New York: The Pace Gallery, 1971. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the March-April 1971 exhibition at New York's Pace Gallery. A miniature --and wonderful accordion-style fold-out. Clean and Fine in its printed brown wrappers. More
Paris: Draeger Freres, 1936. Original wraps. A very solid copy of this lovely 1936 promotional album, showcasing the incomparable poster art of A.M. Cassandre (1901-1968), "which expressed his insights into the role that motion and scale in urban environments played in modern design". Published by Draeger Freres of Paris, the... More
Brussels: Societe des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, 1999. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the July-September 1999 exhibition at Brussels' Societe des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts. Clean and Near (with just a touch of creasing at the lower-tips) in its pictorial wrappers. More
Hamburg: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, 1936. Cloth. 1936 cigarette-card albums detailing the historic Berlin summer Olympics. IN CLEAN, BRIGHT EXAMPLES OF THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKETS. Tight and VG in their original blue cloth. And in crisp, VG+ dustjackets. Tall quartos, 292 pgs. all told. Crisp, tipped-in black-and-white photographs thruout, many of them taken... More
Brooklyn, New York: Doyle. Wonderful photographic carte de visite --handsomely framed in period gilt-- of a little girl (no older than 4 or 5) holding a baseball bat and a ball. Circa 1890. The girl, in what looks like an Eastern European outfit (with her long dress, stockings and shoes... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Decorative Cloth. A very sharp, attractive copy of this early reprint of the 4th book in the "Nancy Drew" series. Originally published in 1930, the front flap lists 18 titles published thus far in the series. Clean and VG+ in a particularly bright and clean... More
Self-published, 1968. Original wraps. The 1968 1st edition of this self-published (and possibly pirated?) collection of activist, political poems by the Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan. The poems are divided into 2 sections ("Crime Poems" and "Trial Poems") and consist of 3 folded, unstapled sheets, constituting 12 pages. A clean, VG+... More
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1963. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 201 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1919. Cloth. Uncommon 1919 collection of letters and poems of Second Lieutenant Dinsmore Ely, American war hero shot down over France while serving with the Lafayette Flying Corps (specifically the Lafayette Escadrille). Ely was bestowed the honor of being buried in Versailles. THIS COPY, WHICH INCLUDES ITS... More
New York: The Outlook Press, 1902. Vellum. The 1902 "birthday" edition. #67 of only 80 copies bound in vellum and signed by Edward Everett Hale on the limitation to commemorate his 80th birthday. Solid and VG in its full vellum, with still-bright gilt-titling along the spine. A small trace of... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1925 true 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-rule, design and lettering at the front panel and faded gilt-lettering along the spine. Internally, clean as could be, with no marks or... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1908. Cloth. A tight, solid copy of this 1908 American edition. Clean and VG+ in its decorative green cloth, with rubbing along the spine. Internally, very clean, with no writing or markings of any kind. 16mo, includes a glossary at the rear and a list... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, Inc. 1972. Original wraps. The January 20th and February 2nd , 1972 issues, featuring the complete text of Charles Reich's and Jann Wenner's long interview with and profile of Jerry Garcia (plus an exclusive interview with Stanley Kubrick). Both issues clean and VG, with their... More
New York: Artisan (Workman Publishing Co.), 2016. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN DERIAN on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2016 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Thick folio, lovely color reproductions thruout of this "curated collection of nearly three... More
New York: Avalon Books, 1957. 1st. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light fading at the spine and light, inconspicuous tape at the spine ends. 12mo, 224... More
The University of North Carolina Press, 1926. Cloth. The 1926 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear along the tips and the spine crown. Octavo, 153 pgs. More
New York: Harold Flammer, 1923. Lyle Justis. Original wraps. A lovely, crisp copy of this 1923 1st wrappered edition, stamped "sample copy" on the upper right corner of the front panel. Tight and Near Fine, with just the slightest trace of soiling to the panels. Tall quarto, pasted-on color decals... More
London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. Hugh Thomson. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1892 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its lavishly gilt-decorated front panel and spine. A touch of light foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise very clean. 12mo, one hundred Hugh Thomson illustrations accompanying the text. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd. 1922. Sidney Rogerson. Hardcover. The 1922 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial beige boards, with small, neat former owner inscription at the front pastedown and one light stain to the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Sidney Rogerson. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT KENNEDY (TO LT. COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN ABUSSERY(?)) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of this 1960 early (but not 1st) edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with one small chip... More
Federacion Editorial Mexicana, 1981. 1st. Original Wraps. Impressive critical study of 1970s Mexican photography. Bright and Near Fine in its laminate, designed wrappers. Octavo, 119 pgs. More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1923. Cloth. The 1923 1st American edition. Solid and VG in its green cloth, with slightly-rubbed gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Decorative bookplate of The Ekwanok Country Club (Manchester-in-the-Mountains, Vermont) at the front pastedown. Thick octavo, crisp black-and-white photos complementing the text... More
University of Toronto Press, 1968. Cloth. A solid copy of this 1968 study in Classical Chinese, in fact "the fourth volume in Professor Dobson's pioneering researches into the nature and development of Classical Chinese" (from the front flap). Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. William Pene du Bois. Hardcover. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1978 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact (AND price-clipped), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of creasing along the panel edges. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by William... More
