Literature from Harper's Books, Inc.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1941. Edges very faintly spotted, offsetting to endpapers as common; a pleasing near fine copy in a very close to near fine jacket, lightly soiled with a hint of edgewear.. First Edition. Octavo. Woolf's posthumous final novel, with jacket designed by Vanessa Bell.

New York: Grove Press, 1966. Light scratches to blue cloth boards, thus near fine, in unclipped illustrated jacket with minor edge-wear, also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Autobiographical adventure from Jack Kerouac-i.e. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac-exploring his family's roots in France.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Cloth-backed boards with bright yellow topstain; fine. In typographic jacket, with minor shelf-wear; near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Presentation Copy, INSCRIBED by Ozick to front endpaper to Harold Brodkey: "For Harold Brodkey- / with admiration or an Artist / whose Words / are Burnished, Lustrous- / Cynthia Ozick.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped design to front panel and spine; near fine. In illustrated jacket, unclipped ($3.00), with some edge-crease, shallow chipping to head of spine, and minor stain to spine; better than very good.. First Edition. Thick octavo.

Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1976. In blue cloth boards, with some sunning to spine; near fine. In papered slipcase with golden label to spine; some sunning, else also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. A Special Edition, hand-numbered as 55 of 250, and SIGNED by Vonnegut to colophon.

Milan: Photology, 2005. Slight bump to upper spine, else near fine in illustrated boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat & Pieces at Milan's Galleria Photology (Sept. 15 thru Nov. 15, 2005). Something of an encyclopedia of the Beat movement, featuring 133 photographs from Allen Ginsberg and text from Fernanda Pivano, in… Read more about this item

New York: The Dial Press, 1967. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; minor bump to foot of spine, else near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with minor creasing, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo.

New York: Prestel, 2010. Fine in a fine jacket.. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Close and the author to the title page.

London: Heinemann, 1960. Fine in a very good price-clipped jacket, lightly foxed and darkened at the spine.. First Edition. Octavo. The poet's first regularly published book.

London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. A fine copy in olive papered boards. With photo-illustrated jacket, in original glassine; also fine, save for very minor chip to glassine at lower front corner.. Limited Edition. Hand-numbered as 59 of 100 copies, SIGNED by Ginsberg to half-title page. Poem written by Ginsberg whilst on LSD, during his visit to the cottage… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1967. Olive cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; fine. In a near fine copy of the illustrated jacket designed by Charles Gorham.. First UK Edition. Octavo. This copy INSCRIBED by Gass to half-title page: "This book scarcely exists-for David, with best wishes, William H. Gass.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. White cloth boards, with some fading, featuring red-stamped design; save for bump to top edge, close to near fine. In illustrated jacket, with toning and minor edge-wear; close to near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Bowles to half-title page.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. Green cloth boards; near fine. In illustrated jacket, with small chip to lower edge and some rubbing; close to near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. INSCRIBED by Algren to front endpaper; dated 1978.

New York: The Dial Press, 1969. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with some scuffing and closed tear to bottom of front panel; better than very good.. First Edition. Octavo. Kennedy's first book; this copy SIGNED by him to title page.

Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1985-1986. Fine copies in blue cloth boards. In unclipped, illustrated jackets; near fine, save for mild sunning to rear panels. Complete set housed in custom clamshell case, featuring three faux spines with leather lettering pieces.. First Editions. Octavos. A lovely set of Paul Auster's postmodern detective trilogy, each SIGNED to title pages… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. A fine copy in mauve cloth boards and gilt-stamped design. With illustrated jacket; very minor toning, near fine.. First American Edition. Octavo. Allende's first book, translated from Spanish by Magda Bogin. This copy SIGNED by Allende to front endpaper, above flower drawing.

New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996. A fine copy in black cloth boards with gilt-stamped design to front panel and gilt lettering to spine. In matching cloth slipcase.. Limited Edition. Quarto. A collection of poems from Allen Ginsberg, illustrated after works by Eric Drooker, both color and black-and-white. This copy hand-numbered as 145 of 300 and SIGNED… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. Cloth boards with gilt-stamped design; some sunning to edges, else near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with minor wear to spine-ends, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Bowles in black ink to front endpaper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Near fine copy in cloth-backed boards. In a remarkably sharp jacket, with minor sunning to rear panel, but absent typical fading to spine; also near fine. Housed in custom cloth slipcase, with pull-tab chemise.. First American Edition. Octavo. A lovely copy of the 1981 Booker Prize Winner; named The Booker of Bookers… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Minor rounding to corners of cloth boards; near fine. In near fine illustrated jacket. A pleasing copy. Housed in custom quarter-leather slipcase with cloth pull-tab chemise.. First Edition. Octavo. Written after Abbey's journals from his time as a seasonal ranger at Arches National Park. Illustrated by drawings from Peter Parnell.