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, Doran & Company, 1953. First Paperback Edition. Small octavo. (16 cm. x 10 cm.) 190 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Edges in green. Minor abrasion to upper left corner of front wrapper. Near Fine. First paperback edition of William Attaway's novel of the Great Migration, "Blood on the..... More
Boston: Calliope Records, 1963. First Pressing. 7" Vinyl. 33 1/3 RPM long play record (18 cm. x 18 cm.) Microgroove. Photo illustrated paper sleeve. Photo of author on verso with very minor edgewear to sleeve. Original paper inner sleeve. Side 1 and Side 2 of vinyl clean and fine. Overall..... 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: 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: 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: 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: Macmillan, 1975. Second Edition. Octavo. (21 cm. x 15 cm. ) 278 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with Newberry Award Medal affixed to front. Full brown, buckram cloth with author's signature reproduced on front cover in silver, titles in silver on spine. Very light, stray mark on front jacket..... More
Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1987-1992. First Editions. Small Octavos. (10.5 cm. x 7 cm) ills. Colored paper cardstock. Text hand-sewn. Photo-illustrated wrappers. Titles in gilt on covers, printed in black on spines. Very minor edgewear to all titles. "Feminine Hijinx" with original price sticker of $5.98 affixed to..... 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: 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: 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: Pantheon Books, 1994. Art Spiegelman. First Edition. Tall Octavo. (22 cm x 14 cm) 111 pp. ills. Half green buckram cloth with dark green black blindstamped illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark red felt endpapers. Front endpapers illustrated and inscribed by the artist. Owner gift inscription in red..... 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