Oxford: Oxford University Press (The Clarendon Press), 1963. Cloth. The 1963 and 1965 reprints respectively, in 2 volumes and part of Oxford University Press's formidable "Oxford Classical Texts" series. Both volumes clean and Near Fine in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets. Thick 12mos, edited and with a Preface by W.M. Lindsay..... More
Munich: Ernst Heimeran Verlag, 1961. Cloth. The 1961 1st edition of this German-produced edition of Petronius's "Satyricon", with the full text in Latin exclusively. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling (mostly age-spotting) along the panels. Octavo, edited by Konrad Muller. More
Paris: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade (Edition Gallimard), 1954. Leather bound. The elegant 1954 Pleiade edition of Proust's "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu", complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes solid and VG+ in their chocolate-brown leatherette. Former owner blindstamp at each volume's second front endpaper, small ink notes to..... More
San Francsisco: Wakefield Castrol Motor Oil (Mack Newman/Jack Nadel, Inc.), 1958. A nice piece of San Francisco Giant and baseball ephemera, an all-but-pristine example of this schedule/calendar from the 1959 season. Handsomely matted and framed (in a decorative soft gold) as well. The schedule/calendar measures 14" wide x 17" tall..... More
c. 1965. Scarce public health poster promoting milk and featuring baseball hall-of-famer Orlando Cepeda as its spokesman. Cepeda, the great San Francisco Giant first baseman (thru 1966) is donning bat, glove, the Giants uniform and a nice smile in the front-and-center photo of him. HE HAS NEATLY SIGNED HIS NAME..... More
Houston: Buffalo Booking Agency, 1952. Scarce 1952 promotional poster for 27 year old R&B singer and guiatrist B.B. King and his bandleader and saxophonist Bill Harvey. Crisp and bright in its pictorial yellow and red, with clear, offsetting black titling. Very light creasing and thumb tack-sized holes at each corner..... More
Lovely, evocative 1885 watercolor of Harvard's original boathouse, proudly situated on the Cambridge side of the banks of the Charles River. Painted by E.M. Fairchild and signed, titled and dated in his hand at the lower left corner. Crisp, clean and very sharp, with several of Harvard's buildings (including Memorial..... More
Chicago: Bijou Publishing Empire, 1968-1973. Robert Crumb, Jay Kinney, Skip Williamson, Jayzey Lynch et al. Original wraps. An impressive run of the first 8 issues of the "Bijou Funnies", published between 1968-1973 and including Robert Crumb, Jay Kinney, Skip Williamson and Jayzey Lynch as frequent contributors and illustrators. All 8..... More
New York: The Guggenheim Museum, 1981. Original wraps. The uncommon catalogue based on the December 1981 4-day exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Crisp and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. In conjunction with the exhibition "Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia: Selections from the George Costakis..... More
Vienna: Artur Wolf Verlag, 1929. G.E. Stutty. Original wraps. The 1st German language edition of the 6 volume set detailing the misadventures of Bonzo the loveable Bulldog. Wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by the Englishman G.E. Stutty and written by his countryman George Jellicoe. Translated here from its original..... More
Paris: Henri Jonquieres, 1926. Pierre Roy. Original wraps. A clean, very sharp copy of this 1926 1st thus, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Patrick Roy. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with very light offsetting along the endpapers. Quarto, deckled fore and bottom edges. Truly a...... More
Paris: Les Editions du Raisin (Giuseppe Govone), 1935. Mariette Lydis. Original wraps. The 1935 limited edition, #186 of only 250 copies issued. Beautifully illustrated thruout in rich color by the Austrian-Argentine painter Mariette Lydis, who also wrote the text. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with..... More
Paris: 1924. Pierre Bonnard. Full leather. Octave Mirbeau's final novel (first published in 1913 and here appearing originally with the Pierre Bonnard etchings in 1924), centered around his travels with his pet dog "Dingo". #284 of only 300 copies issued in this small limitation, this copy one of 280 within..... More
New York: Cameo Books (Detective House, Inc.), 1954. Original wraps. A bright, very sharp copy of this digest-sized, 1954 stated 3rd edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its lurid pictorial wrappers, with one small circular stamp at the rear panel. Otherwise, no writing or markings to speak of. "The revealing..... More
New York: Carnival Books (Hanro Corporation), 1957. Original wraps. The 1957 1st appearance in this digest-sized format. Carnival Books #956. Surprisingly crisp and Near Fine in its lurid, wonderful pictorial covers. No writing or markings to speak of, a very clean copy. "A behind-the-scenes story of a girl disc jockey..... More
New York: Venus Books (Star Guidance, Inc.), 1957. Original wraps. The 1957 1st appearance in this digest-sized format. Venus Books #197. Surprisingly crisp and Near Fine in its lurid, wonderful pictorial covers. One very small circular stamp along the rear panel, otherwise very clean. "The exciting story of a hard-hearted..... More
New York: Original Novels, Inc., 1952. Original wraps. The 1952 true 1st edition. Digest-sized, Original Novels #707, in its wonderful, drug-themed pictorial wrappers, with a menacing syringe trained right at a helpless woman. Solid and VG+, with very light wear --and just a touch of light creasing-- at the edges..... More
Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1947. Jean de la Fontinelle. Original wraps. The 1947 1st edition, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Jean de la Fontinelle. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light offsetting along the rear panel's edges. Quarto, highly-accomplished illustrations playfully..... More
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley and Co., c. 1875. A charming color lithograph panorama of America's history, from Columbus's discovery of the New World to The American Revoluton. Decorative cardboard box, with cut, theatrical window (or proscenium) and magnificent pictorial details along the borders. The box features a long, multi-paneled horizontal..... More
New York: Publication House, Inc., 1957. Original wraps. A very impressive copy of the 1957 1st thus, in its revised, digest-sized paperback. Crisp, sharp and easily Near Fine in its lurid wrappers, with a bit of light soiling --and just a touch of ink-- to the rear panel. Star Novel..... More
New York: Star Guidance, Inc. (Venus Books), 1953. Original wraps. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1953 3rd printing, in its revised, digest-sized paperback. Crisp and easily Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. Venus Books #198. "The confidential story of a girl with a past" More
New York: Detective House Inc. (Cameo Books), 1957. Original wraps. A superb copy of the 1957 1st thus, in its revised, digest-sized paperback. Crisp, sharp and easily Near Fine in its wonderful Ray Pease-illustrated wrappers, with just a touch of very light soiling to the rear panel. Cameo Books #368..... More
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, Publishers, 1874. L.H. Reed. Decorative Cloth. The uncommon 1874 1st edition of this collection of metaphysical verse by Clement Biddle. A solid, very well-preserved copy. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and decorative blindstamping along the panels. Very light..... More
1969. Original wraps. A poignant, late 1960s (1969) handmade book from a young white teacher trying to come to terms with --and expressing frustration over-- race relations of the day. Very artistic and heartfelt, skillfully made by collage, pasted-on reproductions and his or her own painstaking art work. The newspaper..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1998-2004. Cloth. A remarkable undertaking, the sweeping, full catalogue raisonne of Paul Klee, complete in 9 massive quarto volumes. This is the 1st English language edition, published out of London by Thames and Hudson between 1998 and 2004. All 9 volumes are tight and very sharp..... More
