Killer in the Rain
Chandler, Raymond; Philip Durham [Introduction] First edition. xii, 332 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with spine lean, foxing to top and fore edges, slight waviness to pages, in a Very Good+ dust jacket, toned with age and lightly worn, unclipped (21s net). A posthumously-published collection of stories for Chandler's compatriots in the UK, many originally published in Black Mask.- $200
- $200
Barbers and Lovers” in Ingluvin: The Magazine of Canadian Writing, Number 2, Spring 1971
Cohen, Leonard; Seymour Mayne [Editor]; Kenneth Hertz [Editor]; Irving Layton Signed by singer-songwriter, poet, and author Leonard Cohen in the bottom margin of the title page, dated 2002. He contributes the story "Barbers and Lovers" to this Canadian literary magazine. It would only be published in book form in 2022 in the posthumous book A Ballet of Lepers, retitled "The Shaving Ritual." 88 pp. Bound in publishers wraps. Very Good, toning along spine, light wear and a little toning. Uncommon, especially signed.- $750
- $750
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Eliot, T. S. First edition, first printing of T. S. Eliot's whimsical collection of poems about feline psychology and sociology. Bound in publisher's original pale yellow cloth printed in red. Near Fine with light soiling to cloth, trivial wear at extremities; previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Contents slightly toned with light foxing at edges. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear, light staining, several small chips, toning to edges, old price on rear cover and foxing to blindside. A lovely copy. Eliot wrote these poems in the 1930s and included them, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his godchildren.- $1,000
- $1,000
From Julia Child’s Kitchen
Child, Julia; Paul Child [Photographer & Illustrator] First edition, first printing, limited issue. Number 807 of 1,500 specially bound copies signed by Julia Child and Paul Child. Bound in publisher's pictorial boards. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear and minor scuffing to spine. In Near Fine publisher's slipcase, which is lightly worn and toned. A lovely copy, uncommon in such nice condition.- $2,200
- $2,200
On the Road
Kerouac, Jack First edition, first printing. Review copy with publisher's slip laid-in. [iv], 310 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth stamped in white with red topstain. Near Fine with very faint cup ring to rear board, tanning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket ($3.95) with light rubbing, minor spine sunning. A lovely copy of this Beat cornerstone.- $12,500
- $12,500
A Confederacy of Dunces
Toole, John Kennedy; Walker Percy [Forward] First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's tan cloth lettered in black on the spine. Near Fine with slight musty odor to pages, otherwise fine. In a Fine unclipped dust jacket. An exceptional copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel published posthumously eleven years after John Kennedy Toole's death.- $6,500
- $6,500
Lectures on Conditioned Reflexes: Twenty-Five Years of Objective Study of the Higher Nervous Activity (Behaviour) of Animals
Pavlov, Ivan; W. Horsley Gantt (Translator) First edition in English. Signed by Ivan P. Palov on the half-title page. (2) 414 (2) pp, illus. Bound in black ribbed cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with minor rubbing to cloth, slight bruising to spine ends. Small split to inner hinge. Contents have modest toning, rear hinge exposed and binding at rear tender. Laid-in is an envelope addressed to Pavlov at Institute for Experimental Research, Moscow, USSR dated 1935. Several other related pamphlets and ephemera are laid-in. Very Good dust jacket unclipped ($6.50) with toned and sunned spine, chipping to ends, small split to foot, rear flap at joint, and light soiling. Archival repair to recto mending a large split at front spine joint. The Russian behavioral psychologist's famous work on mental conditioning. Uncommon signed.- $12,500
- $12,500
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
Nietzsche, Friedrich; Helen Zimmern [Translator] First British edition. [ii], xv, [1], 268, [3, ads] pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with lightly rubbed cloth, bumped corners, and minor soiling. Rear board mottled at bottom right corner. Offsetting on front and rear endpapers, contents have minor toning, mustiness. Ads uncut.The famous German philosopher leaves traditional morality behind in this follow-up to Thus Spake Zarathustra.- $750
- $750
Love is a Dog from Hell
Bukowski, Charles First edition, hardcover signed and illustrated deluxe issue. Number 50 of a limited 75 copies signed by Charles Bukowski and with an original painting by him bound in. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over red flecked patterned corduroy cloth backstrip, hand bound by Earle Gray. Near Fine with binding slightly askew, slightly bumped corners. Small stain to front pastedown at bottom right corner. In publisher's original acetate jacket, which is rubbed and a little clouded, crimping to corners and spine ends. A lovely copy of this scarce title, with Bukowski's original art work.- $5,000
- $5,000
Black and White: An Anthology of Washington Verse
Johnson, Georgia Douglas; Angelina Grimke; Walter Everette Hawkins; J.C. Byars [Editor]; Courtland Darke Baker; First edition. 96pp. Bound in publisher's half black cloth with pictorial paper boards. Very Good+ with light rubbing to spine ends, soiled and toned edges at covers; corners scuffed and lightly bumped. Female ownership on front free endpaper; typed letter laid-in at front gutter. A scarce collection of 75 poems by 17 white and African American writers. Includes six poems by Angelina Grimke, author of the antiracist play Rachel and five by Harlem Renaissance poet Georgia Douglas Johnson. Walter Everette Hawkins, a reclusive, freethinking Black author whose style prefigured the Harlem Renaissance, makes an appearance as well.- $600
- $600