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New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. A distinguished copy of this well-received narrative of Robinson's life, chronicling his early upbringing, career in sports, and his breaking of the color line to become the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) was a noted African American journalist and diplomat, whose career in journalism began in 1948 at the Minneapolis Tribune, who hired him as one of only a handful of Black general assignment reporters in the country. "His first major assignment was a series of articles on African American life in the Deep South, for which he traveled six thousand miles in six weeks" (AANB Vol.7, p.20). Throughout the 1950s, he covered the historic Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, and provided extensive coverage of the burgeoning Civil Rights struggle. His reporting of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and his work with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other boycott leaders would form the basis for his third book, Go South to… Leer más

New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First Edition. The author's second Hugo Award-winning novel (1965), about an inhabited planet that wanders into Earth's solar system. First Printing, a paperback original novel (U6010). Octavo; illustrated wrappers; yellow-orange edge-staining; 318, [2]pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, with a tiny ownership label to verso of front wrapper, else a Fine, unread copy.

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's classic account of how America became involved in Vietnam. Limited Issue, one of 1,250 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.16. Octavo (24.25cm); full burgundy leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; 543,[1]pp. Fine and unread, with the publisher's notes card and signed COA loosely laid in.

London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. The Scottish author's first published novel, narrated by a psychopathic teenager living on a remote Scottish island. "Sixteen-year-old Francis Cauldhame contemplates ritual animal and insect sacrifice, casual murder and family secrets as he waits for the cataclysmic return of his older brother, an escaped lunatic" (Barron, Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide 4-19). First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-184pp. Light wear to spine ends, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some rough erasure to upper front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £7.95 net), with mild external wear, and eleven faint patches of tape residue (not actual tape) on verso; Very Good+ or better.

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. First Edition. A sharp copy of James's first novel, serialized between August-December, 1871 in the Atlantic Monthly. It did not appear in book format until Osgood proposed publication in April, 1878. James implemented moderate revisions to the text between the serialization and it's appearance in book format; even so, he was ashamed of the novel, all but disowning it in his later life, and choosing rather to favor Roderick Hudson as his debut. Edel & Laurence A6; BAL 10535. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. 18mo. (15.5cm); emerald green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and blind-embossed onto spine and covers; brown endpapers; all edges stained red; [ii],[5],6-219,[3]pp. Some trivial external wear, spine ends just barely nudged, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy, with the cloth quite vibrant, and the red edge-staining perfectly even.

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First U.K. Edition. Handsome set of this anonymously-published maritime novel by Cooper, centered around the abduction of a woman by the pirate captain of the Water-Witch, and the subsequent pursuit by her suitor. Precedes the American edition by two months, and preceded only by the rare Dresden edition. Spiller & Blackburn 12; BAL 3846. First Impression. Three 12mo. volumes (19cm); 19th century marbled paper boards and juniper green calf, spines in five compartments, with tan calf labels, and titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spines; viii,321,[1]; [ii],316; [ii],308pp. Ink ownership signature of Eleanor Lucy Kindersley (dated 12th September 1882) to front endpaper of each volume, with "The Pious Mansfield Woodhouse" in a different hand at upper front endpaper of Vol.1. Modest rubbing to joints and covers, wear to upper and lower board edges, crowns, and upper board corners (with some board exposure), with a 1.25" split at upper front… Leer más

New York: Random House, 1943. First Edition. A sharp copy of Cheever's first book, a collection of 30 short stories written between 1930-1942, with several of them previously published in the pages of Collier's, The New Yorker, Story Magazine, Yale Review, and Harper's Bazaar. While the book was critically well-received, it was a poor seller. Cheever (and later, his family) was persistently resistant to allowing the stories here to be included in subsequent collections of his work. First Printing, one of 2,750 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titling and decorative elements in navy blue on spine and front cover; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],256,[2]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.00), with a hint of sunning to spine, and a few very tiny tears.

Cleveland: Seven Flowers Press, 1967. First Edition. The Berkeley poet and magazine editor's first book, a poetic tribute to San Francisco, published by d.a. levy's Cleveland-based Seven Flowers Press. Each copy bore an original watercolored cover by Mara. Scarce, with no copies for sale in the trade (July, 2019), and 9 holdings in OCLC. Taylor & Horvath P-133. One of 250 copies. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed leaves (rectos), side-stapled, with an original watercolor glued on as front wrapper; [ii],6pp. Two faint horizontal folds smoothed-out, mild toning to extremities, with a small loss to upper right corner of terminal leaf, and a few faint splash marks to upper margins and terminal leaf; Very Good+.

San Pedro: Brown Buddha Books, 1986. First Edition. Handsome edition, produced in small numbers to commemorate Bukowski's marriage to Linda Lee Beighle. "Of these 40 copies, six were given to the Bukowski's to distribute to their friends; these six copies each had a corrected (from Beigle to Beighle) colophon tipped in; the remaining 34 copies contain the original colophon. Also in these six copies the photograph of Linda mending Bukowski's clothing on p.16 has been replaced with a photograph of the bride and groom dancing" (Krumhansl 97, p.112). One of 40 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and photographer, this being copy no.28. Quarto (28.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards, with color photograph of the Bukowski's mounted to front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-27,[5]pp; with 11 color photographs by Michael Montfort mounted throughout the text. Fine in a Fine dustjacket.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.657-784; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, modest wear to extremities, some tanning to text edges, with a few tiny nicks, tears and attendant creases to wrappers, some light dust-soil to rear wrapper, and a faint, shallow tide-mark to lower right margin of pp.657-672; Very Good. Contents include the first appearance of Howard's Conan novella "A Witch Shall Be Born," C.L. Moore's "Black God Shadow," "Xeethra" by Clark Ashton Smith, Derleth and Schorer's collaborative story "A Matter of Faith," and contributions by C.L. Moore, Bassett Morgan, John Flanders, and others. Cover art by Margaret Brundage.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.273-400; illus. Modest external wear, very subtle tanning to text edges, a few tiny tears to extremities, a tiny loss to crown, with a few faint creases to front wrapper, and a small adhesive spot to upper front wrapper; Very Good. Contents include the first part of Howard's Conan novella "The People of the Black Circle," "A Cloak from Messer Lando" by Derleth, Howard Wandrei's "Vine Terror," a reprint of Bram Stoker's "The Coming of Abel Behenna," and contributions by Seabury Quinn, Greye La Spina, Mindret Lord, Julia Boynton Green, and others.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.529-656; illus. Modest wear, gentle sunning to spine, some tanning to text edges, with scattered foxing to wrappers, a few small tears, and some creases to front cover; contemporary owner's pencil name lightly written on front cover, with his last nameat upper margin of contents leaf; Very Good. Contents include the first appearance of Howard's Conan story "Queen of the Black Coast," Derleth's "Incubus," "The Tomb-Spawn" by Clark Ashton Smith, and contributions by Carl Jacobi, Anthony Rud, C.L. Moore, E. Hoffman Price, and others. Cover art by Margaret Brundage.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1934. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.529-656; illus. Gentle sunning to spine, subtle tanning to text edges; modest wear, some dust-soil to rear wrapper, with a neat 5" split alont lower rear joint, and a tiny abrasion to lower right corner of front wrapper; Very Good. Contents include the conclusion of Robert E. Howard's Conan novella "The People of the Black Circle," "Feigman's Beard" by Derleth, a reprint of "The Music of Erich Zahn" by Lovecraft, and contributions by E. Hoffman Price, Marion Doyle, S. Gordon Gurwit, Kirk Mashburn, and others. Cover art ("Queen of the Lilin") by Margaret Brundage.

Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); original pictorial pulp wrappers; pp.385-512; illus. Light wear to spine ends, a few tiny tears along the lower wrapper edges, otherwise, a clean, Near Fine copy, with the pages still creamy and supple. Contents include the concluding part of Howard's Conan novel "The Hour of the Dragon" (published in book format as Conan the Conqueror), Robert Bloch's "Druidic Doom," Derleth and Schorer's collaborative story "They Shall Rise," "The Ruler of Fate" by Jack Williamson, and contributions by Carl Jacobi, Arlton Eadie, Julia Boynton Green, Ronal Kayser, and others.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. An exquisite production by the Black Sparrow Press, and the final issue of Sparrow magazine, containing 12 poems by Charles Bukowski. While the simultaneous issue in wrappers was produced in a run of 1,402 copies, the cloth issue remains among the scarcest and tiniest limitations of any of Bukowski's books. Krumhansl 62b; Morrow & Cooney 305. Deluxe Issue, one of 20 copies specially bound in cloth, each with an original full-page pastel drawing tipped in - this copy unnumbered, but from the collection of Earle and Larry Gray. Octavo (23.5cm); full paisley-patterned cloth, with title label mounted to front cover; publisher's original actetate dustjacket; [iv],[20]pp; signed by the author on the title page. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.

Iowa City: State University of Iowa, 1954. First Edition. Octavo (23.25cm); printed card wrappers; [4],5-80pp. Hint of sunning to spine, light wear to extremities, with a tiny circle in black pencil on lower front wrapper; contents clean; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Contents include Ihab H. Hassan's early overview of Paul Bowles and his writing, "The Pilgrim as Prey: A Note on Paul Bowles." Additional contributions by William Stafford, Norman Macleod, Irving Feldman, W.D. Snodgrass, Louis O. Coxe, and others. Not in Miller.

[Berkeley, CA]: Tangram, 1993. First Edition. Warm association copy, inscribed to McClure's long-time friend and Oyez Press publisher Robert Hawley, who designed the chapbook for McClure's long poetic manifesto Poisoned Wheat (1965). They distributed the chapbook directly to readers whom they felt might have some influence on U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Together, the two men mailed 600 copies of the poem (cf. Encyclopedia of Beat Literature, p.263). One of 190 copies. Slim octavo (25.5cm); unprinted string-tied wrappers; hand-made paper dustjacket, with title label mounted to front cover; [24]pp, with illustrated frontispiece by Amy Evans. Inscribed on the first blank page: "For Robert Hawley / Blue Velvet Eternities & Poisoned Wheat & many thanks / Michael." Fine in a Fine dustjacket.

Santa Barbara: Maurice R. Neville Rare Books, 1977. First Edition. Regular Issue. Small bifolium (20cm); single sheet of stiff cream wove paper, letterpress printed in red, gold, and black, folded once to create a [4]pp pamphlet. A Fine copy. Elegant separate edition of this poem excerpted from Love Is A Dog From Hell, issued to coincide with the opening of a prestigious Santa Barbara antiquarian book firm. Krumhansl 59.

New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. Roth's third book, and his only novel with a female protagonist - "a Midwestern girl who believes herself to be the moral superior of her family and friends, and how she and those around her are destroyed when she sets out to prove that in matters of right and wrong she is the ultimate authority" (from front flap). A significant association copy inscribed to Alison Lurie (1926-2020), winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the second of eight printed dedicatees noted by Roth. When Lurie was interviewed by Liz Lear in 1988 and asked if any other writers had been supportive of her work, or if there was one in particular to whom she owed a debt of gratitude, she mentioned Edward Hower, Diane Johnson, and Roth. "Philip Roth has also been most helpful. He read a number of my earlier books and his constructive criticism was invaluable" (Key West Review, Vol.1, No.1, Spring 1988). Roth was known for not inscribing books casually, and those with… Leer más

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition. An excellent copy of what is perhaps the best-loved and most distinguished illustrated children's book of the 20th century, one that the American Institute of Graphic Arts called "the perfect book." Inscribed by Sendak to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator Richard Howard (1929-2022) and his then partner, author and playwright Sanford Friedman (1928-2010). Howard and Sendak both spent time on Fire Island during the 1960s, where Sendak wrote Where the Wild Things Are, and the men were part of a tightly-knit circle of queer authors and artists in New York during that period. By the mid-1970s, Howard and Sendak had drifted apart, though this copy is evidence of a once closer friendship. While erroneously dated (the book was published in November, 1963 - this copy was actually inscribed on January 9, 1964, not 1963), it still remains among the earliest recorded inscriptions in copies of Where the Wild Things Are. The earliest we have traced… Leer más