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1. AMIS, Martin. Money; A Suicide Note. L, Cape, 1984. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 250.00 SOLD
Author's fifth novel, set in London and Manhattan. Title reference to Zola's L'argent (1891). Interesting collateral reading may be found in BELL, David F. Models of Power: Politics and Economics in Zola's Rougon-Macquart. U. Nebraska Press, 1988. See especially Chapter 5, "Taking Stock: L'argent," pp. 125-165. High spot in M. Amis oeuvre.
2. AMIS, Martin. Money; A Suicide Note. NY, Viking, 1985. 1st U.S. ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 95.00 SOLD
1st Brit. ed. was pub. 1984. U.S. readers may also require occasional peek in Margaret Moore's Understanding British English (1989): dodgy, brill in the bag, snogged, canoodled, Bob's your uncle.
3. AMIS, Martin. Einstein's Monsters. NY, Harmony Books, 1987. 1st U.S. ed. Fine copy in like dust jacket. 45.00
4. AMIS, Martin. The Information. L, Flamingo/Harper, 1995. 1st ed. As new in like dust jacket. Signed. 110.00
5. AMIS, Martin. The Information. NY, Harmony, 1995. 1st U.S. ed. Fine in like dust jacket. Signed. 65.00
6. [AMIS, Martin]. Miller, John, ed. Los Angeles Stories; Great Writers on the City. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1991. 1st ed. pap. original. intro. by Eve Babitz. Fine in original wraps. 65.00
Fascinating collection of short pieces on the great West Coast city, including one by Amis from his novel, Money (signed by him), F. Scott Fitzgerald, Oscar Zeta Acosta, Sam Shepard, Nathaneal West, Raymond Chandler, Henry Miller, Tom Clark, and Charles Bukowski. Marvelous color cover image by John Register, "Parking Lot by the Ocean," showing an old Cadillac tudor on an empty pier with a single deck chaise facing the Pacific.
Anthologies (Poetry)
7. New World Writing; First Mentor Selection. NY, New American Library, 1952. 1st ed. Near fine in wraps. 45.00
8. ALDAN, Daisy, ed. A New Folder; Americans: Poems & Drawings. NY, Folder Editions, [1960]. 1st pap ed. Adds six pages of photos not in original [1959] edition. B&W photos, many by Fred McDarrah. Near fine in orange wraps. 55.00
Poetry: J. Ashbery, R. Creeley, J. Kerouac, K. Koch, D. Levertov, M. McClure, F.O'Hara, C. Olson, A. Nin, L. Rivers, et al. Drawings: W. de Kooning, J. Freilicher, G. Hartigan, R. Motherwell, L. Rivers, et al.
9. BERKSON, Bill, ed. Best & Company. NY, Berkson, 1969. 1st ed. 1,000 copies. B&W photos/drawings/photowraps. Fine. 65.00
Includes Ashbery, Berrigan, Brainard, Wm. Burroughs, Jim Carroll, Giorno, Koch, O'Hara, Padgett, Schjeldahl, Schuyler, Waldman, et al.
10. WALDMAN, Anne, ed. The World Anthology: Poems from the St. Mark's Poetry Project. NY, Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 50.00 SOLD
Selections from the first twelve issues of The World (1966-1968): Ashbery, Berkson, Berrigan, O'Hara, Schuyler, Jim Carroll, et al.
11. MYERS, John Bernard, comp. The Poets of the New York School. Phil., Grad. School of Fine Arts, Univ. of Penn., 1969. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 100.00
Important collection reflecting watershed era in American letters.
12. PADGETT, Ron, & David Shapiro, eds. An Anthology of New York Poets. NY, Random House, 1970. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 55.00 SOLD
Ashbery, Koch, Berkson, O'Hara, Schuyler, et al.
End Anthologies (Poetry)
13. ANTLER. Factory. San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1980. 1st ed. 16mo. Pocket Poet series no.38. Very fine in dust jacket. 115.00 SOLD
Antler was born in Milwaukee, raised in Wauwatosa, and given the name Antler in his 18th year. Besides factories, he has explored wildernesses in southern Ontario, Upper Peninsula Michigan, Colorado, and northern California. Factory is the central poem from his first book, Last Words. The City Lights Pocket Poets Series; A Descriptive Bibliography (1982) indicates that only 210 copies of the hardbound edition were published (simultaneously with the paperbound edition). Uncommon.
14. ASHBERY, John. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. NY, Viking, 1975. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket, this is composer Virgil Thomson's (1896-1989) copy, briefly inscribed to him by Ashbery in 1975. An exquisite association copy from a remarkable era. 425.00 SOLD
Winner of Pulitzer Prize & National Book Critics Circle Award. Ashbery & Thomson moved in similar New York literary & musical circles, described in John Gruen's The Party's Over Now.
15. BALDWIN, James. Nobody Knows My Name. NY, Dial Press, [1961]. 4th printing (1962). Inscribed & signed by Baldwin Near fine copy in very good dust jacket. 245.00
Inscribed and signed at dedication page by Baldwin: "For J__ B __ : In memory of a somewhat untidy morning--& in the hope we meet again. Jim Baldwin." A rare and racy Baldwin inscription. Author's fourth book. Collection of 13 essays which are concerned with "the question of color" and the functions and problems of the artist in America. Comments on Harlem, the South, Faulkner, Mailer, Gide, Ingmar Bergman.
16. BALDWIN, James. Blues for Mister Charlie; A Play. L, Michael Joseph, 1965. 1st Brit.ed. Fine in like near fine jacket (price-clipped), and signed by Baldwin at dedication page. 400.00
Set in a Deep South small town, concerns a young Negro drug addict who is killed, and the ensuing action.
17. [BARBARELLA]. FOREST, Jean-Claude. Barbarella. NY, Grove Press, 1966. 1st U.S.ed. 4to. 68p. transl. by Richard Seaver. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Uncommon thus. 95.00 SOLD
WOW! Color comic strip filled with fantasy, humor, beauty, horror, cruelty, eroticism -- a classic, that first appeared in the U.S. on the pages of Evergreen Review. Setting: the Planet Lythion.
18. [BARNES, Julian]. KAVANAGH, Dan [pseud.]. Duffy. London, Cape, 1980. 1st ed. Very fine in fine first issue dust jacket. Signed "Dan Kavanagh" in Barnes's hand. 1st printing: 4,000 copies. 400.00
Author's second book , and the first of the Duffy detective series.
19. _____ . Very fine copy in clipped dust jacket with publisher's later price label (£9.95) at flap, else fine. 185.00
20. BARNES, Julian. Before She Met Me. London, Cape, 1982. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 1st print.: 3,000 copies. 300.00
21. BARNES, Julian. Flaubert's Parrot. London, Cape, 1984. 1st ed. Near fine in bright second issue dust jacket with large color cover pictorial art (of the parrot) by David Hockney . 300.00
Author's third book under his own name; Winner of the Booker Award. NOTE: The first issue dust jacket appeared in a very small number; color illustrations on the front panel were incorrectly printed. Caveat.
22. BARNES, Julian. Flaubert's Parrot. NY, Knopf, 1985. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket (gray) with smaller Hockney color art, this copy signed by the author. 200.00 SOLD
23. [BARNES, Julian]. KAVANAGH, Dan [pseud.]. Putting the Boot In. L, Cape, 1985. 1st ed. 2,250cc. Uncorrected Proof. Salmon wraps printed black. Fine in wraps. Signed "Dan Kavanagh." 285.00
24. BARNES, Julian. Staring at the Sun; A Novel. London, Cape, 1986. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 70.00
25. BARNES, Julian. Staring at the Sun; A Novel. NY, Knopf, 1987. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 45.00
26. [BARNES]. KAVANAGH, Dan [pseud.]. Going to the Dogs. London, Viking, 1987. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 4th Duffy book. 65.00
27. [BARNES]. KAVANAGH, Dan [pseud.]. Going to the Dogs. NY, Pantheon, 1987. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 35.00
28. BARNES, Julian. A History of the World in 10-1/2 Chapters. London, Cape, 1989. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket., signed. 150.00
Revisionist account of Noah's Ark (told by a stowaway), sneak preview of Heaven. Another Barnes triumph.
29. BARNES, Julian. A History of the World in 10-1/2 Chapters. NY, Knopf, 1989. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. . Signed. 75.00
30. BARNES, Julian. A History of the World in 10-1/2 Chapters. NY, Knopf, 1989. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 45.00
31. BARNES, Julian. Talking It Over. London, Cape, 1991. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 55.00
32. BARNES, Julian. Talking It Over. NY, Knopf, 1991. 1st U.S. ed. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in printed white wraps, signed at the front endpaper. 95.00
33. BARNES, Julian. Talking It Over. NY, Knopf, 1991. 1st U.S. ed. Advance Review Copy. Very fine in like dust jacket., signed. 75.00
34. BARNES, Julian. Talking It Over. NY, Knopf, 1991. 1st U.S. ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. 45.00
Donald Barthelme
35. [BARTHELME, DONALD]. Klinkowitz, Jerome, Asa Pieratt, & Robert Murray Davis. Donald Barthelme; A Comprehensive Bibliography & Annotated Secondary Checklist. Archon Books, 1977. 1st ed. 128p. Fine in like dust jacket. 45.00
Includes all of Barthelme up through Amateurs.
36. [BARTHELME, Donald]. Herzinger, Kim, ed. The Teachings of Don B. NY, Turtle Bay Books, 1992. 1st ed. 352p. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. As new in like dust jacket. 95.00
A weird salmagundi of DB's shorter works (most uncollected), satires, fables, stage & radio plays, collage stories, other debonair ravings, all with numerous B&W illustrations. Seven-page intro. by Thomas Pynchon. Egad!
37. BARTHELME, Donald. Come Back, Dr. Caligari. NY, Little, Brown, 1964. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear at folds, wrinkling at spine top. Signed. Very uncommon thus. 475.00
Author's first book. Jacket design by Milton Glaser. Youthful author photo, 32 YOA, at rear flap.
38. BARTHELME, Donald. Come Back, Dr. Caligari. NY, Little, Brown, 1964. 1st quality pap.ed., later print. Near fine in wraps. 35.00
39. BARTHELME, Donald. Come Back, Dr. Caligari. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. 1st Brit. ed. Only 3,030 copies this edition. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket (price label). 175.00
40. BARTHELME, Donald. Snow White. NY, Atheneum, 1967. 1st ed. Fine copy in like white dust jacket with publisher's price inked out, else fine. The sly reader questionnaire is clean. 100.00
41. BARTHELME, Donald. City Life. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. 1st ed. Fine copy in like dust jacket. Signed. 165.00 SOLD
Early Barthelme trade editions signed are already very uncommon.
42. BARTHELME, Donald. City Life. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. 1st ed. Advance Review Copy with pubisher's slip laid in. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 145.00
43. BARTHELME, Donald. The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine, or, The Hithering Thithering Djinn. NY, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1971. 1st ed. 4to. Fine in like dust jacket. 130.00 SOLD
Emerald green cloth boards. Barthelme's renowned juvenile book, with wonderful dust jacket and other collage illustrations by the author. Winner of the 1972 National Book Award. Earliest copies, like this, do not have NBA sticker.
44. BARTHELME, Donald. Guilty Pleasures. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974. 1st ed. illus. Author's first collection of non-fiction, consisting of parodies, political satire, fables. This copy signed on title page. Fine copy in like dust jacket designed by the author. 165.00
45. _____ . Fine in like dust jacket. Unsigned. 80.00
46. BARTHELME, Donald. The Dead Father. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1975. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 75.00
47. BARTHELME, Donald. Amateurs. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 75.00
48. BARTHELME, Donald. Amateurs. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. 1st ed. Advance Review Copy. Fine in like dust jacket, signed. Small bookseller's label at bottom of rear flypaper. 100.00
49. BARTHELME, Donald. Amateurs. London, Routledge & Kegan, 1977. 1st Brit. ed. Very fine in like jacket. 85.00 Has large author photo at rear panel.
50. BARTHELME, Donald. Here In The Village. Northridge, CA, Lord John Press, 1978. 1st ed. One of 275 numbered/ signed copies (of 325). Very fine in boards without dust jacket, as issued. 200.00
Collection of the author's short pieces written for The New Yorker.
51. BARTHELME, Donald. Great Days. NY, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. 1st ed. Signed by the author. Fine in like dust jacket. 115.00
52. _____ . Fine in like dust jacket. 65.00
53. BARTHELME, Donald. Great Days. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. 1st Brit. ed. Fine in like dust jacket. 65.00
54. BARTHELME, Donald. [Bride]. Northridge, CA, Lord John Press, 1980. 1st ed. Broadside. One of 150 numbered copies, signed and dated by Barthelme. Printed on heavy stock artists' paper. 22" high x 15" wide. Barthelme's black/white/gray collage approx. 11" x 8". As new. Suitable for framing (not folded). 300.00 SOLD
Barthelme selected two lines of British poet Sir William Watson's "Ode In May" for this broadside.
55. BARTHELME, Donald. Sixty Stories. NY, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. 1st ed. Uncorrected Proof. Near fine copy in printed gray wraps which show slight aging. 85.00
56. BARTHELME, Donald. Sixty Stories. NY, Putnam's, 1981. 1st ed. Limited edition, one of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine copy in like slipcase. 150.00
57. _____ . Fine copy in slipcase with slit at spine. 65.00
58. BARTHELME, Donald. Sixty Stories. NY, Putnam's, 1981. 1st ed. Near fine in like dust jacket. 45.00
59. BARTHELME, Donald. Overnight to Many Distant Cities. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket, signed by the author. 115.00 SOLD
60. BARTHELME, Donald. Paradise. NY, Putnam's, 1986. 1st ed. As new in dust jacket. 40.00
61. BARTHELME, Donald. Forty Stories. NY, Putnam's, 1987. 1st ed. As new in dust jacket. The final collection. 40.00
62. BARTHELME, Donald. The King. NY, Harper & Row, 1990. 1st ed. Color illus. by Barry Moser. As new in dust jacket. 35.00
63. BARTHELME, Donald. The King. NY, Harper & Row, 1990. 1st ed. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Fine in orange wraps. 55.00
Beat Literature
64. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Glee, eds. the unspeakable visions of the individual. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1973. vol.3, nos. 1 & 2. 1st ed. 4to. 72p. Typewritten text. Near fine in original black photowraps, slightly rubbed. There was no hardcover edition. 75.00
B&W photos of Kerouac at front and rear covers. Issue dedicated to Herbert Huncke, interview of him by John Tytell, excerpt from HH autobiographical statement, Ginsberg on Huncke, great B&W photos.
65. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Glee, eds. The Beat Book. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1974. vol.4. 1st ed. 4to. 175p. Near fine in original glossy black photowraps, somewhat rubbed, spine creased. No hardcover edition. Scarce. 85.00
B&W cover photo of Kerouac by Fred McDarrah. Everybody who was anybody is in this book, both text and wonderful B&W photos from the Beat era. Loaded with great material-- simply remarkable!
66. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Kit, eds. The Beat Diary. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1977. vol.5. 1st ed. 4to. 175p. Corner bump, else fine in original glossy red wraps with short black marker dash at cover. No hardcover edition. 65.00
B&W cover photo of Kerouac at typewriter by Fred McDarrah.
67. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Kit, eds. The Beat Journey. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1978. vol.8. 1st ed. 8vo. 175p. Fine in original glossy blue wraps. 75.00
B&W cover photo of Burroughs. Loaded with great material-- including wonderful B&W photos from the Beat era.
68. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Kit, eds. the unspeakable visions of the individual. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1978. vol.10. 1st ed. 8vo. 175p. Fine in original glossy green wraps. B&W cover photo of Allen Ginsberg. 50.00
69. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Kit, eds. The Beat Road. California, PA, unspeakable visions of the individual, 1984. vol.14. 1st ed. 8vo. 67p. Fine in original yellow wraps. No HC ed . 40.00
70. [BEAT]. KNIGHT, Arthur & Kit, eds. The Beat Vision; A Primary Sourcebook. NY, Paragon House, 1987, 1st ed. 292p. Fine in illustrated wraps. 65.00
Collection of outstanding interviews, letters, selected writings, plus excellent photos (e.g., Jack Micheline, p.258; cover photo of Dylan Thomas & Ginzberg at Kerouac's grave).
71. [BEAT]. KRIM, Seymour, ed. The Beats. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. 1st print. Paperback original. 224p. S-982. 35¢. Fine in original wraps. 60.00 SOLD
Important early anthology of Beat Generation writers: Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, John Clellon Holmes, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Seymour Krim, Chandler Brossard, Diane di Prima, Norman Mailer, Gregory Corso, Ray Bremser, Gary Snyder, Jack Micheline, Hubert Selby, Ted Joans, et al. First anthology appearance of episodes from The Naked Lunch, preceded only by four appearances in periodicals (see M&M C2, C4-6). Maynard & Miles B3. Charters (Kerouac) B11.
72. [BEAT]. McDARRAH, Fred W. The Artist's World in Pictures. Intro. by Thomas B. Hess, exec. editor of Art News.NY, Dutton, 1961. 1st ed. paperback original D-84. [192]p. B&W photos/photowraps. Fine in wraps. 100.00
An extraordinary and exciting volume paying tribute to the brilliant group of artists known as the "New York School." Over 300 B&W photographs by McDarrah (b.1926), touching on the whole scene at a fascinating time, plus text.
73. [BEAT]. McDARRAH, Fred W. Kerouac & Friends; A Beat Generation Album. NY, Morrow, 1984. 1st ed. illus. B&W photos. 338p. Signed by the author at his Soho apt. in New York. Fine in like dust jacket. 100.00
By the picture editor of The Village Voice for over two decades. Remarkable photographs (over 190) of the Beat Generation by one of its greatest photographers. Includes John Clellon Holmes' "This is the Beat Generation," articles by Lawrence Lipton, Kenneth Rexroth, Dan Wakefield, Seymour Krim, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diana Trilling, John Ciardi, Ralph Gleason, among others. Remarkable collection of biographical sketches, and bibliography. One of the top Beat books about the Beats.
74. [BEAT]. McDARRAH, Fred W., and Gloria S. McDarrah. Beat Generation; Glory Days in Greenwich Village. NY, Shirmer Books, 1996. 1st ed. 4to. 286p. 240(+) B&W photographs. biographical sketches. index. As new in like dust jacket, and signed by both McDarrahs in their New York Soho residence. 100.00 SOLD
Marvelous collection of McDarrah's photographs, snapped at parties, gatherings, readings, performances, concerning the Beat scene. Accompanied by substantial text now reproduced for the first time. Chapters include Black Mountain School, Cedar Tavern, clubs and coffee houses, Allen Ginsberg, jazz, Ted Joans, Jack Kerouac, literary gatherings and publications, The Living Theatre, Frank O'Hara, poetry readings, the San Francisco School, street and park scenes, the Wilentzes, Lowell, Mass. A landmark document on the Beats.
75. [BEAT--BIBLIOG.]. DINSMORE, John, comp. Jack Kerouac / Beat Generation: Bibliographic Checklists. Lexington, KY, 1993. Desktop published. postpaid 12.50
Kerouac first editions, recordings, videos, Beat biographies/memoirs and selected secondary materials.
76. BECKETT, Samuel. "An Extract From Watt." In ENVOY (Dublin), vol.1, no.2 (January 1950). Watt was first published August 1953. Federman & Fletcher 32.01. Near fine in wraps. 55.00
77. BERRYMAN, John. His Thought Made Pockets and the Plane Buckt. Pawlet, VT, Claude Fredericks/Banyan Press, 1958. 1st ed. 4to. One of 500 copies in original wraps, of a total edition of 526 copies. A nice copy, internals in pristine condition. Wraps slightly soiled, light creasing at rear, else near fine. 135.00
78. [BLACK SUN PRESS]. MINKOFF, George Robert, comp. A Bibliography of the Black Sun Press. Great Neck, NY, Minkoff, 1970. 1st ed. 1,250cc. 4to. Intro. Caresse Crosby. Fine in boards without dust jacket, as issued. Signed by Minkoff. 85.00
79. [BOHEMIA]. MILLER, Richard. Bohemia; The Protoculture Then and Now. Chicago, Nelson-Hall, 1977. 1st ed. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slips laid in. Fine in like dust jacket. 60.00
Well-reseached and well-written history of the artist as a societal mover from 1760 to the 1970s. B&W photos. Bibliog., pp.343-365. Excellent one-volume summary of Bohemianism.
80. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. First Books by American Authors. Williams College, 1971. 1st ed. 8vo. 16p. One of 750 copies. 35 literary titles, 14 other items. Fine/stiff paper wraps. 35.00
81. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. First Books by American Authors. NY, Seven Gables Bookshop, 1965. 1st ed. 8vo. 106p. illus. Catalogue 30 of the bookshop: 320 literary titles (some nonfiction), plus bibliog. Fine copy in stiff paper wraps. 45.00
82. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. CUNARD, Nancy. These Were The Hours; Memories of My Hours Press, 1926-1931. Bibliog. of Hours Press pubns. South. Ill. Univ.Press, 1969. 1st ed. VF/NF 35.00
83. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. GIRODIAS, Maurice. The Frog Prince; Autobiography. NY, Crown Publishers, 1980. 1st U.S. ed. 411p. Very fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. 35.00
84. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. GRANT, Jane. Ross, The New Yorker and Me. NY, Reynal & Co., 1968. 271p. Intro. by Janet Flanner. Near fine in like dust jacket. 40.00 Chronicle of The New Yorker and founder/editor Harold Ross, as told by his wife.
85. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. SHATZKIN, Leonard. In Cold Type; Overcoming the Book Crisis. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1982. 1st ed. 397p. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. 35.00
Covers publishing, marketing, sales, production, distribution, retailing, remainders, wholesaling, editorial functions, author/publish-er relations, etc. A useful guide about how books come to market.
86. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. TOWNER, Wesley. The Elegant Auctioneers. NY, Hill & Wang, 1970. 1st ed. Near fine in like dust jacket. 35.00
The American scene from the 1880s to the mid-1900s: prominent collectors and auctioneers of art, antiques, and rare books.
87. [BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. WILSON, Robert A. Modern Book Collecting. NY, Knopf, 1980. 1st ed. 270p. index. glossary. B&W illus. Near fine in like dust jacket. Scarce. 55.00
One of the top books on the subject, written by a prominent New York bookseller, former proprietor of the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village, who assembled a world-class Gertrude Stein collection.
88. BOYLE, T. Coraghessan. Descent of Man; Stories. Boston, Atlantic Monthly, 1979. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light edge wear, signed by the author. Very uncommon. 450.00 SOLD Author's first book, which won the St. Lawrence Award for short fiction in 1980. First printing of only 2,500 copies. A "Bosch-eye view of dictators, animals, scientists, explorers, collectors, teetotalers." Full-page B&W photo of author at rear panel.
89. BOYLE, T. Coraghessan. If The River Was Whiskey. NY, Viking, 1989. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket. Sixth book, 3rd of short stories. 75.00
90. BOYLE, T. Coraghessan. If The River Was Whiskey. NY, Viking, 1989. 1st ed. Very fine in like dust jacket, and signed by the author at title page. 150.00
Stories which deal with a restaurant critic, full-body condoms, an L.A. public relations man working for the Ayatollah, high-tech home security systems, plus a thoroughly PostModern knockoff of Hemingway's writing style (set in Nicaragua). Blazing Saddles!
91. BRAUTIGAN, Richard. Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt. NY, Delta, 1970. 1st pap. ed. Near fine in photowraps. 50.00
92. BRAUTIGAN, Richard. Revenge of the Lawn. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st pap. ed. Very fine in photowraps. 40.00
93. BRAUTIGAN, Richard. Träume von Babylon; Ein Detektivroman 1942. München, Ohnemus, 1983. 1st German edition (Dreaming of Babylon)., tranls. by Günter Ohnemus. 237p. Fine copy in decorated glossy wraps, signed by G. Ohnemus. Barber 150. 65.00
High quality production.
94. [BRAUTIGAN, Richard]. X-Ray. no.6, 1996. Innovative magazine of art and literature from San Francisco. Each issue handmade by Johnny Newton, including an opulent array of inserts, tip-ins, fold-outs, etc. Laid in is a pamphlet that prints A Visit from Jake by Richard Brautigan, the first separate appearance of this work. Other contributors include Jack Micheline, David Gregor, Neeli Cherkovski, and Charles Bukowski. One of 26 lettered copies, signed by Micheline (of a total edition of 226). As new. This lettered issue is destined to be a "stopper" for Brautigan collectors, and is copy T. 300.00 SOLD
95. BROSSARD, Chandler. The Spanish Scene. NY, Viking, 1968. 1st ed. Near fine in very good dust jacket with some soiling and minor edge wear. Uncommon. 45.00 SOLD
The New York author's exquisitely written book about Spain: Malaga, Madrid, Toledo, Pamplona. Rear dj flap has B&W photo of him & his daughters, Iris & Marie.
96. BROSSARD, Chandler. As the Wolf Howls at My Door. Elmwood Park, IL, Dalkey Archives Press, 1992. 1st ed. Fine in like dust jacket with three B&W photos of author and daughter. 45.00 SOLD
Takes on the '70s, a time of despair as the dreams and ideals of the '60s were cashed in for political opportunism and crass materialism. Brossard's style discards realism in favor of a free-form fiction that mixes French surrealism and theatrical absurdity with Beat improvisation and performance art confrontation. His avalanche of language is outrageous, with incongruous diction, insidious nonsequiturs, pathetically funny fallacies, bellowing oxymorons, barking doggerel, breezy colloquialisms, subverted jargon, all making a joyful noise. 466 pages & a wild female nude on the dust jacket cover.
97. BULGAKOV, Mikhail. The Master & Margarita. NY, Harper & Row, 1967. 1st. U.S.ed. 394p. Translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny, with same contents as 1st Brit.ed. (London, Harvill Press, 1967). Fine in like dust jacket. 150.00
White dust jacket showing wonderful cat-with-gun-in-hand color illustration at front panel, bio-bibliographical author sketch at rear panel, B&W author photo at rear flap. NOT to be confused with the censored 1967 Grove Press translation by Mirra Ginsburg.
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