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New York: Michael di Capua Books / HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A picture book about a queen, a prince, and their dog. First edition (stated). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket; ISBN sticker on the back panel. Signed by Babbitt on the title page.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Nine stories set in Hollywood. "Babitz is an acquired taste: her slewing style, bad-girl postures, and sad-funny takes on hedonism can be deliciously shocking... Here, though, as the narrator of these nine story/essays approaches middle-age-after all the drugs, booze, groupie sex, and wild passionate flings-the sense of brakes applied turns Babitz's voice sage as well as outrageous...and her wisecracking, ain't-it-the-truth-honey voice is just about perfect in illuminating the fact... Babitz's best book yet." -Kirkus Reviews Shortly after her death in 2021, the Huntington Library acquired her papers. According to Babitz's sister, "When I told Eve that The Huntington was very interested in her archive, she said, 'I would love to be with Blue Boy and Pinkie again, like when we were kids. It's as classy as the Beverly Hills Hotel so I know I'll be happy there.'". First edition (stated). A fine copy in a very good dust jacket… Read More

Albuquerque, NM, 1925. Three letters, each on a different style of letterhead, written in Baca's capacity as the attorney for various parties. In one letter, Baca requests the current status of a case; in another he requests a correction to a decree sent to one of his clients, and in the third he writes in requesting information about a case that was supposedly set for trial on the day he received the notice. In two of the cases, Baca appears to represent Hispanic New Mexicans. Baca was something of a folk hero in his native New Mexico, known for his participation in a gunfight in Reserve, New Mexico, in which he killed two men. Soon after he was made sheriff of Socorro County, New Mexico; he studied law and became a lawyer. While serving as an official representative of the Mexican government during the revolution, Baca was charged with conspiracy for helping arrange the escape of a Mexican general from the Albuquerque jail (he was acquitted). Two of the letters are carbon copies, but all three are… Read More

(N.-pl.): Passigli Editori, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 413 pages. Chicano poetry with facing-page translation into Italian. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A dystopian first novel that won just about every SF award. This is one of 500 signed, numbered copies. 587 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a near fine slipcase. This is copy no. 208 signed by Bacigalupi.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 500 signed, numbered copies of the author's debut middle-grade novel about America's national pastime vs. the undead. 231 pages. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 343 of 500 signed by Bacigalupi.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The first book edition of a novel written as an audio book original. With an introduction by Tobias S. Buckell, who proposed the idea to Bacigalupi. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Bacigalupi. 95 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. No. 292 of 500 copies signed on a tipped-in limitation sheet.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2009. First Edition. har. Fine/Fine. 122 pages. Illustrated by J. K. Potter. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author on a tipped in page at the front. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Baker.

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Twenty short stories, many not previously collected in book form. This is one of 250 numbered copies, published posthumously. 501 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This is no. 132 of 250.

Delhi: Manager of Publications, 1939. First Edition. 152 plants are listed, with scientific name, family, common name, habitat, parts used, distribution, and remarks about use. Includes plants for papermaking, rope, and ceremonial use. v, 40 pages, including an index. Published as the Botanical Survey of India, no. 3. Based on the coding at the base of the last page, probably issued in an edition of 1000 copies. First edition (first printing). Cover edges slightly chipped; some old worming. About very good in printed paper boards over a cloth spine. With three leaves of addenda and errata laid in.

New York: The Dial Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. A memoir of the author's childhood, of the Civil Rights movement, and living abroad in a kind of exile. First edition (first printing). A good copy in a good, price-clipped dust jacket. There is some wear and spotting to the cloth; the jacket has tears, some light chipping to the corners, and some old tape repairs to the back (verso).

Newbury Park, CA: Haynes Publications, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 96 pages. 8-1/4 by 10-1/8 inches. First edition (states "first published"). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 1989. 13 pages. 6 by 8-1/2 inches. An edition of 100 copies. Colección Clásicos (?). Five poems by the Brazilian writer, in Portuguese with a Spanish translation on the facing page. The translations are by Eugenio Gardinalli Filho and Juan Luis Hernández Milián. The design and illustrations are by Rolando Estévez. This is part of a series of works in translation issued by Ediciones Vigía in 1989 in conjunction with a symposium on world literature held in Matanzas. The text is mimeographed on low-quality brown paper, tied with string around the fold. OCLC: DEIAI FQG. Very good or better.

Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 244 pages. A reprint of Banks' first book, which was rejected by one publisher as a "smartass parafeminist psycho-erotic thriller", a blurb that appears on the front cover of this re-issue. First published in 1979. Banks lives in Bastrop, Texas. First printing of this second edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. This copy is nicely inscribed to fellow Texas author Neal Barrett, Jr.: "for Neal, your work has made me laugh plenty. Now it's my turn! Lyn. Carolyn Banks." Provenance: From the collection of book collector Tom Garner, who was a close friend of Barrett's and to whom Barrett's novel Interstate Dreams is dedicated.

London: Head of Zeus, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An authorized continuation of the Three Body Problem series by Cixin Liu. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by the author and the translator, Ken Liu, on a tipped in page. First UK edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Baoshu and Liu on a tipped in page.

Milan: Lazy Dog, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The limited edition, one of 50 copies, of this survey of the graphic designer and calligrapher Luca Barcellona's lettering work, with a custom calligraphy example, the word "Surfadelic", commissioned by the original owner. This limited issue also includes a second original calligraphy example reading "Take your pleasure seriously" laid into the clamshell box cover. Published at EUR500. The book is housed in an embossed clothbound clamshell box (7-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches). 224 pages plus a smaller text pamphlet of 32 pages inserted in four separate sections. Illustrated with more than 400 color plates. Text in English and Italian. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine folded poster used as a dust jacket. This is one of 50 deluxe copies, signed by Barcellona with an original piece of calligraphy, in this case reading "Surfadelic" on the limitation page.

Lancaster, PA: Stealth Press, 2001. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine. This is one of 500 signed and numbered copies of the first complete edition of Barker's six-volume classic of the horror genre. 818 pages. First complete edition. This is no. 96 of 500 numbered copies signed by Clive Barker on a limitation page. The page block, as is typical of large, heavy books, is pulling away from the binding at the top. The two bottom corners are slightly bumped and one corner of the slipcase is bumped. Generally a pretty nice, but not perfect, copy of this classic work.

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. First hardcover edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A classic of modern horror with one of the greatest taglines of all time: "Everybody is a book of blood; Wherever we're opened, we're red." The novel was originally published in six paperback editions in 1984 and 1985. Almost immediately, Weidenfeld & Nicolson put out this six-volume hardcover edition, with publication dates in 1985 and 1986. Immediately following those editions were collected editions in various forms, making the bibliography of this title more thorny than most 1980s fiction titles. This version, in six stand-alone hardcover volumes with dust jackets illustrated with Barker's own paintings, is for many collectors the most desirable edition. First hardcover editions (first printings, with no indication of later printings) of all six volumes. The pages are tanned, as usual, but the books are otherwise near fine to fine in like dust jackets. On top of that, all six books have been signed by… Read More

London, 1984. Ephemera. Very good. A news-filled letter to the horror writer J. N. "Jerry" Williamson, declining participation in his forthcoming New Masters anthology, but offering to write a story for the second volume: "I have a fund of tales simmering in my brain-pan, awaiting the time and opportunity to become print." (It is not clear if New Masters got off the ground-there is a similarly titled anthology with a different editor). Barker's letter is friendly, offering updates on the publication of the Books of Blood and Damnation Game and an unnamed screenplay going into production (probably Underworld). He clears up confusion over his agent and again expresses enthusiasm for contributing to one of Williamson's anthologies (he finally did with Masques 5). About 350 words, written in black felt pen on two white A4 sheets (8-1/4 by 11-5/8 inches). Signed "Clive." Dated based on internal references to the forthcoming publication of Books of Blood and the film project. Over the years I have had… Read More

Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. A massive, full-color collection of Carl Barks's influential Scrooge McDuck comics, with introductions to each story by Barks. This book was issued in a numbered edition of 5000 copies, with a color offset lithograph signed by Barks. Introduction by George Lucas; edited by Edward Summer; recolored by Peter Ledger. 376 pages. 9-3/4 by 13-1/8 inches. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in brown leatherette stamped in gilt. This is copy 904 with an offset lithograph with a matching number, signed by Barks. The print is in a glassine envelope laid in at the back of the book.