London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1962. First Edition. Superior copy of the author's best-known work, a violent dystopia, and basis for Stanley Kubrick's highly-regarded 1971 film of the same name. The idea for Burgess's novel, sadly, was inspired by real-life events: his wife Llewela was violently assaulted by several G.I.'s during..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1931. First American Edition. Second volume in Charteris's series featuring his long-lived and internationally famous anti-hero Simon Templar, a.k.a. The Saint. While Templar made his debut in the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger, Charteris was dissatisfied with the book..... More
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[New York: S.i,], 1993. A lengthy letter from Knight to Eugene H. Winick (1936-2020) literary agent and longtime president of the McIntosh & Otis agency, discussing in great detail the artwork Knight created for the 1993 New York Is Book Country poster, which featured his beloved character Eloise. "Simon &..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. An attractive copy of the author's beloved Halloween classic, in which the characters travel through time to visit Halloween's past. First Printing. Octavo (23cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in orange and silver on spine and front cover;..... More
Boston: D.L. Guernsey, Publisher, 1882. First Edition Thus. "Almost anyone who encountered Lincoln in a significant way felt compelled sooner or later to tell about it, often less with a view to adding to the historical record than to caressing Lincoln's memory. As the supply and demand for reminiscences fed..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Handsome edition of Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir. "Printed privately in 1907 and published to wide acclaim shortly after the author's death in 1918, The Education of Henry Adams is a brilliant, idiosyncratic blend of autobiography and history that charts the great transformation..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First American Edition. Octavo (18.75cm); dark brown vertically-ribbed cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and in blind to spine and covers; [ii],vi,351,[3]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, softening to corners (though still sharp), with a few small rubbed spots to cloth, and some..... More
Cambridge: Printed by Hilliard & Metcalf, For the University, 1811. Second American Edition. First published in London in 1766, the Cambridge editions of the Lexicon were published in 1802 and 1811, for use at Harvard University. This edition slightly expanded from the 1802 edition. Rosenbach 161. Octavo (23cm); contemporary tree..... More
Trenton, NJ: D. Fenton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham, 1816. First Edition. An attempt to prove that the Native Americans were estranged descendants of the Israelite peoples by Boudinot (1740-1821), a New Jersey lawyer, Congressman, and passionate advocate for Native American rights. Howes B-643; Rosenbach 180; Sabin 6856. Octavo (21cm);..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition. First Printing, one of 2,040 copies. Octavo (18.75cm); publisher's D binding in purple cloth, with Thoreau named as the author of Walden and A Week on Concord River on spine; brown coated endpapers; [x],252pp, with publisher's 22pp catalog dated December, 1864 bound at..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1966. First Edition. Contains the following contributions by Bukowski: "Buffalo Bill," "A Little Atomic Bomb," "The Colored Birds," "Fag, Fag, Fag," and "The Screw Game." Includes a 14-item "Beginner's Bibliography of Bukowski." Dorbin B11. One of 600 numbered copies, this being copy no.249. Slim..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1963. First Edition. Contains the first appearance of four Bukowski poems: "It's Not/Who Lived Here/," "Poem For My 43rd Birthday," "The End," and "The Vulgar Sounds Rise My Misery." With additional contributions by Carl Larsen, Gil Orlovitz, Kirby Congdon, Emilie Glen, and others. Dorbin..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1962. First Edition. An early issue of Marvin Malone's long-running literary journal, and Bukowski's second appearance in WR, featuring the first appearance of his poems "For Jane" and "The Sharks." A small but significant copy; Icarus was the only outfit to take out ad..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1988. First Edition. Double-issue of Wormwood Review, one of the few dedicated entirely to Bukowski's work. Krumhansl 109. Deluxe Issue, one of 75 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.5. Slim octavo (20.75cm); illustrated card wrappers, stapled; 88pp. A Fine, unread..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1984. First Edition. Collection of poems inspired by one of Bukowski's great loves - watching horses at the racetrack. A Bukowski "A" item, with the entire issue of WR dedicated to his work. Krumhansl 91. One of 700 numbered copies, this being copy no.687..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1981. First Edition. Special issue of WR, containing a 20pp section printed on orange stock dedicated to Bukowski's work - Charles Bukowski's Good-By To Hollywood (Plus Four Drawings). With additional contributions by Phil Weidman, Lyn Lifshin, Steve Richmond, Gerald Locklin, Guy Cochrane, and others..... More
Stockton, CA: The Wormwood Review Press, 1974. First Edition. Contains a 16pp section printed on yellow paper at center, dedicated to Bukowski's work. With contributions by Phil Weidman, Lyn Lifshin, Al Masarik, and others. One of 700 numbered copies, this being copy no.309. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated card wrappers, stapled;..... More
Storrs, CT: The Wormwood Review Press, 1964. First Edition. An early issue of WR, with the center spread dedicated exclusively to Bukowski's work, printed on yellow stock; includes his poems "the dogs," "poetess - for S.S.V.," "The Literary Life," "When You Wait For The Dawn To Crawl Through the Screen..... More
Richmond, VA: I.N. Jones & Son, 1898. First Edition. Detailed analysis of the healing and chemical properties of the various hot springs in Bath County, Virginia. Froehling, a German-born chemist, who in 1881 established a chemical laboratory and caol mining consulting firm in Richmond. OCLC notes 2 holdings (U.Virginia, NY..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. First Edition. Superlative copy of this post-apocalyptic novel, which "recalls the catastrophic plague that decimated the modern world, plunging it into a barbarism from which no recovery can be made" (Barron 1-60, Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Ed). BAL 11960, Woodbridge 128; Bleiler, p.183. First..... More
[Stockton, CA]: The Wormwood Review Press, 1978. First Edition. Humorous and reflective volume of poems related to life, love, sex, and the women in Bukowski's life. Krumhansl 64. One of 640 numbered copies, this being copy no.480. Slim octavo (21.25cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 120pp. A Fine copy. More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. First Edition. The National Book Award-winning author's first collection of short stories, narrated by a troubled man identified only as "Fuckhead," exploring the lives of several addicts living in rural America. Basis for Alison Maclean's 1999 film of the same name, starring Billy..... More
New York: Adama Books, 1983 [but 1985]. First Edition Thus [First Trade Edition]. A Review Copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. 12mo. (15cm); laminated pictorial boards; [56]pp; illus. Some toning to two sides of the review slip; book is Fine, without dustjacket, as issued. An attractive abecedary, preceded by..... More
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2004. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Oblong octavo (14.75cm); glossy pictorial boards; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; [44]pp; illus. Signed by Neumeyer on the title page. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $12.95). Reissue of this collaborative work by Neumeyer and Gorey, first published..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. First Printing. Oblong quarto (17.25cm); pumpkin cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in purple on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [32]pp; illus. Inscribed by Gorey on the title page in the year of publication: "6 December 1968 / For Jonathan..... More