Instrumentos Musicales--Folklore Colombiano
Bogota, Colombia: Biblioteca Banco Popular, 1991. Original wraps. More
New Arrivals
Que Sais-Je? La Salsa et Le Latin Jazz
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1993. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its white and blue wrappers, with very light rubbing at the front panel. 16mo, 127 pgs. More
Anago Vocabulario Lucumi (El Yoruba Que Se Hable en Cuba)
Miami: Coleccion del Chihereku, 1970. Original wraps. A crisp, clean copy of the 1970 1st American edition of this uncommon Cuban vocabulary and dictionary. Tight and Near Fine in its off-white wrappers, with very light wear along the spine. Octavo, 326 pgs., Prologue by Roger Bastide. More
Xenophon's Treatise on Horsemanship. From the Greek.
Granite Springs, NY: Kaywood Farms, 1936. Cloth. Uncommon re-issue of Xenophon's classic, Ancient Greek treatise on horsemanship. This handsome edition, issued in 1936, is limited to only 150 copies. Solid and VG in its russet cloth, with offsetting along the panels and fading at the spine. Quarto, published by Kaywood... More
Frog Opera, with Pollywog Chorus: A Musical Extravaganza, Founded Upon the Nursery Tale and Old Song of "A Frog He Would A Wooing Go"
Providence, R.I. J.A. & R.A. Reid, 1880. Original wraps. Charming --and very ephemeral-- 1880 children's opera set to verse and lyrics. Solid and VG in its stitched pictorial wrappers, with very light, forgivable soiling at the panels and light creasing --with one small chip-- to the panel edges. Octavo, uncredited... More
Salsiology: Afro-Cuban Music and the Evolution of Salsa in New York City
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. A pristine copy of the 1992 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its orange-red cloth, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. Octavo, #26 in Greenwood Press's "Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance" series. More
Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute (Plus Hampton Institute Ephemera)
Hampton, VA: Hampton Institute Press, 1927. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1927 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel and spine. Octavo, also includes a nice piece of ephemera, a late 19th century folded single sheet announcing the program... More
Old Love Story SIGNED
New York: Lospecchio Press, 1986. Larry R. Collins. Original wraps. One of Allen Ginsberg's most uncommon signed/limiteds, this fragile 1986 meditation on Ancient Greek love and its celebration of the love of young boys. The stated 1st edition, #11 of only 150 copies issued, SIGNED BY BOTH ALLEN GINSBERG AND... More
Forty Years of Steel: An Annotated Discography of Steel Band and Pan Recordings, 1951-1991
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. Cloth. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1992 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its dark-grey cloth, with crisp, completely unrubbed silver lettering to the front panel and spine. Octavo, 307 pgs., "Discographies", #49. More
Dancing Spirits: Rhythms and Rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada Rite
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Cloth. A crisp, near-pristine copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright, completely unflecked silver-lettering to the front panel and spine. Octavo, #42 in the "Contributions to the Study of Muisc and Dance" series. More
The Unlawful Exclusion of the African Race. A Refutation of Mr. W. Hoyle's "Review of the Negro Question and the L.O.G.T."
Birmingham, England: 1877. Cloth. Uncommon 1887 booklet self-published out of Birmingham, England and authored by a prominent Mason named Joseph Malins, the Templar of the Grand Lodge of England, who here addresses the question of whether to deny or permit the African race membership into the Masonic Temples of England... More
Etudes Academiques (in Dustjacket)
Paris: Diffusion Exclusive Edition et Diffusion du Livre Francais, c. 1950. Original wraps. A lovely collection of French nudes, published c. 1950 and photographed in a rich gravure. Solid and VG+ (with tender --but still perfectly sturdy-- inner hinges) in a crisp, VG example of the striking pictorial dustjacket, with... More
Poor Cock Robin
Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, c. 1880. Original wraps. Charming children's picture book, c. 1880. Solid and VG+ in its sewn, pictorial wrappers, with very light wear along the spine and a touch of light foxing to the interior. Octavo, lovely chromolithographed plates. Part of "Aunt Laura's" series. More
Subway Nickels: A Survey of New York City's Transit Problem
New York: Harry A. Gordon, Special Corporation Counsel, 1925. Cloth. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1925 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright, unflecked gilt-lettering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 305 pgs. More
Green Mountain Boy: The Story of Seth Warner
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1944. Charles Child. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1944 1st edition (with the "Farrar Rinehart" logo at the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ("$2.00"), VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the spine ends and one... More
The Bumble Bee Prince
New York: Garden City Publishing Co. 1940. Sheilah Beckett. Hardcover. Charming 1940 1st thus, which is based on an original poem by Alexander Pushkin, is still set in Old Russia and is here adapted by Saul Lancourt. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed... More
Gloucester Boy (in Dustjacket)
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1940. Ruth and Richard Holberg. Hardcover. The 1940 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (offsetting at the front inner-hinge) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping and several small closed tears along the panel edges. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the authors themselves. More
Dick Whittington and His Cat
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Rafaello Busoni. Cloth. Charming 1941 version of the tale of a young British pauper and the fortunes he gained thru his cat. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping --and several very small closed tears-- along the panel lower-edges... More
Picture Book of Astronomy
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. 1945. Richard Floethe. Cloth. A lovely copy of the 1945 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (with no writing or markings of any kind internally) in a crisp, price-intact ("$2.00"), Near Fine dustjacket, with a touch of very faint chipping at the spine... More
American Childhood's Best Books: Ages 8 and Up to 12 (in Dustjacket)
Sandusky, Ohio: The American Crayon Company, 1942. Hardcover. A very solid copy of the 1942 1st edition of this charming children's anthology, which includes the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (with customary browning to the acidic paper) in a crisp, VG+ example of the colorful dustjacket, which mirrors the... More
Making an Orchestra (in Dustjacket)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. David T. Darling. Cloth. An impressive copy of the 1931 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ("$1.50"), VG dustjacket, with very light spotting to the panels and light creasing --with several very small closed tears-- along the panel edges and... More
To Eberhart from Ginsberg: A Letter About Howl 1956 SIGNED
Lincoln, Massachusetts: The Penmaen Press, 1976. Jerome Kaplan. Cloth. Of the 1976 1st edition of 1,500 copies, this is one of the 300 hardbound copies which is supposed to be numbered and signed by both Allen Ginsberg and Richard Eberhart. Oddly, this copy is out-of-series and lacks the number and... More
Sad Dust Glories: poems during work summer in woods SIGNED
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
Improvised Poetics SIGNED
San Francisco: Anonym, 1972. Cloth. The January 1972 stated 1st printing. In a limited edition of 2,000 copies, THIS IS #98 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY ALLEN GINSBERG at the limitation. A pristine copy to boot in its dark-red cloth, with bright, completely unrubbed silver-lettering at the front... More
Plutonian Ode: Poems 1977-1980 SIGNED
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. Cloth. SIGNED (AND DATED) BY ALLEN GINSBERG on the title page. A tight, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1982 stated 1st printing. Solid and Near Fine (faint, very minor tape ghosts at the endsheet edges) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to... More