Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of five copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered..... More
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1971. First Edition. First Printing, hardcover issue, one of 100 copies. Octavo (23cm); pictorial paper-covered boards; [4],5-22,[6]pp. Gently spine-sunned, covers a little dust-soiled and faintly foxed, with some faint, scattered foxing to text edges and margins; Very Good+. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 12 copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon; includes original holograph..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon; includes..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-190,[6]pp. Faint, tiny stain to upper right corner of front cover, else Fine in a...... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon with..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon; includes..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon; includes..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of seven copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (21.5cm); blue marbled..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals involved in publication, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon; includes..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 17 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this copy is marked "Binder's copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Everson on the colophon..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 250 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-325,[7]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Handsome edition of the poet's..... More
New York: New Directions, 1948. First Edition. Attractive copy of Everson's first major collection, gathering selections from his previous volumes, together with at least one unpublished poem and a three-page preface by the poet. Warmly inscribed to his preliminary bibliographer, the poet and editor David Kherdian, who included Everson's work..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 6 copies (numbered 295-300) specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals involved with production, this one marked "Binder's Copy" (no.297) and signed by Faas and Hughes. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and..... More
London and Culver City: Villiers Publications Ltd., 1959-1962. Complete run of this little magazine, published in London and Culver City, CA between 1959-1962. Factor and Linick, studying at UCLA and USC, were both drawn to poetry readings throughout L.A.; at the time, Coastlines was the only significant little magazine in..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-315,[5]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to lower board edges and right edge of textblock, else..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound, this being copy 'M'. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-172,[6]pp; illus. Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, some..... More
New York: Random House, 1936. First Edition. Faulkner's ninth novel, an epic tale centered around the life of Thomas Sutpen, born and raised poor in backwoods Appalachia, and his quest to become, at any cost, a man of wealth and power. It remains one of Faulkner's most challenging works, and..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. First Edition. Attractive copy of Faulkner's second collection of short fiction. Of the 14 stories presented in this collection, "Black Magic" and "Leg" appear for the first time. Peterson A15a; Brodsky & Hamblin 358. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (19.5cm); indigo cloth..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. "Faulkner intended this as a novel, though it includes material previously (or concurrently) published as individual stories. The sections are entitled "Was," "The Fire and the Hearth," "Pantaloon in Black," "The Old People," "The Bear," "Delta Autumn," and "Go Down, Moses." Generally these..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titling and rule stamped in..... More
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Novel set in rural Mississippi during the 1940's, dealing heavily with race relations and centered around the murder of a white man and the black man accused of the killing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title, and basis for the highly-regarded 1949 Clarence Brown film..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition. Faulkner's seventh novel, set in the American South during the days of Prohibition and Jim Crow, exploring themes of race, class, sex, and faith. "At its base, this is a simple, small-town idyll, but in execution it becomes a complex..... More