Fiction from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2000). First U.K. edition, this copy boldly signed in ink by Ondaatje in his characteristic minimalist style on the title page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 311 & [2] pages. Publisher's black cloth- patterned paper over boards lettered in bronze on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Ribbon marker sewn in. Slight foxing mostly at the edges of the… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine, "A One World Book," (2000). First edition, this copy boldy signed in ink at the title page by Kristen Lattany (nee Kristin Hunter). Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), 265 pages. Publisher's orange paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered brick paper, in pictorial dust jacket. Top edge of the text block lightly foxed, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. "The… Read more about this item

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 5 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Joyce had neither been a virgin or a fool when… Read more about this item

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "My introduction to the pleasures, and mysteries that have ever… Read more about this item

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 6 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Again I sought Dorothy's society, who helped further to destroy… Read more about this item

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled & sunned, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. "Clara Bridges was a hunter - a hunter… Read more about this item

No place, The Collector's Library, no date, (ca. 1950's). 24mo (5.5" x 4.25"), 32 pages including 3 full page explicit illustrations from photographs. Publisher's pictorial, pale blue paper wraps, stapled. Crudely printed causing ghosting & portions of text to be light but not illegible, lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good. Young Betty Jean Cracker is routinely disciplined by women but,… Read more about this item

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: [Olympia Press], Traveller's Companion Series number 3, no date (ca. 1960's ?). Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 218 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed, light card covers. Modest edge wear including a tiny loss & some scuffing at the front cover of part 1, internal toning, otherwise very good. A pirated edition quite probably actually issued in London, originally… Read more about this item

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: [Olympia Press], Traveller's Companion Series number 19, no date (ca. 1960's ?). Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 171 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed light card covers. Trace edge wear, minor internal toning, otherwise very good or better. An erotic adventure which began with rape. The protagonist searches the jazz clubs & beat bars of New York in search… Read more about this item

[Spurious imprint]. Paris: Olympia Press, Traveller's Companion Series number 28, (1956) but later, ca. 1960's. Two sextodecimo volumes (6.75" x 4.25"), 208 pages (continuously paginated). Publisher's printed light card covers, part one in pale green, part two in light blue. This version not found in OCLC as of 2/22/2024. Margins lightly sunned, trace edge wear, minor internal toning, otherwise very good… Read more about this item

New York: A.A. Wyn, 1948. First American edition but printed in Great Britain with price in pounds sterling. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.25"), xi & 159 pages, the title page printed in red & black. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in brown on the spine, in pictorial dus jacket. Slight shelf wear, otherwise near fine in soiled dust jacket, browned at the spine,… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, (1978). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink at the title page by Kristen Hunter Lattany. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), [6] & 314 pages. Publisher's red cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Edges of the text block lightly foxed, otherwise fine in slightly toned dust… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, (1966). First edition. Octavo (8.25" x 5.75"), 223 pages. Publisher's gilt lettered gray/ blue cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Margins lightly sunned, otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with moderate edge wear including shallow losses at the spine extremities, minor creasing, & a couple of short, closed tears. The last of Bowles's four novels… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Westlake at the ffep. Octavo (9" x 6"), [11] & 2 - 191 pages. Publisher's black paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered white cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight sunning at the upper margin, otherwise fine in near fine dust with a 1/4 inch tear at the… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First edition, this copy signed in ink by Shulman at the ffep. Octavo (7.75" x 5.5"), 191 pages, with illustrations by Bill Crawford. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & decorated in plum on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Spine a bit cocked, offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, text modestly toned, otherwise very good in very… Read more about this item

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, distributed by Random House, (1959). First edition. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"), xiii & 204 pages. Publisher's decorated dark gray paper over boards backed in white & gilt lettered green cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Trace of wear at spine extremities, slight foxing affecting early & late leaves, otherwise near fine in very good or better… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1945). Early printing. Octavo (8.25 x 5.25"), 209 pages. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & ruled in maroon in pictorial dust jacket. Moderate foxing/ offsetting at pastedowns, first & last blank pages & edges of the text block, otherwise very good in very good corner-clipped dust jacket, a bit faded at the spine, lightly rubbed &… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, Volume xlvii, number 3, March, 1930. First edition. Publisher's stapled, pictorial paper wraps, folio (14.25" x 11"), 258 pages. Moderate edge wear (particularly the lower corner, diminishing through page 25), some foxing & toning mostly affecting the covers, small mailing label on the rear cover, otherwise Good or better. This voluminous issue features "White Birch," a stunning… Read more about this item

Detroit, Michigan: Harlo Press, (1974). First edition, this copy signed in ink by the author at the ffep. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"), 253 pages, with frontis & 1 plate. Original gilt-lettered gray cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Modest foxing/ offsetting at endpapers & pastedowns, ISBN supplied in ink on the copyright page, otherwise very good in very good moderately soiled &… Read more about this item

Jericho, New York: Exposition Press, (1974). First edition. 8vo, 79 pp. Publisher's maroon cloth-patterned paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Slightly rubbed, endpapers & pastedowns browned from binder's glue, brief gift inscription from the author's wife at ffep, otherwise Very Good in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, lightly toned, with brief edge wear… Read more about this item