New York, NY; n/p: Lyle Stuart; Land's End Press; Oxford University Press, n/d; 1969; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three versions of a risqué satire of Elizabethan-era conversation by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. First published anonymously in 1881, we offer three later editions of this work: (1) 1601...Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors..... More

New York, NY; Berkeley, CA: Charles L. Webster & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1891; 1979; 1996. Early Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three rare editions of a favorite work of early science fiction, fantasy & allegory by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Charles L...... More

Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library/ University of California, 1972. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Three versions of a classic early tale by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author. As explained in the Introductory Note by editors Frederick Anderson & Edgar M. Branch, this story first appeared as a column-article in the San Francisco Morning (or Daily) Call newspaper on August 30..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Subtitled "From My Autobiography," this is a very late, short nonfictional work in the oeuvre of Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author. In this volume, Twain weighs in on the controversy as to the authorship of the immortal dramatic works attributed to William Shakespeare. Twain concludes that it was Shakespeare's contemporary Francis Bacon who..... More

Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1979; 1996. First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Two editions of a classic work of historical fantasy-fiction by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American humorist & author: (1) The Prince and the Pauper, published for The Iowa Center for Textual Studies by the University of California Press, 1979. As noted on..... More

n/p; Berkeley, CA; New York, NY: Belford & Co.; The Iowa Center for Textual Studies/ University of California Press; Oxford University Press, 1880; 1979; 1996. Early Pirated Edition; First Editions Thus. Hardcovers. Three related rarities by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain (1835-1910), the canonical American humorist & author: (1) Sketches by Mark Twain, Belford & Co., 1880, "Now Published in Complete Form" as noted on title page. This is..... More

Hartford, CT; New York, NY: American Publishing Company; Oxford University Press, 1897; 1996. Early Edition; First Trade Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Two collectible versions of the classic travelogue by Samuel Langhorne Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain, the canonical American Humorist & writer: (1) A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company's 1897 printing of the work it first published in 1880, a sequel to The Innocents Abroad (see our Item No. 4246). Hardcover in..... More

n/p: Beatdom Books, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. "Allen Ginsberg told John Tytell that he would not understand the Beat Generation without first experiencing life in Mexico, and so, while writing Naked Angels, the first book to explore the development of Beat literature, Tytell headed south to Oaxaca. In this volume, Tytell examines the importance of Mexico to the Beat Generation, while recounting- via letters from that period to his wife..... More

Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. A deeply academic look at the Beat Generation, “The Philosophy of the Beats” brings together the kind of essays written by Ph.D’s that—for the most part, save an enterprising few—are meant to be read by fellow Ph.D’s (so specialized is the knowledge there invoked; the connections there attempted). The volume is the editorial work of one Sharin N. Elkholy..... More

East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 1979. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This vintage number of the scholarly journal, subtitled "A Graduate Forum for Literary Criticism" & published by the Department of English at Michigan State University, begins with "A Colloquy with Diane Wakoski," an interview with the acclaimed, prolific poet who was then a professor & poet-in-residence at MSU & who still resides in Michigan. At..... More

Saratoga Springs, NY: Wayne Perras; David Scavone; Elizabeth Skinner, 1981. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Since we last went to press, needless to say, much has transpired. In a world clearly filled with ominous signs a year ago, the screws of fate have tightened further. Most notable, perhaps, was the election to Office of men who display attitudes of ego- and ethnocentric impunity, guised by the name of patriotism. Since these..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “Despite the fact that Jack Kerouac formulated the ‘Essentials for Spontaneous Prose’ in 1953, the doctrine itself unfortunately did not appear in print until The Black Mountain Review first published it in Autumn 1957, shortly following the September release of On the Road. By that time, Kerouac had already lived thirty-five of his forty-seven years. In addition to this time-lag..... More

Philadelphia, PA (1) / New York, NY (2): Running Press (1) / Anchor Books (2), 2007 (1) / (2) 1965. First Printing. Hardcover (1) / Softcover (2). (1) If the descriptor "a great coffee table book" did not mean a book whose entire existence consists of rarely being looked at, needlessly occupying table space and hopefully dodging spills and stains from them--and if it meant a book which can be..... More