America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden (Sampler)
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2019. Sampler (not the full text). Paperback. Thin octavo [21.5 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. More
Literature
The Charles Bowden Reader
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 297pp. Octavo [23cm]; pictorial wraps. From the publisher: From his first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City: Cuidad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the..... More
The Charles Bowden Reader
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010. Later printing. Paperback. 297pp. Octavo [23cm]; pictorial wraps. From the publisher: From his first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, to his most recent, Murder City: Cuidad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the..... More
Juarez: The Laboratory of Our Future
New York: Aperture, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. DOUBLE SIGNED. 136pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 red cloth over red boards with title stamped in black on backstrip. Full color photography throughout. Signed by both the author Charles Bowden as well as one of the principal photographers, Julian Cardona. Some sticker residue..... More
Dakotah: The Return of the Future
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 184 pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Dark grey paper over boards. Silver stamped title on spine. "When award-winning author [Charles] Bowden died in 2014, he left behind a trove of unpublished manuscripts. 'Dakotah' marks the landmark publication of the first of..... More
Twee Keurige Dames (Two Serious Ladies)
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, 1967. Nederlandse vertaling (Dutch translation). Paperback. 233pp. Octavo [20 cm] Casebound pictorial wraps. Literaire Reuzenpocket 226. A Dutch-language edition of Two Serious Ladies. More
Två allvarligt sinnade damer (Two Serious Ladies)
Stockholm: Gebers, 1967. Swedish edition. Hardcover. 277pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth-effect paper over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Very good, in a very good dust jacket, with mild rubbing and soiling to the surface. A Swedish edition of this 1943 modernist novel. More
Deux dames sérieuses (Two Serious Ladies)
Vienne: Gallimard, 1969. "Du Monde Entier" edition. Paperback. 269pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] White wraps printed in black and red. In the "Du Monde Entier" series. A French edition of this 1943 modernist novel. More
Days: Tangier Journal 1987-1989
New York: The Ecco Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 108pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 black cloth with matching paper over boards. Illustrated. Very good. The spine is a touch rolled back. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface wear, and a creased front flap. "Paul Bowles has opened..... More
Pages from Cold Point
London: Peter Owen, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. 156pp. Octavo. [18.5cm] Mauve paper over boards with title stamped on spine. In a dust jacket, with light rubbing to extremities, back panel is lightly soiled. From the dust jacket- "Pages From Cole Point is a milestone volume of stores by one of the..... More
The Spider's House
New York: Random House, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 406pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth over boards with gold lettering on blue and green ink stamped panels on the spine and front cover. Publisher's pale blue top stain. The spine ends and corners of the covers are moderately bumped, and..... More
Without Stopping: An Autobiography
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 379pp. Large octavo [22 cm] White cloth over boards with lettering in metallic blue and gilt on the spine. Orange endpapers. The spine is rolled, the spine ends and corners of the boards are gently bumped, and the boards..... More
Solemn Johnson Plus
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. Later printing. Hardcover. 242pp. Duodecimo [19.4cm]. Red cloth over boards with black stamped lettering on the front board and spine. The corners and spine ends of the boards are ever so lightly bumped. In an uncommon illustrated dust jacket which is rubbed at extremities..... More
Beach Red
New York: Random House, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 122pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth with title gilt stamped within salmon panels on front board and backstrip. Very good. The top edges of the covers are barely perceptibly stained. The front free endsheet has a previous owner's name. The dust jacket..... More
Tomb of the Unknown Racist: A Novel
Berkely, CA: Counterpoint, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. 280pp. Octavo [23.5cm]; gray paper boards with title in red on spine. Blanche McCrary Boyd's first novel in twenty years continues the story of her protagonist Ellen Burns. When Tomb of the Unknown Racist opens in 1999, Ellen--now sober, haunted by her activist..... More
Babylon Rolling
New York: Pantheon, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 301pp. 24.5 cm. Black over yellow boards. First edition, first printing. NF dustjacket with "Autographed Copy" sticker on front cover. SIGNED by author on the title page. "A family from Minneapolis relocates to New Orleans one year before Katrina and settles on Orchard..... More
Fifty Stories
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 648pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth with beige paper covered boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The dust jacket has edge tears, and is lightly soiled. The jacket's spine is subtly sunned. Kay Boyle's fiction has..... More
Live Blog: A Novel
New York: Tyrant Books, 9/25/2018. First edition. Paperback. 707pp. Octavo [22.5cm]; illustrated wraps. In 2013, Megan Boyle was unhappy with the life she was living and wanted to document it on the internet for an audience. Her hope was that if she documented each thought and action on the internet..... More
When the Killing's Done
New York: Viking, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Octavo [23.5] Hardcover in dustjacket. From the publisher: Principally set on the wild and sparsely inhabited Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara, T.C. Boyle's powerful new novel combines pulse-pounding adventure with a socially conscious, richly humane tale regarding the dominion..... More
Fahrenheit 451
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013. 60th Anniversary Edition - Later Printing. Paperback. 249pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. The 60th Anniversary edition of Bradbury's classic, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman. More
River Lady
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1942. Hardcover. 374pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. The cloth along the top edge is just a little frayed. Very minor spine lean..... More
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2002. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. 759pp. Octavo. [24cm]. Dark red leather over boards with the title stamped in gold gilt on the spine. Gold gilt decorations on covers. All edges gilt. Silk moire end pages with satin ribbon page marker attached to spine. More
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 216pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine ends are gently bumped, and the spine is slightly rolled. The edges of the spine and covers are subtly..... More
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 216pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. The spine is rolled, there are a handful of small stains on the rear board, and the front hinge is weak. There..... More
Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt
New York: A Seymour Lawrence Book / Delacorte Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 85pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Pictorial paper over boards with a matching dust jacket. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Previous owner's name crossed out on front pastedown. The dust jacket has 4..... More