New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Sharp copy of Rice's first novel, in which Louis, the protagonist, "dictates his life story into a tape recorder manned by a young man and would-be acolyte. Turned into a vampire in the 1790s by Lestat, a master vampire, Louis chronicles his..... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition. The Philadelphia author's third novel, a bizarre paean and cathartic payback to his estranged wife, Elaine Astor. The novel tells the story of Clara Ervin, a manipulative, calculating, and cold-blooded woman who systematically emasculates and ruins her husband, as well as..... More
London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896 [but 1895]. First Edition. Attractive copy of Hardy's last completed novel, centered around Jude Fawley, a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. Purdy, pp.86-91. First Impression, mixed state, with gatherings A-B, D, and F showing partially-blank pages unnumbered, and gatherings C, E, G-H..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Sharp copy of Bukowski's first novel, an autobiographical work based on his years spent as a postal clerk and mail carrier in Los Angeles. He left his job there when publisher John Martin offered him $100 a week for life if he..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. An exquisite production by the Black Sparrow Press, and the final issue of Sparrow magazine, containing 12 poems by Charles Bukowski. While the simultaneous issue in wrappers was produced in a run of 1,402 copies, the cloth issue remains among the scarcest..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Bukowski's first book published by Black Sparrow Press, a collection of early poems describing L.A. and Hollywood as cold and inhospitable, containing a marvelous and lengthy inscription, composed two weeks after publication, to poet John Thomas Idlet (1930-2002). Bukowski and Thomas maintained..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1950. First Edition. "In Burning Bright Steinbeck attempted to develop a new technique of writing, which he termed "play-novelette" - described in the foreword as "a play that is easy to read or a short novel that can be played simply by lifting out the..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1929. First American Edition. Green's second novel, centered around "a family business...an engineering works in Birmingham which a young man takes over from his dying father. But, despite the delicious satire on his position and love affairs, the book is really about skilled..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Original prospectus for this collaborative work between Jess and Robert Duncan, reproducing an illustration at upper half, along with a synopsis, and publication information. cf.Morrow & Cooney 105. Illustrated prospectus, printed in black, goldenrod, and brown on white stock, measuring 14cm x...... More
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, in The Strand, 1808. Seventh Edition (and First Bagster Edition). Octavo (22cm); full crushed dark brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spines in six compartments, with five raised bands, gilt-tooled border and decorative corner pieces to covers; titling and salmon devices stamped in gilt in spine compartments;..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1895. First Edition. Handsome edition of this monumental work on the Marquis de La Fayette by Tower, Jr. (1848-1923), tracing his career in America from his arrival in 1777 until his return to France after the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. Tower's own copy, in presentation..... More
New York: The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, 1971. First Edition. Notable issue of this long-running magazine, including three poems by Velvet Underground singer Lou Reed. Includes contributions by Richard Brautigan, Ted Berrigan, Jim Carroll, Diane Di Prima, Larry Fagin, Bernadette Mayer, Alice Notley, Ron Padgett, Brigid Polk..... More
New York: The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, 1972. First Edition. Notable issue of this long-running magazine, including the poem "Ladies and Gentlemen Blaise Cendrars is Not Dead" by National Book Award winner Patti Smith, which by her admission, has never been reprinted outside this publication. Additional contributions..... More
[New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973]. First Edition. Attractive copy of this early Smith "A" item, printed and distributed by the Gotham Book Mart in an edition of 125 copies, and an additional 26 lettered copies. A stream-of-consciousness poem dealing with performance, heroin use, William Burroughs, Allen Lanier, coffee, Mick..... More
[San Francisco]: City Lights Books, 1965. Attractive copy of this prose-poem by Ferlinghetti, first written in 1964. Second Printing. Broadside, with text offset printed in black on both sides, and folded twice to resemble a pamphlet. Inscribed by the author to a former UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara librarian..... More
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Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, 1980. First Edition. A key issue of TriQuarterly containing 'The Scalphunters,' the first appearance in any format of Cormac McCarthy's western novel Blood Meridian. 'The Scalphunters' was eventually developed into Chapter 12 in Blood Meridian, and while brief, it contains significant textual variations from the finished..... More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2020. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated card wrappers; 348,[4]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, with faint sticker residue to rear wrapper, else Fine and unread. More
New York: Granta USA Ltd., 2001. First Edition. Contains Murakami's story "Thailand," with contributions by A.M. Homes, Judith Hermann, Penelope Fitzgerald, David Feuer, Andrew Brown, and others. Octavo (21cm); photographic card wrappers; [8],9-255pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, a few faint scuffs to wrappers, else Near Fine. More
New York: Granta US, 1998. First Edition. Contains Murakami's story "The Seventh Man," along with contributions by Orhan Pamuk, Paul Theroux, James Hamilton-Paterson, Charles Nicholl, Julia Blackburn, Stephen Gill, and others. Octavo (21cm); photographic card wrappers; [8],9-270pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 1990. First Edition. Third installment of Bloomsbury's annual miscellany, edited by Alberto Manguel. Contains Haruki Murakami's short story "A Perfect Day for Kangaroos," with contributions by Margaret Atwood, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Julian Barnes, Anita Desai, Umberto Eco, Ursula K. LeGuin, Günter Grass, John Hawkes..... More
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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Editions. Long narrative poem by the former Fugs co-founder, Peace Eye Bookstore proprietor, and activist, chronicling the history of 20th century America. Deluxe Issues, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author (copies 'Y' and 'T' respectively). Two octavo..... More
[Newport, RI: S.i., 1943]. An early, lyrical, and autobiographical prose piece by Kerouac on hitch-hiking out of New York to his native New England. Written while Kerouac was convalescing in the mental ward of the Naval hospital in Newport, RI, while he was enlisted in the Navy; he was hospitalized..... More
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Santa Fe: Norm Moser / Illuminations, 1971. First Edition. Fifth issue of this New Mexico-based literary journal, here dedicated entirely to The Gentleman-Caller, a damatic work by African American playwright Ed Bullins, a major figure in the Black Arts Movement. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets, side-stapled into photo-illustrated wrappers; [iv],15,[6]pp. Light..... More
Lawrence, KS: Tansy Publications, 1970. First Edition. Fourth issue of this Kansas-based poetry journal, with contributions by Anselm Hollo, Theodore Enslin, Don Byrd, Richard Grossinger, and others. Includes two poems by Arkansas poet Frank Stanford, "Tapsticks" and "Chimera." Quarto (27.25cm); illustrated card wrappers; 60pp; illus. Some trivial wear to extremities..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005. Limited Edition. Handsome edition of Vonnegut's final collection of essays published before his death in 2007. Octavo (22.5cm); full navy blue leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; xiv,146pp; illus. Signed by the author on a preliminary leaf. A...... More