Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry Chinaski through post-WW2 America as he blows through a series of dead-end jobs. Basis for Bent Hammer's 2005 film adaptation, starring Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, and an appropriately sleazy Matt Dillon. Krumhansl 51d. Deluxe Issue..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1938. First Edition. Well-preserved copy of this dark, tautly-written piece of California fiction by Du Soe (1920-1964), in which a murderous hitch-hiker and two young women catch a ride with an unsuspecting lingerie salesman on the way from San Diego to Los Angeles..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., [1962]. First American Edition. A superior copy of this Beat Generation cornerstone, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around full-time drug addict William Lee and his travels from the United States, to Mexico, to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. Basis for David Cronenberg's bizarre 1991..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. Limited 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..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Kesey's first published novel, one of the defining works of the 1960's, set in an Oregon psychiatric ward. Basis for Miloš Forman's Oscar-winning 1975 film, starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher. First Printing, with the textual errors on pages 9 and 85-86..... More
New Orleans: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc., 1935. First Edition. Faulkner's eighth novel, set in a fictionalized New Orleans during the Great Depression, and centered around the unconventional lives of a group of barnstorming pilots. Basis for Douglas Sirk's 1938 film Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition. Ellroy's ninth book and the third volume in his L.A. Quartet, centered around a group of LAPD officers in the early 1950's, and touching on the corruption and scandal that often goes hand-in-hand in Hollywood. Basis for Curtis Hanson's 1997 neo-noir, starring..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. Traven's second book translated into English, and the first appearance of Traven's own translation, which ran nearly 80 pages longer than the UK edition by Chatto & Windus. Set it Mexico, it is a story of gold, greed, and the best and worst in..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1979. First Omnibus Edition. Sharp copy of this omnibus volume collecting the first three novels in Herbert's critically acclaimed Dune series, charting the saga of Paul Atreides and his family. One of the most sought-after highspots in 20th century science fiction, winner of both the Hugo..... More
New York: Scribner, 2001. First Edition. Basis for Lawrence Kasdan's 2003 film adaptation, starring Morgan Freeman, Damian Lewis, Thomas Jane, and Timothy Olyphant. From the library of novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Goldman (1931-2018), best known for his 1973 novel The Princess Bride. His relationship to King dates back..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Fifteenth Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip; [10],11-205,[7]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to text edges, else Near Fine, lacking the original acetate dustjacket. Bukowski's second novel, following his alter-ego Henry Chinaski through post-WW2 America as he blows through a series of..... More