White
by Ellis, Bret Easton
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.95), some soiling toward the top edge. Black paper on the boards with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Ellis's first work of nonfiction that combines autobiography with his observation about the shifts in American culture.
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The Rules of Attraction
by Ellis, Bret Easton
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($17.95). Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, remaindered at the bottom edge, date on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The second book from the author of American Psycho, this one adapted into the Roger Avary film of the same title.
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No Doors, No Windows
by Ellison, Harlan
Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Ellison. Complete in the issued slipcase. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($65.00), crease diagonally through the front flap. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean otherwise. The first collection of Ellison's suspense and crime stories, originally published in 1975.
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The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
by Ellison, Harlan
New York: Avon, 1969. Book Club Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Signed by Ellison on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and soiled, a few scuffs. Brown boards, lightly rubbed, with brown ink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, red topstain, clean internally. Ellison's classic collection featuring the Hugo Award-winning title story and the Nebula Award-winning story "A Boy and His Dog.
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The Book of Ellison
by Ellison, Harlan; Porter, Andrew
New York: Algol Press, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine. Edited by Porter. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. Second Printing. Signed by Ellison and Porter on the title page. Near Fine. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of writings about Ellison, paired with a selection of his nonfiction works and a nonfiction checklist.
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All the Lies That Are My Life
by Ellison, Harlan
Novato: Underwood-Miller, 1989. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by Kent Bash. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. Afterwords by Norman Spinrad, Vonda N. McIntyre, Robert Sheckley, Philip Jose Farmer, Thomas M. Disch, and Edward Bryant. Limited to 300 copies signed by Ellison. Complete in the issued slipcase. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($50.00), rubbed at the surface. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A limited edition publication... Read More
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The Essential Ellison; A 35-Year Retrospective
by Ellison, Harlan
Omaha: Nemo Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited and Introduced by Terry Dowling with Richard Delap and Gil Lamont. Signed by Ellison on the limitation page. Complete in the issued slipcase. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($60.00). Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A massive collection of Ellison's writing, including "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.
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Affirmations
by Ellis, Havelock
London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Postcard signed by Ellis tipped-in on the Contents page. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, rubbed, some fraying at the head of the spine. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, portrait of Ellis pasted onto the second front endpaper, bookplate inside the front board. Ellis's work in which he discusses the Friedrich Nietzsche, Casanova, Emile Zola, Huysmans, St. Francis, and others.
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Sweet Desserts
by Ellmann, Lucy
New York: Viking Press, 1988. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($17.95), unevenly faded at the spine and panels. Quarter blue cloth with purple paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The Guardian Prize-winning debut novel from the author of Ducks, Newburyport.
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Because the Night
by Ellroy, James
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Ellroy. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second of Ellroy's Lloyd Hopkins crime novels.
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Blood's A Rover
by Ellroy, James
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed on the title page by James Ellroy and Don Crutchfield. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.95), bumped at the edges and corners. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards, bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, two stains at the top edge, clean otherwise. Ellroy's political noir set in the summer of 1968, where an amateur Don... Read More
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Essays and Addresses
by Elton, Oliver
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and toned, a large closed tear on the front panel. Blue buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of literary criticism about slavic writers like Karel Capek, Pushkin, Chekhov, among others.
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Nature Addresses and Lectures
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. Brown binding, lightly soiled, rubbed and with some fraying at the spine edges. Square and firmly bound, Square, bound with eight pages of ads in the front, binding mostly firm but with some loose signature near the middle of the text. A collection of ten of Emerson's essays and lectures, including "Nature," "The American Scholar," "The Transcendentalist," among others.
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Fortune of the Republic
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston: Osgood and Houghton, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. Early Printing. Very Good. Publisher's binding, rubbed at the edges and corners, some fading. Square, hinges a bit loose, ownership signature on the front endpaper, pencil marginalia throughout.
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English Traits
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near Fine. Brown binding, bumped at the corners and edges, some light mottling and stains. Square and firmly bound, 19th century ownership inscription inside the front board, some foxing throughout the textblock. Emerson's analysis of the English people culminating with his speech at Manchester.
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Nature Addresses and Lectures
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Very Good. Brown binding, pushed and rubbed at the corners, frayed and with some loss at the spine, a tear at the rear gutter. Square and firmly bound with eight pages of ads in the rear, old bookeller's catalog entry tipped onto one of the front endpapers along with a 19th century ownership signature, clean otherwise.
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Synanon
by Endore, Guy
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally rubbed and soiled, a scuff at the center of the spine edge. Black cloth, lightly rubbed, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's stamps inside the boards, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. The noted novelist's work looking inside Synanon and its people and practices with a friendly... Read More
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Fancyclopedia II
by Eney, Richard
[Alexandria]: Operation Crifanac, 1959. Paperback. Very Good. Unbound mimeographed leaves in an envelope with postage dated 1977. Very Good. Pages toned, bumped at the corners and with a few creases. A seemingly pirated reproduction of copy 28 out of the original 450 issued by Operation Crifanac in 1959. Eney's indispensable reference work for science fiction neofans, an introduction to science fiction fan culture. From the collection of Joan Bledig.
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The Stockholm Octavo
by Engelmann, Karen
New York: Ecco, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($26.99). Red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A work of historical fiction centered on a fortune-teller.
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The Private Labyrinth of Malcolm Lowry; Under the Volcano and the Cabbala
by Epstein, Perle
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), rubbed and bumped at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Epstein's literary criticism that draws connections between Under the Volcano and the Cabbala.
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Guide to Tarzan Collectibles; Atglen
by Erardi, Glenn
Atglen: Schiffer Publications, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Limited to 300 copies with a signed bookplate from Erardi. Presentation Copy. Inscribed by Erardi to ERB collector Joan Bledig. About Fine. Wraps faintly bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nicely produced reference work with high quality, full color illustrations.
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Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs
by Erardi, Glenn
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed on the title page by Erardi to ERB collector Joan Bledig. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nicely illustrated collector's guide with prices.
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The Night Watchman
by Erdrich, Louise
New York: Harper, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Letter from Erdrich tipped-in at the front. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.99), rubbed at the flap folds and edges Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Erdrich's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about resisting Indian termination policies of the 1950s while balancing tradition and modernity.
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The Night Watchman
by Erdrich, Louise
New York: Harper, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.99), rubbed at the flap folds. Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Erdrich's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about resisting Indian termination policies of the 1950s while balancing tradition and modernity.
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The Round House
by Erdrich, Louise
New York: Harper, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($27.99), lightly rubbed at the edge. Quarter black buckram with grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name and date on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Winner of the National Book Award.
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