Waugh Books

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Narrow, Sm 4to. Quarter cream cloth and marbled, paper covered boards, with black spine lettering. One page excerpt from Young's diary, followed by thirty-nine, single sided, full page b/w plates. Ghost of a book plate removal on inside front cover. No names, or marks to text. In illustrated dust-jacket (with "$3.00" price intact). Scarce in dust-jacket.

Denver: Verb Publications, 1965. First printing. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Side stapled wrappers. 48 pages. No names, or marks to text. In illustrated dust-jacket, matching the front panel of the hard cover dust-jacket, with narrow flaps attached to the card wrappers. A sheet of paper (5" X 7"), with a b/w photographic image of John Williams and a short paragraph describing the book and Williams literary career, was pasted to the inside front cover and dust-jacket front flap, but is now loose and laid in. The same image and text appear on the rear panel of the hard cover dust-jacket. An unmarked copy of John Williams' second book of poetry, issued concurrently with the hard cover edition, and published the same year as STONER.

New York: Poets Press, 1968. First printing. Paperback. Very good +. Introduction by Diane di Prima. 8vo. Illustrated stapled wrappers. [unpaginated] No names or marks. A crisp, unmarked copy of Audre Lorde's first book of poetry, published by her friend Diane di Prima's Poets Press.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/fine. 8vo. Gray cloth, with silver spine lettering. Dark gray top-stain. Light gray end papers. SIGNED and dated ("Dec 1976") by Christopher Isherwood on the Front Free End Paper. Ghost of a lain in newpaper article on Rear End Paper. No other names, or marks to text. In dust-jacket (with price clipped) designed by Fred Marcellino. A crisp, bright copy, of the First American Edition, here signed and dated by Isherwood in the year of publication.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo. Black cloth, with gilt lettering and teal decoration on spine. Red top-stain. Gray end papers. 435 pages. Slight edge wear. No names or marks. Dust-jacket (with "$6.95" price intact) has slight loss at spine ends, and its red spine is slightly faded. A Very Good+ copy, in Very Good dust-jacket, of the first edition, first printing of McElroy's first novel.

New York: A. J. Weberman, 1968. First printing. Paperback. Very good +. S. Clay Wilson. 8vo. Stapled illustrated pink wrappers. Pages 7 - 78. With statements by Alan McKnight, A. J. Weberman, and Bob Dylan on inside front cover, and with S. Clay Wilson lettering on front cover and illustration on inside rear cover ("The Meth Freaks Fight the Feds to the Finish"). No names or marks. A crisp, unmarked copy, with sharp corners, of the A. J. Weberman pirated edition.

New York: Knopf, 1948. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 8vo. Publisher's brown textured cloth, with blue spine lettering and decoration on both covers. Gray top stain. 223 pages. Slightly cocked. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped), designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., has the slightest wear to corners. A crisp, unmarked copy of the first edition, first printing, in original dust-jacket, of Kenneth Millar's fourth novel.

Amsterdam: George Mulder, 1985. First printing. Paperback. Very good +. Warhol. With an introductory essay by Lambert Tegenbosch. Oblong Sm 4to. Stiff white card wrappers, with wide French flaps and embossed royal crests on front cover. Sixteen full page color reproductions of Warhol's silkscreens of four then reigning queens. Limited/Numbered: 3906/5000. Small stain at flap edge of rear cover. No names or marks.

Zurich: Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 8vo. Yellow cloth, with gilt decorations to both covers. [unpaginated] Hand made paper and hand bound. Limited/signed: one of 2000 copies; SIGNED by Clemente on the Front Free End paper. No other names, or marks to book. Dust-jacket has some slight sun fading to edges, else Fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Chateau de Chenonceau, France, in 1995.

Austin: University of Texas, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Sm 4to. Green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green end papers. 264 pages, with Navaho Pronunciation Guide, Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with b/w and some color photographs. SIGNED by Gilpin on the half title page. No other names. No remainder marks, or marks to text. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has slight wear at spine ends, else Fine. A Fine, tight, signed copy, in dust-jacket, of Gilpin's stunning work.

np: no publisher stated, 1990. First printing. Paperback. Fine. Gorey. Set of 12 postcards in cream envelope, with a separate limitation card signed by Edward Gorey. Limited/signed numbered: 96/250. Toledano A102b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey.

np: no publisher stated, 1989. Stated First edition. Paperback. Very good +. Gorey. Complete set of 20 glossy playing cards, with foldover title sheet with colophon, number, and Gorey's signature, in clear plastic box. Limited/signed numbered: 298/500. Toledano A95. Foldover title sheet and cards are Fine. Box has very slight age discoloration on sides. SIGNED by Edward Gorey.

New York: Looking Glass Library, 1959. Stated First edition. Paperback. Very good +. Gorey. 24mo. [5.5" X 4"] Illustrated stapled wrappers. [unpaginated] Toledano A5a. Slight tanning along spine. Prior owner's name at bottom of title page. No other marks. Gorey's fifth book. First edition of 600 copies.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Gorey. Oblong 12mo. [6.75" X 7.25"] Illustrated paper covered boards, with black and gray spine and cover lettering. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 120/250. In publisher's black slipcase. Toledano A67b. Faint darkening to gutters. Illustrated dust-jacket spine is slightly (and evenly) toned. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page.

np: The Fantod Press, 1964. First printing. Paperback. Fine. Gorey. Narrow, oblong stapled orange wrappers [2.5" X 6.5"], with black stamping (with "15" on front cover and "TWO" on rear cover). [unpaginated] Toledano A16a. No names or marks. Limited to 500 copies. Gorey's 15th individual book and the 2nd Gorey book published by the Fantod Press. A bright, unmarked copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +. Oblong Sm 4to. Black cloth, with white spine and cover lettering. Olive green end papers. 78 pages. With Levitt's b/w photographic images of New York and Agee's essay. Parr and Badger, Volume 1, pages 252 - 53; Roth, pages 178 - 79. Slight bump to bottom corner of front cover, else Fine. No names or marks. Lacking the dust-jacket. A crisp, bright, unmarked, near Fine copy of the 1965 first edition.

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. Original quarter cream cloth and green boards, with gilt stamped spine lettering (over brown label). 261 pages, with Glossary, Bibliography, and Indices of Titles and Artists. With forty-three plates (eighteen in color with tissue guards). Wear to spine ends and corners. Scattered foxing throughout, especially to preliminary and end pages. Hand-stamp name (small) at bottom of Front Free End Paper. Bookseller sticker [Thomas Nickerson Books, Honolulu] at bottom of inside rear cover. No marks to text. Hinges solid. Lacking the dust-jacket. A massive book. Due to size and weight, international shipping at cost.