Collection: All Books

Abe, Kobo. Hakobune Sakura-Maru [The Ark Sakura]. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1984. First edition. Octavo; 333pp.; black cloth with red titles and panel design, in slipcase. A fine, as new copy in a very good slipcase, which lacks the original tissue paper covering, and shows partial fading... More

NY: Bang Publications, 1969. [20]pp. Unbound tabloid, 16-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. Pictorial newsprint wrappers; illustrations throughout. Mild soiling to covers; a few minor snags fore-edge; light toning to newsprint. Very good or better, and unfolded. Sixth issue of this publication from the heyday of New... More

 NY: Bang Publications, 1969. [20]pp. Unbound tabloid, 16-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. Pictorial newsprint wrappers; illustrations throughout. Light toning; diagonal crease to bottom corner of second leaf. Near fine, and unfolded. Seventh issue of sex activist Louis Abolafia's pornographic tabloid, consisting of nude photos, stories and... More

Second UK edition of Ackerley's celebrated account of his sixteen year relationship with a pet German shepherd. London: Bodley Head, 1966. Second edition, following the Secker & Warburg first of 1956. Octavo, 8 x5-3/8 in. 157pp. Green textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Damp... More

First edition of this important collection of essays by the celebrated American photographer. Millerton, NY: Aperture, 1981. Presumed first edition. Octavo, 8-1/2 x 5-3/4 in. Tan cloth blindstamped to front board; brown spine lettering; dust jacket. 108pp. 21 black-and-white photo illustrations. Mild soiling to boards.... More

Hollywood, CA: The Aetherius Society, [circa early 1960s]. 20pp. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in self-wrappers printed in red. With a slip of (presumably updated) Aetherius Society branches mounted over the original list on p. 20. Very good or better, with minor toning along spine and top edges,... More

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. Presumed first (no statement of printing; "Illustrations copyright © 1968 / Jonathan Cape Ltd" stamped on copyright page). 8vo. 94pp. Blue cloth, silver spine titles. Near fine with a touch of shelfwear, former owner's name inked on front pastedown, & very... More

A small grouping of materials comprising what we believe to be the entire published output of John W. Aiken, founder with his wife Louisa of The Church of the Awakening. The Aikens hold an interesting if largely overlooked place in the early history of the... More

Madison, WI: Circle Publications, 1977. First edition of 1,000 copies. Octavo; 59pp.; saddle-stapled in printed wraps. Inscribed on the title page, presumably in Fox’s hand: "Blessed be, Selena & Jim." Moderate browning to wraps, one minor ding to fore-edge of textblock, else near fine: clean,... More

Inscribed copy of this cerebral and structurally eclectic collection by the Bay Area poet. San Francisco: Krupskaya, 2008. Signed and briefly inscribed by Albon on the title page. Perfect-bound in printed wraps; 5.5 x 8 in.; 94pp. Near fine, with two dog-eared upper corners and... More

NY: The Oracle of Thoth, 1981. Saddle-stapled in pictorial wraps printed green and black, 11 x 8-3/8 in. 32pp.; illus. Very good or better, with short splits at spine ends. A single issue—the last?—of this periodical of pan-African occultism, notable in present context for two... More

A sound first American edition copy, lacking its jacket, of Amis' first novel, an undisputed high point of comedic fiction. NY: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First edition. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); 256pp.; reddish-brown cloth boards, off-white spine lettering. Boards lightly rubbed, with a touch... More

NY: Doubleday, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. 204pp. First edition. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, in an unclipped "$4.95" jacket. Spine ends and board corners lightly worn/rubbed, glue stains to the front endpaper gutter, else near fine. Near fine jacket jacket shows light rubbing at spine ends... More

NY: Dutton, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. 190pp. First edition. Blue marbled paper boards with light blue cloth backing. Light shelfwear and dust soiling at spine ends. Offsetting to end papers. One spot of soiling to fore-edge of textblock. Unclipped "$3.95" jacket shows light general browning/soiling, edgewear... More

A sharp copy of this first collection of Antin's "talk poems." NY: New Directions, 1976. First edition. Octavo (8.25 x 5.5 in.); 267pp.; tan and brown textured-paper boards, in dust jacket. Light shelfwear to board bottoms, else fine in a near fine, unclipped ("$11.95") jacket... More

Inscribed copy of Antin’s first book of “talk poems,” a radical stylistic departure whose formal and philosophical ramifications Antin would continue to plumb for the rest of his career. NY: New Directions, 1976. First edition, the trade paperback issue. Perfect-bound in black-and-white wraps; 5 x... More

Second collection of verse by the American avant-garde poet and critic. In a 2013 interview conducted by Stephen Fredman, Antin referred to the work in Code of Flag Behavior as "pop poems," a claim bolstered by the book design's affinity with the flag paintings of... More

[N.P.]: World’s Fair Publishing Company, 1979. 8vo; saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps printed in blue and red. 20pp. Foxing and soiling to covers; oxidation to staples; “$3.95” price sticker to rear. Internally clean; altogether very good. Presumed first edition (more commonly encountered examples on the market... More

NY: Doubleday, 1965. Hardcover. 8vo. 183pp. Stated First Edition. Two-tone yellow and black boards, with gilt spine titles. NF/VG. A touch of shelfwear at spine ends, light dust soiling to top of textblock. In an unclipped $3.95 jacket with a 1/4" closed tear at top of... More

A charming English-language edition of Apollinaire's 1911 book of quatrains about the animal world, illustrated with the original Raoul Dufy woodcuts. Translated by Pepe Karmel; French text below the translations. Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. 12mo (7.25 x 5 in.); xi + 66pp.; thin brick-red... More

First English-language translation of this key Surrealist text, originally published in France in 1924. Translated by Frederick Brown. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970. First edition. Octavo, 9-1/8 x 6 in. 176pp. Decorative papered boards backed with blue cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Spine gilt... More

First appearance in book form of this essay on the relationship between power and violence, by German-born philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975); a revised and enlarged version of a text that first appeared under the title "Reflections on Violence" a 1969 issue of the Journal of... More

Amherst, WI: Legend Press, [1996]. 192pp.; illus. 8vo. Perfect-bound in printed wraps. Near fine, with mild toning to wraps.  Reprint edition of a rather epochal work first published in 1952; an account of the 1947 sighting of nine UFOs by Kenneth Arnold, a private pilot... More

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. 63pp. First edition. Light wear and soiling to board edges, faint dampstain to front board. Erasure mark top of front free endpaper. Unclipped "$3.50" jacket shows moderate soiling and wear, with a couple of small chips out at... More

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1971. First printing. Perfect-bound in wraps featuring cover photograph by Alan Spain, 7-1/8 x 4-3/8 in. 207pp. Textblock toned, else near fine. No creasing to spine. Nice copy. More