Memoirs from Downtown Books & News

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First American edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good+. 12mo (7.75"x5").178pp. 1/4 bound tan cloth and green paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped titles, b&w photo plates. Lightly soiled spine, discolored spots to head/upper board, rubbed head/lower corner. Text block edges heavily toned. Foxed endpapers, toned interiors. Typographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar: chipped edges,… Read more about this item

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo (9.25"x6.25"). 232pp. Neon orange & black illustrated, paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar. Tail corner of lower board lightly bumped, else fine.

South Padre Island, TX: CDR Presss, 2007. No additional printings listed. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo. 427pp. B&W photographic paper wraps. Faint spine crease (binding tight). General shelfwear. B&W photos.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo (9.5"x6.5"). 212pp. 1/4 bound in rose cloth & illustrated paper; pastedown spine label in original transparent vinyl jacket. Light fade, light foxing, very light soiling to cover margins. Rubbing to vinyl jacket. Not signed, not hand-numbered.