THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD: A Transformation
1975
Short work from the Black Mountain writer, inscribed to not DC poet and Irish musician Terence Winch.
modern firsts
KRAZY KAT & 76 MORE: Collected Stories 1950-1976
1982
Collection of short stories by the noted Black Mountain College alumnus.
THE MAN WHO CHANGED OVERNIGHT: And Other Stories and Dreams, 1970-1974
1976
Collection of stories and essays from the Black Mountain writer, warmly inscribed to noted DC poet Terence Winch.
OPEN ROAD
(1970)
One of Dawson's earliest Black Sparrow titles, a work which he began writing in 1957.
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PENNY LANE, TWO PENNY LANE, [and] THREE PENNY LANE [Three Vols.]
1977-1981
Dawson's trilogy of novels, in handsome Black Sparrow editions.
THE SUN RISES INTO THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES 1952-1966
1974
First paperback edition simultaneous with hardcover. A beautifully produced Black Sparrow edition of stories by Dawson.
The March: A Novel
2005
First edition/printing of this PEN/Faulkner Award and National Book Critics Circle Award winning novel of the Civil War.
THE MAKING OF ASHENDEN
1972
"This is the story of Brewster Ashenden, gentleman, who was at one time the world's most eligible bachelor." Covent Garden Stories Number Three, edited by Ronald Hayden.
UNCOLLECTED STORIES OF WILLIAM FAULKNER
1979
True first edition of this posthumous Faulkner collection.
EATING ANIMALS
2009
Foer's case for moral treatment of animals in general and against factory farming in particular.
LORD OF MISRULE
2010
True first edition / printing (with full number line and proper endpapers) of this surprise National Book Award winner.
SECOND SKIN
1964
Handsome copy of this first edition, and a remarkable association between two important figures of postmodern American fiction.
GOOD AS GOLD
(1979)
A lovely production in blue coth with thrity-six whitestamped five pointed stars and one Star of David to front and rear boards.
BLACK LIGHT
1967
The poet's only novel, set in Iran. 132pp.
JUNKIE: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict
(1953)
Burroughs' first book, inscribed to a close friend and important supporter.
THE FUNNIES
(1999)
301pp.
FLEE THE ANGRY STRANGERS
(1952)
First edition (stated) of this "Novel of Drug Addicts and Their World."
IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE: The Collected Essays
1991
Mathews on Jane Austen, Georges Perec, Lewis Carroll, Richard Wagner, and many other subjects. With two pages of photographs, printed on perforated paper.
THE WAY HOME: Collected Longer Prose
1989
Collection of six pieces, including Mathews' most famous short story, Country Cooking; The Orchard, his recollections of Georges Perec; and his brief Autobiography. With the author's prefatory notes on each piece.
KILLER'S PAYOFF
1958
First printing of this early 87th Precinct novel, a paperback original.
FIGHT CLUB
(1996)
Scarce publisher's advance review copy of Palahniuk's iconic first novel. 210pp.
PASS THE ASPIRIN
1945
Short stories and sketches set in "the imaginary swank Hotel Superba," located in "Big Town-on-the-Hudson" and host to "cranks, crooks, cosmopolites, house dicks and hicks, jackrollers, chiselers, cheaters, skippers, phonies, fakers, fourflushers."
BLACK MARKET
(1986)
Exceptionally clean copy of the first edition, first printing of Patterson's third novel of terrorism on Wall Street, set in the 1980's. 363pp.
LITTLE CHILDREN
(2004)
A lovely first printing of Perrotta's fourth novel adapted into a 2006 Todd Field directed, Academy Award nominated film of the same name. 355pp.
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING
(1978)
First edition, first printing with a prominent author signature. 268pp.
