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Canoga Park, CA: Private Edition Books, 1968. First edition. First edition. Signed by Ed Wood on the title page, inscribed "Personal collection of Edward. D. Wood Jr. Sept. 1968." This copy from the personal library of the famous cult director and pulp fiction author via the estate of his sole legal widow, Kathleen O'Hara Wood. 160 pp. Bound in… Ler mais sobre este item

Canoga Park, CA: Viceroy Books, 1968. First edition. First edition. Signed by Ed Wood on the title page, inscribed "Personal collection of Edward. D. Wood Jr. Sept. 1968." This copy from the personal library of the famous cult director and pulp fiction author via the estate of his sole legal widow, Kathleen O'Hara Wood. 187, [5] pp. Bound in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First British edition. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition, in trial dust jacket. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the front free endpaper with a self-caricature. 217 pp. Bound in publisher's patterned red wraps with label on front wrap. Very Good+ with slightly creased and concave spine, light wear, in Very Good trial jacket with… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: New Directions, 1958. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. [viii], 255 pp. Bound in publisher's maroon cloth affect lettered in white. Near Fine with slight bumping to foot, slight soiling at bottom edge and bookseller's ticket at front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight toning to… Ler mais sobre este item

New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. [vi], 282 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with trivial wear at extremities. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown with slight offsetting at endsheets. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with "39" drawn… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Viking Press, 1976. First edition. First edition, first printing in the first issue binding. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. [viii], 160 pp. Bound in publisher's brown boards with black cloth backstrip, lettered in gilt, yellow topstain. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light foxing to edges, a little reading wear, in a… Ler mais sobre este item

Bensenville, Ill: Open Skull Press, 1966. First edition. Softcover. First edition, limited issue with a signed original sheet of pastel artwork by Charles Bukowski pasted onto the verso of the front wrap. Dedicatee William Wantling's copy with his signature as well to page facing artwork. Bibliographer Aaron Krumhansl notes, "As late as the early 1970s Bukowski still retained multiple… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by S. J. Perelman on the front free endpaper and warmly inscribed, "To Dick who pulled the strings that loosed the film that fired the words that made this book -- with friendship, Sid, S.J. Perelman / 5 January 1957." ix, [i], 273… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Grey Walls, 1948. First British edition. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Charles G. Finney on the half title, inscribed to "Lester Koening - with the regards of the author Charles G. Finney / Tucson, May 18, 1949." Koening, the inscribee was an American screenwriter, film producer, and founder of the jazz record label Contemporary Records. In… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1960. First edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A fantastic presentation copy signed by Harper Lee and warmly inscribed to close family friends in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "To Evlyn and Bill with my love and best wishes,… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1944. First edition. First edition, first printing. (All points in Johnson The Dark Page I: correct cloth design, title page dated 1944, correct size, 429 numbered pages of text, jacket priced at $2.50.) [vi], 429 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket, small chip and tear… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Viking Press, 1947. Uncorrected galley proof. Uncorrected galley proof, issued before publication of the first edition. Signed by M.F.K. Fisher on the lower part of the front free endpaper, dated 19.IX.81, Glen Ellen (California). Bound in publisher's oblong wraps with publication info and synopsis taped to front wrap. Very Good, lean to spine, small tear along… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first issue of the classic horror novel, with one integral blank sheet following the text and no adverts at rear. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with red lettering, spine rebacked with original laid down and corners restored. Very Good with the usual soiling to cloth,… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, a Division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Paulo Coelho and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. [viii], 177 pp. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over dark blue spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with bump to… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. 343 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with black lettering, yellow topstain and illustrated endpapers. Fine in very Near Fine dust jacket with a little toning to spine panel, slight wear and repair to smal tear on verso, unclipped ($2.00). An attractive copy in a very… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1950. First edition. First edition, first printing. [vi], 373, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with brown stamping, green topstain. Near Fine, light foxing to fore edge, in a Very Good dust jacket, foxed and a little worn along edges, price intact ($3.00). While today it is fairly obscure, Quatrefoil was the bestselling post-WWII… Ler mais sobre este item

Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. First American edition. Signed by Jane Rule on the front free endpaper, inscribed to poet and compuer science pioneer Josephine Miles, "For Jo[,] Probably illegal "skys of [illegible] vision", but there is a "human show". Jane." 224 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: William Faro, Inc, 1933. Early printing, but not the first with title page dated 1933. 370pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with paper spine label. A little bumping, else Fine and bright in the rare dust jacket, red a little sunned on spine panel, light wear to edges, price intact ($2.50). An unusually attractive copy. An important… Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Oscar Zeta Acosta on the front pastedown and inscribed, "For Norm from Oscar of the Old S.F. Ex. Oct' '73 S.F." 258 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth decorated in blind and lettered in white on the spine. Very Good+ with… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1934. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing of this literary high spot. One of 1,000 copies, in publisher's original printed wrappers with price of 50 fr. intact, Front wrapper printed with Maurice J. Kahane's striking crab and globe design. Near Fine with browning and light soiling to wraps, light edge wear, top… Ler mais sobre este item