[Literature] Fante, John Group of 11 Titles by the Black Sparrow Press

1. Ask the Dust
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First and limited edition thus, #27/250 numbered copies signed by Fante. 8vo. 165 pp. Additionally signed by Charles Bukowski on title-page. Preface by Bukowski. Original quarter black cloth over white paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed; black endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket.

2. Dreams from Bunker Hill
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. First and limited edition, #115/200 numbered copies signed by Fante. 8vo. 146, (1) pp. Original quarter blue cloth over cream paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, foxing to same; blue endpapers; in acetate dust-jacket.

3. Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. First and limited deluxe edition thus, letter B of 26 lettered copies signed by Fante. 8vo. 265, (1) pp. Original handbound quarter brown patterned cloth over cream paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, foxing to same; green endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

4. The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First and limited deluxe edition, #29/50 numbered copies signed by Fante. 8vo. 266 pp. Original handbound quarter patterned cloth over cream paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, light foxing to same; red endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

5. The Road to Los Angeles
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First and limited deluxe edition, letter Y of 26 lettered copies signed by Fante. 8vo. 164 pp. Original handbound quarter patterned purple cloth over purple paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, light foxing to same; light blue endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

6. 1933 Was a Bad Year
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First and limited deluxe edition, letter J of presumably 26 lettered copies (from a total edition of 576 copies). 8vo. 127 pp. Original handbound quarter patterned blue cloth over cream paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, foxing to same; brown endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

7. 1933 Was a Bad Year
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1985. First and limited edition, #108/150 numbered copies (from a total edition of 576 copies). 8vo. 127 pp. Original quarter light red cloth over cream paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, foxing to same; brown endpapers; "duplicate" Library of Congress ink stamp on front free endpaper; in acetate dust-jacket.

8. West of Rome: Two Novellas
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First and limited deluxe edition, letter P of 26 lettered copies (from a total of 576 copies). 8vo. 188 pp. Original handbound quarter light blue patterned cloth over white paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, orange endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

9. Full of Life
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First and limited deluxe edition, letter V of 26 lettered copies (from a total of 576 copies). 8vo. 161 pp. Original handbound quarter blue patterned cloth over light blue paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, light foxing; yellow endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

10. The Brotherhood of the Grape
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. First and limited deluxe edition thus, letter S of 26 lettered copies (from a total of 576 copies). 8vo. 178 pp. Original handbound quarter patterned cloth over light orange paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed, light foxing; dark red endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

11. The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First and limited deluxe edition, #36/176 numbered copies signed by Joyce Fante and editor Stephen Cooper. 8vo. 315 pp. Original handbound quarter orange cloth over white paper-covered boards, illustrated in various colors; all edges trimmed; red endpapers; by Earle Gray; in acetate dust-jacket.

Provenance

From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania