London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1954. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's light brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Very Good with lean to spine, previous owner name on front free endpaper and pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, with soiling anf edge... More
London: William Heinemann, 1911. First British edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt. Very Good or better with light staining to front cover, light rubbing to cloth at tips. Front inner hinge slightly exposed. Else a rather lovely and bright copy. More
Meriden, CT: The Ralston University Press, 1928. First Edition, complete eight volume set. Bound in light blue variant cloth stamped in dark blue. Good. Cloth mottled and soiled, spine-faded and frayed at the spine ends. Previous owner stamps to textblock edges and front and rear endsheets, bookplates to front pastedowns... More
[San Francisco]: [D. Redmond Designs], 1966. First edition. Fine, with a faint bump to bottom edges, remainder mark to top edge and staples lightly rusted onto pages. A comical alphabet book featuring gay slang and gay-positive humor. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First edition. Signed by Bukowski on the rear limitation page, #176 of 300 such numbered copies. Krumhansl 46c. Orange papered covered boards with blue cloth backstrip and paper spine label. A little wrinkling to spine label, else Near Fine, lacking acetate jacket. An important... More
Sussex: The Flying Saucer Club, 1953-1955. Seven issues, 20 pp. each with exception of Winter 1953/54 issue which has 31 pp., shifting from 8" x 10" mimeographed sheets to a smaller, sleeker digest format with final two issues included here. Issues included are Summer 1953, Autumn 1953, Winter 1953/54 issue... More
Clarksburg, WV: Gray Barker, 1956. Vol. 1, No. 1; March 1, 1956. Saucerian Publication #7. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Good only with edge wear and creasing, slight creasing from having been folded in thirds, small hole in p. 1, pen marks to margins of p. 4 and... More
Clarksburg, WV: Gray Barker, 1956. Vol. 1, No. 4; Oct. 15, 1956. Saucerian Publication #10. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Very Good with light wear, slight creasing from having been folded in thirds, corner crease. This issue of Gray Barker's UFO periodical covers messages from "Mon-Ka" and a.... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in maroon, copyright page with no mention of subsequent printings, and five-line colophon in italic at rear. Very Good, lacking the front free end paper leaving front inner hinge exposed, pages lightly toned and... More
[Clarksburg, WV]: [Gray Barker], 1957. Vol. 2, No. 2; May 30, 1957. Saucerian Publication #13. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Very Good with light wear and a few tiny chips along edges, a little toned there as well, slight creasing from being folded in thirds. This issue of... More
[Clarksburg, WV]: [Gray Barker], 1957. Vol. 2, No. 3; August 15, 1957. Saucerian Publication #14. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Very with light wear, tiny bit of insect nibbling along fore edge of first page, folded in thirds at some point. This issue of Gray Barker's UFO periodical covers some teenagers' sightings near Greencastle, Indiana. More
[Clarksburg, WV]: [Gray Barker], 1957. Vol. 2, No. 4; November 18, 1957. Saucerian Publication #15. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Near Fine with very light wear. This issue of Gray Barker's UFO periodical covers sightings in Levelland, Texas. More
[Clarksburg, WV]: [Gray Barker], 1958. Vol. 3, No. 1; April 1, 1958. Saucerian Publication #16. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Near Fine with very light wear. This issue of Gray Barker's UFO periodical covers the occult book The Third Eye by T. Lobsang Rampa and Barker's "feud" with Saucer Smear editor Jim Moseley, among other items. More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. First edition, early reprint with 1892 listed on the title page. Very Good, with light edge wear to covers, short splits started to cloth at both joints. Preliminary pages suggest a possible glue repair, and light edge wear. Pages toned, with two ink notations. More
[Clarksburg, WV]: [Gray Barker], 1958. Vol. 3, No. 2; May 1, 1958. Saucerian Publication #17. 6 pp. Stapled 8.5" x 11" sheets. Very Good+ with typical toning, light wear. This issue of Gray Barker's UFO periodical showcases a large photo of free energy "inventor" (later convicted con artist) Otis T.... More
Huntington Woods, MI: Phantasia Press, 1982. First edition. #402 of 600 copies signed by the author. [viii], 278, [1] pp. Original offwhite cloth lettered in gilt, housed in matching slipcase. Near Fine in like dust jacket and slipcase, cloth and slipcase a little foxed. An adult sci-fi novel set in... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. [iv], 118, [1] pp. Gray cloth, front board blind-stamped, spine lettered in gilt.Typical toning to pages, else Fine, in Very Good dust jacket with chips at tail, some edge wear, a few pin pricks in front panel, unclipped ($1.75). An acclaimed chronicle... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1968. First hardcover edition, first printing. Near Fine with light shelf wear, small stain to textblock edge and toning to pages. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact, light edge wear and toning, and a small vintage bookstore sticker to the front flap... More
New York: Random House, 1961. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with corners lightly softened and pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with price intact on front flap, though rear flap corner clipped; with toning, light soiling, light wear and several small stains. An empowering work by an... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First edition, first printing. Signed limited first edition. Number 70 of 150 [of 176 total] copies signed by Charles Bukowski at the rear limitation page, with a silk screen print by Bukowski bound in and signed as well. Very Good with foxing to covers... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1976. First edition, first printing. Publisher's faux leather with pictorial inset on front cover, titles in gilt. Near Fine, with light soiling and shelf wear to cover, lean to spine, toning to pages at edges. The catalog published in conjunction with Eggleston's 1976... More
Yucca Valley, CA: The Ministry of Universal Wisdom, Inc., 1973-1979. 20 issues in total, 16 pp. each. Vol. 10 Numbers 1-4, 6, 8-11 [missing #5 & #7], and Vol. 11 Numbers 1-11 complete. Staple-bound with marginal staple securing magazines shut for mailing purposes. Near Fine despite having been through the... More
Muskogee, OK: Five Civilized Tribes Museum, 1984. First edition. 354, [6] pp. White comb-bound, various color pages. Near Fine with light shelf wear and wear from comb binding, a few pages slightly creased. Verso of title page signed by illustrator of front cover, Joan Brown. A Native American cookbook edited... More
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1974. Advance reading copy, printed for reviewers and book industry use before the first edition. 192 pp. Plain white wraps. Very Good with slight toning and staining to wraps, light wear, front hinge a bit over-opened. A political thriller steeped in the thick mistrust... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First American edition. [vi], 168, [1] pp. Crimson cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with former owner's name written on front free endpaper, citation written on rear endpaper, contents otherwise unmarked. In Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. The first volume in... More