New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1971. Cloth. An important Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper BY JAMES RESTON TO MARIAN SULZBERGER HEISKELL AND ANDREW HEISKELL (she of The New York Times Sulzberger family and herself a Director of The New York Times {1963-1997} and he the... More about To Defend To Destroy (Signed Association Copy
Cleveland: Pennington Press, 1959. Cloth. An important Association copy: INSCRIBED on the half-title BY HERBERT MITGANG TO ORVIL DRYFOOS, THE PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES. A very solid copy to boot of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading... More about Civilians Under Arms (Signed Association Copy
Boston: Noughton Mifflin Company, 1973. Cloth. An impressive Association copy: INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper BY NATHANIEL ALEXANDER OWINGS TO MARIAN SULZBERGER HAISKELL (of The New York Times Sulzberger family and herself a Director of the New York Times {1963-1997}). A solid copy to boot of the 1973 stated... More about The Spaces In Between: An Architect's Journey (Signed Association Copy
New York: Macmillan, 1986. Boards. An important Association copy: INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper BY JAMES RESTON ("SCOTTY") TO MARIAN SULZBERGER HEISKELL AND ANDREW HEISKELL (she of The New York Times Sulzberger family and herself a Director of The New York Times {1963-1997} and he the Chairman of Time... More about Washington (Signed Association Copy
New York: Random House, 1988. Cloth. An impressive Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED on the half-title BY NEIL SHEEHAN TO MARIAN SULZBERGER HEISKELL AND ANDREW HEISKELL (she of the New York Times Sulzberger family and herself a Director of the New York Times {1963-1997} and he the Chairman of Time Inc.)... More about A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Signed Association Copy
Little, Brown and Company (Bulfinch Press), 1990. Cloth. A handsome, very presentable copy of the 1990 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very faint bumping along the spine. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind... More about Bear Pond
National Squash Tenns Association, 1941. Original wraps. A clean, bright copy of the membership list, the summary of league schedules and matches, and the rules of the 1941-1942 season. Solid and VG+ in its solid, light-green wrappers, with just a touch of light offsetting at the panel edges. Octavo, participating... More about National Squash Tennis Association: Season 1941-1942
National Squash Tennis Association, 1938. Original wraps. A clean, bright copy of the membership list, the summary of league schedules and matches, and the rules of the 1938-1939 season. Solid and VG+ in its solid, light-green wrappers, with just a touch of light offsetting at the panel edges. Octavo, participating... More about National Squash Tennis Association: Season 1938-1939
Torrance, CA: Tirschel & Associates, 1973. Original wraps. A bright, presentable copy of the 1973 stated 1st edition, 2nd printing. Solid and VG in its comb-bound pictorial wrappers. Light creasing --and just a touch of light staining-- to the panels, otherwise very clean. Octavo, hundreds of black-and-white photos serving as demonstrations. More about Tang Soo Do Karate
Woodmont, CT: Cameron Publishing Company, c. 1928. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1st edition (circa 1928-1930), in its scarce original dustjacket. Tight and VG+ in its orangle cloth. And in a Good+ example of the fragile printed dustjacket, with the front flap separated from the rest of the jacket... More about Cinematography and Talkies (In Dustjacket
Canmbridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1974. Original wraps. The 1974 1st MIT paperback edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, abstruse diagrams and illustrations thruout offering a glimpse into this British experimental music of the 1960s and 70s. More about Scratch Music
New York: Random House, 1946. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY S. HUROK on the front free endpaper. A solid, tight copy to boot of the 1946 stated 1st printing. Clean and VG (light bumping at the front upper tip, very light offsetting along the edges) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine... More about Impresario
New York: Collectors Reprints, Inc., 1992. Decorative Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of this 1992 facsimile re-issue of the 1855 1st printing of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". The sumptuous dark-green coloring to the covers as well as the fine gilt-tooling and lettering have been exactly reproduced. So has the wonderful... More about The Leaves Of Grass (Facsimile Re-Issue -- In Dustjacket
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1952. Roger Duvoisin. Cloth. The 1952 1st American edition, SIGNED BY BOTH GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI AND THE ILLUSTRATOR ROGER DUVOISIN (tipped-in signature) on the half-title. A solid, presentable copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.75). VG dustjacket, with chipping along the... More about Amahl and the Night Visitors
New York: Mutrix (Wholesale Book Corporation). Original wraps. Early, uncommon booklet by Mutrix on transvestism, circa 1965. Tight and VG- in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light staining to the panels. Thin octavo, a number of uncredited illustrations accompany the (understandably) uncredited text. More about FRANKIE and the strong-willed woman who turns BOYS into GIRLS
Chappaqua, NY: Analysis Press, 1984. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ARTHUR A. MERRILL on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the second edition revised. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, this Wall Street guide is designed to "help predictions"... More about Behavior of Prices on Wall Street
Chappaqua, NY: The Analysis Press, 1977. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ARTHUR A. MILLER on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1977 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (very light offsetting at the endpapers and pastedowns) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with... More about Filtered Waves -- Basic Theory: A Tool for Stock Market Analysis
New York: Schirmer Books (Macmillan Publishing Co.), 1978. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1978 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original German by Humphrey Searle. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, includes a number of crisp black-and-white photos complementing the exhaustive text. More about Arnold Schoenberg: His Life, World and Work
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1955. Cloth. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1955 1st edition. Tight and VG (tasteful former owner bookplate and name in ink at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact ($2.75), VG dustjacket, with light chipping (most notably at the spine crown)... More about Famous Negro Music Makers
Los Angeles: Pamphleteers, Inc., 1946. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the correct 1st issue of the 1946 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in its light-gray wrappers, without the red lettering to the front panel which denotes the 2nd issue. 12mo, constituting the complete issue of "The... More about Anthem
New York: The New American Library, 1966. Boards. The 1966 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ (very light soiling to the panels) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with several small numbers in ink next to the printed price on the front flap and very light creasing and rubbing to... More about Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
New York: The Ayn Rand Letter, Inc., 1971-1976. Original wraps. The complete collection of Ayn Rand Letters, published "fortnightly" from October 1971 thru February 1976, representing some 4 1/ 2 years of bi-weekly uncensored commentary by Rand herself and devoted mostly to politics and philosophy. All 81 issues (Vols 1-3... More about The Ayn Rand Letter: The Complete Run (81 Vols.) -- October 1971-February 1976 + the 3 pg. Table...
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1969. Cloth. A very solid copy of the catalogue based on the February 1969 exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with over a hundred crisp black-and-white photographs of the sculptures thruout. Quarto, limited... More about David Smith
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971. Decorative Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1971 1st American edition of this impressive monograph on British sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Tight and Near Fine (the ghost of a very small sticker at the front pastedown) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, crisp, high-quality... More about The Sculpture of Barbara Hepworth 1960-69
New York: C&M ARTS, 2005. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JULIAN SCHNABEL IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the catalogue based on the April-June 2005 exhibition at New York's C&M Arts. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket (which unfolds..... More about Julian Schnabel: Selected Paintings
