1.
AGEE, James.
The Last Letter of James Agee to Father Flye.
Boston: Godine, 1969.

First edition. [10 pp]. Very near fine in sewn wrappers with a pasted-on cover label. One of 500 numbered copies on handmade Amalfi paper, printed at the Gehenna Press. This last letter was found sealed and unmailed at the time of Agee’s death, thirty years after Agee’s first letter to Father Flye.
$35

2.
AGEE, Jonis.
Mercury, A Short Story.
West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1981.

First edition. [20 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. illustrated with drawings by Robert Ferguson. One of 850 (of 900) copies on Frankfurt White paper. Agee’s second book, following HOUSES in 1976.
$25

3.
AMIS, Martin.
London Fields.
London: Jonathan Cape (1989).

First edition. 44 pp. Very near fine in glossy printed wrappers. An excerpt from Amis’ novel, issued in advance of publication.
$35

4.
BECKETT, Samuel.
From an Abandoned Work.
London: Faber and Faber (1958).

First edition. 22 pp. Fine in stiff wrappers and near fine integral dust jacket that is lightly toned along the spine and has three short tears to the top edge. Federman & Fletcher 33.2.
$45

5.
BELLOW, Saul.
Recent American Fiction.
Washington DC: Reference Department/Library of Congress, 1963.

First edition. iii + 12 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Text of a lecture by Bellow delivered at the Library.
$20

6.
BRAINARD, Joe.
More I Remember More.
NY: Angel Hair Books (1973).

First edition. [32 pp]. Light toning along spine and rear panel, else very near fine in stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Bill Katz. One of 700 copies. INSCRIBED by Brainard on the title page to Gay Sunshine editor Winston Leyland, “For Winston / with ‘See You / Saturday!’ / Love, / Joe.” Young 419.
$350

7.
BRUNO, Guido.
Sentimental Studies: Stories of Life and Love.
NY: Guido Bruno, 1920.

First edition. 32 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Seven short pieces by this Greenwich Village denizen, publisher of Bruno’s Weekly, Bruno’s Monthly, Bruno’s Bohemia, and others from his “Garrett on Washington Square.”
$20

8.
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Bring Me Your Love.
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1983.

First trade paperback printing. 4to. 15 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Cover and internal illustrations by R. Crumb. Review slip laid in. Krumhansl 79a.
$45

9.
CAGE, John and Geoffrey Barnard.
Conversation without Feldman: A Talk Between John Cage & Geoffrey Barnard.
Darlinghurst: Black Ram Books (1980).

First edition. 28 pp w/notes. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Preface by Barnard. Transcription of a recording made in 1978.
$40

10.
CARTER, Angela.
Entertaining.
[Melbourne]: Mattoid [c. 1985].

First edition. 32 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Collects two student continuances of Carter’s short story “The Company of Wolves,” two essays on Carter’s work, and an interview with Carter by Sneja Gunew and Wendy Morgan. Issued as a supplement to Mattoid 21.
$25

11.
CARY, Joyce.
Process of Real Freedom.
London: Michael Joseph (1943).

First edition. 15 pp. Very good plus in stapled wrappers with one short tear to top edge of front cover. SIGNED by Cary on the title page, and additionally INSCRIBED inside the front cover, “Jack Gough from his old friend the author.”
$100

12.
CHATWIN, Bruce.
The Attractions of France.
London: Colophon Press, 1993.

First edition, numbered issue. 17 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers with pasted-on cover label. One of 175 numbered copies on Vélin Arches mould-made paper. A short story, found amongst Chatwin’s papers after his death.
$75

13.
CHILDRESS, Mark.
Traveling Christmas.
(np): Mark Childress, 1992.

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. One of 75 copies for family and friends. Hand-decorated and colored. INSCRIBED by Childress at the conclusion of the essay.
$45

14.
CONNELL, Evan S.
A Key to THE ALCHYMIST’S JOURNAL.
Berkeley: North Point Press, 1991.

First edition. 23 pp w/sources. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Issued in advance of publication, this pamphlet includes several short pieces on alchemy, Connell’s book, and a glossary.
$35

15.
CONNELL, Evan S.
Saint Augustine’s Pigeon: The Selected Stories of Evan S. Connell.
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1980.

First edition. [4 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Connell’s story “The Yellow Raft” issued in advance of this collection.
$25

16.
DAVIES, Robertson.
An Introduction to the Twenty-first Toronto Antiquarian Book Fair.
Toronto: Letters/Coach House (1993).

First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers. “... but the bookseller is in his shirtsleeves, struggling with a large and heavy box.” A keepsake distributed at the book fair.
$20

17.
DAVIS, Lydia and Eliot Weinberger.
Two American Scenes.
NY: New Directions (2013).

First edition. 56 pp. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Pairs “Our Village” by Davis with “A Journey on the Colorado River” by Weinberger. New Directions Poetry Pamphlet #2.
$12.50

18.
DUFRESNE, John.
Lethe, Cupid, Time, and Love.
Candia: LeBow, 1994.

First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers with printed cover label. Frontis illustration by Dina Knapp. One of 100 (of 126) numbered copies SIGNED by Dufresne.
$45

19.
FAULKNER, William.
Faulkner on Love: A Letter to Marjorie Lyons.
Fargo: Merrykit Press (1974).

First edition. [12 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine printed dust jacket. One of 100 (of 110) numbered copies. Edited by Richard Lyons, with his introduction. The letter itself and the envelope in which it arrived reproduced photographically in the center spread, as well as the text being transcribed and letterpress printed.
$125

20.
FAULKNER, William.
William Faulkner’s Speech of Acceptance.
London: Chatto & Windus (1951).

First UK edition. [4 pp]. Near fine in sewn wrappers. Published by Chatto & Windus for private distribution.
$75

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