e-catalog #122
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61.
MISHIMA, Yukio.
Runaway Horses.
NY: Knopf, 1973.
First US edition. 421 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Translated from the original Japanese by Michael Gallagher. The second volume of Mishima’s “Sea of Fertility” tetralogy. Accompanying this copy is a Knopf letterhead card upon which is penned, “The enclosed copy is submitted for consideration for the National Book Award in Translation.”
$100
62.
MORRIS, Wright.
The Inhabitants.
NY: Scribner’s, 1946.
First edition. 4to. [110 pp]. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with several short edge tears and light wear. Text and photographs by Morris. INSCRIBED by Morris on the half-title page to fellow Nebraskas, “For Shirley + Marvin / naturally! / Wright Morris.” Marvin Malone was the editor of the long-running Wormwood Review. A Roth 101 title.
$500
63.
[NORSE, Harold]. Head, Thomas. ed.
Amphora 8.
San Francisco: Headstone Press (1972).
First edition. 40 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Contributions by Ferlinghetti, Bukowski, Codrescu, and several others. This issue features an interview with Harold Norse by the editor, along with eight poems. INSCRIBED by Norse inside the front cover, “This copy for Doug Blazek / hang in during Kali Yuga / by the toenails, old friend / Hal Norse / San Francisco 5/xii/72.”
$50
64.
PLYMELL, Charles.
Curricula Me Vita.
Florence, Northampton, Cherry Valley: glass eye books/ecstatic peace/cherry valley editions (2011).
First trade edition. 4to. 33 pp. Bump to one lower corner, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Addressed to Richard Krech by hand, with stickers and stamps. One of 200 copies. A prose work by the poet-publisher. INSCRIBED by Plymell inside the front cover, “for Richard / Charles Plymell.”
$40
65.
PRIEST, Christopher.
The Prestige.
NY: St. Martin’s (1996).
First US edition. 404 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Source for the successful Nolan brothers film.
$125
66.
PYNCHON, Thomas.
Gravity’s Rainbow.
NY: Viking (1973).
First edition. 760 pp. Corner crease to first leaf (a production flaw) else fine in very near fine dust jacket with some light wear along the bottom edge of the front panel, a spot of rubbing to the upper rear panel, and some rippling to spine. A fresh bright copy of this post-war American literary landmark.
$1250
67.
ROBBINS, Tom.
Another Roadside Attraction.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1971.
First edition. 400 pp. Slight lean to spine, else fine in very good plus dust jacket with some wear to base and crown of spine, and tips of flap folds. SIGNED by Robbins on the half-title page. His first novel.
$850
68.
ROBBINS, Tom.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
First edition. 365 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with a ⅛ tear to the bottom edge of the front panel. Robbins’ second novel, source of the 1994 Gus Van Sant film.
$450
69.
RYOKAN.
Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan.
NY: Columbia University Press, 1977.
First edition. 126 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some patches of rubbing to the front panel. Poems translated from the original Japanese by Burton Watson, with his introduction. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate inside the front cover.
$75
70.
SELBY, Hubert Jr.
Last Exit to Brooklyn.
NY: Grove Press (1964).
First edition. 304 pp. Some light soiling to page edges, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a short tear to the base of one flap fold, and a few light wrinkles. Selby’s first book, portions of which appeared in the Black Mountain Review, New Directions, the Provincetown Review, and Swank. Subjected to an obscenity trial in the UK, banned in Italy, source for the film.
$200
71.
SHELTON, Gilbert.
The Best of the Rip Off Press, Vol. II: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
San Francisco: Rip Off Press (1974).
First edition. [96 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Don’t forget Fat Freddy’s Cat! Printed price of $3.50 on the front cover (later printings have higher prices).
$40
72.
SMITH, Harry with Philip Taaffe and Fred Tomaselli.
The Heavenly Tree Grows Downward: Selected Works by Harry Smith, Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli.
NY: James Cohan Gallery (2002).
First edition. 4to. [78 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. Introduction by Rani Singh. Essay by Raymond Foye. Interviews with Philip Taaffe and Fred Tomaselli. Fully-illustrated. Includes many tipped-on color plates.
$75
73.
STEADMAN, Ralph.
The Grapes of Ralph: Wine According to Ralph Steadman.
London: Ebury Press (1992).
First edition. 4to. 224 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color. Dated (Oct 9, 92) and SIGNED by Steadman on the title page.
$150
74.
STRAUSS, Richard and Stefan Zweig.
A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931–1935.
Berkeley: University of California (1977).
First US edition. xxxi + 122 pp w/appendix & editor’s notes. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine and a wrinkle to crown. Translated from the original German by Max Knight. Foreword by Edward E. Lowinsky. From the library of Nathaniel Tarn, with his bookplate inside the front cover.
$35
75.
TATE, James.
Apology for Eating Geoffrey Movius’ Hyacinth.
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1972.
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 16mo. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. One of 75 numbered copies SIGNED by Tate.
$100
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THOMPSON, Hunter S. and Ralph Steadman.
The Curse of Lono.
NY: Bantam (1983).
First edition. 158 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Thompson “covers” the Honolulu Marathon at the invitation of Running Magazine, with Steadman as his witness.
$100
77.
VONNEGUT, Kurt Jr.
Breakfast of Champions or Goodbye Blue Monday.
NY: Delacorte/Lawrence (1973).
First edition. 295 pp. Fine in very near fine dust with a tiny chip and tear to spine. INSCRIBED by Vonnegut on the half-title page to the well-known editor and publisher William Targ, “Peace and Plenty / to William Targ — / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. / *.”
$1500
78.
WESTLAKE, Donald E.
God Save the Mark.
NY: Random House (1967).
First edition. 209 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. An Edgar Award winner.
$100
79.
WHALEN, Philip.
The Invention of the Letter: A Beastly Morality.
NY: [Irving Rosenthal] (1967).
First edition. 22 pp. Fine in spiral wire binding. In the form of a notebook, the text entirely reproduced from Whalen’s holograph with his drawings.
$125
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WILLEFORD, Charles.
Everybody’s Metamorphosis.
Missoula: Dennis McMillan (1988).
First edition, numbered & signed issue. 209 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Eighteen short stories and a selected bibliography of Charles Willeford by Don Herron. One of 400 numbered copies SIGNED by Willeford.
$150