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New York: New Directions, 1961. Strips of offsetting to endpapers and pastedowns, else near fine in a near fine jacket. Nice copy of an interesting book with a fine provenance.. First Edition. Jacket illustration by Andy Warhol; one of his last before becoming famous. Gore Vidal's copy with his bookplate, and a note to him dated in 1961 from Robert M. MacGregor, VP of New Directions.
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The Adventures of Maud Noakes (Gore Vidal's Copy)
by WARHOL, Andy and Alan Neame
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Apariencia Desnuda: La Obra de Marcel Duchamp (Signed Association Copy)
by PAZ, Octavio
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Mexico City: Biblioteca Era, 1973. Near fine in illustrated wrappers, spine lightly toned.. First Edition. Octavo. Number 2956 of 3000 press-numbered copies. A wonderful association copy, SIGNED by Paz and lengthily inscribed in Spanish to noted curator Kynaston McShine in the year following publication. Several minor emendations to the text in Paz's hand; his landmark study of Marcel Duchamp, illustrated throughout, if sparingly.
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Beat & Pieces: A Complete Story of the Beat Generation
by GINSBERG, Allen and Fernanda Pivano
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Milan: Photology, 2005. Slight bump to upper spine, else near fine in illustrated boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat & Pieces at Milan's Galleria Photology (Sept. 15 thru Nov. 15, 2005). Something of an encyclopedia of the Beat movement, featuring 133 photographs from Allen Ginsberg and text from Fernanda Pivano, in both English and Italian (en face).
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Between the Acts
by WOOLF, Virginia
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London: The Hogarth Press, 1941. Edges very faintly spotted, offsetting to endpapers as common; a pleasing near fine copy in a very close to near fine jacket, lightly soiled with a hint of edgewear.. First Edition. Octavo. Woolf's posthumous final novel, with jacket designed by Vanessa Bell.
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Brother Carl: A Filmscript (Signed)
by SONTAG, Susan
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. Fine copy in black boards. In photo-illustrated jacket, with very minor toning; near fine.. First Edition. Octavo, hardcover issue. Neatly SIGNED by Sontag to front endpaper. Book adaptation of the screenplay for Sontag's second film, Brother Carl, which premiered at Cannes in 1971 and reached American theatres in 1972. Illustrated throughout after b&w film stills, and introduced by an original 16 pp. text from Sontag, discussing the film, its relation to Duet for Cannibals, and her belief in miracles.
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Chuck Close: Life (Signed)
by CLOSE, Chuck. Christopher Finch
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New York: Prestel, 2010. Fine in a fine jacket.. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Close and the author to the title page.
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The Colossus
by PLATH, Sylvia
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London: Heinemann, 1960. Fine in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly foxed and darkened at the spine.. First Edition. Octavo. The poet's first regularly published book.
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Conversations with Nelson Algren (Inscribed)
by ALGREN, Nelson and H.E.F. Donohue
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New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. Green cloth boards; near fine. In illustrated jacket, with small chip to lower edge and some rubbing; close to near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. INSCRIBED by Algren to front endpaper; dated 1978.
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Cycle
by COLONY, Carl
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Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company Inc., 1932. Offsetting to the front end paper, slight bump to the bottom edge of the last half of the text block, still close to a near fine copy in a very good jacket, complete, with chips on either edge of the spine, lightly spine-faded. OCLC lists 5 copies.. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Colony: "To 4 Cowards / with my best wishes / D.C. Colony / 5 - 1 - 32." An anticommunist novel, self-published. With a great dust jacket depicting a cross-laden woman in heels hung by a noose.
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Dangling Man (Signed)
by BELLOW, Saul
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New York: The Vanguard Press, 1944. Olive boards with red-stamped design; some discoloration to cloth and rounding to corners; close to near fine. In unclipped illustrated jacket, with modest edge-wear and minor crease to rear corner, thus close to near fine. Housed in quarter-leather slipcase, with pull-tab chemise.. First Edition. Octavo. A charming copy of Bellow's first book, neatly SIGNED to title page.
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The Deer Park: A Play
by MAILER, Norman
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New York: The Dial Press, 1967. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; minor bump to foot of spine, else near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with minor creasing, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo.
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by ABBEY, Edward
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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Minor rounding to corners of cloth boards; near fine. In near fine illustrated jacket. A pleasing copy. Housed in custom quarter-leather slipcase with cloth pull-tab chemise.. First Edition. Octavo. Written after Abbey's journals from his time as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Park. Illustrated by drawings from Peter Parnell.
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The Emigrants
by SEBALD, W.G.
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London: Harvill, 1996. Fine in a fine jacket.. First Edition. Octavo. First UK Edition of the author's first book to be translated into English. Translated from the German by Michael Hulse.
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Finger Food: Poems of Love, Sex, and Dream
by DeWITT, Jack
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Philadelphia: Synapse - A Visual Art Press, 1982. Near fine in photo-illustrated stapled brown paper wrappers.. First Edition. Square quarto. Two poems: "Cock Dreams" and "Piece of Work", in text and braille. Intriguing concept and design.
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Green World
by WADDINGTON, Miriam
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Montreal: First Statement Press, 1945. Near fine in stapled wrappers, near fine jacket.. First Edition. Octavo. Third book of the First Statement series; first for the author.
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Happy Days: A Play in Two Acts
by BECKETT, Samuel
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London: Faber & Faber, 1962. Fine copy in red cloth boards, in unclipped illustrated jacket with minor rubbing and some scuffing to rear panel, thus close to near fine. A handsome copy.. First British Edition. Octavo. With jacket design featuring photograph from the first performance of the play-Beckett's first since Endgame-at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre in 1961, directed by Alan Schneider.
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The House of Spirits (Signed)
by ALLENDE, Isabel
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. A fine copy in mauve cloth boards and gilt-stamped design. With illustrated jacket; very minor toning, near fine.. First American Edition. Octavo. Allende's first book, translated from Spanish by Magda Bogin. This copy SIGNED by Allende to front endpaper, above flower drawing.
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Illuminated Poems (Limited Edition)
by GINSBERG, Allen and Eric Drooker
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New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996. A fine copy in black cloth boards with gilt-stamped design to front panel and gilt lettering to spine. In matching cloth slipcase.. Limited Edition. Quarto. A collection of poems from Allen Ginsberg, illustrated after works by Eric Drooker, both color and black-and-white. This copy hand-numbered as 145 of 300 and SIGNED by both Ginsberg and Drooker to half-title page, with Ginsberg offering the date of 9/9/96 and Drooker adding a drawing of a lightbulb.
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The Income Structure of the United States
by LEVEN, Maurice
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Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1938. Light bump to the head of the spine, else fine in a fine jacket; rare thus.. First Edition. Octavo. This volume proposes to answer such questions as: "Why is income unequally distributed?" "What determines income?" and "How has the distribution of income changed since 1929?
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The Ink Truck (Signed)
by KENNEDY, William
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New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with some scuffing and closed tear to bottom of front panel; better than very good.. First Edition. Octavo. Kennedy's first book; this copy SIGNED by him to title page.
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