Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1948. First edition, first printing. One of an undetermined number of subscriber's copies, signed by L. Ron Hubbard on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's grey cloth binding with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine, with a light shelf lean and a bump to the base... More about The Slaves of Sleep
London: Saunder and Otley, 1836. 2 Volumes. Second edition. Beautifully bound in somewhat contemporary straight grain full calf, without half-title pages. Very skillful restoration to bindings, and repairs to fold-out map. Armorial bookplate to front paste downs, and evidence of bookplate removal to front free endpapers in both volumes. A.... More about Democracy in America
New York: Atheneum, 1967. First edition. Signed by Donald Barthelme on bookplate mounted on front free endpaper. [viii], 181, [1] pp. Original cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with very faint strips of toning. The author's first novel. More about Snow White
London: Eyre & Spottiswood, 1966. First British edition. Signed by Donald Barthleme on bookplate mounted on front free endpaper. [viii], 183 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The author's first collection of stories. More about Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First edition. Signed by Barthleme, inscribed to Celia Simon and her partner on half title. [viii], 183 pp. Original purple cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with former owner's on front free endpaper, scratch to that page, in an unclipped dust jacket with small... More about Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Northridge, CA: The Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. Signed by Updike at rear. #19 of 300 numbered copies. Original cloth and paper-covered boards, gilt lettering. Fine in Near Fine glassine wraps. More about From the Journal of a Leper
New York / Houston: Times Books / The Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. First edition. Bound in publisher's grey cloth over boards, with spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slight bowing to boards, corners a bit bumped, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with slight curl along bottom edge... More about American Prospects
New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1979. First edition, first printing. xxi, 777 pp. Original brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine in sunned, unclipped dust jacket with a few closed tears at head, Very Good. The first appearance of the Pulitzer-winning "metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in... More about Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
Seacaucus, NJ: University Books, 1972. First edition, cloth issue. 220 pp. Bright red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with remainder mark on bottom edge in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear, no fading. The follow-up of The Satanic Bible from the founder of the Church of... More about The Satanic Rituals
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Second edition. Inscribed by author on title page, signed and dated February 4, 1979. 63, [1, note about author] pp. Illustrated wraps. An About Very Good copy with light dampstaining to last ten pages or so, slightly shelf worn. More about Rivers and Mountains
New York: Random House, 1972. First edition. 206 pp. Original gray paper-covered boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in silver. Near Fine with former owner's name and date written on front free endpaper, small bump to top of back board. In bright, unfaded, unclipped dust jacket with a thin closed... More about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey into the Heart of the American Dream
Los Angeles: Laugh Literary, 1969. Vol. 1 Issue 1. Limited edition. Signed on verso of front cover in sharpie by Charles Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski (twice, once as alias "Fred Dyer"), Harold Norse, and what must have been a very drunk Steve Richmond. Small illustration that appears to be a combined... More about Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns: Volume One, Issue One
Denver, CO: The Institute of Financial Education, 1937. First edition, cloth issue, variant binding with smooth cloth and no winged sphinx on spine. Very Good+ with a little soiling and foxing to edges, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with spine panel a bit sunned, rubbed, light edge wear with... More about Gold Ahead
Staunton, VA: Ezra Pound Institute of Civilization, 1985. First edition. Signed by Eustace Mullins on dedication page, inscribed to former owner. Near Fine with tiny stain to fore edge; a very clean and sharp copy. An anti-globalist world history by a disciple of Ezra Pound who is best-known for his... More about The World Order
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition, first printing. 246 pp. Yellow and aqua cloth lettered in black. Near Fine, former owner's name written on paste down, very slight lean, water droplets to topstain, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a few short tears to top edge, faint... More about The Haunting of Hill House
Meriden, CT: The Ralston University Press, 1928. First Edition, complete eight volume set, bound in dark blue variant cloth with volumes ranging from Very Good to Near Fine. Rubbing to gilt stamping and to cloth at tips. Foxing to edges, heaviest at top edge; pages toned. Several volumes show faintly... More about The Law of Success
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine. Slight dulling to gilt stamping, slight wear at corners and spine ends. Foxing to textblock edge, pages toned. A very sharp copy of the scarce first printing. More about Think and Grow Rich
Meriden, CT: The Ralston Society, 1937. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Rubbing and tarnishing to gilt, soiling to front cover, light edge wear. Previous owner rubber stamp to front and rear pastedown. A scarce first printing of... More about Think and Grow Rich
London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Near Fine. Slight lean to binding, light softening to spine ends. Previous owner details inked to half-title page. Foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages... More about Pride and Prejudice
Plymouth: Lupus Music, 1969. First edition, first printing. Signed by Marc Bolan, and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's glazed pictorial boards, Very Good, with rubbing to extremities, light must-odor to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear... More about The Warlock of Love
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth with illustrated onlay on upper board, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine. Light rubbing to cloth at tips. Illustrated onlay remains very bright and largely un-rubbed. Light soiling to rear pastedown. A bright and shining example... More about The Secret Garden
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1911. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth with illustrated onlay on upper board, gilt lettering to spine. Good. Cloth worn pictorial onlay rubbed with an edge-chip. Odor to pages, textblock edge foxed, previous owner name to front paste down. More about The Secret Garden
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good, with cloth lightly rubbed at the extremities, previous owner bookplate to front paste down, tape burns to front... More about Gone with the Wind
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First hardcover edition, first printing, preceded by a paperback original published in 1962. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's red cloth spine lettered in silver and black over black paper covered boards. First hardcover edition, first printing... More about Mother Night
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1903. First American edition of the revised version. Number 27 of just 32 copies privately printed on Japan vellum in July, 1903 by Thomas B. Mosher for presentation to his friends. Bound in publisher's yapped-edge stiff wraps printed in black and red. Near Fine. Lightly... More about The Land of Heart's Desire