Unbound. A small file consisting of four Typed Letters Signed by William Saroyan to his editor and friend Pascal Covici at The Viking Press. The correspondence, all of which takes place in 1947, concern the possibility of a Viking Portable edition of Saroyan's work. The correspondence begins with Saroyan sending..... More
![Broadside]: New Year's Poetry Project Benefit Jan 1, 8:00 to 12:00 St. Mark's Church. George...](/pictures/thumb/322903.jpg?v=1603005460)
New York: St. Mark's Poetry Project, [circa 1975]. Unbound. First edition. Broadside. Measuring 17" x 20.5" Fine. Signed by the artist. The artwork is a typical Schneeman combination of words and pictures with dozens of coins each with the name of a participating poet or artist including William Burroughs, Allen..... More
[Lake Mills, Wisconsin: Published for the Author, 1891]. Softcover. Small octavo. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. 26pp. Illustrated. Lightly soiled wrappers, else very good. Ex-priest Seguin recanted his vows and went on a one-man (?) crusade to persecute the Catholic Church. In this “episode” he denounces “A Whoremaster – The Greatest..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. First edition. Top corners a bit bumped, else about fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a number of small chips. This copy nicely Inscribed by the author, presumably to someone in marketing with the publisher: "For Bill – Bigger ads Make..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1974. Hardcover. First American edition. A trifle cocked else fine in fine dustwrapper. Ninth adventure novel by the popular Zambian-born South African. Unread and in unusually nice condition. More
London: Humphrey Milford, 1924. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Good. Outer cover is soiled, worn along the spine and at the corners. The spine is torn and held on with tape, but no pieces missing. Bookplate of Herbert Spencer Robinson on the front pastedown. Robinson is author of "English Shakespearian Criticism..... More
Boston / New York: Lee and Shepard / Charles T. Dillingham, 1879. Hardcover. First edition. Mustard cloth stamped in black and gold. Tiny breaks in the cloth at the spine ends, else very good or a little better. An attractive copy. More
(No place - New York): Hallmark, (No date - 1966). Softcover. First edition. Oblong small quarto. Spiral bound card wrappers. A touch of age-toning at the extremities, still about fine. A calendar day book, illustrated by Steinberg, mostly in color. This example is unused. Scarce. More
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1933. Hardcover. First edition. Owner name, and some spotting to the endpapers, else near fine in a price-clipped, very good or better dustwrapper with slight chipping at the spine ends. Harry L. Timmins jacket art. Spanish lothario pursues three women in Depression-era Hollywood. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1951). Hardcover. First edition. A little sunning to the boards, else near fine in a modestly worn, very good dustwrapper with rubbing and small nicks and tears. A nice, presentable copy of the author's first book. More
![Playscript]: Lovers and Other Strangers. Renee TAYLOR, Joseph Bologna](/pictures/thumb/382347.jpg?v=1457684861)
New York: Stephanie Sills Productions, [1969]. Softcover. Playscript. Quarto. 70pp. Bradbound in green duplicating service wrappers with gilt lettering and ink "12" on first page. Very good or better with wear to the edges and the gilt rubbed. A moderate number of corrections and additions in ink and black marker..... More
New York: Junior Literary Guild and Simon and Schuster, 1935. Hardcover. First American edition. Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Tiny ink owner name, and a light pencil inscription, else fine in very good or better, price-clipped dustwrapper with a small chip on the rear panel and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. One corner a tiny bit bumped else fine in slight spine-toned, very near fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears. Inscribed by the author: "for Herb Yellin, John Updike." Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press..... More
(New York: PEN American Center, 1986). Softcover. First edition. Tall octavo. Illustrated, printed wrappers. Cover a touch soiled else fine. Signed by Updike on the page with his brief biography. Program booklet for The 48th International PEN Congress. Donor lists laid in. More
New York: Carl Van Vechten, 1952. Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 4.5" x 6.5". Fine. Photographer's embossed stamp, stamp on the verso, and hand-captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "St. Patrick's Day Parade. 44th Street. March 17-52" along with the number of the negative "X.jj.7." Features a number of..... More
New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. First edition, stiff wrappered issue. Quarto. Silvered photographically illustrated paper over boards. Lacking the Velvet Underground flexi-disc and the postcard, but with all other original inserts, and two pages stuck together from the disintegrated balloon. Edges a bit worn, else near fine. More
![Broadside]: The Man with the Yellow Streak. To the Editor of The Nation. Robert Wylie WELDON](/pictures/thumb/409773.jpg?v=1494601526)
West of Chicago: January 1, [1918?]. Unbound. Broadside. Measuring 6" x 12". Two horizontal creases, else about fine. Somewhat hyperbolic and confusing letter addressed to the editors of *The Nation* excoriating America for fighting in the World War, and especially for fighting against the interests of the newly Socialist or..... More
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, (1994). Softcover. First edition. Edited with an Introduction by Pearl Amelia McHaney. Uncorrected proof or oblong galleys. Oblong quarto. Leaves printed rectos only laid into plastic spiral-bound blue wrappers with attached printed label. A handwritten note removes the printed title *Monuments to Interruption* and replaces..... More
New York and Cleveland: World Publishing Company, (1971). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine, fresh dustwrapper. A lovely, as new copy of an uncommon title, especially in this condition. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954-1959. Hardcover. First edition. Volume one through six only. Near fine with modest edgewear in very good dustwrappers with edges worn and nicked. Volume I: Harry Duncan: Poems and Translations, Murray Noss: Samurai and Serpent Poems, May Swenson: Another Animal: Poems; Volume II: Norma Farber..... More
New York: Entwhistle Books, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering without dustwrapper as issued. Top corners a bit bumped and frayed, a few tiny spots on the front board, very good. Copy number 35 of 500 copies Signed by Williams, a hippie journalist, music critic..... More
(New York): New Directions, (1981). Hardcover. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1937. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a chipped, good dustwrapper. Reprinted repeatedly, the first edition is very scarce, especially in jacket. More
Newark, New Jersey: Thrown Stone Press, [1988]. Unbound. Pink printed envelope containing 23 stiff sheets, printed rectos only. With an introduction/preface by A.H. Reynolds, author of *Cognac & Collard Greens*. Sheets measuring 5.5" x 8.5". Some bumping to the edges of the envelope but the sheets are fine. A rare..... More
