More than 40 new arrivals, including signed and inscribed books.
First Edition. An inscribed copy of this early book of poetry by the founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. Illustrated by Sandra María Esteves. [2: blank], [xiv], 120, [1], [1: blank] pages. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings on the copyright page). A near fine copy.....
Price: $150
First Edition. An uncommon chapbook of poems by one of the best-known writers of the Chicano Movement in the 1970s. 29 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers.
Price: $85
First Edition. A survey of this noted photographer's long career with her prose commentary. This copy is inscribed to her friend and long-time editor, Robert Gottlieb, who she thanks in the acknowledgments of this book. Arnold was the first woman to join Magnum Photos, the photo agency co-op whose members.....
Price: $350
First Edition. A decent but flawed copy of the first edition of this photo-essay about Mikhail Baryshnikov and his years dancing and directing for the American Ballet Theater, inscribed to the photographer's friend and some-time editor, Robert Gottlieb. Arnold was the first woman to join Magnum Photos, the photo agency.....
Price: $150
Three fine letters from Asimov to Forrest J. Ackerman (the avid promoter of science fiction fandom, literary agent for many early SF authors, and coiner of the term sci-fi) about Swedish translation rights to the Foundation stories. Apparently, Ackerman was looking to represent Asimov on European translations of his work.....
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First Edition. The first edition of the third book in the Abarat fantasy series; illustrated with more than 100 paintings by Barker. 569 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A bit of bumping to the corners, else near fine in a like dust jacket.
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First US edition. A signed first American edition of the Cambridge University professor's brief history of misogyny. 115 pages. First US edition. The British edition came out about six weeks ahead of the American (November 2 versus December 12). First printing, with a numberline ending in 1. Signed by Beard.....
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First Edition. A spectacular copy of one of the masterpieces of Latin American fiction, in its uncommon English translation. This edition includes an introduction by Jorge Luis Borges and illustrations by his sister, Norah Borges de Torre. Translated by Ruth L. C. Simms. 237 pages. First edition (first.....
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First Edition. A lovely signed first edition of this Dave Robicheaux novel. 292 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, signed by Burke on the title page.
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First Edition. The uncommon first edition of this enduring Southern novel about a woman who is awakened to the possibilities of life when she falls in love for the first time with a man who is not her husband. Chopin was born in St. Louis but spent many years in.....
Price: $10,000
First Edition. The scarce first edition of this core Chicana/o/x poetry collection from the 1970s. Reproduced from typescript, with an introduction by Mireya Robles. [24] pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers. With the publisher's information sheet laid in. Scarce.
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First Edition. A collection of papers presented at the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, inscribed by the lead organizer, Paul Ehrlich, to a member of the conference's scientific advisory board, Stephen Jay Gould. This book reprints Sagan's essay, "The Atmospheric and Climatic Consequences of Nuclear.....
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First Edition. The first and seemingly only issue of this weird fiction magazine published by Lewis Shiner, signed by Howard Waldrop and Joe R. Lansdale. The magazine includes the William Gibson story Hippie Hat Brain Paradise (published a year before Neuromancer), Apprenticeship by Howard Waldrop, and I Tell You It's.....
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First Edition. A collection of essays on the great American pastime, signed by all the contributors including Stephen Jay Gould and the novelist Mark Harris, who wrote Bang the Drum Slowly. This copy came from Gould's Harvard office library, and it may be a contributor's copy, specially signed by the.....
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![Item No: #364155 Catch-22 [Dedication Copy]. Joseph Heller](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/364155.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722213203)
A dedication copy of one of the iconic novels of the 1960s, and one of the rare books to add a new word into the English language. Simon & Schuster reissued Catch-22 in hardcover and in this signed, numbered edition to coincide with the publication of Closing Time, a sequel.....
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![Item No: #364154 Catch-22 [Signed, Numbered]. Joseph Heller](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/364154.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722213202)
A terrific association copy of this reissue of Catch-22, one of the great World War II novels and a defining book of the 1960s. This copy is inscribed to Nina Bourne, who was the advertising director at Simon and Schuster when Catch-22 was published. In the new introduction that Heller.....
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First Edition. A remarkable association copy of Heller's novel narrated by King David of the Old Testament, inscribed to Robert Gottlieb, the editor who discovered Catch-22. Gottlieb is best-known for editing Joseph Heller's Catch-22 when he was at Simon and Schuster; he spent most of his career at Knopf, perhaps.....
Price: $850
![Item No: #364156 Autograph Letter, Signed, to Her Editor [ALS]. Katharine Hepburn](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/364156.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722381359)
A short handwritten note by the great Academy Award-winning actor to Robert Gottlieb, her neighbor in Manhattan and the editor of her first book. The note, on Katharine Houghton Hepburn stationery, reads, "XII-18-1986 / Dear Robert / What a really lovely bowl of flowers celebrating a most exciting event in.....
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First Edition. A nice first edition of the memoirs of one of the most iconic of movie stars, inscribed to the owner of the publisher of The Making of the African Queen. Katharine Hepburn, winner of four Oscars for her film work and one of the great stars of Hollywood.....
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First Edition. A late-career best-of collection of poems by a Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet and translator, inscribed to his friend Robert Gottlieb, an acclaimed editor at Knopf and the New Yorker. Gottlieb and Howard were classmates at Columbia University. In his memoir, Avid Reader, Gottlieb writes about.....
Price: $350
First Edition. A late-career collection of essays by a Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet and translator, inscribed to his friend Robert Gottlieb, an acclaimed editor at Knopf and the New Yorker. Gottleb and Howard were classmates at Columbia University. In his memoir, Avid Reader, Gottlieb writes about his.....
Price: $250
First Edition. The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet's National Book Award–winning translation of Baudelaire, inscribed to his friend Robert Gottlieb, an acclaimed editor at Knopf and the New Yorker. Gottlieb and Howard were classmates at Columbia University. In his memoir, Avid Reader, Gottlieb writes about his friendship with Howard. "Real life was.....
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First edition. A fine press edition of an early draft of the opening sequence of Islas's last novel, published as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in 1988. The text of this version shows significant differences with the full novel. One of 125 copies;.....
Price: $125
![Item No: #364200 The Language of Fear [Signed, Limited]. Del James](https://downtownbrown.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/364200.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1722381358)
First Edition. An expanded (11 new stories) edition of this horror cult classic, signed by the author on the limitation page. Includes the original introduction by Axl Rose. 292 pages. One of 750 copies. First edition of this expanded version. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by.....
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First Edition. A signed first edition of this survey of Kenna's atmospheric landscape photographs. With an essay by Peter C. Bunnell and foreword by Ruth Bernhard in English and Japanese translation. 11-1/2 by 12 inches. First edition (stated on the colophon with the publication date, November 20, 1994). A fine.....
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