Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1987. First edition, limited issue signed by Bukowski in black beside a doodle of himself (a nice extra touch) on rear colophon, numbered in red, one of only 400 such copies. Original boards with blue cloth backstrip, title label. 125 pp. Fine in unprinted acetate... More about The Movie: Barfly
Seattle: Gear Works Press, 1965. Folio. First edition, first printing. Signed by Guy Anderson and inscribed to former owner on verso of front cover;previous owner name written on cover verso as well. Bound in publisher's heavy grey stapled wraps printed in yellow and black. Near Fine with light shelf wear... More about Guy Anderson
New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946. 498 pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Paramhansa Yogananda and inscribed to former owner, silent film comedian Harold Lloyd. Lloyd is considered alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the silent film era's most influential comedians, appearing in nearly 200 films... More about Autobiography of a Yogi
New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1912. First edition. Near Fine with rubbed edges, a few small stains to cloth and mounted portrait, lacking jacket. A memoir by one of the six men on the 1908-09 Peary expedition that was believed to have been the first to reach the geographic... More about A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Los Angeles & Boston: J.P. Tarcher & Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. First edition. Signed by Timothy Leary on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner. 395, [2] pp. Original half cloth lettered in pink. Very Good+ with light foxing to edges, pages toned with age, in Very Good+ dust... More about Flashbacks: An Autobiography
New York: Paul S. Eriksson, 1967. First edition. Signed by Jorgensen on page facing title page, inscribed to former owner. xvii, [1], 332 pp. with 16 pages of black and white photos. Original gray half cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with small stain... More about Christine Jorgensen: A Personal Autobiography
Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1945. First edition. Second issue with title page printed only in black; this issue was printed for Robert Kennedy with most copies personally distributed by him. Fine, with minor shelf wear; small, thin strip of glassine residue to rear paste down. A privately printed book intended... More about As We Remember Joe
Westport, CT. Lawrence Hill & Company, 1987. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slight rubbing at tips, toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a short closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, a small... More about Assata: An Autobiography
London: Printed for, and Sold by, the Author, 1790. Third edition, enlarged. Also the first single-volume edition. viii, [14, subscribers and contents, 1-20, [missing leaf], 23-180, [2], 181-359, [1, blank] pages. One folding plate, split along center fold with detached half laid in. Lacking frontispiece. Recent brick-red cloth; black leather... More about The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written...
New York: David McKay, 1955. First edition. Signed by Daisy Bates on front free endpaper, and beneath that inscribed by Kivie Kaplan, president of the NAACP. [xvii], 234 pp. Original red cloth with black spine lettering. Very Good+, small sticker shadow to ffep, ding in top of front board, in... More about The Long Shadow of Little Rock
Santa Fe: Charles A. Siringo, 1919. First edition. [Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather 2029. Howes S518d.] [viii], 291, [1, ad] pp. Crimson cloth with gilt stamping, over side-stapled contents, as issued. Near Fine with light wear, typical hinge over-opening at rear. In rare dust jacket, Very Good+, a little short... More about A Lone Star Cowboy
New York: Dial Books, 1992. Signed by Rosa Parks on the half title in black ink, inscribed to former owner and dated 8/5/93. 192 pp. Quarter purple cloth and maroon paper covered boards. First edition, fifth printing. Slightly tapped corners, else Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A signed autobiography... More about Rosa Parks: My Story
Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. First edition. Inscribed to former owner by Howard Zinn on title page in Taos, New Mexico, dated 1999. [x], 214 pp. Original black cloth with magenta spine lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a little sunning to spine panel, light shelf wear, unclipped. A.... More about You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1976. First edition. [x], 284 pp. Original half cloth. Near Fine with a little foxing to top edge in unclipped dust jacket with tiny nick in top corner of front panel and another on spine panel, else Fine. An uncommon memoir of international cocaine dealing. More about Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade
New York: Atheneum, 1968. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with titles in blind on upper board and stamped in gilt on the spine. Very Good, with fading to cloth at edges in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, with edge wear, light fading and light soiling... More about The Double Helix