Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first hardcover trade issue. Advance review copy with publisher's slip and prospectus/newsletter laid in. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles stamped in yellow on upper board and spine. Notation inked to front free endpaper and pages toned, Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight fading to the red ink on the spine and a small nick at the crown.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, Inc, 1953. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first hardcover trade issue. Signed by Ray Bradbury on the front free endpaper in black marker. [vi], 199, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth-affect boards stamped in yellow. Very Good with soiling and wear, short closed tear to crown. In a Very Good supplied dust jacket with edge wear, fading to spine and faint droplet stains. The classic dystopian, anti-censorship novel; scarce signed. ... Read More
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The October Country
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ray Bradbury and inscribed to notable collector Tom Garner. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine stamped in black (Currey's binding B, no priority), in Currey's probable first state with publishers BB monogram printed upside down. Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell case. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, small stain to bottom edge of text block.... Read More
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Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Asbestos Binding. Fine/Fine. First edition in perhaps the nicest example of this dust jacket extant in the world today; a rarity that practically glows. Number 25 of 200 copies with limited issue asbestos binding, hand numbered and signed by Ray Bradbury on the colophon. Approximately 50 copies of which were sold in trade dust jackets though not called for, and this is one of those copies. [viii], 199, (3) pp. Johns-Manville... Read More
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Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Author's Presentation Binding. Near Fine. First edition, one of 50 copies bound in full red cloth stamped in gilt specially for Ray Bradbury's personal use (Currey's B binding). Signed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper and inscribed "To John one of 50 specially bound copies of F451 for Presentation! [signed] Ray Bradbury 3/29/98." Near Fine, lacking the dust jacket. Subtle abrasion to inscribed page. A very bright and clean copy.... Read More
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Fahrenheit 451
by Bradbury, Ray
New York: Ballantine Books, 1953. First Edition. Asbestos Binding. Fine. First edition, #106 of 200 copies with limited issue asbestos binding, hand-numbered and signed by author on colophon. [viii], 199, (3) pp. Johns-Manville Quinterra asbestos binding, lettered in red. Fine, with light wear to crown heaviest to the rear, light bumping to bottom corners, trivial soiling. Two tiny spots to the textblock edge. Issued without a dust jacket. The classic dystopian, anti-censorship novel, plus two short stories "The... Read More
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Christus Apollo
by Bradbury, Ray; D'Ambrosio, Joseph [Artist]
Newport Beach: The Gold Stein Press, 1998. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 17pp. Copy #30 of a limited 50 copies, designed and produced by Joseph D'Ambrosio, signed by Ray Bradbury on the last page, and by D'Ambrosio on the limitation statement. Letterpress printed text mounted in thick pages, adorned with hand-made collage decorations, bound in glittered blue cloth with pyrite inlays, housed in publisher's blue cloth clamshell case with title paper label on spine. Fine. A wonderfully... Read More
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The Illustrated Man
by Bradbury, Ray
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1951. First Edition. About Fine/About Fine. First edition, first printing with publisher's original packing slip laid in. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth with spine lettered in blackish-brown. Faint stain to base of spine and extending onto boards and offsetting to front endsheet from formerly laid in ephemera, else fine, in a sharp and bright example of the dust jacket, unclipped, with trivial spine wear and color touch-ups to spine ends.... Read More
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En Garde! Fractional Number XVII I/II [17.5]. Special Pacificon Combozine Issue
by [Bradbury, Ray]; Ashley, Al
Los Angeles: Published by the Author, 1946. Fractional Number XVII I/II [17.5]. Special Pacificon Combozine Issue. Featuring a contribution by Ray Bradbury. Good+ with toning and light general wear, heavy diagonal creases to fore edge throughout.
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Harriet the Moses of Her People
by Bradford, Sarah H.; [Harriet Tubman]
New York: Published for the Author by Geo. R. Lockwood & Son, 1886. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of Sarah H.Bradford's revised biography of Harriet Tubman, originally published as Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. Bound in publisher's brown cloth blocked in blind and stamped in gilt. Very Good with light wear and light staining to cloth. Bradford's biography of Tubman was first published in Auburn in 1869. It was substantially rewritten at the request of... Read More
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The Mists of Avalon
by Bradley, Marion Zimmer
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Marion Zimmer Bradley on the title page and inscribed to a previous owner. xii, 876, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in copper. Near Fine with light wear and edge toning to covers and light soiling to textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear and a hint of... Read More
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The New Science of Health: The Prolongation of Life Peace of Mind by Tapping the Secret of the Cosmos; The Philosophy of Super-Health; My System of Super Brain Breathing
by Bragg, Paul C.
[Los Angeles]: Holloway School of Philosophy and Religion, 1955. First Edition. Near Fine. First editions of the pioneering wellness guru's self-help guides. 28, 24, 16 pp. Bound in publisher's stapled multi-color wraps printed on rectos only. Near Fine with former owner's name is written on the top edge of two of the publications, light soiling and stray pen mark to front cover of Super Brain Breathing. Paul C. Bragg (1895-1976) was an early advocate for health and wellness,... Read More
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The Gotham Book Mart and the Kulchur Foundation cordially invite you to a publication day party in honor of Joe Brainard..
by [Brainard, Joe]; None
New York: Gotham Book Mart Gallery, 1971. Fine. [1971]. Single 4" x 5 white sheet, printed in black on front only. Flyer announcing a publication party for Joe Brainard's Selected Writings at the Gotham Book Mart Gallery, coinciding with an exhibit of Brainard's art on display there as well. Fine, with very, very faint corner wear.
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The Banana Book
by Brainard, Joe
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Signed by Joe Brainard on the title page and inscribed "For Jack [Brusca] with love and luck[,] Joe." [19] pp. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning, slight rubbing and soiling to covers; abrasion to front cover and creasing to rear.The New York School giant's collection of banana themed musings, inscribed warmly to a fellow gay artist, Jack Brusca. Brusca, a... Read More
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C Comics No. 2
by Brainard, Joe; Ted Berrigan; John Ashbery; Frank O'Hara
New York: Boke Press, 1965. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. 4to. Stapled wraps. The second of two installments in this series featuring poems by New York School of Poets, including the liked of Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and Ron Padgett, illustrated by Joe Brainard. Very Good. Toning to wraps, light wear.
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The Friendly Way
by Brainard, Joe
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Signed by Joe Brainard on the title page and inscribed to fellow artist Jack Brusca, "For Jack with future love too, Joe." Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Near Fine with faint rubbing to wraps and light spot of soiling to upper corner of front cover. The New York School poet and artist's collection of invented overheard snippets of dialogue. Brusca, a student of The School of... Read More
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Self Portrait
by Brainard, Joe; Waldman, Anne
New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets, printed on rectos only. Near Fine with light toning, foxing and wear, rusting to staples. A lovely copy.
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The Eyes of Max Carrados
by Bramah, Ernest
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. xxix, [1], 33-354 pp. Publisher's orangish yellow cloth lettered in red. Near Fine with slightly dust-soiled edges, very subtle toning to spine cloth, small blue stamp "Gift" on left margin of Table of Contents. In a lovely Near Fine double-sided unclipped dust jacket with a light wear along edges, rubbing. Quite rare in such a beautiful jacket. The second book to feature... Read More
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In Watermelon Sugar
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1968. First Edition, Signed Limited Issue. Very Good+. First edition, signed limited issue. Number 43 of a limited 250 copies, signed by Richard Brautigan. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with light toning to covers, bumping to corners. Light foxing and toning to contents. Brautigan's dream-like post-apocalyptic experimental sci-fi novel surrounding a commune called iDEATH. A dark nod to America's 60's counterculture bohemians... Read More
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A Confederate General from Big Sur
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Grove Press Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. (No statement of "First Printing" on copyright page, which in this odd instance is the first printing.) 159 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Light foxing to edges. Jacket price-clipped, faint staining along spine panel, light wear at head and tail. Brautigan's first published novel.
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The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1968. First edition. First edition. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the half-title, dated June 1969. [xii], 108 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Very Good+ with light wear, a bit of foxing. Poems by the author of Trout Fishing in America.
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The Galilee Hitch-Hiker
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: The White Rabbit Press, 1958. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Hand-sewn red wrappers in a printed parchment cover. Near Fine with trivial stain to front cover near spine and top page corners lightly bent. Richard Brautigan's second book of poetry, published by The White Rabbit Press in an edition of 200 copies and scarcely found signed.
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In Watermelon Sugar
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine. First trade edition, first printing. Presentation copy signed on the title page by Richard Brautigan and inscribed to William Hjortsberg, Brautigan's friend and posthumous biographer. [vi], 138 pp. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Near Fine with light soiling and shelf wear, crease to spine. Together with a 4 pp. trout-themed postcard to Brautigan from Christian Odasso, Jim Harrison, Dink Bruce, and Guy de la Valdène, his collaborators... Read More
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Trout Fishing in America
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing, issued as "Writing 14" and preceding later editions published by Delta. [x], 112 pp. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Very Good with creased and flaking spine, light wear and toning to wraps, light soiling to textblock edges, and multiple cracks to binding. Light soiling and soft creasing to several page corners. The breakout novel that introduced most readers to Richard Brautigan's unique style: poetic,... Read More
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Please Plant This Book
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First Edition. First edition. Stiff cream wraps containing eight unopened seed packets with a short Brautigan poem on each side, planting instructions on the other. Very Good+ or better with slight toning and shelf wear to wraps, offsetting to fore edge from glued flaps (some copies of this book had glued flaps, others didn't; no known priority), some light staining to seed packets from contents. Nice shape overall. All packets present, unopened, containing their... Read More
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