New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1953. First Paperback Edition. Small octavo. (16 cm. x 10 cm.) 190 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Edges in green. Minor abrasion to upper left corner of front wrapper. Near Fine. First paperback edition of William Attaway's novel of the Great Migration, "Blood on the..... More
New York: Popular Library, 1954. Owen Kampen. Popular Library Edition. Small octavo. (16 cm. x 11 cm. ) 221 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Green edges. Minor creasing to front wrapper. Near Fine. In the conservative 1950s, people couldn't get enough of stories about juvenile delinquency. The "youth quake" began in..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Circa 1900. Small Octavo. (17 cm.) 92 pp. Half cloth, paper boards in colorful, red and black abstract art. White buckram spine with minor wear to head and tail. Titles on blue and ivory paper paste down on front board. Lovely, early Twentieth Century edition..... More
Great Britain: Chatto and Windus, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. (24 cm.) 421 pp. Midnight-black full cloth binding with titles in stamped silver on spine. Dust jacket art depicts colorful and lovely birds and snails on a rich, black background. Fine condition. One of Britain's most acclaimed writers, Booker Prize winner..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). 496 pp. Murder-black, half-cloth, with like boards. Titles on spine in gilded-age copper gilt. Very minor edge wear to dust jacket. Overall, a solid, clean, beautiful copy. Fine. Caleb Carr's true debut as a popular novelist. "The Alienist" is fast-paced detective..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's, Circa 1960. Early Printing. Octavo. Six volumes. ills. Pictorial dust jackets. Full cloth in hunting green with gitl titles on spine. Royal purple endpapers. Mild edgewear and a few short, closed tears to some volumes. Overall, a bright and attractive set. Near Fine. Casanova --so complete..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1999. First Edition, Ninth Printing. Octavo. (22cm x 15cm) 230 pp. Half tan and brown cloth binding. "MC" silver stamped on front board, likewise titles on spine. Photographic illustrated wrappers. Pulitzer Prize sticker affixed to front of dust jacket. Signed by the author..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1952. Second Edition. Octavo. (19cm. x 13cm.) 389 pp. Illustrated dust jacket, rear panel with text. Full green cloth with gilt titles in front on black framed square with Modern Library gilt device, same on spine. Very small, closed tear at top of jacket. Front jacket..... More
London: Century, 2001. First Edition. Thick Octavo (24 cm.), 672 pp. Full pitch-black cloth, spine with silver titles. Pictorial dust jacket with black and white, classic Vegas Strip scene. Non-acid free pages are showing signs of yellowing but this is typical of this particular book printed by this publisher. James Ellroy writes..... More
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2002. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm.) 529 pp. Hay-colored half-cloth with copper blind-stamped lettering to boards and spine. Colorful dust jacket with delicate cherub emerging from a water flower. Signed by author on publisher's label affixed to half-title page. An epic family story, "Middlesex" is..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. First American Edition. Octavo. (23.5 cm.) 371 pp. Eggplant colored half-cloth paper boards with black cloth spine. Titles and artwork on front board and spine in aubergine. Silver foil dust jacket with photo-illustrated reflective artwork. Light edgewear to jacket and top of boards. Slight, very..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1972. Paperback Original. Octavo. (17.5 cm. x 10.5 cm.) 280 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Advertisements at rear. Minor rubbing to front cover image. Verso with long crease. Mild toning to pages. Overall, bright and tight. Near Fine. Donald Goines specialized in urban, gangster revenge plots and..... More
London: Hogarth Press, 1952. Lynton Lamb. First Edition, First Printing. Original pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), acquamarine green cloth, with gilt-stamped titles on spine. Open chip to head of spine of dust jacket, affecting one letter of text, some additional small chipping and closed tear to top of jacket. Very light..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1975. Second Edition. Octavo. (21 cm. x 15 cm. ) 278 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with Newberry Award Medal affixed to front. Full brown, buckram cloth with author's signature reproduced on front cover in silver, titles in silver on spine. Very light, stray mark on front jacket..... More
Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1987-1992. First Editions. Small Octavos. (10.5 cm. x 7 cm) ills. Colored paper cardstock. Text hand-sewn. Photo-illustrated wrappers. Titles in gilt on covers, printed in black on spines. Very minor edgewear to all titles. "Feminine Hijinx" with original price sticker of $5.98 affixed to..... More
New York: Various, 1966-1975. First Edition Paperbacks. Small Octavos. (10 cm. x 18 cm.) Illustrated pictorial wrappers. Minor edgewear on a few volumes. Very Good overall. First Edition paperback set featuring American noir crime author, Chester Himes. These pulpy paperback volumes are how most readers, mostly Black Americans, were first..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. (20cm. x 14 cm.) [ix-xxiii] 260 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Half-cloth, wheat colored paper boards, spine in red cloth, titles in gold. Fine. Writer bell hooks' "Wounds of Passion" is a tribute to her life as an author, feminist and..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2009. First Edition. Quarto (26 cm.), half-cloth, periwinkle blue boards, outline of cat blindstamped on front board, titles in silver-green gilt on spine, pictorial dust jacket with an intrepid Coraline and her cat companion out for a spooky walk. 229 pp. Fine overall. "Coraline", was made into..... More
Rhino Records, 1990. Limited Edition. Cassettes. Grey cloth case. (31cm. x 31 cm.) Titles in black and white on front and spine. Black plastic cassette holder inside case. Four cassettes with photo illustrated sleeves. Modest tape repair to inner case. Cassettes have audio. Overall Near Fine. Limited edition box set..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. 511 pp. (24 cm.) Half cloth, marine blue paper boards, with silver titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Near Fine. "Fortress of Solitude" is the coming-of-age story of two teenage boys growing up in 1980s era Brooklyn. And..... More
Des Moines, Iowa: Robert Henderson, 1918. Second Edition. Octavo. (15 cm. x 23 cm.) 139 pp. ills. Full maroon cloth boards. Titles in gilt on spine. One page promotional. Promotional with clean tear at middle. Book Fine. First published in 1909, Joseph Schuyler Long's "The Sign Language" is now considered..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First American Edition. Octavo. (21 cm.) 188 pp. Royal-purple full cloth, top staining to text block in like color, titles to spine in gilt. Expressive, photo llustrated dust jacket. Fine. Inventive and fascinating short stories, by literary giant, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, about Latin Americans..... More
New York: Riverhead Books, 2013. First Edition. Octavo. (24 cm. x 16 cm.) 417 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Burnt orange half cloth with feather imprint to lower right corner of dark orange boards. Titles in black on spine. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine. The fictional account..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Robert C. Osborn. First Edition. Octavo (26 cm.) 96 pp. Burnt-Orange paper boards with titles in white and black, titles in black on spine. Dust jacket in likewise colors and lettering with advertisements on rear boards in black lettering. Two short closed..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm). 255 pp. Pitch-black, half-cloth boards, gold-tooth lettering on spine. Black dust jacket with red band featuring a mugshot of the maneater, "Betty". (In actuality, a detail of the face of dancer and choreographer, Pearl Primus.) Clean, attractive book. A...... More