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New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Paperback Edition, Fifth Printing. Signed with hand drawings by author. Softcover. Octavo. 9.25 x 6 inches. xxi, 837, [3] pp. Near Fine in wrappers. Illustrated. Red wrappers with triple-fish design on front. Author's signature and date (10/1/92), on the title page verso with circled "AH" beneath. Above the signature the author has drawn a mound, along which is written the location of the signing (Hawley-Cooke Bookshop, Louisville). Growing from the mound the author has drawn a small serpent and a large sunflower with the letters "AH" in its center. A Star of David and crescent moon are drawn in the upper left corner. On the title page, the author has drawn the sun centered with the letters "AH" in the upper right and inscribed, "for Dan Cooke," beneath his name and above the title. Illustrated with black and white sketches by Ginsberg and others. Copious Notes section includes musical notation of songs composed by Ginsberg and photographs of notable individuals and… Read More

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner; 1891. Leather. Sextodecimo. 6.5 x 4 inches. [2], xxvii, [ii], 308, [2] pp. Very Good. Full vellum on thin boards. Lettered direct in black and red to front board and spine. Publisher's device (arbor scientiae, arbor vitae) stamped in black at lower right corner of front board. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut and untrimmed. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard intact. Vignette title page bearing motto (Sperate miseri, cavete felices) and publisher's device. Thirty-two chapters. Preface and notes by Austin Dobson. Minor shelf wear and soiling. Binding firm. Hinges tight. Spine square. Browning to leading rough page edges and endpapers. Previous owner's signature at top of front pastedown, else internally bright and unmarked.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Signed. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 180 pp. Fine / Very Good+. Stated "First Edition" showing full number line. Association copy. Signed by author on front free endpaper with inscription to science fiction and mystery writer Joe L. Hensley, "To Joe Hensley - One of my favorite writers and human beings. Best, Ed Gorman, Dec '85". Dust jacket intact, showing price of $12.95. Black cloth on board, stamped metallic red lettering to spine. Very slight bump to head of spine, else Fine. Text block clean, tight, unmarked, crisp. Dust jacket rubbed at head and tail of spine with small crease at top of front panel. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.