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1956réf. 24052Evanston: Northwestern University Press 1956. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's green cloth gilt-lettered spine in original glassine dust jacket; xxix1146pp. Glassine spine toned a few tiny losses at top edge of rear panel otherwise Fine. The first in a series of three "Censuses" by the Joyce scholar. Northwestern University Press unknown books
1983réf. 156783Toronto New York London Sydney: Bantam Books 1983. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. Bantam Books 23647-4. Dystopian fantasy set in a female-dominant culture in an imaginary land where men are oppressed. A fine copy. #156783 Bantam Books unknown books
1970réf. 29411Pittsburgh: Know Inc 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27.25cm.; two typescript leaves staplebound at top left-hand corner. Minor wear from handling manuscript number to top right-hand corner as issued. The asterix from the title refers to "Total body orgasms of trunk limb and head." Feminist psychotherapist's first separately published piece apparently unlocated in OCLC as of April 2016. Know, Inc unknown books
1970réf. 29410Pittsburgh: Know Inc 1970. First Edition. Quarto 27.25cm.; two typescript leaves staplebound at top left-hand corner; printed on pale blue stock. About Fine. The asterix from the title refers to "Total body orgasms of trunk limb and head." Feminist psychotherapist's first separately published piece. OCLC notes a single holding at U.Virginia Nov.2018. Know, Inc unknown books
1981réf. 29903Cincinnati: Program for Cincinnati 1981. First Edition. Square quarto 26cm.; original cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; 227pp.; color photo-frontispiece illus. throughout. Dime-sized loss to top edge of upper jacket panel additional chips and short closed tears else Fine in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed by the designer to half title: "For Bernarda -- a Buckeye who once was a packet boat pilot -- from Noel & Charles ." From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label tipped to front pastedown. Program for Cincinnati unknown books
1973réf. 26502Laguna Beach: Nanny Goat Productions 1973. First Edition. First printing with 50 cent cover price. Quarto; glossy pictorial wrappers; 32pp chiefly illustrations. Underground comic devoted to the issue of abortion with a decidedly pro-choice stance. Issued the same year as the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. An uncirculated unread copy; uncommon in this condition. Nanny Goat Productions unknown books
1973réf. 26726Laguna Beach CA: Nanny Goat Productions 1973. First Edition. Digest-sized comic book 24.5cm.; original pictorial wrappers; unpaged; illus. Fine uncirculated copy with 50c cover price. First number of Tits & Clits's successor. Nanny Goat Productions unknown books
1962réf. 25222New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1962. First Edition. Folio 33cm.; original blue and red pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; chiefly illus. About Fine. Satirical cartoon collection of Caroline Kennedy's doll collection namely political and popular figures depicted as wind-up dolls including the Jackie Kennedy doll: "You wind it up and invites all the other dolls to the White House"; the Marlon Brando doll: "You wind it up and it turns MGM into a parking lot"; and the Medicare doll: "You wind it up and you can't afford to be sick until you're 65. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1995réf. 146405New York: Ace Books 1995. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 0-441-00238-2 Third book of "the Cass sequence of novels set in a noirish cyberpunk-like near future England preceded by CRASHCOURSE 1993 and CLIPJOINT 1994. A fine copy. #146405 Ace Books unknown books
1994réf. 146404New York: Ace Books 1994. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 0-441-00090-8. Second book of "the Cass sequence of novels set in a noirish cyberpunk-like near future England sequel to CRASHCOURSE. A fine copy. #146404 Ace Books unknown books
1944réf. 18725New York: New Directions 1944. First American Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 234pp. Pinpoint rubbing and trivial fading to board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in the original unclipped dustwrapper toned on lighter portions and with a small 1/8" loss at base of spine not affecting any lettering. An attractive copy. An early draft of "Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man" published posthumously. The British edition preceded the American by some months. New Directions unknown books
1996réf. 140344New York: Ace Books 1996. Small octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace 12163-2. First book of "the Cass sequence of novels set in a noirish cyberpunk-like near future England and comprising CRASHCOURSE 1993 CLIPJOINT 1994 and PSYKOSIS 1995. Her heroine -- whose name refracts both Cassandra and Case the protagonist of William Gibson's NEUROMANCER 1984 -- lives as a thief in a culture divided into Aris Arts Techs and Umps the great majority who are permanently unemployed; but soon becomes involved in "feeliefilms" and after getting rich is prepared in the sequels to adventure off-Earth. The language throughout is alert savvy in the expected noir fashion and funny." - John Clute SFE online. A first novel. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1986-2009. A fine copy. #140344 Ace Books unknown books
1996réf. 139912New York: Ace Books 1996. Octavo pictorial wrappers. First edition. SF novel set in the same universe as the three-novel "Crashcourse" sequence. "A fourth novel CHAOS COME AGAIN 1996 uses the space opera arena to stage a succession of casually connected romps through alternate history on the part of an interstellar agent chasing her lover and villains with the aid of a ship that talks naggingly." - John Clute SFE online. Just a touch of rubbing to cover edges else a fine copy. #139912 Ace Books unknown books
1975réf. 139479New York: The Vanguard Press 1975. Octavo cloth. First edition. According to the the author's note "the tales in this collection are translated from an imaginary work AZULEJOS by an imaginary author Fernandes de Briao" whose "guidance" gave her "access to the mystical 'Portugal' of the stories ." A fine copy in nearly fine price-clipped dust jacket with mild wrinkle to rear panel. #139479 The Vanguard Press unknown books
1977réf. 138225New York: The Vanguard Press 1977. Octavo cloth. First edition. "Eighteen stories first published in mainstream literary journals all remarkable for their psychologically acute explorations of the dark side of ordinary experience . Oates rivals Flannery O'Connor in her ability to bring grotesque characters vividly to life and Shirley Jackson in her skill at evoking the perversity of everyday human nature. The stories in NIGHT-SIDE are provocative and haunting for their depiction of characters for whom alienation and solipsism are an unavoidable response to life." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 6-291. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #138225 The Vanguard Press unknown books
1944réf. 137591London: Michael Joseph Ltd. 1944. Octavo self portrait and eight illustrations by the author cloth. First edition. The author's most famous work a comic novel of Britain during World War II. Basis for a 1958 film starring Alex Guinness and Kay Walsh. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with wear at edges and two short closed tears in front panel. A nice copy. #137591 Michael Joseph Ltd. unknown books
1957réf. 137529London: George Rainbird in association with Michael Joseph 1957. Large octavo self portrait and eight illustrations by the author marbled boards. Limited edition. 1500 copies printed at The Curwen Press of which this is one 201 copies reserved for the friends of George Rainbird Ltd and Rainbird McLean Limited Christmas 1957. The author's most famous work a comic novel of Britain during World War II. Basis for a 1958 film starring Alex Guinness and Kay Walsh. A fine copy in chipped unprinted glassine wrapper and marbled paper box. #137529 George Rainbird in association with Michael Joseph unknown books
1965réf. 134903New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1965. Octavo cloth. First U.S. edition. Second case of Detective Chief Inspector Dover. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with touch of edge wear and foxing to rear panel. #134903 Charles Scribner’s Sons unknown books
1990réf. 84820New York: Viking 1990. Octavo hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #84820 Viking unknown books
1987réf. 84822New York: Viking 1987. Octavo hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. #84822 Viking unknown books
1987réf. 5002Portland Oregon: Breitenbush Books 1987. Octavo cloth. First edition. Mixed collection of short fiction including fantasy. The author's fantasy novel The Blue Chair and SF novel Conscience Place have received favorable notice. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #5002 Breitenbush Books unknown books
1983réf. 108639New York: E. P. Dutton 1983. Octavo printed green wrappers. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. "Third of a trilogy of nineteenth-century genre novels . that presents three classical detective stories with Gothic overtones that dovetail at the end to make a single coherent impressive work . A powerful complex thought-provoking narrative ." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 6-288. Some foxing to spine panel a near fine copy. #108639 E. P. Dutton unknown books
1994réf. 110665New York: A William Abrahams Book / Dutton 1994. Octavo printed gray wrappers. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. A collection of sixteen stories with afterword by Oates. "A superb collection in which a writer from the literary mainstream unabashedly embraces the modern horror tradition." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 6-290. "With such stories as those found in HAUNTED the terrain is squarely once again the human mind albeit perhaps with cosmic implications: if we are haunted as humans it may because we are adrift in a universe that offers us scant comfort. In any case this remarkable collection corroborates what by now everyone must well know: that in her disturbing explorations of the darkness of the human heart--surely the blackest well of mystery one could imagine--Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most brilliant writers of our time." - Donald R. Burleson Necrofile: The Review of Horror Literature #14 1994 p. 10. A fine copy. #110665 A William Abrahams Book / Dutton unknown books
1935réf. 113103London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1935. Octavo pp. 1-13 14-254 255-256: ads note: first leaf is a blank original black cloth spine panel stamped in gold top edge stained black. First edition. Collection of twenty-one essays and sketches about rural Britain mostly reprinted from periodicals. "Superstitions" presents several supernatural tales about witchcraft connected within a loose and discursive framework written in a deliberately non-sensational journalistic style but with some quite effective touches. Small private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. A bright nearly fine copy. #113103 George Allen & Unwin Ltd unknown books
1987réf. 84821New York: Viking 1987. Octavo hardcover. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #84821 Viking unknown books
