United States: Red Cross, 1919. Poster. (36 x 19cm) Color printed on one side. Red graphic cross on white background with double blue border. Type in like blue. Verso blank. Some toning to white background, minor edgewear and minor foxing. Small pinhole to center blue stripe. Very Good overall. The..... 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
United Kingdom: Tansleys of Seaford, 1992. Reprint Edition. Octavo. (22 cm.) 63 pp. Black and white photo-illustrated dust jacket with like photo-illustrated paperboards. Small, closed tears to top edge of front and verso of jacket.Small chip to bottom front of jacket not affecting type. Some light rubbing and edgewear. Text..... 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
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, Circa 1930s. Unknown. Duodecimo (10cm x 7cm) 92 pp.(2) ills. Patterned, aquamarine cloth with needlework in wildflower bouquet image. Metal corners. Sky-blue pastedowns. Exceptionally bright. Lovingly bound, the poetry in this anthology was selected by poet and playwright, John Drinkwater and created especially for..... 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
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
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
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
New York: Ace Books, 1970. Third Paperback Edition. Octavo. (18 cm.) 541 pp. ii ill. Pictorial mass market paperback. Bright and fresh. Fine. Complete and Unabridged Writer Frank Herbert used the shifting, expansive sands of the Oregon coast as his inspiration for his epic Science Fiction novel, "Dune". Now recognized as..... 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
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: 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
New York: Coward-McCann, 1965. First American Edition. Octavo (22 cm.), 320 pp. Full-black cloth with stamped gilt, winged insect on lower front board and like titles and like gilt insect on spine. Dust jacket with minor wear to top edges and mild creasing to lower corners. Short, closed tear to bottom..... 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
Ohio: Champion Paper and Fibre Company, [late 1950s]. Noel Martin. Small Folio. (26 cm.) 16 pp. Pictorial boards printed on heavy coated cardstock. Staple bound. Very minor foxing to front left board. Near Fine. Champion's bright, durable high finish standard white paper brand, Kromekote, was already a leader in the..... More
New York: Signet, 1958. First Paperback Edition. Small Octavo. (18 cm.) 288 pps. Pictorial paper wrappers. Minor creasing and edgewear. Near Fine. The story of a prostitute falling in love with an artist has been used, ceaselessly, since the invention of the narrative form. "The World of Suzie Wong" did..... 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
Five Points, New York City: Donaldson Brothers, Circa 1890s. Chromolithograph proof on heavy stock paper. (20 cm x 23 cm) Image (7 x 7 cm.) Four color illustration of children in classical dress in gold, black, white and sepia. Lettering in western saloon font. Ornamental designs to corners. Printer logo..... 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
Paisley Park Records, 1993. Herb Ritts. First Edition. Casssette Single. (Cassingle) Two sides. Side 1: Pink Cashmere, Side 2: Soft and Wet Black cassette with original photographic card stock slipcase. Small dampstain to verso of slipcase but barely noticeable. Cassette Single written, produced and recorded by Prince at his Paisley Park..... More