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Hamden, CT: The Shoestring Press, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo. 188pp. First edition thus; first reprint following the 1938 Yale edition. Crumpling at spine ends, minor bumping to bottom corners, former owner's name inked on front free endpaper. Written as La Barre's doctoral dissertation at Yale, The Peyote Cult is a pioneering work of ethnobotany and the first serious study of peyotism in Native American cultures.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1938. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Yale University Publications in Anthropology, no. 19. First edition. Signature-bound in printed wraps. Large octavo. 188pp. Written as La Barre's doctoral dissertation at Yale, The Peyote Cult is a pioneering work of ethnobotany and the first serious study of peyotism in Native American cultures. This copy comes from the collection of American botanist Thomas Morley, and bears his signature at the top of the front cover. Light shelf-soiling along bottom edge of textblock, else fine.

NY: Doubleday, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 302pp. Stated first edition. Black cloth with blue and gilt spine titles. VG/VG. Light shelfwear, pushing at spine ends. Purple remainder spray on base of textblock. In an unclipped "$6.95" jacket with moderate edgewear, a few short tears, some rubbing/fraying at spine ends, and mild toning to rear panel. One of four historical novels by Lafferty, best known for his unique body of science fiction. Doubleday chose to alter Lafferty's original title "Alaric: The Day the World Ended" in order to promote the book as a history. However, Lafferty acknowledged privately that the book was "really a novel all the way." United Mythologies Press republished the work under its original title in 1993.

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. 95pp. Black vinyl boards, silver spine titles. 5th printing. Light bumping/wear at base of spine. Faint foxing to textblock edges. Moderate foxing to endpapers and prelims. Jacket moderately edgeworn, with several short closed tears, and moderate general toning/soiling. A very good (-) copy in like jacket.

NY: Thomas Y. Crowell , 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 253pp. First edition. Green cloth. Light sunning to cloth at head of spine and rear panel, former owner's name neatly inked on front free end paper, else fine in a very good unclipped jacket with moderate browning, particularly to spine and rear panels.

Reykjavik: Helgafell, 1972. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 268pp. First edition. Signature-bound soft cover in white wraps with a colored dust jacket matching that of the simultaneously issued hardcover edition. English translation by Magnus Magnusson. VG/VG. Light shelfwear, a touch of bumping/curling at corners. Light crease to rear cover. Dust jacket shows light edgewear, with a 1" closed tear and related creases at the top of the front panel. A nice reading/shelf copy of this scarce title, later reissued in a Vintage soft cover edition as "Under the Glacier".

Terre Haute, Indiana: Science-Fiction Studies, 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Staple-bound wraps. Two consecutive volumes of the journal Science-Fiction Studies: #7 = Volume 2, Part 3, November 1975; #8 = Volume 3, Part 1, March 1976. Both volumes 100pp. Of particular interest to collectors of Ursula K. Le Guin. Volume #7, "The Science Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin," contains nearly a dozen critical reflections on Le Guin's work, including contributions from Ian Watson, Darko Suvin, and Fredric Jameson. Also included is the first print appearance of Le Guin's brief but fiercely argued essay "American SF and the Other," in which she attacks the latent sexism and racism of much science fiction: "SF has either totally ignored women, or presented them as squeaking dolls subject to instant rape by monsters." Volume #8 contains Le Guin's "A Response to the Le Guin Issue," as well as a brief note in which she defends "American SF and the… Read more

Portland: Encore Publishing, 1977. Soft cover. Fine. Quarto; 30pp.; saddle-stapled in black-and-white wraps. Signed by Le Guin on the front cover, which features a pen-and-ink portrait of her by Henk Pander. Also signed by Vonda N. McIntyre at her contribution. A Portland-area arts periodical, distributed to attendees of The Oregon Symphony Orchestra, The Portland Opera, etc. This issue features a two-page spread of Le Guin's work: two very short stories ("Ghost Story" and "Courtroom Scene"), a poem ("Everest"), and a block-print illustration of a dragon. Science-fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre has also contributed a two-page essay on Le Guin titled "Using the Language with Delight." While "Everest" was included in Le Guin's 1981 poetry collection Hard Words, we find no record of the two short stories ever having been collected in book form. A fine copy of this interesting piece for collectors of Le Guin.

NY: Atheneum, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Third printing. Octavo; 224pp.; black cloth with metallic purple spine titles and front panel design, in dust jacket. Inscribed by Le Guin on the front free end paper. The Farthest Shore continues the story of Ged Sparrowhawk, now middle-aged and seen primarily through the point of view of young Prince Arren. Together the two undertake a journey to the land of the dead to confront the dark wizard Cob. Rust-colored adhesive stains on endpapers; faint tape ghosts on boards. A small abrasion has roughened the cloth near the bottom tip of the front board. Unclipped "$6.95" jacket faded from purple to blue along the spine panel, with light general edgewear and curling. A very good copy in like jacket of the third volume in Le Guin's beloved Earthsea Cycle, winner of a 1973 National Book Award.

NY: Harper Prism, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 191pp. First printing. Signed and inscribed to former owner by Le Guin on the title page. Blue boards with dark blue cloth backing and gilt spine titles. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket. A collector's grade copy of this short story collection, which contains three stories in Le Guin's celebrated "Hainish Cycle.

London: NLB, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 223pp, indexed. First edition. Yellow textured paper boards, silver titles. A fine, apparently unread, copy in an unclipped fine jacket with two light scratches to front panel. A critical exposition of Bachelard's epistemological writings, tracing their influence in the work of Canguilhem and Foucault. Translated from the French by Ben Brewster.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 262pp. First printing. Blue paper boards with teal cloth backing and gilt spine titles. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket with a couple of light scuff marks to the front panel. One of the more elusive Lem titles. Translated by Marc E. Heine.

NY: Ariel / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 211pp. 29th printing. Blue cloth boards, yellow spine titles, pale green topstain. Light spotting to textblock top and deckled fore-edge, light sunning to spine cloth. Unclipped "$3.95" jacket shows moderate wear at spine ends, with several short closed tears and some soiling/foxing to rear panel and fore-edges. A very good copy in the Ellen Raskin jacket, with the foil Newbery medallion on front panel.

NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Ariel, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Tenth printing. Signed & inscribed with a couplet from the Frost poem "Two Tramps in Mud Time," which features in the text. NF/VG. Pushing and a touch of wear at spine ends, otherwise near fine. Unclipped $8.95 jacket has a 1.5" closed tear along the fore-edge of the front flap, 1/2" closed tear at base of front panel. Wear at spine ends, back panel slightly browned.

NY: United Artists Books, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 76pp. Black and white printed wraps. First edition. Signed and dated by Lehman on the title page. Light edgewear, some creasing at base of rear cover. Binding strong. A very good (+) copy. Cover by Louise Hamlin.

NY: Delacorte, 1975. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 254pp. Second printing. Flat signed by Leonard on the title page. VG/G+. Clothbacked book in very good condition, with bruising to spine ends, light sunning at tops and bottoms of boards, and dust soiling on top of textblock. Gluebound. Unclipped jacket in good+ condition, with a chip out at the top of the spine. One closed tear to the top of rear panel, one small chip at the base. Otherwise sharp, tidy, and unfaded.

NY: Pegasus, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 411pp. First edition. Fourteen of Leskov's tales translated by William B. Edgerton. Fine/VG+. Hardcover bound in full orange-brown cloth with gilt spine titles, fine save for a touch of dust soiling to the top of textblock. Unclipped "7.50" jacket shows light edgewear, some rubbing/scratching to rear panel, and a 3/4" closed tear at the top of the rear flap. A masterfully translated collection seldom encountered in its hardcover format.

London: Walter Edwards, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Small 8vo. 189pp. Grey cloth, gilt spine titles. Presumed first British edition (no additional printings noted). Very good (-), with light soiling to boards & top of textblock, and a 1" tape-repaired split to rear interior gutter. Textblock upside down in boards. Good, unclipped jacket shows moderate edgewear & rubbing, a few mostly closed tears, and small portions of loss at spine ends and tips. The second book in Leslie's Professor Peter Ponsonby mystery series.

NY: Dial Books, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Oblong octavo; 40pp.; full-color pictorial boards in matching dust jacket. Signed by Lester to the title page. Lester provides "impassioned meditations" on a series of paintings by Rod Brown. A fine copy in like jacket.

NY: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo; xii, 152pp.; black cloth, silver spine titles, in dust jacket. Very good (+), with minor sunning to tops of boards, former owner's name and address stamped on front free end paper, and some very faint spotting to textblock fore-edge. In a very good, unclipped "$3.95" jacket, moderately rubbed to the front and rear panels, a short closed tear at base of rear panel. The first book by the note-worthy writer and civil rights advocate, an earnest and often humorous examination of the ideals and historical roots of the Black Power movement.