Gregor Rare Books

This inaugural CD features twelve original songs written by lead singer David Gregor. The band includes David Licastro on lead guitar, Russell Sparkman on bass and Scott Small on drums. Singer/songwriter Alicia Elliott provides backing vocals on two cuts.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated paperback binding. Signed by the author. In The Road to Elsewhere, David Gregor revisits decisive moments that shaped his creative life. These stories and vignettes of love, loss, and illumination range in length from a paragraph to a few pages. Together, they create a patchwork portrait revealing the power of the smallest gestures to exact meaningful change in a life. The stories are told in the zigzag way our memories appear--randomly without design yet with a purpose. Our stories help us reflect on how we got from there to here and how to move forward. The Road to Elsewhere is more than a memoir; it is a love letter to memory and the meaning found in life's little moments. Signed by Author(s).

This collection contains nine original blues songs written by David Gregor. Songs include: John the Revelator, Goodbye Blues, We all Gotta Change (trio), Photograph Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody, Lonesome Woman Blues, Six Feet Under, Someone's Calling My Name, We All Gotta Change (solo).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Gregor, David (illustrator). 1st Edition. New in wraps. First Paperback edition. There was a hardcover signed limited of 100 copies. Signed by the author. From waiting in plastic chairs, to putting a brother in a clothes dryer, blue Parisian rooms, to the sun shining on a Spanish onion field, from the reflection of dying Emperor Tong to a man in a Los Angeles coffee shop worried about his soul--these poems are micro-stories illuminating the world without and the world within. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in Illustrated paperback binding. In The Gitana Poems, his second book of poetry, David Gregor meditates on the often chimeral alchemy between Muse and creator. These loosely linked poems stitch together momentary bursts of illumination that, taken together, probe the roots of life and inspiration. These poems reveal that the most fleeting moments of life can trigger the deepest source of creation. Signed by Author(s).

This is a live recording of the January 15, 2010 concert performed by the Deja Blooze allstar band as part of the local artist series sponsored by the Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. The Deja Blooze lineup includes David Gregor on rhythm guitar and vocals, David Licastro on lead guitar, Larry Neubauer on piano, Levi Burkle on bass guitar and Dave Guignac on harmonica. Of the fourteen songs recorded, nine were written by David Gregor.Each year, a group of WICA judges selects four Whidbey Island performers to feature in their Local Artist Series and they provide their 250 seat concert venue at no charge. The evening with Deja Blooze was scheduled to coincide with the celebration of Martin Luther King's birthday and the house was sold out. This live performance celebrates the history of American blues music and features some of the finest musicians on Whidbey Island.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine unread copy. A trade paperback original. Signed by the author. There was no hardcover edition of this book. Set on Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest during the summer of 1966, In Different Times follows nineteen year old Eddie Carr and his friends through the last turbulent summer of their adolescence. This fiction memoir is the author's first book. Author Jim Heynen wrote: "The book reminds me of Steinbeck and the best of realistic American Fiction in its unswerving allegiance to well-defined people and place.". Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback Original. A Fine copy. There was no hardcover edition of this book. In 1967, eighteen year old Morse Code operator Eddie Carr is assigned to an army listening post in Panama. What he finds there changes his life. When his closest friend goes missing deep in the jungle Eddie follows. And soon Eddie's search to save his friend turns into Eddie's battle against the powerful forces of the jungle to save his own life. The madness and poetry of Hundred Waters takes the reader on a journey into one man's encounter with the power of place and the uncertainties of self. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An As New copy in illustrated paperback binding. This memoir explores the late-life romance of the author and the alluring and enigmatic Rose and the author's search for the meaning of their seemingly perfect but brief life together. Despite their affair's brevity, it provides each of them what has been missing from their lives and ultimately changes them both. The Rose Tattoo is more than the story of a romance; it is also the story of the mysterious nature of love, fate, and the sacrifices the heart sometimes demands. Set on Whidbey Island and in New Orleans, The Rose Tattoo explores how people come into our life for a reason and the sometimes painful price of happiness. Signed by Author(s).

This CD features fourteen original songs that explore the mysteries of the heart. Price includes shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A Fine new copy of the hardbound edition without dust jacket as issued. This Limited Edition is one of only 100 hardcover copies signed and numbered by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good copy in wraps; slight offsetting to covers. Fox produced several Bukowski publiscations along with his own poetry.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy, folded twice.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. A Near Fine copy with a touch of darkening to spine.in original blue paper wraps. This is one of only 400 copies produced. Blazek was an early supporter of Bukowski and a poet in his own write. He was the editor of "Ole" magazine which published many of Bukowski's early poems. This chapbook contains six poems.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in stiff cream paperback binding.

First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated paper wraps. This is one of 500 copies of this volume of which only 30 copies were signed. This copy is unsigned.

A Near Fine copy of this map measuring 7 x 21 inches. The map shows the route of the Pony Express, trails, and outposts established by soldiers, traders and trappers.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. A Fine tight new copy in illustrated glassy paperback binding. "Into the Fold: A Primer for Beginning Book Collectors" is the most comprehensive introduction to the exciting world of book collecting. This valuable resource provides anyone new to book collecting with the fundamentals of building a first class book collection. "Into the Fold" addresses the essential topics which apply to all book collecting categories, including first edition identification, book terminology, condition assessment, valuation, book resources, and much more. A sound understanding of the elemental collecting criteria is essential to successful book collecting, and here the author--a 30-year veteran in the book trade--provides indispensable core strategies and specific examples to help the novice book collector embark on a rewarding personal collecting adventure.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in illustrated paperback binding. No hardcover edition of this title. William Joycer is a prime example of the critic as iconoclast. Here, in several extended book reviews, he celebrates the creative spirit of Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, and Irving Stettner while taking potshots at the academy and commercial publishing. Three essays on contemporary poetry and an article on B. Traven round out the volume. Passionate about literature, Joyce frequently goes out of his way to antagonize a literary establishment that places profit and political correctness before artistic vision. His blunt, sometimes crude language may put off some readers, but Joyce will not put anyone to sleep. The health of literary criticism in America today depends on voices like his.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Very Good copy in a paperback binding with light edge wear. The author chronicles many of the major writers who lived in, worked in or wrote about Los Angeles. Among the authors and book people discussed, are Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, Ken Kesey, Charles Lummis, Nathanael West, Robinson Jeffers, Malcolm Lowry, Thomas Mann, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, Jack London, Theodore Dreiser, and many others. Ironically. This edition devotes only a five-word mention of Bukowski as a literary figure in Los Angeles. In the revised 1991 edition, Bukowski name spanned approximately 13 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. This copy is signed by Flenniken. This is the poet's second collection of poetry which won the 2013 Washington State Book Award. The poems in Plume are nuclear-age songs of innocence and experience set in the "empty" desert West. Plume traces the American betrayal concerninbg the effects of developing nuclear weapons and explores the human capacity to hold truth at bay when it threatens one's fundamental identity. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Very Good copy in illustrated boards. First hand account of the interactions between the crew of HMS Dolphin and the locals on Tahiti in the summer of 1767. The crew were the first Europeans to set foot there. The second lieutenant Furneaux went on to command the Adventure a few years later in Captain Cooks second circumnavigation. Petty Officer John Gore had already made a circumnavigation (on the Dolphin) with Commodore Byron in 1765. Byron being the poets grandfather. Gore was barely home before he joined Cook in the Endeavour, and returned to Tahiti. He also served on Cooks last expedition and brought his body home.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated wraps. The New Year's pamphlet publishes seven Bukowskii poems: "A Happening", "Eulogy", "That's Who Sent Them", "Pink Silks", "The Significance was Obscure", "It is Good to know When You Are Done", and "Exactly Right." Catalog Juniper First Printing of the First Paperback Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A Near Fine copy in mustard paperback binding with a slight crease to the text. Review copy with review slip enclosed. This chapbook contains eleven poems by the Arizona poet.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated wraps. The New Year's pamphlet publishes five Bukowski poems: "Pershing Square, Los Angeles, 1939", "Am I the Only One Who Suffers Such?" "Hurry Slowly", "The Cigarette of the Sun", and "To Lean Back Into It." First Printing of the First Paperback Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated wraps. The New Year's pamphlet publishes six Bukowski poems: "Tabby Cat", "Carlton Way off Western Ave.", "I Inherit", "Be Alone", "The Singer", and "Roll the Dice." First Printing of the First Paperback Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in illustrated wraps. The New Year's pamphlet publishes five Bukowskii poems: "Lunch in Beverly Hills", "The Dressmaker", "A Wiseass", "The Simple Truth", and "So You Want to be a Writer?" First Printing of the First Paperback Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine tight unread copy in a Fine bright unclipped dust jacket. In these poems Jorie Graham approaches a number of numinous characters, each an embodiment of sexual, emotional, political or spiritual desire -- desire seeking its place in an age of betrayed values, where dreaming has been rubbed thin by reason, frayed by the speed of facts. Error is explored as the heroic form of finding one's way--a purposeful wandering toward truth, a pilgrimage in which the heart's longing is guide. Lovers celebrate the body; angels deliver celestial warnings. Sacred and spiritual, celestial and corporeal, coexist.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. In this comprehensive reference, renowned horticulturist Allan Armitage selects and profiles the most useful and attractive climbing plants for a wide range of sites and conditions, from well-known favourites like clematis, morning glories, and wisteria to more unusual plants like Dutchman s pipe, passion flowers, and the tropical mandevillas. Each profile includes a general description (enlivened by Armitage s trademark wry humour) along with the plant s hardiness, plant family, best method of propagation, method of climbing, and etymology of botanical and common names.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. A Fine folded single sheet of yellow paper measuring 8 1/2 x 14 that contains 5 poems 4 of which have not been collected in book form.