Search Results: Titles starting with P from Dividing Line Books

NY: Roy, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Small 8vo. 141pp. First American edition. Red textured paper boards with black spine titles. VG/VG. Light foxing to edges of textblock & prelims. Unclipped "$2.95" jacket has a couple of short closed tears, with light general soiling and browning. A private eye novel of dubious literary merit, but in a strikingly designed jacket featuring the art of legendary British illustrator Denis McLoughlin.

London: Gollancz, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 191pp. First British edition, and first hardcover edition of a book initially published as a 1969 Ace paperback. Fine in an unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear at top of rear panel (tape repaired to interior; adhesive has left a darkened stain visible on exterior) and some laminate separation along the panel hinges. A sharp copy.

1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. An early book of verse by American poet and activist Kalamu Ya Salaam (b. 1947) exploring the social and political dimensions of Black identity. New Orleans: Ahidiana, 1974. 24pp. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in glossy pictorial wraps. Mild corner bumping; light toning and soiling to wraps; area of sticker-lift scuffing to front cover. Very good. In his five-page foreward [sic] titled "These Are Some Political Poems," Salaam impugns the legacy of the Black Arts movement ("pathetically weak and ineffective") and laments the ongoing struggle to establish a network of viable Black presses, before defining his poems as "political in that they attempt to examine the forces at work in world and they urge us to throw the weight of our actions, our lives into the struggles presently being waged by our people." This title presumably issued by the publishing arm of the Ahidiana Collective, a New Orleans grassroots activist organization which also ran a… Read More

Ventura, CA: Blue Shadow Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. 44pp. Staple-bound softcover in printed wraps. Some toning to rear panel, else fine. Cover art by John Landa. Please consult second photo for list of contributors.

Ventura, CA: Blue Shadow Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Staple-bound softcover in blue wraps with silver linoleum block print on front cover. Fine condition. "An art an literature periodical designed to showcase Ventura County talent.

Ventura, CA: Blue Shadow Press, 1990. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 73pp. Staple-bound softcover in printed wraps. First edition. Volume 2, Issue 2 of this "quarterly art and literature periodical designed to showcase Ventura County talent." Some soiling/toning to wraps, else near fine. Please see second photo for table of contents.

Los Angeles: MPS Corporation, 1968. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Complete two-issue run of this colorfully designed counterculture publication featuring "reprints from the underground press" on such topics as drugs, music, humor, social activism, and other au courant youth topics of the day. Both volumes with numerous full-color "posters" bound in. Editor and publisher Lou Kimzey (1928-1997) went on to found influential motorcycle lifestyle magazines Easyriders and Iron Horse. Los Angeles: MPS Corporation, 1968. Saddle-stapled in printed brown paper wraps, 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. 63; 32pp. Both volumes near fine, with light toning throughout and some oxidation to staples. Volume 2 with light bumping/creasing to bottom corner.

Providence, RI: Burning Deck, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. Signature-bound softcover in printed wraps. Wraps lightly soiled, with light wear at corners. One of 900 softcover copies. Being one installment in Silliman's 26-book project "The Alphabet," collected into a single volume in 2008.

Macclesfield, England: The Paradise Fanzine, 1989-90. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A contiguous run comprising the first five (of twelve total) issues of this fanzine devoted to the music of English new wave rock group New Order, created to capitalize on the band's greatly expanded popularity following the release of the more dance-oriented "True Faith" single (1987) and the subsequent album Technique (1989). Macclesfield, England: The Paradise Fanzine, 1989-90. Five volumes, all saddle-staped in printed colored-paper wraps; 8.25 x 6 in.; various paginations from 26 to 36pp. Although not stated, Factoryrecords org website gives a print run of 1200 copies per issue. All issues fine save no. 2, whose pink cover shows minor fading and soiling. A scarce publication, particularly these early issues. Contents are black-and-white photocopy, attractively designed and laid-out, and consist of a mix of news, band history, fan letters, live show reviews, radio interview transcripts, etc.,… Read More

Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972. Edition of 1,000. [168] pp. Perfect-bound in pictorial wraps, 6 x 6 in. Printed in blue on light blue paperstock, with several photo reproductions throughout. Near fine, light rubbing along hinges, spot of discoloration to rear. Presentation copy from the library of New York School poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022), as inscribed to him by Warsh on the front endpaper: "The copy for Kenward with Love, Lewis," with an illegible date. Cover design by Joe Brainard.

New Orleans, LA: Fell Swoop, [2006]. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. New Orleans, LA: Fell Swoop, [2006]. From a total edition of 200 copies. [29] leaves, printed recto only. 4to. Side-stapled in pictorial wraps. Soiling to covers. Bump to bottom fore-corner resulting in two creases echoing through the textblock. About very good. Fell Swoop #78. Inscribed by Berkson on title page: "for Kenward - Numero Uno of our killer combo. Love, Bill." From the library of poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).

NY: New Directions, 1988. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 243pp. First edition. Full purple cloth with gilt spine titles. Fine condition hardcover in a fine unclipped dust jacket which exhibits light general browning. A collection of six longer stories from the English short story master.

NY: The Dial Press, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First and only novel by the childhood friend and literary rival of Saul Bellow, who died prematurely at the age of thirty-eight and was later eulogized as the character King Dahfu in Bellow's Henderson the Rain King. NY: The Dial Press, 1946. First edition. Octavo, 8-1/4 x 5-1/2 in. 280pp. Green cloth; black spine titles and front panel embossing; dust jacket. Light to moderate shelfwear. Textblock edges moderately toned, with dust soiling to top. Unclipped "$2.50" jacket shows moderate to heavy toning, particularly to spine and rear panel. Chipping at spine ends, resulting in partial loss of the "I" in author's name. Very good (+) in a good to very good jacket.

NY: Viking, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 291pp. Grey boards with blue cloth backing and red spine titles. Fine in a near fine unclipped jacket, with minor rubbing, and some crumpling along top edge. The final novel by the inventive & experimental Israeli writer. Translated by Dalya Bilu, with an afterword by Edna Shabtai.

NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition of the seventh and final volume of Proust's long novel, originally published in France in 1927, and here translated by Frederick A. Blossom. NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1932. 402pp. Black boards stamped in brown and backed with brown cloth; black and gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Boards worn, with some loss of paper at corners; a few spots of soiling to textblock top. Unclipped ("$3.00") jacket with small chips at spine ends and tips, wear along hinges. About very good in a like jacket.

NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Signed on the title page by both Chatwin and Theroux. Textured blue paper boards, in dust jacket. 12mo. (7.25 x 5 in.). 62pp. A collaborative text, written in the form of an alternating dialogue, by two writers who both penned influential travelogues about Patagonia in the late 1970s: Chatwin's "In Patagonia" (1977) and Theroux's "The Old Patagonia Express" (1979). Illustrated by Kyffin Williams. Light foxing to top of textblock, else fine in an unclipped jacket, faintly toned along the top edge. A nice copy. Examples of the trade edition signed by both authors are relatively uncommon.

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First printing of Butler's first book, a science fiction novel about telepaths set in the far distant future. Chronologically the final of five volumes in the Patternist sequence of novels. First edition, stated, with correct "G24" gutter code on p.185. Octavo, 8.5 x 5.75 in. 186pp. Gray vinyl boards, black spine lettering; in dust jacket. Spine ends and bottoms of boards lightly rubbed; bottom corners lightly bumped; the usual speckled purple remainder-spray on base of textblock. In an unclipped ("$5.95") jacket with a few short closed tears, a small chip to fore-edge of front flap hinge, moderate rubbing and a few tiny chips at spine ends and tips. Near fine in a very good or better jacket.

NY: Avon, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition thus. Mass-market paperback, 160pp. Light dampstain to bottom corner of rear cover. Slight slant and a few minor reading creases to spine. Else sharp and securely bound, a very good (+) copy of this uncommon edition of Butler's first novel. Cover illustration by Clyde Caldwell.

NY: Staempfli Gallery, 1959. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Oblong softcover (7.75" x 9"); unpaginated; saddle-stapled in black-and-white wraps. Catalog for an exhibition at the Staempfli Gallery, October 20 - November 7, 1959. One color, twenty-six black-and-white illustrations. A very good copy, with light bumping to bottom fore-corner, oxidation to staples.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. xix+213pp. Yellow cloth. First edition. Near fine, with a sticker ghost to front pastedown, very light spotting to textblock top & fore-edge, & light musty odor. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A late 17th century poetic drama, translated from the Chinese by Chen Shih-Hsiang and Harold Acton, with the collaboration of Cyril Birch.