Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First edition, #48 of 400 numbered copies signed by Bukowski with a self-portrait. 256, [4] pp. Paper-covered boards with yellow cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Near Fine with rubbing to bottom edge of boards, slightly foxed top edge. In original acetate jacket, slightly clouded..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free end paper. Remainder marks to top and bottom textblock edge, else Fine in a Fine dust jacket with light rubbing. A lovely copy, signed by the..... More
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with design by Rockwell Kent; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine, with bright silver stamping, a bump to the rear cover at the center of the joint, toned pages, and a rubber stamp to..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. First edition. One of a limited 750 numbered copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Fine, in an About Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition, limited issue, #240 of 500 numbered copies signed by Bukowski. 375, [5] pp. Original paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip with paper spine label. Fine in acetate jacket. A retrospective of Bukowski's poems and short stories. More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First edition, limited issue, #132 of 400 numbered copies signed by Bukowski. 280, [4] pp. Original paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip with paper spine label. Fine in acetate jacket. A collection of Bukowski's poems from the early eighties printed by Graham Mackintosh &..... More
Boston: South End Press, 1984. First edition. 168 pp. Original illustrated wraps. Very Good with bumped corners, slight crease to front cover, former owner's last name written on bottom edge. An early history of hip-hop culture and music in America, photo-illustrated in black-and-white. Among the book's strengths, Toop covers a...... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Signed by Adolph Reed on the title page, warmly inscribed to former owner. x, [iv], 282 pp. Black cloth with copper lettering on spine. Second printing of the first edition. Slightly bumped corners, hinge at title page a bit overopened (perhaps during signing), else..... More
Princeton, NJ: The Junior Class of Princeton University, 1917. 404, liv, [4] pp. Princeton University's yearbook, covering the 1915-1916 academic year, featuring Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald and covering his collegiate activities. Full black pebbled leather decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, with original owner name (David W. Guy)..... More
London: John Murray, 1871. 2 Volumes. First edition, both volumes first issue with "transmitted" the first word on page 297 in Volume I, and with the errata on the verso of the title page of Volume II. Bound without ads in contemporary calf, decorated in gilt, with all edges marbled;..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in red and gilt. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at edges, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with creasing at the top edge of the front panel and..... More
New York: New Directions, 1948. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver spine lettering. Near fine with light softening to sine ends, light toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and edges, several short edge tears, small interior chip..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First trade edition, first printing. In Edelstein's third binding with yellow paper covered boards with spine title label. Fine, with faint rubbing at spine ends and former owner name inked to front paste down. In a Near Fine dust jacket with slight toning and..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition. Author's presentation edition; Copy number "V3" of a limited 100 copies, signed by Charles Lindbergh and G. P. Putnam; Lindbergh has inscribed this copy to a former owner, Mrs. Paul Morton. Bound in publisher's half parchment over terracotta paper cover boards..... More
London: Collins / The Crime Club, 1939. First edition, first printing with date listed on copyright page. Publisher's orange cloth with titles printed in black on spine. Near Fine with light lean to spine, foxing to textblock edge, preliminary and terminal pages. In a restored dust jacket, with front flap..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1874. New edition, limited to 1,500 copies signed by John Ruskin at the end of the preface. Three volumes. Bound in contemporary full pebbled morocco with heavily gilted spines with raised bands, wide turn ins with dentelle, all edges gilt. Bindings lightly rubbed. A beautifully..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. First edition. Number four of a limited 99 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. In publisher's string-bound brown wraps printed in black. Fine. As the title suggests, this contains two poems by Charles Bukowski, "Family, Family," and "A Little Atomic Bomb." More
London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1971. First edition. x, 254 pp. Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with age-toned pages, foxed top edge, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning. A series of lectures on philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1968. First edition, signed limited issue. One of a limited 500 numbered copies signed by Allen Ginsberg. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering, in black slipcase. Fine, in Near Fine lightly worn slipcase. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, first printing. Erased marks to front free end paper, else Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear, toning to the spine and a thin scratch to the front panel. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. First edition. [viii], 143 pp. Publisher's dark navy cloth lettered in red. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper, else Fine in unclipped dust jacket with slightly dulled and rubbed spine panel, else Near Fine, lightly worn along edges. Uncommon in a presentable..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First edition. Signed limited edition, #202 of 300 copies. Near Fine with fading to spine cloth and a small stain to cloth on rear cover near foot of spine. In publisher's acetate jacket, lightly rubbed. One of Bukowski's best known novels, signed. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. First American edition. xiv, 384 pp. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear, else Fine. More
London: Harvill Press, 1960. First British edition. 256 pp. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with toned edges, in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, spine a little darkened, small spot of sticker wear to front panel. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first printing. Signed by J. G. Ballard on the title page. Bound in publisher's original white cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light foxing to cloth and textblock edge, top corner bumped and light wear to spine ends. In a Near..... More