San Francisco: Wild Dog, 1965. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets (printed recto & verso), side-stapled into a pictorial card cover; 42pp. Light wear and a few faint creases to wrapper extremities; Near Fine. Contains the first appearance of four Bukowski poems ("The Madness Of The Windows," "Game," "The..... More
San Francisco: Nexus, 1967. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); original pictorial wrappers; 48pp; illus. Modest external wear, subtle toning to spine and extremities, with a few tiny tears toward the spine ends, contents fresh, but for a small patch of adhesive residue on verso of front wrapper, where a subscription..... More
Annandale-On-Hudson: Bard College, 1968. First Edition. Slim octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 44pp; illus. Tiny tear to upper spine fold, else a Fine copy. An issue dating from the era when the school's literary magazine was ably edited by Norman Weinstein. This issue contains Bukowski's poem "A Literary Romance,"..... More
[Redondo Beach: Sweetwater Cafe, 1980]. First Edition. Original photographic poster, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 8.5" x 14" (21.5cm x 35.5cm). Light wear and subtle toning/foxing to extremities; Near Fine. Attractive poster for Bukowski's final reading at the Sweetwater Cafe, a popular nightclub and concert venue in..... More
Pasadena: David Laidig Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Slim quarto (27.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; 24pp; illus. Subtle toning to extremities, else very Near Fine. Fourth issue of this short-lived Pasadena magazine, with an emphasis on poetry, cartoons, and local happenings. Notable for the inclusion of Charles Bukowski's 'A Rambling Essay on..... More
New York: Interim Books, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (28.25cm); side-stapled mimeographed sheets, glued into photo-illustrated card wrappers; 100,[2]pp. Trivial wear and a hint of toning to wrapper extremities, with subtle tanning to text edges; Near Fine. Third issue (of six) of Kirby Congdon's mimeographed literary journal. Contains the first appearance..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First Edition Thus. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Bradbury's best-known work, based on his 1951 short story "The Fireman." "Totalitarian state outlaws virtually all books, especially the classics; an underground form of people who memorize great books to preserve them for posterity. The plot revolves around a "fireman's" conversion from..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],[2],3-481,[7]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Marcie / All best wishes! / Dan Simmons." Trivial surface wear to wrappers, else Fine, with the spine unbroken. A well-preserved copy of Simmons's Hugo..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a hald-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of five copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Small octavo (15.5cm); printed..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 5 copies specially bound and designated for the publisher and a few members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (21cm); pictorial paper-covered boards..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed poem tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 14 copies specially bound and designated for use by the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (26cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip; [vi],1-8,[6]pp..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed poem tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
New York: Esquire, 1992. Slim quarto (27.5cm); pictorial wraps, side-stapled; pp.121-136; with one vignette and two full-page color illustrations by Marshall Arisman. A Fine copy of this offprint, containing an advance excerpt of McCarthy's National Book Award-winning novel All the Pretty Horses, published in the March, 1992 issue of Esquire..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon)..... More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First Edition. A presentable copy of Dreiser's most enduring novel, in which a young man makes a tragic and ill-fated attempt to break from his lower-class background. Fleeing Kansas City from a crime he didn't commit, he settles in a fictional New York town..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Bukowski's first full-length book of poetry published by Black Sparrow Press, an important collection, and something of a retrospective of his work to date. Many of these poems dealt with his grief over the death of Jane Cooney Baker, his first wife..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American Edition. Orwell's towering work of dystopian fiction, the vocabulary of which has become a part of the fabric of our culture. "The title marks the triumph of the totalitarian state. Three superpowers divide the world and conduct sham wars. Newspeak is..... More