made his living principally from revising manuscripts for poets and aspiring writers interested in macabre fiction. With an introduction by August Derleth, and contributions by Elizabeth Berkeley, Sonia..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. The first volume in Mann's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. Easily the most elusive of the four books..... More
New York: Remember I Did This For You / A Power Mad Book, 1978. First Edition. One of four mimeographed books of poetry produced between 1978-79 by Steve Levine and Barbara Barg's Remember I Did This For You press, all volumes with covers designed by Rae Berolzheimer. Master's relationship to..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1970. First Hardcover Edition. An exemplary copy of Matheson's best-known book, originally published as a Gold Medal paperback original in 1954. "In a world filled with vampires, the "normal" man becomes the real vampire. Atomic war unleashes a long-dormant disease that turns everyone into a...... More