New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Small octavo. 92 pp. A play for children. A fine copy in two-toned cloth binding. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the author to Winthrop Ames and his wife Lucy and dated in year of publication. Ames was..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 246 pp. Stated first edition. Genre writer Fredric Brown takes a turn at writing a non-genre book. A character study of the lives of seven people who once worked together in a small office. Condition is good with fairly heavy..... More
Silver Spring: Broken Watch Press, 2004. First edition. Loose Sheets. 8vo. A single sheet, folded to form a small booklet. Interior printed on raw silk. This is letter T of 26 special hand-labeled and SIGNED copies. Very good condition. Excerpts from the author's novel Booga... More
New Rochelle: James L. Weil, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Sewn wrappers. An unpaginated play by Brown. In fine condition. Briefly INSCRIBED by Brown to poet Karl Shapiro. More
San Francisco: Coyote Books, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound 8vo. 219 pp. A volume of experimental prose. Paper a bit toned and spotted at edges. A very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated 11/12/72 in Bolinas, CA... More
Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 130 pp. The hardbound edition of this extensive collection of interviews with the late novelist Thornton Wilder. A beautiful fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. State first edition. An early novel by the author of Thank You For Smoking and other satirical pieces. 224 pp. A very good copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. The wrapper is a bit creased and torn at the lower right hand..... More
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo. 413 pp. An early (1954) conservative take on Senator Joe McCarthy and his efforts to expose "security" issues in American government. A very good clothbound book in about very good dustwrapper. Wrapper has some noticable rubbing and wear, especially to..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Limited first edition of this early short story collection by the author of Post Office and Ham On Rye. This is number 142 of only 300 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies in special hardbound binding with multi-colored cloth spine. A sharp near..... More
Los Angeles: Cannon Films, 1987. First edition thus. Paperback. 4to. Mechanically reproduced sheets printed on rectos only. This is the fourth revised shooting script from Cannon Films of Bukowski's Barfly. Printed on mint green paper. Dated 01/26/87. 111 pp. Bradbound into navt blue printed covers from Cannon Films. Some age..... More
Madrid: Espase-Calpe, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Classic history of bull fighting in Spain and in other parts of the world. Text in Espanol with numerous color and black and white illustrations. Published between 1951 and 1961. Matching one quarter leather bindings over blue cloth. Sound copies with general light wear..... More
Corte Madera: Illuminations Press, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. First edition of the author's first book, a play. 31 numbered pages plus additional info at rear of book. A sharp near fine example in photo-illustrated wrapperes. African American lit. More
New York: Viking, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's second book, a work of prison life by a man who knows of what he speaks. Highly recommended author. A fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper with a hint of toning to spine, much less than..... More
London: No Exit Press, 1996. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's fourth crime novel. Fine in fine dustwrapper. This is #396 of 500 special copies with bookplate SIGNED by Bunker. Recommended author. Signed by Author. More
London: Sidgewick and Jackson, 1965. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of this novel first written in 1949, but not published until this 1965 edition. Slight lean else a tight bright copy in very good priceclipped dustwrapper with sticker shadow to inside front flap. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in fine price intact dustwrapper of this novel which precedes Burke's acclaimed detective fiction series. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First edition. Cloth. First edition of this novel by the author of Little Caesar and Dark Hazard. A bright clean near fine copy in red cloth binding in very good price intact dustwrapper with some small chips and tears to edges. A solid collectible..... More
New York: Literary Guild, 1929. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. Early reprint edition of Burnett's classic novel which was made into a memorable film starring Edgar G. Robinson. Toning to spine, else a clean very good copy in decorated green boards printed in black and yellow. Very small stamp to inside front..... More
New York: New Directions, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original. A good copy of this novel by the author of I Wanted A Year Without Fall. Dampstain to lower edge. This is a Review Copy with review slip and publisher letter laid in. This copy has also been INSCRIBED..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of the author's first book. Light vertical abrasion to inside front pastedown else a clean very good copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Original $12.95 price is present on the front flap. More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. 296 pp. Foreword by Camilla Bagg. Afterword by Barbara Wagstaff. First restored edition of this literary memoir. Board corners lightly bumped else a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Corner crease to rear flap. More
Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. First US edition of his first book. Near fine copy with light wear to lower spine end, otherwise quite nice in about near fine unclipped jacket with some light chipping to upper spine. Overall, one of the nicer copies I have seen..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 213 pp. A collection of stories translated into English by Justin O'Brien. Stated First American Edition. A handsome very good plus copy in clipped, but otherwise handsome dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: San Francisco Stories, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Literary magazine featuring the first published story of Ethan Canin "Lies". Also includes stories by Molly Giles, Barry Gifford and many more. About near fine in white wrappers lightly tanned along edges. More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original book. A collection of stories. 214 pp. A handsome near fine example. Perhaps read once carefully. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by the author to a fellow writer. More
