London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1973. Pauline Baynes. 6th Impression. Small Octavo. (16 cm.) 62 pp. Illustrated paper boards. Very mild edgewear. Original publisher's price sticker affixed to bottom verso. Fine. The elegant dance on the pages of "Smith of Wootton Major" between the famous, but aging writer of... More
New York: Signet, 1987. Paperback Original. Small octavo. (18 cm.) 191 pp. ills. Photo pictorial wrappers. Evidence of price sticker removal to front and back wrapper resulting in light paper loss not affecting type. Some mild creasing and edgewear but overall a bright and tight copy. Fine. "It's Like That"... More
San Francisco: Weldon Owens, 2011. First Edition. Large Format. ( 21.5 x 27.5 cm.) 134 pp. ills. Perfect bound heavy stock paper boards with french flaps. Heavy stock matte paper pages. Minor shelf wear. Near Fine. "Kinfolk" magazine created a now nearly ubiquitous contemporary visual aesthetic and design. Founded by... More
New York: Signet, 1958. First Paperback Edition. Small Octavo. (18 cm.) 288 pps. Pictorial paper wrappers. Minor creasing and edgewear. Near Fine. The story of a prostitute falling in love with an artist has been used, ceaselessly, since the invention of the narrative form. "The World of Suzie Wong" did... More
Los Angeles, California: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1966. First Printing. Small Octavo. (18cm.) 223 pp. Pictorial paper wrappers. Mild creasing to upper left corner of front paper wrapper. Minor edgewear. Overall, tight with few flaws. Near fine. "For Adults" With the 1960s exploring every corner of culture, publishing company, Holloway House... More
Ohio: Champion Paper and Fibre Company, [late 1950s]. Noel Martin. Small Folio. (26 cm.) 16 pp. Pictorial boards printed on heavy coated cardstock. Staple bound. Very minor foxing to front left board. Near Fine. Champion's bright, durable high finish standard white paper brand, Kromekote, was already a leader in the... More
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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, 2005. First Trade Editions. Small folios. (26 cm.) 210pp.; 222pp. ills. Photo-pictorial dust jackets. Full black cloth with gilt titles on spine and blind stamped titles on front boards. Both books Near Fine. John Updike, novelist of great reknown and numerous awards, nonetheless surprised... More
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
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, Inc., 1961-1963. Early Perpetua Edition. Octavo. 11 Volumes. (20 x 13.5 cm.) Glossy pictorial wrappers with like slipcase. Each volume illustrated with photos of the subject musician. Mixed edition set with several volumes in reissue. Very minor scuffing to two volumes and very light... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First Edition. Octavo. 511 pp. (24 cm.) Half cloth, marine blue paper boards, with silver titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. Near Fine. "Fortress of Solitude" is the coming-of-age story of two teenage boys growing up in 1980s era Brooklyn. And... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's, Circa 1960. Early Printing. Octavo. Six volumes. ills. Pictorial dust jackets. Full cloth in hunting green with gitl titles on spine. Royal purple endpapers. Mild edgewear and a few short, closed tears to some volumes. Overall, a bright and attractive set. Near Fine. Casanova --so complete... More
New York: Grove Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. (23.5 cm.) 424 pp. xxiv ills. Full black cloth. Electric red titles on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Some mild creasing to edges and very mild soiling. Near Fine. After more than twenty years in print and translated into dozens of languages, it... More
New York: Ace Books, 1970. Third Paperback Edition. Octavo. (18 cm.) 541 pp. ii ill. Pictorial mass market paperback. Bright and fresh. Fine. Complete and Unabridged Writer Frank Herbert used the shifting, expansive sands of the Oregon coast as his inspiration for his epic Science Fiction novel, "Dune". Now recognized as... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Small Octavo. (8 cm.) 148 pp. xvi ills. Pictorial mass market paperback. Minor color stain to verso otherwise exceptionally bright and fresh. Near Fine. Your fate is in the palm of your hand. 1976, America's Bicentennial year. The ceaseless fireworks set the stage... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Small square octavo. (14.5 cm.) Paper pictorial boards with matching pictorial dust jacket. Colored thick paper stock. Mild creasing to left corner of jacket and very short closed tear to verso. Mild abrasion to bottom right of front free endpaper from sticker... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions, Inc., 1963-1970. First Edition. Small square octavos. (14.5 cm.) Paper pictorial boards with matching pictorial dust jackets. Colored thick paper stock. Five titles with colored edges. Very mild wear to the dustjacket edges of all volumes. "Home" with slightly more edgewear. All bright and vivid. Overall... More
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
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