Item 366Superior Women
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Third printing. Publisher's quarter cloth, spine lettered in blue, dust jacket.
Modern Literature
Roughly 1900 on, possibly some late-19th century if it 'feels' modern
Item 237The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger. Of Blunderstone Rookery, (Which he never meant to be Published on any Account)
Early state of David Copperfield, being set from proof sheets.
Leipzig: Bernh. Tauchnitz, 1849-1850. 3 volumes. Volumes 1 & 3 are dated 1849; Volume 2 dated 1850. No half titles. First Tauchnitz edition. Period sheep-backed boards. 3 volumes. Volumes 1 & 3 are dated 1849; Volume 2 dated 1850. No half titles.
Item 478The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Fifty-two Illustrations by Thomas Nast
Charming edition of some classic Dickens.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. The "Household Edition" Green cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt.
Item 292The 1976 Annual World's Best SF
New York: Daw, 1976. Paperback.
Item 108Collected Short Stories
Includes the following stories: The Story of a Panic; The Other Side of the Hedge; The Celestial Omnibus; Other Kingdom; The Curate's Friend; The Road from Colonus; The Machine Stops; The Point of It; Mr. Andrews; Co-Ordination; The Story of the Siren; The Eternal Moment.
England: Penguin. Mass market paperback. Softcover.
Item 410Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston
The first edition of an important novel of the late 20th century ecology movement. Self-published in a total run of 2,500 copies by Ernest Callenbach after being rejected by major publishers. This is the softcover issue; also issued in hardcover.
Berkeley: Banyan Tree Books, 1975. [iv], 167, [1] pp. First Edition. Publisher's softcover wrappers. [iv], 167, [1] pp.
Item 118Across the River and into the Trees
First American Edition, with the Scribner's seal & 'A' on the copyright page. The London edition was technically issued several days earlier.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. First American Edition. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, dust jacket.
Item 131The Iceman Cometh
First Edition published of this play.
New York: Random House, [1946]. First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth, dust jacket. Item 107We
Translation of Zamiatin's satire, and considered a major inspiration for George Orwell's 1984.
New York: E.P. Dutton. Translated and with a foreword by Gregory Zilboorg. Introduction by Peter Rudy. Preface by Marc Slonum. Mass market paperback. Softcover. Translated and with a foreword by Gregory Zilboorg. Introduction by Peter Rudy. Preface by Marc Slonum.
Item 128Circle 9
Intellectual literary journal from the 40s published in Berkeley.
Berkeley, California: Circle, 1946. [iv], 96, [8] pp. Black and white illustrations inside from art and photographs Wrappers illustrated in five color silkscreen by Bezalel Schatz. [iv], 96, [8] pp.
Item 291Alien Art
Bizarre sci-fi novel pitting a race of sentient art-producing otters against the humans bent on colonizing them.
New York: Ace Books, 1978. Cover art by David Plourde. [6], 166, [4] ad. pp. First Ace printing. Paperback. Cover art by David Plourde. [6], 166, [4] ad. pp.
Item 200You Only Live Twice
London: Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First Edition. Publisher's black cloth, cover lettered in gilt and spine lettered in silver, pictorial jacket.
Item 136Zlaeth the Goat
A Newberry Honor book.
New York: Harper & Row, [1966]. First trade edition. Publisher's white cloth decorated in gilt, pictorial dust jacket.
Item 227Doctor Sax: Faust Part Three
First trade edition of what Kerouac considered his greatest book.
New York: Grove Press, [1959]. [vi], 245 pp. First paperback edition (Evergreen E-60). Publisher's softcover wrappers. [vi], 245 pp.
Item 175Evergreen Review, No. 33 / Aug.-Sept. 1964
Most notable with Jack Kerouac's Old Angel Midnight-2. Also with controbutions by Richard Brautigan, Emil J. Cadoo, Harold Pinter, and more.
New York: Evergreen Review, 1964. Softcover. Item 67The Postman Always Rings Twice
New York: Knopf, 1989. Reprint. Softcover.
Item 290The Two Faces of Tomorrow
New York: Del Rey/Ballantine, 1979. [8], 392 pp. First Edition. Paperback. [8], 392 pp.
Item 226Bukowski in the Bathtub: Recollections of Charles Bukowski by John Thomas. Collected and Edited by Philomene Long
Raven of Temple of Man, 1997. Several illustrations from photographs. viii, 112 pp. Publisher's wrappers. Several illustrations from photographs. viii, 112 pp.
Item 133Romance
The true first American edition has a copyright date of 1904, despite originally being copyrighted in 1903, due to a miscommunication with the printer. Later states of the first edition have the corrected copyright date of 1904, though the date of publication is correct as 1904. Published earlier in England.
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley First American Edition. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt. Item 55Never Let Me Go
New York: Vintage, 2006. Softcover.
Item 255The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
True first edition of Baum's Santa Claus, with the chapter headings: "Book First; Book Second; Book Third", and lacking in-text illustrations save for the dedication page and first contents page. The illustrations, as expected, tend to be a bit fuzzy as the registration was off for much of the print run.
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1902. Illustrated with 20 plates on glossy stock by Mary Cowles Clark, including the title page. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth decorated in white, green, black, and tan. Illustrated with 20 plates on glossy stock by Mary Cowles Clark, including the title page. Item 209Moment in Peking: A Novel of Contemporary Chinese Life
Kelly & Walsh, Limited: Shanghai, China, 1939. Special Authorized Edition. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, red printed dust jacket.
Item 56The Handmaid's Tale
New York: Anchor Books, 1998. Softcover.
Item 58Oryx and Crake
New York: Vintage, 2004. Softcover.
Item 418The King and the Corpse
London: Michael Joseph, 1949. First U.K. Edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full red morocco.