Red Fox Rare Books

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New York: Grove Press, (1959/1962). First American edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 255 pp. Original charcoal cloth covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($6.00) dust-jacket. Faint wear to corners and edges, light surface wear from handling. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Top stain bright. Page edges faintly toned, still mostly vibrant. Interior clean and unmarked. Pre-publication pamphlet issued by the publisher in the Summer of 1962. Reportedly only 100 copies were produced for advance distribution. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Features an essay written by Terry Southern & E. S. Seldon, a blurb by Jack Kerouac and an excerpt from the novel. Uncommon. ; 5 1/2” X 8”; 14 pages.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“The novel does not follow a clear linear plot, but is instead structured as a series of non-chronological “routines”. Many of these routines follow William Lee, an opioid addict who travels to the surreal city of Interzone and begins working for the organization “Islam Inc. Naked Lunch is considered a key influence on the cyberpunk genre. William Gibson has cited it as one of the novels that most influenced his own writing. The novel was included in Time ‘s “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005”.
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San Francisco: Harper Collins, (1993). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 177 pp. Original quarter navy cloth over dark blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($16.00) dust-jacket. Faint edge wear, mild crease to inside left flap, else very fine. Book is tight, square and firm. Signed and dated “May 29, 1993” by the author in black pen on the half-title page. This is the earliest signed date I have seen on this title. Interior is clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy.

Dust Jacket: Fine

Hardcover: Fine

“The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there. Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained that he was able to write at this pace because the story was “already written in [his] soul.”
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New York: Doubleday, (1989). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 482 pp. Original quarter navy cloth over lavender paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, in original unclipped ($18.95) dust-jacket. Faint edge wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light wear to edges, panels and corners. Page edges with light vintage toning, a few light smudges. Light curling to spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked. Signed and dated by the author in the month of publication - the earliest signed date I have seen.

Dust Jacket: Fine
Hardcover: Fine

“Hyperion is a 1989 science fiction novel by American author Dan Simmons. The first book of his Hyperion Cantos series, it won the Hugo Award for best novel. The plot of the novel features multiple time-lines and characters. It follows a similar structure to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The next book in the series was The Fall of Hyperion, published in 1990. The novel won the 1990 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. It was nominated for the 1991 BSFA Award for Best Novel. With its sequel The Fall of Hyperion, it was nominated for the 1992 Arthur C. Clarke Award.”
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