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JACARANDA 10

JACARANDA 10

by Kijewski, Bruce (editor); Bukowski, Charles (contributor)

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[Los Angeles]: Regents of the University of California, 1994. First Edition. Octavo; glossy, illustrated wrappers; 140pp. Light edgewear, with brief remainder dot to upper text edges; Very Good+. Contains five poems by Bukowski: 'This is an Advertisement,' 'Hey, Buddy, Let's Deal,' 'The Strange Workings of the Dark Life,' 'One More Day,' and 'Snake Eyes.' Also contains contributions by Wanda Coleman and Miguel Angel Asturias.
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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: A CHILDREN'S STORY

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: A CHILDREN'S STORY

by Dahl, Roald (novel); Burkert, Nancy Ekholm (illustrations)

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Second State, with four-line colophon reading "Bound by The Book Press, New York." Octavo (26cm); orange cloth, titled in gilt on spine, with pictorial elements embossed onto front cover, and no ISBN present on rear cover; dustjacket; [viii],118,[2]pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, faint trace of foxing to text edges, else a bright, Near Fine copy. In the first state dustjacket, price-clipped, with no ISBN number on rear panel, and only Someone Like You and Kiss, Kiss listed beneath the "About the Author" paragraph on the rear flap; gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and some faint, scattered foxing to upper front panel; Very Good+ or better. A pleasing copy of Dahl's beloved children's book, following the travels of a young orphan boy in a giant peach, with a group of magically-altered garden insects. Basis for the 1996 Walt Disney film directed by Henry Selick.
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JE PARLE FRANÇAIS. C'EST FACILE - SIGNED

by [ARTIST'S BOOKS] Evans, Andrea

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N.p.: Anrea Evans, 1981. First Edition. A series of French 'conversations' between dogs with grainy images of iconic Parisian street scenes on verso. Listed in OCLC, with no holdings located. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pale blue sewn wrappers, xeroxed in black; [8]pp; illus. Signed by the artist in pencil on both inner wrappers, above her printed name. Mild fading to extremities, else Near fine.
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JEALOUSY: A NOVEL - ONE OF 4 HORS COMMERCE COPIES, SIGNED, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BY THE TRANSLATOR
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JEALOUSY: A NOVEL - ONE OF 4 HORS COMMERCE COPIES, SIGNED, EXTENSIVELY ANNOTATED BY THE TRANSLATOR

by Robbe-Grillet, Alain (novel); Howard, Richard (translation)

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New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959. First American Edition. The most limited state of Robbe-Grillet's fourth novel, first published as La Jalousie by Éditions de Minuit in 1957. Set on a banana plantation in a foreign country, the novel is centered around the unnamed narrator, his wife (referred to only as A), and their neighbors, Franck and his wife. The narrator suspects A is being unfaithful with Franck, but rather than culminating in a jealous outburst, he primarily (obsessively) reviews and reports; the infidelity is never confirmed or denied. The novel was a critical success but a poor seller in France, selling fewer than 1,000 copies. It ultimately found literary success in the U.S., as well as a much larger audience, after it was translated into English by Richard Howard, who was also responsible for translating The Voyeur for Grove in 1958. An important copy, showing significant interaction with the text. Deluxe Issue, one of 4 hors commerce copies specially bound and signed by the author,… Read More
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JEAN AND JOHNNY - INSCRIBED

JEAN AND JOHNNY - INSCRIBED

by Cleary, Beverly (novel); Krush, Joe and Beth (illustrations)

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New York: William Morrow & Company, 1959. First Edition. An early young adult novel by the creator of the Ramona and Henry Huggins series, uncommon inscribed. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); mauve cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [8],9-284,[4]pp; illus. Generically inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "Sincerely - Beverly Cleary." Contemporary owners name and address in ink to upper front endpaper, lower right corner of front board gently tapped (though still sharp), light foxing to text edges, with faint sticker shadow to lower rear pastedown; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95), lightly egeworn, with a few closed tears, scattered foxing on verso, and and a faint sticker shadow to upper front panel; Very Good+.
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JOHN D. MACDONALD - REVIEWER'S COPY, WITH A COLLECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE

by Geherin, David

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New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1982. First Edition. A very readable, critical study of MacDonald's work through the early 1980's by Geherin, an Eastern Michigan University professor. An unknown reviewer's copy bearing an interesting group of correspondence: photocopies of three letters written between Geherin and MacDonald between 1980-82; one photocopied letter with attached book review to Jean and Walter Shine (MacDonald's bibliographers), signed by "Mike;" one original typed letter, signed, from Geherin to Jean and Walter Shine. Paperback issue, a reviewer's working copy, with numerous holograph notations throughout the text. Octavo; aquamarine photo-illustrated wrappers; 202pp. Faint vertical crease along front joint; but for the notations, Near Fine.
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JOHNNY APPLESEED: THE ROMANCE OF THE SOWER

JOHNNY APPLESEED: THE ROMANCE OF THE SOWER

by Atkinson, Eleanor (novel); Merrill, Frank T. (Illustrations)

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1915. First Edition. The Indiana author's novelization of the life of John Chapman (1774-1885), the American frontiersman and folk hero better known as "Johnny Appleseed." Smith A-357. First Printing, with publisher's "C-P" code on copyright page. Octavo; olive green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and dark blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [14], 340, [2]pp; frontispiece and 13 illustrations. Oxidation to spine gilt, with cloth at spine gently darkened and two pin-sized nicks right board edges; Near Fine. In the first printing dustjacket (not the color reprint) priced $1.25 at spine and listing 140 Harper's titles on verso; spine lightly sunned, edgeworn, with small chips and tears and several splits to folds (though still integral); a substantially complete example, Good and unrepaired.
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JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS

by Mann, Thomas (novel); Lowe-Porter, H.T. (translation)

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. The first volume in Mann's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. Easily the most elusive of the four books in the first printing, and scarce in this condition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black sateen cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; yellow topstain; Borzoi-patterned endpapers; dustjacket; vi,428,[6]pp. Publisher's price neatly rubber-stamped on a terminal blank, else a fresh, Fine copy, with the topstain bright and unfaded. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), the variant with the "Recommended by the Book-of-the-Month Club" sticker at mid-spine; pinpoint wear to base of spine and lower front flap fold, with the barest hint of sunning to spine panel; very Near Fine.
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JOSEPH THE PROVIDER

JOSEPH THE PROVIDER

by Mann, Thomas (novel); Lowe-Porter, H.T. (translation)

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First American Edition. The concluding volume in Mann's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. A fresh, well-preserved copy. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 608pp, [7]. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with a single tiny tear and some pinpoint rubbing to extremities.
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JOSEPH UND SEINE BRÜDER (JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS): DIE GESCHICHTE JAAKOBS, DER JUNGE JOSEPH,...
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JOSEPH UND SEINE BRÜDER (JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS): DIE GESCHICHTE JAAKOBS, DER JUNGE JOSEPH, JOSEPH IN AGYPTEN, AND JOSEPH, DER ERNAHRER - INSCRIBED

by Mann, Thomas

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Berlin, Vienna & Stockholm: S. Fischer Verlag / Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1943. First Editions. Well-preserved set of the Nobel Prize-winner's great tetralogy, telling the story of the Biblical Joseph's dealings with his brothers, his rise as a statesman in Egypt, his conduct during the epic famine, and his restoration to his father Jacob. First Impressions. Four octavo volumes (19-19.5cm); beige and brown cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black and gilt on spines and front covers; brown topstains; dustjackets; lxiv,402,[6]; [9],10-337,[7]; [9],10-752,[4]; [8],9-644,[4]pp. Inscribed by the author in the first volume, in Leipzig, dated 5.I.37. A few faint scuffs to topstains; gentle sunning to board edges on Vol.2; scattered foxing to covers on Vol.3, though clean internally; some faint foxing to covers and text edges on Vol.4; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Dustjackets on Vols.1-3 are gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with several tiny nicks, tears, and attendant… Read More
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JUDE THE OBSCURE

JUDE THE OBSCURE

by Hardy, Thomas

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London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co, 1896. First Edition. Attractive copy of Hardy's last completed novel, centered around Jude Fawley, a stonemason who dreams of becoming a scholar. Purdy, pp.86-91. First Impression, mixed state, with gatherings A-B, D, and F showing partially-blank pages unnumbered, and gatherings C, E, G-H numbered. Octavo (20.75cm); vertically-ribbed hunter green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; viii,515,[3]pp, with illustrated frontispiece etching by H. Macbeth-Raeburn, and terminal map of Wessex. Mild offsetting and foxing to endpapers, a few leaves with some trivial thumb-soil to margins, with some faint rubbing along upper rear joint, else Near Fine.
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THE JUMBLIES

by Lear, Edward (poem); Gorey, Edward (illustrations)

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New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Gorey's illustrated version of the first poem in Lear's Book of Nonsense. Toledano B38a. Oblong octavo (16cm); illustrated boards; dustjacket; [48]pp; illus. Faint, scattered foxing to board edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dustjacket, with a touch of dustiness and a single short tear.
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THE JUMPING FROG: THE PRIVATE PRINTING OF THE JUMPING FROG STORY - DELUXE ISSUE, 1/50 COPIES
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THE JUMPING FROG: THE PRIVATE PRINTING OF THE "JUMPING FROG" STORY - DELUXE ISSUE, 1/50 COPIES

by Twain, Mark (story); Robinson, Alan James (illustrations)

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Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1985. Limited Edition. An exquisite fine press publication by the Cheloniidae Press, printing three versions of the "Jumping Frog" story - "In English, then in French, then clawed back into a civilized language once more by patient, unrenumerated toil." Deluxe Issue, one of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this being copy no.4. Octavo (22cm); quarter green crushed morocco over gray birch-veneer boards, bound by Gray Parrot, with text printed letterpress in two colors on T.H. Saunders pure rag paper; together with an additional suite containing the publisher's signed prospectus and 15 wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, each numbered and signed and housed in a cloth chemise; the whole housed in the original matching cloth and birch-veneer clamshell case, with titles stamped in silver on spine. Hint of dustiness to upper rear cover of slipcase, else Fine.
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JUNE MOON: A COMEDY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS

JUNE MOON: A COMEDY IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS

by Lardner, Ring and George S. Kaufman

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. A play based on Lardner's short story "Some Like Them Cold," centered around a songwriter who moves from Schenctady to New York City in hopes of making a name for himself in Tin Pan Alley, and his struggles with love. The original Broadway production ran for 273 performances, and gave way to two film adaptations: A. Edward Sutherland's June Moon (1931), and George Archainbaud's 1937 musical comedy Blonde Trouble. Bruccoli & Layman A24.1. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); pale pink linen, with printed title label mounted at upper spine; dustjacket; xii,187,[1]pp. Trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped ($2.00), with trivial wear to heel, and a single, tiny tear at upper edge of rear panel; very Near Fine, with the spine notably unfaded - the anomalous copy.
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JUNKIE / NARCOTIC AGENT - INSCRIBED TO TED BERRIGAN
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JUNKIE / NARCOTIC AGENT - INSCRIBED TO TED BERRIGAN

by Lee, William (pseud. of William S. Burroughs) and Maurice Helbrant

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New York: Ace Books, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Burroughs's first book, a semi-autobiographical field report from the seedy underbelly of post-war America, chronicling his experiences using and selling drugs and vacillating between addiction and recovery. While undated, this copy was inscribed in 1964, the year Burroughs made contact with Ted Berrigan, "the bearded, overweight father figure of the Lower East Side poetry scene. He was the editor of C: A Journal of Poetry, and had published one of Bill's experimental texts, "Giver of Winds Is My Name," in the summer of 1964, the first of his texts to use Egyptian glyphs. Berrigan was enthusiastic about his work so Bill gave him another text, "Fits of Nerves with a Fix," which he published that February. Berrigan arranged to publish Bill's own thirty-two-page version of Time magazine, a three-column collaged text using the cover and title page of the November 30, 1962 issue of Time, which had contained the libelous review of Naked Lunch called "King of… Read More
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JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE - VOLUME [VOL.] 14, NUMBER [NO.] 9

JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE - VOLUME [VOL.] 14, NUMBER [NO.] 9

by Mike Giant; Leines, Matt (artwork)

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San Francisco: High Speed Productions, Inc, 2007. A Fine copy in illustrated wrappers. This issue features a superb cover by the inimitable Mike Giant, as well as an interview with him, numerous illustrations, and a fold-out poster designed by him. Also contains a terrific feature on the artwork of Matt Leines.
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