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
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. Titles in black. Inoffensive owner signature on title page. Original price of "$1.50" and date of "6/69" stamped... 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: 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
Paris: Librarie Plon. Monvel. Oblong Quartos (23 x 27 cm.) Later Editions (circa 1933). 47 pp., 48 pp. Full calico cloth bindings in grey and straw colors, respectively, with small, white flower motifs. Edges in like colors with blooming flower blindstamped in gold on front boards and titles in black... 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
Loughborough: Willis & Hepworth, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. (18 cm.) 54 pp. Pictorial orange paper boards with text in black and white and Ladybird logo on front and verso, like text on spine. Very minor foxing to edges of text block. Book exceptionally bright and clean. A Near Fine example... More
New York: Celluloid, 1982. Vinyl LP. 12" One song per side. Black vinyl, metallic-silver paper center. Graffitti-style titles in black. Plain white paper record jacket. Photo-pictorial album cover depicts the Grand Mixer himself. Verso artwork is by subway and graffitti artist, Futura 2000. Vinyl record is fine and fresh. Album... More
Louisville, Kentucky: Frame House Gallery, 1974. Limited Edition. Oblong Octavo. (17 x 21 cm.) 151 pp. 1974. Illustrated dust jacket. Sage-green cloth with titles stamped in white and graphics in black on front, verso and spine. Short closed tears to jacket, small chip to verso, not affecting text. Very slight... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Lucille Webster Holling. First Edition. Tall Octavo. (28.5 cm.) 87 pp. Sea-foam green full cloth, titles and illustration of Hermit Crab in yellow on front board, like titles on spine. Color illustrated pictorial dust jacket. xx ills. Small hole on spine of jacket not affecting type... More
Tokyo: Rockin' On, 1994. First Edition. Octavo (21 x 28 cm.) 160 pp. (unpaginated) Photo-printed, machine-stapled, softcover paper boards fold-out to show all four bandmembers. Six (6) original, loose, 8 x 10 color photo cards inserted. Some mild foxing to edges of a few photo cards.Text in Japanese. Lyrics in... 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
New York: De Capo Press, W.W. Norton & Company, 2000, 2006. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo. (22 cm., 24 cm.) 223 pp., 338 pp. Book 1, Half-black paper boards, titles in silver on spine, photo-illustrated dust jacket of trumpeter, Miles Davis. Book 2, Half-orange paper boards, Impulse logo blindstamped on... 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: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Small Folio. (28.5 cm.), 255 pp. Half cloth, deco-metallic silver boards and dusty rose colored cloth. Titles in silver on spine. Very small white spot to top left of front board. Modest edgewear to dust jacket with a closed tear to head of... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966. Later printing. Small Folio. (31 cm.) 47pp. Photographic front and rear boards showcasing young boy and balloon(s). Titles in white. Edges worn with some loss to head and tail of spine. Some slight scuffing to rear board. Interior clean and unmarked. Very... More
New York: Zone Books, 1992. First Edition. Oblong Folio. (20cm x 25cm.) Unpaginated. Full black cloth with titles in silver gilt on spine. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Jacket with two closed tears to top of front upper panel and very light edgewear to corners. Else clean, tight and Fine. Photoplay Book... More