New York: Warner Books, 1995. Signed by Octavia Butler on title page in ink, inscribed to former owner, "To Kathy the collector." [iv], 202, [2] pp. Wraps. Second printing. Near Fine with light wear. A signed sci-fi novel by the Hugo and Nebula-winning author. More
New York: Warner Books, 1995. Signed by Octavia Butler on title page in ink, inscribed to former owner. [vi], 295, [3] pp. Wraps. Fourth printing. Good with creased spine, worn wraps, bumped corner. A signed sci-fi novel by the Hugo and Nebula-winning author. More
Bensenville, IL: Mimeo Press, 1965. First edition. (One of 500 copies. Krumhansl #17.) Unpaginated. Stapled wraps. Fine. An excellent, bright, and sharp copy of Bukowski's uncommon first prose work, introducing his alter ego, Henry Chinaski. More
Phoenix: Falcon Press, 1987. Signed by Robert Anton Wilson on the half-title. xx, 188 pp. Wraps. First thus. Good condition, light wear along edges, front wrap corner creased, price on back cover inked out, a few marginal checkmarks in pencil. Essays on sex and drugs from the co-author of The..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1892. Deathbed Edition. BAL's Binding C with faux signature. (Early printing with no date on title page, second publisher address.) 438 pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and top edge. Very Good+ with slightly bumped corners, cloth rubbed along bottom edge, small bookplate on paste..... More
[Cambridge]: 1931. Typed letter signed in full by John Maybard Keynes. Single sheet on King's College letterhead measuring 7"x9, with folds for mailing and some marks in red and green likely from the original recipient. Seven lines with a holograph correction in Keynes' hand. Dated January 17, 1931, in which..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. First edition in English. vii, 184, 8 [ads] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with bright gilt, clean and bright pages, a little foxing and a small stain to edges, former owner's name written on front free endpaper.The..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First edition. iv, 150 pp. Octavo. Bound in publisher's pebbled green cloth stamped in gilt, brown cloated endpapers. Very Good+ with cloth worn at extremities, slight rubbing to cloth, front hinge starting, former owner's inscription on second blank page. An attractive copy. More
San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1966. First edition. 158, [2, ads] pp. Wraps. A Very Good copy with slight lean to spine, back wrap stained, light wear, small marginal stain to a few pages. The uncommon first book in the Man from C.A.M.P. series, a spoof on The Man from U.N.C.L.E...... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949. First edition, first printing. Signed by Gwendolyn Brooks on the verso of the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated March 8, 1976. x, 60 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with a little mottling..... More
Rutland, VT & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1957. First edition, first printing. 211 pp. Bound in original paper-covered boards with gilt stamping, original obi band, housed in publisher's checkerboard slipcase. Very Good+ with foxing to edges, rubbing along edges to boards and obi band, faint small stain to spine of..... More
Portland, OR: [No Publisher], Various. Large archive of material from a Portland, Oregon-based meteorite hunter and educator, Richard "Dick" Pugh (1940-2020), who was a member of the Meteoritical Society and a co-founder of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at Portland State University. Archive stacks up to approx. 9" high. Generally in..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. First American edition. (First printing with title page dated 1912.) xii, 838, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with gilt lettering and topstain. Very Good with light mottling and edge-rubbing to cloth, wear at tips, former owner's name written on front free endpaper..... More
[New York]: Cab Calloway Inc., 1944. First thus. (The third of Calloway's dictionaries, basically a third edition of his Cat-ologue.) 16 pp. 2.75" x 4.4" Stapled wraps. A Near Fine copy, staple rusted, very slight rubbing along spine. Attractive and bright with very little wear. A WWII-era African American slang..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. First edition, advance review copy. (First printing dated 4-72" on last page of ads, price of $3.95 on back cover.) 478, [2] p. Illustrated wraps. Publisher's review slip laid in. Light shelf wear, else Fine and unread, bright contents. An excellent copy, scarce in..... More
Berlin: S. Fischer, 1931. Early printing (36. bis 40. auflage). Signed and briefly inscribed by Hermann Hesse on the verso of the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth ruled in blind and stamped in gilt, with titles blocked in black on the spine; lacking the dust jacket. Near..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1972. First British and first hardcover edition. Signed by Larry Niven on the title page. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth-affect boards with spine stamped in gilt. Fine, with bruise to foot of spine in a Fine dust jacket with nearly imperceptible fading to the spine. Winner..... More
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1958. First edition in the original French, preceding the first English edition. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine, toned and lightly worn. A work of "terrifying power," and one of the first autobiographical accounts of Nazi death camps to be published. More
London: MacDonald Science Fiction, 1969. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Ursula K. Le Guin and inscribed to a former owner on the title page, inscribed to a previous owner. Near Fine with faint wear at corners and spine ends, and a very faint stain to the top of..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Very Good with light lean to binding, and light wear and light soiling to wraps, short crack to front joint at top, small stain to fore edge of first several pages. A nice copy of the..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1963. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Baldwin on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original cream cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with light splaying to boards, crown slightly pulled, light edge wear, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1957. First edition, first printing. Signed by Isaac Asimov and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine stamped in red. Near Fine with light lean to binding, light toning to pages, else very..... More
Billings: Montana Indian Publication Fund, 1973. First edition. Signed by Willis Eberman on the dedication page. 32 pp. Stapled wraps. About Very Good with crease along spine, light soiling. Part of the Indian Culture series, written by a Seaside, Oregon author. More
