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1928rif. 817011928. Tasker Robert Joyce 1903-1944. Grimhaven. New York: A.A. Knopf 1928. 3 241 pp. Original cloth in worn dust jacket in a mylar covering. A large piece of front dust jacket missing and bound with tape. Author's presentation inscription "Love/ Len D. Owens Sr./ with sincere best wishes/ Robert Joyce Tasker/ Culver City- Feb. 17th 1930" to front free endpaper. Internally clean. $450. Robert Joyce Tasker was an American writer and screenwriter. While serving a five-year sentence for robbery in San Quentin Prison Tasker wrote this autobiographical account about his prison life Grimhaven. After his release the success of his book permitted Tasker to become a Hollywood screenwriter. In 1942 he relocated to Mexico City to work for various film producers. Len D. Owens was an advertising and billboard executive and the father of Academy award winning screenwriter Frances Marion. unknown books
1928rif. 140944930New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. Signed by Robert Joyce Tasker on the half title upon his release from prison with the inscription "A new 'First Day' -- for those who know my career- a title with double meaning:- signed with sentiments rising but the situation well in hand. Robert Joyce Tasker at San Francisco!! Dec. 10 1929." An earlier handwritten note from Tasker while incarcerated is pasted onto the facing page. On pink paper it reads "You might paste this in your copy of Grimhaven-- Mr Eugene Plunkett -- signed Robert Joyce Tasker April 26th -1929- San Quentin Calif." Four newspaper articles about Tasker are pasted in at front with the former owner's explanations and notes written ink next to them. Second printing of the first edition. iv 241 3 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping. A Good only copy lacking jacket. Spine worn and frayed along ends glued down to spine offsetting from clippings. Former owner's bookplate on paste down San Francisco bookseller's ticket on rear paste down. A rare fan's copy of a popular memoir of life at San Quentin which the author was able to parlay into a successful screenwriting career. After relocating to Mexico City in 1942 he committed suicide by eating sleeping pills. A very unusual copy for being signed once while in prison once out. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1971rif. 186894San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1971. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly-worn and creased newsprint. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Cover features photo of Willie Minzey head of the Shiva Fellowship posed with baby under headline "Set Our Pastor Free". Extended article on Minzey's trial for giving marijuana to a minor. Also letter/communiqué from two of Los Siete who had skipped bail and gone underground. Cartoons by Trina Robbins and Harry Driggs. Poster on rear of hand clutching a .357 Magnum protesting the SFPD switching from .38s to the more powerful Dirty Harry weapon. Good Times Commune unknown books
1970rif. 277305San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1970. Newspaper. 24p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly worn evenly toned address label on front wrap else very good on newsprint. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Two page article on the return of the Merry prankster to action by Gaik. Two page report on Richard Alpert. Cover illustration of Godiva riding a Bear carrying cannabis fronds. Good Times Commune unknown books
1969rif. 258558San Francisco: Trystero Co. Waller Press 1969. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly toned address on front wrap else very good condition. San Francisco's longest lasting underground paper. Formerly SF Express Times. Trystero Co., Waller Press unknown books
1969rif. 276886San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1969. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly worn evenly toned address label on front wrap else very good on newsprint. San Francisco's longest lasting underground paper. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Cover features Saul Landau's photo of Fidel Castro. Inside find the first of five interviews with Fidel planned for the Good Times issues. Also center-spread interview with Ginsberg. Good Times Commune unknown books
1969rif. 302598San Francisco: Good Times Commune 1969. Newspaper. 20p. folded tabloid underground newspaper news opinion reports actions psychedelia ads illustrations photos lightly toned misfolded pen scribble on front wrap else very good on newsprint. San Francisco's longest lasting underground paper. Originally San Francisco Express Times. Cover features Joyce photo of plaid lumberjack-shirt wearing bushy 'stached guy on a motorcycle. Bobby Seale/Charles Garry interview. Part two of the Castro interview. Blaine on The Last Days at Alcatraz. Good Times subscription poster. Rear page Trips listings includes an announcement of The Rolling Stones concert at Sear's Point Raceway with map. Of course it moved on to Altamont and disaster. Good Times Commune unknown books
1966rif. 292396New York: New York Federation of Anarchists 1966. Pamphlet. 50p. 11x8.5 inches staplebound wraps very good. Anarchist essays and poetry. The group grew out of the Bowery Poets Co-op as discussed in the introduction and came to be centered around Murray Bookchin and Allan Hoffman. Hoffman was an early figure in Up Against The Wall Motherfucker. New York Federation of Anarchists unknown books
1960rif. 68666New York: Harper and Brothers. Very Good. 1960. Hardcover. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free end paper. The covers show some slight discoloration and toning at the edges. Otherwise this is a bright nice copy. Very Good in a nice dust jacket. . Harper and Brothers hardcover books
rif. WELLER9798217178117New. New book. unknown books
2010rif. 566985Boston: Otto Penzler / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Otto Penzler / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hardcover books
1953rif. 154829Universal City: Universal Pictures 1953. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1953 film two showing scenes from a beauty pageant and one showing actress Joyce Holden performing a burlesque show for her sorority sisters. Two with a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. A pair of siblings from a slum neighborhood in New York dream of escaping to a better life but become involved in criminal activities out of desperation and poverty. Set in New York. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Grant US. Universal Pictures unknown books
1968rif. 23097New York: Viking Press 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth spine and dark gray boards front cover paper label. Fine in matching fine slipscase. xxvii pages. 22.5 x 16 cm. With four full-scale pages from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of the other pages. Written one half century ago in Trieste. Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 96456NY:: Viking Press. Very Good. 1968. Hardcover. With an introduction and notes by Richard Ellmann. First edition thus. A bit faded along the spine else near fine in a very good age toning about the edges slipcase. . Viking Press, hardcover books
1968rif. 335968New York: Viking 1968. hardcover. fine. Introduction and Notes by Richard Ellmann. 16 pages. facsimile pages from the mss. Thin 8vo red-cloth backed boards publisher's board slipcase. New York: Viking 1968. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. Viking unknown books
1968rif. 577507New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Introduction and notes by Richard Ellman. Illustrated with four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript. Lightly toned spine near fine in a very good cardboard slipcase with a small abrasion and light toning. The Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 551560New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with spine sunned in near fine lightly sunned slipcase. Illustrated with four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript. The Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 504491New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. With an Introduction and Notes by Richard Ellmann. Octavo. xx 16pp. xxvii. Spine a touch sunned else a near fine copy in near fine publisher's slipcase box box is very lightly faded at extremities slightly bumped at tip of one corner else quite bright. Limited issue with "four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of the other pages" present only in this limited edition first printing. The Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 453476New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction and notes by Richard Ellman. Gray papercovered boards with red cloth spine and paper label with matching slipcase and label. Fine in fine slipcase. Includes four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript. The Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 13374GIACOMO JOYCE The Viking Press 1968 first edition fine without dust-wrapper as issued in near fine slipcase. The Viking Press unknown books
1968rif. 365054New York: The Viking Press 1968. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Gray papercovered boards with red cloth spine. Introduction and notes by Richard Ellman. About fine in very good slipcase with offsetting. Includes four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of the other pages. The Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 58112NY:: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. With an introduction and notes by Richard Ellmann. First edition thus. Very good in a very good minor edge wear with a small chip at the crown of the spine age toning dust jacket. . Viking Press, hardcover books
1968rif. 5638New York: Viking Press 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Slipcase. First American Edition. Hardcover. Introduction & notes by Richard Ellmann. A very handsome copy. Tight bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows minor shelf/edge wear else tight and clean. Black paper boards printed spine label frontispiece fold-out plate. 8vo. 16pp. Illus. b/w plates. Viking Press hardcover books
1968rif. 310362New York: Viking 1968. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase with a bit of foxing to the printed label on the box. Illustrated with four full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript. Viking hardcover books
1968rif. D13024New York: Viking Press 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Black paper over boards backed in gilt-stamped red cloth; slipcase; 8vo. Includes 4 full-scale facsimile pages from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of other pages. Viking Press hardcover books
