I focus on intrinsically fascinating, important, or unusual books in all fields. Specialties include popular culture; esoterica; modern and contemporary literature; John Steinbeck; The Beats; poetry; the avant-garde; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); letters and manuscripts; literary ephemera; Americana; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds.

A sense of the eclecticism I strive for can be seen in some of material I've recently handled. From an illuminated 15th-century Book of Hours to a collection of photo-collages by William S. Burroughs, from a Yosemite tourist album containing some of the earliest images of the Sierra Club to an archive of letters from Henry Miller to his agent, I seek material that will fascinate and endure.

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8vo. Very good. Decorated wrapper (by Fielding Dawson) over stiff wraps. Outer wrapper rubbed with small chip to top edge. Internally fine but for price correction to title pages (likely by Sorrentino), as it is in many issues. SIGNED by Fielding Dawson to ffep (ownership signature?). NEON 4
SORRENTINO, Gilbert (Editor); Lorine Niedecker, Joel Oppenheimer, Louis Zukofsky, William Carlos Williams, Hubert Selby, et al (Contributors)
Brooklyn: Neon, 1959. 8vo. Very good. Decorated wrapper (by Fielding Dawson) over stiff wraps. Outer wrapper rubbed with small chip to top edge... more
Price: $200.00
Oblong 4to. illustrated stapled wraps, cut into the shape of a bull's head, neck, horns. Very good plus to near fine with minor rubbing, some creasing to "horn." Else a clean, bright, and sound example of this striking and unusual production, which is typically found in much poorer condition (often, for example, the fragile horn is missing). BULL FIGHTING ILLUSTRATED
CEBRIAN, Don Carlos
Cincinnati, OH: Tom Jones, (1904). Oblong 4to. illustrated stapled wraps, cut into the shape of a bull's head, neck, horns. Very good plus to near.. more
Price: $300.00
4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps with 23 mimeographed leaves. Pictorial cover depicting levy from a photo by M.J. Roach. Near fine with just touches of wear at edges. Else bright, clean, and sound. An exceptional example of this fragile production which includes several fold-out and stapled-in elements often missing but here complete. One of 300 unnumbered copies. A elusive book, scarce in this condition. ZEN CONCRETE: Translations & a new interpretation of Buddhist Doctrines
levy, d.a.
[Vancouver]: blewointment press, 1968. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps with 23 mimeographed leaves. Pictorial cover depicting levy from a photo by M.J. Roach. Near fine.. more
Price: $500.00
4to. Brad-bound screenplay in original black wraps with pink titles. Near fine with touches of rubbing. Else bright, clean, and sharp. SIGNED by authors / screenwriters Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS
ANDERSON, Wes and Owen Wilson
np [Hollywood]: np [Walt Disney Pictures], nd [2001]. 4to. Brad-bound screenplay in original black wraps with pink titles. Near fine with touches of rubbing. Else bright, clean, and.. more
Price: $300.00
Narrow folio in original blue printed wraps. UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated). "Delillo" hanwritten to spine. Very good with fading to gray at spine and along top edge. Light edgwear. SIGNED by author Delillo to title page. PROVENANCE: From the collection noted collector of Richard Comstock. PLAYERS
DELILLO, Don
New York: Knopf, 1977. Narrow folio in original blue printed wraps. UNCORRECTED PROOF (stated). "Delillo" hanwritten to spine. Very good with fading to gray.. more
Price: $650.00
Small 4to. Original illustrated (with striking image of steam "robot" pulling a wagon) staplebound wraps. Light shelf/edge wear; several small, closed tears at spine; pencil name top front wrap. Else sound, bright, and unmarred. Very good. 14pp. plus 2pp. ads. THE HUGE HUNTER; or, THE STEAM MAN OF THE PRAIRIES: Beadle's Half Dime Library - No. 1156, Vol. XLIX
ELLIS, Edward S.
New York: M.J. Ivers & Co., 1904. Small 4to. Original illustrated (with striking image of steam "robot" pulling a wagon) staplebound wraps. Light shelf/edge wear; several small,.. more
Price: $950.00
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