Search Results: Authors starting with F from Captain Ahab's Rare Books

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 6 copies (numbered 295-300) specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals involved with production, this one marked "Binder's Copy" (no.297) and signed by Faas and Hughes. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and pale yellow linen backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-225,[7]pp. Scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. A selection of essays on Hughes and his work by Faas, along with a selection of critical works by Hughes and two interviews. Uncommon in its most limited state. Sagar & Tabor B101a.2.

London: Villiers Publications Ltd, 1960. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [3],4-64pp. Light wear, subtle toning, and a single tiny tear to wrapper extremities; contents clean, but for a brief pencil note in French at upper margin of inner rear wrapper; Very Good+. Early double issue of this little magazine, published in London and Culver City, CA between 1959-1962. Factor and Linick, studying at UCLA and USC, were both drawn to poetry readings throughout L.A.; at the time, Coastlines was the only significant little magazine in the city, so the pair set out to publish their own, chiefly featuring west coast poets. Contents include three poems by Charles Bukowski ("So much for the knifers, so much for the bellowing dawns," "Manifesto: A Call For Our Own," and "The Day it Rained at the Los Angeles County Museum"), with contributions by Robert Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, Carl Larsen, Gregory Corso, Russell Edson, Paul Blackburn, Louis Zukofsky, and others. Dorbin C50-51.

London and Culver City: Villiers Publications Ltd, 1962. Complete run of this little magazine, published in London and Culver City, CA between 1959-1962. Factor and Linick, studying at UCLA and USC, were both drawn to poetry readings throughout L.A.; at the time, Coastlines was the only significant little magazine in the city, so the pair set out to publish their own, chiefly featuring west coast poets. The publication is best-known for being an early publisher of Charles Bukowski's work, prior to the release of his first book (he contributed six poems between two issues). Other contributors include William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Kenneth Rexroth, Judson Crews, Carl Larsen, Jack Micheline, Gil Orlovitz, John Reed, Clarence Major, Emilie Glen, Ben Tibbs, Robert Creeley, Gregory Corso, Louis Zukofsky, Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov, LeRoi Jones, and Lew Welch, among others. The final issue was dedicated to entirely to the work of New York School poets. Clay & Phillips, p.287; Dorbin C31-34, 50-51;… Read More

Corte Madera: Ginko Press, Inc, 2008. First Edition. First Printing. Tall quarto; patterned paper over boards, quarterbound in green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 145pp; illus. Fine and unread copy without dustjacket, as issued. A profusely illustrated monograph featuring artwork from Fairey's 2007 exhibit at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First Edition. Debut novel by Falkner (1900-1977), a New York newspaper man, centered around the murder of a Broadway actress. "In the shadowed quiet of West End Avenue, around the corner from Broadway, a hand with a knife reached the throat of a gay young actress. Downstairs in the salon, rich with the gauds and treasures of eighteenth century Paris, were the remains of a party - empty glasses, overflowing ash trays. Upstairs a body on the floor. Was it man or woman who killed her? Actress or gambler?" (from front flap). Uncommon; OCLC notes a scant 16 holdings. Hubin, p.136. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; green topstain; dustjacket; [ii],236,[2]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.00), lighlty edgeworn, with shallow loss to crown, and a few tiny nicks and tears.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 750 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-315,[5]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to lower board edges and right edge of textblock, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of 17 previously-unpublished stories by Fante, written between 1932-1959, together with the preface to Ask the Dust. With a preface and notes by biographer Stephen Cooper.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. The first book in Farmer's "Riverworld" series, originally serialized in 'Worlds of Tomorrow' between 1965-66. In it, adventurer Sir Richard Burton finds himself resurrected on the banks of an endless river. He soon learns that he is only one of billions of people who have died on Earth and suddely are "living" again. Burton builds a boat and begins a journey to find the source of the river. A lovely advance copy of this science fiction highspot, winner of the Hugo Award in 1972. First Printing, a Review Copy, with a small rubber stamp to upper front endpaper reading: "REVIEW COPY / Materials Center / Broward County Schools / Jan 20 '71" - the date corresponding to month of publication, indicated by the code "7101" at lower front flap. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front panel; 221pp, [2]. Spine ends gently nudged, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with some trivial rubbing at crown and heel.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Trade Edition. Contains two long separate stories. "The Wild Palms" is a study of integrity in love. "Old Man" is an astonishing account of the Mississippi River flood of 1927 and of an "escaped" convict's adventures in trying to get back to prison; the tale is a tribute to the essential courage, dignity, and reliability of the Mississippi hillfolk" (Coan, pp.58-59). Petersen A19b; Brodsky & Hamblin 475. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); first binding in beige cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and dark green on spine and front cover; dark green topstain; dustjacket; [iv],339,[1]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with some fading to topstain, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with light wear to extremities, a few tiny tears, and a tiny stain to lower rear panel; an unrestored, Near Fine example, without the usual sunning to the spine panel.

New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. An attractive copy of the first volume in Faulkner's Snopes Trilogy. Basis for Martin Ritt's 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, starring Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Joanne Woodward. Petersen A20a. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); black cloth, with titling and rule stamped in gilt and red on spine and front panel; purple topstain; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-421,[3]pp. Some trivial handling to boards, with light oxidation to gilt; Near Fine, with the purple topstain bright and unfaded. In the first state dustjacket designed by James Salter, with 10 Random House titles listed on rear panel; unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned, with light wear to extremities, and a tiny nick at crown; a Near Fine, unrestored example.

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. First Edition. Attractive copy of Faulkner's second collection of short fiction. Of the 14 stories presented in this collection, "Black Magic" and "Leg" appear for the first time. Peterson A15a; Brodsky & Hamblin 358. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (19.5cm); indigo cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; yellow topstain; dustjacket; [x],371,[3]pp. Hint of sunning to upped board edges, else a fresh, Fine copy, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with some trivial wear to extremities, tiny nicks to upper corners, and subtle toning to the white portions of the spine and panels; Near Fine.

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.25cm); blue and powder grey cloth-covered boards, titled in red on spine; black topstain; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; [x],318pp. Hint of offsetting from jacket design onto spine, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), lightly edgeworn, hint of sunning to spine, with a few tiny tears, and some mild dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine. Faulkner's first collection of short fiction, gathering thirteen stories set in Mississippi. Seven of the stories appear in this volume for the first time, and the collection contains "A Rose for Emily," one of his most anthologized stories. Petersen A9a; Brodsky & Hamblin 251; Hanna 1168.

New York: Random House, 1938. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); grey cloth, with titling and decorations in red and navy blue on spine and front cover; brick red topstain; dustjacket; [viii],293,[3]pp. A fresh, Fine copy, with the toptain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with a barely discernable trace of sunning to spine, and a few tiny edge tears; very Near Fine. A novel set in Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, during the latter days of the Civil War, told in seven episodes (which were originally published as stories in The Saturday Evening Post between 1934-36). Petersen A18a; Brodsky & Hamblin 440.

New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. Faulkner intended this as a novel, though it includes material previously (or concurrently) published as individual stories. The sections are entitled "Was," "The Fire and the Hearth," "Pantaloon in Black," "The Old People," "The Bear," "Delta Autumn," and "Go Down, Moses." Generally these sections are considerably rewritten from previously published short stories bearing the same titles" (Petersen A21b). Brodsky & Hamblin 574. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (21cm); in the first issue black cloth binding, with titling and rule in stamped in gilt and red on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-383,[1]pp. A fresh, Fine copy, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some trivial wear to extremities, and a handful of small closed tears; Near Fine.

New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1932. First Edition. Faulkner's seventh novel, set in the American South during the days of Prohibition and Jim Crow, exploring themes of race, class, sex, and faith. "At its base, this is a simple, small-town idyll, but in execution it becomes a complex novel packed with comedy, violent misfortune, and implicit moral and social commentary. Four major characters lead frustrated lives: a part-Negro who passes for white and finally ends the victim of a mob; a preacher whose religion doesn't meet reality; a lonely woman; a migratory worker" (Coan, America in Fiction, p.58). One of the defining books of the 1930's, and cited in The Modern Library's "100 Best Novels" list. Petersen A13a. First Printing, one of 8,500 copies. Octavo (21cm); coarse tan cloth, with titles stamped in orange and blue on spine and front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [iv],480pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with some pinpoint wear to extremities,… Read More

New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Novel set in rural Mississippi during the 1940's, dealing heavily with race relations and centered around the murder of a white man and the black man accused of the killing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title, and basis for the highly-regarded 1949 Clarence Brown film. Petersen A24b; Brodsky & Hamlin 646; Hubin, p.142; Coan, p.187. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); smooth black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and blue on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-247,[1]pp. Subtle fading to topstain, else a fresh, Fine copy. In the E. McKnight Kauffer dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.00), showing a handful of pinpoint rubbed spots to extremities, faint crease to rear panel, else a striking, Fine example.

New Orleans: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Faulkner's eighth novel, set in a fictionalized New Orleans during the Great Depression, and centered around the unconventional lives of a group of barnstorming pilots. Basis for Douglas Sirk's 1938 film Tarnished Angels, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, and Dorothy Malone. Petersen A16b. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (19.5cm); blue and black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [7],8-315,[1]pp. Some rubbing to a few letters on spine, trivial wear to spine ends, with a hint of foxing to text edges and endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with a hint of sunning to spine, light wear to crown, and a touch of dustiness to rear panel; Near Fine.

San Francisco: Beatitude, 1975. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of "perhaps the quintessential "Beat" publication...originally published in mimeograph at the Bread and Wine Mission on Grant Avenue in San Francisco's very hip North Beach...Beatitude was originally planned as a weekly newsletter, "designed to extol beauty and promote the beatific life among the various mendicants, neo-existentialists, christs, poets, painters, musicians and other inhabitants and observers of North Beach" (Clay & Phillips, p.81). Contents include the Beatitude Editorial Manifesto I, along with contributions by Neeli Cherry, Jack Hirschman, Harold Norse, Bob Kaufman, Jack Micheline, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A.D. Winans, and others. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets (rectos), side-stapled, with illustrated cover by Ed Holden; [iv],32pp. Light wear and subtle toning to edges of cover leaf, touch of oxidation to staples, with a tiny tear on the terminal leaf; contents fresh; Very Good+.

[San Francisco: Beatitude], 1975. First Edition. Well-preserved issue of "perhaps the quintessential "Beat" publication...originally published in mimeograph at the Bread and Wine Mission on Grant Avenue in San Francisco's very hip North Beach...Beatitude was originally planned as a weekly newsletter, "designed to extol beauty and promote the beatific life among the various mendicants, neo-existentialists, christs, poets, painters, musicians and other inhabitants and observers of North Beach" (Clay & Phillips, p.81). Contents include contributions by Harold Norse, Neeli Cherkovski, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschman, Jack Micheline, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A.D. Winans, Kristen Wetterhahn, and others. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed leaves (printed recto and verso), side-stapled into printed card covers; 40pp. Trivial wear to extremities, with a faint, tiny stain to lower rear cover; Near Fine.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First American Edition. Finney's first novel, centered around five young people with various talents who come together to perform a casino heist. Basis for the 1955 Phil Karlson film starring Guy Madison, Kim Novak, and Brian Keith, and an inspiration for 'Ocean's Eleven' and many similar caper films that would follow. A lovely copy of a cheaply-made title, one which seldom shows up in collector's condition. The Dark Page II, pp.56-57; Hubin, p.145. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 221, [3]pp. Small booksellers ticket to lower front pastedown, spine ends nudged and slightly worn, with pinpoint wear to cloth at upper corners; clean throughout, Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95), with minute wear to base of spine, and barest hit of offset to flap corners from the tape on mylar; a bright, very Near Fine example.

New York: Brentano's Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Firbank's first book published in the United States, a novel of West Indian life and manners. It was the first of his works that wasn't entirely self-financed, and despite the miniscule print run, the book was given a lavish treatment by Brentano's, published with a generous introduction by Carl Van Vechten, who was intent on making Firbank's work better known in America. Understandably, the inflamatory title roused an outcry in the African American press, though Nancy Cunard wrote a defense of Firbank and his use of the name in the Associated Negro Press, and the novel received a surprisingly positive review by W.E.B. Du Bois: "American Negroes will neither read, nor if they read, understand Ronald Firbank's "Prancing Nigger." In the first place they will condemn it unheard and unseen on account of its title just as they condemned the finest play in favor of the Negro yet written, Sheldon's "The Nigger." Those who bring themselves to read the… Read More