New York: Top Stories, 1985. First edition. 8vo, 37 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Published as No. 22 in the superb Top Stories series, devoted to experimental prose. A remarkable narrative involving comic artists. Not to be confused with the later title of the same name from Vintage Books. Some light curling..... More
Buffalo, NY: Hallwalls / Top Stories, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 24 pp. saddle-stitched wraps. A collection of texts by one of the best prose stylists of the era. Near fine with a small spot of darkening (as if held close to a flame) affecting the fore edge of the front..... More
New York: New Directions, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 246 pp, bound in blue cloth. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Donn Devita. Association copy, inscribed by Rexroth at the first blank in the year of publication to Charles Richards: "Happy Birthday Dear Charles. Kenneth Oct '59." A good association - Charles Richards..... More
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1969. First edition. 8vo, 146 pp, printed wraps. Text in German. Though unstated, one of 2000 copies produced, the bulk of which were distributed to libraries. The rare first edition of Sebald's controversial first published book, a critical study of Carl Sternheim and a landmark work of..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1967. First edition. Signed at the title page by both Freewheelin' Frank and Michael McClure. The only example of the book we've seen or handled signed by Freewheelin' Frank. Some toning and a small stain to endpapers, else fine in a bright, near fine jacket showing only..... More
Zurich, Vienna, Prague: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1933. First edition. 8vo, 254 pp, bound in full slate blue cloth with red blind-stamped titles. Printed dust jacket. The first edition of the third book in the Mahogany series, and the first book published by the Buchergilde Gutenberg following the seizure of the Berlin..... More
London: The Galley Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 204 pp, bound in yellow cloth titled in gilt. Housed in the original dust jacket illustrated by the author. The scarce first edition of this roman a clef describing postwar life in the St. Ives artist commune after the war, a period..... More
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Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1922. 32mo, saddle-stapled in lightwraps printed in black. The transcript of a debate held in 1919 in London by the Rationalist Press Association, which Conan Doyle had once been a member of. Very good with the usual toning, and fading to the extremities of the wraps. More
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1963. Signed by Burroughs at the title page. 12mo, 183 pp, bound in green printed wraps and dust jacket illustrated by Ian Sommerville. One of 5000 copies printed. Maynard & Miles A6a. Spine faintly cocked, with a light crease to spine, and a touch of soiling..... More