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Established in 1988, Skyline Books specializes in modern literature, art, and photography, with an emphasis on the Beat Generation, sixties counterculture, Pop Art, student activism, Fluxus, rock music, surfing, signed books, Happenings, psychoactive drugs, Pop Culture, Avant-garde art, and more.

You will find a fine selection of rare books and manuscripts by Cormac McCarthy, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Paul Auster, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Ed Ruscha, Kenneth Patchen, Hunter S. Thompson, Bruce Weber, William S. Burroughs, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Kenna, Gary Snyder, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Marcel Duchamp, Haruki Murakami, Timothy Leary, Alice Walker, William Faulkner, Peter Beard, Dave Eggers, Toni Morrison, Joel-Peter Witkin, Sherman Alexie, Gordon Wasson, Wallace Berman, Joe Brainard, Jim Carroll, Edward Gorey, Bruce Conner, Don DeLillo, Yoko Ono, Robert Frank, Raymond Carver, Keith Haring, Ian Rankin, and Brion Gysin, among many others.

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[CHILDREN'S] TABACK, Simms. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. [NY]: Viking, [1999]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. JB-13922
$100
TAGETT, Richard. Lucy. SF: Manroot, 1975. Quarto sheets stapled at the left edge. First edition. Very near fine. SKB-13858
$35
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TAKAHASHI, Junko. The Receptionist. [Portland]: Nazraeli Press, [2006]. 16mo. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the photographer. Includes one original tipped-in print. As new. JB-13502
$125
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TALBOT, William Henry Fox. Specimens and Marvels: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography. [NY]: Aperture, [2000]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. As new. JB-11100
$25
TAN, Amy. The Chinese Siamese Cat. NY: Macmillan, [1994]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Gretchen Schields. Signed by Tan and Schields. As new. JB-13918
$60
TAN, Amy. The Moon Lady. NY: Macmillan, [1992]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's first children's book. Illustrated by Gretchen Schields. Signed by Tan and Schields. As new. JB-9065
$75
[ART: Pablo Picasso] TANKARD, Alice Doumanian & PICASSO, Pablo. Picasso's Guernica after Rubens's Horrors of War. Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, [1984]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. Fine. SKB-14126
$125
TAYLOR, Kent. Remains to Be Seen. n.p.: Verdant Press, 2004. Broadside. First edition. Issued by Jeff Maser as a keepsake for the 2004 San Francisco Antiquarian Book fair. Nicely printed on deckle-edge stock. As new. SKB-14517
$15
[DRUGS] TAYLOR, Norman. Flight from Reality. NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1949]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "The marvelous history of hashish, marijuana, opium, peyote, the coca leaf...and other drugs and stimulants." Fine in very good dust jacket. SKB-11114
$35
[BEATS] The Yes! Press Anthology. [Santa Barbara: Christopher's Books, 1972]. Softbound. First edition. Contributions by di Prima, Kerouac, Snyder, Meltzer, Lew Welch, et al. Fine. SKB-1546
$25
THEROUX, Paul. Half Moon Street. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. SKB-8364
$20
[TATTOOS] THEVOZ, Michael. The Painted Body. NY: Rizzoli, [1984]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Comprehensive survey of tattooing in various cultures through the ages. Profusely illustrated. Small dab of white paint to bottom edge of front board, else fine. SKB-12248
$50
[ART] THEVOZ, Michel. Art Brut. [NY]: Rizzoli, [1976]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Introduction by Jean Dubuffet who coined the term "Art Brut." Profusely illustrated. Fine. SKB-12638
$60
[ART] THOMPSON, Bob & THELMA, Golden. Bob Thompson. NY & Berkeley: Whitney Museum/Univ. of California, [1998]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Essay by Judith Wilson. Issued to coincide with a major exhibition. Profusely illustrated. As new. JB-9252
$20
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Fear and Loathing in America: The Gonzo Letters Volume 2. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by David Halberstam. Signed in full by Hunter Thompson. An entertaining collection of letters from a key period in the author's life. It is during this time that he wrote the Fear and Loathing books, and corresponded with everyone from Jimmy Carter to Tom Wolfe and Kurt Vonnegut. Very fine. SKB-13695
$550
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s. NY: Summit Books, [1988]. Softbound. Uncorrected proof. Fine (barely perceptible bump to base of spine). SKB-5082
$100
THOMPSON, Hunter S. I Told Him It Was Wrong. n.p.: Dead Eye, n.d. Broadside. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies. Very fine. SKB-12322
$55
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Screwjack. Santa Barbara: Maurice Neville, 1991. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Thompson's first signed/limited. Very fine. SKB-2284
$1500
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Screwjack. Santa Barbara: Maurice Neville, 1991. Hardbound in full leather. First edition. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 326). Thompson's first signed/limited. As new. Among Thompson's scarcest items. SKB-4304
$3500
THOMPSON, Hunter S. Screwjack. NY: Simon and Schuster, [2000]. 16mo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition thus. Elaborately signed by Thompson with his full signature. A book not usually found signed since Thompson had given up book signing appearances by this time (and even during the period when he did signings he usually signed "HST" or handed out initialed bookplates). As new. SKB-14520
$750
THOMPSON, Hunter S. The Proud Highway & Fear and Loathing in America: Volumes 1 & 2 of the Fear and Loathing Letters. NY: Villard/Simon & Schuster, 1997 & 2000. 2 volumes. Hardbound in dust jackets. First editions. One of 50 numbered sets with both volumes signed in full by Hunter Thompson and housed in a handsome black leather slipcase with chemises. Fine. The set: SKB-8177
$1500
THOMPSON, Hunter S. & BUKOWSKI, Charles & BREWTON, Johnny. X-Ray, No. 8, 2001. n.p.:n.p., [2001]. An innovative magazine of art and literature from Ventura, California. Edited and assembled by Johnny Brewton. This issue consists of small broadsides, chapbooks, and art objects laid into a cardboard box with printed wraparound band. One of 100 numbered copies (of a total edition of 126). Includes separate broadsides printing previously unpublished material by Richard Brautigan ("Desire in a Bowl of Potatoes") Charles Bukowski ("Democracy") and Hunter S. Thompson ("Xmas in Woody Creek"). Bern Porter, Billy Childish, Mark Faigenbaum, John Held, Jr., Dan Fante, Michael Montfort, A. D. Winans, Gerald Locklin, and Johnny Brewton are among the other contributors. As new. SKB-7988
$200
THOMPSON, Hunter S. & BUKOWSKI, Charles & BREWTON, Johnny. X-Ray, No. 8, 2001. n.p.:n.p., [2001]. An innovative magazine of art and literature from Ventura, California. Edited and assembled by Johnny Brewton. This issue consists of small broadsides, chapbooks, and art objects laid into a cardboard box with printed wrap-around band. One of 26 lettered copies with Hunter Thompson's broadside, "Xmas in Woody Creek," signed in full by him of a total edition of 126 (though only the lettered copies are signed). Also includes separate broadsides printing previously unpublished material by Richard Brautigan ("Desire in a Bowl of Potatoes") and Charles Bukowski ("Democracy"). Bern Porter, Billy Childish, Mark Faigenbaum, John Held, Jr., Dan Fante, Michael Montfort, A. D. Winans, Gerald Locklin, and Johnny Brewton are among the other contributors. One of the smallest limitations of any Thompson item. As new. SKB-8037
$650
THOMPSON, Hunter S. & LEARY, Timothy. Mistah Leary He Dead. [SF: X-Ray Book Co, 1997]. 16mo. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies (of a total edition of 326). Thompson's eulogy for Timothy Leary that was read at Leary's memorial service---published here for the first time. A single, folded sheet sewn into handsome covers handprinted in New Orleans, with a sheet of blotter acid featuring Leary's face affixed to the inside back cover. As new. SKB-4497
$750
THOMSON, Rupert. The Insult. [London]: Bloomsbury, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition. As new. JB-6993
$45
THORLBY, Anthony (ed.). The Penguin Companion to European Literature. NY: McGraw-Hill, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Thin droplet stain to top edge, else fine in dust jacket with a touch of yellowing. SKB-14361
$17.5
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TICE, George. Fields of Peace: A Pennsylvania German Album. Boston: David Godine, [1998]. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition. Text by Millen Brand. As new. JB-10314
$30
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TICE, George. Selected Photographs 1953-1999. Boston: David Godine, [2001]. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. As new. Below the published price: JB-12937
$15
[KAFKA, Franz] TIEFENBRUN, Ruth & KAFKA, Franz. Moment of Torment: An Interpretation of Franz Kafka's Short Stories. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, [1973]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Preface by Harry T. Moore. Review copy with slip and promotional material. Fine in dust jacket with a faint blue line from former jacket protector. SKB-14357
$25
TILGHMAN, Christopher. Mason's Retreat. NY: Random House, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Preview edition signed by the author. As new. SKB-10133
$65
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TILLMANS, Wolfgang. Portraits. [NY]: Distributed Art Publishers, [2002]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Signed by Tillmans. Features portraits of Tillmans' friends, family, fellow artists, and celebrities. Fine. JB-14534
$150
[ART] TODD, Mark. Amercan Flags. [San Marcos, TX: Depraver Press, 1993]. Softbound. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Poems and photo-illustrations by this writer/artist. TLS from the author laid in. This book won several awards for design. Near fine. SKB-13084
$35
TOIBIN, Colm. The Story of the Night. [London]: Picador, [1996]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition. As new. JB-8897
$35
TOMKINS, Calvin. Living Well is the Best Revenge. NY: Viking, [1971]. Hardbound in dust jacket. Later printing. The story of Gerald and Sara Murphy who knew everybody in Paris in the twenties and who inspired Fitzgerald's characters Dick and Nicole Diver in Tender is the Night. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a crease to back flap. SKB-14603
$10
[ART: Henry Fuseli] TOMORY, Peter & FUSELI, Henry. The Life & Art of Henry Fuseli. NY: Praeger, [1972]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Richly illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with a miniscule nick and tear. SKB-14566
$45
TOOLE, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning first book. Foreword by Walker Percy. Review copy with "compliments of Louisiana State University Press" slip laid in. Signed by Walker Percy. An unusually fine, fresh copy housed in a handsome clamshell box. SKB-4986
$7500
TOWLE, Tony. After Dinner We Take a Drive into the Night. NY: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1968. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. One of 20 numbered copies signed by Towle (of a total edition of 300). Ink bookstore stamps inside front cover, some sunning and small stains to back cover, else very good. SKB-10432
$85
TRANSTROMER, Tomas. Baltics. [Berkeley]: Oyez, [1975]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Translated by Samuel Charters. Signed by the author (though not called for). Fine. SKB-10546
$150
TRANSTROMER, Tomas. Night Vision. [Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1971]. Pamphlet. First edition. Translated by Robert Bly. Inscribed by both Transtromer and Robert Bly to fellow poet, Doug Blazek. Offsetting to inside front cover from clipping, else very near fine. SKB-10545
$125
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TRESS, Arthur. Fish Tank Sonata. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., [2000]. Square 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Surreal tableaus created using water-filled fish tanks containing unusual items situated in unlikely environments. As new in publisher's die-cut slipcase. JB-13156
$20
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL] TROCCHI, Alexander & BURROUGHS, William. Sigma Portfolio, No. 4, 1964. London: Project Sigma, 1964. Four legal-size mimeographed sheets stapled at the corner. First printing. Prints "Potlatch (growing interpersonal log)," an anonymous text (likely by Alexander Trocchi) with references to Burroughs, Lettrisme, and more. Signed by Trocchi. Near fine. SKB-14048
$175
TROCCHI, Alexander. Helen & Desire. North Hollywood: Brandon House, [1967]. Paperback. First edition thus. Introduction by Jack Hirschman. An erotic novel originally published under the pseudonym Frances Lengel. Very near fine (minor rubbing to covers). SKB-5032
$25
TROCCHI, Alexander. My Life and Loves, Fifth Volume. Paris: Olympia Press/Atlantic Library, [1954]. The true first edition of this Paperback Original, later reprinted as part of the Traveler's Companion Series. An erotic novel written by Trocchi who, like Diane di Prima and others, was part of Girodias' stable of anonymous writers who made ends meet by writing "pornography." Very near fine and unread. A Trocchi rarity (preceding Cain's Book by six years), and a "stopper" for collectors of the Olympia Press. SKB-9171
$375
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL] TROCCHI, Alexander. Sigma Portfolio, No. 12, 1964. London: Project Sigma, 1964. Single legal-size mimeographed sheet. First printing. Signed by Alexander Trocchi who published the Sigma Portfolios. A subscription form for the Sigma Portfolios featuring a text about the Sigma Project. Near fine. SKB-14050
$100
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL] TROCCHI, Alexander. Sigma Portfolio, No. 14, 1964. London: Project Sigma, 1964. Single legal-size mimeographed sheet printed on both sides. First printing. Prints a list of the Sigma Portfolios. Near fine. SKB-4090
$50
[SITUATIONIST INTERNATIONAL] TROCCHI, Alexander. Sigma Portfolio, No. 16, 1964. London: Project Sigma, 1964. The first sheet of what should have been a 2-page sigma portfolio that prints a "Letter to Universities from Sigma Associates." (Present here is the introductory sheet, but the sheet that prints the letter is lacking.) Signed by Alexander Trocchi who published the Sigma Portfolios. Near fine. SKB-14244
$50
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TROELLER, Linda. Healing Waters. [NY]: Aperture, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Lovely color photos of people enjoying spas around the world. Very fine. JB-13052
$20
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TSEKLENIS, David. Julius Schulman Does His Own House. [Portland]: Nazraeli Press, [2008]. 16mo. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies with an original print signed by Tseklenis tipped-in. As new. JB-14327
$125
[ART: David Ireland] TSUJIMOTO, Karen & GROSS, Jennifer R. The Art of David Ireland. Berkeley: University of California Press/Oakland Museum of California, [2003]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Small hardcover printing, most of the edition was softbound. As new. At the published price: JB-14376
$65
[ART] TULKU, Tarthang. Sacred Art of Tibet Volumes 1 & 2. [Berkeley]: Dharma Publishing, [1995]. 4to. 2 volumes. Hardbound, issued without dust jackets. First editions. Foreword by Tarthang Tulku. One of 108 numbered specially bound copies. A handsome production profusely illustrated with tipped-in color plates. Fine. The set: SKB-7037
$250
[PHOTOGRAPHY] TURNER, Benjamin Brecknell. Rural England Through a Victorian Lens. [NY]: Abrams, [2001]. Oblong 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Edited by Martin Barnes. Introduction by Malcolm Daniel. Includes much biographical material on Turner. As new. JB-11060
$25
[PHOTOGRAPHY: Ray K. Metzker] TURNER, Evan H. Ray K. Metzker: Landscapes. [NY]: Aperture, [2000]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. JB-12629
$45
[ART: Luc Tuymans] TUYMANS, Luc & LOOCK, Ulrich & ALIAGA, Juan & SPECTOR, Nancy. Luc Tuymans. [London: Phaidon, 2000]. Square 4to. Softbound in pictorial dust jacket. Revised and expanded from the 1996 edition. Signed by Tuymans. Profusely illustrated in color with much supplementary text including material by Tuymans. Very fine. JB-14529
$125
[DRUGS] TWENTIETH CENTURY ALCHEMIST. Legal Highs: A Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Herbs and Chemicals with Psychoactive Properties. SF: Level Press, 1973. Pamphlet. First edition. Fine (bookstore stamp to title page). SKB-13865
$5
TYLER, Anne. Earthly Possessions. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a crease to the front flap. SKB-5692
$200
TYLER, Anne. Morgan's Passing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine. SKB-5636
$100
TYLER, Anne. Morgan's Passing. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Review copy with slip. Fine in slightly spine-faded dust jacket with a touch of yellowing to edges of back panel. SKB-7792
$20

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