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$450.00[Santurce]: Carrefour (1939). First trade edition. 229 pp. Three small spots to rear cover, else fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine. One of 475 (of 500) copies. From the collection of John K. Martin (Black Sparrow Press) with his ticket inside the rear cover. Shifreen & Jackson A22b.
$350.00[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1945. First edition. 41 pp. Fine in very near fine clear acetate dust jacket. Printed at the Greenwood Press. One of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by Porter with an original holograph postcard from Miller to Porter inserted into the leaf preceding the colophon page. Shifreen & Jackson A41a.$2,000.00Paris: Olympia Press, 1956. Second edition. 171 pp. Light bump to rear upper corner of text block, else very near fine in illustrated wrappers that have some light rubbing. A bright copy. Illustrated with photographs by Brassaï. Shifreen & Jackson A100a.$500.00NY: Scribner’s 1948. First edition. 176 pp. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with light chipping to crown and a fade to spine, and small check mark to front flap. INSCRIBED by Morris on the front free endpaper, “For Marvin Malone - / With the greetings of / Wright Morris.”
$350.00Aartswoud: Spectatorpers, 1987. New edition, first printing, variant a. 27 pp. Fine in wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 110 (of 150) copies. Three texts (two essays and a poem) published originally in 1923. Juliar A57.2.
$450.00Firenze: Téchne (1970). First edition. [128 pp]. Bumps to lower corners, else near fine in illustrated wrappers with original wrap-around band (two short tears). The self-proclaimed “first visual novel in the history of Italian and European Literature.”$200.00NY: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence (1983). Uncorrected proof. 113 pp. Small bump crack near top of spine, else very near fine in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Parker on the half-title page to his publisher at Lord John Press, Herb [Yellin], “Herb, /my all / time hero / Robert B. Parker.”
$350.00Oldham: Incline Press, 1995. First edition. [8 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. A selection from Paul’s THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS. INSCRIBED by printer Moss inside the rear cover, “A soft - one of the last / of the printshop rejects / Graham Moss / Good Friday 2003.” Accompanying this copy is a lengthy ALS from the printer detailing the creation of this title, and a carbon TLS from the recipient who inquired after it.
$100.00Paris: Olympia Press (1960). First edition. 282 pp. Fine in wrappers and very near fine dust jacket. Cover design by J.M. Favarger. A Korean war novel, focused on the prisoner of war experience. Traveller’s Companion Series. Kearney 5.81.
$750.00Trenton: Phillips & Godshalk, 1940. First edition. 51 + 28 pp. Two volumes, each near fine in stapled wrappers with light sunning to spines, and a small spot to the front cover, and a bit of foxing to the fore-edge of volume II. “And Touch” is a collection of poems by Posner, “Clean Earth,” plant and animal stories by Flemer, both books with his linoleum cut illustrations. For the pair:
$2,000.00NY: Farrar & Rinehart (1932). First edition. 282 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with some shallow chipping to base and crown of spine, and to tips of flap folds. Powell’s fifth novel, originally titled COME BACK TO SORRENTO, but changed by the publisher against Powell’s wishes on publication.$500.00NY: Knopf, 1976. Advance reading copy. 371 pp. Light tanning to extrems, a few light vertical creases to spine, in all, a very good plus copy of this advance issue of her first book.$350.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1983). Uncorrected proof. 260 pp. Tiny stain on fore-edge, some light rubbing to rear panel, else near fine in printed wrappers. “In-House Use Only” penned to the front cover in black ink. This copy is in green wrappers, one of a handful thus, and much less common than those in light blue wrappers.$250.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1985). Uncorrected proof. [83 pp] Very near fine in printed wrappers. This is the proof for the final section of ZUCKERMAN BOUND, Epilogue: The Prague Orgy (pp 701-784). Uncommon.$500.00NY: Farrar Straus Giroux (1985). Uncorrected proof. 784 pp. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Collects the GHOST WRITER, ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND, THE ANATOMY LESSON, and EPILOGUE: THE PRAGUE ORGY. An uncommon proof, more so in this condition.
$500.00Los Angeles: Mason Williams and Edward Ruscha (1971). Third edition. [48 pp]. Faint dampstains inside front cover and to first blank leaf, else near fine in spiral-bound wrappers. A photo-documentary, captioned, of the destruction of a Royal Typewriter via being thrown from the window of a Buick at 90 mph.
$450.00Boston: Little, Brown [1963]. First edition, third issue. 248 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with two small patches of rubbing to the spine (but no fade). The third issue, with the dedication page appearing after the copyright page, and “Seymore” for “Seymour” on page 173.$500.00NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First edition. 468 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket with overall edgewear and splits to flap folds. Dated (Hollywood 1945) and INSCRIBED by Service on the front free endpaper.
$950.00Fayetteville & [Seattle]: Lost Roads/Mill Mountain Press 1977. First edition. 542 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Stanford’s epic poem begun as a teen and worked on and off for years. Issued as Lost Roads 7-12. Though there is an assigned isbn for a hardcover edition of this title, one was not produced.$450.00Indianapolis & NY: Bobbs-Merrill (1951). Advance copy. 400 pp. Some light wear to base of spine, else near fine in full brown, gilt-stamped cloth without dust jacket. Stamped “Sample Copy / Not For Sale” on the front free endpaper, along with Styron's agent's name and address. Styron's first book.
$450.00Santa Cruz: Clatworthy Colorvues, 1974. First edition. Oblong 8vo. [54 pp]. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Preceding their important collaboration EVIDENCE by three years, this volume recontextualizes advertising images of useful household and personal items.
$45.00[Melbourne]: Bloom Publishing (2015). First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of smaller number (of 200) copies accompanied by a full-color two-sided poster. Photographs of protests in Kiev and rural Ukraine during the initial actions of February 2014.$750.00NY: Knopf, 1976. Uncorrected proof. Narrow 4to. 233 pp. Sticker shadows to front and rear covers near bottom edge, two small stray ink marks to fore-edge, publication info inked to front wrap (which is stapled to front free endpaper). In all, a very good plus proof copy of Tyler's sixth book.
$350.00NY: Hocus Pocus (1990). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 302 pp. Faint sunning to spine, else fine in full orange cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Fine publisher’s slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by Vonnegut.$450.00Oxford: Plough Press, 1984. First edition. 24 pp. Fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. One of 100 numbered copies. In addition to the press history, includes an original leaf from THE OCTAVO FERNS and THE BRITISH SEAWEEDS.
$450.00NY: Viking (1972). Uncorrected proof. 327 pp. Near fine in illustrated yellow wrappers with sunning and light wear to the unprinted spine at the crown. Galley No. 51, the numeral inked in by the publisher on the front panel, along with the date of publication and retail price. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award.
$750.00Norfolk: New Directions [1949]. Second edition. 207 pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket with two closed tears and a chip to crown of spine. This second edition adds “Something wild...” by Williams as an introduction. INSCRIBED by Williams, “For Ruth Dutton / who has the happy / distinction of being / the sister of Lois / Tennessee.”
$350.00NY: New Directions (1971). First edition. 591 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Williams on the front free endpaper. Collects THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE, SUMMER AND SMOKE, THE ROSE TATTOO, and CAMINO REAL.
$350.00San Francisco: Re/Search Publishing (1984). First edition. 4to. 171 pp. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Collects interviews, fiction, non-fiction, bibliography, and more. SIGNED by Ballard opposite the contents page. Uncommon thus.
$650.00Norfolk: New Directions, 1936. First edition. 16mo. [16 pp]. Fine in printed wrappers. The first book of the press, issued as “New Directions Pamphlets, Number One.” In his introductory note the publisher, James Laughlin, names the author, “the first American surrealist writer.” More than half a century later, in his afterword to Andrews' posthumous THE SURREALIST PARADE (New Directions, 1990), Laughlin recalled that “Wayne became my friend at Harvard...about 1935” and “the original 'Pianos' was...printed in an edition of 300 copies by the Vermont country printer who did the Harvard Advocate. But its unusual aroma quickly pervaded Harvard Square, and it was necessary to rush out a second printing.” WITH: the second printing of this work, bound in red wrappers as issued, adding the subtitle, “A Surrealist Shortstory,” and with the rear cover entirely reset with different text. Near fine. For the pair:$300.00Tokyo: Photo Musée (1998). First edition. 8vo. [670 pp]. Near fine in wrappers and near fine dust jacket. Obi present. Dated (Oct. 08) and INSCRIBED by Kurata on the front free endpaper. Photographs from some of the darker corners.$500.00(np): Privately Printed, 1964. First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with gilt-titled leather spine. The printed month for services has been struck through in holograph and “november” penned in. Zachary Scott and John Steinbeck each contribute a brief essay on their friend Emery.