Culpeper, VA: The Community Press, 1965. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1965 1st edition of this highly-celebrated debut work by photographer Dave Heath. Tight and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth, with just the faintest touch of light wear at the rear panel's lower-edge. And in a bright, price-intact... More about A Dialogue with Solitude
New York: The Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Cloth. SIGNED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the October 1996-January 1997 exhibition (the major retropsective) at New York's Guggenheim Museum. The 1st edition in hardback: Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine... More about Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective (Signed by Ellsworth Kelly
New York: Time Inc., 1954. Original wraps. A very impressive copy of the August 16th, 1954 maiden issue of Sports Illustrated. This copy is clean, crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers (with the complete 6 pg. Topps baseball card fold-out in beautiful condition). It shows just a touch... More about Sports Illustrated -- Issue #1 (August 16th, 1954): With the Publisher's Original Shipping...
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1975. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of this 1975 Angus Maclise offering, published out of Kathmandu. #36 of only 500 copies issued. Clean and Near Fine in its lovely rice-paper wrappers, with just the slightest hint of very light spotting at the panels. Quarto, photographs... More about The Subliminal Report (Starstreams Poetry Series Number 4
San Francisco: Camera Craft Publishing Company, 1946. Original wraps. An unusually crisp, clean copy of the November 1946 stated 3rd printing. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial, spiral-bound wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the rear panels. Tall quarto, a lovely copy of William Mortensen's beguiling... More about Monsters & Madonnas: A Book of Methods
Elkhart, Indiana: Buescher Band Instrument Company, 1928. Original wraps. Wonderful 1928 catalogue from the Buescher Band Instrument Company of Elkhart, Indiana, showcasing the latest offerings in their impressive selection of band and orchestra instruments. Virtually every page includes detailed engraved images of Buescher's selections, such as soprano, alto, tenor and... More about Buescher True Tone Band and Orchestra Instruments (Catalogue #26
New York: Brentano's, 1915. 3/4 leather. Handsome copy of this 1915 re-issue out of New York, elegantly bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco. Richly gilt-paneled spine, with fine gilt-tooling within the compartments and 5 raised bands. Clean, solid and Near Fine. Octavo, top-edge gilt, lovely marbled endpapers and pastedowns. More about Religio Medici and Other Essays
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. 3/4 leather. A very handsome copy of this 1902 London re-issue, sumptuously bound in 3/4 morocco by Riviere & Son (whose stamp is at the foot of the first blank endpaper). Tight, clean and Near Fine, with 5 raised bands and fine gilt-tooling within the... More about Cicero--De Officiis
University of New Mexico Press, 1987. Cloth. SIGNED BY RICHARD MISRACH on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the January-March 1987 exhibition at Palm Springs Desert Museum. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, limited to 1,000 hardback copies. Introductory essay by Reyner Banham. More about Desert Cantos
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Boards. INSCRIBED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY AL HIRSCHFELD on the half-title. A lovely copy to boot of the 1991 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, filled thruout with wonderful, Broadway-related illustrations by the great maestro Hirschfeld. More about Hirschfeld: Art and Recollections from Eight Decades
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1999. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MUS WHITE on the half-title. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Quarto, limited to 1,000 copies. More about From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond
Boston: Odeon Editions, 1977. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL ICKOVIC on the half-title. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout. More about In Transit
New York: Salon des Refuses, 1995. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the March-April 1995 exhibition at Bill Bace's Salon des Refuses in TriBeCa in New York. Clean and Near Fine in its corrugated cardboard wrappers, bound together by 2 silver bolts. Oblong quarto, also includes the laid-in original price list. More about SEMAPHORE: Placing the Mark -- Bill Bace's Salon des Refuses
Munich: Callwey Verlag, 1980. Cloth. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1980 2nd edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, hundreds of graphs and black-and-white illustrations thruout. Also includes a Fine example of both the publisher's original red wraparound band and the cardboard slipcase. More about Tropenbau -- Building in the Tropics (In Its Wraparaound Band and Slipcase
PPE Editions, in Association with Andrew Roth, 2007. Original wraps. A solid, sharp copy of the 2007 1st edition, limited to 511 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its light-gray wrappers. Tall quarto, crisp reproductions along each recto, the captions at each facing verso. Published in association with the photography curator Andrew Roth. More about 77 Testicular Imprints
Paris: Revue Artistique et Litteraire/Souillac Mulhouse, 1952. Original wraps. The 7th year of this wonderful literary and artistic review out of Paris, in this case devoted to jazz. Clean and Near Fine in its dark wrappers. And in an unusually crisp, Near Fine example of the fragile glassine dustjacket. Thin... More about Le Point -- Le Jazz (XL Janvier 1952
New York: Salon 94, 2010. Original wraps. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the May-June 2010 exhibition at New York's Salon 94. Crisp and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. More about Richard Prince T-Shirt Paintings: Hippie Punk
New York: New Directions, 1950. 1/4 Vellum. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1950 signed/limited, ONE OF FIVE HUNDRED COPIES SIGNED BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS at the limitation. Tight and Near Fine in its 1/4 vellum over patterned, light-brown boards. Octavo, also includes a clean, Near Fine example of the... More about The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (The Signed/Limited Edition
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. 1/4 leather. A very sharp copy of the 1943 signed/limited. #42 OF 200 "NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PARTNERS, PRINTED ON ARNOLD'S MOULD-MADE PAPER IN 13 POINT PERPETUA ROMAN AND FELICITY ITALIC TYPES, AND 1/4 BOUND IN RED NIGER". Signed by both Christopher Sandford... More about Pertelote: A Sequel to Chanticleer -- Being a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press October...
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1949. 1/4 leather. A handsome copy of the 1949 signed/limited. #149 OF 250 "SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES ON ALL-RAG MOULD-MADE PAPER AND BOUND IN 1/4 MOROCCO". Signed by Christopher Sandford of the Golden Cockerel Press, who here also contributed the Foreword and Notes. Clean and... More about Cockalorum: A Sequel to Chanticleer and Pertelote -- Being a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Roger Duvoisin. Cloth. The 1945 true 1st edition, with the Scribner 'A' to the copyright page. Solid and VG (small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and the... More about Bhimsa the Dancing Bear
New York: Samuel French, 1926. Cloth. The 1926 American re-issue, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ALFRED KREYMBORG on the front free endpaper. Solid and VG in its dark boards, with just a touch of scuffing to the panels and former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. 12mo, 126 pgs. of text. More about Puppet Plays
Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1950. Cloth. A very presentable copy of the 1950 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (former owner name and military address on the front free endpaper, his circular blindstamp on the title page) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine... More about The Spearhead: The 5th Marine Division in World War II (In Dustjacket
New York: The Viking Press, 1965. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1965 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges and at the spine crown. Still though, very presentable. Quarto, Peter Beard's moving... More about The End of the Game
Self-published, 2004. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BOTH JOHN DRAKE-MOORE AND SIMONE CENEDESE on the biographical page. A prsitine copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition of this wild, very creative collaboration between stage and film designer (and sculptor) John Drake-Moore and renowned Murano glassmaker and designer Simone Cenedese. Tight... More about Time Flies (Inscribed by Both Authors
