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Amsterdam: n.p.. 1964. Inscribed by Huges: the Dutch version of his trepanation manifesto. Inscribed by Huges - "Voor Peter - van Bart" with a stylised diagram representing the brain. Paper scroll (2760x430mm) with a facsimile, in the original Dutch, of Huges's manifesto, written while in prison, for an expanded consciousness achieved through the control of blood to the brain. which gives the work its alternative name: The Mechanism of BrainBloodVolume (BBV). The original manuscript of Homo Sapiens Correctus was written in Dutch in 1962. In 1964, a facsimile was issued in both Dutch and in an English translation.

the world of spirits, its location, extent, appearance; the route thither; inhabitants; customs; societies; also sex and its uses there, etc. etc.; with much matter pertinent to the question of human immortality.Boston: Randolph and Company.. 1870. Thank God for Death. Third edition, revised, corrected and enlarged. 202x130mm. pp. [2], 6, 9-260, [6]. Black cloth, decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Some rubbing and bumping to extremities and slight marking to boards. A little foxed and soiled internally but overall a very good copy of a commercially rare book, none appearing in the auction records.

Paris: Éditions Montaigne.. [1931]. Inscribed by Richet First edition. 8vo. 188x120mm. pp. 248, [2], 6pp adverts. Original red wrappers but the upper cover and spine have faded. Creasing to upper wrapper, spine and to some of the pages, particularly towards the end. Pages uncut and last two leaves unopened. Some foxing and toning but overall a nice copy of Richet's penultimate book. Front free endpaper is inscribed "à Madame Salter, Respecteusement, Charles Richet". Beneath this is the ownership inscription of "W.H.Salter, The Crown House, Newport, Essex".

London: Dow & Lester.. [1907]. Early twentieth century fun with smudgy signatures. 163x95mm. Unpaginated. Frontispiece, title page and 46 leaves. 29 of the leaves have been written on. The idea of The Ghost of my Friends is one asks one's friends to write their signature in fountain pen ink along a crease that runs vertically in the middle of the leaf.

London: Printed by the Co-operative Printing Society Limited. 1913. What is there to believe, but in Self? First edition. Folio. 390x260mm. pp. [4], 59 [1]. Illustrated with 18 full plate prints and with numerous images in the text. Black cloth lettered in white on upper cover. Some marking and rubbing to boards and joints. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Internally very good with only the occasional spotting and toning. A nice copy of Spare's extraordinary work of art, magic, the occult, sexuality, religion and the use of sigils.

Original artwork by Allen Atwell and Michael Green New York: The World Publishing Company 1968 Take a trip with the highest priest First edition. 235x160mm. pp.[8] 353 [3bl]. Quarter bound in publisher’s original striped yellow and blue cloth on a pale grey ground. Title, author and publisher’s mark lettered in gold on spine. Original dust jacket in protective mylar covering. Very slight fading to head of spine. Dust jacket has a repaired tear on front towards foot and one small chip (0.5cm) on head of back cover. In excellent condition internally; altogether in excellent condition.

London: Hutchinson. 1958. The formation of a writer First edition. 220x150mm. pp. [10],342,[4]. Publisher's original Burgandy cloth. Lettered in silver on spine. Slightly shelf worn at extremities and slightly rubbed at head of spine. Original illustrated dust jacket is in very good condition. A small chip at head of front cover towards spine and very minor rubbing at head of spine. Inscribed in blue pen by a previous owner on free end paper "From Val and Mary – with best wishes for a merry Christmas. Dec 1958". Internally fine.

London: Cassell. 1960. A pioneering book on a difficult subject First edition. 205mmx145mm. pp. [8],207,[3]. Publisher's original red cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Slightly bumped at head of spine and slightly rubbed at foot but otherwise near fine. Original illustrated dust jacket has very mild creasing on head of front cover and some light chipping on head and foot of spine. Moderately foxed on back cover. Internally there is some foxing on front free end paper and toning to page edges but otherwise very good.  This pioneering 1960 book by Dr.

Translated by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Introduction and Bibliographical Note by Michael Glenny. London: Jonathan Cape. 1970. First UK edition. 8vo. 195x125mm. pp. 285 [1bl]. Publisher's grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original illustrated dustjacket. Slight bumping to bottom corners of boards. Lower cover of dustjacket has a repaired tear to and some foxing to photograph of Zamyatin but overall a very good copy and internally excellent. One of the great dystopian novels. Banned in Russia, it was first published in New York in an English translation.

London: Penguin Books.. 1972. "too didactic to be artistic" Presentation copy with illustration of a clockwork orange on title page. 180x112mm. pp. 143 [1]. This is a reprint from the same year as the first Penguin paperback edition of A Clockwork Orange. In the highly distinctive David Pelham designed wrappers. Some rubbing to wrappers and soiling and toning to edges. Hinges delicate and slightly creased. Inscription in blue ink reads "(the last chapter is missing) To Kristian with kindest regards Anthony Burgess London 8.2.90", with Burgess's line drawing of a clockwork orange. A unique copy of a controversial novel.

with an introduction by Boris Vian.Paris: The Vendôme Press. 1948.A fusion of prime US pulp and French sado-eroticism.First edition in English. 193x140mm. pp.201 [1]. Original wrappers. Slight creasing to upper cover and spine, a small tear and some marking and soiling to lower cover and a short tear at foot of spine at joint with lower cover. Some ink underlining in a few places. Internally very good. A nice copy of a rare and scandalous book. I shall spit on your graves first appeared in French in 1946.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd.. 1962.First UK edition, published the same year as the first printing in America. 200x130mm. pp. [6], 250. Blue cloth, illustrated and lettered on spine. Original illustrated dustjacket. Slight creasing to edges of jacket and light soiling to lower cover but overall very good and internally fine.

Sydney: Ure Smith. 1960. First Australian edition, the novel having been banned there for 28 years following its first publication in England in 1930. 8vo. 196x125mm. pp. 318. Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original dustjacket. Slight creasing and chipping to edges of jacket and a mark to the foot of the spine but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally very good with a little toning to the edges. This novel of small town, backwoods life in the Australian state of Victoria set in the 1890s portrays a society constrained by snobbery and tightly controlled social norms.

Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Introduction by Cyril Connolly.London: Hamish Hamilton. 1946.First edition in English. 8vo. 185x120mm. pp. [iv], 3-103 [1]. Grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original dustjacket illustrated by Edward Bawden. Bumping to head and foot of spine. Repair to top and bottom edges of dustjacket and two closed tears to top edge and slight chipping to bottom edge of rear of dustjacket but otherwise in very good condition and internally excellent. It is not common in a good jacket. Camus's concise, dense, absurdist novel of alienation first appeared in 1942.

New York and London: The Olympia Press. [1971].Inscribed and with an introduction by William Burroughs. "I'd rather read Winnie the Pooh".One of only six uncorrected proof copies signed by William Burroughs. 213x175mm. Printed on recto only. ff. xv, 104. Brown wrappers, printed in black. In very good condition throughout. Half title has an inscription "I'd rather read Winnie the Pooh. Bradbury Robinson" which has then been crossed out in the manner of a Masson automatic drawing. Both the inscription and the scrawl are by William Burroughs who has signed the dedication leaf.

London: Robert Jenkins. 1924. First edition. 185x120mm. pp. 192. Illustrated with amusing line drawings. Green cloth blocked in black to upper cover and spine. In the scarce original illustrated dustjacket. Some rubbing to head and foot of spine and fading to edges of upper cover. Dustjacket is chipped and a little torn in places along the top and bottom edge and upper cover has a price label reading "Offered at 1/-".

Amsterdam: n.p.. [1964]. Expanded consciousness.The rare English edition of the first manifesto for trepanation. Paper scroll (2760x430mm) with a facsimile (translated into English) of Huges's manifesto, written while in prison, for an expanded consciousness achieved through the control of blood to the brain. which gives the work its alternative name: The Mechanism of BrainBloodVolume (BBV). The original manuscript of Homo Sapiens Correctus was written in Dutch in 1962. In 1964, a facsimile was issued in both Dutch and in an English translation.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press. 1982.SIGNED WITH AN ORIGINAL PAINTINGLimited edition number of 67/100, signed by Bukowski and with an original oil painting by Bukowski on a blank preliminary. 228x150mm. pp. 283 [5]. Half blue cloth, illustrated paper covered boards, protected by original acetate wrapper. In very good condition throughout. The painting is of a human head in profile. Owing something to cubism (in its structure), Mondrian (in its colour) and Gaudier-Brzeska (in its monumentality), this is a striking work in thickly applied oils. Ham on Rye is widely regarded as among Bukowski's finest works.