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

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. First American Edition. A superior copy of this Beat Generation cornerstone, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around full-time drug addict William Lee and his travels from the United States, to Mexico, to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. Basis for David Cronenberg's bizarre 1991 film adaptation starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, and Ian Holm. Maynard & Miles A2b; Criterion 220. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); charcoal grey paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spinel; black topstain; dustjacket; original wraparound band; xvi,255,[1]pp. A few faint, tiny spots of finger-soil to right edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.00), with some pinpoint wear and a single tiny tear at crown; very Near Fine, without the usual fading to the spine. Of especial note is the presence of the publisher's original wraparound band, which according to the bibliographer was… Read More

New York: Grove Press, 1962. Thirteenth Printing. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket. A single, short tear at the lower edge of the front panel, with some trivial pinpoint rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, otherwise a lovely example of the jacket, with the spine colors vibrant and unfaded. A Beat generation highspot, and basis for the bizarre 1991 David Cronenberg film starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, and Ian Holm.

New York: Random House, 1953. First Edition. Distinguished copy of this western novel, centered around a bounty hunter who tries to bring a murderer to justice, and forced to accept the help of two unsavory strangers in the process. Basis for Anthony Mann's 1953 film adaptation, starring Jimmy Stewart, Janet Leight, and Robert Ryan. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, at the time, a rare honor for a western. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); dark orange paper and beige cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in black and dark brown on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],175,[1]pp. The vault copy formerly retained by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Library in Culver City, California, bearing their typed and rubber-stamped label on the front endpaper, and rubber-stamped address to two sides of the textblock, and lower margin of several internal pages. Light wear to spine ends, a bit of softening to crown, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with… Read More

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 300 copies. Octavo (23.75cm); printed paper-covered boards and gray cloth backstrip; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-221,[7]pp. Tiny stain to lower margin of copyright page, else Fine in a scuffed and cloudy VG+ dustjacket, with a tiny piece of tape on rear panel. Posthumous volume gathering a substantial number of poems omitted from the Collected Poems of Charles Olson (University of California Press, 1987).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. First Printing, one of 3,000 copies. Octavo (22cm); green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and decorative elements embossed onto front cover; green topstain; dustjacket; xii,176,[2]pp. Some sunnng and mottling to spine, endpapers lightly foxed, with rough erasure to an old owner's name on front endpaper; contents clean; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), sunned at spine and rear panel, lightly edgeworn, showing mild dust-soil, a few tiny tears and creases, and a handful of soiled spots to rear panel; Very Good+. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's first collection of prose. Edelstein A17.a.1.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, 2020. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated card wrappers; 348,[4]pp. Trivial wear to extremities, with faint sticker residue to rear wrapper, else Fine and unread.

New York: Ace Books, 1994. First Ace Hardcover Edition (and Tenth Anniversary Edition). In a highly urbanized future dominated by cybernetics and bioengineering, anti-hero Case is rescued from wretchedness and given back the ability to send his persona into the cyberspace of the world's computer networks, where he must carry out a hazardous mission for an enigmatic employer. An adventure story much enlivened by elaborate technical jargon and sleazy, streetwise characters - the pioneering "cyberpunk" novel and arguably the most influential SF novel of the 1980s" (Barron, Anatomy of Wonder II-439). This edition with a new afterword by the author. An important debut, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black and purple paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-278,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Subtle yellowing and some scattered foxing to text edges, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped… Read More

London: C.A. Watts & Co., Limited, 1936. First Edition. Discussion-filled novel in the style of a travelogue which includes a visit to an ideal community, Hopetown, and one to 'Dawn City,' a scientifically advanced hidden city in Australia, developed by 17th century colonists, whose attainments include communication with Mars" (Locke, Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.112); Bleiler (1978 ed), p.100. Scarce; OCLC notes a scant 7 holdings in U.S. institutions. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],312pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, top edge dust-soiled, else clean throughout; Near Fine. Dustjacket measures 1/8" taller than the book; price-clipped, lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned, with a few short tears and attendant creases, and some shallow loss to spine ends; Very Good+.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition. New. A humorously inscribed copy of the second Hoke Moseley novel, from the collection of noted science fiction author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009). Most likely, the authors met through Dennis McMillan, who published both of them during the 1980's. Hubin (Supplement), p.127. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],244,[2]pp. Inscribed to Philip José Farmer on the front endpaper: "To Philip José Farmer / Keep a good grip on the old sphincter, and all will be well. Yours - Charles Willeford." Spine ends gently nudged, hint of a forward lean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced ($14.95), spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn; Very Good+.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Collection of five poems, published in 1997 as a New Year's Greeting for Friends of the Black Sparrow Press. Krumhansl 152c. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound in boards, this being copy 'J'. Slim octavo (22cm); decorative paper-covered boards; publisher's white unprinted dustjacket; [16]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. An attractive collection of poems by the prominent New York School figure, several of which first appeared in the pages of Adventures In Poetry, 49 South, Big Sky, and The World. Morrow & Cooney 151b. Limited Issue, one of 200 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.23. Octavo (24.25cm); printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-67,[5]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, as well as upper and lower board edges, else Near Fine in a rubbed and cloudy, Very Good+ dustjacket.

New York: New York Rocker, 1981. First Edition. Contents include articles on Doug Sham, the Chipmunks, Blondie, Alan Vega, Johnny Thunders, and others, along with album reviews, and coverage of the UK scene. Front wrapper features a cover photo of Alan Vega and Johnny Thunders. Tabloid (37cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 56pp; illus. Some trivial wear to extremities, original address label to front wrapper, else a Near Fine, unfolded example.

New York: New York Rocker, 1981. First Edition. Contents feature articles on Carlene Carter, Gang of Four, The Buzzcocks, Crib Death, and others, with album reviews and coverage of the local scene. Includes a helpful chart of New York clubs. Tabloid (37cm); illustrated newsprint wrappers; 48pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, original address label to upper front wrapper, else a Near Fine, unfolded example.

New York: New York Rocker, 1980. First Edition. Contents include articles on Crib Death, Gang of Four, X, Rachel Sweet, and others, along with album reviews and coverage of the national scene. Front wrapper features a cover photo of X. Tabloid (37cm); photo-illustrated newsprint wrappers; 52pp; illus. Some trivial wear to extremities, original address label to front wrapper, else a Near Fine, unfolded example.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Starstreams / Sharada Printing Press, 1976. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies, this being no.472. Small quarto (24.25cm); machine-sewn pictorial wrappers, printed in hand-made Nepalese paper and brown tissue leaves; cover illustration verifaxed by Maya; 17 unpaginated leaves; photographic frontispiece collage by Dana Young. While not called for, this copy is signed by Bowles on the title page. Trivial wear, lower edge cut slightly askew; Near Fine. An exquisitely rustic production of Bowles's poem, issued as part of the Starstreams Poetry Series under the direct aegis of Ira Cohen. Miller A31.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); brown paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-350,[2]pp. Hint of offsetting to endpaper, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 30s net), with a faint crease to upper front flap, a tiny tear to upper front panel, and a few faint foxed spots on verso; Near Fine. An attractive copy of the author's longest novel that was shortlisted for the 1969 Booker prize.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991. First Edition. A long and touching homage to Ted Berrigan, collecting stories, essays, poems, photographs, and illustrations by friends and colleagues. In addition to those who have inscribed this volume, contents include contributions by Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, Bernadette Mayer, Ed Sanders, Amiri Baraka, Robert Creeley, Larry Rivers, Philip Whalen, and others. First Printing. Quarto (26.25cm); light blue paper and cloth-covered boards, with titling and portrait of Berrigan stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [16],x,253,[1]pp; illus. Author and contributor Keith Abbott's copy, with his holograph signature at upper front endpaper; inscribed to him by Anne Waldman on the title page, and additionally inscribed by Kenward Elmslie, Joanne Kyger, Ann & Ken Mikolowski, Eileen Myles, Maxine Chernoff, and Bill Berkson, with the additional signatures of Allen Ginsberg, Anselm Hollo, Reed Bye, Ed Foster, and Jack Collom. Fine in a Near Fine… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1948. First Edition. Basis for the 1950 film noir 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. An attractive copy of a title that is nearly always found well-worn. The Dark Page, Vol.2, p.180-181; Hubin, p.395. First Printing. Octavo; light brown cloth, titled and blocked in purple on spine; purple topstain; dustjacket; 208pp. Hint of a forward lean, with light tanning to text edges; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), with some pinpoint rubbing to spine ends and corners; very Near Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First American Edition. Second novel (and first in English) by the French Nobel Prize-winner, set during the occupation of Paris during World War II. "It's hero is a double agent, working for both the "Gestapo" (the Paris police) and the "Resistance" (an underworld gang" (from front flap). First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); brown paper and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and embossed to front cover; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[3],4-115,[5]pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $4.95), with some trivial wear and a small, semi-circular stain at crown, visible only on verso.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. The final volume of Bukowski's posthumously-published poems issued by Black Sparrow Press. The remainder of his posthumously-published work would be issued by Ecco Press. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound with an original silkscreend print tipped in, this being copy 'O'. Octavo (23.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and star-patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 352,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket.