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$250.00(np): Lunation Press, 1991. First edition. Oblong 8vo. [14 pp]. Fine in paper-covered boards with clever removable spine that allows the entire book to be opened out into a single long sheet. Hand-set type and multi-color linoleum block prints, executed on a Vandercook. One of 50 numbered copies on Somerset Satin paper INITIALED by Bytheriver. -
$125.00Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2003. First US edition. 423 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Small publisher’s sticker inside front board, else fine in full black cloth with yellow stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Claudine Frank, with her introduction. Translated from the original French by Frank and Camille Naish. -
$35.00NY: Grove Press (2022). First edition. 259 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Compelling memoir by the daughter of Peter Schjeldahl. -
$35.00NY: Knopf, 1972. First US edition. 192 pp w/notes & variants. Fine in very near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Richard Howard. Afterword and Notes by Jean Sarocchi. His first novel, composed c. 1936-1938. Cahiers Albert Camus I. -
$45.00London & Boston: Faber and Faber (1980). First UK edition. 186 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a tiny scuff at the crown. Carey’s first book, a collection of ten short stories. -
$150.00Boston: Little, Brown (1963). First US edition. 351 pp. Faint abrasion to first leaf, else very near fine in near fine dust jacket with one tiny tear to the top edge. Translated by John Sturrock. -
$45.00Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press (1970). First edition. 8 1/4 x 7 inch card, printed in silver on black stock. Fine. One of 350 copies. Ceolfrith Poem Card 1. -
$500.00Bolinas: Tombouctor/Lamplighter (1978). First edition, first issue. 150 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a few very light creases down spine. A tight bright copy of this classic memoir. -
$125.00Santa Monica: Voyager Company (1991). First edition. Floppy disc housed in the original illustrated packaging, together with the single sheet history and aspirations of Voyager Expanded Books. Near fine. Introduction and Notes by Martin Gardner. One of three books released at MacWorld San Francisco in January 1992. The others were THE COMPLETE HITCH HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and JURASSIC PARK. -
$850.00[Carrollton]: Press on Scroll Road (2006). First edition. 4to. 44 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed label. No dust jacket, as issued. Wood engravings by Wesley Bates. One of 54 copies printed letterpress on Twinrocker Handmade paper. Collects “Marshall Washer” by Carruth, “The Value of Money: from PIG EARTH” by John Berger, and “Green Fields: from THE VIXEN” by Merwin. -
$125.00NY: New Directions (2010). First edition. Fine in fine publisher’s clamshell case. An innovative text well-presented in accordion form, by a cooperative publisher. “When my brother died I made an epitaph for him in the form of a book. This is a replica of it, as close as we could get.” -
$45.00NY: Pantheon (1990). First US edition. xxii + 242 pp w/notes. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Corinna Sargood. Stories from around the world, all featuring a female protagonist, assembled by Carter with her introduction. Review slip laid in. -
$250.00Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1976. First trade paperback printing. 44 pp. A light bend and small spot to rear cover, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems with illustrations by Marcia/maris. INSCRIBED by Carver to poet Walter Pavlich, “for Walter / with kind regards / Ray Carver / 2.23.82 / Davis.” -
$650.00Santa Barbara: Capra Press (1983). First edition. 189 pp. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Essays, poems, and stories, with a significant afterword by Carver. One of a small number of hardcover copies designated primarily for libraries. INSCRIBED by Carver on title page: “For Doug Blazek, / Salud! / with regards- / Ray. Carver.” -
$250.00Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 19 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Fine clear unprinted acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies on Mohawk Superfine paper SIGNED by Carver. A short story. -
$45.00Cambridge: Polity Press/Blackwell (2003). First trade paperback printing. vi + 174 pp w/index. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (2 December 2003) and INSCRIBED by Castells on the title page. Conversations with social scientist Castells, best known for his THE INFORMATION AGE trilogy. -
$55.00Tempe: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (1990). First edition. 312 pp. Light sunning to spine, else very near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. SIGNED by Castillo on the title page. Her second novel. -
$75.00Binghamton: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (1986). First edition. 132 pp. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Dated (1998 / Wash DC) and INSCRIBED by Castillo. Her first novel. Laid into this copy is an invitation to a reading by Castillo at the Library of Congress. -
$1,000.00NY: Knopf, 1925. First edition. 283 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with two short tears to tips of flap folds, a chip to crown, and some light toning to spine. Despite the flaws, a very nice copy of this jacket. -
$12.50San Francisco: North Point, 1984. First edition. xiv + 268 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cavell contributes a preface to this collection of twelve essays on various aspects of American media and culture. -
$200.00NY: Kulchur Foundation (1982). First edition. Small 4to. 126 pp. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Mona da Vinci. Photograph of Ceravolo by Vico Giacalone. His sixth collection of poems, uncommon in trade. -
$75.00Berkeley: University of California (2001). First US edition. xxxiv + 278 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by Richard Schiff, concluding essay by Lawrence Gowing. Edited by Michael Doran. Texts by contemporary authors with selections from Cézanne’s own letters. -
$45.00NY: Random House (1974). First edition. 112 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. First book of poems by Chase-Riboud, at the time of publication known internationally as a sculptor. -
$75.00London: Colophon Press, 1993. First edition, numbered issue. 17 pp. Near fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 175 numbered copies on Vélin Arches mould-made paper. A short story, found amongst Chatwin’s papers after his death. -
$125.00Francestown: Typographeum, 1993. First edition. 26 pp. Fine in full cloth with printed spine label. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 175 copies on Mohawk Superfine, printed and bound by R.T. Risk. Foreword by John Wyse Jackson, frontispiece portrait of Chatwin by Jocelynn Hallen. A talk Chatwin delivered at an art auction in support of the British Red Cross. -
$75.00London: Picador (1999). First printing of this edition. x + 515 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Reissue of this classic evocation of life in Calcutta and Chaudhuri’s ancestral village in East Bengal. Originally published in 1951. -
$250.00London: Andre Deutsch (1956). Uncorrected proof. 254 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Designated “file copy” on the front cover, along with the publication date. Author’s name and title inked to spine. Chester’s second novel (first under his own name), detailing the life of a Brooklyn undertaker and his interest in the deceased young man of the title. Young 650. -
$200.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, publisher’s copy. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited with a foreword by Edward Field. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Field. Laid into this copy is a holograph postcard from Field, “Dear John, / I’m completely bowled over / by the book!!!! I keep looking / at it, and it (with all those / eyes) keeps looking back at me. / What a great publisher you are! / xxxooo / Edward.” -
$150.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Edward Field, with his foreword. Book reviews (Nabokov, Burroughs, Rechy, Capote), literary essays, columns. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy “Z.” -
$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited, and with a foreword by Edward Field. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy #1. -
$75.00NY: Simon & Schuster (1967). First edition. 240 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with a shallow corner crease to the front flap. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Chester’s second novel. Publisher’s reply card specific to this title laid in. Young 649*. -
$45.00(np): Mark Childress, 1992. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 75 copies for family and friends. Hand-decorated and colored. INSCRIBED by Childress at the conclusion of the essay.