First Edition. In all probability these 14 typescripts are the earliest surviving writing from Rod McKuen (1933–2015) the enigmatic singer-songwriter. Today, he is increasing seen as a queer pioneer* and these scripts will strengthen that view. McKuen joined the Bay Area Mattachine Society at age 19, about the time he.....

Two versions of the teleplay for a half-hour BBC documentary about P.D. James's use of place in her fiction, both with manuscript changes and both differing from the program that eventually aired. These scripts, written and edited by James, are significantly longer than the final program and offer insight into.....

First Edition. With an annotated checklist of 250 books, pamphlets, and broadsides acquired from 2003 to 2009, or, white men explain American history. With 80 full-page color illustrations. One of 1000 letterpress copies. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no jacket, as issued.

Eleanor, a teacher, writes to Harry, a friend or possibly a relative. She writes about planned trips to San Francisco for shopping and about her parents. Then she starts complaining about Eureka: "Eureka is on the fritz. The lumber industry is nil & Humboldt is dead—Eureka looks deserted & forlorn.....

This novel, set in Texas, focuses "on the churning psyche of a middle-aged man in crisis [and] turns into a sharp and garish parody of a sentimentalized small-town past over which it is easy, but dangerous, to pine."--Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. The book came out shortly after Through Darkest America.....

Two leaves, original ribbon-copy typescript. This poem appeared in Searching for the Ox (1976). Old paperclip stain; folded for mailing, else fine. With a carbon-copy typed letter to Bill (William Cole, an editor and anthologist) signed "Louis." Simpson writes, "The two or three people who have seen this poem tell.....

A nice group of items sent by Bradbury to his friend Sam Rosen. In 1963, Rosen and Bradbury collaborated on a stage adaptation of Dandelion Wine. The pieces are houses in a custom black cloth box. Included here are: 1) A typed postcard signed Ray and dated June 13, 1963.....

57 leaves, laser-printed. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. A novella set in an alternate world where humans are enslaved by rhino-riding creatures. The story first appeared in the Redshift anthology edited by Al Sarrantonio and then in the 19th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction (edited by Gardner Dozois, 2002). Whether this.....

Geis was a prolific writer of soft-core pornographic novels, which for many years was his main source of income. As a hobby, he published several fanzines, the best-known of which was Science Fiction Review (SFR). According to the Fancyclopedia 3, Geis's various fanzines were among the most influential in science.....