New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First American Edition. Very Good plus in a Near Fine dust jacket. Small owner name on the front pastedown, some rubbing along the front hinge of the book, else a clean, tight copy; dust jacket is exceptionally bright, with one pinpoint rub to the upper front panel. A very attractive copy.
New York: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED and dated by the Homes on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt. The author's first novel. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also.....
London: The Readers Library, 1926. First UK Photoplay Edition. Based on the 1926 Paramount film, "Old Ironsides," about the USS Constitution and its efforts to combat the Barbary pirates, directed by James Cruze, and starring Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Light foxing, small tear to the rear pastedown. Jacket with.....
London: The Readers Library, 1926. First printing of the UK photoplay edition, originally published in 1731. Scarce in jacket. Basis for the 1926 German film, directed by Arthur Robinson and starring Lya De Putti, the first of seven adaptations of the novel, the most recent being in 2013. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is.....
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1963. Early printing, with ads for books published as late as 1967 on the front flap. French photoplay edition of "L'Immortelle" (1963), the directorial debut of novelist and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet. After writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961) Robbe-Grillet was offered the opportunity to direct a film by producer Samy.....
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1978. First Edition. INSCRIBED in blue ink to novelist and film theorist William F. Van Wert: "pour Bill Van Wert/mon amical souvenir/Robbe-Grillet." The star of the Minuit logo on the front panel is hand-colored in the same ink, presumably by Robbe-Grillet. Text in French. Van Wert corresponded with Robbe-Grillet during his dissertation "The Theory and.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's review slip laid in. Fine and unread in a Near Fine, lightly spine-faded dust jacket.
N.p. N.p., Circa 1940s. Vintage borderless black and white photograph of British author, essayist, philosopher, and poet Aldous Huxley, circa 1940s. With holograph ink and pencil annotations regarding cropping and layout on the verso, along with an agency stamp and a partial printed mimeo snipe, mostly obscured by annotations. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Very Good plus.
London: Feliks Topolski, 1965. First and only edition. Folded broadside, revealing when unfolded a large scale graphic and textual portrayal of a poetry reading that became a watershed moment in 1960s British counterculture. SIGNED by Alexander Trocchi at the inclusion of his essay. The broadside was published as a part of Topolski's prolific ongoing "Chronicle" series. The recto of the.....
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1994. First Edition of the author's first book. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Lion Books No. 230, 1954. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus condition. Two leaves have tiny corner creases, small closed tear on the front wrapper fore-edge, light rubbing overall. A very presentable copy.
New York: The Century Co., 1909. 12mo. First Edition. Publisher's olive cloth, with titles in blind and white, and matching dates. Very Good plus condition, lacking the dust jacket. Binding slightly cocked, spine ends and lower corners lightly bumped, light shelfwear overall, closed tear to the rear pastedown. By the author of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch."
New York: Putnam, 1980. First Edition. Author's third novel. Foxing to the top edges, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. First Edition. first printing. SIGNED by the author and dated 2002. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1998 National Book Award.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
London: Navarone Productions, 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1978 British-American film. Copy belonging to property master Tony Teiger (presumed), with "Props." in holograph ink on the title page. Based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel, and sequel to J. Lee Thompson's 1961 Academy Award-winning film, "The Guns of Navarone," also based on a MacLean novel. Set during WWII, US Colonel.....
New York: W.W. Norton / Liveright Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Association copy, nicely INSCRIBED by Gurganus to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "To Chris / Born an artist then made an artist / I'm proud of you / Love, Allan / 2013." From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. Dampstain to the heel of the book not affecting jacket.
London: The Readers Library, 1928. First UK Photoplay edition. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. Based on the 1928 Academy Award-nominated silent film, directed by King Vidor, and starring Eleanor Boardman and James Murray. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus example of the scarce dust jacket. Slight lean, spine slightly faded. Jacket with a few short tears, rubbing.....
New York: Rob Weisbach Books / William Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Warmly INSCRIBED by Davis on the half title page to fellow author "for the chief hu(man) Mr. O, aka dude with all best wishes and buckets of admiration...XX Amanda HOPE TO SEE YOU IN CANADA" and further SIGNED and dated on the title page: "Amanda Davis Wesleyan Writers Conference.....
London: Picador, 2000. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Printed in England but shipped immediately to India.
New York: Random House, 2000. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Harcourt, 2001. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Fine in red trade size wrappers (softcover).
New York: Delacorte Press, 1989. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine and unread in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Slight spine lean. Jacket has some rubbing at the extremities, and a very tiny closed tear at the heel. Author's second book.
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New York: See Magazines, 1972. First Edition. Features two short stories by John Cleve (Andrew J. Offutt): "The Chain" and "The Leather," both stories with bondage and torture themes, with illustrations by Rene. From the collection of noted writer Chris Offutt, Andrew's son. Also featured in this issue: nude theatre, nude female models, short essays on Janis Joplin and "Fritz.....
London: OUP, 1966. First Edition. The author's third older juvenile. Corners a bit bumped, else Near Fine in a Very Good jacket with two horizontal marks from where a cheap jacket protector was removed.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 2004. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Mel Gussow on the title page: "Mel / Thanks for such a kind, gentle and [illegible] conversation / All best / ASG." Greer has also SIGNED the title page, and at page 267, as "MAX." Gussow was a theatre critic and cultural writer for The.....
London: The Readers Library, 1926. First printing of the UK photoplay edition. Basis for the 1926 silent film about an aristocratic young women who falls prey to blackmail, directed by Edward Sloman, and starring Laura La Plante and James Kirkwood. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Contemporary owner name and date in holograph ink on the.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the Blackmon to author Peggy Gaddis (Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern, 1895-1966) on the front endpaper, in the year of publication: "Affectionately, to the Best of Friends / Peggy Gaddis / From the author / Anita Blackmon (Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith) / August 29, 1937." Blackmon wrote extensively as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith.....
New York: Pantheon, 1984. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the US Edition. Letter from the Publicity Director of Pantheon laid in. Winner of the Booker Prize. An abrasion to the top of the front wrapper obliterating the o in uncorrected and the a in page, otherwise a sharp, fine copy in printed red wrappers.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in wrappers.
New York: Viking Press, 1983. UNCORRECTED PROOF of the author's second book. Near Fine in printed wrappers. Small smudge front wrapper, reading crease at spine, "Rosie" written on spine in pen.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Basis for Nicholas Ray's seminal film noir, "Born to Be Bad," in which Joan Fontaine played decidedly against type to lustrous effect. With a green American Booksellers Association Book Selection bookmark laid in. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus jacket. Slightly cocked, with light wear to the page edges. Jacket is.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf. Foxing to the top page edges, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. Light toning to the spine, affecting both book and jacket, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of the author's fourth book.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket.
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1992. First Edition. One of 40 deluxe copies (this being No. 25) SIGNED by the author. Fine in cloth binding, with lovely handmade paper covered boards and just about Fine tissue dust jacket as issued. First separate publication of this story, which originally appeared in the New Yorker.
New York: Fadsin Cinema Associates, 1970. Very Early Draft script for the 1977 film, preceding its release by at least seven years. First generation photocopied script containing photocopied annotations throughout. Owner name in holograph ink on the front wrapper Based on the 1964 novel by Joanne Greenberg (as Hannah Green). Deborah Blake (Quinlan), a young mental patient, is transferred to several.....
New York: The Seabury Press, 1973. First Edition in English, preceding the UK edition that was published by Methuen two years later. Scarce in jacket. An intense work of speculative science fiction, basis for the challenging and highly praised 2013 film by Aleksey German, which played festivals only for a few years and was not distributed until 2015. Near Fine.....
London: The Readers Library, 1928. First UK Photoplay Edition. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. Based on the 1928 film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Fanny Brice, Guinn Williams, and Edna Murphy. The screen debut of Brice, after a long career on stage, mostly as a performer in Ziegfeld Follies. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust.....
London: The Readers Library, 1929. First UK Photoplay Edition. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. Based on the 1928 film, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello and George O'Brien, which parallels the biblical story of the Great Flood with one set during the outbreak of World War I. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First Edition. Owner inscription on the front endpaper and notation on the table of contents in red holograph pencil. Very Good plus in a Fair clipped dust jacket. Moderate toning to the spine, light edgewear, and light soiling overall. Jacket split along the spine panel and lightly soiled.
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1960. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the copyright page. Near Fine in lightly edge toned side-stapled wrappers. August Mencken, civil engineer and author, was the younger brother of H.L. Mencken.
New York and Dallas: Baskerville Publishers, 1993. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's typed letter signed, along with fact sheet, laid in. Basis for the 2016 neo-noir film, "Nocturnal Animals," directed by Tom Ford and starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Michael Shannon. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. Basis for the 1979 film starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman, a film that won five Academy Awards. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slight lean. Jacket has a chip at the bottom of the front panel, with rubbing overall.
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New York: Angelika Films, 1988. Two Spanish promotional flyers for the premiere of the epic 1942 Italian film version of Ayn Rand's controversial 1936 novel. One flyer is full-color and in a handbill style, the other cut to look like a book, and opens to reveal the film's details, along with the logo of the Spanish distributor, Una Distribucion. "We.....
London: Chatto and Windus, 1934. First UK Edition, and first edition in English. Translator Basil Creighton's annotated copy of his own translation of Traven's masterpiece, with annotations throughout for serialization. INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper: "Annotated for serialization / Basil Creighton." The text of the book is filled with penciled holograph annotations by Creighton, including cuts, underlining, running.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First Edition of the author's first novel. SIGNED by the author and uncommon thus. Controversial at the time for discussing arranged marriages. Pages browning, front end paper starting; a Very Good copy of a poorly constructed book in a Very Good jacket.
London: The Readers Library, 1929. First printing of the UK photoplay edition, originally published in 1928. Photo-illustrated with stills from the film. Now considered lost. Basis for the 1928 silent film about real life French stage actress, Rachel, directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Pola Negri and Nils Asther. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket.....
New York: Doubleday, 1992. Uncorrected Proof of the US Edition. Co-winner of the Booker Prize. Fine in printed wrappers.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1945. First Edition. Not to be confused with the later Crown collection of Hecht's writings titled "A Treasury of Ben Hecht: Collected Stories and Other Writings," published in 1959. Introductory notes by the author. The only appearance in print of Ben Hecht's short story, "Specter of the Rose," basis for the bizarre 1946 film noir. Very Good.....
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1958. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Johanna / Bernard Malamud." The author's third book and first collection of short stories, although his first five published stories were not collected until 1989, in "The People and Uncollected Stories." One of the author's more difficult titles. Very Good plus in.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First Edition. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Upper corners very slightly bumped, affecting the dust jacket to a lesser degree, else Fine.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book shows foxing at top page edges and slight lean. Jacket sunned at spine, lightly rubbed at edges, front flap corner creased. Overall a nice copy.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2001. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Harper and Row, 1989. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Sally / and your love life / Bobbie Ann Mason." Light foxing to the page edges, a vertical crease to the jacket spine, and toning to the jacket, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Harper and Row, 1982. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Author's first short story collection, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the American Book Award. Foxing to the top page edges, and slight toning to the jacket spine and folds, else Near Fine.....
New York: Bonhams Auctions, 2016. Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers. Perfect bound. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes work from JohnJames Audubon, Charles Dickens, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, and many more.
New York: Bonhams Auctions, 2017. Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers. Perfect bound. Illustrated profusely in color throughout. Includes items relating broadly to the 20th Century, including literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ayn Rand, and James Joyce, as well as letters, illustrations, and World War II memorabilia.
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. First Edition. Sixteen stories about mothers, daughters, and animal kinship. Light foxing to the top page edges, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Garden City: DoubledayDoran, 1943. First Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. Bookplate on the front endpaper. Jacket chipped and worn at the spine ends and corners with some rubbing and nicking along the panel edges. Cello tape repairs to the jacket verso.
New York: McClure 1902, Phillips and Co. Octavo. First edition, with "the" for "she" on page 127, third state set of advertisements a the rear with only two titles on the first page of ads and Monsieur Beauclaire at "80th Thousand." Very Good plus lacking dust jacket. Rubbing at the extremities and to the spine. Slight spine lean.
New York: McClure 1900, Phillips and Co. 12mo. First Edition. With publisher seal present on the rear endpapers. Light shelfwear, with a tiny bump to the fore-edge of the front board, else about Near Fine lacking the dust jacket. Owner initials and date on the front pastedown. Author's second book, adapted twice to film: first in 1924, then in 1946.....
Berkeley, CA: Berkley Slavic Specialties, 1989. First Edition. Text in English and Russian. Fine and unread in tan wrappers and a Fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of this collection of essays.
New York: W.W. Norton, 2002. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in a Fine, very lightly rubbed dust jacket. National Book Award nominee.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication, using his nickname: "7-31-69 / To — and — / With my love and esteem / 'Lon." The author was nicknamed "Lon" after the actor Lon Chaney when he was a student at Vanderbilt in the 1920s. An uncommon title in 1960s Southern fiction.....
Boston: Little, Brown, 1999. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1999. First Edition. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Promotional bookmark for this title, produced at publication, are laid in.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "For Laura / best wishes / Bret Easton Ellis." About Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First Edition. Typical toning to page edges and one corner bumped, else Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Set in contemporary South Africa and Europe.
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First UK Edition, and first edition in English. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Written during the poet's time in prison.
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1984. First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1988-1989. Two original screenplays for the 1990 film, one being a First Draft (1988), and the other a Second Revised Draft (1989). Brief annotations in holograph ink on the title page of the second script. Director De Palma's unfortunate box-office flop, based on Tom Wolfe's first novel. Sherman McCoy (Hanks), the "master of the universe," is.....
New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1989. First Edition. SIGNED on the title page and further INSCRIBED on the dedication page to fellow author Chris Offut: "For Chris / Neighbor / Brian." Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by.....
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Schulberg on the front endpaper to his friend, film critic and academic Judith Crist: "For Judith Crist / Here's a little souvenir of those days on Foley Square / Sincerely / Budd Schulberg / Aug 12, 1955." The best Schulberg association of the 1950s we have encountered. Judith Crist was the.....
New York: Random House, 1941. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Schulberg in the year of publication, almost certainly to a fellow Paramount house screenwriter, on the front endpaper: "For Charley / With affectionate regards / From the guy in the adjoining cell. / Budd / March 29, 1941." Regardless of whether the inscribee is Charles Brackett, Charles MacArthur, or some Charley.....
New Orleans, LA: Self published, 2013. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Laid in is an INSCRIBED bookmark from the author to Tony Bill and his wife: "For Tony & Helen / With admiration for all that you are and all that you do / With great affection / C. Robert." A travel memoir, beginning in.....
Sebastopol, CA: Aivia Press, 1993. Second printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page: "Tony / Enjoy! / C.D. Payne." Copy belonging to Oscar-winning director and producer Tony Bill, whose credits include "The Sting" (1973, producer), "Soldier in the Rain" (1963, actor), "Shampoo" (1975, actor), and "Five Corners" (1987, director-producer). Basis for the 2009 Miguel Arteta film starring Michael.....
Marietta, GA: Deeds Publishing, 2010. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and initialed on the author's blindstamp. Additionally INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To Linda / This comes highly recommended by our buddy Phil. He suggested that you call Paramount before Warner gets it. Come fly with us and enjoy! / C.K. McCusker.....
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1995. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Collects fourteen stories, many set in Mexico. Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. Foxing to the page edges, else Near Fine and unread in an about Fine dust jacket.
London: Michael Joseph, 1938. First UK Edition, and the correct first of "Flying Colors," preceding the single volume publication. SIGNED by the author on a special Book Society bookplate designed by Rex Whistler. The third Hornblower novel published, and the eighth in series chronology, published together with the second. Along with "The Happy Return," the three form the basis for.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. First American Edition, preceded by the UK edition published by The Bodley Head the same year. In the first issue dust jacket with the author's name misspelled on the front panel. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Vintage bookstore stamp on the front pastedown. Boards, page edges, and endpapers lightly soiled, with slight bowing on the.....
Portland OR: Verse Chorus Press, 1998. First Edition, a paperback original. Fine and unread in illustrated wrappers.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. First Edition. SIGNED by Sandburg on the front endpaper. Jacket has just a hint of rubbing, else just about Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
Toronto: Random House, 1992. First Canadian Edition (and correct first). SIGNED by the author on the title page. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Author of "Swann." A nice copy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's slip laid in. Publisher's letter "A" on the copyright page. Gordon’s reputation as a literary socialite—she was married to poet Alan Tate and counted Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Eliot, and Ford Madox Ford among her friends—has overshadowed the excellence and enduring qualities of her own work, which won her.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. First Edition. Publisher's letter "A" on the copyright page. Gordon’s reputation as a literary socialite—she was married to poet Alan Tate and counted Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Eliot, and Ford Madox Ford among her friends—has overshadowed the excellence and enduring qualities of her own work, which won her both a Guggenheim Fellowship and the O......
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with slip laid in. First state dust jacket, with glassine mounted to the die-cut window on the front panel. One of few McCullers titles not adapted to film, yet still a classic portrayal of good and evil. Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Light foxing to the top.....
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux [FSG], 1986. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's material laid in. Jacket photograph by Horace Ove, director of "Playing Away" (1987, written for screen by Phillips). Foxing to the top page edges and publisher's material, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1932. First Edition. Second issue, with illustrated endpapers. Basis for two films: one in 1935, starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, the other in 1962, directed by Carol Reed and Lewis Milestone, starring Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard and Richard Harris. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly toned, with light soil and a......
Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. First Edition. Author's first novel, about Cynthia Ann Parker, who was kidnapped as a girl and assimilated into the Noconi band of Native Americans. Jacket illustration by Barbara M. Whitehead. Light foxing to the top page edges and jacket verso, else about Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
Bensenville, IL: Open Skull Press, 1966. First Edition. One of "no more than" 400 copies. Published by Douglas Blazek's Open Skull Press, and INSCRIBED by Bukowski to Blazek in the year of publication on the inside front wrapper: "For Doug Blazek / As if a man don't have just enough pain just looking out a window / But no, there.....
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First Edition. A collection of short stories. Near Fine with a slight lean in a Near Fine publisher's acetate dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed.
Rome: 23 Giugno, 1981. Vintage French theatrical poster for the 1981 Italian/French film. Based on the 1972 short story collection "Erections, Ejaculation, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" by Charles Bukowski. The first film adaptation of the author's work, and one of the most challenging films of the 1980s. Ben Gazzara and Ornelia Muti portray two self-destructive souls that.....
Astoria, OR: Clear Cut Press, 2004. First Edition, softcover. INSCRIBED by D'Ambrosio on the title page to fellow author Chris Offutt: "April 2, 2005 / IA, IC / Chris / Better than Ambien on those nights when you can't sleep!" Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named.....
New York: Cardinal Editions / Pocket Books, 1953. Later printing of this edition. A Dicken's classic, not often seen in the Cardinal Edition from Pocket Books. Cover design by Charles Skaggs. Production wrinkle to the spine, and light rubbing to the extremities, else Near Fine in illustrated wrappers.
N.p. N.p., 1939. Draft script for the 1939 play. Carbon typescript on onionskin. With the name of actress May Hallatt in holograph ink on front wrapper, and holograph annotations in pencil throughout. We could not verify her involvement in the 1939 production, although it seems reasonable to infer from this script that the prolific stage and screen actress indeed had.....