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
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
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
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
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
Vancouver: Fairburn Publications Limited, 1974. First Edition. Spiral bound, photo pictorial goldenrod colored vinyl boards. (37 cm all.) Set 1 (Three books total) Book 1 Male-Full Figure. 103 pps. Some slight scuffing, small transparent splotches of dried glue residue to front board. Book 2 Female-Full Figure. 103 pps. Faint, minor..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First Edition. Octavo (23.5 cm.) 401 pp. Half grey cloth. Initials of author in silver gilt on front board, titles in silver gilt on spine. Photo pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by author. When John Hope Franklin was 6, in 1921, he was forcibly..... 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
London, New York: Atheneum, Macmillan, 1979-1982. Goodall. Small Oblong Octavos. (14 x 19 cm.) Three volumes. Deep Maroon, Botanical Green, Smokey Green boards, respectively. Pictorial dust jackets. Very slight cocking to one volume. All in all, a Fine set. Created for young people, this set of bright, colorful and lively..... 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
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
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
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
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: 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
Chicago: Curtom Records, 1973. Oblong Broadside. (61 x 30.5 cm.) Promotional poster advertising "Back To The World" album. Some foxing to top of sheet, front and verso with some additional mild foxing along one verso fold. Three folds with very slight wear to center fold. Poster remains bright and colorful..... 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: 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
Liverpool, England: Dinsong Limited, 1987. Ben Kelly Peter Saville. Reissue. Original sleeve. Front board of sleeve with price sticker in upper right corner from "Record & Tape Exchange". Black edges rubbed with some wear extending to the printed black band. Some minor soiling. Short, closed tear to verso of sleeve..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm). 298 pp. Half-cloth, leather-brown boards with company insignia blind-stamped on front board, with white titles on black spine. Small, light stains to first free endpaper which may be from the paper stock, else a great copy. Power. This is the..... More