New York and London: Grove Press, 1961. First edition. Paperback. First printing stated. A small trade paperback original book. Text ad-libbed by Jack Kerouac. Containing stills from the Robert Frank film. A handsome near fine copy with typical light fade to spine colors. This copy has been SIGNED and briefly..... More
Oyster Bay, NY: The Printery (Poem of the Month Club), 1978. First edition. Loose Sheets. Large framed single sheet of paper. A broadside by James Wright with two of his poems on the single sheet. The broadside is in fine condition. Measures 43 x 30 cm. SIGNED and numbered 30..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Clothbound quarto in clear acetate wrapper and housed in a matching hard slipcase. A fine example 60 pp. With illustrations by Sidney Nolan. This is copy 30 of only 200 specially SIGNED and numbered copies. Signed by both Lowell and Nolan..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1931. First UK edition. Paperback. Slender unprinted card wrappers in printed paper dustwrapper. 36 pp. Published as Criterion Miscellany No. 26 by Faber & Faber. A fragment from Finnegan's Wake. Very good clean copy. More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo. 122 pp. A fine copy in thick cloth covers. Issued without dustwrapper. This is copy 6/8 for Presentation. SIGNED. A lovely copy. More
New York: Random House, 1964. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Dark green clothbound book in price-clipped dustwrapper. Briefly INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. A 440 pp novel by the author of Night Rider and The Cave. A handsome near fine example. More
Vineyard Haven: Salt-Works Press, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 59 pp. A book of poems published in an edition of five hundred copies. Sunning to spine, else a near fine example. SIGNED by the poet on the title page and INSCRIBED on the first white endpaper... More
No Place: Cujo Arts and Literature, Inc., 2004. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers. 27 pp. A fine copy of this early zine. Poems and drawings. One we haven't handled before and likely from early in his printing career. More
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers. 29 unnumbered pp. A fine copy of this early zine. As with most of his privately printed zines, there is no publication info provided. One we haven't handled before and likely from early in his printing career..... More
Aachen: Galerie Aachen, 1966. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of pink paper printed in black. 11 3/4" tall x 8 1/4" wide. Concert program for a show featuring Charlotte Moorman on cello and Nam June Paik on piano. The concert featured pieces by La Monte Young, Yoko Ono,John Cage..... More
New York: Blast, 1933 - 34. First edition. Paperback. Complete set of the five issues comprising Blast, a magazine of Proletarian Short Stories. Edited by Miller, Sorkin and Willima Carlos Williams who contributes a story to each issue. All in uniformly clean very good condition. Featuring work by Joseph Vogel..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2003. First edition. Cloth. Square clothbound volume in decorated cloth-covered slipcase. Publisher prospectus laid in. First edition thus. One of four hundred hand-numbered copies SIGNED BY BOTH HEANEY AND SOL LEWITT. 126 pp. Handset in 24-point Deepdene type, produced in 1927-28 by Frederic W. Goudy. 48..... More
Los Angeles: Robert Heinecken, 1968. First edition. Loose Sheets. Portfolio. Loose sheets in plain paper folio. 2 unnumbered leaves followed by 25 plates. 33 cm. First and only edition. One of five hundred SIGNED copies. Contents in fine condition. Outer unprinted folder is worn and somewhat stained. From the MoMA..... More
New York: Knopf, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this uncommon early work by Updike. 241 pp. Book is in lovely fine condition in a handsome very good plus dustwrapper with a short closed tear near the base of the rear panel. A nicer than usual copy... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 190 pp. With 200 line drawings, including 24 plates in full color. A terrific overview of the works of Gorey including an interview with him. A lovely fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. This from the..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Cloth. 4to. Quarter leather spine over cloth-covered boards. A fine copy of this poetry chapbook. Unpaginated. One of 125 SIGNED copies. Lovely. More
Utrecht: Sub Signo Libelli, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Unprinted white sewn wrappers in blue paper printed dustwrapper. A 28 pp poetry chapbook. In fine condition. This is Copy 48 of 65 copies in sewn wrappers. This copy specially INSCRIBED BY PURDY TO FILMMAKER PAUL BARTEL. Lovely fine press production... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1934. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 56 pp. First American Edition. Offsetting to the front endpaper and pastedown, else a very attractive copy. The price-intact dustwrapper is toned around the edges and has chipping and wear along the top of the..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 160 pp. A book of poems. Stated first printing. A good copy in dustwrapper. Laid into this copy is a very brief typed letter SIGNED by Wakoski typed on Simon & Schuster letterhead (letter not dated)... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Paperback. Slender sewn wrappers. A single poem by Spender with an illustration by Lamb. Comes with the original Faber and Faber printed envelope. Part of the publisher's Ariel Poem series. This copy in very good condition with a faint ink mark to the..... More
San Francisco: The Scrimshaw Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Unpaginated. An illustrated adult novel by Crub. A very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1955. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound 8vo. 956 pp. This is the uncommon Uncorrected Proof copy of Gaddis' first book. A good to very good example with darkening to spine and a small corner crease to the rear cover. The author's name and the title of..... More
New York: Albondocani Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Small, oblong sewn wrappers. Unpaginated. An illustrated story by Gorey with his words and illustrations. A fine copy. This is copy 133 of 400 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. The 23rd publication of this press. More
New York: Neurotica Publishing Co., 1950. First edition. Paperback. Sixth issue of this literary journal edited by Jay Irving Landesman. Featuring an early contribution by Allen Ginsberg. A clean very good copy.This copy has been SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg at his contribution and he has annotated notes mentioning that Kerouac..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 95 pp. Stated first printing. Words and drawings by Walt Kelly. Some darkeneing to an area on the rear cover, else a beautiful near fine example. With the sheet of nine "Puce Stamps Worthless" laid in. Scarce thus..... More
