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 about JUNKIE
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 about BLACK FRIDAY
(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 about MAIDSTONE
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 about MODEST GIFTS: POEMS AND DRAWINGS
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 about YELLOW SILK: EROTIC ARTS AND LETTERS; Together with YELLOW SILK II: INTERNATIONAL EROTIC STORIES...
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., (1965). First edition. Minor soiling, otherwise fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. A paperback original, consisting of THE CARPENTERED HEN and TELEPHONE POLES. Not published in hardback. Item #35933 More about VERSE
![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 about VATOS: ["Street slang for dude, guy, pal, brother"
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 about ACROSS THE WIRE: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
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 about BY THE LAKE OF SLEEPING CHILDREN: The Secret Life of the Mexican Border
![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 about GHOST SICKNESS. [Poems
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 about SIX KINDS OF SKY: A Collection of Short Fiction
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 about SHIRT IN HEAVEN
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 about THE NIGHT THE PROWLER: Short Story and Screenplay