Chicago: Contemporary Books, (1985). Hardcover. Signed by Paul Newman on the front endpaper. Laid in is a color flyer highlighting how much his food line donates to charity, and a "thank you" to Oregon retailers for their support. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. 136 pages with index..... More
New York: Faber & Faber, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. The musical Broadway adaptation based on John Water’s hilarious 1988 film of the same name. Includes a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and music by Mark Shaiman, opened on Broadway in..... More
San Francisco & New York: Straight Arrow & Simon Schuster, 1973, 1975, 1977. paperback. 3 volumes, all in wrappers, each volume signed by Bill Owens and dated 1978. All housed in a black cloth slipcase. Each volume measures 10 x 10 inches. Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer..... More
New York: Scribner's, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. A novel that tells the story of two immigrants to New France, René Sel and Charles Duquet, and of their descendants. It spans over 300 years and witnesses the deforestation of the New World from the arrival of Europeans into the contemporary era..... More
Munchen: Bahia Verlag, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Text in German. Black and white photos of the great James Dean by film studio photographer Sanford Roth with text by his wife Beulah. These shots of this famous actor and 'pretty boy' would be hard to beat. More
London: Harvill, (1997). First edition in English. Hardcover. Translated from the Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero. This stunningly powerful novel, of a man's will to survive against all odds, was mentioned specifically when the author won the Nobel Prize for Literature (1998). More
New York: Farrar Straus and Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. The author's first book. Signed on the front endpaper by Sontag. An experimental novel, told in the first person, the story of a young man and his advenures, real, unreal, surreal, dreamlike, in a large cosmopolitan capital, identifiable as Paris..... More
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Marked "Presentation Copy" on the colophon page and signed in full by Hunter S Thompson. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bright red cloth with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued..... More
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. One of 26 lettered copies. Hardcover. Copy "0", of 26 numbered copies signed by the author, the deluxe issue. Bound in full brown leather. Contains three pieces by the Dr. of Gonzo. Thompson's first limited edition. Contents include an Introduction by HST in the form of..... More
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1948. Later printing. Hardcover. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author dated in the year of publication. "To Thomas Thompson / with congratulations / on the sale of his / own "Saddle Tramp," / and best wishes / for its being..... More
New York: Knopf, 1927. First edition thus. Hardcover. This edition is bound with Ralph Barton's celebrated map of Paris with the kind permission of the artist. With 32 illustrations. Printed on the rear panel of the decorated slipcase; "Peter Whittle, Carl Van Vechten's first novel, was published in April, 1922..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1988). First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof of this book of prose pieces. Perfect bound in sky blue printed wrappers, as issued. Here, the author expands on our intimate connection with plants and animals, the poisoning of our environment, and nuclear peril. She describes her struggles..... More
Westport: Praeger, (2006). First edition. Hardcover. This copy inscribed by William Jr to a familly member on the half-title page. "Wild Bill" Wellman was not Paramount Pictures' first choice to direct the World War 1 epic "Wings", but as a former aviator and war hero, he was the right choice..... More
London: Cape, 1979. First edition. Paperback. A Corrected Proof of the author's first book. Basis for the wonderful film of the same name that stared Matthew Modine and Nicholas Cage, directed by Alan Parker (1984). A small film with a big heart. Typical red wrappers with Cape logo design, wrapped..... More
Dublin: Cuala Press, 1938. Jack B Yeata. 2nd edition. Paperback. Small 4to. Here, Yeats depicts the collapse of his paradigm for Ireland's renewal through culture and discerns the seeds for a new cultural movement rooted in education and eugenics. For Yeats, cultural nationalism had the potential to unite the nation..... More
