New Haven: Yale University Press, (2019). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 598 pp. From dust jacket flap: "A wide-ranging study that illuminates the connection between epidemic deseases and societal change, from the Black Death to Ebola". ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full grey paper over boards, silver lettering on the..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Hardbound, octavo size, 463 pp. Saint Augustine left "an indelible mark on Western Christianity", and his "Confessions" are considered a classic of Western culture (n.b., from dust jacket flap). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full blue cloth over boards, light blue spine "label"..... More
![Item #CNJL2363 The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott [Poems of the Caribbean] & The Art of Romare...](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJL2363_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685143023)
New York: (Limited Editions Club), (1983). Bearden, Romare. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 2000 copies, folio size, 231 pp., signed by Derek Walcott and Romare Bearden. Derek Walcott (b. 1930), although trained as a painter, turned to writing as a young man, having his first published poem in a newspaper..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c. 1943. Comb binding. Quarto size, [22] pp., with dust jacket. Three favourite children's stories with the imaginative paper engineering of Julian Wehr (1898–1970), who was known as the "American Master of Animated Books" (n.b., quote from Wiki). ___DESCRIPTION: Illustrated paper-covered boards with a red..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 signed/numbered hardcover copies, octavo size, 317 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A...... More
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., (1926). Rule, Christopher. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition, first printing of the Rule-illustrated edition, quarto size, 243 pp., with dust jacket. Everyone is familiar with the story of "Pinocchio", the wooden puppet who came to life. Originally published in serial form as..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 signed/numbered hardcover copies, 243 pp., signed by Bukowski. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero..... More
New York: A Loujon Press Award Book: Lyle Stuart Inc., (1965). Rockmore, Noel. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 3100 copies, folio size, 109 pp., with the belly band. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 signed/numbered copies, octavo size, 225 pp., signed by Bukowski, with poster prospectus. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American..... More
[Mill Valley, California]: [Quail Press], [1977]. Killion, Tom. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 240 numbered copies, with prospectus. The artwork of American artist and author Tom Killion (b. 1953) displays exquisite detail of line and shape; Killion learned printmaking and bookbinding from Jack Stauffacher of the Greenwood Press..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers [printed in Sweden by Centraltryckeriet, Stockholm], [1931]. Beskow, Elsa. Hardcover. Oblong folio, 34 pp. A lovely children's picture book about a young boy who went out into the forest to pick blueberries ("and whortleberries") as a name-day present for his mother, and his adventures after..... More
[Oakland, California]: Littoral Press, 2002. Besold, Bobbe. Limited Edition. Accordion. No. 58 of 125 copies, quarto size, 28 pp., signed by Lisa Rappoport. As put forth on the first page of the book, " 'A Flame in the Heart' is dedicated to those we love with a blazing passion, to..... More
Redwood Park, California: The Hill Studio, n.d. Wraps. Undated, likely 1899-1902, oblong folio, pp. A stunning album of the "old" California Redwoods, with twelve mounted hand-coloured photogravure plates. Per the web site of Arts and Culture, submitted by History San José, the album "California Redwood Park" (which is now Big..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by Peter R. Koch], 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300, folio size, 143 and 49 pp. respectively, with prospectus and errata slips. From prospectus: "The chief aim of Peter Hanff's study and analysis of 'America's most famous fantasy' is to explore..... More
London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1932). Rackham, Arthur. First Edition. Wraps. First trade with Rackham illustrations, octavo size, 48 pp. A perfect convergence of "one of the earliest English examples of a fantasy written specifically for a child" (which may have had a direct effect upon George MacDonald..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. Keith, William. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 171 pp., inscribed by Ina Coolbrith, with "The Ina Coolbrith Dahlia" leaflet. Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842-1928), California's first state Poet Laureate, lived a life rather unusual for a woman of her days. She moved with her..... More
[Covelo, California]: The Yolla Bolly Press, (2000). Schumaker, Ward. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, square quarto, 112 pp., signed by George Plimpton and Ward Schumaker. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), one of the most important figures in the Modernist movements in both literature and art, has given us a charming..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, [1985]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, sixteenmo, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize with the..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, [1985]. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 120 copies, oblong sixmo size, [24] pp. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by Bourne) is "designed to harmonize..... More
[Paris]: Kickshaws, (1989). Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 95 copies, oblong duodecimo, [28]pp., signed by Sheila Bourne and John Crombie. A lovely fine press book designed and written by John Crombie, who runs the Kickshaws Press with Sheila Bourne. Founded in 1979, the artwork (much of which is created by..... More
London: Picador by Pan Books, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, first printing, octavo size, 345 pp., signed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is aknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won..... More
New York: Random House, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 347 pp., inscribed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is aknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won a 1966 William Faulkner..... More
(London): Andre Deutsch, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, first printing, octavo size, 250 pp., signed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is aknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won a 1966..... More
New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 251 pp., signed by Cormac McCarthy. Cormac McCarthy (born Charles Joseph McCarthy, Jr., in 1933), is aknowledged by many as one of the greatest contemporary American writers. His first novel, "The Orchard Keeper", won a 1966 William Faulkner..... More
![Item #CNJZ0003 [Ink Sketch of Bukowski] Original Portrait of Charles Bukowski. R. Crumb](https://swansfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CNJZ0003_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1683580083)
n.p. 1988. Ink sketch, signed "R. Crumb" with the date of [19]88. Image measures 8" by 7", framed to 15.75" by 13.75" A unique work of art, and to our knowledge never published. This original ink sketch of Bukowski by R. Crumb links one of the "preeminant underground cartoonist with..... More