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
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. (24 cm. x 16 cm.) 398 pp. ills. Full rust-colored cloth. Titles in silver on spine. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Owner's dedication above title on half title. Signed by A. Philip Randolph below title on half title. Fine. Writer, Jervis Anderson..... 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
Havana, Cuba: Unknown, Circa 1900. Small Tintype. (4 cm. x 7 cm.) Circa 1900. Portrait image of a man in a hat. Cardboard mount with oval portrait window double encircled in red, mount itself with red line borders with small fleurets in all corners. Small handwritten note affixed to back..... More
San Francisco: Fearon Publishers, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. (26 cm.) 77 pp. Full wheat-colored cloth. Text in black on front board and spine. Photo pictorial black and white dust jacket of San Francisco streets and streetcar. Dampstain to lower spine of jacket with light edgewear and minor chipping. Author signature..... More
Massachusetts: Fleetwood Recording Company, circa 1975. First Pressing. Vinyl. Long Play. 33 1/3 Illustrated gatefold sleeve. Some separation of sleeve. Minor sunning to edges. Record Fine. Overall Very Good. Incredible recorded archive of, interviews, action highlights and stories of some of the greatest Black American athletes of all time. Includes..... 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
Durham: Duke University Press, 2002. Octavo. (24 cm.) xiv. 326 pp. Full black cloth. Bronze titles on spine, likewise bronze-colored endpapers. Fully photo-illustrated dust jacket depicting author with his signature trombone. Inscribed on half-title. Fine. "Most fun I ever had." - Fred Wesley, Jr. (On his years as a trombone..... 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: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1883. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm.) 2 volumes, xix, 481 pp; xiii, 611 pp. First Edition. Union-Army Blue cloth boards with two sets of horizontal gold banding framing black lettered title on front boards and blind-stamped horizontal banding on rear boards. Decorative gold banding..... 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
New York: Plume (Dutton). Octavos (21.5 cm.) Original Dust Jackets and Boards. Varying amounts of edgewear to titles, most extreme in "Fences" with three titles in fine condition. Ownership stamps to three titles on front free endpaper. Plume Book Club Editions of "Joe Turner" and "Fences" with remaining titles Dutton..... 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