Just purchased a bunch of new photography books, including books on Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Webber, Edward Weston, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Richard Avedon. Great for Christmas!
Employees Favorites
Currently available on our employees favorites shelf as of 8/24/2011: Books by or about Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski, and Richard Feynman. Books by Don Delillo, Chuck Klosterman, Paul Auster, Daniel Clowes, Roberto Bolano, Kingsly Amis, and Oliver Sachs. Pygme, the cat, is blocking the entire bottom shelf, which holds Tad Williams and J.R.R. Tolkien. There are many more one-of books in there, as well as a whole slew of books we wish we currently had to put in there.
What would you put on your favorites shelf?
Bukowski
Recently got a third printing of Bukowski’s Post Office.
What makes this notable is an inscription, from Bukowski to fellow poet, and Bukowski biographer, Neeli Cherkovski.
Pretty nice!
SOLD!
Little Bunny Lives
Just finished reading “The Deep Blue Goodbye” by John D. Macdonald. Have to admit I avoided reading this for a number of years, because it look like trash detective noir, but boy was i wrong. Travis McGee, the books protagonist, is a true philosopher and surprisingly aware in 1964 of the changes in our culture, that have gotten us where we are today. Do yourself a favor and pick up a used copy soon, as they will all dry up when the movie that is in pre-production is finally released.
Mosely, Easy
Just got a whole collection of Walter Mosely first editions, all signed, including the first five easy Rawlins books.
Picturesque Indeed!
Barts now has a copy of an 1888 printing of Picturesque California, in two leather bound volumes. The book is edited and features many articles by John Muir.
This beautiful two volume set justifys the term profusely illustrated, with over five hundred etchings and photogravures, and an illustration on every page, or full page illustration on the facing page. Many are by significant western artists such as Fredric Remington.
Raymond Chandler
Got to the bottom of that box of vintage paperbacks, and hit a lovely pocket of Raymond Chandler.
We’ve also recently acquired a First edition of Chandler’s “The Little Sister”
Huxley
Just got in a First edition of Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception. Update Sold!
Got some cool vintage paperbacks on trade recently: favorite title: “Violence is golden”, favorite cover “Date With A Dead Man” (that’s one redheaded fox)