New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1957. First Edition. The author's sixth book, a revision of his 1956 story A Glass of Darkness. "Ted Barton returns to the isolated town of his youth. He finds it subtly different. Places and people have been added and taken away. Some inhabitants have strange... More about THE COSMIC PUPPETS / SARGASSO OF SPACE - SIGNED
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1956. First Printing. Dick's fourth novel, set in the year 2114, after a limited nuclear war on earth. "Earth is in the repressive grip of Morec - Moral Reclamation - a spying, hereditary government. The only alternatives to its strict control are emigration or psychotherapy... More about THE MAN WHO JAPED / THE SPACE-BORN - SIGNED
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Sharp copy of Dick's third book and second published novel. "Fed-gov is reconstructing the post-war world according to the precepts of relativism. Jones, a former carnival fortune-teller and preacher who can see a year into the future, says the alien drifters, origin... More about THE WORLD JONES MADE / AGENT OF THE UNKNOWN - SIGNED
New York: Les Deux Mégots, [1962]. Advertising broadside for poetry readings at Les Deux Mégots, a short-lived but significant nexus for poetry readings on the Lower East Side. Located in the basement of an old brick townhouse at 64 East 7th Street, and co-owned by Mickey Ruskin and Bill Mackey..... More about BROADSIDE: WEDNESDAY EVENING POETS' READING - LES DEUX MEGOTS
N.p. S.i., 1964. A singular, early work by levy - his interpretation of the Icarus story from Greek mythology. In the story, Icarus and his father Daedalus were imprisoned in the Labyrinth by King Minos of Crete. Daedalus, an inventor and craftsman, fashioned two pairs of wings from wood, feathers..... More about ICARUS - ORIGINAL ARTWORK, SIGNED
San Francisco: Adrian Wilson, 1955. First Edition. Attractive advertising broadside for the first Poets' Follies in San Francisco, the brain-child of poets Weldon Kees and Michael Grieg, who conceived of the event in 1954 after attending a "wofefully stilted" reading by W.H. Auden at San Francisco State College's new Poetry... More about A GALA EVENT!!! ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY!!! MR. MICHAEL GRIEG & MR. WELDON KEES PRESENT THE...
[San Pedro, CA]: S.i., 1994. First Edition. The last poem written by Bukowski, typed and faxed by him to his publisher on February 18, 1994, just 18 days prior to his death from leukemia. Martin made a small number of copies, numbered and initialed them, reportedly distributing these among friends... More about #1 - FAX POEM
[San Francisco: David Haselwood Books, 1965]. First Edition. After the dissolution of the Auerhahn Press, "Haselwood returned to hand-made books, producing a series of exquisite booklets by the authors closest to him. Printed on dampened hand-made papers and exotically bound, they are his finest work. They were a non-commercial venture... More about UNTO CAESAR
Seattle: Mill Mountain Press, 1975. First Edition. The Arkansas poet's scarce fourth book, one of seven titles he would release through the Mill Mountain Press prior to his suicide in 1978 at the age of 29. A collection of 30 poems, with four illustrations by artist Ginny Crouch Stanford throughout... More about SHADE
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Superb association copy of this key volume of Theroux's travel writing, inscribed to Nobel Prize-winner V.S. Naipaul. Among the many pieces here, Theroux includes the story of how he met Naipaul in 1966, while working as a lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda... More about SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS: TRAVELS & DISCOVERIES 1964-1984 - INSCRIBED TO V.S. NAIPAUL
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1943. First Edition. First edition of Hammett's "novel" comprised of two stories - "The Big Knockover" and "$106,000 Blood Money" - in which the Continental Op "sets out to find the gang that robbed the Seaman's National Bank of several million dollars, and does battle... More about $106,000 BLOOD MONEY - INSCRIBED TO LILLIAN HELLMAN
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1928. First Edition. Wells discusses his thoughts on creating a utopian society, one in which he attempts to show how political, social, and religious differences could be reconciled, resulting in a more unified, inter-cooperating human race. "This book states as plainly as possible the essential ideas... More about THE OPEN CONSPIRACY: BLUE PRINTS FOR A WORLD REVOLUTION - INSCRIBED TO HIS SON
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1934. First Edition. First edition of the only novel to feature Bramah's wildly popular blind detective, Max Carrados. The plot centers around a criminal enterprise led by the evil Julian Joolby, who plans to flood the money markets with forged banknotes, with the goal of... More about THE BRAVO OF LONDON
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1931. First Edition Thus in the United States. Early Christie mystery, in which heroine Anne Beddingfield "witnesses the death of a man who falls onto the track at Hyde Park Corner underground station and is electrocuted. The body is recovered and a tall man... More about THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964. First Edition. First issue of levy's short-lived Cleveland poetry magazine, published intermittently between 1964-1968. This issue features poetry and a block print by levy, with contributions by Judson Crews, Carl Larsen, Marvin Malone, Russell Salamon, Margaret Randall, Roberta Badger, Allen Katzman, and others. Block prints by... More about THE MARRAHWANNA QUARTERLY - VOL.1, NO.1
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition Thus. Deluxe issue of this poem cycle by Mudd, first published in 1981 as an elaborate fine press edition by Arabesque Books (150 copies). "...The Plain of Smokes is an ode to the Los Angeles that shaped both the artist and the... More about THE PLAIN OF SMOKES - DELUXE ISSUE, SIGNED, WITH ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH PRINT
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894. First UK Edition. First translation into English of Dostoevsky's first novel, originally written over the course of nine months between 1844-45. An epistolary novel, focusing on the relationship between two relatives, both living in humiliating poverty, who struggle with their lack of self-esteem... More about POOR FOLK: A NOVEL
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First American Edition. Hemingway's third novel, recounting a love affair between an American expatriate and an English nurse, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. This copy inscribed to Hemingway scholar and biographer Michael Murphy, author of Hemingway: The Best of What... More about A FAREWELL TO ARMS - INSCRIBED TO MICHAEL MURPHY
Milwaukee: Membrane Press, 1979. First Edition. Slim volume containing three experimental poems, inspired by Jacob Frank, Tristan Tzara, and the Jewish-mystic Abraham Abulafia. Front wrapper reproduces an untitled piece by Wallace Berman, featuring his oft-used handheld transistor radios (numbered 87 in his Retrospective Catalog). Uncommon in the deluxe issue. Deluxe... More about ABULAFIA'S CIRCLES - DELUXE ISSUE, INSCRIBED TO CLAYTON ESHLEMAN
New York: Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press, 1998. First American Edition. The first volume in Rowling's beloved children's series - a unique copy in an attractive artisan binding. Errington A4(a). First Printing. Octavo (23.75cm); design binding by Patricia & George Sargeant of the Dragonfly Bindery; full burgundy leather... More about HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First American Edition. Advance copy of the Knowles' first book, the story of a friendship between two 16 year old boys at a New England prep school, just before America's involvement in World War 2. While the first printing of the trade edition has... More about A SEPARATE PEACE: A NOVEL - ADVANCE COPY
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. First Edition. Distinguished copy of Shepherd's breakout book, a collection of radio stories and personal memories capturing his childhood in Indiana. Inscribed to Shepherd's long-time friend Hugh Hefner, who not only urged him to write down his stories, but would end up published... More about IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH - INSCRIBED TO HUGH HEFNER
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Capote's first book and his debut novel, a semi-autobiographical work published when he was 23, and his reputation rested chiefly on the strength of his short fiction. Starosciak 1a; Young 404. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); beige linen, with titling and rule stamped in... More about OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOMS - SIGNED
New York: Signet / The New American Library, 1952. First Paperback Edition. Key association copy of Merton's best-known book, a spiritual memoir first published in 1948, reflecting on his early life and search for faith in God. Despite a modest first printing of 6,000 copies, the hardcover edition was a.... More about THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN - INSCRIBED TO KURT ENOCH
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1946. First Edition. The author's second hardcover book, and the one that propelled him to fame and success. Wald's own copy, clearly consulted prior to and during the filming of Dark Passage. Wald would have a hand in producing some of the most recognizable noirs... More about DARK PASSAGE - INSCRIBED TO JERRY WALD