Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press, 2004. First edition. Presentation copy INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST to collector Allen K. Mears, "For Allen Mears,/ who likes to understand the way/ things work,/ at least as much as I do,/ with best wishes,/ Robert Bringhurst/ October 2004." This book continues Bringhurst's exploration of the..... Item #55742 More
Hong Kong: Dragonfly Books, (1963). True first edition, we assume, as it precedes the 1964 American edition. Presume a paperback original. Text is in English. Minor rubbing and edgewear to pictorial paperwraps, otherwise very good or better. Item #54498 More
New York: Ace Books, (1953). First edition of Burroughs' first book. Published under the pseudonym "William Lee." A paperback original -- "Ace Double Books D-15" bound tete-beche (head-to-toe) with an abridged edition of Maurice Helbrant's "Narcotic Agent." From the collection of sports writer Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman with his penciled..... Item #54144 More
(Brownsville): Story Line Press, 1994. First edition. A paperback original issued simultaneously with the hardcover signed, lmiited edition. INSCRIBED on title page, "For - - / Only good things / Rita Dove / 5 May 94." Fine in pictorial paperwraps with publisher's postcard laid in. Item #48437 More
New York: Lion Book, (1954). First edition, a paperback original. "Lion Book Original #224." Goodis's prolific output of short stories and novels epitomizing the noir fiction genre maintain a deep identification with the city of his birth, Philadelphia, where he used what he observed in the skid row neighborhoods of..... Item #53186 More
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1945. First edition. Paperback original, "Bestseller Mystery, No. B62." Collects "Fly Paper," "Death on Pine Street," Zigzags of Treachery," and "The Farewell Murder," all of which first appeared in "Black Mask" magazine (two are previously uncollected). Pages a little darkened, light edge wear, otherwise fine..... Item #52277 More
New York: (Mercury Mystery), (1962). First edition. Mercury Mystery No. 233. A paperback original featuring the first book appearance of each of the 8 stories. Edited and with introduction by Ellery Queen. Perfect bound multi-colored paperwraps; 128 pages. Covers show light soiling, edge rubbing and shallow chip from top rear..... Item #53941 More
(New York): New American Library/Signet, (1971). First edition. From the collection of Adeline Lubell-Naiman, who played the role of the president of a women's college in the film. Though it does not appear to be in Mailer's handwriting, this particular copy was presumably sent at his request and is inscribed..... Item #49640 More
New York: Random House, (2003). First edition. A paperback original. SIGNED by the author. 260+ pages of poems and drawings with a preface by Mailer. Fine in pictorial paperwraps. Item #49382 More
Old Westbury: The Feminist Press, (1983). First edition, a paperback original. Sshort stories preceded by introductory headnotes written by Marshall expressly for this collection. Also includes an autobiographical essay, "From the Poets in the Kitchen," and "Merle," a novella reshaped from her 1969 novel "The Chosen Place, The Timeless People."..... Item #42060 More
New York: Harmony Books & Warner Books, (1990 & 2000). First edition of each volume with the first one being a simultaneous paperback issue and the second a paperback original. Short stories and poems from the pages of Yellow Silk: Journal of Erotic Arts (1981-1996), whose guiding editorial policy was..... Item #55477 More
San Diego: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1996). First edition. A Harvest paperback original. INSCRIBED to Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate Anthony Hecht and wife, "For Tony & Helen: with best wishes, Charlie / Nov 14, 1996 / Strafford, N.H." Fine in pictorial white paperwraps printed in black and red..... Item #53744 More
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1985). First edition. A paperback original. Based on the movie, which was written by Tom Holland. Minor edge rubbing to covers and few rubbed creases otherwise very good to near fine. Item #54499 More
Evanston: Regency Books, (1963). First edition. A paperback original. "The short con men . . . the artists who take your cash and paint you foolish . . . are crooked as corkscrews" (from the cover). Made into the 1990 movie with Angelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening, with..... Item #53229 More
New York City: A Lion Book, (1952). First edition of his most famous book. A paperback original. Good with flattened and rubbed creasing to covers, small chip to base of spine, and pages age toned. HIS MOST FAMOUS BOOK. Item #54145 More
Evanston: Regency Books, (1961). First edition, a paperback original. First appearances for three of the stories and first book appearances for the other six. "B.Traven presents nine stories of lust and death and the amazing personal strength of the Mexican people"--from the cover. Better than good with pages age darkened..... Item #54606 More
![VATOS: ["Street slang for dude, guy, pal, brother"]. Luis Alberto Urrea, Jose Galvez](/pictures/thumb/55457.jpg?v=1561338960)
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, (2000). First edition, a paperback original. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Black-and-white photographs by Galvez illustrate the lines of Urrea's poem. "A tribute to Chicano men, to Latino men, to all men everywhere" -- Edward James Olmos, front cover blurb. Fine..... Item #55457 More
New York: Anchor Books, (1993). First edition, a paperback original. Illustrated with photographs by John Lueders-Booth. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His first book, a non-fiction narrative in which "after a brief look at the plight of 'undocumented workers'' crossing into the U.S., Urrea focuses on..... Item #55449 More
New York: Anchor Books, (1996). First edition, a paperback original. Illustrated with photographs by John Lueders-Booth. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. A continuation of sorts of his first book, ACROSS THE WIRE, in which Urrea investigates the post-NAFTA and Proposition 187 "border purgatory of garbage pickers..... Item #55451 More
![GHOST SICKNESS. [Poems]. Luis Alberto Urrea](/pictures/thumb/55452.jpg?v=1561338958)
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, (1997). First edition, a paperback original. His second book of poetry, SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His first book of poems received the Western States Book Award and the title poem of this collection was selected by Adrienne Rich for THE..... Item #55452 More
El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, (2002). First edition, a paperback original. Six stories and an afterword, SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Sherman Alexie blurb on rear cover ("...this book proves that [Urrea] speaks with a multitiude of passionate, powerful and hilarious voices. This book is a...... Item #55456 More
Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press, (2015). First edition. Her latest book of poetry, a paperback original. The National Book Award-winning poet was New York State Poet Laureate from 2008-2010 and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. SIGNED BY VALENTINE on title page. Fine in white paperwraps printed in red and..... Item #55478 More
Ringwood, Australia: Penguin Books & Jonathan Cape, (1978). First edition, a paperback original. Short story previously collected but first appearance of White's screenplay adaptation. Front cover from a color movie still and illustrated with black-and-white stills. About very good with light stain to lower front cover corner, few flattened creases..... Item #42255 More
