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
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: Charles Boni, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. (18 cm. x 12 cm.) 269 pp. Pictorial wrappers with graphics in green. Pictorial endpapers. Age toning to spine and edges. Interior clean, book remains tight. Author inscription on half title. Very Good. "The Golden Wind" by Takashi Ohta (translated by Margaret..... More
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