New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition, Later Printing. Octavo. (15 cm. x 22 cm.) 67 pp. Full black cloth with title blindstamped on front board, titles in gold on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. One short, closed tear to right corner of jacket not affecting text. Inscribed. Known primarily as..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Second Edition. Original pictorial dust jacket, full pictorial cloth with images identical to dust jacket. Octavo (21.5 cm.) 120 pp. Very short scratch to top left of front dust jacket, very short crease to top of front jacket panel (barely perceptible). Some minor scuffing to..... More
Newark: Newark NOW, 2006. Small Broadside. (20.5 x 25.5 cm.) Heavy, raw, unbleached cardstock. All lettering and art in solid 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..... More
Madison, Wisconsin: Beckett Associates, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Small oblong folio. (20.5 x 15.5) 40 pp. Original, machine stapled, photo-pictorial heavy card stock paper boards. Black and white photo-illustrated front and verso. Unpriced. Signed by the photographer on the title page. Fine. The Civil Rights Era was a guerrilla war..... 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
Mill Valley, California: Illuminations Press, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm.), 31 pp. Stiff, black and white, photographic paper wrappers, machine-stapled bound. Front wrapper depicts photograph of two performing actors, back of wrapper with poem, "Blurb Song" (anonymous) and price of $1.50. Two (2) photographic plates. As Minister of Culture for..... 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: 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: 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: 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: 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
New York: Jump At The Sun/Hyperion, 2008. First Edition. Small Folio. (29 cm) 88 pp. Full, baseball-mitt-colored vinyl. Black-stamped pictorial with titles in black on spine. Pictorial dust jacket with front jacket illustration of Josh Gibson. Fine. The subject of Kadir Nelson's, "We Are The Ship", is Negro League Baseball..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Small Octavo. (8 cm.) 148 pp. xvi ills. Pictorial mass market paperback. Minor color stain to verso otherwise exceptionally bright and fresh. Near Fine. Your fate is in the palm of your hand. 1976, America's Bicentennial year. The ceaseless fireworks set the stage..... More
Rouzan, 1989. Broadside (56 x 35.5 cm.) Half-tone reprint of Billie Holiday appearance on yellow paperboard with surrounding pictorial graphics in red and titles in black. Verso with ownership stamp of reknowned jazz photographer, Jack Bradley. Slight bumping to corners and minor edgewear. A Fine, unmarked example. Custom printed vintage..... More