Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1980. First Edition. Attractive copy of the author's third collection of mystery short stories, featuring twelve tales which first appeared chiefly in the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Hubin, p.16. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's... More about CASEBOOK OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED
Sacramento: By the author, [1970]. Interesting group of items from the native Chicago poet and one of the principal figures of the mimeo revolution. Chiarrello was a poet, editor, and secretary to Lawrence Ferlinghetti; in his letter Blazek mentions the inclusion of the aforementioned poems for "the basement mimeo caper."... More about FOUR ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT POEMS, WITH A ONE-PAGE ALS TO GAIL CHIARRELLO
Paris: Denoël, 1957. First French Edition. First Printing. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers, a lovely copy of the French crime fiction duo's sixth book. Light rubbing along the hinges, a few glue ridges along the spine panel, and a some light browning to the text edges. This is a French..... More about LES MAGICIENNES (DOUBLE DECEPTION) - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED TO ALEXANDRE VIALATTE
New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First Edition. Collection of short stories - 14 of them extensively revised from their original appearance in Dark Carinval (1947) - with the addition of five new stories never before appearing in book form. An association of the highest quality, inscribed to Bradbury's long-time friend... More about THE OCTOBER COUNTRY - INSCRIBED TO FORREST ACKERMAN
London: Picador / Pan Books Ltd., 1973. First UK Paperback Edition. A well-read copy of Brautigan's first novel, bearing a typically subdued inscription to one of his closest friends. Tom McGuane was an on-again, off-again roommate of Brautigan's during the early years he lived in Bolinas, California. Over a nearly... More about A CONFEDERATE GENERAL FROM BIG SUR - INSCRIBED TO THOMAS MCGUANE
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1966. Second Edition. Brautigan's first regularly published book, inscribed to Shigeyoshi "Shig" Murao, who managed the City Lights Bookstore for more than 25 years. Murao was at the very center of the San Francisco Beat scene, who knew Brautigan since he was an awkward 20-something newcomer... More about THE GALILEE HITCH-HIKER - INSCRIBED TO SHIG MURAO
Chicago: Literary Times - Cyofeth Publications, 1965. First Edition. Lovely copy of this collection, featuring poems which previously appeared in the pages of little magazines like Outsider, Epos, The Naked Ear, Targets, San Francisco Review, Impetus, Sciamachy, and Quicksilver, et al. Gathered together here for the first time, with a.... More about COLD DOGS IN THE COURTYARD - INSCRIBED TO SEAMUS COONEY
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1977. Attractive copy of this short story collection, gathering works which first appeared in the pages of Open City, NOLA Express, The Berkeley Barb, and Evergreen Review, et al. A distinctive copy, signed and inscribed by four individuals with deep, personal connections to the author... More about ERECTIONS, EJACULATIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND GENERAL TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS - SIGNED BY NEELI...
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First Edition. A major association copy of this collection of early verse, inscribed just a few months following publication. Carl Weissner (1940-2012) was German author, publisher, translator, and counterculture figure, noted for his translations of William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, J.G. Ballard, Harold... More about FIRE STATION - INSCRIBED TO CARL WEISSNER
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Trade Edition. Bukowski's novel based on his experiences making the film 'Barfly,' filmed by Barbet Schroeder in 1987. This copy bears a warm, personal inscription to Mina and Sholom "Red" Stodolsky, who operated the Baroque Bookstore in Hollywood, CA from 1972 until his... More about HOLLYWOOD - INSCRIBED TO RED & MINA STODOLSKY
New York: 7 Poets Press, [1962]. First Edition. Early chapbook, with the subjects covered by these poems being those closest to the author's heart: women, the race track, and classical music. A charming inscription to author and long-time friend Seamus Cooney, who in addition to editing five volumes of Bukowski's... More about LONGSHOT POMES FOR BROKE PLAYERS - INSCRIBED TO SEAMUS COONEY
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Attractive presentation copy of Bukowski's second full-length collection of poems published by Black Sparrow Press. A significant collection, bearing an elaborate contemporary inscription. Krumhansl 41b. First Printing, wrappered issue (2,515 copies). Octavo (23.5cm); printed wrappers; [10],11-159,[5]pp. Inscribed on the title page to... More about MOCKINGBIRD WISH ME LUCK - INSCRIBED TO HERB YELLIN
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1976. Volume collecting a large portion of Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column which he wrote for Open City between May, 1967 and February, 1969. The column and subsequent publication of the book made Bukowski more famous than nearly anything else he did... More about NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN - SIGNED BY NEELI CHERKOVSKI, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI, LINDA KING, AND...
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Crescent City, FL: EPOS, 1962. First Edition. Special "Extra Issue" of this Florida-based poetry quarterly, the first such issue published by EPOS dedicated entirely to the work of a single author. A distinguished copy, with a contemporary inscription to poet John William Corrington, with whom Bukowski enjoyed a lengthy, early... More about POEMS AND DRAWINGS [IN] EPOS: A QUARTERLY OF POETRY - INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILLIAM CORRINGTON
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Attractive presentation copy of Bukowski's first collection of short fiction, gathering 27 stories. A significant collection, bearing an elaborate contemporary inscription. Krumhansl 45a. First Printing, wrappered issue (4,100 copies). Octavo (23.5cm); printed wrappers; [10],189,[3]pp. Contemporary ink inscription on the dedication page to... More about SOUTH OF NO NORTH: STORIES OF THE BURIED LIFE - INSCRIBED TO HERB YELLIN
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Edition. Attractive copy of one of Bukowski's most substantial collections from the 1980's. While we have handled many of the author's typescript poems, we've handled precious few that were chosen to title major collections. Provenance: From the collection of photographer Michael Montfort. Krumhansl... More about YOU GET SO ALONE AT TIMES THAT IT JUST MAKES SENSE - PHOTOGRAPHER'S COPY, WITH TYPESCRIPT POEM
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1936. First Edition. More than likely this copy was inscribed during the filming of 'Nobody Lives Forever' in 1946, a film directed by Negulesco and based on a book and screenplay by Burnett. A novel about an Ohio Governor named Read Cole, whose initial... More about KING COLE - INSCRIBED TO JEAN NEGULESCO
Rome: Cleto Polcina, 1989. First Edition. Italian exhibition catalog for a collection of Burroughs's shotgun art and collages from the October and Tony Shafrazi Galleries, highlighting 15 pieces. In his essay within the catalog, Burroughs explains that the title is derived from a concept found within the Carlos Castaneda books... More about WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: L'ARTE NAGUAL (NAGUAL ART) - INSCRIBED BY BURROUGHS TO DAVID HOCKNEY
Paris: Julliard, 1979. First French Edition. Collection of 20 short stories, originally written in the early 1950's. Preceded by the Italian First published by Einaudi, the French edition precedes both the US and UK editions by four years. A superb inscription to Marie-Claude de Brunhoff, literary critic for L'Express, Le... More about MARCOVALDO, OU LES SAISONS EN VILLE (MARCOVALDO, OR THE SEASONS IN THE CITY) - INSCRIBED TO...
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
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First American Edition. Attractive copy of Daly's second hard-boiled novel featuring Vee Brown, his best-known detective after Race Williams. "In Emperor of Evil, he tangles with Vincent van Houton, an apparently respectable member of society who is actually a human devil, the head... More about EMPEROR OF EVIL - INSCRIBED
New York: Random House, [1975]. First Edition Thus. Reissue of Doctorow's first novel originally published in 1960 by Simon & Schuster, the basis for Burt Kennedy's 1967 western film, starring Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Warren Oates, and Aldo Ray. Doctorow, Vonnegut, and their families were friends and members of the... More about WELCOME TO HARD TIMES - INSCRIBED TO KURT VONNEGUT & JILL KREMENTZ
London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd., 1952. First UK Edition. Late collection of 26 stories mixing fantasy and detective fiction. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title. Queen's Quorum 109; Joshi & Schweitzer IA90.a; Hubin p.129. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); second binding in green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 232pp. The... More about THE LITTLE TALES OF SMETHERS AND OTHER STORIES - THE AUTHOR'S COPY
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 about THE RESIDUAL YEARS - INSCRIBED TO HIS BIBLIOGRAPHER
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First American Edition. A distinguished copy of Faulkner's second novel, a satirical look at the members of a New Orleans artistic colony who embark on a four-day yachting cruise. Welsh novelist Richard Hughes was instrumental in bringing Faulkner to the attention of the London... More about MOSQUITOES - RICHARD HUGHES'S COPY