Burnside Rare Books

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. 214 pp. Publisher's crimson and white cloth, lettered in crimson. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a bit of sunning to the spine panel, line of rubbing to back panel and light shelf wear. A lovely copy.

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New York: William Morrow Company, 1971. Inscribed to former owner on page facing title page, signed "Luke Rhinehart." First edition. Near Fine in toned Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with creased front flap, a few tiny slightly-soiled nicks and a tiny tear near foot. xi, 305 pp. Black paper-covered boards...

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New York: Tibor De Nagy Editions, 1965. First edition, first printing. Publisher's purple and white striped wraps with titles in red, with the usual offsetting to the title page from the purple stripes. Very Good, with light toning, light staining to the rear cover near the spine. A scarce work...

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First edition, first printing. In publisher's blue cloth binding stamped in darker blue. Near Fine, with light lean to spine and evidence of bookplate removal from the front free end paper. In a Near Fine dust jacket with publisher's price intact though revised in...

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. First edition, first printing. Very Good. Publisher's pinkish-red cloth binding stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with light fading and light foxing to spine cloth, else a sharp and clean copy. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $2.00 intact on the...

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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First edition, limited edition. From an edition of 250 hardcover copies, signed by Charles Bukowski though unnumbered and out of series. Fine, with just a hint of toning to the cloth spine. A very sharp copy, lacking the acetate wrapper. Bukowski's first published novel...

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing, first issue, first state with gun embossed in gilt on front cover. Near Fine with very slight lean to spine, foxing to edge of page block and a small stain to the top edge. In a Near Fine dust jacket with slight...

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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1886. First American edition, first state ads at rear. 456, (1, ad) pp. Original dark yellow cloth lettered in maroon and gilt, floral endpapers. Very Good with spine lettering dulled, cloth at head and tail chipped, small stain and scratch to spine, a bit of...

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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1939. First edition, first printing. Publisher's dark blue coarse cloth stamped in gilt. Pages slightly musty, previous owner details to front free end paper, light offsetting to endsheets, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear and small...

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Baddeck, Nova Scotia: Published by the Author, 1909. 19 pp. printed on rectos only. Carbon typescript brad-bound in "Carter's Ideal Manuscript Cover," gray wraps with typed title. Inscribed to biologist Charles Davenport at the top of the front cover, signed "compliments of Alexander Graham Bell." One of an unspecified but...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First edition, first printing, presentation issue. (Error "Papadopohi" on p. 21 uncorrected, as are two errors on pp. 24 and 80.) One of only 25 "advance" copies printed from uncorrected sheets and specially bound for presentation, as noted by David A. Randall (head of...

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Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, 1960. Publisher's white saddle stitched wraps printed in black and red on the front cover. Near Fine, with irregular toning to rear cover. Bukowski's scarce first book, which was published by a small California press in an edition of 200 copies. First Edition.

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