Chicago, IL: The Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc./The Print Mint, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The fourth number of this golden-age exemplar of underground comix features several works by Robert Crumb, including a Mr. Natural episode & "Projunior and Honeybunch" (outrageously scatological even for him); Daniel Clyne, Kim Deitch & Skip Williamson. This is the first printing, indicated by "Hey Kids! Adults Only!" in red lettering above title on front cover;..... More

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Comic Book Company, 1971. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second number in the series entirely devoted to one of Robert Crumb's most acclaimed underground comic creations- Mr. Natural. With several episodes featuring Flakey Foont, Mr. Natural's protege-sidekick, & much more. An inimitable, ingenious work of the imagination, the epitome of the 1960s counterculture just starting to curdle into disillusionment & self-parody at the beginning of..... More

New York, NY: First Intensity Press, 1995. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane di Prima at her contribution. This early number of the literary journal features a poem, "Serpentine," by Diane di Prima, among the foremost original female members of the Beat Generation. di Prima has hand-signed her name at an upward angle just below the end of the poem on the lower right margin of the page (23). Also..... More

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed & inscribed by John O'Hara, author of introduction, to Lauren Bacall in year of publication. The first compilation of writings by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the canonical American author. With two complete novels, The Great Gatsby & Tender is the Night, & nine stories, selected by Dorothy Parker & with an introduction by John O'Hara. This is the first edition..... More

Heerlen, Holland: Uitgeverij 261, 1980. First English/Dutch Limited Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed & dated by Allen Ginsberg. This is the first English/Dutch bilingual edition of Allen Ginsberg's important later poem, Plutonian Ode. This edition of one thousand copies predates the City Lights Books Pocket Poets Series edition (a compilation with other works) by two years. The English text is followed by the Dutch translation, with extensive parallel footnotes in both..... More

New York, NY: Random House/The Modern Library, 1953. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed & Inscribed by John O'Hara to Lauren Bacall. The first Modern Library edition, as stated on copyright page, of John O'Hara's classic novel, first published in 1934. With a new forward by the author. This is a very special copy- it is inscribed & signed by O'Hara on the half-title page: "To Betty/This wasn't done/with a wave..... More

San Francisco, CA: The Rip Off Press/San Francisco Comic book Company, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The first number in the series of countercultural-psychedelic interpretations of the 1950s EC horror comics. With such horrifically humorous episodes as "Head Before Tail!" written & illustrated by Greg Irons; "The Answer" by Dave Sheridan (a cautionary tale on a most amoral man's search for immortality); "The Intruder" by Jack Jackson & more. This..... More

New York, NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Lynd Ward. This is the original first edition/first printing of the novel in woodcut by Lynd Ward (1905-1985). Ward's series of novels in woodcuts, of which this is the second, are now in the canon of the Library of America as a two-volume boxed set. Among those inspired by Ward's wordless novels in pictures was Allen..... More

San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties/The Print Mint, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This third number of the iconic series of underground comix features the work of Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Victor Moscoso, S. Clay Wilson & introduces Gilbert Shelton (the nine-page epic "Wonder Wart-Hog"). The impact of the early Zap Comix cannot be overstated, & continues to resonate in our art & culture. Presented as a "Special 69 Issue" featuring..... More