Poems Two by Johnson, B.S - 1972

London, Collins, 1979.. 1st edition, first printing. The sixth Jack Aubrey novel. Fine condition, unmarked, in a fine unclipped dustwrapper.

Boston: Shambhala, 1996. Signed by Jim Harrison on the title page. First edition / First printing. Burgundy cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Norwood Press, 2006. Hardcover in slipcase. Used - fine condition. Special signed edition for the Clive Cussler Collector's Society, #27 (of 98 numbered copies). Slipcase shows some evidence of minor shelf wear; book itself shows hardly any wear at all. Book is clean and tight. No markings inside the book. Includes a DVD of the Clive Cussler Grandmaster Address from Cusslercon I in Denver CO, October 2005. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Bantam Books, Inc, 1981. First edition, advance uncorrected page proofs, with accompanying ephemera. Octavo. Original mauve wrappers with publisher's sticker to top front cover. This copy includes the original publisher's letter and a stand-alone map of the Drinkwater family tree, each folded as initially enclosed by the publisher, together with a postcard with Lippincott artwork. Creasing to spine with minor edgewear, and faint toning to the publisher's letter, else fine.. Proof copy of John Crowley's (b. 1942) masterpiece, Little, Big, which influential American literary critic Harold Bloom proposed for inclusion in the Western Canon, and which has been hailed as the closest literary achievement we have to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Crowley's Little, Big received the prestigious World Fantasy Award in 1982 and was nominated for a host of other prestigious accolades, including the Nebula Ward for Best Novel (1981), Hugo Award for Best Novel (1982), the British… Read More

Tucson, Loujon's Desert Workshop Printery, 1969, 192 numbered pages, 214 pp total including photos, illustrations, cartoons, portraits, and publisher's ads, hardcover First Edition limited to 500 copies, Signed by Gypsy Lou Webb at first leaf, Very Good+ condition in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, light soiling to bottom edge of boards, some pages age-toned, pen and ink sketch by Francisco McBride appears to have been slightly spotted prior to binding, toning from old tape to rear endpaper. Scarce, illustrated dustjacket (mylared) printed in red on thin tissue-paper exhibits edgewear and chipping with small losses at edges and 2" split near top of spine, toning from old tape inside rear panel. Final issues of the iconic, influential journal dedicated to the avant garde, with a focus on counterculture poetry and prose of the period. "This issue also for the friends who dug into their hearts & pockets when illness and disaster struck time after time… Read More

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Orange-red cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy of both the book and the fragile dust jacket. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 246 pages; G+/G+; Alternating brown and red band spine with light red and brown lettering; Dustjacket shows significant fading along spine and chipping at the head and tail of the spine; Boards have light soiling to front cover, moderate edgewear (concentrated at the head and tail of the spine), and more substantial soiling to spine; Textblock has age-toning on the top and fore-edge and a small watermark on the top edge; Author's inscription on titlepage; CX consignment; Shelved in Room G. 1346236. Special Collections.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Large 12mo., v, 273 pages; G-; Dark blue cloth spine with abstract graphic and slightly faded white lettering; Moderate soiling to front cover, slight fading to lettering, rubbing along hinges of spine and edgewear to head/tail, moderate edgewear along bottom of covers, and minor bowing to boards; Dampstain on top edge of textblock visible on interior pages and some shelfwear to bottom textblock edge; Previous owner's signature appears on ffep; t.e.g.; CX consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. One of only 8400 copies from first printing. 1346272. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: The American Spectator Publishing Company, 1933. Newspaper, 8.75 x 11.25 inches. Folded newsprint with expected toning and brittle folds, but largely free of material chips and tears. Each issue includes the original wrap-around band. Near-fine.. An excellent collection of the first seven issues of The American Spectator founded by George Jean Nathan, Eugene O'Neill, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, and James Branch in 1932 to publish original literary and opinion pieces from distinguished American and European writers. Not to be confused with the conservative magazine of the same name, The American Spectator set out to advance original fiction, opinion, and literary criticism by inviting each contributor to direct and self-edit their own articles, and it further set itself apart by refusing to sell advertising space in its pages. The first issue sold for fifty cents (which was then a rather high price for newsprint) and sold out, prompting an additional print-run of twenty thousand copies,… Read More

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Interior is clean, tight, and bright with no ownership marks. Unclipped dust jacket shows very minor shelf and handling wear with upper edge a little bent and small black mark on upper spine, else Fine / As New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.