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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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: William Heinemann, 1963. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with foxing to edges of page block on early pages and intruding into margins throughout, otherwise clean internally with straight binding and sharp spine gilt. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities, foxing and...

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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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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Self-bound in the iconic black and white dust jacket. Very Good. Reading creases to spine, light rubbing to wraps and several small dots of red ink to the bottom edge of the front wrapper, name and...

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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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Los Angeles: Kenmore Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Copy 332 of a limited 400 numbered copies, signed by Billy Collins on the title page and inscribed to poet Miller Williams. In publisher's grey printed stiff wraps with Japanese stab binding. Fine. A lovely copy of the two-time American Poet...

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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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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Signed "Elizabeth Bishop - Poetry Forum - February 1st, 1978" on title page. First edition, first printing. (viii), 54 pp. Original blue cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine in an edge-chipped about Very Good dust jacket, a hint of restoration along verso top edge, spine...

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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: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1926. [xiv], 159, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's pink paper over boards with blue cloth spine, pink paper spine label. First American edition, limited issue. One of 200 numbered copies in the large paper issue printed on Japanese vellum, signed by both A. A....

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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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