Search Results: Titles starting with A from Captain Ahab's Rare Books

London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1963. First Edition. First Impression, second state of the text, with the suppressed chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial (potentially libelous) replaced with that of James Hanratty. Octavo (20.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-222,[2]pp. Inscribed by Ambler in a contemporary hand on the front endpaper: "Thomas M. McDade / with warmest wishes / Eric Ambler '63." Recipient's pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, some scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 16s net), with wrinkling to the laminate, and a thin strip of dust-soil along the upper and lower edges; Very Good or better. Laid into this copy is the recipient's Mystery Writers of America (MWA) membership card for 1960-61. Laid into this copy are three pieces of correspondence between McDade and Ambler, written between 1956-1963. The first piece is a carbon copy of a letter from McDade to Ambler (February… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1940. Attractive copy of the d'Aulaire's award-winning childrens book, chronicling the early life of our nation's 16th President. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1940 - the third book to gain that distinction. Second Printing. Quarto (31.5cm); illustrated paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip; map endpapers; dustjacket; [56]pp; illus. Elegantly signed by the author-illustrators on the copyright page. Pinpoint wear to lower board edges, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel; some trivial wear to extremities, with a few short, closed tears to rear panel; a bright, Near Fine example.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2010. First Edition. First Printing, a trade paperback original. Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; [viii],ix-xviii,275pp. A Fine, unread copy. The second volume of Bukowski's uncollected stories and essays, edited and with a generous introduction by David Stephen Calonne.

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First American Edition. Later state of the text, with the following points corrected: cancel title leaf with copyright page dated 1884, p.9 with "Decides," p.13 with the illustration "Him and Another Man" listed on p.87, "with the saw" on p.57, p.283 with straight fly on cancel leaf, p.155 with the final '5' slightly larger, signature mark lacking on p.161, leaf 238 present as final blank, and frontispiece without the tablecloth present and Photo-Gravure Company imprint. Octavo (22cm); publisher's original green cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in black and gilt on spine and front cover; [9],10-366,[4]pp; illus. Wear to spine ends (especially at heel), some rubbing to corners and lower board edges, a few scuffs and a very faint stain to rear cover, with some rubbing to text edges; a few faint spots of finger-soil to margins, else text is pretty clean; hinges sound; unrepaired, Very Good or better. A pleasing copy of Twain's most… Read More

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Limited Edition. A sumptuously-produced edition of Twain's most enduring work - the quintessential American novel. With a foreword by Henry Nash Smith, and a note on the text by Robert H. Hirst, General Editor of the Mark Twain Project. One of 350 copies specially bound and signed by the illustrator, this one unnumbered on the colophon, and likely out-of-series. Folio (33.5cm); full evergreen crushed morocco by Gray Parrot, with titling and stylized centennial emblem stamped in gilt within a quadruple-ruled frame on spine and covers; ochre endpapers; publisher's beige cloth slipcase, housing a matching portfolio containing 49 loose wood engravings by Barry Moser (each of them signed) which appear throughout the text. Hint of sunning to spine, else Fine in a Fine slipcase; portfolio and contents Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. New. First Printing. A Fine copy of the uncorrected proof, bound in plain white wrappers.

N.p.: The Grenfell Press / Blackrose Editions, 1983. First Separate Edition. Fine press edition reprinting the full text of Bukowski's first appearance in print, published in the March/April, 1944 issue of Whit Burnett's Story magazine. Krumhansl 85. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.48. Tall bifolium (37.75cm); stiff grey letterpressed sheet, printed in red, black, and peach; [4]pp. A Fine copy. Offered together with a copy of the original publisher's folding prospectus, one of 15 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.12. A Fine example.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. First Edition Thus. A collection of 14 uncollected short stories and 6 uncollected essays. Contents are identical to the 1957 edition published by Princeton University, though the scrapbook photos are omitted. Bruccoli A22.1.b. First Printing, with A.2-58 code on copyright page. Octavo (24cm); brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],226,[4]pp. Gentle sunning to spine and upper rear cover, wear to spine ends and corner-tips, with a faint stain to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.50), edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks, short tears, and attendant creases, and a tiny tape-mended chip at crown (on verso); Very Good.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. First Edition. Harrison's book is notable for being one of the first critical works on Bukowski's poetry and prose, dealing heavily with the author's influences and the predominant themes in his work. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'G'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-323,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First Edition. New/very good +. First Printing. A Fine copy of the uncorrected proof in a Very Good+ example of the trial dustjacket. The book is bound in red wrappers with a white publisher's label printed in black. The jacket measures 3/8" taller than the proof, resulting in some creasing along the upper edge, as well as a short, closed tear at the upper corner of the front hinge. A touch of light wear to the extremities, otherwise an attractive example. The words PROOF ONLY are printed along the edge of the rear jacket flap, and this version differs in a number of ways from the jacket used on the First Hardcover Edition. An impressive collection of 20 stories by this titan of Latin American literature, and the only example of this proof copy we've seen in the trial dustjacket.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1932. Limited Edition. An attractive production of Carroll's beloved novel, signed by the woman who was the inspiration for the main character. Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by The Limited Editions Club, No.36. One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by typographer and binder Frederic Warde on the colophon, this being copy no.1,389. This copy is one of a smaller complement (ca.500 copies) signed by Alice Hargreaves (the "original Alice") on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (22.5cm); full dark red morocco, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; all edges gilt; publisher's original cloth slipcase; [iii],xiv,182,[6]pp; illus. Sunning to spine, a bit of darkening to spine ends, with pinpoint wear to extremities, and some light offsetting to edges of endpapers; contents fresh, with gilt edges unblemished; Very Good+. Publisher's slipcase is shelfworn, showing some minor board exposure, with pronounced sunning to spine, edges, and… Read More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few individuals within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-303,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. A collection of poems by the Romanian-American author, written over two and a half decades.

New York: Esquire, 1992. Slim quarto (27.5cm); pictorial wraps, side-stapled; pp.121-136; with one vignette and two full-page color illustrations by Marshall Arisman. A Fine copy of this offprint, containing an advance excerpt of McCarthy's National Book Award-winning novel All the Pretty Horses, published in the March, 1992 issue of Esquire.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Fitzgerald's well-received third collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories, and issued a year after Gatsby's release with a modest first printing of 10,100 copies. Bruccoli A13.I.a. First Printing, earliest state of the text, with clear, unbattered type on pages 38, 90, and 248. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front panel; dustjacket; [viii],267,[1]pp. Contemporary owners name to front pastedown, else Fine. Dustjacket is in the earliest state, with a full set of unbattered lips on the woman's face; unclipped (priced $2.00), with three tiny edge tears, a tiny pin-hole, and a thin attendant surface scratch on front panel; very Near Fine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. First Printing, earliest state of the text, with clear, unbattered type on pages 38, 90, and 248. Octavo (19.5cm); hunter green cloth, with titling stamped in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front panel; dustjacket; [viii],267,[1]pp. Tiny tear at crown, thin crack to gutter at half-title page, with faint foxing to text edges; Near Fine, with the cloth clean and unspoiled, and the gilt titling bright and unrubbed. Later state of the dustjacket, with the lips battered on front panel; unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly edgeworn, with sunning to spine and panels, a few tiny nicks and small tears, and a few small, faint splash marks to lower spine and front panel; unrestored; Very Good+. Fitzgerald's well-received third collection of short fiction, gathering nine stories, and issued a year after Gatsby's release with a modest first printing of 10,100 copies. Bruccoli A13.I.a.

Bensenville, IL: Open Skull Press, 1966. First Edition. A humorous, early foray into prose, chronicling (in painful detail) the account of the author's hemorrhoid operation and hospitalization, which kept him away from work for several months. Uncommon signed. Krumhansl 23; Dorbin A10. One of ca.400 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); mimeographed sheets stapled into beige pictorial card wrappers illustrated by the author; [32]pp. While not called for, this copy has been signed by the author on the first blank page, above a half-page illustration of a man chasing a large-breasted woman under the sun. A Fine copy.

Santiago: Editorial Nascimento, 1954. Limited Edition. The definitive edition of the Chilean Nobel Prize-winner's finest longer poems, published in honor of his 50th birthday celebration. Inspired by his journey to the ancient Peruvian city nestled in the Andes, the poem would later become the second part of Neruda's Canto General. Loyola 313; Becco 97; Fisher 47. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.529. Quarto (27cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [ii],[4],5-77,[5]pp; with photographic illustrations throughout by Martin Chambi. Moderate wear to wrapper extremities, with some toning and scattered soil to same, and a few contemporary holograph notes (in ink) on rear wrapper; Chilean booksellers rubber-stamp to preliminary blank, with scattered foxing to text edges and margins; Very Good, lacking the bibliographic insert on green stock.

Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1941. This issue contains Burroughs's John Carter novel Black Pirates of Barsoom, James Norman's "Lost Treasure of Ankgor," McGivern's "The Quandary of Quintus Quaggle," and Reed's "The Girl From Venus." Front cover by J. Allen St. John. Quarto (25cm); illustrated pulp wrappers; 146pp; illus. Three-digit ink price to upper right corner of first page, hint of sunning to spine, with mild wear to spine ends and extremities; paper is creamy and supple; Near Fine, and clean throughout.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Long narrative poem by the former Fugs co-founder, Peace Eye Bookstore proprietor, and activist, chronicling the history of 20th century America. First Printings, cloth issue, one of 300 copies. Two octavo volumes (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and blue (Vol. I) and orange (Vol. II) cloth backstrips, with title label mounted to spines; publisher's original acetate dustjackets; [6],7-385,[3]; [8],9-422,[6]pp. Volume I has a hint of foxing to text edges and lower rear board, otherwise Near Fine, in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Volume II has light foxing to upper and lower board edges and text edges; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Long narrative poem by the former Fugs co-founder, Peace Eye Bookstore proprietor, and activist, chronicling the history of 20th century America. Limited Issue, one of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, these both being copy no.23. Two octavo volumes (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and green (Vol.I) and grey (Vol.2) cloth backstrips, with title labels mounted to spines; publisher's original acetate dustjackets; [6],7-385,[7]; [8],9-422,[6]pp. Volume I has a faint hint of foxing to text edges and lower edge of front cover, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Volume II has light foxing on front cover, text edges and lower edge of rear board; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket.