San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2018. Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies, specially bound and slipcased, this being copy no.68. Folio (40.75cm); iridescent pale gold cloth boards and brown morocco backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's original dark brown gilt-stamped slipcase; [ii],[7],8-250,[4]pp, with a color pictorial..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2004. Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist and translator, this being copy no.215. Folio (38.75cm); full burgundy moire cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [2],x,107,[5]pp, with illustrations by William Hamilton. A Fine..... More
Paris: Denoël, 1954. First French Edition. True first edition of the French crime fiction duo's third novel, preceding the British edition by two years and the American by three. Basis for the iconic 1958 film noir Vertigo, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, and Barbara Bel..... More
New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2014. First Edition. Regular Issue, one of 100 copies. Slim octavo (24cm); letterpress printed sheets, string-tied into handmade sage green paper wrappers; [4],5-10,[2]pp, with photographic frontispiece of Salter and Matthiessen together at the beach. A Fine copy of this intimate, haunting memorial by Salter about..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of four copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (24cm); bound in coarse patterned..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. First Edition Thus. Deluxe Issue, one of a handful of copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher and 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..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of a handful of 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); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Cloth Issue, one of three copies specially bound and designated for the printer, binder and publisher's file, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (24.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and multicolored cloth backstrip, with title label..... More
Hollywood, CA: Michael Montfort, 1987. First Edition. A series of candid photographs of Bukowski, taken by his good friend and collaborator Michael Montfort over a ten year period. Includes an introduction by Bukowski and the text of his poem "Click, Click...". One of the scarcer Bukowski publications (the entire run..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a dozen copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this copy is marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the editor on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of five copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon, and signed by Bowles on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative..... More
Providence, RI: Axelrod Music Publications, Inc., 1944. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed wrappers; 4pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper. Modest external wear, some light toning, creasing, and faint splash marks to wrapper extremities, with faint sticker shadow to lower front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good or..... More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1947. First Edition. First Printing, with wrappers measuring 30.7cm x 23cm. Slim quarto (30.7cm); original printed wrappers; 9,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, faint foxing to wrappers, with some light erasure to upper left corner..... More
New York: American Music Edition, 1958. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed wrappers, stapled; 12pp. Signed by Bowles on the title page, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some oxidation to staples; Near Fine. Miller E45a. More
New York: Mercury Music Corporation, 1946. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); original printed wrappers; 3,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Trivial wear to extremities, a few faint scuffs to front wrapper; Near Fine. "On Whitman Avenue" was a Broadway musical based on a play..... More
New York: Hargail Music Press, 1947. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Bifolium (31cm); printed wrappers; [4]pp. Some light wear, creasing, and toning to extremities, with a small, faint stain to lower edge of front wrapper; Very Good+. A collaborative work between Bowles and Williams, first performed at Town Hall..... More
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc., 1946 [but 1947]. First Separate Edition. Slim quarto (30.25cm); original printed wrappers; 5,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front wrapper, beneath his printed name. Light wear to extremities, some very faint foxing to front wrapper; Near Fine. A collaborative work between Bowles and Stein. The..... More
New York: Marks Edition, 1947. First Edition. Slim quarto (30.5cm); original printed card wrappers; 7,[1]pp. Signed by Bowles on the front cover, above his printed name. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. A piano solo by Bowles, "written as a dance number for Anita Alvarez. First performance at Town Hall..... More
Providence, RI: Axelrod Music Publications, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Slim quarto (31cm); original printed wrappers; 4pp. Signed by Bowles beneath his printed name on the front wrapper. Tiny nick at mid-spine, subtle toning to wrappers, some offsetting to p.1 and 4, with two two small spots to front and rear..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Novel set in rural Mississippi during the 1940's, dealing heavily with race relations and centered around the murder of a white man and the black man accused of the killing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title, and basis for the highly-regarded 1949 Clarence Brown film..... More
New York and Barnstable, MA: Holt, Rinehart & Winston / Crane Duplicating Service, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); photomechanically reproduced sheets, comb-bound into peach printed wrappers, with holograph publication date and price highlighted at upper right corner of front wrapper, and holograph number in grease pencil at lower right..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. First Trade Edition. "Contains two long separate stories. "The Wild Palms" is a study of integrity in love. "Old Man" is an astonishing account of the Mississippi River flood of 1927 and of an "escaped" convict's adventures in trying to get back to prison; the..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); grey cloth, with titling and decorations in red and navy blue on spine and front cover; brick red topstain; dustjacket; [viii],293,[3]pp. A fresh, Fine copy, with the toptain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with a...... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); blue and powder grey cloth-covered boards, titled in red on spine; black topstain; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; [x],318pp. Hint of offsetting from jacket design onto spine, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50)..... More
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author and translator, this being copy 'W.' Octavo (17.75cm); heavy white paper wrappers, with titling letterpress printed in black, and color pictorial label mounted to upper front cover; original opaque..... More