Titles starting with L from Joseph The Provider / Books

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, [1984].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine publisher's slipcase, as issued. 8vo. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author. ... more information

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, [1984].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

New York:: Putnams,, [2006].. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. This copy is inscribed by Mosse to the owner of Book Soup in Hollywood and dated "1 February 2006. ... more information

Paris:: Edward W. Titus,, 1928.. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Fine in a fine example of the original ribbon-tied outer jacket. 8vo. A wicked send-up of lesbian life in expatriate Parisian circles. One of 1000 numbered copies. ... more information

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1978.. First edition of the author's third book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket (one tiny, closed tear). 8vo. ... more information

Laguna Beach:: Crepuscular Press,, 1976.. First edition. Printed wrappers. Fine. Square 8vo. Illustrated with drawings. One of 125 press-numbered copies signed by Wakoski (the entire edition) this being copy #2. ... more information

New York:: Grove Press,, [1981].. First edition, hardbound issue. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Published simultaneously in hardbound and softbound editions with the hardbound being the scarcer. ... more information

Cambridge:: Pomegranate Press,, 1979.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in acetate dust jacket as issued. 4to. Illustrated with color woodcuts by Karyl Klopp. One of 50 numbered, deluxe copies signed by author and artist, and with an extra suite of illustrations laid into a pocket on the back endpaper. Printed on Rives Heavyweight and bound with handprinted paper over boards. A splendid book, the aesthetic acme of Klopp's lamentably short career as a book designer. ... more information

Northville:: Sun Dog Press,, [1997].. First edition. Broadside. Fine. Folio. Illustrated with a photo-collage of images of Charles Bukowski. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Purdy (of a total edition of 126). ... more information

New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, [1985].. First edition of the poet's second collection of verse. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

Edinburgh:: Canongate Publishing,, 1981.. First edition of the author's first book. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Small 4to. Illustrated. A fantasy novel widely acknowledged as one of the 100 best books written in the Twentieth Century. This copy bears Gray's contemporary inscription: "The author of the ensuing testifies that Michael Curtis gives this to his son Richard Curtis. 28 Oct. 1981. Alasdair. ... more information

Ipswich:: Pendragon Press,, 1968.. First edition. Hardcover. Fine (issued without printed dust jacket). 8vo. One of 1000 numbered copies for sale in the U.S. (of a total edition of 2000). Though most dealers list this title as signed by Pinter, we are of the opinion that the signature is a facsimile. ... more information

Toledo:: Aureole Press,, [2008].. First edition, hardbound issue. Hardcover. Fine (issued without dust jacket). 4to. One of 25 numbered, hardbound copies signed by Levine. The remaining 175 copies in the edition were bound in wrappers. ... more information

New York:: Viking,, [1997].. First edition, preceding the Canadian edition, which was printed and bound in the U.S.. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed by Shields on the title page. ... more information

London:: Fourth Estate,, [1997].. First (British) edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed by Shields on the title page. ... more information

Toronto:: Random House of Canada,, [1997].. First Canadian edition (the American edition apparently precedes in this case). Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. ... more information

Madrid - Palma de Mallorca:: Papeles de son Armadans,, 1962.. First edition thus. Printed wrappers. Fine. 12mo. A Spanish translation of a portion of The Cannibal. One of 500 numbered copies (the entire edition). Although not called for, this copy is signed by Hawkes. ... more information

Woodstock:: Overlook Press,, [1984].. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. Illustrated with photographs. This copy is inscribed by Freeman on the title page to actor / director Paul Bartel: "For Paul Bartel, to look back at one who came earlier. David Freeman. Los Angeles, October 1988." Bartel created such cult classics as "Eating Raoul," "Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills," "Death Race 2000," and "Lust In The Dust." Th... more information

New York:: Norton,, [1996].. First edition of the Mississippi author's first book, a short story collection. Hardcover. A fine, tight copy in a fine, fresh dust jacket. Small 8vo. ... more information

Sag Harbor:: Permanent Press,, [1998].. First edition, first state, of this mystery novel which is set in an Italian neighborhood of San Francisco. Hardcover. Slight crease to front free endpaper (common in this book for some reason), else fine in a fine dust jacket. 8vo. The first state is bound in goldish bronze cloth and has slate-blue endpapers. ... more information