Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First Edition. Collection of nine poems, which first appeared in the pages of Hearse, Targets, Midwest, The Other, Blitz, The Goodly Company, and Wormwood Review. Uncommon signed. Krumhansl 34b. Hardcover Issue, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with red title labels..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First Edition. A one hour film of this very early poetry reading, only the fourth in Bukowski's career, made when he hit the road for the first time and flew to the Bellevue Community College in Washington. The reading was filmed by students using..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this economic work edited by the English political theorist and mystery author, organizing the work of nine Oxford economists on inflation, gold standards, stock dividends, the socialization of banking, money and public finance, debt, and money and the..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1990. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of an unspecified number of copies specially bound for The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo (23.5cm); full dark brown leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; [viii],[12],13-302,[4]pp, with an..... More
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of an unspecified number of copies specially bound for The Signed First Edition Society. Octavo (23cm); full dark teal leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; [xviii],295,[1]pp, with an..... More
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. Attractive, well-preserved copy of this early novel by Bacheller, founder of the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Scarce in dustjacket. Octavo (19.75cm); maroon cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and in blind to spine and front cover; dustjacket;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First American Edition. Second novel (and first in English) by the French Nobel Prize-winner, set during the occupation of Paris during World War II. "It's hero is a double agent, working for both the "Gestapo" (the Paris police) and the "Resistance" (an underworld gang"..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1996. First Edition. Advance copy Wallace's second novel and magnum opus, a lengthy and complex work which takes place in a North American dystopia, centering on a junior tennis academy and a substance-abuse recovery center. Advance Issue. Thick octavo (23.5cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [x],[2],3-1079,[1]pp..... More
New York: Signet Books / New American Library, Inc., 1982. Attractive movie tie-in edition of King's tenth novel, issued in advance of Lewis Teague's 1983 film adaptation. Winner of the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award in 1982. Uncommon signed, particularly with an early signature. Eighth Printing. Octavo (17.5cm); illustrated..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of the concluding volume in McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy - his first encounter with mainstream success after writing five novels between 1965-1985. Provenance: From the collection of former Alfred A. Knopf editor Gary Fisketjon. Octavo (21.25cm); publisher's original..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of McCarthy's ninth novel, basis for the 2007 Coen brother's film which won four Oscar's. The proof copy is considerably scarcer than the later, glossy advance copy. Provenance: From the collection of former Alfred A. Knopf editor Gary Fisketjon..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. A notable work by the influential Fluxus poet, which he began in early June of 1962, as a chart listing 280 names of kinds of light. Contains six pages of end-matter detailing his notes on methods used during the composition of his..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1950]. Limited Edition. One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator, this being copy no.1,413. Quarto (31cm); full dark mauve cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and polished brass cockerel mounted to front cover; publisher's original decorative chemise and paper-covered slipcase;..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1996-2011. First American Editions. Handsome set of Martin's best-selling Song of Ice and Fire series, basis for HBO's Emmy Award-winning series Game of Thrones. Each volume inscribed to Martin's long-time friends Mike and Mary Fitzsimmons, who together with Mike's first wife, Barbara, founded and ran Archon..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. First Edition. Sharp copy of Roth's superb alternative history novel, in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the 1940 presidential election by Charles Lindbergh, giving rise to wide-spread anti-semitism in America. Basis for the HBO miniseries starring Winona Ryder, John Tuturro, and Ben Cole..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. First Edition. Advance copy of Roth's superb alternative history novel, in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the 1940 presidential election by Charles Lindbergh, giving rise to wide-spread anti-semitism in America. Basis for the HBO miniseries starring Winona Ryder, John Tuturro, and Ben Cole..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 2001. First U.K. Edition. Sharp copy of the Australian author's seventh novel, a fictional variation on the story of outlaw Ned Kelly. Winner of both the Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 2001. First Impression, cloth issue. Octavo (24cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titles..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. The author's first novel, written between 1947-48 in Queens, where he lived with his mother and father. A largely autobiographical novel which Kerouac was not pleased with, written much in the style of Thomas Wolfe. In an August 17, 1966 conversation..... More
Topanga, CA: The Love Press, 1968. First Edition. Charming edition of McClure's long poem, written in his signature "beast language". A slim yet visually appealing production from Herms's Topanga-based Love Press. Considerably less common than the ubiquitous piracy published by Runcible Spoon, with no examples for sale in the trade..... More
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Santa Barbara: Helmut Bonheim & Raymond Federman, 1960-1962. First Editions. Complete run of this short-lived Santa Barbara mimeo, the successor publication to Gael Turnbull's Migrant (1959-60). "In the belief that Gael Turnbull's MIGRANT stood among the best and most readable of the little magazines, the editors of MICA want to..... More
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Sewanee, TN: University of the South, 1965. First Edition. Along with the Spring 1965 issue of The Yale Review, one of McCarthy's earliest appearances in print, containing "The Dark Waters," a seven-page excerpt from his debut novel The Orchard Keeper. With additional contributions by Edward Dahlberg, Patrick Boyle, Victor Strandberg..... More
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New York: Ecco Press, 1979. First Edition. Notable issue of this long-running literary journal, containing "Burial," a 13-page excerpt from Cormac McCarthy's fourth novel, Suttree, written prior to publication. The issue also includes contributions by Paul Bowles ("Midnight Mass"), Italo Calvino ("Preface - Story"), and Carlos Fuentes ("These Were The..... More
Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour / Nobuhiko Kitamura, 2003. First Edition. Collection of Polaroid photographs taken by Smith after the events of September 11, 2001, each captioned, representing her "renewed relationship" with her Land 100 camera. Uncommon; OCLC notes 3 holdings (Mills College, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Intl.Center of Photography). Octavo (23.25cm);..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First Edition. Attractive copy of the first James Bond novel, introducing 007, M, Vesper Lynd, and criminal mastermind Le Chiffre. Basis for Martin Campbell's 2006 film adaptation, starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Judi Dench. Gilbert A1a (1.2); Pronzini & Muller, p.252; Hubin, p.144. First Impression..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. First Edition Thus. Attractive edition of Swift's satirical masterpiece, the first to be illustrated by English painter and line-artist Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938). Part of the wildly popular Cranford Series, published by Macmillan from 1876 (Old Christmas) to 1907 (Silas Marner). Scarce in dustjacket. Not..... More