Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Association copy signed by Richard Brautigan on the front free endpaper and inscribed to his girlfriend Sherry Vetter, whose photograph appears on the book jacket: "This Copy is for Sherry Vetter with [fish pictogram] from Richard Brautigan, November 26, 1971." Together with a 10 x 8 inch photograph, an outtake from the photoshoot that produced the cover image, and a typewritten letter from... Read More
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Trout Fishing In America
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Dell Publishing, 1969. Paperback. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the front free endpaper, dated November 22, 1969. [x], 112 pp. Bound in publisher's wraps. Second Delta printing. About Very Good, spine sunned, faint impression to front wrap, contents have a little waviness along the bottom edge. Brautigan's most famous work, an enjoyably shambolic experimental novella.
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The Octopus Frontier
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Carp Press, 1960. First edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page. Bound in publisher's staple-bound printed wraps. Near Fine with light wear to wraps, faint staining to rear cover, contents lightly tanned. A rare early chapbook by the author of Trout Fishing in America, rarely seen signed.
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Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page with the inscription, "This Copy is for Clyde [crossed out] Clive." 85 pp. Bound in publisher's photo-illustrated boards. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear and a hint of sunning to the spine. A rare signed copy of a poetry collection by the Trout Fishing in America author.
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Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. A great association copy signed by Richard Brautigan on the front free endpaper and inscribed to his girlfriend turned friend Valerie Estes, "This copy is for Valerie Estes. Richard Brautigan January 13, 1972." [ii], 174 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth stamped in silver. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light... Read More
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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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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 Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings
by Brautigan, Richard; Keith Abbott [Foreword]
Berkeley & Forest Knolls: Burton Weiss & Jams Musser, 1999. First Edition. Fine. First edition. xviii, 124, [1] pp. Publisher's marbled paper-covered boards with crimson cloth backstrip. One of 75 copies, signed by Keith Abbott on rear colophon. Fine and unread.
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Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, & In Watermelon Sugar
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. First Thus. First combined edition. Also the first hardcover edition of Trout Fishing in America, as well as the first trade hardcovers of the other two books. [xxii], 112 [2], [xviii], 108, [2]; [xiv], 138, [6] pp. Illustrated boards. Near Fine with rubbed bottom edge, name on front free endpaper, a little toning to contents, in an unclipped dust jacket with a few scratches to back panel, else Near Fine with some toning. ... Read More
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Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. Reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing of the first combined edition. A great association copy signed and inscribed with a fish doodle on the front free endpaper to the author's girlfriend turned friend, Valerie Estes, "This copy is for Valerie Estes Richard Brautigan with love from Richard Brautigan June 2,1970. Bound in publisher's matte photo illustrated boards. Near Fine with light wear at spine ends and corners, uneven toning to contents likely due... 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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A Confederate General from Big Sur
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1964. 159 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. First edition. (No statement of "First Printing" on copyright page, which in this instance signifies the first printing, oddly enough.) Near Fine in Very Good+ unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket, small worn spot along fore edge fold of front panel, light wear. Lightly rubbed spine lettering. Brautigan's first published novel.
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All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: The Communication Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine. Early trial copy used in the production the first edition. Mimeographed sheets bound in publisher's yellow wraps; the front cover has a photograph of Richard Brautigan but lacks the titles that would appear on the actual first edition. Near Fine with light shelf wear and light soiling. Brautigan's fifth book, and like many, was not for sale but copies were given out for free.
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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. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the first page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wraps. Near Fine or better, with light shelf wear. In this novel Brautigan does post-apocalyptic science fiction in his own unique way, which is to say it's much more Brautigan being Brautigan than it is standard genre fare.
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A Confederate General from Big Sur
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Grove Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by the author on the half title page, dated July 7, 1979, Pine Creek, Montana, where he resided at the time. Near fine in a very good or better dust jacket, lightly toned, lightly edge-worn with several short tears. The author's first published novel.
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The Galilee Hitch-Hiker
by Brautigan, Richard
San Francisco: Cranium Presss / Or, 1966. Second Edition. Softcover. Signed by Richard Brautigan on verso of front wrap, inscribed to writer Floyd Salas on his birthday (one day early, actually) in San Francisco, Jan. 23, 1971. Publisher's red printed wraps, hand-sewn string binding. Second Edition. Very Good, small stain to front wrap, a few more small stains to back wraps. Nice shape overall. A nice association between the singular Brautigan and a California novelist of Spanish and Native... Read More
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The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
by Brautigan, Richard
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the title page and inscribed to his friend and future biographer, William Hjortsberg, "This copy is for the Hjortsbergs: Gatz, Marian, Lorca / and Max with Love from Richard Brautigan / August 11, 1974 / Pine Creek, Montana." 216 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with minor soiling to textblock edges. In a... Read More
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Trout Fishing in America
by Brautigan, Richard; Ron Loewinsohn [Preface]; Wayne Thiebaud [Illustrator]
San Francisco, CA: Arion Press, 2003. Limited Edition. Fine. The Arion Press edition. One of a limited 400 copies, this being one of 200 with the Wayne Thiebaud lithograph, signed by him on the opposite page. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over grey boards decorated and lettered in black. With a duotone photographic portrait of the author by Edmund Shea. Fine. A lovely Arion Press edition of Brautigan's classic work of prose fiction.
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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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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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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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An Affair with Freedom: A Collection of His Opinions and Speeches Drawn from His First Decade as a United States Supreme Court Justice
by Brennan, William J, Jr.; Stephen J. Friedman [Editor]
New York: Atheneum, 1967. First edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Justice Brennan on the half-title and inscribed: "To J. Owen Grundy, City Historian of Jersey City, with cordial personal regards. 1/13/76." TLS from Brennan to Grundy tipped to back free endpaper. xv, [1], 384, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, red topstain, red endpapers. Near Fine with light wear to extremities and soiling. In a Near Fine unclipped... Read More
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Manifeste du Surrealisme: Poisson Soluble (Manifesto of Surrealism)
by Breton, Andre
Paris: Editions du Sagittaire, 1924. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, press copy with "S.P." for Service de Presse on the front cover. Signed by Andre Breton and inscribed to the journalist and literary critic Francois le Grix. An interesting association as Le Grix was renowned for discovering authors like George Bernanos and Francoise Sagan; he was also a fascist and was openly gay. 190, [2] pp., several pages unopened. Bound in publisher's orange wraps printed in black.... Read More
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![Black Opals: Volume I, Number 3, June 1928 [and] Volume II, Number 4, Christmas 1928. [Gertrude Parthenia McBrown and Lois Mailou Jones' Copies, respectively]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/157/1717157317.0.l.jpg)
Black Opals: Volume I, Number 3, June 1928 [and] Volume II, Number 4, Christmas 1928. [Gertrude Parthenia McBrown and Lois Mailou Jones' Copies, respectively]
by Bright, Nellie R.; Arthur Huff Fauset et al. [Editors]; Lois Mailou Jones [Illustrations]; Gertrude Parthenia McBrown; Walter Waring; Bessie Calhoun Bird et al. [Contributors]
Philadelphia: Black Opals, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, limited issues. Number 235 of 250 copies and Number 153 of 200 copies printed. 20; 20 pp. Bound in publisher's respective yellow and orange printed wraps, with black and white illustrations. Ownership inscription of Black Opal contributor, stage director, playwright and actress Gertrude Parthenia McBrown (1898-1989) to Number III; "Return to Lois M. Jones" inscribed to front cover of Christmas issue with an additional gift inscription to Volume... Read More
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