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
Circa 1960s. Square (34 x 31 cm.) 4 machine-made prints on synthetic, vinyl-like material. White backgrounds with various color combinations. All Fine. With roots in Futurism and Dada, Optic Art, or "Op" Art first found a foot hold in popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Exploiting how the human... More
1987. Two original illustrated promotional flyers. (14 x 11 cm., 13.5 x 11 cm.) "Pirate Skull" printed on heavy glossy white cardstock, art and logo printed in black. "Zombie" and club logo printed in black on cream colored, heavy laid paper. Both with band lineups and club contact information printed... More
Madison, Wisconsin: Beckett Associates, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Small oblong folio. (20.5 x 15.5) 40 pp. Original, machine stapled, photo-pictorial heavy card stock paper boards. Black and white photo-illustrated front and verso. Titles in black. Inoffensive owner signature on title page. Original price of "$1.50" and date of "6/69" stamped... More
Latham, New York: British American Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Octavo. (23.5 cm.) 237 pp. Half black paper boards, spine in periwinkle blue cloth. Titles in gold on spine. Bright, canary yellow, pictorial dust jacket with full photo-portrait of the author and numerous quotes from famous golfers on verso. Inscribed on... More
Berkeley, CA: Emigre Graphics, 1990-1994. Tabloid Folio (43 x 29 cm.) Staple bound, pictorial wrappers. Total 11 Volumes. (#16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32) Volumes #16, #18, #23 include attached posters. Volume #32 with some very light soiling. Overall a Fine group. There is something... More
Bath, United Kingdom. Octavo. ( 27.5 x 21 cm.) 140 pp. Perfect bound. Heavy stock paper boards. Photo-illustrated front board with image of single pine cone. Titles in black on front, spine and verso. If you happen to be on a long, hipster weekend with friends... - First line, "Cereal"... More
1992. Three, full-play, cassettes. Original case for "Check Your Head" with "Parental Advisory" sticker affixed to front, missing one hinge and minor cracking. All other clear cassette cases replaced, else all original cassettes and inner sleeves in fine, playable, condition. Very Good, overall. We had to tear this ____ up... More
Chicago: Curtom Records, 1973. Oblong Broadside. (61 x 30.5 cm.) Promotional poster advertising "Back To The World" album. Some foxing to top of sheet, front and verso with some additional mild foxing along one verso fold. Three folds with very slight wear to center fold. Poster remains bright and colorful... More
San Francisco: Alternative Tentacles. One Sheet. (21.5 x 28 cm.) Promotional Newsletter. Black, typewriter-style, photo-mechanically printed type on Halloween-Orange colored paper. Top corners with record label logo and contact information center with star border. Dead Kennedys logo bottom right. Thick, black border separates text from reproduced, now iconic image of... More