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
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo. (22.5 cm.) 313 pp. Golden wheat colored full cloth. Red and green stamped decorative panel to front with titles in red and like titles on spine with details in green. Endpapers with map of South Africa. Original owner's bookplate... 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: Olympia Press, 1968. First Trade Edition. Small Octavo. (18cm.) 105pp. Pictorial paper wrappers. Titles in white on red monochrome image, like titles in black on spine. Verso with pictorial reproduction in red and white titles. Edges stained in green with two sides faded. Dampstaining to gutter affecting front... More
Rouzan, 1989. Broadside (56 x 35.5 cm.) Half-tone reprint of Billie Holiday appearance on yellow paperboard with surrounding pictorial graphics in red and titles in black. Verso with ownership stamp of reknowned jazz photographer, Jack Bradley. Slight bumping to corners and minor edgewear. A Fine, unmarked example. Custom printed vintage... More
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
Kankakee, Illinois: Imperial International Learning Corporation, circa 1970. 10 Audio Cassettes (24 cm.), each housed with accompanying 35 educational booklets inside a photo pictorial cardboard case. Titles on box in black and white on front and spine. Most cassettes rest in white packing material with instructional booklets beneath. Ex-Libris with... More
Garden City, New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1972-1979. Mixed Editions. Octavo. (24.5 cm.) 5 volumes. Photo pictorial dust jackets. Half cloth, blindstamped publisher logo on front boards. Edgewear to dust jackets on all volumes including some minor closed tears and scuffing. Dampstaining to cloth spine of volume 2, minor foxing to... More
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
San Diego: Idea and Design Works, 2009. Square Folio. (31 cm.) Unpaginated. Illustrated paper boards. Titles in black on spine and verso. Bleak but beautiful, "World War Robot" depicts the epic battle on Mars where human soldiers and their robots fight against an invading, organized force. Artist and illustrator, Ashley... More
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
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
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
Washington DC: Sun Dog Propaganda, 1995. Fourth Edition. Octavo. (27.5 cm) 176 pp. Stiff paper photo-pictorial boards. Extremely light edgewear. Bright and tight. Fine. "I was unconscious for two minutes or so." - John Stabb The American Hardcore Punk music scene began in Washington D.C.. Wild, fast, underground shows set... More
London: Grey Walls Press, 1953. Edward Pagram. First UK Revised Edition. Octavo. (19 cm.) 418 pp. Full dark gold cloth. Titles in gilt on spine. Pictorial dust jacket grey-toned illustration of gentleman smoking a cigarette against a nightlife in the city backdrop. Mild offset toning to front free endpapers and... More
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
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 penmark on spine, not affecting type. Minor edgewear... More
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
New York: De Capo Press, W.W. Norton & Company, 2000, 2006. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo. (22 cm., 24 cm.) 223 pp., 338 pp. Book 1, Half-black paper boards, titles in silver on spine, photo-illustrated dust jacket of trumpeter, Miles Davis. Book 2, Half-orange paper boards, Impulse logo blindstamped on... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Circa 1908. Unknown. Small Octavos. (17 cm.) Seven volumes. Half cloth, paper boards in colorful, abstract art bindings. Titles on paper paste downs on front boards. Three volumes with owner signatures on front free endpaper. One volume with some soiling to edge of front board... 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: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First American Edition. Octavo. (21 cm.) 188 pp. Royal-purple full cloth, top staining to text block in like color, titles to spine in gilt. Expressive, photo llustrated dust jacket. Fine. Inventive and fascinating short stories, by literary giant, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, about Latin Americans... 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
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
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
