101. Oe, Kenzaburo.

An Echo Of Heaven. Translated by Margaret Mitsutani.

Uncorrected Galley Proof Copy. Tokyo / New York / London, Kodansha International, 1996. 15 x 23cm. 205 pages. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

102. [Olson, Charles] Clark, Tom.

Charles Olson – The Allegory of a Poet’s Life.

New York, London W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. 17 cm x 24 cm. XI, 403 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket design Jay J. Smith. Cover photography of Charles Olson Goliard Press. Leading edge deckled. Very good, actually in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

103. Ondaatje, Michael.

Divisadero.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. 15 cm x 22 cm. 273 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Deckled Edges. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

104. Original Earl 20th century German Expressionism in Original Woodcuts – Mann, Thomas.

Der kleine Herr Friedemann.

München, Phantasus-Verlag, 1920. Quarto. [4], 58, [3] Seiten. Mit elf (11) ganzseitigen Original-Bleischnitten und vier (4) kolorierten Bleischnitt-Initialen von Otto Nückel. Hardcover / Originales Halbpergament. Einband minimal fleckig. Sonst in sehr gutem Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

105. Palazzeschi, Aldo / Davidson, Angus (translator).

The Sisters Materassi. Translated by Angus Davidson.

New York, Doubleday & Company, 1953. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 316 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

106. Pasternak, Boris.

Doktor Zhivago. [Rare Original Russian Edition]

Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 1959. Thick Octavo. [iv], 567, [1] pages. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s terra-cotta cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No jacket was issued for this book. In protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Second printing of the first authorized edition in Russian (preceded only by two CIA-sponsored, and virtually unobtainable, editions printed in Italy and distributed at the Brussels World Fair in the summer of 1958). Exlibris Janice Clark. Wonderful collectable !

107. Paz, Octavio.

Poemas (1935 – 1975) [Spanish Edition].

First edition / Primera edicion. Barcelona, Caracas, Mexico, Editorial Seix Barral , S.A, 1979. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 719 pages. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. There is a small library plate in the top right corner of the front free endpaper.

108. Phillips, Jayne Anne.

Machine Dreams.

New York, E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, very good+ or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jayne Anne Phillips on the titlepage.

109. [Pound, Ezra] Carpenter, Humphrey.

A Serious Character – The Life of Ezra Pound.

London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. XII, 1005 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two minor items of ephemera from ‘The Times Literary Supplement’ 1989 [Review of the book by William H.Gass in TLS in January 1989 and Responses to the review, also printed in TLS, in February 1989].

110. Price, Reynolds.

Nine Mysteries (Four Joyful, Four Sorrowful, One Glorious).

Limited Edition / One of 309 signed copies. Palaemon Press, 1979. 18 cm x 25 cm. 29 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by Reynolds Price.

111. Price, Reynolds.

The Collected Poems.

New York, Scribner, 1997. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXIV, 474 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some signs of wear. Partially detached front endpaper. Signed by the author Reynolds Price.

112. Rexroth, Kenneth.

With Eye and Ear.

New York, Herder and Herder, 1970. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 217 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Kenneth Rexroth on the halftitle. [An Azimuth Book].

113. Rhodes, Elvi.

Doctor Rose.

London, Corgi Books, 1989. 10.5 cm x 17.5 cm. 256 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing to endpapers and edges.

114. Robbe-Grillet, Alain.

Ghosts In The Mirror. Translated from the French by Jo Levy.

Uncorrected Proof. New York, Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. 13.5 x 21cm. (11), 174 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

115. Robbe-Grillet, Alain / Underwood, J.A. (translator).

Topology of a Phantom City. Translated from the French by J.A. Underwood.

First Uk Edition. London, John Calder, 1978. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 142 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Private inscription on the endpaper. Otherwise in excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear to the jacket.

116. Roth, Samuel (editor).

American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free. Volume Four / Number Sixteen – [with the printed dedication to Ernest Hemingway]. This Volume includes: “Venus & Adonis” – Behind the Scenes with Catherine, Russia’s Voluptuary Czarina. By Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. / The Merry Muses of Robert Burns / George S. Viereck – Was Shakespeare a Man or a Woman ? / Norman Lockridge – The Women of Plentipunda / etc.

New York, American Aphrodite, 1955. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 227 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Small tears and some fraying to dustjacket.

117. Sackville, Lady Margaret.

Tree Music.

London, Williams & Norgate Ltd., No date (c.1947). 12 cm x 18 cm. 28 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight tear to upper and lower spine. Some darkening on cover and mild foxing throughout. Otherwise clean inside with intact binding.

118. Shields, David.

Remote.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. 14 cm x 20 cm. 203 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

119. Smart Bell, Madison.

Straight Cut.

First Edition. New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1986. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 230 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

120. Smiley, Jane.

Ordinary Love & Good Will. Two Novellas.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 15 cm x 22 cm. 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jane Smiley on the titlepage.

121. Snow, C.P.

Corridors of Power.

First Edition. London, Macmillan & Co., 1964. 12.5 cm x 19.5 cm. VIII, 408 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

122. Snyder, Gary.

Back on the Fire – Essays.

California, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2007. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine / As New. Signed by author Gary Snyder on the titlepage. Rare !

123. Sombart, Werner / [Erwin von Beckerath – Third Freiburg Circle / Dritter Freiburger Kreis].

Vom Menschen – Versuch einer geisteswissenschaftlichen Anthropologie.

Erste Ausgabe / First Edition. Berlin, Charlottenburg, Buchholz & Weisswange Verlagsbuchhandlung, MCMXXXVIII, (1938) 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. XXIII, 461 pages. Original Hardcover (Black cloth – title in embossed gilt on cover and spine). Sehr seltenes Widmungsexemplar von Werner Sombart an Erwin von Beckerath im Januar 1939.

124. Soyfer, Jura / [Composer of the “Dachaulied”].

‘It’s Up to Us!’ – Collected Works of Jura Soyfer. Selected and Translated by Horst Jarka.

Riverside, California, Ariadne Press, 1996. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. 591 pages. 34 illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

125. Spinnen, Burkhard.

Dicker Mann im Meer. Geschichten.

Erste Auflage. Frankfurt am Meer, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt. 1991. 242 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket slightly sunned on spine. Internal pages clean and bright.

126. Stein, Gertrude.

A Stein Reader – Gertrude Stein. Edited with an Introduction by Ulla E. Dydo.

Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University Press, 1993. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIV, 624 pages. Softcover. Cover portrait – ‘Gertrude Stein’ by Pablo Picasso 1906, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of Gertrude Stein). Cover Design Rich Hendel. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

127. Straight, Susan.

I Been In Sorrow’s Kitchen And Licked Out All The Pots.

Advance Reading Copy. New York, Hyperion, 1992. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 326 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

128. Stuart, Francis.

Black List, Section H. A Novel. With a preface and postscript by Harry T. Moore.

First Edition. Carbondale and Edwardsville / London and Amsterdam, Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, Inc., 1971. 15 cm x 22 cm. VII, 442 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Slight spotting/discolouration on page edges. Clean inside with intact binding.

129. Swinnerton, Frank.

Reflections From A Village.

London, Hutchinson & Co., 1969. 14 cm x 22 cm. 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

130. Taylor, Peter.

The Old Forest and Other Stories.

First Edition [First Impression]. New York, The Dial Press, 1985. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 358 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Deckled fore edge. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

131. Theroux, Paul.

Picture Palace.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 359 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author.

132. Trench, Sally.

Bury Me In My Boots.

Second Impression. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. 192 pages. Seven black and white photographs in centre of book. Original Softcover. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages slightly tanned, more markedly inside covers and on endpapers.

133. Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

134. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Growing Darkness, Growing Light. [Association Copy] –

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1997. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 65 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane Cooper with much love over a lifetime of listening together – Jean – January 18th 1997”.

135. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

Home Deep Blue: New and Selected Poems. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, No date (1988). 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 81 pages. Original softcover. Near fine. Inscribed by the author Jean Valentine to fellow poet Jane Cooper.

136. Valentine, Jean / [Jane Cooper].

The River at Wolf. [Association Copy] –

Cambridge, Alice James Books, 1992. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 60 pages. Original softcover. Near fine condition. Contains a dedication by the author Jean Valentine to Jane Cooper: “For Jane – with lifelong admiration & love from Jeanie – November 4th – Clinton Day ! 1992”.

137. Vliet, R.G.

Water & Stone: Poems.

First Edition. New York, Random House, 1980. 16 cm x 24 cm. 100 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Dustjacket in near fine condition. Volume in fine condition.

138. Von Keyserling, Eduard.

Coeurs Multicolores. Traduit de l’allemand par Jacqueline Chambon.

Nimes, Éditions Jacqueline Chambon, 1991. 12.5 cm x 20 cm. 124 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

139. Voznesenskaya, Julia.

The Star Chernobyl. Translated from the Russian by Alan Myers.

London, Methuen, 1988. 11 cm x 18 cm. 181 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Yellowed pages. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

140. Walcott, Derek.

Collected Poems: 1948-1984.

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 516 pages. Softcover / Uncorrected page proof with original dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

141. Walsh, Maurice.

The Small Dark Man. [Beautifully Inscribed and Signed].

First American Edition. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Octavo. 314 pages. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and board. Binding rubbed but overall firm and in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by Maurice Walsh with a segment from his book “The Widdy woman’s dangerous…as everybody knows” – 8 Lines of inscription, beautifully signed by Maurice Walsh in 1930.

142. Wells, H.G.

Experiment in Autobiography – Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866).

Volume II (of II). London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. / The Cresset Press Ltd., 1934. 13 cm x 20 cm. VIII, 423 pages [being 417 – 840 of complete work]. Original Hardcover. 44 black and white drawings and photographs of Wells, his wife and other writers, throughout book. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to endpapers and pastedowns only.

143. Wells, H.G.

Marriage.

London, Thomas Nelson, no year [c. 1920]. 12cm x 18cm. 430 pages. Original Hardcover. Some minor stains to the front cover and slightly dogeared. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

144. West, Morris.

Proteus.

First Edition. London, Collins, 1979. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 273 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

145. Wideman, John Edgar.

Fatheralong – A Meditation on Fathers, Sons, Race and Society.

New York, Pantheon Books, 1994. 13 cm x 19.5 cm. XXV, 197 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

146. Wyndham, John.

Consider Her Ways and Others.

Middlesex, Penguin Books / Michael Joseph, 1965. 11 cm x 18 cm. 189 pages. Original Softcover. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Pages slightly tanned but mostly on page margins. Previous owner’s name in ink pen inside cover.

147. Wyndham, John.

The Chrysalids.

Middlesex, Penguin Books / Michael Joseph, 1958. 11cm x 18 cm. 199 pages. Original Softcover. Good+ condition with signs of external wear. Pages tanned. Minor foxing to initial pages. Previous owner’s name in ink pen inside cover.

148. Yevtushenko, Yevgeny/ Koten, Bernard L. (translator).

Selections from The Bratsk Hydroelectric Station and Other Poems.

New York, New World Review, 1965. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. 48 pages. Original softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Some browning, stains on pages and back cover.