A Friend From England
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First UK edition of this novel by the Booker McConnell Prize winner. 205 pp. Paper tanned with age, else a near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. More
Modern Literature / First Editions
The Bold Saboteurs
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this very early "Beat Generation " novel. A near fine copy with light wear to spine ends in very good unclipped dustwrapper, slightly faded at spine. Uniquely, this copy is signed by the author and quite scarce as..... More
The Writer's Mind: Interviews With American Authors Volume III
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo. 313 pp. A collection of interviews with American authors including Lee Smith, Peter Beagle and Frank Stanford. A near fine clothbound copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper. More
The Golden Ball (Presentation Copy to Winthrop Ames and His Wife Lucy)
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
Manchild in the Promised Land
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1965. Later printing. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 415 pp. Later printing (seventh), but from the same year as the first printing. The author's autobiography which takes place in Harlem. Prior owner bookplate afixed to the front endpaper else a very good copy in red..... More
The Office
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
24 Epigraphs From Booga (Signed Broadside)
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
George Spelvin or Double, Double, Toil and Trouble or My Poor Fool Is Hanged (Inscribed to Poet Karl Shapiro)
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
The Way To The Uncle Sam Hotel (Inscribed)
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
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
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
The White House Mess (Inscribed)
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
McCarthy And His Enemies (Inscribed by Buckley and Signed by Bozell); The Record and Its Meaning
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
South Of No North (Signed Limited Edition)
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
Barfly (Original Screenplay, 4th Revision of the 1986 Shooting Script)
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
Los Toros: Tratado Technico e Historico - 4 Volume Set
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
How Do You Do; A Play
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
The Animal Factory
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
Dog Eat Dog
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
A Vision of Battlements
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
The Olive Trees Of Justice
London: Sidgewick and Jackson, 1962. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of this novel by Pelegri translated into English by Anthony Burgess. A bright near fine copy in near fine price intact dustwrapper with mild rubbing to rear panel. This copy INSCRIBED by Burgess in year of publication. Signed..... More
The Lost Get-Back Boogie
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
Goodbye To The Past
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
Little Caesar
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
Domestic Particulars (Inscribed, Review Copy)
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
They Dream Of Home (Signed by Edward Dmytryk, Film Director)
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing of this novel by the author of Duel In The Sun. 307 pp. Source for the film Till The End of Time starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Hollywood Ten member Edward Drmtryk who has SIGNED this..... More