New York: R.H. Ferguson, 1870. Cloth. A very presentable copy of the 1870 1st edition. Solid and VG in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine. Wear at the spine ends (particularly the crown), light spotting and soiling to the rear panel. Former... More
New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. Decorative Cloth. A handsome, crisp copy of the 1845 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark-brown cloth, with lovely gilt-decoration and titling along the front panel and spine. Decorative bordering and blindstamping to the panels as well. The fold-out frontispiece map... More
New York: E.J. Hale & Son, 1875. Decorative Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1875 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright, completely unflecked gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine. Former owner stamp at the title page and tiny identifying stamp to... More
Unique Books, 1966. Original wraps. Uncommon 1966 graphic gay literature, set at a Manhattan "hotel-health club for the gay set". Tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers (possibly illustrated by the great Gene Bilbrew?), with very light creasing --and leaning-- along the spine and a bit of creasing at the... More
Unique Books, 1966. Original wraps. Uncommon gay literature from the mid 60s, in this case centering on "Fire Island Queers and Their Gay Muscle Boys" (from the front cover). Solid and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial wrappers (possibly illustrated by Gene Bilbrew?). 12mo, an "original UNIQUE book" More
New York: The Pepys Press, 1979-1983. Paperback. The first 4 of 5 vols. total of this pioneering work in gay autobiography and literature. All 4 volumes, which represent the 1979-1983 first paperback printings, are clean and Near Fine in their printed wrappers. Occasional minor creasing at one or two of... More
New York: Grove Press (Black Cat Press), 1964-65. Original wraps. A handsome collection of some of Dr. Wilhelm Stekel's most seminal writings on sexual deviation. 3 separate titles, complete in 6 volumes, all neatly contained in a custom-made slipcase. All 3 titles are in their first Grove Press paperback editions... More
Los Angeles: Media Publications, 1982. Original wraps. The uncommon 1982 1st edition of this extremely graphic --but at the same time very tasteful-- guide to oral sex. Clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light creasing along the panel edges. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos thruout that leave little... More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Ira Cohen, 1977. Petra Vogt and Lee Baarslag. Original wraps. Uncommon 1977 collection of 7 inspired poems about crows, written by Jane Falk and edited and published by the redoubtable Ira Cohen in Kathmandu. This is #317 of 500 copies issued on handmade Nepali rice paper and, ADDITIONALLY... More
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869. Hardcover. The uncommon 1869 1st edition of this charming guidebook intended to record the "mental" characteristics of friends thru a series of uniform questions designed to pinpoint their tastes, attitudes and orientations. 34 separate 2-page spreads (versos and rectos) of indentical printed questions. What's... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1970. Arthur Rackham. Full leather. The 1970 re-issue, bound in a full, sumptuous dark-green leather by Asprey of London. (Signed by them as well at the top-edge of the first blank verso). Wonderful gilt-decoration to the front panel, finely-tooled gilt-compartments, offsetting leather labels, raised bands... More
Philadelphia: The S.S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. 1884-86. Original wraps. 6 separate issues --each published in its original printed wrappers-- of this late 19th century monthly devoted to the dental sciences. Each issue is clean and VG to VG+ in its beige wrappers. Very light wear along several of the... More
Chicago: The Webster Specialty Co. 1911. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1911 52nd edition, revised --and with a new Preface-- by Prof. L.H. Anderson. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial red cloth, with very light wear along the spine ends. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc. 1933. Hardcover. A solid, well-preserved copy of this 1933 Mickey Mouse "Pop-Up" book, complete with all 4 pop-ups (all of which are in very nice working condition). Tight and VG in its pictorial boards, with tender (but still perfectly sturdy) inner hinges. Very small... More
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1898. Decorative Cloth. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1898 1st edition (and first appearance in book form of Crane's legendary short story "The Open Boat"). In its Will Bradley-designed green and silver front panel. Tight and VG+, with artistic bookplate at the front... More
Derry, New Hampshire & Ridgewood, New Jersey: Babcock & Koontz, 1986. Gaylord Schanilee. Original wraps. The 1986 signed/limited, #102 of only 200 copies "signed by the author and sewn into Fabriano Roma wrappers". Clean and Near Fine (just a touch of offsetting at the lower-edges) in its light-blue wrappers. Octavo... More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, 1944. Glen Thomas. Hardcover. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1944 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. And in a crisp, price-intact ($1.50), VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the panel edges. Oblong quarto, wonderfully illustrated... More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co. 1941. George and Doris Hauman. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this lavish 1941 edition of Watty Piper's "Tales from Storyland", nicely illustrated in rich color by George and Doris Hauman. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. And in a crisp, VG+... More
Sandusky, Ohio and New York: The American Crayon Co. Hardcover. A crisp, lovely copy of this early reprint of the infamous 19th century German children's morality tale known in English as "Slovenly Peter". Circa 1940. Clean and Near Fine in its pink boards. And in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket... More
New York: B.F. Jay & Co. 1943. Hardcover. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1943 1st (and likely only) edition of this charming children's moveable book. Solid and Near Fine in its pictorial boards, with the 2 "Magic Lense" glasses present in the front pastedown pocket. Quarto, all moveable... More
New York: Wm. Penn Publishing Corp. 1944. Julian Wehr. Hardcover. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1944 1st edition of this charming children's "moveable" book. Clean and Near Fine in its spiral-bound red plastic. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along... More
London: J.S. Virtue & Co. 1897. Cloth. A very solid copy of this wonderful late 19th century survey of British golf links, richly illustrated thruout with hundreds of crisp black-and-white photos. Tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown and, above it, the official bookplate of "The Golf Museum and... More
Edinburgh: Golf Monthly, 1986. Cloth. A handsome, near pristine example of this 2 vol. bicentennial history of the Crail Golfing Society. Vol. I (The Crail Golfing Society 1786-1936) is an exact facsimile re-issue of the 1936 1st edtion and Vol. II (The Crail Golfing Society 1936-1986) is the 1986 1st... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1954. Murray Olderman. Hardcover. The 1954 1st edition. Solid and VG in it green boards, with very light wear to the spine ends (including just a touch of splitting at th spine base). And in a brighjt, price-intact ($2.95), Good+ dustjacket, with light staining and darkening along... More
London: Hutchinson & Co. 1933. Cloth. The uncommon 1933 true 1st edition, including what appears to be an original photo pasted onto the half-title of Harry Vardon on the tee hitting a drive. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling to the spine. Light spotting along the... More
