Eureka, CA: (n.d. but ca. 1925?). 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.....
Price: $50
1972-1986. Ephemera. Two typed letters signed from Bradbury to a newspaper writer, one in 1972 in response to an article the recipeint had written about Bradbury and a second dated 1986 after they had met again. Both letters are chatty and talk about writing. In the 1972 letter, Bradbury says, "I.....
Price: $300
San Antonio: (the author), 1997. 20 by 28 inches, plus ties. This is an original artist's book / manuscript by Cisneros, handwritten in ink on a plain cloth apron. The text is the first half of the final chapter of her novel Caramelo (published five years later, in 2002, with.....
Price: $3,000
Two pages (single sheet). 8 by 10 inches, on ruled paper. A nice California business letter. This letter details a number of speculative business ventures in Southern California, and the writer and the recipient appear to be partners in a number of investments. There is a lengthy discussion of the purchase.....
Price: $75
![Hereafter Gang [Typescript; Rejection Letters; First Edition; and Proof]. Neal Jr Barrett](/pictures/thumb/9181.jpg?v=1597798918)
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing Books, 1991. 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.....
Price: $750
![Interstate Dreams [Dedication Copy and Typescript]. Neal Jr Barrett](/pictures/thumb/9180.jpg?v=1597798916)
Trade paperback. Barrett's Interstate Dreams is a comic novel set in Austin, Texas, published in 1999 by Mojo Press. "Interstate Dreams (1999) – set like most of his best work in his native Texas – is a gritty, eyes-open fantasy about the condition of America at the end of its.....
Price: $1,250
![O.K. for Keats [typescript poem]. Louis Simpson](/pictures/thumb/5234.jpg?v=1598076721)
1975. Ephemera. 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.....
Price: $75
1858. Ephemera. Short autograph letter signed (five lines) on a 4-1/2 by 6-3/4 sheet. Apparently in response to a letter, "Dear sir, None at all. It is a mere bit of nonsense and I am ashamed to have a question asked about it." Holmes was a writer and one of the.....
Price: $100
1940. Ephemera. Three typed letters, signed, on Caldwell's full-sheet letterhead, addressed to "Cap" (Charles A. Pearce of Caldwell's publishers, Duell, Sloane and Pearce). The letters are five to seven lines and each is signed "Skinny", Caldwell's childhood nickname. The letters serve no business purpose, they are chatty, joke-y notes dashed.....
Price: $400
![Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me [Trade Edition]. Ray Bradbury](/pictures/thumb/999.jpg?v=1597798951)
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. [44] pages. A collection of poems illustrated with photographs of cats. Two-page introduction by Helen Bevington. First edition (first trade printing; there were also signed, limited copies). This copy is tanned at the spine and has some cracking to the paper-covered.....
Price: $350
Los Angeles: 1963-1993. Ephemera. 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.....
Price: $500
![Sallie C. [Original Typescript]. Neal Jr Barrett](/pictures/thumb/676.jpg?v=1598068509)
[ca. 1985]. Ephemera. 35 leaves; ribbon-copy typescript, with extensive corrections with Wite-Out and retyping. This story is an alternate history in which the Wright Brothers, a young Erwin Rommel and Sheriff Pat Garrett meet in a shabby hotel in the West. The story was first published in The Best of.....
Price: $500
![Rhido Wars [Typescript]. Neal Jr Barrett](/pictures/thumb/675.jpg?v=1598068508)
(ca. 2001). Ephemera. 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.....
Price: $100
![Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus [Original Typescript]. Neal Jr Barrett](/pictures/thumb/672.jpg?v=1598068506)
(ca. 1988). Ephemera. 29 leaves; 8-1/2 by 11 inches. An original riboon-copy typescript, with many corrections with Wite-Out and overtyping. The story was a finalist in the novelette category of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Near fine, housed in a custom folding archival paper sleeve. Inscribed and signed twice.....
Price: $750
1969-1973. Ephemera. 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.....
Price: $850
![Vigilia [Inscribed with Autograph Letter]. Enrique Anderson Imbert](/pictures/thumb/441.jpg?v=1598298947)
Buenos Aires: (the author), 1934. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 147 pages. First book by this Argentinean novelist. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to Spanish scholar Ramon Martinez Lopez, with an autograph letter signed by Imbert to Martinez enclosing the book.....
Price: $100
