Original wraps. A nice collection of "Exorcist"-related signatures (all gotten by the same person) on a photograph of the iconic image of the exorcist himself (Max Von Sydow) standing in front of the fog-enshrouded Georgetown home. SIGNED BY WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM PETER BLATTY, LINDA BLAIR AND AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE COMPOSER GEORGE..... More
New York: Wally Frank Ltd., 1939-1940. Original wraps. 3 colorful issues of "Pipe Lore: A Gentleman's Magazine". All 3 issues crisp, bright and Near Fine in their pictorial, stapled wrappers. The November 1939 issue has a wonderful caricature of a pipe-smoking Mark Twain adorning the cover; the May-June 1940 issue..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1855. Cloth. A tight, solid copy of the 1855 1st edition. Crisp and VG in its chocolate-brown boards, with blindstamped bordering to the panels and still-bright gilt-titling and decorative blindstamping along the spine. Light soiling to the panels, former owner name and address in light..... More
Kansas City, MO: The Order of Sleeping Car Conductors. Original Wraps. First Thus. A wonderful piece of early American labor-- and railroad-- history. 24 bound issues (the entire years 1924-1925) of the monthly "The Sleeping Car Conductor". Packed with anecdotal information and observations from the road, these monthlies really are..... More
Munich: Albert Langen Verlag, 1928. Cloth. An unusually bright, well-preserved copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its mustard cloth, with light foxing at the panels and light rubbing to the lettering along the spine. Octavo, dozens of crisp black-and-white plates. #13 in the brilliant "Bauhaus Bucher"..... More
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University (Creole Institute), 1996. Hardcover. A near-pristine copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its light-blue boards. Thick quarto, 529 pgs. More
New York: Roth Horowitz, 2003. The original poster based on the March-April 2003 exhibition at New York's Roth Horowitz Gallery. The poster has been neatly folded into fourths (to fit into its original gallery enevelope, here included) and measures in full 32" wide x 22" tall. Clean and Near Fine..... More
New York: The Floating Bear, 1964. Original wraps. Issue #29, published out of New York in 1964 and edited by Diane Di Prima, of this important poetry magazine/newsletter. Well-preserved and VG+ in its stapled, George Herms-designed wrappers, with light soiling to the front panel and an even crease dividing the..... More
Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1972. Original wraps. The 1972 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its printed gray wrappers, with the ghost of a tiny price-sticker near the front panel's upper edge. 12mo, "edited and with an Introduction, Indices and a Glossary" by H.J.W. Drijvers. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1927 stated 1st trade edition. Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting and soiling at the inner hinges) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of mild soiling at the rear panel. 12mo ,also includes a...... More
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co., 1942. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1942 1st edition, in its original pictorial wraappers. Clean and tight and VG+. Octavo, 298 pgs. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY HAROLD ROBBINS on the front free endpaper. A tight, solid copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG (a light band of offsetting along the top-edges, light fading along the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket..... More
Tutland, VT: Charles Tuttle, 1976. Cloth. The 1976 1st American edition, following the 1916 London limited edition and the 1976 London trade edition. A very soid copy. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 162 black and white plates, 8 color plates. Also includes a...... More
Paris: Editions Herscher, 1980. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY J.H. LARTIGUE on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1980 correct 1st edition, published out of Paris in Lartigue's native French and preceding the American edition by a year. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. Roger Roth. Hardcover. SIGNED BY BOTH JANE YOLEN AND HEIDI YOLEN STEMPLE on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2001 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Roger Roth..... More
St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1988. Hardcover. The 1988 1st American editions of Vols. 2, 4 and 5 of this exhaustive 5 volume set on aesthetic plastic surgery. All 3 volumes clean and Near Fine in their pictorial, laminate boards. Tall quartos, hundreds of detailed, high-quality illustrations (many of..... More
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., 1913. Margaret G. Hays. Original wraps. Lovely 1913 children's alphabet book, with charming chromolithographed illustrations thruout by Margaret G. Hays. Clean and VG to VG+ in its stapled card wrappers, with light creasing along the panel edges and light wear at the spine. The text..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. Cloth. The 1934 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON ART DECO-ISH DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with very light offsetting at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and along the tips. Also, mild darkening to..... More
San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. Jeanette Winter. Hardcover. SIGNED BY NANCY WILLARD on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 1998 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated in rich color by Jeanette Winter. More
Cleveland: Ghost Press Cleveland, 1967. Original wraps. Very scarce May 1967 hand-made chapbook by Cleveland poet RJS (Robert J. Sigmund), "number one" in the "persecuted poet series". One of only 150 "stamprinted copies", published by the Cleveland-based Ghost Press. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, dark wrappers, with one..... More
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Cloth. The 1st 2 volumes of the 3 volume set. 1967 and 1969 1st editions, respectively. Both octavo volumes in very nice condition: tight and Near Fine in bright, Near Fine dustjackets. Tasteful former owner bookplate at front pastedown of volume 1, otherwise clean as..... More
St. Louis: New Critics Press, Inc., 1972. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1972 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels. Octavo, 213 pgs. "The Hippies. This is their story. The total picture of the new counter subculture of..... More
New York: The Eakins Press Foundation, 1995. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1995 1st edition, limited to 2,500 copies. Thin elephant folio, 8 lovely black-and-white Walker Evans reproductions at the rectos. And in a clean, all-but-Fine example of the publisher's mylar dustjacket. Also included with this copy..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1955. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WALTER LORD on the first blank endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the December 1955 stated 2nd printing. Tight and VG (mild darkening along the spine, light soiling to the rear panel) in a crisp, price-clipped..... More
