Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1930. Original wraps. The scarce 1930 French novelization of Greta Garbo's "The Single Man" (Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 1929). The film is essentially a forward-thinking, "feminist" take on the right ("le droit") of women to be held to the same standard as men and to take on multiple..... More
Paris: Editions des Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1936. Original wraps. The 1936 edition of this impressive, short-lived French annual issued out of Paris and lasting only 11 years all told in this original incarnation. 120 lavish full-page gravures by the likes of Andre Kertesz, George Hurrel, Bill Brandt, Ylla, George..... More
Edinburgh: KJames Robertson, Printer and Bookseller, 1794. Cloth. A very well-preserved copy of this 1794 accounting of the trial for sedition of William Skirving, "Containing a full and circumstantial account of all the proceedings and speeches, as taken down in short-hand, by Mr. Ramsey, short-hand writer from London" (from the..... More
Cambridge, MA: The MiT Press, 1987. Decorative Cloth. A Review Copy of the 1987 1st American edition, with the MIT Review Card laid-in. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 143 pgs. Handsome monograph on the formidable Bruno Munari. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1951. 1st. Cloth. 1951 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting to the endpapers) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and very light soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, 166..... More
Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1886. Childe Hassam. Pictorial boards. The 1886 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (light bumping to the front panel's upper tip) in its lovely, decorative panels. Neat, small 1888 inscription at the front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. And in a...... More
San Diego: Nightstand Books, 1965. 1st. Original Wraps. A crisp, bright copy of the 1965 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its bondage-themed pictorial wrappers. A Nightstand Book (NB 1764). Pocket-sized, 190 pgs. "They were strangers to everything but sin!" More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1941 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine (with a touch of offsetting to the rear endpaper) in a bright, price-intact (and clipped), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with very light wear at the spine crown. Octavo, 284..... More
Jerusalem: Safrai Fine Art Gallery, 2000. Full leather. A pristine copy of the 2000 "deluxe" edition. #66 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ISRAELI PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER SHRAGA WEIL (1918-2009) at the limitation. Bound in a sumptuous, full chocolate-brown leather. Blindstamped titling at the panels and along the spine. Tall quarto..... More
London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., c. 1902. Florence K. Upton. Hardcover. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1st edition of this early entry in the legendary turn-of-the-century "Golliwoggs" series, c. 1902. Solid and VG in its wonderful pictorial boards, with light soiling to the panels. Lavishly illustrated..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1934. G. Vernon Stokes. Cloth. The 1934 1st American edition of this informative guide to the technique of drawing and painting dogs by the first-rate British illustrator of dogs, G. Vernon Stokes. Tight and VG+ in its dark-green cloth. And in a bright, VG example of the..... More
The University of Chicago Press, 1971. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1971 1st edition. A Review Copy to boot, with The University of Chicago Review Slip laid-in. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. More
Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1941-42. Original wraps. The 1941-42 1st English language editions, complete in 3 volumes and translated from their original Danish by E. Deichmann and G.M. Allen. All 3 volumes crisp and Near Fine in their light-blue wrappers, with light rubbing along Vol. III's rear panel. Octavos, over..... More
Jordan Davies, 1983. 1st. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 1983 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its duotone cloth. 1 OF 75 COPIES PRINTED ON OPALE DE RIVES AND SIGNED BY JONATHAN WILLIAMS. Signed by Author. More
Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2015. Original wraps. An all-but-pristine copy of this 2015 catalogue issued out of Milan by Silvana Editoriale. Tight and Fine in its light-gray wrappers. Tall quarto, soft color and crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout. More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Cloth. SIGNED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY MARGARET SANGER on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1938 stated 1st edition of this sweeping autobiography of birth-control activist and women's rights advocate Margaret Sanger (1897-1966). Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue..... More
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1993. Original Wraps. The Printer's Proof copy, containing several typos and misprints and INSCRIBED BY THE PRINTER (Michael Peich) at the colophon. An immaculate copy in its hand-sewn, dark gray wrappers. Miniature (64mo), housed in a plain white envelope, on the back of which is..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. Maud and Miska Petersham. Pictorial boards. The 1932 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, mild darkening to the spine..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Th. Knaur, 1893. Gustav Dore. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this massive 1893 German edition of Don Quixote, lavishly illustrated thruout by Gustav Dore. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial green cloth, with bright gilt along the front panel and ;lightly-rubbed gilt-lettering and insignia along the..... More
New York: powerHouse Books, 2004. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2004 stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY PATRICK MCMULLAN on the half-title. Tight and Fine in its cut-out white boards. Tall quarto, wild color photography thruout. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1971 1st UK edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling along the rear panel. More
Studio City, CA: Action Publishing Co. The uncommon maiden issue of "Whip", circa 1965. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine (small ghost of a former price sticker at the front panel) in its pictorial, stapled wrappers. Octavo (digest-sized), crisp black-and-white photos following Tip Taylor's text. More
London: Ainsworth's Magazine, 1842. Full-Leather. The 1842 true 1st edition in book form of Ainsworth's "The Miser's Daughter", extracted from "Ainsworth's Magazine". Complete with George Cruikshank's 20 wonderful engraved plates. Full tan polished calf boards (and signed) by Riviere. 5 raised bands, leather title and author labels, fine gilt-tooled decoration..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Cloth. The 1922 stated 1st edition of this classic in market forecasting. Solid and VG in its red cloth, with still-bright gilt-titling at the front panel. Light wear to the foot of the spine, former owner name and small insription at the front pastedown..... More
