Joilet, Illinois: P.F. Volland Company, 1929. First Edition. Oblong Quarto. (23.5 x 30 cm) Unpaginated. Half-cloth, pictorial paper boards with titles in script in yellow and blue. Green buckram spine. Pictorial endpapers. Some wear and loss of paper to corners and edges, unaffecting illustrations. Very slight soiling to boards but... More about Jolly Jungle Jingles
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 about Banging Your Head Against A Brick Wall, Existencilism, Cut It Out
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 about Peter and the Starcatchers
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 about 6 Black Masters of American Art
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 about On Strike -- Shut it Down
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 about How Do You Do?
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 about A Whistling Woman
(10.8 x 24 cm.) Glossy stock photograph. Signed "Fats Domino" in blue felt pen in upper right corner. Catalog entry on verso: "6.475 Fats Domino". Fine. I'm a King but you can wear my crown. - "Be My Guest" (1959) Classic, circa 1950s promotional photo of music pioneer, Antoine "Fats" Domino... More about Promotional Photograph
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 about Vision of a Champion; Advice and Inspiration from the World's Most Successful Women's Soccer Coach
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 about The Cold Six Thousand
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 about Middlesex
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 about Mirror to America; The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin
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 about The Beach
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 about The Ladybird book of Handwriting
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 about Pagoo
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 about Coraline: A Visual Companion
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Small Folio. (35 cm.) 175 pp. (Unpaginated) Black and white photo-pictorial boards, dust jacket with white on black lettering on front and spine, black lettering on white on verso. Slight scuffing to verso of jacket. Fine. Photographer of socialites and supermodels, Kelly Klein is... More about Under World
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 about The Red Balloon
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 about La Jetèe, Cinè-Roman
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 about SPLASH!; A History of Swimwear
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 about Black Betty
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 about We Are The Ship; The Story of Negro League Baseball
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 about Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Paris: Etienne Marcus, 1946-1948. Felix Lorioux. First Limited Edition. Square Folio. (25.5 cm x 25.5 cm.) ills. Unpaginated. Colorful, pictorial paper boards. Slight bump to board on volume I. Overall, an exceptional set in Fine condition. The delicate and lively art of Felix Lorioux was ultimately too niche for the... More about Le Buffon Des Enfants (Three Volumes); Les Oiseaux de Chez Nous; Les Insectes de Chez Nous; Les...
1987. Two original illustrated promotional flyers. (14 x 11 cm., 13.5 x 11 cm.) "Pirate Skull" printed on heavy glossy white cardstock, art and logo printed in black. "Zombie" and club logo printed in black on cream colored, heavy laid paper. Both with band lineups and club contact information printed... More about Club "Scream" Flyers