Black Sparrow Press, 1992. 8vo, softcover wrappers, 260pp. First paperback issue. Inscribed by the editor and poet Edward Field to the free front endpaper. Wrappers moderately toned, ownership signature to reverse of front wrapper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Miscellaneous prose writings by the experimental novelist and New York.....
Privately printed, 1929. 8vo, rose pink softcover wrappers, yapped edges, 125pp. Privately printed, undated but Introduction is signed “Bandol. January, 1929.” Wrappers are considerably sunned to spine and outer edges, crinkles and creases to edges, mild foxing to endpapers and toning to body of text. Contents clean, binding firm and.....
Larkspur Press, 2002. 8vo, grey cloth, green titles, 62pp. First edition, limited to 700 copies and signed by McClanahan to to the title page. Review copy with tipped-in letter from the publisher soliciting a review. Unpriced dust jacket moderately toned and rubbed to panels. Contents clean, binding sharp and square.....
Nadja Editions, 1978. 8vo, single stitch blue paper pamphlet with french folds, two uncut page leaves. Limited edition of 174 copies, signed and numbered by Purdy in pencil, this being copy No. 174. Original drawing by Purdy to cover and title page. Prints the titular poem. Unfortunate damp stain to.....
Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 8vo, quarter blue cloth over khaki pictorial boards, blue and red titles, sea blue endpapers. 147pp. First edition, limited to 193 signed and numbered copies, numbered 193 to colophon. Signed by John Fante to the blank page following title page and copyright statement. The lightest of.....
Black Sparrow Press, 1985. 8vo, orange quarter cloth over pictorial paper boards, purple and orange titles, 167pp. First edition, limited to 150 copies in cloth, numbered 141 to colophon. Lower edge of front board shows discreet chips and bumping to corner edge. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. The first.....
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1948. 12mo, quarter brick red burlap cloth over decorative paper boards, mounted titles, unpaginated. Limited edition of 400 copies, unnumbered. Boards faintly worn, endpapers toned. Prints an apocryphal chapter of the Book of Daniel (the story of his mother Susanna), taken from the King James Bible.....
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. 8vo, single stitch hand sewn blue paper wrappers, French folds, 10pp. #260 of an edition of 300 copies, signed and numbered to the colophon by Paul Bowles. Gathers nine short poems by Bowles, with a woodcut drawing by Henry Shire. Faintest of wear and.....
Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1931. 8vo, white quarter cloth over mauve paper boards, gilt titles, uncut gilt edges, 213pp. Housed in plain slipcase. Limited edition of 500 copies on Hand and Arrows paper, numbered 269 to colophon, and signed by the editor at flyleaf. Fading present to spine edge, ownership inscription.....