Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Early collection of short stories by Banks. Near fine copy with a hint of foxing, else fine. Unclipped jacket is about near fine minus with a 1" scrape to lower front panel and mild fading to spine. Overall, a tight square copy..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Rare state of this early novel by Banks. Unbound 9 1/2 x 12" long sheets printed on rectos only. Galley proof with a number of editorial hand-corrections in pencil made mostly in the margins. Circled in pencil on the front page someone has..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. First edition. Paperback. This is the uncommon Uncorrected Proofs copy of Banks' 1981 story collection entitled Trailerpark. It is in fine condition in burnt ornage bound wrappers printed in black. It comes in a rare trial dustwrapper for the book which has no information printed on..... More
Las Vegas: Rainmaker Editions, 2002. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in slipcase. A fine press limited edition of a 53 page excerpt from a novel entitled Mammi Watta. Illustrated with three full-page woodcuts by Barry Moser. One of 399 numbered copies and printed letterpress from photopolymer plates by Bradley Hutchinson..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Fine copy in bound green wrappers printed in black. The uncommon Uncorrected Proof of this 188 pp short story collection. This copy once belonged to fellow author Raymond Carver who has signed his name to the top of the first page..... More
New Brunswick: Unity and Struggle productions, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Small paper chapbook. 19 pp. A collection of short essays on the 2000 National Elections. Very good condition in glossy stapled wrappers with photo of the author on the front cover. SIGNED and dated by the author on the title..... More
New York: Akashic Books, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original book. Stated first printing. 221 pp. A collection of stories by the revolutionary beat poet. This copy briefly INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. More
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter blue cloth over boards. 225 pp. Stated first edition. First printing. The book collects three previously unpublished plays. Small age spots to top edge else a handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Uncommon book for Baraka fans... More
New York: William Morrow, 1978. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. The simultaneous first paperbound edition. . 225 pp. Stated first edition. First printing. The book collects three previously unpublished plays. Price sticker afixed to the front panel else a handsome near fine copy... More
Candia: John LeBow, 2008. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 37 pp. Chapbook. An essay on Malcolm X. Published as The Razor Series No. 3. Frontis artwork by Theodore Harris. Sewn wrappers. From the edition of 150 paper copies (this copy unnumbered) and SIGNED by the author. A fine, as-new copy... More
New York: Random House, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 169 pp. A collection of essays written since 1965. A nearly fine copy in dustwrapper. A letter "H" in red ink on the front endpaper. Wrapper is sunned at spine a bit as typically seen. Briefly INSCRIBED by Baraka on the..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. A near fine copy of the rare unpublished proofs copy of Barich's first book. Dark olive wrappers printed in black with sticker afixed to the front cover stating that "First Serial Rights Sold to The New Yorker". Scarce proof..... More
Germany: Christians Hamburg, 1962. First edition thus. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto. With seven woodcuts by Barlach and writings translated into English by Groves. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers. Sunning to edges. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Groves and dated in 1964. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first UK edition of this novel by the author of Flaubert's Parrot. Fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Barnes on the title page. Signed by Author. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 198 pp. A memoir, of sorts, of Borges' later years. Includes an interview with the author. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper. More
Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of this novel by the multi-talented author of Pink Vodka Blues and Piggs. 348 pp. Dustwrapper art by Don Ivan Punchatz. Book has some excess glue at front panel where the red cloth spine area blends into the black boards..... More
Hobbs: New Mexico Junior College, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A stapled pamphlet containg a 26 pp story. Western Lit. Near fine condition. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto with printed paper label afixed to the front panel. No dustwrapper, as issued. Two essays by Barth. 39 pp. Designed and printed by the Castle Press of Pasadena. This is one of the 100 deluxe copies, specially bound and..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 39 pp. Special fine press extract from Letters by Barth. A fine copy in tan cloth over patterned boards. One of 300 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter oatmeal cloth over patterned boards. 52 pp. Articles written by Barthelme for The New Yorker. A fine example. This copy is labeled "The Publisher's Copy" and has been SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. More
New York: Hill and Wang, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 186 pp. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Stated First American Edition. Something like an autobiography from the renowned sociologist. A handsome fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper with one tiny closed tear at the top..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 230 pp. Stated first edition. The story of baseball told from the perspective of a deep fan of the game who also has an abiding hatred of the Bronx Bombers. A very good copy in soiled dustwrapper. INSCRIBED..... More
St. Louis: The Bethany Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 253 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Memoir of the great baseball star as told to Bob Broeg. A very good copy in dustwrapper. This copy has a long handwritten inscription on the front endpaper that purports to be signed by Musial..... More
Rockport and Westborough: Protean Press, Basilicum and Fontis Press, 1992 - 2010. First edition. Paperback. Four thick paperbound quartos. Sold as a set. 607, 663, 1,089 and 890 pp, respectively. A tetralogy centered in Gloucester, Massachusetts in the 20th century. An experiment in narrative fiction. All four paperbound volumes in..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth over boards. First US trade edition of Harrison's 398 pp opus - part memoir, part collection of photos and song lyrics. First printing with 1980 date and complete number line on the copyright page. Note: There seems..... More
