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Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this copy is a postcard addressed to a woman in Indiana (cancel 1988) in the author's hand, on the message side Percy writes: "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. / The Moviegoer / Walker Percy." The opening sentence of this prize winner.
THE MOVIEGOER.
Percy, Walker
New York: Knopf, 1961.
Price: $3,000.00
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This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page. This special edition was not sold but given away by the author to help celebrate his involvment with publishing which debuted with this book. A very scarce item. The book won the Grand Prix, the highest honor for a mystery novel in France. It also won the Anthony Award and Macavity Award for Best Novel of 1998, and was also the basis for the Clint Eastwood directed film that starred Eastwood, Angelica Huston and Jeff Daniels.
BLOOD WORK
Connelly, Michael
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
Price: $1,850.00
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One of only 26 lettered copies, the deluxe issue, signed in full by Hunter S Thompson on the colophon page. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bound in brown leather with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued without dust jacket.
SCREWJACK.
Thompson, Hunter S
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991.
Price: $3,000.00
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Small folio. This copy bears Leibovitz's presentation inscription on the front endpaper: "For Lena / with great admiration / Annie Leibovitz / New York 1999." From the estate of Lena Horne. A one-of-a-kind copy.
WOMEN by Annie Leibovitz and Susan Sontag.
(Horne, Lena)
New York: Random House, 1999.
Price: $2,750.00
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Large 4to. This copy is inscribed by Irving Penn to his close friend, and assistant, the artist Mary Faulconer on the half-title page: "For dear dear Mary, with Love / P." Underneath his inscription Penn has drawn a circle then signed his name inside, adding "NY. 1984," the year of publication. This is the first comprehensive retrospective on Penn's work, and was published in conjunction with an exhibition at MOMA. 216 p, with 156 plates (21 in color) with 35 reference illustrations (7 in color).
IRVING PENN.
Szarkowski, John
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1984).
Price: $950.00
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Produced by Richard Moore (who interviews Millar in these tapes) for the KQED documentary series, Writers in America. The archive consists of: 27 16mm reels of film or audio, housed in either metal canisters or original Scotch Brand boxes, some with "Highland Laboratory of San Francisco" labels to exterior, with addional labels identifying the subject matter as Kenneth Millar / Ross Macdonald dated August 8, 1977. A collection of raw film and sound footage. Together with the mimeographed transcription of the interview (with index, approx 75-80 pages). The archive
ARCHIVE OF A VIDEO INTERVIEW, AUGUST 8, 1977
Macdonald, Ross (Kenneth Millar)
n.p.: n.p., 1977.
Price: $2,000.00
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Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the front endpaper: " Hard Cover! / What Radical Chic! / Tennessee Williams / Key West, 1971." 114pp. With four photographic plates inserted throughout. When this play first premiered in New York in 1945, actor Montgomery Clift played the role of Hadrian (directed by Gurthrie McClintic)
YOU TOUCHED ME! A Romanic Comedy In Three Acts. Suggested by a Short Story of the Same Name by D. H. Lawrence.
Williams, Tennessee and Donald Windham
New York: Samuel French, (1947).
Price: $2,000.00
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Approx 400pp, 16mo and 4to, being the working draft of Dramocles, housed in the author's original folder with story and character notes scribbled throughout. Consisting of (approx): 71pp of early draft, 50pp of possible scenes, bits and characterizations, 53pp + 170pp of drafts, 70pp of (old notes) drafts, including mss charts, outlines, structure plotting, and mss slips he used (ala James Joyce). Robert Sheckley, 1928-2005, was a Hugo and Nebula nominated author whose clever and often absurdist sci-fi novels attracted a wide audience. Includes a first edition of the finished book, F/F signed by the author. A remarkable archive, a chance to recreated how a novel is written, from notecards to finished product.
DRAMOCLES. An Intergalactic Soap Opera. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE.
Sheckley, Robert
Circa 1983.
Price: $1,750.00
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A "round robin" copy signed by 26 members of the original cast, including "Dead End Kids" Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan and Billy Hallop. The signature of Dan Duryea, who played a "G-Man" is also present. The play opened at the Belasco Theater on October 28, 1935 and ran for two years, totaling 684 performances. The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York, who appeared in this play in 1935. In 1937 producer Samuel Goldman brought all of them to Hollywood and turned the play into a film. Those young actors proved to be so popular that they continued to make movies, under various monikers including the Little Tough Guys, the East Side Kids, and The Bowery Boys, until 1958. The book is illustrated with three stunning wood engravings by Julian Wehr. A one-of-a-kind copy of the play where all of these long famous actors got their start.
DEAD END. A Play in Three Acts.
Kingsley, Sidney.
New York: Random House, (1936).
Price: $1,250.00
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This copy is inscribed to Edward Hyde Cox (1914-1998) who served as the President of the Cape Ann Historical Association (MA): "For Hyde Cox, the Canary / of Crow Island / Wallace Stegner." This book, while written from the perspective of the Mormon immigration, is more than a recounting of history. Rather, it is a glimpse into the culture, mindset, and mantra of the many different people and parties that tamed what is now Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Idaho and Wyoming, and eastern Nevada.
MORMON COUNTRY. Part of the American Folkways Series
Stegner, Wallace
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, (1942).
Price: $850.00
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A realist semi-autobiographical novel that has been called "arguably, Wells' most artistic book." First issue. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and leather and cloth slipcase.
TONO-BUNGAY.
Wells, H. G.
London: Macmillan, 1909.
Price: $450.00
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4to. One of 75 copies signed by the author and artist. A beautiful, and appropriate presentation, of the author's eloquent essay on childhood, man, and nature, written in 1981. The book was printed in the spring of 1992 by Sandy Tilcock (Lone Goose Press), with assistance from Kathleen Wigley. Both the text, handset in Perpetua, and the relief images were printed on a Vandercook 219 proofing press. The text and cover papers were made by Margaret Prentice from the plant fiber abaca with patterns created in the paper's body by colored pulp. Housed in the original publisher's cloth clamshell box (with spine label).
CHILDREN IN THE WOODS. With Relief Prints By Margaret Prentice.
Lopez, Barry
Eugene: Lone Goose Press, (1992).
Price: $500.00
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