JAMES BALDWIN: The George Bixby Collection
Limited edition catalogue dedicated to the career of the great James Baldwin — from the collection of bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher George Bixby.
Limited edition catalogue dedicated to the career of the great James Baldwin — from the collection of bookseller, bibliographer, and publisher George Bixby.
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of this reference book surveying of the life and works of Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka.
Advance uncorrected proofs for the first edition of this study of Mailer and Baldwin, whose oppositional relationship eventually led to a legendary fight at an NYC literary party, featuring extensive accounts and interview with each.
Signed special first printing of this surreal tale of a very unusual census undertaken by a dying man and his disabled son – issued with slipcase as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series.
First edition of Ballinger's investigation of Nan Madol, a Micronesian "monolithic stone corpse of a city" identified as a remnant of the lost continent Mu by James Churchward and his followers.
Inscribed first edition of Ballinger's second murder mystery set in the fast-paced, high-stakes, violence-ridden world of American antiquarian book and manuscript collecting.
Inscribed first edition of Ballinger's first mystery novel, set in the chilling cutthroat world of rare book dealers and their mortal enemies, other rare book dealers.
Uncorrected proof copy of this story of a British Gonzo journalist's quest to clear his name after becoming a suspect in a series of grisly murders of public figures.
First US edition of Banks's family saga concerning "true love, false love, skullduggery, death, birth, sex, cars, and Scotland" (Walton), originally published in 1992 and issued here with a signed card as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
Inscribed first edition of this collection of stories by the O. Henry and Best American Short Story Awards winner.
Signed first edition of Banville's novel, the conclusion of a trilogy whose first two books were ECLIPSE and SHROUD.
Original draft, entirely written out by hand, of the sequel to the international sensation THE ROSARY.
First printing of these collected comic "diaries" purportedly by fictional and nonfictional luminaries, including Hamlet, George Washington, Harriet Shelley, Oedipus Rex, and Sherlock Holmes.
Signed first UK edition of this tale of warring werewolf gangs in Los Angeles – a lycanthropic "heroic epic" (NPR).
First edition of this important landmark of lesbian literature.
Inscribed first printing of this high-tech (for the 90s) mystery, in which the hardboiled, cab-driving PI Carlotta Carlyle takes her business online with unexpectedly deadly consequences – signed in the year of publication.
Inscribed first printing of the fifth Carlotta Carlyle mystery, in which the hardboiled, redheaded Boston PI must take on a hospital full of conspiracy and corruption to find answers for a grieving mother.
Signed first edition of Barnes's SF noir novel, the first in a trilogy starring Black martial artist Aubry Knight.
First edition of the first poetry collection by the future poet laureate of Missouri, published when the author was 12 and hailed by Anne Sexton as a child prodigy and the next Rimbaud.
Signed first edition of Barr's sixth mystery novel featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns.
Signed first edition of the fifteenth book in Barr's Anna Pigeon mystery series, set in West Texas's Big Bend National Park and drawing on the author's experience as a park ranger.
Signed first edition of this mystery in Barr's Anna Pigeon series, set in Mississippi, where the author lived and worked as a park ranger throughout the 1990s.
Signed first edition of Barr's fifth mystery featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set on Georgia's Cumberland Island National Seashore.
Signed first edition of Barr's eleventh Anna Pigeon, set in the Dry Tortugas National Park and drawing on the author's own experience as a park ranger.
Signed first edition of Barr's tenth mystery featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set on and around Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway.