1950Best.-Nr. JJ047Milan: Officine Grafiche "Esperia" 1950 Translated by Stanislaus Joyce. First edition first printing. One of 1600 copies 1500 of which were for New Directions this being number 1307. Publisher's stiff cream wrappers lettered in black; original pictorial dust jacket with Man Ray's 1922 photo of Joyce head in hand to front panel and a photo of Svevo looking at the camera to rear panel. Near fine book with toning to page margins and to spine and spine ends lightly wrinkled; very good dust jacket with very shallow chipping to spine ends and light wear to edges and a tiny closed tear to top of rear panel. Overall a sturdy copy of this quaint Christmas keepsake. This volume presents the newly-translated text of Italo Svevo's heartwarming and thoughtful 1927 lecture on James Joyce. Svevo considers Joyce's experience in Trieste where the two first met while examining Joyce's body of work particularly Ulysses. These friends met in 1907 when Ettore Schmitz-better known by his pseudonym Italo Svevo-took English classes from Joyce an expatriate 20 years his junior. The two developed a friendship largely built upon mutual support of each other's literary endeavors. It was Joyce who urged Svevo to continue writing and Svevo who served as a primary model for Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. With the help of Joyce and his new literary fame Svevo's most celebrated work La Coscienza di Zeno was published in 1923. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Milan: Officine Grafiche "Esperia" paperback books
1934Best.-Nr. 334890New York: Random House 1934. hardcover. fine. Thick 8vo handsomely rebound in full beige morocco red leather spine labels. New York: Random House 1934. First Authorized American Edition. Fine. Slocum & Cahoon 21. Random House unknown books
1987Best.-Nr. 22463Garden City:: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0385238908 . Black and white photographs by John Ranard. Second printing. Near fine in a near fine age toning dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 15069ADVANCE COPY THE AFRICAN WITCH Morrow 1936 first American edition very good to very good plus in wraps. Advance reading copy with the publication date and price lightly stamped on the f.e.p. Scarce thus. The authors most sought after title. Morrow paperback books
1963Best.-Nr. 14822REVUE DE LITTERATURE COMPAREE Librairie Marcel Didier 1963 first edition some tanning to the outer margins of the covers else near fine in stapled wraps. A scarce off-print of THE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by Alan M. Cohn. Inscribed by the author to the former premier Walt Whitman collector bibliophile and philanthropist Charles Feinberg. Librairie Marcel Didier paperback books
1977Best.-Nr. 13946NIGHT-SIDE EIGHTEEN TALES Vanguard Press 1977 first edition fine in near fine color pictorial dust-wrapper. Vanguard Press unknown books
1968Best.-Nr. 13374GIACOMO JOYCE The Viking Press 1968 first edition fine without dust-wrapper as issued in near fine slipcase. The Viking Press unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 13399A POSTHUMOUS SKETCH SPARROW 10 & PLAGIARIZED MATERIAL BY FERNANDES SPARROW 19 Black Sparrow Press 1973 & 1974 respectively first edition near fine and fine in wraps. For both items--- Black Sparrow Press paperback books
1997Best.-Nr. 13264Wild Women Carroll & Graf 1997 first edition lower fore edge corner tips gently bumped else just about fine in fine full color photographic dust-wrapper. This anthology sports contributions by Lisa Tuttle Joyce Carol Oates Edust-wrapper ard Bryant Kate Wilhelm Jane Yolen Connie Willis Alice Walker Joe R. Lansdale Gene Wolfe Richard Christian Matheson Nancy Holder Erica Jong Carole Nelson Douglas Ursula K. Le Guin Nancy A. Collins Pat Cadigan Greg Sarris Erica Jong Margaret Atwood Fritz Leiber and others all of which have SIGNED at their contribution save the last two named. A truly unique copy. Carroll & Graf unknown books
2001Best.-Nr. 13270A Convergence of Birds: Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by Joseph Cornell D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers 2001 first edition very fine without dust-wrapper as issued and like cloth slipcase. 1/225 copies SIGNED by all the contributors: Diane Ackerman Joyce Carol Oates Rick Moody Barry Lopez Robert Coover Howard Norman Paul West Siri Hustvedt Dale Peck Joanna Scott Robert Pinsky Lydia Davis Mary Caponegro John Yau Siri Hustvedt Bradford Morrow Jonathan Safran Foer Martine Bellen John Burghardt Ann Lauterbach Erik Anderson Reece Rosemarie Waldrop et.al. Distributed Art Publishers hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. 13265RED SHIFT Roc / New American Library 2001first edition upper fore edge corner tips gently bumped else just about fine in fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper with original contributions by:Catherine Asaro Paul Di Filippo James Patrick Kelly Joe Haldeman Joyce Carol Oates Stephen Baxter Harry Turtledove Larry Niven Gregory Benford Gene Wolfe all who have SIGNED this copy as well as Ursula K. Le Guin David Morrell Jack Dann Thomas M. Disch Michael Moorcock Elizabeth Hand Dan Simons and others who have not. Edited by Al Sarrantonio. Roc / New American Library unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 13267Sparrow 13-24 Black Sparrow Press 1974first edition fine in just about fine plastic dust-wrapper. 1/50 copies of these monthly issued pamphlets specially bound in cloth each being SIGNED by the author. The contributors for this volume are Larry Eigner Robert Creeley Bobbie Louise Hawkins Michael McClure Tom Clark Clayton Eshleman Joyce Carol Oates Robert Kelly Diane Wakoski Gerard Malanga Jerome Rothenberg & Antonin Artaud. Black Sparrow Press hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 13274LORD JOHN TEN Lord John Press 1988 first edition fine without dust-wrapper or box as issued. 1/75 deluxe bound copies SIGNED by all the contributors: Bloch Bradbury Carver Crumley Everson President Ford Harrison Oates Parker Purdy Updike Walkoski et.al. Lord John Press unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 13275HEAT Whitney Musem 1989 first edition 2 volumes complete very fine in like cloth tray case. Bound in full leather and produced as clasp-locked hand-written diaries with illustrations by Robert Gober. Limited to 140 copies and SIGNED by both author and artist. A Fine Press item to be sure. Whitney Musem hardcover books
1974Best.-Nr. 13269PLAGIARIZED MATERIAL Black Sparrow Press 1974 first edition near fine in wraps. Signed by the author. Black Sparrow Press paperback books
1936Best.-Nr. 11550VIKING PRESS SUMMER AND FALL PUBLICATIONS Viking 1936 first edition fine in padular wraps. Some of the authors works that are noted here are: James Joyce Admiral Byrd Humphrey Cobb Charles G. Finney James Weldon Johnson D. H. Lawrence Munro Leaf Dorothy Parker et.al. Viking paperback books
1980Best.-Nr. 03488TITS & CLITS #6 Last Gasp Publishing Co. & Nanny Goat Productions 1980 first edition very fine in full color pictorial wraps. Adult comics from the underground---- Last Gasp Publishing Co. & Nnanny Goat Productions 1980 paperback books
1988Best.-Nr. 00565LORD JOHN TEN Lord John Press 1988 first edition fine without dust-wrapper or box as issued. 1/250 copies SIGNED by all the contributors: Robert Bloch Ray Bradbury Raymond Carver James Crumley Will Everson President Gerald Ford Jim Harrison Joyce Carol Oates Robert Parker John Purdy John Updike Diane Wakoski et.al. Lord John Press unknown books
1989Best.-Nr. 00488STRAINED RELATIONS EUGUENE WRITERS SERIES ONE Hypatia Press 1989 first edition fine in white decorated leather without dust-wrapper as issued with original contributions by Lynn S. Adams Joyce A. Cowan Nina Kiriki Hoffman Kristine Kathryn Rusch Dean Wesley Smith D. T. Steiner and Ray Vukcevich. Of an unknown number of copies produced this copy is SIGNED by all the authors above and noted as a Deluxe Edition with initials. Edited by Alan Bard Newcomer. Hypatia Press hardcover books
1944Best.-Nr. 05197STEPHEN HERO New Directions 1944 first edition spine and upper sections of front and rear cover lightened else a tight vg copy. New Directions unknown books
1923Best.-Nr. 05195CHAMBER MUSIC B.W.Huebsch 1923 slight wear to the gray boards else a vg copy. The authors first book published in the U.K. in 1907. Huebsch hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 00463DARK FORCES Viking1980 first edition upper right corner of f.e.p. clipped else near fine in like dust-wrapper with several short closed tears. Original anthology edited by Kirby McCauley with contributions by Stephen King Ray Bradbury Joyce Carol Oates Robert Bloch Edust-wrapper ard Gorey Ted Sturgeon Robert Aickman Joe Haldeman Gene Wolfe Richard Matheson Manly Wade Wellman Ramsey Campbell Clifford Simak et.al. WORLD FANTASY AWARD winner. Viking Press unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 07104UPON THE SWEEPING FLOOD AND OTHER STORIES Gollancz 1973 first English edition near fine in like dust-wrapper. Review copy with accompanying review slip laid in. Gollancz unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 01538THE PARROT WHO MET PAPA in Playboy for August 1972 first edition near fine in wraps. Also contains ARTEMIS THE HONEST WELL DIGGER by John Cheever & AT THE INTERFACE: TECHNOLOGY AND MYSTICISM by Arthur C. Clarke THE LOVES OF FRANKLIN AMBROSE by Joyce Carol Oates MY FIRST AMOROUS ADVENTURE by Robert Graves yet another Vargas Girl et.al. Playboy / HMH Publishing Company paperback books
1936Best.-Nr. 02107THE AFRICAN WITCH Morrow 1936 first American edition vg in a lightly worn but most attractive dust-wrapper. The authors most sought after title. Morrow unknown books
