London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1975. First edition, wrappered issue. 8vo, 127 [1] pp, bound in white wraps titled in red. Inscribed by Themerson at the half title; "For David & Nancy / with best wishes / Stefan." Illustrated with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Wraps a little toned and slightly grubby, a...... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1953. First edition. 8vo, 25 pp, bound in full black cloth titled in gilt at the spine. In the original dust jacket. With the rare publisher's belly band intact. Inscribed by the author at the half title page: "Charles / from / Stefan / with Love /..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1967. 8vo, 65 pp, bound in white wraps printed in two colors, and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. A reprint of the novel first published in a hardcover edition by Gaberbocchus in 1951. Near fine with some faint scratches to wraps and a single small spot of soiling..... More
London: Editions Poetry London, 1949. First edition. 8vo, 92 pp, bound in the publisher's original black cloth titled in gilt, and in the original dust jacket illustrated by Franciszka Themerson. The first edition of Themerson's first novel, the story of a three legged man on a roller skate, and and..... More
London: Editions Poetry London Limited, 1950. First edition. 12mo, 12 pp, bound in illustrated boards. A remarkable children's story about Peddy Bottom, who "knew that he was Peddy Bottom, but men all thought that there was something doggy about him, while dogs all thought that there was something human about..... 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
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1960. First edition. Pocket paperback, 176 pp, illustrated wraps (though not credited, likely the work of Robert McGinnis). A novel set in the Beat milieu of North Beach, San Francisco, with lesbian themes - by the author of Scandal on the Sand..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1960. First edition, wrappered issue. Oblong 8vo, 112 pp, illustrated wraps. Illustrated and designed by Franciszka Themerson. The book form of this play originally presented for radio in 1956 on the BBC Third Programme. An exuberant work lampooning many familiar figures in literature and cinema. Very good..... More
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1957. First edition. 12mo, viii, 61 pp, bound marbled boards backed in yellow linen with black titles. Title, initial, and printer's device on colophon printed in red. One of 250 numbered copies printed by letterpress at the Dolmen press, the first 50 copies being hand-colored and signed..... More
Anvers: Complexe, c. 1968. Oblong 8vo, 70 pp, side-stapled and backed with black cloth tape. Illustrated in black and white. Text in French. Debut issue of this student little magazine of art and literature edited by a young André Versaille, who would later take the name - based upon the..... More
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[New York]: c. 1962. 4to, twenty leaves clipbound into a green card folder, typewritten on rectos only, with holograph corrections and additions in pencil, as well as brief holograph passages to the verso of several leaves. Cover, and verso of final leaf illustrated with drawings in ink, graphite, and colored..... More
London: International Times, 1967. Tabloid format, printed on newsprint. Early issue of the longrunning an influential and longrunning underground newspaper, one of the best of the era. A superb issue, notable for printing a full page contribution by William S. Burroughs, his key text 23 Skidoo Eristic Elite, as well..... More