Modern First Editions
The ANGELIC AVENGERS.
London: Putnam & Co Ltd., 42 Great Russell Street, (1946). 1st UK edition. 303, [1 (blank )] pp. 8" x 5-1/2". Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Color pictorial DJ. More
The NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S. A Fanciful Expedition to the Lost Atlantis of Show Business.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 1st printing. [9], 351, [2 (blank)] pp. Many intratextual b/w & color illustrations. 8-3/8" x 6-3/8". Quarter-bound navy cloth spine with gilt stamped lettering. Purple paper wrapped illustrated boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Red top stain. Color illustrated DJ. More
The ONE SANE MAN.
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1934. 1st US edition (Hubin I, p. 60). vi, 314 pp. Crown 8vo. Purple cloth binding with black stamping. Dust jacket. More
MY WAR With The UNITED STATES.
New York: Viking, 1937. 1st edition (Pomerance A33). 151, [1] pp. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. Linen cloth binding stamped with light blue. Red edgestain. Dust jacket. More
The MOTHER.
New York: John Day, (1934). 1st edition. 302 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Yellow top stain. Dust jacket. More
The STORY Of HENRI TOD.
Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1984. 1st edition. SIGNED, limited (unstated limitation). 2 page color frontis. 8vo. Full decorative leather. AEG. Special preface by Buckley expressly for this edition. More
BLACK CHERRY BLUES.
Boston: Little Brown and Co., (1989). 1st edition. SIGNED by Burke on the title page. [10], 290, [4] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
YOUR BLUES AIN'T LIKE MINE.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1992). 1st Edition. 332 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The GOLDEN BARRIER.
Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Co., 1913. 1st edition. Not in Smith. vi, 410 pp. Crown 8vo. Red cloth binding lettered in white. Buff dust jacket. More
SHADOW Of A BROKEN MAN.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1977). 1st edition. 252, [4 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Grey cloth binding, white printed lettering to spine. Color pictorial DJ. More
The BIG BARN.
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1930. 1st edition. 333 pp, 8vo. Black cloth with orange lettering. Dust jacket. More
The CLAM LAKE PAPERS. A Winter in the North Woods. Introducing the Metaphorical Imperative and Kindred Matters.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. SIGNED and INSCRIBED 1st Edition. 148 pp. 8-1/4" x 5-7/8". Light blue cloth covered binding, blue lettering stamped to spine and front board. Light grey endpapers. Beige printed paper DJ. A nice association copy from the personal collection of poet William Stafford, inscribed..... More
A CORRAL FULL Of STORIES.
El Paso: Joe M. Evans, (1939). 1st edition. x, 66 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Dust jacket. More
The MANSION.
New York: Random House, (1959). 1st trade edition (FPAA I, p. 124). [12], 436 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue eps. Blue dust jacket. More
A PECULIAR TREASURE.
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co., 1939. Salesman's Dummy. Precedes the first edition. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. Same size as the trade edition; contains a publisher's notice, half-title, title page, 2 pages of text, and 8 pages of photos. The remainder of the text block is blank pages..... More
LIGHTNING In The EAST.
Goleta, California: Printed by Golden Coast Publishing Co., Inc, (1972). 1st Edition. Not in the Teitler Collection catalogue. [3], iii, 240 pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Linen cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Purple dust jacket, with cover design by Nick Hoff. A rare science-fiction novel with elements of..... More
SOME LIFE. Poems.
Los Angeles: Bombshelter Press, 1986. 1st Printing. 23, [1] pp. 8vo. B/W photographic paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
CUB REPORTER
New York: Longmans Green and Company, 1951. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [8], 231, [1 (blank)] pp. Sketches, and jacket design, by Jean Rutherford Finch. 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8". Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Black & red dust jacket. The author a former reporter, who..... More
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE
New York: Longmans Green and Company, 1946. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the author. [16], 172, [1 (blank)] pp. Publisher's business card [signed] laid-in. 2 inserted color plates (4 captioned images). 4 inserted b/w photographics plates (8 captioned images). 8vo. 8" x 5-5/8". Green cloth binding with silver..... More
The REVELATIONS Of DR. MODESTO. A Novel.
New York: Knopf, 1955. 1st edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Brick red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
BLACK SUNDAY.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1975). 1st edition. 318 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. Author's first book, and basis for the 1977 movie, an action thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer. The film was produced by Robert Evans, and stars Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern and Marthe Keller. It was nominated..... More
JIGGERY - POKERY A Compendium of Double Dactyls.
New York: Atheneum, 1967. 2nd Printing. INSCRIBED, and SIGNED by Hecte on the half-title page [in 1972]. [6], 112, [2] pp. Drawings by Milton Glaser. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Yellow eps. Yellow topstain. White dust jacket. More
The HAWK In The RAIN.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, (1957). 1st US Edition. 52 pp. 8vo. Black cloth. Yellow dust jacket. Author's first book. More
A TIME Of SOLDIERS.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1976. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by author to ffep. 306, [6 (blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x6-3/4". Quarter-bound brown cloth spine over beige paper-covered boards. Dark brown lettering to spine, color illustrated DJ. Inscribed to poet and pacifist William Stafford on the flyleaf: "For Bill..... More