New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. Cloth. The 1901 1st edition of this turn-of-the-century compilation of the role of women in various sports, including golf, tennis, sailing, swimming, bicycling, basketball, football (!!), etc. Tight and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial cloth, with just a touch of light spotting along... More
London: Alexander--Ouseley Limited, 1927. L.M. Dufty. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1927 1st edition. Tight and VG in its green cloth, with light foxing thruout and just a touch of offsetting to the endsheets. Thin 12mo, 12 illustrations by L.M. Dufty. More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Boards. A handsome copy of the 1923 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (very light spotting at the pastedowns and the boards) in a crisp, price-intact ($1.00), VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine (especially at its crown) and just a.... More
Cleveland: William Ganson Rose Publishing Co. 1925. A very solid copy of the 1925 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial boards, with just a touch of light offsetting at the front panel and very light soiling to the rear panel. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of... More
Millerton, NY: Aperture, Inc. 1982. Cloth. SIGNED BY STEPHEN SHORE on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1982 1st trade edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (small, neat inscription to author Jean Stein {"Edie: An American Biography"} on the front free endpaper) in a crisp... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. Cloth. The elusive 1935 1st American edition, a book which eventually would be paired with 1939's "Goodbye to Berlin" to make up "The Berlin Stories". Solid and VG in its oatmeal cloth, with light offsetting at the pastedowns, very light soiling to the... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928. Decorative Cloth. A very handsome example of the 1928 1st English language edition, complete in 2 volumes and translated from its original German by Mrs. Archer-Hind. Both volumes tight and Near Fine in their navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-crests at the front panels and... More
New York: Scarlet Editions, 1992. Original wraps. SIGNED BY BOTH ALICE NOTLEY AND DOUGLAS OLIVER on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the March 1992 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its red pictorial wrappers, with one crease running along the... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. Hardcover. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS CRICK TO AUTHOR JEAN STEIN ("Edie {Sedgwick}: An American Biography") on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 true 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with just a touch of editorial... More
London: Methuen & Co. 1922. Hardcover. The May 1922 2nd edition (which follows the 1st edition by just one month). Tight and VG+ in its pictorial boards, with light offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. 16mo, part of Methuen's wonderful "The Best Books on Golf" series. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Hardcover. The 1898 1st edition. Tight, solid and VG in its duotone boards. Very light staining at the panel edges, handsome former owner bookplate to the front pastedown. Tiny former owner stamp as well (a private golf library) at the foot of... More
New York: Laurence Gomme, 1929. Boards. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1929 1st edition of this uncommon golf instructional. Tight and Near Fine in its light-blue boards. One tiny spot at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be. 16mo, includes a series of crisp black-and-white photos at the rear. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Shel Silverstein. Cloth. NICELY INSCRIBED BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN ("To Alexis, Turn on the lights! xox Shel Silverstein") on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of this early, 1981 reprint. Tight and VG+ (one tiny stain at the rear panel) in... More
New York: Grove Press, 1968. Cloth. The 1968 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its bright-orange cloth, with just a touch of soiling at the spine crown. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with wear at the spine ends and light soiling at the panels (especially the rear panel)... More
New York: The John Day Company, 1936. Cloth. A tight, very solid copy of the 1936 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (a touch of offsetting along the panel edges, light scratching at the rear panel) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. 1932. Cloth. The 1932 1st American edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (just a touch of spotting at the rear panel) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and very light creasing and chiping along the... More
New York: Random House, 1965. Hardcover. The 1965 correct 1st edition, with all issue points conforming to Younger & Hirsch (pgs. 68-70). Clean and VG+ (light bumping at the foot of the spine and the lower rear tip) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with a matching tiny bump at... More
New York: New Directions (The New Classics), 1941. Boards. The 1941 2nd iteration of the "New Classics" edition, with the wonderful Alvin Lustig dustjacket design. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.75), VG+ dustjacket, with light wear at the spine ends and very light soiling to the panels... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1910. J.M. Conde. Hardcover. A sharp copy of the 1910 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial boards, with very light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, illustrations (including roughly half-a-dozen in color) by J.M. Conde. More
New York: The Electrical Engineer, 1899. Cloth. A solid example of the fragile 1899 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Spotting to the front panel and light staining and spotting at the rear panel. Former owner name at the front pastedown... More
The Johns Hopkins Press, 1922. Hardcover. The uncommon 1922 1st edition of this very inpressive collection of portraits of various faculty of the Medical School at Johns Hopkins University. Taken by one of the leading American photographers of the early 20th century, Doris Ulmann (1882-1934), the 37 separate gravure portaits... More
New York: Random House, 1982. Hardcover. SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY beneath his printed, crossed-out name inside the title page window. A pristine copy to boot of the 1982 true 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. All 6 pop-ups in fine working condition. 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
Hayward, CA: Star*Reach Productions, 1974. Original wraps. A clean, sharp copy of the 1974 maiden issue of this underground comic book published out of Hayward, CA. Crisp and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Edited and published by Mike Friedrich. More
Berkeley, CA: Print Mint, 1969. Original wraps. A clean, crisp copy of the 1969 maiden issue of this underground comic book published out of Berkeley. Very light wear along the spine crown, otherwise well-preserved and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. With contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Ed Sanders, Rick... More
