Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. A series of Bukowski's journal entries from 1991-1993, illustrated throughout with Crumb's trademark black and white pen illustrations. Krumhansl 156b. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First U.K. Edition. Sharp copy of this posthumous work containing sketches of the author's life in Paris during the 1920's, "in the early days when we were very poor and very happy." Hanneman A46.a. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); dark brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. "The loose plot centers around the efforts of a group of friends to throw a party for "Doc" (who in real life was the oceanographer Ed Ricketts). The good-natured and somewhat ignorant life-style of these people is captured in a "slice-of-life." Steinbeck..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926 [but ca.1933]. Hemingway's great Lost Generation novel about a group of American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to Spain. The pictorial jacket, which depicts a flapper in a sleeveless green dress, was reportedly Hemingway's favorite among all his books, and he was..... More
V.p. S.i., 1963-1971. 1. TLS from Kurt Vonnegut to Bill Corrigan, June 24, 1963. 1 leaf, recto only, signed "Kurt" in pencil; with original mailing envelope, franked, postmarked June 25, 1963. Vonnegut thanks Corrigan for coming to see his play, which he expects to overhaul completely and open with a...... 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
San Francisco: Cranium Press, [1967]. First Edition. Attractive broadside featuring a beatific Ginsberg holding a pair of tablets, containing the text of his poem "Who Be Kind To," written in 1965 prior to a poetry reading at Royal Albert Hall. Designed by American artist Wes Wilson, best-known for his work..... 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
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, Inc., 1992. First Separate Edition. First illustrated edition of Bradbury's time-travel story, first published in the pages of Playboy in 1984. During their decades-long friendship and correspondence, the two men were diligent about inscribing and exchanging books with each other. Safire deeply admired Bradbury's writing, notably..... 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First Edition. The author's third book, a hard-boiled depression-era novel set in Hollywood. Centered around an aspiring young actor and actress, living on the skids and hoping for a break, the novel explores the cut-throat and exploitative nature of the movie business, giving glimpses..... 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
New York: Edward J. Clode, 1927. First Edition. Daly's second novel, first serialized in the pages of Black Mask between June-September, 1927, introducing tough-guy detective Race Williams. Daly (1889-1958) is credited with pioneering the hard-boiled genre, writing in a vernacular style so resonant with readers that it shifted Black Mask's..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Superb association copy of Anderson's hard-hitting play, inscribed to Bella Muni, whose husband Paul Muni starred in the Broadway play version of Key Largo, which ran for 105 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre between November 27, 1939 and February 24, 1940. Basis..... More
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New York: Oxford University Press, American Branch, 1927. First Edition. Scarce anthology of mystery stories compiled by Wells (1862-1942), collecting works by Poe, Hawthorne, Bierce, Dreiser, Moffett, and others. Of particular note is Wells's inclusion of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper, a key work of feminist literature, first published..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. First Edition. Lengthy anthology of short fiction from the golden age of science fiction (1920-1938), edited by Isaac Asimov. Contributors include Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, Neil R. Jones, S.P. Meek, P. Schuyler Miller, Clifford Simak, Charles Tanner, Jack Williamson, Laurence Manning, Donald Wandrei, Murray..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. An exquisite copy of this miniature volume comprised of a single brief poem, issued as a New Year's Greeting by Black Sparrow Press, each copy drawn by calligrapher Roger Marcus and bound by Emily Paine. Scarce in the deluxe issue. Krumhansl 57a..... More
Madison, WI: The Red Ozier Press, 1978. First Edition. Chapbook containing two poems which first appeared in Gay Sunshine, "I Lay Love On My Knee" and "Love Replies." Printed for the benefit of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Association copy, inscribed..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996-2000. First Editions. Attractive set of Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy for young adults. Basis for Chris Weitz's 2007 film The Golden Compass, and the forthcoming TV adaptation by HBO. First Printings. Three octavo volumes (21.5cm); navy blue paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in..... More
Sacramento: Open Skull Press, 1970. First Edition. Attractive copy of this collection of poems by Blazek, most of them drug-induced or sexual in nature. With early cover art by R. Crumb. One of 200 copies. Quarto (28cm); pale yellow mimeographed sheets, side-stapled and glue into illustrated card wrappers; [60]pp. Light..... More
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Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. Complete run 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 respect"..... More
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Madison, WI: Quixote Press, [1972]. Second Edition. Attractive portfolio of levy's work, which he produced during a one month stint in October, 1968 as the "Free University Poet-in-Residence" at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Two editions of the portfolio were assembled and produced by levy's friends and fellow poets..... More
Carmel, CA: Brent Enterprises / Granger Graphics, 1967. First Edition. Humorous collaborative work, an illustrated volume featuring hippies and narcs as the central characters, written in the style of "See Spot. See Spot Run" ("See the hippie chick. See the hippie chick bake cookies. See the hippie chick eat the..... More
Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967. First Edition. Scarce, collaborative work by these two prominent Cleveland poets. Contents consist of a series of letters from Wagner to levy, all written from Niagara Falls, and all deeply steeped in Buddhist/Egyptian/Jewish mystical language. With a lengthy introduction by T.L. Kryss, and a preface..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Attractive association copy of this early collection of Bradbury's space-themed poetry. During their decades-long friendship and correspondence, Safire reviewed Bradbury's Zen and the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity for his New York Times column "On Language," and frequently cited Bradbury's work..... More