New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. 8vo, 151pp; cloth. With the 1953 ownership signature of poet and translator Lysander Kemp on the front flyleaf. More

Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1973. First Edition. Small 4to, unpag.; printed wrappers. An excellent presentation copy, with a lengthy inscription and drawing (a cow leaning against a barn) for fellow poet Russell Edson. In addition, Bly has made a small ink emendation of the text in one of the illustrations..... More

New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 260pp; terracotta cloth stamped in yellow and black. An exceptionally sharp copy. More

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. Wraps. 8vo, 89pp; original wrappers, with printed white label on front to correct misprint in the title. One of only 800 copies in wrappers; there were also 75 hardbound copies with an original Bukowski drawing. This was Bukowski's first book with the..... More

London: J. Murray, 1814. First Edition. Small 8vo, [i-viii] + 128pp; plain wrappers, trimmed, with marbled edges. Includes the advertisement leaf in front describing the two texts, both published here anonymously, and explaining Byron's wish to include the Rogers text as well as his unsatisfied wish that it be placed..... More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. 8vo, 306pp; black cloth. McAdoo, chief magistrate of the City of New York, compiled this volume from original sources documenting several "notorious public characters, murderers, traitors, pirates, mutineers, incendiaries, defrauders, rioters, forgers, highwaymen, footpads, pickpockets, swindlers, receivers, and extortioners," as given in..... More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. Two vols., 8vos, 431 & 409pp; black cloth. First edition of Dreiser's most celebrated novel, this copy with an original typed letter signed by Dreiser to a reader of the book in England who had written to him. Dreiser thanks him for..... More

Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First edition. Small 8vo, 118pp; original printed wrappers. Classic work in early literature of film, most especially noted for its innovative, DaDa influenced graphic design and striking full-page illustrations. A delicate book of irresistible charm. More

St-Cyr-sur-Loire. -. One page on single leaf of approx. 7 X 5-1/4 in. stationery. France writes about a mutual friend, his stay at La Bechellerie at St-Cyr, and the recent Presdential election. France received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. More

London: B. Crosby, 1794. First Edition. Three vols., small 8vo., 293, [1, errata]; 285; 304pp; modern three-quarter calf and brown cloth with gilt spines; (the binder erroneously stamped the date "1797" to the spines), t.e.g. A complete copy of Godwin's celebrated novel, with all half-titles. Appearing amid the intellectual ferment..... More

-. Three pages on a small bifolium, approx. 3-1/2 X 5-1/4 in. A warm, emotional letter, thanking the recipient for her expression of concern, and discussing a loss. Amalie Joachim (1839-1899) was a popular singer as Amalie Weiss, before she married the composer and musician Joseph Joachim. Her performing career..... More

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First Edition. Two vols., 8vos, vi, 331; iv, 353pp; full blue crushed morocco gilt by Pomey; t.e.g. Important work in the history of feminist literary scholarship, written as a companion work to Kavanagh's previous study of French women in literature. She provides not only biographical..... More

N.P. (California): N.p., n.d. (1948). Six-page mimeograph document, approx. 8-1/2 X 11 in, stapled in one corner. Lengthy account of the history and current status of the maritime unions in California, recounting the major strikes of the 1930s, the emergence of the CIO, as well as current challenges and union..... More