Joshua Hirschstein, Owner Member: IOBA
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New York: Beach Books, Texts & Documents, (1961) 1969. Rubington. Second American Edition. Softcover. Square Octavo (8 in. x 8 in.). Practically every page has a black and white cartoon with humorous texts illustrating the excesses of the underground drug culture. More
New York: New American Library, 1966. Schiller, Lawrence. Stated First Printing. Paperback. WELL-WORN: Quarto (11 in. x 8 in.). Shelfwear, staining, soiling, creasing, thumbing and Scotch tape repair to spine of this apparently much-consulted pioneering and deep look into the nature, power, and effects of the LSD experience. More than..... More
New York: A Plume Book from The New American Library, 1966. Schiller, Lawrence. Third Printing. Paperback. Quarto (11 in. x 8 in.). Shelfwear, a small nick to spine of this apparently much-consulted pioneering and deep look into the nature, power, and effects of the LSD experience. More than 16 questions..... More
Havana, Cuba: Viva Cuba Libre! (?), 1957. Staplebound Pamphlet. IN SPANISH: 16 pp. stapled pamphlet summarizing the life, philosophy and revolutionary actions of Jose Antonio Echeverria, killed on March 13, 1957, in a shootout with the police in Havana, Cuba after participating in the occupying of the Radio Reloj radio..... More
Eugene, OR: Tsunami Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.1 in., pp. 513, [5]. Signed by the author on the title page. Red paper boards over ochre cloth spine. Metallic red title to spine. Dustjacket protected in mylar. More
San Francisco, CA: Underground Press, 1964. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. 11 in. x 8.5 in., pp. 76. Pictorial cardpaper covers; publisher's black tape tightly covers spine and staples. Light shelfwear to edges. Touch of thumbing to bottom corners. Age-toning to pages. A collection of poetry and prose from fourteen of..... More
Santa Rosa, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, hardcover, numbered (199/301) signed in red by Bukowski on colophon page, and specially bound. Orange paper boards over blue cloth spine. Title in green and blue to front and to paper paste-on on spine. Brown endpapers. Slight..... More
Santa Barbara, Calfornia U.S.A. Capra Press, 1970. Second Printing. Paperback. 1 of 1000 copies, perfect-bound in stiff, red paper wrappers, with deckled fore-edge, and gold-leaf fire pole to front cover. Very slight, hardly-noticeable crease to front cover. Reduced size red title page tipped-in, laid against a full-white page with illustration..... More
San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1973. Paperback. First printing by City Lights Books. Trade paperback. 7.8 in. x 5.3 in., pp. 256, [1] (advertising). White titles on dark background, with full-size photograph of Bukowski lighting a cigarette (not just an insert, as in later printings). Rubbing to edges with..... More
Madison, Wisconsin: Quixote Press, 1971. Charles Bukowski. Second Edition. Paperback. Staplebound. Text and illustrations by Charles Bukowski.. purple-colored wraps. Very clean, tight copy. Paperback Original. Several introductory pieces which originally appeared in the 1969 first edition were eliminated, and added to this second edition was "The Way The Dead Love"..... More
San Francisco: Second Coming Press, 1974. Softcover. Trade paperback. 8.5 in. x 5.5 in. Unpaginated (36 leaves incl. 3 pages of advertising). Black and white photo of Bukowki and black title to front; black title to spine. Touch of age-toning to covers with a couple very light stains. Previous owner's..... More
San Francisco, CA: Beach Books, Texts & Documents (Distributed by City Lights Books), 1967. Staplebound Pamphlet. Staplebound folio.Series. Number One. $1.50 price to beige, card covers, lettered in black. Compiled by Claude Pelieu and Mary Beach. Light thumbing and corner-curls. More
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.2 in., pp. xxiii, [3],134. Illustrated with frontis photograph of the author. Light blue cloth boards with title stamped in blind to front, and title in silver to spine. A touch of fading along top and bottom edges..... More
Berkeley, CA: Banyan Tree Books, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 167. Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to corners and spine ends. Previous owner's name to top of front free endpaper. "$7.75" to dustjacket flap. Rubbing to dustjacket edges..... More
Paris, France: Libraire Plon, 1898-1899. First Edition. Hardcover. IN FRENCH Folio. Red cloth-bound volume of all 85 issues of "Psst...!" (the stylized title being a direct, satirical jab at Zola's "J'Accuse!". 15 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. Blind-ruling to both front and rear panels. Not paginated consecutively, but each..... More
Philadelphia, PA: W.A. Leary, c. 1855. Hardcover. 12mo., 6.1 in. x 4 in., pp. 288. Navy blue cloth boards with decorative frames stamped in blind to front and back. Gilt title and decorative floral design to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Headcap of spine missing; shelfwear to bottom of spine. Three..... More
New York: Ballantine Books (Phoenix Editions), 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong, perfectbound paperback 9 in. x 8 1/2 in. 107 Black and white photographs. Final three pages and back cover show a 3/4 in. x 1/4 in.chip. Otherwise good condition. Previous owner's neatly inked names to inside cover and next..... More
Hibbing, Minnesota: Wimp Press, 1970. Early Pirated Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Tri-stapled mimeographed pamphlet. 11 in x 8.5 in., pp. 54. A pirated edition. Paper cover with black title and tarantula drawing. Light age-toning to pages. Small creases to front bottom left corner of first three leaves. Two quarter-inch tears, and..... More
Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.25 in. x 6.25 in., pp. viii, 272. Sweetly inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Red paper boards obver black cloth spine. Metallic red title to spine. Dustjacket protected in mylar. After fifty years of activism, politics..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. Softcover. Paperback, 8.2 in. x 5.3 in. pp. xiv, 242. Uncorrected Proof for Limited Distribution. Yellow cardpaper covers with black title and publishing information to front and black title to spine. A couple fingerprint smudges on the front cover and a hint of thumbing..... More
East Aurora, New York: Roycrofters, 1900. Softcover. Bound volume of six months of THE PHILISTINE: A PERIODICAL OF PROTEST, comprising six issues of this little (5 3/4 in. x 4 1/2 in.) magazine, self described thusly: "Printed Every Little While for The Society of The Philistines, and Published by Them..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.5 in., pp. xiii, 498. Signed on the title page by the author. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Black paper boards with silver title to spine. Just a touch of shelfwear to bottom of spine. "Autographed Copy"..... More
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Company, 1963. James Spanfeller. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Black cloth spine over pink and white paper covered boards. Corners nudged, some fading to boards. In good dust jacket with original $3.95 price on inside flap, light soiling, edgewear and some light chipping..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 210. Signed by the author on the half title page. Green cloth spine over white paper boards. Pink foil title to spine. Light shelfwear with front corners lightly nudged. Quarter-sized moisture stain to..... More
Pleasant Hill, OR: Intrepid Trips, [1964] 1999. Numbered, Limited First Edition. VHS recording. VHS Tape in elaborately hand-painted VHS box with Ken Kesey signature to box. Tape #1971. Comes in original mailing box, dated 2000, from Ken Kesey's home business in Pleasant HIll, OR. Laid in: Billing and signed letter..... More