Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1979. First edition, limited issue, #157 of 300 copies signed by Paul Bowles on page following copyright page. 417, [5] pp. Purple cloth backstrip and boards. Bottom edge a little rubbed, else Fine in publisher's unprinted acetate jacket. The chilling, existential short stories of the..... More
Volcano, Hawaii: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First edition. One of 350 copies, signed by introduction writer Newton Baird. 133 pp. Original gray cloth lettered in black. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a hint of rubbing. The third volume of the Frederic Brown in the Detective Pulps series. More
Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1986. First edition. Copy 75 of 400 copies, signed by Willeford. Very slight bump to top board else Fine in Fine dust jacket. An uncommon pairing of Miami Blues author Charles Willeford with seven pulp stories of popular but critically-neglected author Fredric Brown. More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (1984?). Collector's edition bound in maroon genuine leather, lettered and edged in gilt, silken endpapers. xxii, 229pp. Near Fine with a bit of rubbing to gilt. A nice copy. A reprint of the 1934 Limited Editions Club edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent. More
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. First American edition. 183, [2] pp. Original brown cloth and paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black. Bumped corners, else Fine in Near Fine spine-sunned unclipped dust jacket. The second English translation of a work by the Romanian aphorist who wrote in French. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Signed by Cleaver on front free endpaper in ink, inscribed to former owner "at SSC" [probably the Socialist Scholar's Conference], "All Power to the People," dated October 2, 1968. Former owner's name written in red pencil above that. xv, 210, (1, Note About Author) pp. Original..... More
London: Bertram Rota, 1972. First edition. Copy #220 of 550 copies. 58 pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First thus. (First expanded edition, reprinting Crapsey's 1915 debut with additional poems.) 107 pp. Beautifully patterned paper over boards, tan cloth backstrip with paper label. Basically Fine with a little rubbing along bottom and top edges in Very Good+ or better unclipped jacket with..... More
Prairie City, IL: The Press of James A. Decker, 1944. First edition. Signed by August Derleth on half-title, inscribed to former owner and dated 3/11/47. x, 235 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, toned with age, worn at tips. Poetry by the founder of Arkham House..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1941. First edition. Copy 566 of 998 numbered copies. xxx, (2), 350pp. Original cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with foxing to fore edge in About Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel, a few stains near foot, slightly soiled, small tear..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. First edition. 249pp. Crimson ribbed cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with some scuffs and mottling to cloth but bright lettering. Owner's name and 1924 date written on paste down. Anomalies and inexplicable events by the namesake of the Fortean Society and the paranormal..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. First edition, first printing. xxii, 345 pp. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with rear hinge starting. In a rare example of the dust jacket, chipped along edges and reinforced with tape on verso in a few places, spine toned..... More
Chicago: Universal Publishing Co., 1924. First American edition. 128 pp. Yellowish orange cloth with navy lettering. Very Good+ with lightly worn tips, a bit of toning to cloth and age-toning to contents, lacking jacket. More
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. First edition, first issue with Lucien Carr listed on the dedication page and a period after Harlem on the rear cover. Publisher's black wraps printed in blue with white wraparound printed in black. Very Good. Light soiling and light wear to wraps, with..... More
Oakland: Diana Press, 1978. First edition. 158 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with slightly soiled edges in a Very Good dust jacket, edge-worn, with a photo of the poet on the back. A collection of early work by a feminist poet, professor, and outspoken butch lesbian..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988. First edition. 616 pp. Original dark brown cloth lettered in light gray. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear at head and tail. A mammoth collection of Fluxus artwork in black-and-white and color from heavyweights like George Maciunas, Nam June Paik..... More
Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1858. First edition. xii, 212 pp. Publisher's brown cloth expertly rebacked with replaced endpapers. About Very Good with some rubbing and fraying to cloth along edges, exposed boards along bottom edge, moderate foxing and a little staining to text. The African-American ex-slave minister's second..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Signed by Al Hirschfeld on half title. xxix, [1], 306 pp. Original cloth. Third printing. Very Good with foxing to edges and prelims in a slightly toned Near Fine dust jacket. A retrospective of the famous caricaturist's work. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1896. First thus. Original green rubbed cloth with gilt decorations, cream stamping to front board, all edges gilt. Near Fine with wear at head, tips exposed; date written on front free endpaper, front hinge a little overopened. Bright gilt, a very clean copy. An illustrated..... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1923. First edition. xliv, 724 pp. Original maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good with L-shaped tear in cloth at head, tiny piece of tape on verso, faint tape stains on front and back boards. Cloth mottled, especially on back board, a little edge-worn. A few..... More
Redwood City, CA: Vagabond, 1972. First edition, copy #8 of 25 in the limited issue signed by Al Masarik. 69, [3] pp. Stapled wraps. Price on back cover whited out, else Fine. Masarik was one of the poets featured in the Vagabond anthology 6 Poets illustrated by Bukowski. More
Hollywood, CA: Hollycrofters, Inc. Co., 1932. First edition, limited issue of 150 copies signed by editor, introduction writer and all illustrators. 121 pp. Original blue cloth with pasted-on title. Near Fine, sans jacket as issued. Outer coating of cloth just a bit lightly mottled, very light wear to tips, pages..... More
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. Warmly inscribed by author to eminent biologist Stephen Jay Gould in the year of publication. First edition. Small mark to fore edge, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The author postulates that a previously unknown star, Nemesis, orbits our sun, and that every..... More
Chicago: The Swallow Press Inc., 1971. First American edition. x, 170 pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black. About Very Good with faint tidemark on front board, a few marginal tic marks towards front, reading smudges, small stain to fore edge, in a Good sunned, lightly dampstained, and rubbed..... More
