Don Carpenter, Signed (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Signed and inscribed by Don Carpenter inside, with Xerox copy of short handwritten note inside. ; Weight: 1 Pounds; 192 pages; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Advance uncorrected proofs. Canary wraps. Signed on half-title page. Light curl to front cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Newspaper clipping taped to ffep. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Attached to the front end page is a handwritten signed note sent to seller: "Dear Dan- Sorry I'm so late with this- working I'm glad to say. Had dinner with Connell (that is Evan Connell_ the other night. Spoke of you favorably. Of course send the books. Best Don Carpenter, 33 El Paso, Mill Valley CA 94941". $14.50 price on DJ flap; mylar protected. Scarce note from Carpenter. Images to the left. Note: No International orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTHOR SIGNED on NOTECARD.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Name written on dedication page, 1981. Inscription includes * "misspelled on purpose", 1981. Moisture damage to bottom of book and dust jacket. Moisture stain along bottom spine inside front and rear which also has several large stains. Interior dust jacket bottom with moisture stains, also top spine. Exterior bottom dust jacket with stains. Text very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Unproduced screenplay based on Charles Bukowski's novel Post Office. Written by writer Don Carpenter. Optioned by Playboy Productions New Visions Inc. with Academy Award winning director Taylor Hackford on board as either producer or director. "CONFIDENTIAL" stamped on the first page along with Taylor Hackford's contact information. Fine copy bound in red plastic binding. This copy is signed by Charles Bukowski. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. 242pp. Stated first edition. Inscribed by Carpenter with a doodle on the front free end paper. Full black cloth with bronze spine titles. Rear board corners very lightly bumped, a touch of soiling at bottom of textblock fore-edge. In a fine, unclipped "$5.95" jacket with light creasing at the top of spine. Carpenter's third book, a collection of short stories. From the collection of noted New York book collector Burt Britton (1933-2018). Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Author(s): Don Carpenter Title: Hard Rain Falling (Signed Uncorrected Proof) Publication: New York: Harcourt Brace, 1966 Edition: Signed Uncorrected Proof Description: Publishers yellow wrappers, rare pre-publication uncorrected proof copy. Exceptionally rare Uncorrected Proof made even more scarce by the signature and inscription by Carpenter on the half title page, For D.M.A With Love and Splendor and then signed by the author. This is Carpenters first novel published by Harcourt and Brace in 1966. His novels were not read, at the time, by wide audiences and to support himself he wrote screenplays in Hollywood including the Rip Torn Film, Payday which was filmed in 1972. Carpenters books depicted the seedy, marginal characters, such as pool sharks, criminals, drug dealers, and taken from his time in Hollywood, movie moguls. Critics and writers alike, praised his work and he was best friends with fellow writer Richard Brautigan, who tragically took his own life in 1984. This was said to haunt Carpenter. Eerily, Carpenter would himself, commit suicide after facing increasing illness and debilitating health issues in 1995. More recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in his body of work and most notably, this novel, his first, which I have to say even after reading it 5 years ago sticks with me to this day. I think he is one of the greatest forgotten voices from the 60 s 70s. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Goddess by Philip Whalen. Broadside poem published on fine paper by Don Carpenter and printed by The Auerhahn Press in 1964. 1 page, 1/125 printed and 25 signed (no priority given). Accompanying this broadside, is a postcard written by Don Carpenter, who was still unknown in 1962 to then Harper and Row executive, Frank Scioscia (who would later found RiverRun Books). In the postcard, Carpenter cuts to the chase, asking what can you and I and H&R do about publishing a volume of poetry by Philip Whalen? He is an important (may I say major?) poet and publishers don t seem to want to publish poets no matter how wealthy they (the publishers, not the poets) get off the textbooks and trade garbage - - I think it is about time a major house brought out complete poems of Whalen, Snyder, etc. The card is signed Don at the close. Harper never did publish his work, however its worth noting that Harcourt and Brace, who published Carpenter s first novel in 1966, DID publish On Bear s Head in 1969 when Carpenter worked at least in some capacity with editor Dan Wickenden. (see my earlier post with Carpenter s letter to Frances McCullough). This broadside was published 2 years after the postcard to Scioscia, likely with the, I ll do it myself mindset. Carpenter was a champion for Whalen, Snyder, Lew Welch and Richard Brautigan, and likely did more for their careers than his own. . A fabulous association and a perfect pairing. Carpenter s signature is in fact, relatively uncommon as he has had more fame after his death, than when he was alive. Perfect for framing. . #doncarpenter #philipwhalen #garysnyder #poetry #poets #beatwriters #beatgeneration #portland #portlandoregon #oregon #westcoastbeats #jackkerouac #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookshop #bookstore #books4ewe #bookish #harperandrow #riverrunbooks #rarebooks #bibliophile #bookstagram #igbooks #igbookseller #instabooks #bookish #hardrainfalling #bookphoto #booktok #books. Signed by Author(s).