New York: S.i., [ca.1963-64]. Superb, early letter, connecting three of the most influential illustrators of the 1960's. We find young Crumb living in New York - well before the wide recognition Zap Comix would bring him - appealing to his friend Harvey Kurtzman for help. Kurtzman, formerly of EC Comics..... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, TO SHEL SILVERSTEIN
Paris: Simon Kra, 1926. Gatsby Le Magnifique was the first translation of any Fitzgerald novel into a foreign language. The task of translation was assumed by Peruvian author and translator Victor Llona (1886-1953), who began working on it in the fall of 1925. Llona, who grew up in Paris, quickly... More about GATSBY LE MAGNIFIQUE - INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR
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Paris: Booster Publications, 1938. First Edition. A pair of distinguished copies inscribed to Huntington Cairns, a young Baltimore lawyer who in September 1934 was appointed official U.S. Censor by the Secretary of the Treasury. It was Cairns who declared Miller's 1934 novel Tropic of Cancer (and subsequently, Black Spring, Tropic... More about MONEY AND HOW IT GETS THAT WAY [TOGETHER WITH] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY - INSCRIBED TO HUNTINGTON...
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
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
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: 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