LOWENFELS, Walter
literature
YOUNG LUST AND OTHERS
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in self wraps. Toned near spine. Small creases and touches of thumbsoiling. Very good overall. Small collection of stories. Sparrow 9.
NO OTHER BOOK: Selected Essays
[New York]: Michael di Capua/Harper Collins, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth over gray boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in like DJ. Hint of edgewear to jacket, trace soil. Bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 376pp. Selection of essays from the noted poetry critic (and poet).....
THE MAKING OF AMERICANS: An Opera and a Play
Barton, VT: Something Else Press, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. Trace handling wear. Clean, sharp. The published playscript of Katz's reworking of the text of Gertrude Stein's autobiograhical novel into a stage adaptation. One of the more uncommon Something Else Press Stein related releases. 186pp.
THE HIGHFLYERS
New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1919. Hardcover. 8vo. Pictorial red cloth with yellow lettering, in pictorial red and grey jacket. Edgewear and heavy scuffing to jacket, with several small tears to edges and spine. Dampstaining to jacket verso and cloth of back cover. Front hinge starting. Two previous ownership signatures.....
THE TIME IT NEVER RAINED
Fort Worth, TX: Texas Christian University Press, (1984). later edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth in original dust jacket. INSCRIBED at ffep "For my old friend / Loyd Hackler- / Who lived through / the drought in this story./ Elmer Kelton/ 7/11/84." Light rubbing and mild edgewear to jacket. Price-clipped.....
THE DOG SAYS HOW
(St. Paul, MN): Borealis Books, (2007). Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Light-brown boards in glossy photographic dust jacket. About fine in like DJ. Warmly INSCRIBED by Kling at FFEP. Clean, bright, and sharp throughout; appears unread. 178pp. Collection of autobiographical stories from this frequent contributor to NPR's All Things Considered.
FLOWER SHADOWS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
New York: Pantheon, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Jacket worn at edges and suffers several closed tears, one approx. 2" at front panel near spine. Cloth slightly foxed and soiled. Interior clean and bright. About very good. Classic Chinese novel dating from the.....
MICHIGAN SMALL-PRESS PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE: Summer, 1980
Southfield, MI: Poetry Resource Center of Michigan, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled stiff paper wraps. Staples beginning to rust. Very mild edgewear and toning. Very good plus. Compilation of Michigan small presses and periodicals, including "all presses currently known to" the editors. Catalog collated under the sponsorship of the.....
OUT OF SIGHT
New York: Delacorte Press, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's paper-covered boards in original dust jacket. Jacket slightly edges. Top corner of front board lightly bumped. Interior bright and clean. Tight. Near fine. 96 pp. An attractive copy of this crime novel, adapted by Steven Soderbergh into the film of.....
AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE
New York: Doubleday, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards in original dust jacket. Jacket suffers mild shelfwear. interior clean and bright. Near fine. 212 pp. First edition of Jonathan Lethem's third novel, a satirical science fiction dealing with quantum physics.
OTHER PEOPLE'S TRADES
New York: Summit Books, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine over blue boards, in white pictorial dust jacket. Minor bumping to spine, light speckling to top edge. Near fine in like jacket. 223pp. Collected essays, translated by Raymond Rosenthal and published shortly after Levi's death.
THE REVENGE FOR LOVE
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1991. First edition thus. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth spine over pictorial boards, in original glassine jacket. Edition of 126 numbered deluxe copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray; this copy no. 8. Near fine. 399pp. Critical edition, edited with notes and introduction by Reed Way.....
ROTTING HILL
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First edition thus. Hardcover. Red cloth spine over pictorial paper boards, in original transparent protective jacket. Corners mildly bumped. Edition of 176 numbered deluxe copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray; this copy no. 29. Very good plus. 352pp. Edited with afterword and notes.....
TARR: The 1918 Version
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. First edition thus. Hardcover. Olive cloth spine over pictorial paper boards, in original transparent protective jacket. Edition of 126 numbered deluxe copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray; this copy no. 93. Near fine. 425pp. Edited by Paul O'Keeffe, from the unabridged American edition.....
PELHAM or Adventures of a Gentleman
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1876. Reprint. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original green cloth. Lightly rubbed. Mild and occasional foxing. Frontis tissue torn. Else clean and very sound. Very good. Handsome. Complete in one volume. Globe edition. 338pp.
CASANOVA'S ESCAPE FROM THE LEADS: An Excerpt From the Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova Di Seingalt
New York: Knopf, 1929. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue decorated cloth. In original illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket toned with prominent area of loss from upper left. Contents lighly age toned. Otherwise a sound, clean copy. An early Knopf Pocket Book edition in a lovely Art Deco jacket. Uncommon in jacket. 215pp.....
ARROW OF LOVE
Denver: Alan Swallow, (1961). Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. About near fine. Light hints of toning to wraps; trace wear to one corner of spine. Interior clean and unmarred throughout. Binding sound. 220pp. Collects three "novelettes" by the acclaimed author of Western-themed novels. Uncommon bound thus.
DUKE'S MIXTURE
(Sioux Falls, SD): The Center for Western Studies, (1994). Later printing. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. Very good plus. Trivial edgwear to front cover; light rubbing to rear. Mild soil inside front cover. Otherwise clean and bright throughout. 270pp. Collection of essays by this "bard of Siouxland," dating from 1951.....
THE GOLDEN BOWL: Golden Anniversary Edition
Brookings, SD: South Dakota Humanities Foundation, (1992). Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Very good plus to near fine. Trivial edgewear and one small corner nick. Interior bright and clean throughout. Binding tight; appears unread. 237pp. Fiftieth anniversary edition of this 1944 novel on the Dust Bowl struggles of a South.....
SCARLET PLUME: Second Edition
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2012). Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Glossy pictorial wraps. Fine. Clean, bright, and crisp; appears unread. 365pp. Second edition of this 1964 novel, originally issued thus in 1983. This 2012 printing includes a new introduction by John Calvin Rezmerski.
THOMAS MANN: Selections From His Writings Read By The Author (In German)
New York: Caedmon Records, Inc., 1952. First Edition. 33 & 1/3 RPM LP album, no. TFC 1004. Vinyl near fine. Album cover very good plus, with minor scuffing and edgewear. Selections include: Toni Kröger (Chapter 1), Lob der Vergänglichkeit, and Die Busse (from Der Erwählte). With liner notes by Monika.....
THE YELLOW PERIL IN ACTION: A Possible Chapter in History. Dedicated to the Men who train and direct the Men behind the Guns
San Francisco: [Marsden Manson] Britton & Rey, printers, 1907. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed stapled wraps. Toning to edges. Mild wear. Very good. 28pp. with fold-out map. Speculative history sensationalizing the threat from Japan and China. U.S. race riots lead to war in Pacific. Spoiler! It doesn't end well for.....
LIFE OF PI
New York: Harcourt, 2001. First Edition. Wraps. ADVANCE READING COPY in original printed wraps. Light edgewear to wraps, particularly at corners and spots of soil at rear. Interior clean. Very good. 319 pp. Advance copy of this bestseller and winner of the Man Booker Prize, adapted by Ang Lee in.....
UNDESERVED REPUTATIONS
Norman, OK: Texture Press, 1994. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Neon pink saddle-stapled wraps. Spine sunned. Light creasing to rear endpaper. Very good plus. 45pp. Texture Chapbook Series #14. Four short fictions, with graphics by the author and a critical essay by Susan Smith Nash on Martin's "apocalyptic feeling"
IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE: The Collected Essays
Venice, CA: The Lapis Press, 1991. Hardcover. 4to. Pictorial boards. Light edgewear; corners and spine ends scuffed. Very good. 295pp. Mathews on Jane Austen, Georges Perec, Lewis Carroll, Richard Wagner, and many other subjects. With two pages of photographs, printed on perforated paper.