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$55.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1990. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 377 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Field.
$250.00London: Andre Deutsch (1956). Uncorrected proof. 254 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Designated “file copy” on the front cover, along with the publication date. Author’s name and title inked to spine. Chester’s second novel (first under his own name), detailing the life of a Brooklyn undertaker and his interest in the deceased young man of the title. Young 650.$55.00NY: Vanguard (nd). First US edition. 254 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. Young 650 (UK edition).
$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited, and with a foreword by Edward Field. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy #1.
$150.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited by Edward Field, with his foreword. Book reviews (Nabokov, Burroughs, Rechy, Capote), literary essays, columns. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Field. This is copy “Z.”
$200.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1992. First edition, publisher’s copy. 260 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Edited with a foreword by Edward Field. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Field. Laid into this copy is a holograph postcard from Field, “Dear John, / I’m completely bowled over / by the book!!!! I keep looking / at it, and it (with all those / eyes) keeps looking back at me. / What a great publisher you are! / xxxooo / Edward.”$100.00NY: Simon and Schuster (1967). Uncorrected proof. Narrow tall 8vo. [152 pp]. Spine darkened, else near fine in printed wrappers with publication month and price inked to front cover. Young 649*.
$75.00NY: Simon & Schuster (1967). First edition. 240 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket with a shallow corner crease to the front flap. Jacket design by Lawrence Ratzkin. Chester’s second novel. Publisher’s reply card specific to this title laid in. Young 649*.$45.00NY: J. Chester, 1969. First edition. 4to. [66 pp]. One lower corner bumped, else near fine in wrappers, stapled at the top edge. A single long sequence.$100.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1991. First edition, publisher’s copy. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Chester.$20.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 hardcover copies.$10.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First trade paperback printing. 204 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.$25.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$65.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow 1991. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 204 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$25.00Austin: Cold Mountain Press, 1978 . First edition. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. 37 pp. 1/500 copies.$15.00Austin: Cold Mountain Press (1978). First edition. 37 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. One of 500 copies.$15.00Austin: Cold Mountain (1978). First edition. 37 pp. Fine in printed wrappers; a trade paperback original. One of 500 copies.$12.50Providence: Burning Deck (1988). First trade edition. 68 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.$12.50Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First trade paperback printing. 231 pp. Fine in printed wrappers.$25.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition. 231 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 300 trade hardcover copies.$85.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, publisher’s copy. 231 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated “Publisher’s Copy” on the colophon page and SIGNED by Chester.$55.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 231 pp. Fine printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$35.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 231 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$12.50Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 2000. Uncorrected proof. Near fine in wraps.$15.00Berkeley: The Figures, 1980. First edition. ix + 97 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.$20.00Berkeley: The Figures (1980). First edition. 97 pp. Light foxing to page edges, else near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by Chester on the front free endpaper.$17.50Bowling Green: Tribal Press (1974). First edition. [60 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers with toning to spine and extrems. Measure 8.$20.00Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1978. First edition. 128 pp. Fine in wrappers and printed dust jacket. One of 1200 copies.$35.00Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1978. First edition. 128 pp. Fine in wrappers and printed dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Chester on the front free endpaper.$55.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 224 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Chester.$35.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition. 224 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards and cloth spine with paper label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 125 numbered copies SIGNED by Chester.$20.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1989. First edition. 224 pp. Top edge foxed, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 250 trade hardcover copies.