New York: Harbinger House, (1942). First edition. Poetry collection from the "King of Greenwich Village Bohemians" who descended into dereliction after making a name for himself in the 1920s and '30s (Wikipedia). ASSOCIATION COPY INSCRIBED, "To [William] Saroyan/ A poet to another poet/ --- is there/ any difference?/ Maxwell Bodenheim."..... Item #55982 More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper, "For Eric! Ray Bradbury 4/8/84." Crease to lower rear corner otherwise near fine; in very good or better dust jacket with touch of light soiling, head of spine nicked, and small light splash to slightly age-toned spine..... Item #53996 More
New York: Putnam's Sons, (1982). Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. SIGNED BY BRADLEY on front endpaper and with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO PAUL "DR. Z" ZIMMERMAN laid in. Letter on Bradley's half-sheet letterhead from Scottsdale, Arizona, is dated November 27, 1984--just a month before he died--speaks of being surprised and..... Item #55565 More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1917. First edition. Poetry published in American magazines from October 1916 - September 1917; as well as lists of volumes of poetry published during the same period and of selected books about poets and poetry, etc. Brown cloth spine, brown paper boards, printed paper labels..... Item #55648 More
![Item #55883 THE FRAGMENTS OF PARMENIDES; [Limited edition -- the only edition]. Robert...](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55883.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1651529688)
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2003. First edition, and only edition. Bringhurst’s translations from the Ancient Greek of surviving fragments of the circa 475 BC poem generally titled “On Nature” written by the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, Parmenides of Elea. ONE OF 26 COPIES in the “Deluxe” issue SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, WAGENER..... Item #55883 More
(Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1995). First edition and only edition. A paperback original. Issued in "The Modern Canadian Poets Series." INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on title page, "for Allen Mears,/ with all good wishes,/ Robert Bringhurst/ Vancouver November 1995." Photocopies of letter from Bringhurst to Mears and of Mears response laid..... Item #55637 More
![Item #55877 THE OLD IN THEIR KNOWING; [Signed limited edition, additionally inscribed]. Robert...](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55877.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585003508)
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition. Number 52 of 200 SIGNED and numbered copies. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on the title page, "for Allen Mears: / an ancient bottle of old wine / Robert Bringhurst / 6 October 2005." A sequence of 12 poems and translations by Bringhurst based on pre-Socratic..... Item #55877 More
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005. First edition. The Center for Book Art's innovative 30th-anniversary publication. Number 3 of 75 copies SIGNED BY BRINGHURST (poet), HENRY (printer), KYLE (designer), and RICHARD MINSKY, The Center's founder and the project's coordinator. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears,/ who..... Item #55884 More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 1858. First edition. The life of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as imagined by Brough, a writer of satires, burlesques, and radical poetry, as well as more conventional forms of prose. IN THE ORIGINAL 10 MONTHLY PARTS with woodcut illustration on front..... Item #54014 More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Very good to near fine with very subtle spotting to covers and a touch of light foxing to prelims. In bright dust jacket with scattered foxing to spine and few inconspicuous tears, otherwise near fine. Item #53949 More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First U.S. edition, and first edition under this title (published in the UK as THE ISLAND OF SHEEP. "Circulating Library" copy, from the days when public libraries were not as plentiful and circulating libraries, which charged a fee, were known to stock popular novels the..... Item #53940 More
Edingburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. First edition. Slim red cloth boards stamped in black on front and spine. About very good with spine toned to pink but lettering still bright, pages darkened, as usually seen, and endpaper just beginning to crack at hinge but binding quite strong..... Item #53930 More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1915). First edition. Action, romance and adventure in the 1680s, from Scotland to Virginia. Bookplate of Charles F. Roth on pastedown. Minor wear and rubbing to corners and spine ends and general aging, book plate on front paste down, cracking along gutter of verso of..... Item #53942 More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. First edition, trade paperback issue. Edited by Seamus Cooney. Includes significant correspondence with Bukowski's editors, publishers and fellow writers. Contains many strong references to Jeffers and of Bukowski's admiration for him. Used as reading copy. Very good or better. Item #55672 More
![Item #55513 SEPTUAGENARIAN STEW: Stories & Poems; [uncorrected proof]. Charles Bukowski](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55513.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1579125643)
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition. Uncorrected proof in beige softcover wrappers listing a publication date of June 1, 1990. Proof reader's ink marks (in the copy vs. original) scattered throughout. Near fine with lower front corner lightly bumped and subtle toning to spine extending slightly to covers..... Item #55513 More
Edna M. Reindel. New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press, 1930. First edition. His second book, the story of a mechanic's helper who becomes a middle-weight champion prize fighter. Basis for the 1931 pre-code movie of the same name starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow. 8vo. blue cloth boards..... Item #54995 More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1919. First edition, first printing, measuring 2.8 cm across top of text block and with unbroken rule on p.144 [Bleiler, 322; Schlobin, 174; Reginald, 02402]. The seventh volume in his fantasy/romance series set in the mythical medieval country of Poictesme. His best known..... Item #55057 More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1927. First edition. Gilt spine lettering a little dulled otherwise fine in lightly soiled, very good or better dust jacket with shallow chip to head of spine and 1/4" chip to upper rear panel. Item #55084 More
New York: Avon Book, (1945). First edition. Very good paperback, with rubbing on edges, soiling, age toned textblock, otherwise, binding strong, bright lettering on spine and no major tears. No dust jacket. Item #54158 More
New York: Knopf, 1930. First edition. The hard-boiled mystery writer's first regularly published book, essays of sorts in a series of imagined dialogues on the workings and non-workings of government. Octavo gray cloth boards stamped in black (or perhaps dark blue) on front and spine, publisher's logo blindstamped on back..... Item #54059 More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, (1944). First edition. Number 299 of 500 copies "for private distribution to friends of the publisher." Previous owner's name at head of limitation page, presumably one such friend. Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy is from the collection of sportswriter Paul..... Item #72727 More
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1934). First edition. Translated from the Czech by M. and R. Weatherall. "A serious, almost tragic, study of Slavonic peasant life" (dust jacket) in which Jurai Hordubal returns home after 8 years working in America to a life turned upside down and is eventually murdered..... Item #54001 More
New York: Macmillan, 1925. First U.S. edition. Translated from the Czech by Lawrence Hyde. The story of an engineer who discovers "Krakatit" -- an explosive powerful enough to destroy the world. Bright and nearly fine with barest wear and one small stain to page fore edge. In dust jacket with..... Item #53967 More
London: George Allen & Unwin, (1938). First edition. Translated from the Czech by Paul Selver and Ralph Neale. Old glue stain on rear pastedown otherwise near fine. In price-clipped dust jacket, about very good with spine tanned but lettering still bright and a few relatively small chips and tears. Scarce..... Item #54003 More
New York: Random House, (1952). First edition. "A Random House Play" illustrated with photos of the staged production. Based on his novel of the same name. Bookplate of Barry L. Nary on front pastedown. Near fine in very good or better dust jacket age toned at spine and folds and..... Item #53994 More