Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. First Printing, with publisher's "P6" code in the lower gutter of p.199. Octavo; full maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 199pp. Several small, faint brown stains scattered along upper edge of text, and two small soiled spots in..... 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
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1952. First British Edition. First Impression. Octavo; green textured boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine; 320pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Hint of a lean, cloth a touch loose at the crown, with some minor fading to the board edges;..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. A notable work by the influential Fluxus poet, which he began in early June of 1962, as a chart listing 280 names of kinds of light. Contains six pages of end-matter detailing his notes on methods used during the composition of his..... More
New York: The Fountain Press, 1930. First Edition. A delightful autobiographical sketch by the creator of Winnie the Pooh, illustrated throughout by Ernest Shepard. Limited Issue, one of 842 copies numbered and signed by the author, this being copy no.826. Octavo (23cm); pink, black and white animal-patterned cloth, with beige..... More
N.p. Rank Xerox, [1970]. First Edition. Attractive copy of Munari's important monograph on the use of the photocopier in art, and its democratic potential for usage by individuals without artistic training. Bruno Munari (1907-1998) was an Italian artist, designer, and inventor, and one of the first artists to experiment with..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1988. First Edition. Autobiographical work tracing Roth's life from his childhood in New Jersey through his rise as one of the towering figures in American letters. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.66. Octavo (23.5cm); rust-colored..... More
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998. First American Edition. The first volume in Rowling's beloved children's series - a unique copy in an attractive artisan binding. Errington A4(a). First Printing. Octavo (23.75cm); design binding by Patricia & George Sargeant of the Dragonfly Bindery; full burgundy leather..... More
New York: Radio Ethiopia, [1979]. First Edition. Broadside advertising the Patti Smith Group's shows at the Palladium, on May 22-23, 1979. The left half features a portrait of Jesus Christ and the Sacred Heart, next to the lyrics for Smith's song "Hymn." Her signature, illustration of a crucifix, and a...... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First Edition. A slim, early collection of poems, dedicated to Allen Lanier, Arthur Rimbaud, and William S. Burroughs, with a cover portrait of Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe. A well-preserved copy of a book typically found read to death, particularly desirable with a contemporary signature..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Stegner's eleventh novel, centered around wheelchair-bound historian Lyman Ward, who has lost connection with his son and living family and decides to write about his frontier-era grandparents. The novel was based directly on the letters of Mary Hallock Foote, later..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition. Substantial gathering of Wieners's poetry and prose, spanning nearly three decades. Edited by Raymond Foye, with a preface by Robert Creeley. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Wieners, Creeley, and editor Raymond Foye, this being copy..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket. Very gently nudged at the crown of the jacket's spine, else Fine. This copy belonged to noted science fiction author Philip José Farmer, inscribed to him by Willeford in the year..... More