"Fire And Iron" by Richard F. Allen - 1971

Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Tan cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

First edition. Illustrated perfect-bound wraps as issued, with French fold flaps; very minor rubbing to exterior wraps, in near fine condition. Signed by Le Guin on the title page of King Dog, signed by Tess Gallagher on title page of Dostoevsky.

New York: Random House, 1984. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth. Very fine in very dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition / First printing. Off-white cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. The author's first story collection, and her second book.

Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1968, Several Perceptions is Angela Carter's third novel. Set in the Vietnam era, the insular urban vignettes focus on 22-year-old unemployed Joseph. Several Perceptions is notable for its Alice in Wonderland references, and the surreal book cover image reflects the collage-like nature of the novel.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. First US edition. Hardback, in dust jacket. 21 x 14 x 2. 153 pages. Octavo. Publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at front and spine. Dust jacket slightly water-stained at rear, slightly grubby. Very good book in very good dust jacket.

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1860. First Edition, First Printing . Embossed Cloth, Gilt. Very Good +. 7 7/16" Tall. 416 Pp. Original Binding Of Blindstamped Purple Cloth, Gilt Title On Spine. Cloth Worn With Some Fraying At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Gilt Strong But Not Brilliant. A Few Small Faint Waterspots On Covers, Spine Faded To Tan, Covers Somewhat Faded But Still Purplish. Original Yellow Endpapers Are Immaculate Except For A Small Personal Ownership Label (E. Peeter Mauk Jr.); Hinges Tight. Contents Fresh And Immaculate. Sue Petigru Bowen Published Her Novels, All Set In The Deep South, Just Before The Civil War. Bowen Deals With The Fashionable World Of Resorts And Balls And With The Maturation Of Young Girls Into Womanhood. Her Male Characters Are Charming But Weak And Untrustworthy, And Her Novels Have Didactic Rather Than Happy Endings. The Vision Of Young, Trusting Girls Destroyed Or Embittered Through Their Experiences With Men Haunts Her Novels. Scarce.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.

First edition. Illustrated perfect-bound wraps as issued, with French fold flaps; very minor rubbing to exterior wraps, in near fine condition. Signed by Le Guin on the title page of King Dog, signed by Tess Gallagher on title page of Dostoevsky.

Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.

In this book Henry Miller portrays his love for Big Sur by telling stories of the people who he has met there.