William
Burroughs - The Naked Lunch - 1962
- Grove Press, New
York.
First U.S. Edition
A high spot of postwar American literature and one of the three key volumes of the Beat movement, along with Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl.
The first US & hardback edition. Published in the U.S. by the maverick publisher Barney Rosset, of Grove Press, in a very small print run of 3500 copies, of which this copy is one, a smaller number than was done of the scarce French edition in 1959.
First U.S. Edition
A high spot of postwar American literature and one of the three key volumes of the Beat movement, along with Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl.
The first US & hardback edition. Published in the U.S. by the maverick publisher Barney Rosset, of Grove Press, in a very small print run of 3500 copies, of which this copy is one, a smaller number than was done of the scarce French edition in 1959.
Jack Kerouac -
On the Road - 1957 - Viking Press, New York. -
First Edition.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century by the appointed father of the beat generation, which would make Paul Bowles the Grandfather. A lovely unrestored copy in clamshell case.
Jack Kerouac - Visions of Gerrard - 1963 - Farrar, Straus & Co., New York. - First Edition
A near fine copy, Illustrated with drawings by James Spanfeller.
Jack Kerouac - Visions of Cody - 1972 - McGraw Hill, New York
First Edition of the full novel, a 120 page excerpt of which was published in a limited edition of 750 in 1959. This novel was Kerouac’s favorite but was considered unpublishable at the time. A fine copy.
One of the most important novels of the twentieth century by the appointed father of the beat generation, which would make Paul Bowles the Grandfather. A lovely unrestored copy in clamshell case.
Jack Kerouac - Visions of Gerrard - 1963 - Farrar, Straus & Co., New York. - First Edition
A near fine copy, Illustrated with drawings by James Spanfeller.
Jack Kerouac - Visions of Cody - 1972 - McGraw Hill, New York
First Edition of the full novel, a 120 page excerpt of which was published in a limited edition of 750 in 1959. This novel was Kerouac’s favorite but was considered unpublishable at the time. A fine copy.
Gustav Hasford
- The Short Timers - 1979 - Harper & Row, New York.
First Edition
“Terse and brief as a scream." "A savage, unforgiving look at a savage unforgiving time.” – LA Times.
"This brief, extremely ugly first novel is the best work of fiction about the Vietnam war I've ever read" - Newsweek.
The basis for Stanley Kubrik’s film ‘Full Metal Jacket’. - "Maybe old soldiers never die, but young ones do."
A fine copy.
“Terse and brief as a scream." "A savage, unforgiving look at a savage unforgiving time.” – LA Times.
"This brief, extremely ugly first novel is the best work of fiction about the Vietnam war I've ever read" - Newsweek.
The basis for Stanley Kubrik’s film ‘Full Metal Jacket’. - "Maybe old soldiers never die, but young ones do."
A fine copy.
Alan Sillitoe -
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner -
1959 -
W.H.Allen, London.
"As soon as I got to Borstal they made me a long distance runner…..”
"a sort of Catcher in the Rye with criminal convictions" - Interview with Sillitoe - The Guardian.
"As soon as I got to Borstal they made me a long distance runner…..”
"a sort of Catcher in the Rye with criminal convictions" - Interview with Sillitoe - The Guardian.
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Aldous Huxley -
Brave New World - 1932 - Chatto & Windus, London.
"O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world that hath such creatures in't!"
First edition. Housed in custom made clamshell case.
Condition - Book very good with some ligh foxing to preliminary pages. Dust Jacket with strong colours and none of the sunning to the spine that plagues many copies.
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"O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world that hath such creatures in't!"
First edition. Housed in custom made clamshell case.
Condition - Book very good with some ligh foxing to preliminary pages. Dust Jacket with strong colours and none of the sunning to the spine that plagues many copies.
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Hunter S.
Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- 1971 -
Random House, New York - First Edition.
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
“..a scorching epochal sensation. There are only two adjectives writers care about any more….’brilliant’ and ‘outrageous’ … and Hunter Thompson has a free hold on both of them.” – Tom Wolfe.
I was given a copy of this book before adventuring off to Spain at the age of eighteen. In it my friend had written “If things ever get this bad, don’t call me.” - BAD CRAZINESS - “Best book on the dope decade” – New York Times.
On August 20, 2005, in a private ceremony in Aspen, Colorado, Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button) to the tune of Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man.
Hunter S. Thompson - Hell's Angels - The Strange & Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs - 1967 - Random House, New York - First Edition.
"The Menace is loose again." Thompson's first full length book. We also have the counter to this in the form of Sonny Barger's Hel's Angels. - Both Disturb. A near fine copy.
"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold."
“..a scorching epochal sensation. There are only two adjectives writers care about any more….’brilliant’ and ‘outrageous’ … and Hunter Thompson has a free hold on both of them.” – Tom Wolfe.
I was given a copy of this book before adventuring off to Spain at the age of eighteen. In it my friend had written “If things ever get this bad, don’t call me.” - BAD CRAZINESS - “Best book on the dope decade” – New York Times.
On August 20, 2005, in a private ceremony in Aspen, Colorado, Thompson's ashes were fired from a cannon atop a 153-foot tower of his own design (in the shape of a double-thumbed fist clutching a peyote button) to the tune of Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tambourine Man.
Hunter S. Thompson - Hell's Angels - The Strange & Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs - 1967 - Random House, New York - First Edition.
"The Menace is loose again." Thompson's first full length book. We also have the counter to this in the form of Sonny Barger's Hel's Angels. - Both Disturb. A near fine copy.
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Larry McMurtry
- The Last Picture Show - 1966 - The Dial Press, New
York - First Edition.
Signed and inscribed by McMurtry to librarian and bibliographer Mel Edelstein.
'For Mel Edelstein, A Simple Tale of Rural Life, With Best Wishes Larry McMurtry'
Book Condition – Near Fine, with very very light bumping to head and tail of spine matching similar light rubbing to the spine ends of this Near Fine Dustjacket. To put it better, you rarely buy a new hardback book in better condition today.
HK$13,600.- Terms & Conditions
Signed and inscribed by McMurtry to librarian and bibliographer Mel Edelstein.
'For Mel Edelstein, A Simple Tale of Rural Life, With Best Wishes Larry McMurtry'
Book Condition – Near Fine, with very very light bumping to head and tail of spine matching similar light rubbing to the spine ends of this Near Fine Dustjacket. To put it better, you rarely buy a new hardback book in better condition today.
HK$13,600.- Terms & Conditions
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Tim
O'Brien - If I die in a Combat Zone Box Me Up
& Ship Me Home - 1973 - Delacorte Press, New
York - First Edition.
Signed and inscribed by O'Brien to author Hilma Wolitzer.
'To Hilma, Whose wit intelligence, not to mention sex appeal, continues to inspire. Tim'
O'Brien's autobiographical account of his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1969. His first book and a classic on the Vietnam War.
A personal account of 'aching clarity... a beautiful, painful book' - New York Times.
Both book and dust jacket in near fine plus condition, with the lightest of shelfwear.
Signed and inscribed by O'Brien to author Hilma Wolitzer.
'To Hilma, Whose wit intelligence, not to mention sex appeal, continues to inspire. Tim'
O'Brien's autobiographical account of his tour of duty in Vietnam in 1969. His first book and a classic on the Vietnam War.
A personal account of 'aching clarity... a beautiful, painful book' - New York Times.
Both book and dust jacket in near fine plus condition, with the lightest of shelfwear.
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Ian
McEwan - The Cement Garden - 1978 - Jonathan Cape, London -
First Edition.
A fine first edition of McEwan's first novel.
'It was not at all clear to me now why we had put her in the trunk in the first place. At the time it had been obvious, to keep the family together. Was that a good reason? It might have been more interesting to be apart. Nor could I think whether what we had done was an ordinary thing to do.'
From the library of movie director Paul Bartel - Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, and Rock 'n' Roll High School. A long argument may ensue as to who gains more credibility by this, McEwan or Bartel. I am willing to discuss in more depth if you buy this book, the movies and drop by the shop one evening with a large bottle of wine.
A fine first edition of McEwan's first novel.
'It was not at all clear to me now why we had put her in the trunk in the first place. At the time it had been obvious, to keep the family together. Was that a good reason? It might have been more interesting to be apart. Nor could I think whether what we had done was an ordinary thing to do.'
From the library of movie director Paul Bartel - Eating Raoul, Death Race 2000, and Rock 'n' Roll High School. A long argument may ensue as to who gains more credibility by this, McEwan or Bartel. I am willing to discuss in more depth if you buy this book, the movies and drop by the shop one evening with a large bottle of wine.
Nick Hornby -
Fever Pitch -
1992 - Victor Gollancz, London - First Edition.
'I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.'
The first edition of Nick Hornby's first book. Signed and in fine condition.
'Hornby believes that beautiful songs, beautiful books, and yes, the beautiful game, are the great forces.'
- Zadie Smith, Time Magazine.
'I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.'
The first edition of Nick Hornby's first book. Signed and in fine condition.
'Hornby believes that beautiful songs, beautiful books, and yes, the beautiful game, are the great forces.'
- Zadie Smith, Time Magazine.
Graham Greene -
The Quiet American - 1955 - Heinemann, London - First
Edition.
A famous work of fiction on Vietnam, a rich portrait of Saigon during the 1950's. Controversial, and considered anti-American at the time. The basis of two films. A near fine copy.
We have a good selection of first editions Graham Greene, currently including the following:-
Stamboul Train, The Ministry of Fear, The Honorary Consul, The Comedians, A Burnt-Out Case, Monsignor Quixote, The Third Man, Getting to know the General, It's a battlefield, The Heart of the Matter, Doctor Fischer of Geneva, The Complaisant Lover.
A famous work of fiction on Vietnam, a rich portrait of Saigon during the 1950's. Controversial, and considered anti-American at the time. The basis of two films. A near fine copy.
We have a good selection of first editions Graham Greene, currently including the following:-
Stamboul Train, The Ministry of Fear, The Honorary Consul, The Comedians, A Burnt-Out Case, Monsignor Quixote, The Third Man, Getting to know the General, It's a battlefield, The Heart of the Matter, Doctor Fischer of Geneva, The Complaisant Lover.
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Upton Sinclair
- The Jungle - 1906 - Doubleday, New York - First
Edition.
Sinclair's famous work on the meat working industry, immigrant labour and the pursuit of the American Dream. Highly controversial, it led to legislative regulation of the food preparation industry, and set Sinclair up as an important social voice in American literature. A bright copy.
Upton Sinclair - Oil - 1927 - Privately published by the Author.
Basis for the 2007 film 'There Will be Blood', another controversial social commentary inspired by the signal hill strike of Southern California, and the subject of a publication ban in Boston. One of his best novels. (Gottesman).
Sinclair's famous work on the meat working industry, immigrant labour and the pursuit of the American Dream. Highly controversial, it led to legislative regulation of the food preparation industry, and set Sinclair up as an important social voice in American literature. A bright copy.
Upton Sinclair - Oil - 1927 - Privately published by the Author.
Basis for the 2007 film 'There Will be Blood', another controversial social commentary inspired by the signal hill strike of Southern California, and the subject of a publication ban in Boston. One of his best novels. (Gottesman).
Norman Mailer -
The Naked and the Dead - 1948 - Rinehart, New York - First
Edition.
'Many consider The Naked and the Dead to be the greatest combat novel ever written by an American'.
- New York Times.
A Near Fine copy with unrestored dust jacket. Housed in custom made clamshell box.
'Many consider The Naked and the Dead to be the greatest combat novel ever written by an American'.
- New York Times.
A Near Fine copy with unrestored dust jacket. Housed in custom made clamshell box.
Richard
Brautigan - “All of us have a place in
history. Mine is in clouds”
Trout Fishing in America - 1967 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
'Trout Fishing in America sent Brautigan in to confused stardom, apparently representing the counter-culture of the time, whilst being contemptuous of hippies. Ferlinghettti said “He was much more in tune with the trout in America than the people”. Fine copy in wrappers.
A Confederate General from Big Sur - 1964 - Grove Press, New York - First Edition.
In Watermelon Sugar - 1968 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
The Pill versus the Spring Hill Mining Disaster - 1968 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
The Hawkline Monster - A Gothic Western - 1974 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
Willard & His Bowling Trophies - A Perverse Mystery - 1975 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
The Sombrero Fallout - A Japanese Novel - 1976 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt - 1980 - Delacorte Press, New York - First Edition.
So the Wind won't Blow it all away - 1982 - Delacorte Press, New York - First Edition.
Trout Fishing in America - 1967 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
'Trout Fishing in America sent Brautigan in to confused stardom, apparently representing the counter-culture of the time, whilst being contemptuous of hippies. Ferlinghettti said “He was much more in tune with the trout in America than the people”. Fine copy in wrappers.
A Confederate General from Big Sur - 1964 - Grove Press, New York - First Edition.
In Watermelon Sugar - 1968 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
The Pill versus the Spring Hill Mining Disaster - 1968 - Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco - First Edition.
The Hawkline Monster - A Gothic Western - 1974 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
Willard & His Bowling Trophies - A Perverse Mystery - 1975 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
The Sombrero Fallout - A Japanese Novel - 1976 - Simon & Schuster, New York - First Edition.
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt - 1980 - Delacorte Press, New York - First Edition.
So the Wind won't Blow it all away - 1982 - Delacorte Press, New York - First Edition.
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Saul Bellow -
Humboldt's Gift - 1975 - Signed
- Viking Press, New
York - First Edition.
1976 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, and the book that contributed to Bellow's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year.
Signed by Saul Bellow.
A Nice Bright copy, with light wear.
1976 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, and the book that contributed to Bellow's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature the same year.
Signed by Saul Bellow.
A Nice Bright copy, with light wear.
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Tom
Wolfe - The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test -
1968 -
Farrer, Straus & Giraux, New York - First
Edition, with Book Club Jacket.
Signed by both Tom Wolfe and the chief Ken Kesey who passed away in 2001 and is now quite probably in deep discussion with Cosmo, ‘the man who’s been running the show all along’.
An amazing chronicle of the 1960's 'hippie movement' that effectively tied together all of the cultural icons of that era, Haight-Ashbury, LSD, Grass, Ginsburg, Kerouac, Leary, The Grateful Dead, Hell's Angels and even a bit of the Beatles.
We also have other signed books, comics and the original artwork from this dust jacket published in the LSD issue of the New York World Journal from 1967.
Signed by both Tom Wolfe and the chief Ken Kesey who passed away in 2001 and is now quite probably in deep discussion with Cosmo, ‘the man who’s been running the show all along’.
An amazing chronicle of the 1960's 'hippie movement' that effectively tied together all of the cultural icons of that era, Haight-Ashbury, LSD, Grass, Ginsburg, Kerouac, Leary, The Grateful Dead, Hell's Angels and even a bit of the Beatles.
We also have other signed books, comics and the original artwork from this dust jacket published in the LSD issue of the New York World Journal from 1967.
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James Joyce -
Ulysses - 1936 - John Lane The Bodley Head,
London
First edition printed in England , one of a limited 900 copies on japon vellum paper, original green buckram with gilt embossed Homeric bow design on upper cover by Eric Gill. t.e.g., others uncut, [Slocum & Cahoon A23], 4to.
Introducing James Joyce - A selection of Joyce’s Prose - with an introductory note by T.S.Eliot - 1942 - Faber & Faber, London
1st edition first impression with acknowledgment slip tipped in. 1 of 5000 copies printed on war paper. This appeared in the year after Joyce (1882-1941) died, Eliot wrote an Introductory Note mostly devoted to justifying his selection. In near fine dust-jacket.
First edition printed in England , one of a limited 900 copies on japon vellum paper, original green buckram with gilt embossed Homeric bow design on upper cover by Eric Gill. t.e.g., others uncut, [Slocum & Cahoon A23], 4to.
Introducing James Joyce - A selection of Joyce’s Prose - with an introductory note by T.S.Eliot - 1942 - Faber & Faber, London
1st edition first impression with acknowledgment slip tipped in. 1 of 5000 copies printed on war paper. This appeared in the year after Joyce (1882-1941) died, Eliot wrote an Introductory Note mostly devoted to justifying his selection. In near fine dust-jacket.
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J.D. Salinger -
The Catcher in the Rye - 1951- Little, Brown & Co.,
Boston
First Edition. First state dust jacket with Lotte Jacobi photograph of Salinger on the back panel and price of $3.00 on inside front flap.
""I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody."
A lovely unrestored copy in bright dust jacket, housed in a custom made clamshell case.
First Edition. First state dust jacket with Lotte Jacobi photograph of Salinger on the back panel and price of $3.00 on inside front flap.
""I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody."
A lovely unrestored copy in bright dust jacket, housed in a custom made clamshell case.
Kurt Vonnegut -
Slaughterhouse-Five - 1969 - Delacorte Press, New York.
First Edition. First impression.
"So it Goes."
In near-fine condition, and housed in a custom made clamshell case.
First Edition. First impression.
"So it Goes."
In near-fine condition, and housed in a custom made clamshell case.
Truman Capote -
In Cold Blood - 1965 - Random House, New York.
First Edition.
Capote’s classic report of the Clutter Murders. The basis of two films, including the award winning ‘Capote’.
You may find yourself closer to Perry than you feel comfortable with. As did Capote.
First Edition.
Capote’s classic report of the Clutter Murders. The basis of two films, including the award winning ‘Capote’.
You may find yourself closer to Perry than you feel comfortable with. As did Capote.
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