SOMETHING TERRIBLE, SOMETHING LOVELY.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1948. 1st Edition. [8], 231, [1] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/4". Orange cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Orange & white dust jacket. More
Modern First Editions
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STRANGE TALES Of The BORDERS. Old and New.
Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1948. First Edition. 238 pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's light blue cloth with black stamped spine lettering. No dust jacket. More
The STORIES Of WILLIAM SANSOM.; With an Introduction by Elizabeth Bowen.
London: The Hogarth Press, (1963). 1st Edition (Sellery & Harris B34a). 421, [3] pp. Last leaf blank. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-5/8". Black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black topstain. Green, red & white dust jacket. More
To WHOM It MAY CONCERN.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st Edition. 167, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Black, red & white dust jacket. Author the daughter of Thomas Mann, this her first book. More
A TOUCH Of The SUN.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1952. 1st Edition. [6], 249, [1] pp. 8vo. 7-3/8" x 4-7/8". Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped spine letter. Dust jacket. More
SWEET SINGER UNTO The LORD. Poems.
San Francisco: Donna Benedetti, (1990). 1st Printing. [6], 55, [3 (blank)] pp. Photographic image of Marian Birrel. 8vo. Blue-green paper cover printed in black. More
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"people of color" [as published in] TOUCHSTONE New Age Journal. Vol. X. No. 1.
Houston, Texas: William Laufer, (1985). 1st Printing. 36 pp. Travis' poem p. 31. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-3/8" x 5-3/8". Off-white printed paper covers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Touchstone ... is a non-commercial magazine supported by subscribers and well-wishers. ... Our volunteers feel a commitment to publish the..... More
The ISLAND PEOPLE.
New York: Belmont Books, 1971. 1st edition, PBO. 188, [2] pp. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8". Black spine; pictorial pink front cover lettered in black & white. Pale green edgestain. "A story of love and politics, danger and escape, set in the islands of Atlantis." [front cover blurb] A title from the..... More
TRACKS In The WIDEST ORBIT. Collected Poems.
Sebastopol, CA: Russian River Writer's Guild, (1985). 1st printing. INSCRIBED by Edith Montrose, the author's wife. Unpaginated. 3 promotional pieces laid-in. 8vo. 9" x 6-15/16". Glossy whtie paper covers printed in black & blue. Inscribed to "Paul", who is presumed to be Paul Mariah, named on the Acknowledgements page... More
DECEMBER. A Magazine of the Arts and Opinion. Double Issue.; Vol. IX. Nos. 2/3.
Western Springs, Illinois: C. L. Johnson, (1967). 1st Printing. 267, [3] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-7/16" Glossy white paper covers printed in green. More
BEFORE The CITY. Collected Poems & Prose Poems.; Foreword by Daniel Bourne.
San Diego: Lemon Shark Press, (2003). 1st Printing. x, 101, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1.2" x 5-3/8". White glossy paper covers printed in black with full color image to front cover. More
POEMS
Trent Bridge, Nottingham: PUblished by the Tarasque Press from the Trent Book Shop, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1960 [per OCLC]. Unpaginated, though 30 pp. Oblong format: 5-1/4" x 8-7/16" White paper wrappers, stapled. White paper dust jacket printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Contains first..... More
THREE TIMES THREE.
Los Angeles: The Conference Press, 1936. 1st edition. SIGNED, limited (#196 / 250 cc). 160 pp. 8vo. Black cloth binding lettered in red. White dust jacket. More
SNOW And Other Stories.; Foreword by Harold Acton.
London: Quartet Books, 1983. 1st Edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 134 pp. 8vo. Black cloth binding with silver stamped spine lettering. White dust jacket. More
SCARS And OTHER CEREMONIES. Short Stories.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition. 154 pp. 8vo. Purple cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
ALLEY CAT And Other Stories
London: Heinemann, 1973. 1st Edition. 192 pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Black dust jacket. More
The JEWEL MAKER.
London: Hamish Hamilton Limited, 1986. 1st Edition. 180 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. More
The GREEN FLASH. And Other Tales of Horror, Suspense, and Fantasy.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). 1st Edition. [10], 163, [1] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Purple dust jacket. More
A TOUCH Of CHILL. Tales for Sleepless Nights
New York: Delacorte Press, (1980). 1st Edition. [6], 183, [3] pp. 8vo. Green cloth binding. Black dust jacket. More
A LITTLE MORE TIME And Other Stories.
London: Constable, 1959. 1st Edition. [8], 255, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-1/2" x 5" Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Green & black dust jacket lettered in red. More
The ISLAR. A Narrative of Lang III
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 1st edition. ix, [1 (blank)], 308, [2 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Blue map eps. Blue dust jacket. More
I THOUGHT YOU WERE A UNICORN and Other Stories.
Boston / Toronto: Little Brown and Company, (1971). 1st Edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY, with 1971 SIGNATURE by the author. [14], 207, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Dust jacket. More
THREE NOVELS. The Resurrection of Mozart. The Waiter and the Slut. Astashev in Paris.; Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. 1st Edition in English. [8], 215, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" Black cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
FORWARDS! A Phantom Captain Book with Forewords
London: Published by Unexpected Developments Ltd. in association with Aloes Books, 1977. 1st Printing. 126, [2] pp. Illustrated 8-1/8" x 5-5/8". White glossy paper covers printed in black & green. More
The IN - WORLD.
[New York]: Arcadia House, (1968). Cf. Reginald 05111, for the 1st UK edition [1960]. 189, [1] pp. 8vo. Pink cloth binding with blue stamping. Dust jacket. More