New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1898. Attractive copy of this lost race adventure novel about the discovery of an Aztec remnant in Mexico. Locke (A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1), p.122; Bleiler (1978 ed.), p.109. Early printing. Octavo (19cm); red vertically-ribbed cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt... More about THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, [1894]. First Illustrated Edition. First illustrated edition (following the first edition in 1890) of Johnstone's lost race adventure novel of the discovery of a nation of Norse descent in the Arctic regions. Locke (A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1), p.124; Bleiler (1978 ed.), p.110. Octavo... More about THE PARADISE OF THE NORTH: A STORY OF ADVENTURE AROUND THE POLE
London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1932. First Edition. The eleventh book in the author's Captain Kettle series, a lost race novel set in an ancient Mayan city. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black... More about CAPTAIN KETTLE, AMBASSADOR
New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1910. First Edition. Lost-race adventure novel by this disciple of H. Rider Haggard, set on a hidden Caribbean island ruled by Voodoo. The castaways eventually escape to the United States, and the novel concludes with a volcano beneath the island blowing it to pieces. Locke... More about THE HOUSE ON STILTS: A NOVEL
New York: Riverhead Books, 2013. First Edition. Sharp copy of McBride's National Book Award-winning novel, centered around a slave who unites with John Brown's abolitionist mission. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); brown and burnt orange paper-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xii],417,[3]pp... More about THE GOOD LORD BIRD
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981-1984. First Edition Thus. Handsome set of the Black Sparrow reissue of Lewis's short-lived Vorticist literary and art magazine, originally published in 1914-15. Includes a foreword by Bradford Morrow in No.1, with contributions by Lewis, Ezra Pound, Ford Madox Hueffer, Rebecca West, T.S. Eliot, and..... More about BLAST - NOS.1-3 [DELUXE ISSUE, FROM THE ESTATE OF WYNDHAM LEWIS
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London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1963-1966. First Editions. First three volumes in Gaskell's Atlan saga, "a sprawling popular romance series set in old Atlantis, full of sex, human-animal couplings, chases galore, mad scientists and a whole farrago of clichés" (Barron 4A-115, Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide). Locke (A Spectrum of..... More about THE SERPENT, ATLAN, THE CITY [ATLAN SAGA - BOOKS 1-3
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1937. First Edition. "This scenario is directly inspired by a phantasy called "The House of Incest," written by Anais Nin" (from dedication page). The frontispiece, featuring a bizarre etching by Rattner, is often found lacking. Shifreen & Jackson A13; Pearson A-48. One of 200 numbered copies... More about SCENARIO (A FILM WITH SOUND) - SIGNED
Brooklyn: The Chelsea Theater Center of Brooklyn, [1972]. Broadside announcing the premiere for Ginsberg's first play - a mixed-media production inspired by his highly-regarded poem written between 1957-59. A five-part play, set between Paterson, NJ and the Five Boroughs, this adaptation involves Ginsberg and his immediate family as central characters... More about BROADSIDE: THE CHELSEA THEATER CENTER PRESENTS KADDISH, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF ALLEN GINSBERG'S...
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1923. Early UK printing of Fitzgerald's first novel, centered around the lives of young socialites in post-World War I New York. Both the first and second UK printings of This Side of Paradise vary "unauthoritatively from the first Scribner's printing of the novel... More about THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. First American Edition. Sharp copy of Mrabet's novel about a young Moroccan boy who runs away to Tangier, and the low company he keeps and encounters there. An early collaboration between Mrabet and Bowles. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in... More about THE LEMON
Tenafly, NJ: Eric Weber Press, 1975. First Edition. Mid-1970's pick-up manual / sex-ed book, illustrated throughout. And yes - it's as weird as you think it is. Hardcover Issue. Quarto (28.5cm); photo-illustrated boards; [vi],119,[3]pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, base of spine gently nudged, with some light, scattered soil to... More about HOW TO MAKE LOVE TO A SINGLE WOMAN: A PICTURE BOOK OF LOVE
New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. First Paperback Edition. Co-authored novel set in an Earth mostly destroyed by atomic war, caused by one Carleton Lufteufel, the God of Wrath. "His church is in the ascendant among the survivors. Tibor McMasters, legless and armless but still the best painter of... More about DEUS IRAE
New York: Harlin Quist, 1968. First Paperback Edition. Children's book about a shaggy dog a family encounters when they move into a new house. Toledano B37b. With "SECOND PRINTING" stated on copyright page, and $1.50 price printed on rear wrapper. Square octavo (19cm); illustrated card wrappers; unpaged; illus. Hint of... More about HE WAS THERE THE DAY WE MOVED IN
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Macabre tale of a family who visits an odd country manor - hilarity ensues, with deathly results. Toledano A83a. First Printing. Quarto (29.75cm); illustrated boards; [12]pp; illus. Faint musty odor, else Fine, with all pop-ups intact, and original price sticker at upper front... More about THE DWINDLING PARTY
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1971. First Trade Edition. A book about a dude that lost his umbrella - a perfectly Gorey concept for a book, no? Toledano A35c. (Second Printing overall) Preceded by the Gotham Book Mart signed limited edition published in 1970. Oblong octavo (15.25cm); illustrated card wrappers; [66]pp;... More about THE SOPPING THURSDAY
Cleveland: S.i., 1969. First Printing. The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle was a short-lived Cleveland newspaper, compiled and edited by d.a. levy prior to his death and continued by his friend Steve Ferguson. The paper reflected the interests of the emerging counterculture, and served as a vehicle for levy's poetry..... More about THE BUDDHIST THIRD CLASS JUNKMAIL ORACLE - 7TH LAST ISSUE (JULY, 1969
New York: Bantam Books, 1977. First Bantam Edition. Callenbach's self-published first novel, and ecological utopia now referred to as "the novel that predicted Portland." "Callenbach could not find a publisher for his book in 1974, and was told that it was neither a novel or a tract. "Somebody said the... More about ECOTOPIA: THE NOTEBOOKS AND REPORTS OF WILLIAM WESTON
New York: Random House, 1990-1999. First Editions. Attractive set of Matthiessen's Florida trilogy, telling the story of E.J. Watson. Over the course of nearly ten years he cut out 400 pages of the original manuscripts and re-wrote large portions of the book, giving voices to characters which previously had none... More about THE WATSON TRILOGY: KILLING MISTER WATSON, LOST MAN'S RIVER, AND BONE BY BONE - SIGNED
Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1921. First Edition. Handsome edition of of The Golden Fleece and Other Tales of Ancient Greece, with wrappers and text exquisitely illustrated by Edmond Dulac. One of 1300 numbered copies, this being copy no.90. Quarto (30cm); publisher's original illustrated wrappers; [ii],123,[7], with 14pp of mounted... More about LA TOISON D'OR, ET QUELQUES AUTRES CONTES DE LA GRECE ANCIENNE - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition Thus. Handsome edition of Lewis's satirical novel of London's artistic and literary circles in the 1920's. Scarce in the deluxe issue. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, this being copy 'N'. Thick octavo (23.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and patterned... More about THE APES OF GOD - DELUXE ISSUE
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Limited Edition. The South African Nobel Prize-winner's account of his experience as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Octavo (22.5cm); full maroon leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all gilt edges; [xii],287pp. Signed by the... More about NO FUTURE WITHOUT FORGIVENESS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Santa Cruz, CA: Lime Kiln Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine press printing of Jeffers's masterful poem, presaging the downfall and death of Adolf Hitler. With an afterword by William Everson. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Everson and Allison Clough, this being copy no.135. Folio (41cm); beige canvas cloth... More about TRAGEDY HAS OBLIGATIONS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First Edition. Collection of prose and poetry published to coincide with Bukowski's 70th birthday. Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Krumhansl 114e. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'T'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth... More about SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: STORIES & POEMS - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED
Berkeley: Banyan Tree Books, 1975. First Edition. Callenbach's self-published first novel, and ecological utopia now referred to as "the novel that predicted Portland." "Callenbach could not find a publisher for his book in 1974, and was told that it was neither a novel or a tract. "Somebody said the ecology... More about ECOTOPIA: THE NOTEBOOKS AND REPORTS OF WILLIAM WESTON