1839-1840. Full leather. Beautiful 1839-1840 handwriten album, with 22 hand-colored drawings of birds and flowers and 4 pencil drawings. On the one hand this is a commonplace book filled with Victorial poetry and prose, illustrated in vivid color. On the other hand, it's a bridge to the future of photographic..... More
France: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, 1961. Leatherette. A bright, very presentable copy of the 1961 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the compact, wonderful Pleiade edition of Baudelaire's complete works. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green leatherette. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket (plus the publisher's thick, unprinted, outer..... More
France: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade, 1954. Leatherette. A very sharp copy of the 1954 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the compact, wonderful Pleiade edition of Rimbaud's complete works. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green leatherette. And in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket (plus the publisher's thick, unprinted, outer..... More
New York: E.C. Publications, 1961. Comic Books. 3 crisp, bright issues of Mad Magazine from the early 1960s. On offer are Jan. 1961 (issue #60), March 1961 (issue #61) and More Trash from Mad (the 3rd annual edition, 1960). All 3 issues clean and very sharp, with minor wear along..... More
France: Bibliotheque de la Pleaide, 1951. Leatherette. A handsome copy of the 1951 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the compact, wonderful Pleiade edition of Flaubert's works. Clean and Near Fine in its dark leatherette. And in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket (plus the publisher's thick, unprinted, outer mylar dustjacket)..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Lampoon, 1966. Magazines. A clean, very sharp copy of this uncommon 1966 parody of Playboy by the Harvard Lampoon. Crisp and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. In fact, formatted exactly as Playboy and mirroring its dimensions. Cheeky and irreverent but still graphic for its time. More
Williamsport, PA: Little League Baseball Incorporated, 1953-1954. Pictorial wrappers. 2 uncommon 1950s Little League World Series official programs. One spanning Aug 25th-Aug 28th, 1953, the other spanning Aug 24th-27th, 1954. Both programs clean and very sharp. Bright, Near Fine examples in their stapled, pictorial wrappers. Very mild rubbing and scxratching..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 2006. Original wraps. A solid, bright copy of the 2006 1st paperback edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its original wrappers. And in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick, tall quarto, one tiny mark along the front panel's lower-edge. Filled with Mary Ellen Mark's characteristic..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1962. Dick Hart. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1962 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact (7s 6d), VG+ dustjacket, with minor soiling along the rear panel. 12mo, nicely illustrated throughout in black-and-white line-drawings by Dick Hart. More
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1943. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR BOONE T. GUYTON on the front free endpaper. A presentable copy to boot of the 1943 stated 2nd printing. Solid and VG (light offsetting along the inner hinges, artistic bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, VG dustjacket..... More
Kingston, NY: Alternative Sources of Energy, 1974. Pictorial wrappers. The uncommon 1974 stated 1st printing of this seminal, encyclopedic "compilation of reprints from early zine-style environmental newsletters", limited to 3,000 copies. Among the first publications to "focus on practical, homebuilt power systems like wind and solar". Tall folio, holding up..... More
New York: Pantheon Books (The Bollingen Series), 1949. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1949 1st American edition, translated from its original French by Denis Devlin. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG example of the E. McKnight Kauffer-illustrated dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing --and several..... More
Butte, Montana: The McKee Printing Company, 1938. Pictorial wrappers. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JACK AND KITTY (AND INCLUDING ORIGINAL ARTWORK) along the title page. A bright, presentable copy to boot of the 1938 1st edition. Crisp and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with light soiling and creasing to the panels..... More
London: Phillimore, 1980. Cloth. The 1980 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Solid and Near Fine (a touch of light soiling along the top-edge) in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with inconspicuous spotting at the inside of the dustjacket. Octavo, part of the impressive "History from the..... More
San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2002. Laminate boards. A pristine copy of the 2002 stated 1st edition of this impressive Fraenkel Gallery catalogue. Clean and Fine in its laminate pictorial boards. Sqaure octavo, Friedlander's crisp black-and-white photos of his great friend, the artisty R.B. Kitaj. More
Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1980. Pictorial wrappers. A crisp, bright copy of the 1980 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light streaking to the rear panel. Quarto, generous illustrations throughout complementing Allison Coudert's text. More
University Press of Florida, 2011. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR RANDOLPH HENNING on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2011 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, 356 pgs. More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996. 1st. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1996 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Thick. tall quarto, 744 pgs., crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout. More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973. Cloth. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1973 1st U.S. edition. VG+ in a bright, VG to VG+ dustjacket. Folio, 208 pgs. And in a solid, VG+ example of publisher's cardboard slipcase. More
New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 2003 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. (Both the book and the dj show just the tiniest hint of bumping at the front panel's lower front tip). Oblong octavo, crisp, striking..... More
San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2000. Cloth. #337 OF 600 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY LEE FRIEDLANDER at the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2000 stated 1st edition of this Fraenkel Galery catalogue. Tight and Near Fine in its aqua-blue cloth, with a bit of rubbing to..... More
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2008. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER ASAKO NARAHASHI on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2008 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Tall square quarto, haunting color photography throughout. #2 in the..... More
New York: Coward-McCann/Bantam Books, 1970. Original wraps. The uncommon 1970 Uncorrected Proof, in its tall yellow wrappers. Tight and VG to VG+, with very mild creasing along the top-edges and the spine ends. Possibly an editor's copy, with handwritten pagination and with all the lines fron the Dedication page and..... More
Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2003. Amiri Baraka. Original wraps. An immaculate copy of "This Special Lettered Edition (Letter F) of 26 Copies of Later Trane, with Text and Original Artwork by Amiri Baraka", along with a CD by Amiri Baraka. Also includes a pristine example of its beige wraparound..... More
Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2005. Amiri Baraka. Original wraps. A pristine copy of "This Special Lettered Edition (Letter C) of 26 Copies. Includes The Book of Monk along with a CD and Original Drawing by Amiri Baraka". Also includes an immaculate example of its beige wraparound band (or obi)..... More
