Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. A significant collection, containing 12 of Chandler's short stories which first appeared in the pages of Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Saturday Review of Literature. Includes Chandler's oft-quoted and much-anthologized essay "The Simple Art of..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1952. Second Edition. An exemplary copy of this key collection of short fiction by Borges, including the title story - a literary and metaphysical masterpiece. The second edition adds four new stories and a brief afterword which did not appear in the first (1949), along..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. First Edition. Substantial volume of Wyeth's work, supervised by him step-by-step, with the paintings reproduced here photographed directly from the originals. A Christmas gift from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee to her older sister Frances Louise Conner (née Lee, 1916-2009). While we have handled dozens..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright's first book, based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of journalist Ernie Pyle. Miller was tasked by Hollywood to gather material for "an honest movie" about American GI's during the war, about their training, daily life, their..... More
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1970-2002. First Editions. Complete set of Bukowski's "New Year's Greeting" chapbooks published by the Black Sparrow Press. Founded by John Martin in 1966, who the following year began the tradition of sending out an annual New Year's Greeting to friends..... More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1983. A particularly effusive letter from Kennedy, expressing both great admiration for Salter's work, as well as gratitude for a generous letter in response to reading Billy Phelan's Greatest Game. "That was one of the best letters I've ever gotten in my life -- your response..... More
Missoula, MT: S.i., 1983. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first letter to Salter, written in response to his appreciation of Ford's Esquire essay "The Three Kings: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Fitzgerald" (December 1, 1983). Ford expresses his appreciation of the letter, mentioning "I didn't think I'd done much for the Faulkner-Hemingway-Fitzgerald canon..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. The second of two bound galleys for McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, both issued prior to the uncorrected proof copy in blue printed wrappers. The first state of the galleys was issued roughly six months prior to the publication date of October 2..... More
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of McCarthy's semi-autobiographical fourth novel set in the early 1950's, following Cornelius Suttree, who has repudiated his life of privilege to spend his life as a fisherman on the Tennessee River. Though now widely considered one of McCarthy's most serious..... More
[New York: S.i., 2006]. Complete draft typescript of McCarthy's tenth novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007, and basis for the 2009 John Hillcoat film starring Viggo Mortenson. This copy originated with Gary Fisketjon, McCarthy's long-time editor at Knopf, who oversaw the publication of The Border Trilogy..... More
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New York: Rapoport Printing, Inc. / Larry Clark, [1979]; 1987. A striking pair of Clark's highly-regarded documentary photobooks, depicting "youthful alienation as a full-time way of life, with little or no way back into society. His documentation of communes in Tulsa, where serious drug-taking rated higher than casual sex on..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First Trade Edition. Attractive copy of one of the two cornerstone works of the Alcoholics Anonymous movement, which explains the 24 basic principles of AA and their application. The book was simultaneously-issued by Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc. (for members) and Harper & Brothers (for..... More
N.p. S.i., ca.1956-58. Large, charming drawing by Warhol (1928-1987) depicting a pair of cherubs at play, similar to those found in his mid-1950's series In the Bottom of My Garden. "To make a blotted line drawing, Warhol would draw an image (or, often, trace from a photograph) onto a sheet..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First Edition. Orwell's towering work of dystopian fiction, the vocabulary of which has become a part of the fabric of our culture. Basis for two notable film adaptations: Michael Anderson's 1956 film starring Edmund O'Brien, and the Michael Radford's later picture starring John Hurt and..... More
Chicago & New York: F. Tennyson Neely Publisher, 1895. First Edition. Attractive copy of this key work of late-19th century weird and supernatural fiction, an influence on author's as wide-ranging as H.P. Lovecraft, Raymond Chandler, and Stephen King. A group of interrelated short stories, "running through many of them, though..... More
Storrs, CT & Stockton, CA: Wormwood Review Press, 1962-1999. First Editions. Substantial group of Marvin Malone's long-running little magazine. In addition to printing a who's-who of post-War American poets, the magazine was a major publishing vehicle for the work of California poet Charles Bukowski. Wormwood Review published 146 issues during..... More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1956. First Edition. Superlative copy of Miller's novella based on his bohemian lifestyle in 1930's Paris. The text was complimented by Brassaï's ethereal photographs, which were allegedly to be used for the Obelisk Press edition of Tropic of Cancer, but ended up being left out. Basis..... More
Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972. First Edition. Well-preserved copy of this artist's book, which accompanied an exhibition of prints, drawings, and books by Ruscha held at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, April 18 - May 28, 1972. The exhibition was organized by Edward A. Foster, Curator of Prints..... More
London: Arthur Baker Ltd., 1938. First UK 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
Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1950. First Edition. Sharp copy of this key Van Vogt title, collecting two novellas - Masters of Time and The Changeling - both of which originally appeared in the pages of Astounding Science Fiction. First Printing, Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies signed on an..... More
[Easthampton, MA]: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Limited Edition. A lovely copy of the twelfth publication by the Cheloniidae Press, printed by master printer Harold Patrick McGrath, a visual feast for bird lovers and abecedary enthusiasts alike. Deluxe Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. First Edition. Handsome copy of Disney's memoir, as told to his daughter and journalist Pete Martin, dealing not only with his Hollywood career, "but also with his personal life and the background on which his success was based: the grinding poverty of his..... More
San Francisco: George Stanley, [1962]. First Edition. Scarce, well-preserved issue of this Spicer circle mimeo publication, a one-off magazine edited by George Stanley. Dubbed "an amalgam of the San Francisco Capitalist-Bloodsucker, a journal of Marxist opinion, and N -- the magazine of the future," the issue contains contributions by Jack..... More
Millerton, NY: Aperture & The Museum of Modern Art, 1972. First Edition. Attractive copy of this collection of Arbus's uncompromising photographs, published just after her untimely death in 1971, and edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. "Arbus is regarded by many as little more than a voyeuristic photographer of..... More
Boston & New York: Cupples, Upham & Co. / G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. First Edition. Attractive copy of this important 19th century Nevada book, and a key history of the Piute tribe and its dealings with European Americans. Hopkins (1844-1891) was the daughter of a Piute chief, an author, educator..... More