New York: Scribner's, 1999. William Matthew. Octavo. (24.5 cm.) 283 pp., vi ills. Sea-foam green half cloth. Black spine with titles in silver gilt. Photo illustration of watercolor art on dust jacket. Very slight and contained wrinkling to bottom of front end paper and half-title page. Overall Fine. "Close Range..... More
Pantheon, 2003-2004. First American Paperback, later printings. Tall Octavos. (23cm. x 15cm.) 153pp, 187pp. ills. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. At the beginning of the new millennium, "Persepolis", the autobiography of the writer and illustrator, Marjane Satrapi, awakened the rest of the sleeping world to the power of the graphic novel. Although..... More
Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1969. First Printing. Small octavo. (18 cm.) 320 pp. Paperback original. Photo-illustrated titles in black on front and spine, with photo-image of author on verso. Publisher serial number #HH-176 above title and on spine indicating First Printing. Stray pen mark on spine, not affecting type. Minor..... More
New York: Summit Books, 1979. First Edition. Thick Octavo. (24 cm. x 16 cm.) 602 pp. Half black cloth, black buckram spine, titles on spine and the "Gonzo Fist" symbol on front board in white. Photopictorial dust jacket depicting the author. Light edgewear and mild toning to dustjacket. Contemporary date..... More
New York: Scribner, 2005. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm.) 288 pp. Half-cloth, slate-blue boards, and light grey spine with titles in silver. Pictorial dust jacket with photo of whispering children. "Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Tolstoy Jeannette Walls is the archetype of the writer who took a...... More
New York: Charles Boni, 1929. First Edition. Octavos. (18.5cm x 12 cm.); (18 cm. x 12 cm.) 142 pp.; 269 pp. Pictorial wrappers with graphics in orange and green, respectively. Pictorial endpapers. Edgewear, with some loss to heads and tails of spine with little loss to lettering. Modest toning and..... More
New York: New American Library, 1985. Book Club Edition. First Edition Hardcover. With "P19" stamped to left bottom of page 109 Octavo. (21.5 cm.) Full crimson-red boards. Dust jacket in crimson and white with striking image of the title character. Chipping at corners of jacket with some loss but not affecting..... More
London: Viking Press, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. (14cm. x 22cm.) 432 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Full maroon boards with titles in gold on spine. Signature of author on title page. Near Fine. Simply put, "Krakatoa", put writer Simon Winchester on the map. His breathtakingly detailed account of the..... More
New York: Harcourt, 1961. First Edition. Small Octavo. (18 cm. x 10 cm.) 120 pp. Illustrated paper wrappers. Mild toning to pages Very light wear overall. Near fine. According to, Virginia Woolf, that high temple writer, her biographical adventures of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's red cocker spaniel, Flush, was of little..... More