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YALLAH - SIGNED, WITH AN ORIGINAL HAEBERLIN PHOTOGRAPH LAID IN
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YALLAH - SIGNED, WITH AN ORIGINAL HAEBERLIN PHOTOGRAPH LAID IN

by Bowles, Paul (text); Haeberlin, Peter W. (photographs)

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New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this collaborative work between Bowles and Swiss photographer Peter Haeberlin, who capture in text and images accounts of daily life among the desert and hill country tribes of Northwestern Africa. Miller A8b. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Quarto (28.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 17,[1]pp, with 64 unpaginated leaves and 1 blank; photographs are numbered 1-83 and interleaved with text; illus. Signed by Bowles on the title page. Lower left corner of rear board gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $10), with light wear to extremities, a few tiny tears, and some laminate lift along the joints. Laid into this copy is an original photograph by Haeberlin, measuring 21.5cm x 28cm (8.5" x 11"), reprinted on p.77 and captioned "Market place of the Kirdis" in text. Holograph notation in pencil on verso, in an undetermined (but… Read More
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YESTERDAY AND TODAY - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED

YESTERDAY AND TODAY - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED

by Layachi, Larbi (pseud. of Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi)

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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon and signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-186,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Layachi, the pseudonym of Moroccan author Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi, wrote A Life Full of Holes, which was translated by Paul Bowles.
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YOU GET SO ALONE AT TIMES THAT IT JUST MAKES SENSE

YOU GET SO ALONE AT TIMES THAT IT JUST MAKES SENSE

by Bukowski, Charles

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Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994. Eighth Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards and multi-colored patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-313,[8]pp. Faint, scattered foxing to text edges and board extremities; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. One of Bukowski's most substantial collections from the 1980's.
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YOU KISSED LILLY - HEAVILY-CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT [SIGNED] TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE DELUXE ISSUE
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YOU KISSED LILLY - HEAVILY-CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT [SIGNED] TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE DELUXE ISSUE

by Bukowski, Charles

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Los Angeles & Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Complete typescript for this humorous, violent short story of middle-aged marital discord, set in a small town in Illinois. The preliminary leaf and running head notably print Bukowski's original title for this story - The Split - which he has crossed out on p.1 and re-titled You Kissed Lilly. This draft, written five months before the book by Black Sparrow Press was published, shows significant interaction with the text. Large portions were omitted, significant sections re-written, and there are portions of dialogue Bukowski made no changes to that were ultimately (and noticeably) changed in the published version. In addition to the 1978 publication, it appears as the fifth story in his 1983 collection Hot Water Music, and was published again in the September, 1984 issue of High Times. Complete typescripts for any of Bukowski's books rarely appear in the marketplace. Most are held in institutions, and while we know the… Read More
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YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED

YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED

by Oates, Joyce Carol

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Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1987. First Edition. Limited Issue, signed by the author on a preliminary leaf. Octavo (24cm); full green leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; marbled endpapes, all edges gilt; 436pp. A Fine copy.
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