New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Second Edition. Original pictorial dust jacket, full pictorial cloth with images identical to dust jacket. Octavo (21.5 cm.) 120 pp. Very short scratch to top left of front dust jacket, very short crease to top of front jacket panel (barely perceptible). Some minor scuffing to..... More
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, Circa 1930s. Unknown. Duodecimo (10cm x 7cm) 92 pp.(2) ills. Patterned, aquamarine cloth with needlework in wildflower bouquet image. Metal corners. Sky-blue pastedowns. Exceptionally bright. Lovingly bound, the poetry in this anthology was selected by poet and playwright, John Drinkwater and created especially for..... More
France: Canson & Montgolfier, Unknown. Notebook. (12.5 cm. x 20 cm.) 17 pp. Horizontal Flip. Unruled. Beige cardstock wrappers. Brown cloth spine. Fine. Titles and coat of arms in Black on front wrapper. Horitzontal creasing to the front wrapper. Some minor edgewear to cloth spine. Small original purchase sticker affixed..... 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
Cologne: Taschen, 2009. Trade. Thick Folio. (26 cm. x 34 cm.) 591 pp. Photo illustrated dust jacket. Red full paper covered boards. Titles blindstamped on front board and spine. Fine. Monograph of the artistic output of Jeff Koons between 1979 to 2007, featuring some of his most iconic and provoking..... 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
New York: Richard Martin, 1990-1992. First Editions. Octavos. (15 cm. x 23 cm.) ills. Staple bound colored wrappers with titles in white on front. Price in white on verso left corner. Fine. As Executive Director at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Richard Martin, wrote of clothing and fabric more as..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Robert C. Osborn. First Edition. Octavo (26 cm.) 96 pp. Burnt-Orange paper boards with titles in white and black, titles in black on spine. Dust jacket in likewise colors and lettering with advertisements on rear boards in black lettering. Two short closed..... More
New York: Epic Records, 1971. Long Play Record. 33 1/3 KE30986 variant. Yellow center label. Photo illustrated gatefold cover. Inner sleeve white. Original art on front sleeve. Top verso with green label tape. Moderate edgewear to sleeve. Record clean and bright. Very Good overall. Original art on a 1971 pressing..... More
New York: Karma, 2015. First Edition. Tall Octavo. (28cm. x 21 cm.) unpaginated. ills. Photo-illustrated gatefold wrappers. Heavy stock photo illustrated paper. Fine. "Special Guest" showcases two artists fascinated with the image as commercialism: Richard Prince and Roe Ethridge. In 2014, their very popular work was exhibited together at the..... More
Chicago: Regal Games, Circa 1960s. Early. Square Cardboard Sheets. (8 x 7 cm.) Pink, color laminated chipboard with type in white with green plastic material slide mounted shutters over pictorial windows. Some very minor edgewear. Near Fine. One evening, a friend dragged Erich Spitzner, bank teller, to a Bingo game..... More
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2017. First Edition. Small Folio. (28 cm.) Unpaginated. Ills. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated boards. Fine. Winner of the Caldecott Award, "Radiant Child" is the biography of artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Artist and illustrator, Javaka Steptoe, visually recreates Basquiat's journey from his early childhood in Brooklyn..... More
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001. First Edition Softcover. Large Octavo. (30cm x 22cm) 198pp. ills. Color illustrated cardstock wrappers. Yellow spine with titles in black. Verso in orange. Fine. Now recognized as one of the most original and important American painters in the last 50 years, Alice Neel struggled..... More
Contemporary. Various Sizes. Acrylic gouache, ink, marker and watercolor on white paper. Vibrant and brilliant colors. Six hand drawn graphic characters. With one exception, all figures with titles or names. All characters are finished, with "Tea Woman" having two images on the page, one in sketched development. One untitled character..... More
Unknown: Circa 1940s. Cardstock. (14cm. x 14 cm.) Black illustrations on beige, heavy stock paper with some minor foxing. Near Fine. If anything helped folks get married in the last century, it was World War II which saw an explosion of nuptials despite rationing of nearly everything including the materials..... More
Unknown: Circa 1940s. Cardstock. (14cm x 15.5 cm.) Black illustration on beige, heavy stock paper. Light creasing and staining to the edges, not affecting images. Name in pencil at the bottom right corner. Fine. Because of the rationing and demands of World War II, immediate changes were made in the..... More
Circa 1940s. Cardstock. (14cm. x 14 cm.) Black illustrations on beige, heavy stock paper with some foxing and light staining to the edges, not affecting images. Fine. Fashion did not stop because of a World War. During the 1940s, leather was rationed for the war effort and women, who naturally..... 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
London: Terrence Conran, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. (36cm. x 21 cm.) 33pp. Color Photo illustrated wrappers. Photo illustrated throughout. Fine. In 1964, Terrance Conran opened the doors of his London furniture store, "Habitat". Affordable, cool, aspirational home design was something brand new and "Swinging London" was all about newness. England..... More
Tokyo, Japan: P.I.E. Books, 1997. First Edition. Small Folio. (31 cm. x 23 cm.) 150 pp. Color ills. Photo illustrated dust jacket, front and verso. Photo illustrated boards in green and white stripes. Fine. P.I.E. Books publishes lavish and dynamic limited edition books for creators. Each P.I.E. title (the acronym..... 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