Transgressive Fiction from Retrograde Media

New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1977. MMPB. Good. Later Printing Brautigan’s strange work of library romance. Sunning to spine and covers have a few areas of small tears and creases. Spine intact and interior appears clean. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Popular Library, 1973. MMPB. Very Good. First Thus They were trapped, all of them, high in the mountains as raging blizzards cut them off from all civilization! ** Historical novel of the famed Donner Party, with all its trials and blemishes. Light front cover crease from reading but not immediately obvious, otherwise minor edgewear… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition Gritty country music-flavored historical fiction involving the ghost of Hank Williams, penned by the famous alternative country singer Steve Earle. Tight and clean first printing with full number line. Previous owner’s name written fairly inconspicously on inside cover. Has a tiny dig on top edge of… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1998. Paperback. Very Good+. Later Printing Tale of youthful abandonment, anarchy, and the realities of war from the 1994 Nobel Prize winner of Literature. Previous owner’s name written on inside cover and has an area of bumping along bottom, otherwise is a tight copy. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1992. Paperback. Very Good. First Thus Evergreen release of Burroughs’ cut and paste counterculture classic. Interior appears clean except for one page with a couple notes. Some exterior wear to corners and spine, though remains tight. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 2010. Paperback. Very Good. First Thus 1994 Nobel winner dealing with the underlying cause of a suicide. Minor edgewear in places. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc., 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing Introspective work from the infamous radical writer. Sun fading to outer spine and cover area immediately adjacent. Minor cover scuffing and corner bumping in places. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Owl Books / Henry Holt and Company, 1997. Paperback. Good. Later Printing Media tie-in printing of the celebrated transgressive work that became the cult film classic. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

Albuquerque, New Mexico: DrunkSkull Books, 2018. Paperback. New. First Thus Fired from his fast-food job, stunted millennial Akira stumbles onto a lucrative hustle: selling high-quality knockoff designer purses via his mother’s store… ** Small press 21st century youthful nihilism and disillusionment set in the American southwest with plenty of advantageous border-hopping. First print signed by the author.… Read more about this item

London, England: Vintage Books, 2008. Paperback. Good+. Later Printing Victor Mancini launches a complex scam to pay for his mother’s hospital care, by faking choking on food in restaurants. Standard used condition. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing Third novel of the Trainspotting series, the prequel to the celebrated novel where the Leith lads first get on the skag. Minor edgewear but nice on the whole. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing Dystopian SF classic with the 'Resucked' introduction by the author and the controversial final chapter not included in the original edition. Nice shape with only minor edgewear in places. Packed and shipped with care.