New York: Horizon Press, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. First edition of the artist's first monograph and a well deserved Roth 101 and Parr & Badger selection. With some rubbing to the cloth covers, a very good example lacking the dustwrapper. Book includes 50 large full-page black and white images Introduction..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrappers. A fine press poetry chapbook published by the Arion Press. A keepsake presented to subscribers. Edition size was 400. A poem by Pushkin translated into English by Seamus Heaney and with a note on the Russian by Olga Carlisle. Laid..... More
Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Compant, 1943. Reprint. Cloth. Early printing of the author's first major work of fiction. A superb copy in green cloth binding. Clean and tightly bound. Dustwrapper with $3.00 price and three blurbs along with the author's photo on rear cover of dustwrapper. Ever so..... More
No Place: Square Zero Editions, 1978. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet decorated broadside poem translated by Rexroth. Broadside measures 45 x 21 cm. Printed on Echizen Hosho paper. A fine example, nicely framed under glass. This being one of the rare SIGNED Lettered copies with Japanese symbol hand-printed by..... More
San Francisco: La Raza Silkscreen Center, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, one of only 40 numbered copies out of a total edition of 400. This copy INSCRIBED by Rois "For ----, an inspiring teacher, Robert Rois". Fine in stapled decorated wrappers. Scrace early book of poetry by this writer..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. First edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. A 330 pp novel by the author of Goodbye, Columbus. Bright, clean near fine copy in red cloth binding. Price-intact dustwrapper is also in clean near fine condition. SIGNED by Roth on a bookplate afixed to the..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this collection of science fiction stories. A very good plus copy in brown cloth in fine, as new, dustwrapper. More
No Place: Self-Published, 1954. First edition. Paperback. Revised final draft dated September 20, 1954 of Joseph Hayes' screenplay of his most famous work, The Desperate Hours. The movie upon which this was based was directed by William Wyler and starred Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March. Bradbound. 160 pp printed on..... More
Chicago: Ken, Inc., 1938 - 1939. First edition. Paperback. Tall, folios. Oversized political magazine founded by Smart and Gingrich and ran for approximately two years. An overtly political left magazine that ran afoul of the House UnAmerican Propoganda Activities investigation. With contributions by Ernest Hemingway (articles on the Spanish Civil..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing stated of the gonzo journalist's most fully realized and respected book. 506 pp. Illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Very good indeed in black boards with minor scuffs and rubbing. First state dustwrapper is notably NOT price-clipped. A sharp copy with..... More
New York: Museum Books, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Metal spiral bound quarto. Cover design by Ronald Clyne. Unpaginated volume on the history and evolution of letterhead typography. Includes 54 actual examples at rear of volume. Black cloth spine over patterned boards. Boards are worn along the edges. Still a very..... More
New York: RAW Books & Graphiks, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Folio sized underground comic bound into thick cardboard covers with illustration affixed to the front cover. Fine condition. This copy has been SIGNED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION and is quite scarce thus. More
Chicago: Self Published, 1931. First edition. Paperback. One page handwritten letter to Phyllis Abell (of Vanity Fair) discussing her request for a photo of Willard showing his hobby. "Well my two hobbies are my kids and golf - I play with the children much better than I play golf". SIGNED..... More
Montreal: Vallum Society for Arts & Letters, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. A 32 pp poetry chapbook published as Vallum Chapbook Series Volume No. 11. This is number 31 of 300 hand-numbered copies. A near fine example in simple printed stapled wrappers. This copy very nicely INSCRIBED by Wright..... More
