New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo. (22.5 cm.) 313 pp. Golden wheat colored full cloth. Red and green stamped decorative panel to front with titles in red and like titles on spine with details in green. Endpapers with map of South Africa. Original owner's bookplate..... More
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: 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
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
Washington DC: Sun Dog Propaganda, 1995. Fourth Edition. Octavo. (27.5 cm) 176 pp. Stiff paper photo-pictorial boards. Extremely light edgewear. Bright and tight. Fine. "I was unconscious for two minutes or so." - John Stabb The American Hardcore Punk music scene began in Washington D.C.. Wild, fast, underground shows set..... 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
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
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
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
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: 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: 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