Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - A Death in the Family - Shorter Fiction
New York: Library of America, 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Library of America No. 159. More
New York: Library of America, 2005. First Printing. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Library of America No. 159. More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1981. Illustrated by Ferguson, Robert. Sewn in Paper Wraps. Clean except for scattered foxing to preliminaries and edges; cover shows light foxing at right front, a few gray smudges at lower rear, and some sunning along the spine, otherwise well-kept. One of 850 copies, in..... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, 1940. Hardcover. Crisp and clean except for a few tiny spots of foxing on the head edge; no owners' marks; binding square and tight. The hard cover shows only a small, brown smudge at the lower front and tiny spots of shelf-rubbing at corners..... More
Urbana, Illinois: The Finial Press / The Stone Wall Press, 1966. Cloth Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Paulene Aspel to a named individual on the half title page. The pages are clean, crisp, and bright except for a bit of toning and light foxing on the page block edges. The..... More
Paris: Heart Hammer, 1995. Staple-bound. Crisp, bright, and clean except for a touch of edgewear at the spine head and a bit of grayish oxidation just starting at the saddle staples; otherwise as new. Limited edition of 150 copies. Cover by Kenji Yuda of Kavyayantra Press. [vi], [27]pp. A significantly..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks or bookplates; first volume has scattered, small spots of rubbing in the gilding along the top edges of the pages and a few scratches on the bottom edges, and second volume has a tiny surface tear..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Illustrated by Hurd, Peter. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks or bookplates; a few very small scratches in the gilding on the head and heel edges of the page block and very light shelfwear on the bottom edges of the boards with..... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: The Torch Press, 1942. Second Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed delightfully to a named individual at the front free endpaper. Crisp pages bear age-toning in the margins and a small patch of brown staining on the front pastedown but are otherwise clean; square binding, though with outward..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2002. Full Leather. Clean and bright, with no owners' marks or bookplate; except for flaking to one line of the decorative gilt on the front of the cover, as new. Full brown leather binding with gilt titles and decoration; bound-in ribbon, moire endpapers, all page..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Books, 1975. First Edition. One-Quarter Cloth. Signed by the author at the colophon and numbered 4 of 5 (presentation copies in the limited first edition), this book contains a bound-in original oil painting by Charles Bukowski, still protected with the original tissue guard; laid in is..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1995. Illustrated by Mugnaini, Joe. Full Leather. Clean and bright; except for a tiny chip at the top edge of the front board and a very tiny tap at the bottom front edge, as new. Full leather binding with gold decoration; bound-in ribbon, moire endpapers..... More
New York: The Heritage Press. Illustrated by Kredel, Fritz. Hard Cover in Slipcase. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1989. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks or bookplate; binding square and tight; there are several small rub spots in the gilding along the top edges of the pages and a small scuff in the gilt at the bottom edges, and the cover..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1991. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks or bookplate; except for a few small spots of rubbing in the gilding along the top edges of the pages and scattered, light scratches around all gilt page edges, very light surface rubbing at the bottom..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. Illustrated by Color Lithographs by Lynd Ward. Full Leather. Clean and bright, with no owners' marks or bookplate; except for scattered, short scratches in the gilding at the page block edges, a tiny chip in the leather at the head edge of the front..... More
Toothpaste Press, 1983. First Printing. Hand Sewn Paper. Signed by the author on the colophon page. Clean and bright except for a band of modest age-toning across the lower front and a few pale spots of foxing forming amid the texture of the cover; cover corners bear modest shelfwear; otherwise..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. Illustrated by Penny Havard; Frontispiece by Chris Simon. Full Leather. Crisp, bright, and clean; no owners' marks or bookplates; as new. Bound-in silk ribbon; gilt-edged pages; full blue leather with black and gilt titles and decoration, moire endpapers. 204pp. More
West Branch, IA: The Toothpaste Press, 1982. Sewn in Paper Wraps. Crisp and clean; mild toning along spine and foreedges, otherwise excellent. Limited edition of 2,000 in Fabriano Ingres wrappers, bound at Black Oak Bindery. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Full Leather. Clean and bright, with no owners' marks or bookplate; a touch of rubbing to the gilding along the top edges of the pages and little points of wear at some of the corners of each volume's cover, otherwise excellent, nearly as new..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks or bookplate; a few very small, light rub-marks in the gilding along the head edge of the page bloc, a gentle bump and wrinkle at the spine heel, and some sunning along the spine, otherwise excellent..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1988. Illustrated by Raisz, Erwin (maps). Full Leather. Crisp and clean except for a small fingerprint on the front fixed endpaper and two more at the bottom of the "Notes from History" insert, a few very light rub marks in the gilding along the head..... More
The Heritage Press, 1937. Illustrated by Austen, John. Hard Cover in Slipcase. More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. Illustrated by Ben Sussan, Rene. Bonded Leather. Clean, crisp, bright pages; no owners' marks or bookplate; a few very small nicks and scuffs in the gilding around page edges, areas of reddish discoloration of the gilt decoration on the front, and a tiny scuff..... More
Minneapolis: Evening Coffee Editions, 1986. Illustrated by McClun, Rhonda. First Printing. Pamphlet-Stitched Softcover. Hand-set type, hand-printed pages, stitch bound in covers of hand-made paper containing petals, leaves, and even fern fronds, this allegorical poem is illustrated every other page. Pages bright and clean except for very light brown finger marks..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1992. Illustrated by Cooke, Edna; Enright, Maginel Wright. Full Leather. Clean and bright; no owners' marks, the bookplate still unused and laid in; cover shows only a faintly dulled spot at the upper left front and tiny points of shelfwear at the corners and spine..... More