Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2004. First Edition, Limited #138 of 426 copies. Includes an original SIGNED color serigraph print of Bukowsky by R. Crumb. Tall 8vo. 144 pp. Illustrations by R. Crumb. Red cloth spine with color illustrated paper covered boards, in publisher's acetate dustjacket. A fine copy, as..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. 144 pp. 12 full-page illustrations by Crumb. Floral cloth spine over color illustrated boards with letter to front cover; paper title label to spine in publisher's acetate dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A posthumous look..... More
Blakeney, Gloustershire: Scorpion Press, 1988. 1st. Half leather. First Edition, Limited to 110 copies. SIGNED by the author. With an appreciation of Burke by Michael Connelly. Half-leather spine over marbled boards. A fine copy, as new. Book #10 in the Dave Robicheaux series. More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. May Wilson Preston. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 12mo; [x], 35pp. Near Fine copy in publisher's tan cloth; illustration to front cover; tissue-protected frontis and one other illustration. A handsome copy, one that bears a 'story within a story!' The book is dedicated..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Revised Edition. INSCRIBED 'Mu heartiest/to Louis J. Stellmen/and memories of/his kindness to/me on the coast/a decade ago-/Witter Bynner/Santa Fe/November 24/1930'Octavo; xxii, 307pp. Very Good with some pages still unopened (small Santa Fe bookseller stamp to front pastedown) in original green cloth lettered in..... More
Milan: Cisalpino, 2008. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 405 pages. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Chicago: University of Missouri Press, 1982. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 94 pp. Stiff illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; slight spine leaning). Winner of the Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Short Fiction for 1981. The collection includes "Lieberman's Father," "Things I Did to Make..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922. 1st. 8vo. 504pp. Maroon cloth with green lettering and ruling in green dustjacket. The story of an American girl who grew up in France and is destined to marry an American who grew up in New Jersey and New England. "...Americans will see..... More
Melbourne: The Spectator Publishing Company, 1891. 1st. 4to. 431, [1] pp. Decorative chapter initials, head and tail pieces. Publisher's brown pebbled boards with blindstamped lettering and design to front board. Laid in is a single sheet advertising broadside titled "Have You Read The Kings of the Reefs? If not, you..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 312pp. Fuschia cloth in color printed dustjacket. By the author of numerous highly regarded detective stories published under the name of Margery Allingham. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Knickerbocker Press, March, 1903. Early printing. Large 8vo. 310, [2pp publisher's advertisements]. Index. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; 31photogravures, and other illustrations. Striking gilt decorated blue cloth by Margaret Armstrong, with her monogram on the lower front covers; top edges gilt; deckled page edges;..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author to 8vo. 118 pp. Green cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities). "...a book for all people of good will, but perhaps expecially for those who cannot understand what..... More
Fresno, CA: Fresno Publishing Co., 1972. First Edition. INSCRIBED "8-7-72. To Al, From your friend who holds you in great esteem. Don't change your views as we are badly inneed of people like you. Sincerely, Lou Del Castillo". 8vo. xvii, 83 pp. Illustrated by Petey Capriola. Introduction by Charles B...... More
Charlottesville VA: anabasis.xtant, 2004. 1st. Softcover. Octavo, 21 pages. More
Berkeley, CA: The Gillick Press, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition, with the author's red chop mark over the copyright date. 120 pp. Cream linen spine over yellow printed boards in publisher's red dustjacket with black lettering. Light bumping to upper corners; wear to extremities; a near fine copy in very good..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; 304 pages. Libreary copy, o/w a Fine unused copy. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 291pp. Red cloth in color printed dustjacket. Author's first novel. More
Np: [1977]. Reprinted from American Imago, Vol. 34, No. 4, Winter 1977. INSCRIBED "To Dudley(?), My first real reprint to the man who got me started on this. Geoff." 8vo. [313] - 326 pp. Cream printed staplebound wrappers in fine condition (small erasure on front cover). More
Sacramento: Little Pegasus Press (World of Poetry Press), 1978. 1st. Hardcover. 4to; 174pp. Fine copy in original gilt-stamped black leatherette in dust jacket. More
Paris: Editions Mornay, 1929. 1st. Paperback. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #650 of 1000 copies. 8vo. 270pp. Text in French. Color illustrations by Dignimont (some with tissue guards). Printed on Papier de Rives. Color illustrated wrappers in original glassine covered dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine glassine (darkening to..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 312pp. Green cloth covered boards; gilt titles and illustration to front board and spine. Light wear to spine ends and corners; previous owner's book plate to front paste-down end paper; front hinge cracked; very good. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 313pp. Green cloth covered boards; cream stamped illustration to front board & cream letter to spine. Light wear to extremities; more so to spine ends; some loss of cream coloring to lettering on spine; light spotting to..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1844. Revised edition. Paperback. 16mo. 48 pp. Woodcut illustrations. Cream wrappers with black lettering & design. A near fine copy (minor wear & spotting; owner name). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available..... More
