Search Results: Litmod from William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop

Los Angeles: Ante-Echo Press, 1968. First edition.. Original wrappers. 32pp. Some darkening at edges, light edge wear, a nice copy. A compilation including work by Elizabeth Bartlett, Jack Kaufman, Lawrence Spingarn, others.

NY: Albondocani Press, 1969. First edition. . A reprint of an essay first published in The Egoist in 1916. Marbled-style wrappers, printed title label on front cover. A fine copy, the publisher's prospectus laid in. Of an edition of 300, this is one of 275 copies for sale.

NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First edition.. Oblong pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. This is copy 23 of 100 numbered copies, signed by Duncan.

NY: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First edition. . Oblong pictorial wrappers. A fine copy. There were 100 numbered copies, signed by Duncan, as well as 26 lettered copies. This copy is out-of-series, not numbered, but it is signed on the colophon leaf by Duncan.

San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books, 1967. First edition. . Color wrappers, stapled. Orange fly leaves. Faint wear to edges, about fine.

NY: Knopf, 1978. Advance uncorrected proof.. Green wrappers lettered in black. Publishing info on white paper taped to front cover, clean and very good. Staple in edge of front cover. This copy has been read and marked-up by someone with a brown marker. Some additions and notes that suggest it is possibly, but not likely an editorial copy ("20 Stories" added to contents page, etc.). Quite a lot of underlining, some marginal notes.

London: Wishart, 1933. First edition. . Light green boards designed in red, black cloth spine. A clean very good copy in the pictorial dust jacket, some wear and soiling to the rear panel. Barker's first book, not common in the dust jacket.

San Francisco: Protean Press, 2000. . Oblong purple wrappers. End papers reproduce Nin's holograph. A keepsake produced for the biennial joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamarano Clubs. 500 copies printed. A fine copy, in the Gleeson envelope which shows very light wear.

Unicorn Press, 1968.. A greeting card, once folded. Front panel illustration by Vinh An. Printed by Young-Brilliant for Unicorn Press 25 XII 68. Slight dust soiling. A translation from the French of Vo Van Ai "La Response du feu" by Teo Savory. This copy inscribed [possibly by Alan Brilliant]: "Julia, love, Teo and I will / be at Gleason's for one / week at Christmas. May / we see you?" Written beneath is Madeline Gleason's address in San Francisco.

San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley, (1975). First edition. . Green wrappers, pictorial paper label on front cover. Very faint edge wear and slight sunning of spine, but a fine copy. Limited to 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. Printed by Adrian Wilson.

NY: Harcourt, Brace, (1925). First edition, signed issue.. Gray-blue paper boards, cream cloth spine with printed paper label. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red & black. A nice clean copy, about fine, in a worn and repaired slipcase which is missing the top. The printed spine label is yellowed and has some discoloration, BUT the extra spine label is still tipped-in at the rear, and it is in as-new condition. Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, this is #11. Arrowsmith was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, which Lewis declined to accept.

NY: Scribner, 1997. First edition. . Cream boards, blue cloth spine lettered in silver. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Gallagher on the title page, and with a personal inscription from her which mentions one of the book's dedicatees. Owner's signatures on the front fly leaf. A collection of stories.

Mount Horeb: Perishable Press, (1979). First edition. . Cream wrappers. A fine copy. Limited to 225 copies, signed by Rothenberg. This poem commemorates the bar mitzvah of Matthew Rothenberg.

Riverside: Hillacre Bookhouse, 1912. A small booklet in brown wrappers, sewn, printed label on front cover ruled in red and lettered in black. Title and colophon pages printed in red & black. Light creases in first few leaves, otherwise fine. Limited to 1000 copies. An uncommon edition.

NY: Harper & Row, (1980). Advance, uncorrected proof of the first edition. Red printed wrappers. Lower corner of a few leaves wrinkled, tiny tear in first leaf, but a fine copy. Signed by Smiley on the half-title leaf. A scarce advance copy of the author's first book.

[Vancouver: Georgia Straight, 1970]. First edition.. 12pp. Newspaper format. Twice folded, clean and near fine, some wear to folds. Issued as "Writing 6". Illustrated. From the colophon on the final page: "The poems here printed were chosen by Basil Bunting and Peter Quartermain. .... "Stones trip Coquet burn" appears for the first time .... The interview, "Basil Bunting Talks About Briggflatts" is copyright 1970 .... This issue of Writing was edited for Stan Persky and Dennis Wheeler by Peter Quartermain." An illustration on the final page contains an announcement for Bunting reading BRIGGFLATTS at UBC on Friday November 20. Richard Burton, in his biographical work: "A Strong Song Tows Us: The life of Basil Bunting", quotes Charles (Mike) Doyle on the subject of the UBC reading: "Some months ago he gave a reading at U.B.C., Vancouver, and the noted American poets Robert Creeley and Robert Duncan flew from San Francisco specifically to attend the reading. An audience of about 500 gave Bunting a… Read More

London: John Cumberland, [ca.1840]. Issued as No. 353 in the series: Cumberland's British Theatre. Original pictorial warppers, stitched. [52]pp. Frontispiece. A bit of spine wear, rear hinge splitting, a very good copy. This play was first published in 1816. Robert Cruikshank was the brother of George Cruikshank the artist. The series reorder numbers on the back cover go up to 146. Not common in the original pictorial wrappers.

NY: Scribner's, 1920. First edition. Gray boards, beige cloth spine, printed paper label on front cover. Gray end papers. Some shelf wear to the tips and spine extremities, a bit of discoloration to title label, a fresh very good copy otherwise. Limited to 500 copies. Erratta slip present at page [3].

Austin: University of Texas, (1965). First edition. Black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gold. Pictorial end papers. Pictorial title page and numerous illustrations. Limited to 500 copies. Light wear to base of spine, but fine in a slightly worn dust jacket, some sunning of the spine and light chipping at the base of the spine.

[Santa Barbara: Noel Young, 1971]. First edition. . Brown stapled wrappers, front cover designed and lettered in black. A 12-page booklet of poetry. Fine condition.