Brooklyn, NY: UpSet Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. "The war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it." (Diana di Prima, pg. 221). Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the war in Iraq, and 9/11, A Little History explores the deep politics of memory and imagination while proposing a new paradigm for American Studies. With a preface by editor, publisher..... More

London, England, UK: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. “He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public….When a man should marry? A young..... More

New York, NY, USA: Norton, 2008. First Edition. “We live in a visual age–an age of images; iconic, instant, and influential. In this remarkable book, John D. Barrow traces their history in order to tell the story of modern science. Certain key images embody our understanding of life and the universe we inhabit. Some, such as Robert Hooke’s first microscopic views of the natural world or the stunning images taken..... More

New York, NY, USA: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Sandra Bernhard. "When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, 'What would I be? Would I be pretty? Would I be rich?' Here's what she said to me..." (Doris Day, epigraph). Confessions of a Pretty Lady is a blend of memoir, poetry & prose that offers a candid look at brassy American..... More

Albuquerque, NM, USA: University of New Mexico Press, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. "The correspondence of Robert Duncan and Charles Olson is one of the foundational literary exchanges in American poetry in the second half of the twentieth century. The letters provide the facts and circumstances of what lies under the published literary history, and they illuminate the pathway from imaginative conception to the published texts by recounting the poetics of..... More

New York, NY, USA: Simon and Schuster, 1992. First Edition. “At his death on December 10, 1990, Armand Hammer was hailed as one of the great entrepreneurs of all time–a man who came out of retirement at the age of 59 to build the virtually bankrupt Occidental Petroleum Corporation into one of the world’s great international companies. The multimillionaire industrialist was also saluted as an art collector and philanthropist, and..... More

New York, NY, USA: Modern Library/ Random House, 1983. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "Jorge Luis Borges is widely recognized as one of the most important and original figures in contemporary literature, and Labyrinths is perhaps the most representative selection of his work. Consisting of some forty tales, parables, literary essays and metaphysical musings, it captures, like no other anthology, the essence of Borges' simple but richly metaphorical style. From "Tlon..... More

New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First U.S. Edition. “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest–whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories–comes afterwards.”--Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, pg 3. Father of Absurdism, Existentialist..... More

New York, NY, USA: Paragon House, 1990. First Edition. In Love, In Sorrow illuminates the fatal differences that came to separate those who embodied America's prewar and postwar, modern and postmodern literary ideals. This correspondence, too, between two of the most gifted writers of our modern era, battling ferociously over the issues of loyalty and love between artists, poignantly portrays the dilemma facing any writer who accepts, and then rejects..... More

Bolinas, CA, USA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Robert Creeley to Robin Eichele. Once known primarily for his association with the group called the “Black Mountain Poets,” Robert Creeley (1926-2005) was widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. His poetry is noted for both its concision and emotional power. Offered here today is the 1973 compilation..... More

Kansas City, MO, USA: Hallmark Cards, Inc., 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. "This is the most comprehensive study ever attempted of a vast important subject: the modern era of American photography from the mid-1880s to the present. Lavishly illustrated, and printed to the highest technical standards in both tritone and full color, this authoritative volume presents a new perspective on the history of American photography that will be of interest to..... More

La Jolla, CA: Laurence McGilvery, 1973. First Edition. Single Sheet. “The Floating Bear is one of the most important and also one of the most elusive of all the hundreds of “little magazines” of the sixties. Edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones for free distribution by mailing list, it published many of the best American writers during nearly the entire decade. A list of only the most frequent..... More

San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1964. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Collectors and students of Mid-Century American Literature will be familiar with Don Allen (1912-2004) by name, at the very least: for Allen's momentous, prescient editing of the Grove Press anthology, "The New American Poetry, 1945-1960" ) — (published in late May, 1960) — altered the literary landscape in this country. For the first time, the vocationally-linked though uniquely individuated..... More