New York: Signet, 1987. Paperback Original. Small octavo. (18 cm.) 191 pp. ills. Photo pictorial wrappers. Evidence of price sticker removal to front and back wrapper resulting in light paper loss not affecting type. Some mild creasing and edgewear but overall a bright and tight copy. Fine. "It's Like That"... More
England: Bansky, 2001, 2002, 2004. First Edition. Small Octavo. Three Volumes. (15 cm.) Unpaginated. Decorated, black paper wrappers. All fine. The most visible, unseen, street graffitti artist of our times: Banksy. This three volume, mini-manifesto of Banksy's work and philosophy is a "pathetic cry for help" (The Guardian) from both... More
New York: Hyperion, 2004. Call. First Edition. Octavo. (20.5 cm.) 451 pp. Full photo-illustrated paper boards in red and green imitation of half cloth. Dust jacket with like photo-illustration.Signed by both authors on the half-title. Fine Condition. Friends and authors, Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson wanted to collaborate on a.... More
San Francisco: Alternative Tentacles. One Sheet. (21.5 x 28 cm.) Promotional Newsletter. Black, typewriter-style, photo-mechanically printed type on Halloween-Orange colored paper. Top corners with record label logo and contact information center with star border. Dead Kennedys logo bottom right. Thick, black border separates text from reproduced, now iconic image of... More
Newark: Newark NOW. Small Broadside. (20.5 x 25.5 cm.) Heavy, raw, unbleached cardstock. All lettering and art in sold black ink. Framed. Fine. In 2003, fresh from his unsuccessful run for Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the year before, community organizer, Cory Booker, founded the nonprofit organization, Newark NOW. With... 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
Chelsea, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. (24cm.) 328 pp. Full black cloth. Gilt titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Signed by Anson Dorrance. Fine. One may have physical talent but one has to learn how to win. "Vision of a Champion" is a manual on how to win... More
West Germany: IBM, 1970. First Edition. Deck of cards box (9 cm.) contains 56 Cards and (1) micro accordian-fold booklet. Printed paper box in dark blue with titles in stark white on front and verso panels, likewise top and bottom with publishing information and IBM logo on the side panels. Light... 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
London: Grey Walls Press, 1953. Edward Pagram. First UK Revised Edition. Octavo. (19 cm.) 418 pp. Full dark gold cloth. Titles in gilt on spine. Pictorial dust jacket grey-toned illustration of gentleman smoking a cigarette against a nightlife in the city backdrop. Mild offset toning to front free endpapers and... More
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (28 cm.) Original pictorial wraps. 64 pp. Green, blue, yellow and red striping with white lettering to front and spine. Some modest scuffing to spine and edges. Very Good. In 1975, Mildred S. Friedman curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis... 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
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Edition. Original pictorial dust jacket of club owner, Max Gordon, surrounded by jazz musicians. Half-cloth, wheat-colored paper boards, copper titles on black spine. A closed tear to bottom of front panel of dust jacket, not affecting type, minimal creasing and light wear to... 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: 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
Detroit: n.d. circa 2000s. 16 Letterpress Broadsides on Chipboard. (20.5 x 10.5 cm.) A variety of brightly colored offset backgrounds with likewise lettering, dominant lettering in Deep Black Ink. No art on verso. Amos Kennedy, like another American, Benjamin Franklin, is a printer. This comparison has legs, so bear with... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Small Folio. (35 cm.) 175 pp. (Unpaginated) Black and white photo-pictorial boards, dust jacket with white on black lettering on front and spine, black lettering on white on verso. Slight scuffing to verso of jacket. Fine. Photographer of socialites and supermodels, Kelly Klein is... 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
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Small Folio. (37 cm.) 140 pp. Stiff photographic paper wrappers. Photo-pictorial gatefold dust jacket. Presentation copy with "The University Club" luncheon menu pastedown to blank verso of front wrapper and invitation to same 1992 luncheon honoring museum curator, Richard Martin, attached... More
New York: Grove Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. (23.5 cm.) 424 pp. xxiv ills. Full black cloth. Electric red titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Some mild creasing to edges and very mild soiling. Near Fine. After more than twenty years in print and translated into dozens of languages, it... 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: Scribner's, 1999. William Matthew. Octavo. (24.5 cm.) 283 pp., vi ills. Sea-foam green half cloth. Black spine with titles in silver gilt. Photo illustration of watercolor art on dust jacket. Very slight and contained wrinkling to bottom of front end paper and half-title page. Overall Fine. "Close Range... More