Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley and Co., c. 1875. A charming color lithograph panorama of America's history, from Columbus's discovery of the New World to The American Revoluton. Decorative cardboard box, with cut, theatrical window (or proscenium) and magnificent pictorial details along the borders. The box features a long, multi-paneled horizontal..... More
Tokyo: The Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., 1957. Cloth. A solid copy of this 1957 International annual, issued out of Tokyo. Tight and VG in its light-blue boards, with very light wear along the panel edges. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Quarto, crisp, first-rate black-and-white photography..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1926. Cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1926 1st edition. Solid and VG (former owner name and small pasted-on newspaper column {"Rare Marsupials} at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing --and several small closed tears-- at..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Boards. Wonderful 1922 collection of Alvin Langdon Coburn portraits of some of the leading literary and artistic figures of the day. 33 tipped-in portraits in all, each with its accompanying original tissue-guard, each in Near Fine to Fine condition. Solid, tight and VG to..... More
Pillar. Original wraps. A crisp, Near Fine copy of this sleaze pocketbook. PB (Pillar Book) 827. "His Lust Camera Captured a World of Sin!". Possible Lawrence Blaock pseudonym. More
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1980. Cloth. A very solid copy of the catalogue based on the February-March 1980 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the edges and mild darkening to..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1960. Miss R.J. Milward. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1960 1st American edition. Tight and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping along the front panel's top-edge. Octavo, 272 pgs. More
New York: Orange Judd Publishing Company, 1943. 1st. Cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the uncommon 1943 1st edition. Tight and VG (with light offsetting at the front gutter) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1964. Florence and Louis Slobodkin. Cloth. A crisp, very presentable copy of the 1964 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light spotting to the boards) in a bright, price-clipped (AND price-intact), VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping along the spine crown..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Louis Sullivan. Cloth. A tight copy of the 1949 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG (offsetting at 2 of the front blank endpapers, mild darkening along the panel edges and at the spine) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, which shows a degree..... More
New York University, 1965. Original wraps. The winter 1965 maiden issue of this bi-annual literary review, "published under the auspices of NYU". This issue includes the original publication of Martin Scorsese's sceenplay "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? or, Harry: A Scenario" and poetry..... More
New York: Self-published, 1919. 1st. Cloth. 1919 1st edition of this uncommon --and wild-- self-published argument by New York orthodontist Henry Ferris that proper dental health and natonal strength go hand-in-hand. Clean and Near Fine in its duotone cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel. 12mo, 46 pgs., crisp..... More
Salem, Massachusetts: The Marine Research Society, 1930. Cloth. 1st trade edition, 1930. A VG, well-preserved copy in its original blue cloth with light fraying to the spine crown. In a bright, VG pictorial dustjacket with light chipping to the spine extremities, faint staining along the upper spine and 1 dime-sized..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1960. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, handsome copy of the 1960 re-issue. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustkacket. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Richard Gates. More
New York: Troubador Press, 1958. Original wraps. The uncommon 1958 1st edition of the poet Jack Micheline's first published book, with an enthusiastic Introduction by Jack Kerouac at the front pastedown. THIS COPY SIGNED BY JACK MICHELINE ACROSS THE FRONT COVER. A surprisingly crisp copy to boot of a fragile..... More
New York: Random House, 1964. Muriel Batherman. Hardcover. The 1964 1st edition of this charming children's alphabet book. Clean and Near Fine in its laminate boards. And in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light spotting to the panels and several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Oblong..... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publications, 1969. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp example of the uncommon November 15th, 1969 issue, issue #46, with a cover photo capturing a strained pose by The Beatles several months before the band's official break-up. Evenly folded for shipping purposes but, happily, no shipping label..... More
Boston: S.E. Cassino, Publisher, 1882. 1/2 leather. An exceptionally clean example of the Collected Works of Goethe (1749-1832), complete in 10 volumes and published out of Boston in 1882. Bound --and signed-- by Blackwell (for Brentano's) in a handsome 1/2 dark-brown morocco over marbled boards. 5 raised bands, fine gilt-tooling..... More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1962. Cloth. The 1962 2nd edition of this impressive study of the design and construction of steel stairs. Published out of Stuttgart, with its text in German, English and French. Solid and VG+ (detailed former owner notes taped to the rear pastedown) in a crisp, VG..... More
London: John Hunt, 1823. Full leather. Lovely Riviere full-calf binding, stamped "Riviere and Son" at the verso of the front free endpaper. 5 raised bands, beautiful gilt-rule to the panels and gilt-titling along the spine. Intricate gilt-design as well at the compartments. Clean and Near Fine example of the 1823..... More
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1979. 1st. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1979 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light foxing at the spine. Octavo, 394 pgs. "Proceedings of an International Conference Held at King's College, Cambridge March 1977" More
Chicago: Self-published, 1974. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TED NELSON on the front cover. A bright, crisp copy to boot of the 1974 stated 1st edition of this early, somewhat uncommon "flip" book and offbeat exploration of the world of computers. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1925. C.R. Snelgrove. Cloth. The 1925 1st edition of this golf humor-in-verse, nicely illustrated thruout by C.R. Snelgrove. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. 12mo, 95 pgs. More
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1985 1st American edition (following the original 1981 German edition). Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 223 pgs. More
