Grove Press: NY, (1959). Hardcover. Photos by Robert Frank, oblong 8.5 x 7.5", black cloth, unpaginated, covers with a little shelf wear, old drip mark on foredge of textblock, former owner's ink inscription on front fly else a good copy in a rubbed, edge-worn/creased/torn, toned, soiled dustjacket, with old tape..... More
Curtis Publishing Company: Philadelphia, 1956. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", pict stapled wraps, 158pp. Covers have toning, soiling, chipping, spines torn and top and bottom else good to very good condition. Also in this issue- Sean O' Faolain "Texas"; Arthur C. Clarke "Personal Report"; Frederic Morton "The Antic Arts Ernie..... More
The Paris Review: Paris, 1968. Paperback. Ads; illus., 8.5 x 5.25", pict wraps, 200pp + pp, covers rubbed and soiled, textblock edges soiled, extremities badly bumped, spine darkened, contents a bit used. Whole issue present. Includes an extensive interview with Jack Kerouac (The Art of Fiction LXI"), plus John Ashbery..... More
Coward-McCann: NY, (1965). Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", gilt-lettered cloth, 366pp, covers quite rubbed, extremities quite worn, bumped and darkened, spine a bit dull, textblock edges lightly soiled, in a well-worn/torn/spine-sunned dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP) IN A FIRST EDITION DUSTJACKET (price "$5.95"). SWAF. More
The Viking Press: NY, 1958. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", cloth, 244pp, extremities very lightly bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned else a nice, sharp copy in a quite rubbed (as usual), lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, with "$3.95" on front flap of dustjacket. More
The Viking Press: NY, 1958. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", black cloth, 244pp, covers soiled and quite worn, extremities bumped, endpaper toned; a good, used copy of the FIRST EDITION (NAP). No dustjacket. More
Bruce Publishing: Derby, 1960. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 72pp. Front cover has light soiling and a small ink number else good to very good condition. Other articles: "Puck's Bad Boy" on feared NFL defenseman Lou Fontinato of the New York Rangers; Storyville, a red light district..... More
Bruce Publishing Corporation: Connecticut, 1960. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 72pp. Covers have light creasing and rubbing else very good condition. Also in this issue: a photo essay on actress and dancer Julie Newmar titled "A Long Way From Dogpatch" (she was in the stage production of..... More
Bruce Publishing Corporation: Connecticut, 1960. Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 72pp. Covers have light creasing and rubbing else very good condition. Also in this issue: a photo essay on actress and dancer Julie Newmar titled "A Long Way From Dogpatch" (she was in the stage production of..... More
Evergreen/Grove Press: NY, (1957). Paperback. 8 x 5.25", pict wraps, 244pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, yellow stain on foredge of textblock, extremities a little bit worn, pp a bit toned. FIRST EDITION (so stated) with small "Evergreen Books Catalog for Sprint 1959" pamphlet laid in loose. SWAF. More
Big Table: Chicago, 1959. Paperback. Ads, 8 x 5.25", wraps, 152pp + ads, covers quite rubbed and soiled with ink writing on front cover, extremities worn, bumped and creased, spine creased, darkened and spotted, contents well used. Whole issue present. "The complete contents of the suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review"..... More
Signet/New American Library: (NY), (1958). Paperback. 7 x 4", pict wraps, 254pp + ads, covers rubbed and creased, bottom of spine torn at front hinge, extremities bumped and worn, front inner hinge tender, first leaf with small tears at foredge, pp toned and a bit used; still a decent copy..... More
The Viking Press: NY, 1957. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", black cloth, 310pp, covers quite rubbed and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine a little cocked, endpapers a bit toned, but still a FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "10/20/80, To David" AND SIGNED BY FRANKIE EDITH KEROUAC PARKER, Jack's former wife..... More
The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT, (2001). Hardcover. Illus. by Jonathan Talbot, 9.25 x 6", gilt-dec leather; aeg, 307pp, minor extremity wear else a nice, clean, tight (probably never read) copy. "Collector's Edition" More
The Curtis Publishing Company: Toronto, October 1959. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", printed stapled wraps, 192pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, spine tips bumped, small tears along spine, contents good to very good condition. Also in this issue: "Bemelmans Paints New York", "The Exceptional Musician Leonard Bernstein", "Costello's The..... More
The Curtis Publishing Co.: Toronto, 1959. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", printed stapled wraps, 192pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, spine tips bumped, small tears along spine, contents good to very good condition. Also in this issue: "Bemelmans Paints New York", "The Exceptional Musician Leonard Bernstein", "Costello's The Wayward..... More
The Curtis Publishing Co.: Toronto, October 1959. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", printed stapled wraps, 192pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, spine tips bumped, small tears along spine, contents good to very good condition. Also in this issue: "Bemelmans Paints New York", "The Exceptional Musician Leonard Bernstein", "Costello's The..... More
The Curtis Publishing Co.: Toronto, October 1959. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", printed stapled wraps, 192pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, spine tips bumped, small tears along spine, contents good to very good condition. Also in this issue: "Bemelmans Paints New York", "The Exceptional Musician Leonard Bernstein", "Costello's The..... More
The Curtis Publishing Co.: Toronto, October 1959. Paperback. Illus., 13.5 x 10.5", printed stapled wraps, 192pp. Covers have light wear and soiling, spine tips bumped, small tears along spine, contents good to very good condition. Also in this issue: "Bemelmans Paints New York", "The Exceptional Musician Leonard Bernstein", "Costello's The..... More
Beat Books: np, 1983. Paperback. 8 x 5.75", stapled pict wraps, 78pp + pp + map of San Francisco's China Town, minor extremity wear and bumping else a nice, clean, fresh copy of the FIRST EDITION THUS. Ships from the USA. More
Grove Press: NY, (1966). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", blue cloth, 118pp, extremities bumped and worn, light soiling to rear fly else a nice copy in a rubbed and edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (so stated). More
Viking: np (NY), (1997). Paperback. 10.25 x 7.75", glossy pict wraps, 416pp, some extremity wear through internally a nice copy of the ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS. SCARCE. More
Farrar, Straus and Co.: NY, (1963). 8.25 x 5.5", cloth backed patterned boards, 152pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities a little worn, brown mark on ffep and spots on foredge of textblock, in a rubbed, spotted (esp. front cover), spine-browned dustjacket with a tear and crease at the upper edge..... More
McGraw-Hill: NY, (1972). Hardcover. 9.25 x 6", embossed cloth, 398pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, old glue stains on front fly, textblock edges a little soiled, in a rubbed, darkened, and lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (full number line). More
The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT, (2001). Hardcover. Illus. by Jonathan Talbot, 9.25 x 6", gilt-dec leather; aeg, 307pp, a nice copy- probably never read! With the "Collector's Notes" More