Search Results: trout fishing by brautigan

San Francisco: Inferno Press, 1957. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First printing. Extremely rare. The poem, "Return of the Rivers" is printed on a single sheet of white paper folded in half to make two pages. It is housed in a black paper cover with very light edge fading folded in half with a paper label signed "Richard Brautigan". A small circle of glue used to attach the poem sheet to the cover has bled through to both sheets. "The Return of the Rivers" is by far the rarest of all Brautigan items and possibly the rarest item in modern literature. OCLC lists only two copies held at the University of Virginia and UC Berkeley. Housed in a beautiful folding box with marbled boards, black morocco spine and cover label stamped in gilt. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..

San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing, issued as "Writing 14" and preceding later editions published by Delta. Signed by Richard Brautigan on the first blank page. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light shelf wear, light soiling to bottom textblock edge near spine. A fantastic copy of a fragile book prone to splitting--this copy shows just the faintest issue with the glue to the preliminary pages. The author's scarce breakthrough novel, and the work he is best-known for. Uncommon as a first edition, and even more so signed.

San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing, issued as "Writing 14" and preceding later editions published by Delta. Bound in publisher's printed wraps. Near Fine with light rubbing at joints. Spine with light reading creases. Foot of spine and several early pages suggest a glue repair. Several hinges slightly over-opened. Previous owner name to blank verso of front cover and small ink squiggle to first blank sheet. A fantastic copy of the author's scarce breakthrough novel, and the work he is best-known for.

New York: Seymour Lawrence / Delacorte Press, 1969. First Combined Edition. Attractive copy of this omnibus collecting three titles originally published by the Four Seasons Foundation between 1967-68. This edition is also the first trade hardcover edition for all three titles (all published separately as hardcovers by Jonathan Cape in 1970). Provenance: From the collection of Montana author, screenwriter, and outdoorsman William Hjortsberg (1941-2017), a central figure in the Montana Gang, and Brautigan's long-time friend and neighbor in Pine Creek. He spent two decades researching and writing Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan, published in 2012 to great acclaim. Barber 196. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards; dustjacket; [xx],112,[4]; [xvi],108,[4]; [x],138,[2]pp. Laid into this copy is a contemporary black & white photo of Brautigan (measuring 3.25" x 4.5"), along with a cancelled check for $500 made out to Enrico's Coffee House. Spine ends… Read More

Four Seasons, part of their "Writing 14", 1967. First edition, first printing. From the library of poet William Matthews with Matthews' signature and date "1968" on the opening flyleaf. Brautigan's first novel written in 1961 but not published until 1967. Cover photograph of Brautigan with Michaela Le Grand by Erik Weber. Has become quite scarce. Somewhat fragile. Good condition pictorial wraps with light mend on spine. Brautigan dedicated this book to Jack Spicer and Ron Loewinsohn

Santa Barbara :: Capra Press,, 1989.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light sunning to the spine. For 18 years, Keith Abbott was one of Brautigan's closest friends especially early on in Brautigan's writing career. Abbott paints a portrait of Richard Brautigan as a lovable and whimsical friend. Abbott explains the writer's dedication to the art of fiction and his quest to break beyond the pop culture, hippie label that haunted him until his suicide in1984. Brautigan's tight prose inspired authors such as Haruki Murakami, and his experimentation with the line won him accolades from authors like Ishmael Reed, Raymond Carver, and Michael McClure. His work is highly influential and Abbott draws a clear connection between Brautigan's life and his writing. This book is essential for anyone who is interested in the work of Richard Brautigan. As Raymond Carver wrote, "Truly the best thing I've ever seen written of the man."

San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1967. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine/Fine. Third Printing of Brautigan's "most radical work . . . a re-imagining of the American novel." (Literary Encyclopedia) Crown 8vo (203 x 137mm): [10],112pp. Publisher's pictorial card covers, spine lettered in black, back cover priced $1.95. A superb survival, virtually pristine and apparently unread. Barber 79. Lepper, p. 82. Brautigan's first novel, although A Confederate General from Big Sur was published first, and one of the first examples of postmodern literature. "Trout Fishing goes beyond metafiction. Parody of literary characteristics can be found, but the basic conventions are simply ignored. There is no plot, no theme, no continuity of character and no stable sense of time or place. . . . Like some Cubist collages, the text is composed of references to a perceived world beyond itself but, as a whole, it can only be understood as a self-contained addition to that world rather than as an attempt to… Read More

New York: Delta, 1969 A scarce copy of the First Edition/2nd Delta Printing, November 1969. Softcover. 112 pages. Richard Brautigan's funny funky sweet novel about the joys and pains of wandering around the world. Some light surface wear. Just a touch of edgewear. No interior writing or marks. Solid spine. Appears an unread copy.

Capra Press, 1989. Keith Abbott was the side-kick of loner author Richard Brautigan for eighteen years. "From Abbott's watchful eye come tragi-comic anecdotes of an imaginative and fanciful artist grappling with dark forces in his psyche." Nice copy, appears unread. One of the few books that look at the life of Brautigan.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Nr Fine.

Praha (Prague): Volvox Globator, 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Czech edition of *Trout Fishing in America*. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Praha (Prague): Volvox Globator, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. 117pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. A first Czech edition of Trout Fishing in America.

Praha (Prague): Volvox Globator, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. 117pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Near fine. The spine ends are gently bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. There is an old price sticker on the rear panel. A first Czech edition of Trout Fishing in America.

First Edition . Fine in original wrappers. Hemingway's "Bimini" also appears in this issue.

Four Seasons Foundation 1970. FIRST EDITION. SUper octavo, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, iv + 112pp, VG- (moderate/heavy soiling to spine and boards, chafing with loss to spine, moderate/heavy bruising to spine extrems, moderate foxing throughout pages)

Delta , 1967. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. About the book: Softcover. Third Delta Printing. Book is in very good condition with moderate wear. Black mark across 1.95 has faded somewhat making the price visible once more. Additional photos available upon request.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. The last book-format issue, issued around the time of the JFK assassination, includes four chapters from Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America (preceding the book publication by several years), plus Kerouac, Kandel, et al. Marginal markings to table of contents and minor underlining to two interior pages; minor ink offsetting to first interior page (as from a laid-in letter), light wear and toning.

1972: Laurel Books. Very Good/No Dj. 1972. Stated 1st. paperback. Mass Market very good condition no stamps or names present .

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus.

Dell Publishing, Laurel Printing. VG+/NONE. 1973. First Edition. Softcover; Fourth Printing. 8vo; 182 p. .

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