Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. This, the author's most famous book of fiction, concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the Southwestern United States, and was so influential that the term "monkeywrench" has come to mean, besides sabotage and damage to machines, any sabotage, activism... More about THE MONKEY WRENCH GANG. A Novel
Tokyo: Magazine House, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full-page color photographs by this Japanese master. Clean copy. Fabulous printing and production. More about SHIKIKEI LANDSCAPE
London: Macmillan, (1984). First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Before the publication of the The Wasp Factory Banks had written several science fiction novels, which had not been accepted for publication. Banks decided to try a more mainstream novel in the hopes that it would be more readily accepted, and... More about THE WASP FACTORY
n.p. n.p., n.d. First edition. Autographed Letter Signed. Written entirely in black ink by Barker (including his name and return address at the top) on two plain 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of paper, the letter is undated but discussion of Williamson's forthcoming anthology "Masques" which was published in 1984... More about A Two-Page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED From Clive Barker to Editor J. N. Williamson
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Two stapled promo sheets laid in. The culmination of the author's "accidental trilogy." With familiar surgical precision, Bowden combines memoir, natural history, and keen reportage at breakneck speed. More about SOME OF THE DEAD ARE STILL BREATHING. Living in the Future
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. #163/250 numbered copies signed by Charles Bukowski. The dedication in this book simply reads, "For Jane", Bukowski's first love. These poems (92) explore a more emotional side of the author. Also of note are the three lines below part 1, that Bukowski... More about THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Being the hardcover issue, circa 100 copies. Though not called for, this copy is signed by Bukowski. Rare red tissue jacket intact. A collection of 9 poems including the title standout: Fire Station (For Jane, with Love). Krumhansl 34b. More about FIRE STATION
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Charles Bukowski. First edition, signed deluxe edition. Hardcover. One of 100 numbered copies, #36, with an original painting by Charles Bukowski (with tissue guard). A very elegant forest like scene, abstract, with lace-like images, signed in ink by Bukowski in the bottom right corner... More about HOT WATER MUSIC. Stories. 1/100 With An Original Painting
Hollywood: Burn Again Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Bukowski's homage to Red Stodolsky, bookseller and friend. #47 of only 50 numbered copies signed by Bukowski. Nine pages. Back in the day, when one visited Red at his Baroque Bookstore on Las Palmas in Hollywood, there would be a special... More about RED
Chicago: Midwest Poetry Chapbooks, (1962). First edition. Paperback. Less than 300 copies were published in March of 1962 by R. R. Cuscaden. Consists of 20 poems, all written in 1960 or 1961. The book is dedicated to William Corrington and was printed at Quality Press Limited, Montreal, Canada. Stapled into stiff red paper wrappers. More about RUN WITH THE HUNTED
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. Charles Bukowski. First edition, deluxe issue. Hardcover. #83/100 copies, the deluxe issue, with an original painting by Charles Bukowski. A killer painting of a bird, using many colors and thick paint, signed "Buk" bottom right on the painting (with tissue guard). Also signed on... More about WAR ALL THE TIME. 1/100 With Original Painting
New York: Ecco Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. This copy is signed in full on the title page by Raymond Carver and also is inscribed by Carver below, "For James and Norma from Ray, June 1988, Port Angeles." With photographs by Bill Burke, editged by Constance Sullivan. Preface by... More about PORTRAITS. Essay By Raymond Carver (inscribed by Raymond Carver
New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. Laid into this copy is an ANS, on a 5 x 7 inch sheet (Random House), with the printed name of Jeff Stone: "Michael - Please be discrete / about this gift since / they are very rare / though the... More about CATHEDRAL. Stories
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. #7 of the 'Autograph Edition' this copy marked "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page. Not signed by Cather. Blue and beige cloth with spine label in a decorated, light green dust jacket that is taller than the book. More about A LOST LADY
London: Secker & Warburg, (1999). First edition. Hardcover. Printed by Clays. Winner of the Booker Prize for 1999. Basis for the big screen film (2008) that was directed by Steve Jacobs and stars John Malkovic, Natalie Becker and Jessica Haines. The tale of a South African professor who loses everything... More about DISGRACE
New York: William Morrow, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's third book, one of 7500 copies. This copy inscribed by Crews to film director/actor Paul Bartel: "To Paul / March 23, '80 / Harry Crews / Gainseville, Fl." From the library of Paul Bartel. This southern novel... More about THIS THING DON'T LEAD TO HEAVEN
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. A fantasy for adults under thirty. More about ATTIC
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed by Foote on the front endpaper, "For / Michael Hargraves / displaced in Frisco / from / Shelby Foote / Memphis Nov 1982." In this novel, a magisterial historian of the Civil War charts its distant repercussions in... More about SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER
London: Daniel O'Connor, n.d. Claud Lovat Fraser. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 4to. Color illustrations throughout. Translated from the French by Charles Nodier. Bound in beautiful color illustrated boards with wonderful color endpapers. More about THE LUCK OF THE BEAN-ROWS. A Fairy-Tale For Lucky Children. Illustrated by the Author
New York: Abrams, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Text by Rod Slemmons. The first publication to survey the 30-year career of Lee Friedlander, one of America's great masters of photography. 4to. 153 plates in tritone.119 pages with a selected bibliography and selected exhibitions and awards. More about LIKE A ONE-EYED CAT. Photographs 1956-1987
Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. No friend was closer to Barbara Hepworth, over a period of forty years, than Margaret Gardiner. In this vivid and personal account of the early days in Hampstead, when Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore and Herbert Read all lived and worked, for... More about BARBARA HEPWORTH. A Memoir
Chicago: Playboy Magazine, 1959. First edition. 5 single sheets. These 5 pages from Hefner, in three letters, dated August 19, 1957--January 31, 1958, and February 26, 1958, reveal a fascinating and illuminating glimpse into the editorial mind of Hugh Hefner directing the efforts of the iconic artist Jack Davis. "Dear... More about GROUP OF 3 TLS's, DATED 1957-1958, FROM HEFNER TO ARTIST JACK DAVIS CONCERNING DAVIS' JAZZ...
New York: Persea, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's scarce first novel. "A wonderful charivari, full of life and new news. He has appropriated the vitality of two cultures to produce, in magical synthesis, a splendid, bitter, and loving work of the imagination." More about OUR HOUSE IN THE LAST WORLD
Sante Fe: Twin Palms, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. One of only 25 copies signed by Mahurin with an original signed print, "Belfast" laid into a special envelope. The book is bound in brown cloth and laid into the publisher's clamshell black cloth case. A nice production. More about MATT MAHURIN. 1/25 With Print
New York: Targ Editions, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. First edition thus. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Mailer. A short story originally published by Esquire magazine in 1962, printed at the Grenfell Press on all-rag sheet paper. Bound in cloth and pattered boards, unprinted jacket. More about THE LAST NIGHT. A Story
