St. Louis: First Imperial Klonvocation, 1927. 1st. Original Wraps. The Constitution and Laws of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, as "adopted by First Imperial Klonvocation at St. Louis, Missouri, on the Sixth Day of January, 1927". Crisp and Fine in its stapled red wrappers. 16mo, 73 pgs. plus index. More
Milan: Automobilia, 1984-1996. Cloth. A remarkable run of this lavishly-produced, very high-quality magazine out of Milan, issued half-yearly and devoted to all things Ferrari. Issues 1-13, 15 and 20-25 are offered here, all in 1st edition (limited to 5,000 copies) and all in pristine (or near-pristine) condition. All issues are... More
Chicago: Institute of Applied Science, 1945. Original Wraps. First Edition. 12 monthly issues --the complete run of 1945-- collected and bound together. All issues VG in their original pictorial wrappers. Wonderful, lurid trade magazine --filled with profiles of escaped convicts and the grizzly crimes they committed. Octavos, hundreds of pages... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1933. Cloth. The 1933 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (just a touch of scuffing at the rear panel) in a bright, VG example of the fragile dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing along the panel edges and spine ends, and light... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1924. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1924 1st American edition of this early autobiography, limited to 1,500 copies. INCLUDED WITH THIS COPY ARE 2 ALGERNON BLACKWOOD ALSs AND HALF A DOZEN OR SO LONG LETTERS BETWEEN 2 WOMEN (ONE OF WHOM HE HAD... More
Berkeley: The Workingmans Press, 1975. Original wraps. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page and ALSO INCLUDES A SPONTANEOUS GINSBERG EDITING OF THE SUBTITLE, WITH SEVERAL OF THE PRINTED WORDS CROSSED OUT AND NEW ONES WRITTEN OVER THEM IN HIS HAND. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot. Clean... More
Fort Worth, TX and Los Angeles: The Amon Carter Museum/The Ward Ritchie Press, 1967. Hardcover. A crisp, very nice copy of the 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear --and just a bit of wear-- along the bottom-edge... More
Paris: Contrejour, 1979. Original wraps. A handsome copy of the 1979 1st edition of this uncommon Bernard Plossu Mexican travelogue (with crisp, wonderful black-and-white photos thruout). Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with just athe lightest trace of soiling to the front panel. Octavo, text in its original French... More
Los Angeles: Aperient Press, 2002. 1st. Original Wraps. A clean, bright copy of the 2002 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Thick octavo, unpaginated. Also comes with a VG+ example of publisher's pictorial slipcase. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1984. Donna Ruff. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR DAVID ADLER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated by Donna Ruff. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Hardcover. The 1927 "limited autographed editon", #63 OF 158 COPIES SIGNED BY EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY at the limitation. A very solid copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in its patterned, decorative cloth. And in a VG example of the fragile glassine dustjacket... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1914. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A well-preserved copy of the 1914 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its russet cloth with bright gilt-design to front panel and bright gilt-lettering to spine. Octavo, 212 pgs. plus publisher's ads. Light offsetting to front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. More
Paris: Gallimard (Bibliotheteque de la Pleiade), 1960-67. Leather bound. The Bibliotheque de la Pleiade's elegant 1960-1967 publication of Zola's "Les Rougon-Macquart", complete in 5 volumes. All 5 volumes are clean and Near Fine in their dark-green latherette bindings and in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets AND mylar jackets on top of... More
Cleveland: The J.B. Savage Company, 1938. Frederick K. Russell. Cloth. A very impressive copy of the 1938 stated 1st edition. #353 of 1,000 numbered copies issued. Purportedly the 2nd issue, with the blank --rather than the pictorial-- endpapers. This copy though includes its fragile and uncommon original dustjacket. Tight and... More
Dusseldorf and New Haven: Kunstmuseum Winterthur and Yale Center for British Art, 2003. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the August-November 2002 exhibition at Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Thick, tall quarto, wonderful color plates thruout. The catalogue raisonne of Richard... More
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1947. 1st. Cloth. 1947 1st edition, with a SIGNED, TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 277 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. 3/4 leather. The 1890 2 volume set out of Philadelphia, bound in a handsome 3/4 light-blue morocco over light-blue marbled boards. 5 raised bands, bright gilt-bordering and titling along each spine. A bit of rubbing at the panels, mild fading along the spines. Internally, very... More
New York: Grove Press, 1960. Cloth. The 1960 1st edition, in its uncommon hardback. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.95), VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel edges and light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 12 color plates and 37 black-and-white illustrations. Part of Grove's wonderful "Gallery Books" series. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Cloth. SIGNED BY HERBERT WARREN WIND on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine endsa and very light creasing along the... More
Scarlet Imprint, 2009. Cloth. A near-pristine copy of the 2009 1st edition. #558 of only 1,000 copies issued. Tight and Fine in its light-green cloth, with the image of a red scull at the front panel and red titling along the spine. Octavo, 252 pgs. plus Postscript, Bibliography and Index. More
New York: Grove Press, 1967. Cloth. The 1967 stated 1st American printing. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels. Octavo, edited and with a Foreword by Anthony Kerrigan. More
University Press of Florida, 2011. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR RANDOLPH HENNING on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2011 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, 356 pgs. More
Caldwell, Idaho: 1939. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1939 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a very crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 400 pgs., dozens of maps thruout. More
New York: Ronald R. Smith, Inc., 1931. Cloth. 1931 1st edition of this charming children's biography of high-achieving women in American history. Solid and VG+ (very light offsetting to the panel edges) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine crown and the rear panel's top-edge. 12mo, 120 pgs. More
