Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. A substantial collection of poems, representing roughly a sixth of Bukowski's output from 1981-84, and the last of his books for which he produced original paintings. This is a particularly nice example from the collection of Earle and Larry Gray, owners of..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 751 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.386. Octavo (24cm); jade green paper-covered boards and grayish-brown cloth backstrip, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine, with decorative elements stamped..... More
New York: Bantam Books / Timescape Books / Arbor House, 1981-1985. First Editions. A late, detailed series of novels in which a group of religious seekers forms to explore the revelatory visions of Dick's alter ego, Horselover Fat, who has achieved "miraculous enlightenment courtesy of the godlike Vast Active Living..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1990. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no.127. Folio (57.75cm); loose lithographed sheets (ca.15" x 22"), housed in a red cloth clamshell case, with title printed in black on front cover, and the Companion To Biotherm..... More
London: The Limited Editions Club, 1931. Limited Edition. One of 1,500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator, this being copy no.1,200. Quarto (30cm); tan cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers; publisher's original..... More
New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American Edition. Later state of the text, with the following points corrected: cancel title leaf with copyright page dated 1884, p.9 with "Decides," p.13 with the illustration "Him and Another Man" listed on p.87, "with the saw" on p.57, p.283 with..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a handful of copies specially bound and signed by Miller and Bowles, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and floral-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine;..... More
New York: Ace Books, 1994. First Ace Hardcover Edition (and Tenth Anniversary Edition). "In a highly urbanized future dominated by cybernetics and bioengineering, anti-hero Case is rescued from wretchedness and given back the ability to send his persona into the cyberspace of the world's computer networks, where he must carry..... More
London: White Lion Publishers, 1974. First U.K. Edition. First hardcover edition of this early novel (originally issued as an Ace paperback original in 1963), set in a depopulated, post-apocalyptic future world. "The human remnants of the intersystem wars play a territory-oriented game designed to maximize births in an almost sterile..... More
London: Macmillan London Limited / Orbit, 1987-2012. First Editions. Complete set of the Scottish author's sprawling ten-volume Culture series. "The books focus on the titular Culture, a utopian, post-scarcity space society that is humanoid in nature but did not originate on Earth. The stories revolve around how the Culture wields..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 60 numbered copies specially bound and signed by Bowles and Vidal, this being copy no.56. Octavo (23.75cm); decorative paper-covered boards and teal patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [ii],[14],15-417,[7]pp. Upper rear..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1968. First Edition. A collection of 25 essays and short stories, many of which first appeared in the pages of The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Collier's Magazine, Esquire, and Cosmopolitan. Pieratt, Huffman & Klinkowitz AG1. First Printing (one of 5,000 copies), a review copy, with the publisher's..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928. First American Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); salmon-colored cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; xii,178,[2]pp; illus. Thin (7/8") split at center of front hinge, with some offsetting to front endpaper and..... More
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY & Devonshire, England: Quixote, 1954-1960. First Editions. Complete run of this magazine produced by author, editor, and educator Jean Rikhoff (1926-2018), who sought during six turbulent years to publish "a true "literary" magazine – NOT the academic journal or the psuedo-sophisticated slick, but a magazine which presents real..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1922. Professor Tolkien's first book, a glossary of Middle English words designed to accompany his old tutor Kenneth Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose. "Tolkien gained praise for his glossary, which was unlike most others. Whereas it was a trend of the days to suggest (often..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of eight copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1985-1986]. First U.K. Edition. Atwood's chilling dystopian novel, set in "a world ruled by militaristic fundamentalists in which sexual pleasure is forbidden. Conception and childbirth have become difficult and the handmaid of the title belongs to a special breeding stock. The story is annotated by a historian..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1953. First Edition. "Satanist Canon Copley-Syle attempts to create an army of homunculi to war against the free world. The first step in the plan is to animate his prototype creature with the soul of the heroine, Christina, who was pledged to Satan at birth by..... More
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1945. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,000 copies. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xii,[3],4-309,[3]pp. Lower right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), with some pinpoint wear..... More
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1987. First Trade Edition. First Printing, one of 30,000 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 400pp, with 10 full-color illustrations by Phil Hale. Hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in a...... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990. First, Limited Edition. One of 400 copies. Oblong quarto (41.5cm x 26.25cm); vertically-ribbed navy blue cloth, with title labels mounted to spine and front cover; [ii],[4],5-113,[5]pp; illus. Upper right board corner imperceptibly tapped (though still sharp), trivial surface wear; Near Fine. "A history of..... More
Los Angeles: S.i., 1976. Carbon typescript draft on two leaves of white bond (measuring 8.5" x 11"), with Bukowski's name and Carlton Way address at upper left corner. 53 lines (225 words), signed "Charles Bukowski" in blue pen, dated 6-5-76. Mild handling, with four small holographic corrections in blue ink..... More
New York: Mariner Books, 2023. First Edition. First Printing, limited issue, one of an unspecified number of copies signed for the publisher on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.75cm); royal blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; [xii],449,[5]pp. Fine and unread in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of five sets specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophons. Two octavo volumes..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Deluxe Issue, one of seven copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered board and..... More