Third Mind Books

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Black Sparrow Press was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1966 by John Martin in order to publish the works of Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) and other avant-garde authors. Black Sparrow holds a legendary position in the history of transgressive, experimental, underground literature. Among its many, many publications, perhaps the most coveted and lauded by poets and readers alike is the beloved..... More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1973. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. "It had occurred to him quite suddenly and he had acted on the impulse before there was time to ponder the matter." (opening sentence, Killer Cat, pg. 77). Stories of Darkness and Dread is a collection of stories by American writer & poet Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990). It was released in 1973 and was the author's second collection of stories..... More

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Softcover Edition. “Manny Hyman had been in show business since he was sixteen. Four decades of it and still he didn’t have a pot to puke in. He was working one of the lounges at the Sunset Hotel. The small lounge. He, Manny, was the “Comedy.” Vegas wasn’t what it used to be. The money had gone to Atlantic City where..... More

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "The guy didn't have much of a face, | he didn't have much of anything. | But sometimes small people who | stay in the same place for a long | time achieve minor prestige and | power. He had the truck and he | was hiring. Sometimes you have | to go along with that." (excerpt, A Couple..... More

Modesto, CA: Bloodletting Press, 2006. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Kealan Patrick Burke. "The interior of the confessional smelled faintly of Old Spice and older sin." (opening sentence, pg. 9). Vessels, published by collectible Horror imprint Bloodletting Press, is the third book in the Timmy Quinn saga, a five-part series by horror author & Irish immigrant Kealan Patrick Burke (b. 1976). The Timmy Quinn saga follows Timmy Quinn, a...... More

London, England, UK: Granada Publishing Limited, 1984. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ramsey Campbell. "The horror started when a 'controlled' experiment in prophetic dreaming got wildly out of control. It was aborted- but not before some dark door to a screaming shadow-world of nightmare had been opened and left ajar. Now, as a bitter winter holds the country in itrs corpse-cold grip, a monstrous presence begins to invade the..... More

Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Connexion, 1969. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This small press literary journal was published just across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario. The table of contents describes Connexion as “Prose & Poetry for the Mind & Body,” though not much more information is available about the press or its mission. This second issue opens with the poem “Dying” by Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938), the acclaimed, much-honored..... More

Abingdon, MD: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2002. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Nancy A. Collins. "And if his wife knew better, well-she lived happily ever after anyways." (final sentence, Billy Fearless, pg. 339). Knuckles and Tales is a themed collection of Southern Gothic horror & dark-fantasy short fiction written by American author Nancy A. Collins (b. 1959). Collins is best known for her Bram Stoker Award–winning debut Sunglasses After Dark..... More

New York, NY, USA: Floating Bear, 1961. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. “the gracious gods / the red man / and the white man / how deliberately Sam Adams parlayed / the “Battle of Lexington” as he had / previously set up the Boston / Massacre as well as led his Mohawks / out of Fanuel Hall to bring about / the Boston Tea Party – failing to get a constitutional..... More

Ladner, British Columbia, Canada: Iron Series II, 1976. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The following is a chapter from a book which studies theology in Charles Olson’s Maximus Poems, exploring the writing of belief in relation to questions of language, epistemology and ontology. The completed text, which tries to recover only a single facet of Olson’s random play of intelligence (namely theology), is entitled Charles Olson: Acts of the Soul, to..... More

Minneapolis, MN: DreamHaven Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. “You have seen him but you did not recognize him. When he passed you on the street you would not look his way. He stood with you in the line and took a seat as the lights went down but when you heard his footsteps later, going home, you told yourself he was not there. He is the one who sent the..... More

Devon, England: Beau Geste Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. "Decide on one note that you want to play. | Play it with the following accompaniment: | The woods from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. | in summer." ("Secret Piece," Yoko Ono, pg. 63). Lithuanian-American artist, art historian & art organizer George Maciunas (1931-1978) coined the name "Fluxus" in 1961, initially as the title of a magazine. It went on to..... More

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A poetic response to Lord Tennyson’s ballad The Lady of Shalott by Robert Kelly, the prolific poet and writer originally associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools. Published in April 1977 as No. 55 in Black Sparrow Press’s series of monthly periodical pamphlets. “The Lady Of” matches the 19 stanzas of Tennyson’s second iteration of the..... More