Search Results: Titles starting with H from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

[np]: [No Publisher], [?]. 11" x 17" printed on plain white paper in two colors. Signed by Douglas Coupland on the bottom right margin in ink in center of his inkless emboss. Housed in unlabeled envelope. Very faint creasing to print; envelope a little creased. An uncommon print by the Canadian writer, designer, and artist best-known for his generation-defining novel Generation X.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the then Prince Charles, now King, on the title page dated 1994; slightly smudged. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth stamped in silver with royal emblem to upper board. Near Fine with Near Fine price-clipped jacket with light wear at extremities. Rare monograph of Prince Charles' art work that includes 70 color reproductions of his watercolor paintings from a five year period. Current royal family signatures are quite scarce.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1977. First Edition, Limited Issue. Near Fine. First edition, limited issue. One of 100 numbered copies [and 26 lettered copies] signed at rear by Patti Smith; this copy marked "O/S," perhaps out of series, though there is no hole-punch at the fore edge margin, and no lock and key set present. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled wraps. Near Fine with shelf wear.

Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First edition. 311pp. Original black cloth with red stamping. A Fine copy, lacking the original dust jacket. Slight hint of foxing to fore edge. A beautiful copy of a short story collection of the 20th Century Fox film producer's short stories, printed during his scriptwriting days.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 312 pp. Original tan cloth, blocked and lettered in brown, spine lettered in white, burgundy topstain. A few slightly corner-creased pages, a few tiny droplet stains to top edge, else Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with barely any sunning to spine panel, small creased tear to top edge of front panel, light shelf wear. An attractive copy of the crime author's first novel.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First British Edition. Fine/Very Good. First British edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 287 pp. Gray cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with crease down spine panel, a little toned, small tear near head. Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas' second novel, a reimagining of the life of an imprisoned dissident priest. Arenas' life and escape from Cuba would be profiled in his book and the subsequent indie film based on it, Before Night Falls.

New York: Golden Press, 1976. First Edition. First edition, wrappered issue. (First printing with full letter line on last page of text.) Very Good with worn and slightly creased wraps; interior in very nice shape. Biologist Richard Schultes wrote this classic illustrated field guide to and history of the use of hallucinogenic plants, the first nontechnical book of its kind.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1975. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. [xiii], 322pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in white. Near Fine with minor wear to extremities, previous owner's name rubbed out with old price on front free endpaper. Contents lightly toned with minor foxing to top fore-edge; slight musty odor. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with minor rubbing to edges, slightly toned overall. Tape ghost marks on verso. Edited by psychopharmacologist Ronald K. Siegel, an authority on the subject of hallucinations who performed drug experiments on his "psychonauts." He was an expert witness in the murder trial of Hollywood actor Robert Blake. Co-editor Louis Jolyn "Jolly" West is best-known for his work with the CIA human experimentation project MKUltra, his diagnosis of assassin Jack Ruby, and the killing of an elephant named Tusko with LSD in 1962. A fascinating, subversive treatise on the effects of hallucinogens from a psychiatric perspective.… Read More

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 245 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamping. First edition. A Near Fine copy with a little foxing and dust-soiling to edges, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a tiny tear at head, darkening to spine panel. A very attractive, vivdly-colored example of the dust jacket, uncommon thus. A crime novel featuring Chicago private detective Paul Pine.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by Charles Bukowski, #43 of 350 handnumbered copies in the limited issue. 283, [5] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated boards with yellow cloth backstrip, paper spine label. Fine in the original acetate sleeve, lightly rubbed and clouded. One of the hard-drinking Los Angeles poet/novelist's best known works, a semi-autobiographical novel about growing up during the great depression.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First Edition, Illustrated Issue. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, hardcover, lettered, signed and illustrated issue. Copy letter "Q" of limited 47 signed copies each with an original painting by Bukowski tipped in, of which 26 were lettered. Additionally signed by Bukowski on the rear limitation page. (Krumhansl 74f.) 283 pp. Bound in yellow paper covered boards over a red cloth backstrip overprinted with small black and white cubes, and paper title label to spine. Fine in Near Fine original acetate jacket, which is slightly rubbed and worn. One of the hard-drinking poet and writer's most beloved works, an autobiographical coming-of-age novel, signed and with his original artwork.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Number 333 of a limited 350 copies signed by Charles Bukowski. Near Fine with light shelf wear, in a lightly rubbed unprinted acetate jacket with a 2-inch split at a flap fold. One of the hard-drinking Los Angeles poet/novelist's best known work, a semi-autobiographical novel about growing up during the great depression.

London: Genesis Publications, 1999. Signed first edition. First edition, signed by Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann; one of 2500 numbered trade copies thus. Two hardcover volumes housed in publisher's slipcase. Fine, slight bumping to tips, else as new. The early days of The Beatles in photographs and artwork by two members of their circle. Voormann, a musician and artist, lived with Ringo Starr and George Harrison, designing the cover of the Beatles' album Revolver. German photographer Astrid Kirchherr was the first to capture the band in their German years, dating Stu Sutcliffe (their original bassist).

New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, copy #203 of 250 in the limited edition signed by Faulkner on colophon. [x], 421 pp. Publisher's three quarter blue cloth, decorative paper boards, gilt topstain, backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with some toning and rubbing to decorative paper, light soiling to fore edge, lacking original acetate wraps. Gilt sharp. A specially-bound signed first of the first novel in the Snopes trilogy.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Bound in publisher's primary binding of cream cloth, stamped in black, with white end papers printed in red and dated May 9th, 1876 (copies also appeared as May 20th and June 3rd). Good, overall a bit worn. Cloth rubbed and soiled, darkened at spine, worn heavier at corners and spine ends, and lifted from the boards. Light lean to binding. Bookseller stamp to front free end paper. Pages are toned, and show an occasional age-related stain. The author's fifth novel.

Plainfield, NJ: Published privately by Paula Grossman, 1979. Very Good. [1980] States second printing at the end of the Publisher's Preface. Bound in original pink stapled wraps printed in black. Very Good or better with toning and soiling, small stain to rear cover. A school music teacher for over 30 years, Paula Miriam Grossman was dismissed when she returned to work after her sex reassignment surgery in 1971. She sued the school district on the basis of sex discrimination. Her lawsuit, Grossman v. Bernards Township Board of Education, was ultimately unsuccessful, but it garnered national media attention. Grossman never returned to teaching, and instead began performing as a pianist and singer. She lectured on the case and her experiences, appearing on national television programs covering the controversy of her dismissal. A very scarce handbook.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1985. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Canadian edition, first printing. Signed by Atwood on half title. 324 pp. Bound in publisher's priginal two-toned beige and red cloth with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with trivial wear to spine ends, pages lightly tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight edge wear, slight fading to the spine and a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. A very nice signed copy of the uncommon Canadian first edition (preceding all others) of the Canadian author's best-known work, a dystopian novel recently adapted into a critically-acclaimed TV show.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. 122 double-column pages. Original purple cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with sunned spine, wear at head and tail, slight waviness to pages. The sequel to the novel A Rolling Stone, written by Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin under her pseudonym George Sand.

Hollywood, CA: Continental Hyatt House, 1969. Pictorial postcard. Signed in red ink by Hunter S. Thompson with a great inscription. Postmarked 4 March 1969, Glenwood Springs, CO. 3.5" x 5.5". Very Good with general light wear and mild toning, some creasing at bottom left corner. Handwritten note from Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson to his childhood friend Paul Semonin, on a pictorial postcard from the Continental Hyatt House in Hollywood, California. It reads in full: "What now? Why? And what next? Send word - H. [circled]" As chronicled in his story "Mescalito," Hunter first tried mescaline at the Continental Hyatt House in February of 1969, so it can be assumed that this card was purchased on / during that trip.

Chicago: The Consolidated Book Company, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, second printing. 336 pp. Illustrated boards. Very Good with small chip to spine, light wear. No jacket, as issued. A WWII anthology that contains Catcher in the Rye author Salinger's first appearance in print, the short story "The Hang of It.