Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Victor Mays. Pictorial cloth. A very solid copy of the 1959 correct 1st edition (with the matching dates on the title and copyright pages). Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($1.95), VG+ dustjacket, with very light spotting along the flap-folds and the rear..... More
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1960. Wesley Dennis. Pictorial cloth. A sharp copy of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (small former owner inscription at te front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout in black-and-white by Wesley Dennis. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1916 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling at the panels and a bit of very mild chipping to the spine ends. 12mo, the first posthumous..... More
New York: Links, 1974. Pictorial wrappers. The 1974 stated 1st printing of this wild ride by Hugh Romney (aka "Wavy Gravy"). Tight and VG in its Rick Griffin-illustrated wrappers, with light staining to the first few page edges and along the fore-edge. A bit of light creasing as well at..... More
Paris: Galerie Kamel Mennour, 1999. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the 1999 exhibition at Paris's Galerie Kamel Mennour. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, Preface (in both English and French and titled "Forever Young") by Jerome Sans. This copy subtly stamped by and from the library..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. Pictorial wrappers. An especially crisp, clean copy of the 1968 1st paperback edition (there was a very uncommon hardback edition issued simultaneously as well). Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Quarto..... More
Boston: Bulfinch Press (Little, Brown and Co.), 1999. Boards. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR CARA GREENBERG on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1999 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, 125 color and 125 black-and-white photographs. (Also includes..... More
London: frieze, 1997. Pictorial boards. A terrific Association copy: INSCRIBED BY BILLY NAME --THE PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF ANDY WARHOL'S FACTORY AND ITS ARCHIVIST FROM 1964 TO 1970-- TO VICTOR BOCKRIS, THE GREAT WARHOL AND VELVET UNDERGROUND BIOGRAPHER AND FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO WARHOL'S INTERVIEW MAGAZINE on the half-title. A pristine copy..... More
Washington, D.C. National Access Center, 1980. Original wraps. Uncommon 1980 Flo Fox collection of very skillful, often humorous black-and-white photographs of the marginalized in New York. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light creasing along the spine. Oblong octavo, "'Asphalt Gardens' may be the first book featuring..... More
Las Vegas: Charles A. Julian, 1970. Vintage Paperbacks. INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER CHARLES JULIAN on the front free endpaper. A crisp, sharp copy to boot of the 1970 1st (and almost certainly only) edition of this uncommon profile of "The 4 Top Guys on the Fabulous Las Vegas Strip". Tight..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. Boards. A very interesting Association copy: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ARIANNA HUFFINGTON TO FELLOW FIREBRAND AND FEMINIST ERICA JONG on the front blank endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 1988 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888. Decorative Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JOSEPH CLARKE (1846-1925) on the front blank endpaper. A tight, very presentable copy to boot of the 1888 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-decoration and titling along the front panel and lightly-faded..... More
New York: Random House, 1940. Cloth. The 1940 stated 1st edition of this impressive Random House collection, consisting of "The Complete Extant Writings of Epicurus, Epictetus, Lucretius and Marcus Aurelius". Solid and Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting at the front inner hinge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket..... More
New York: Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006. Cloth. A pristine copy of this uncommon catalogue based on the exhibition of McDarrah's photographs at Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea in New York. THIS #28 OF 90 COPIES SIGNED BY FRED MCDARRAH at the limitation. Crisp, beautifully-reproduced black-and-white examples of some of McDarrah's..... More
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. A crisp, very well-preserved copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and spine. Light bumping to the lower tips, otherwise very clean externally. And..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1989. Boards. SIGNED BY BOTH LARRY BIRD AND THE RENOWNED BOSTON SPORTSWRITER BOB RYAN on the half-title. A gorgeous copy to boot of the November 1989 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of crisp black-and-white..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. Leonard Weisgard. Pictorial cloth. A gorgeous copy of the 1955 1st edition (with the letter 'A' present on the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated throughout by Leonard Weisgard. Truly..... More
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1959. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1959 stated 1st printing of William F. Buckley's 3rd published book. Tight and VG (offsetting at the gutters, light spotting to the rear panel, very thin band of offsetting along the top-edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1936. Kate Seredy. Decorative Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1936 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping along the spine crown and the top-edges. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in black-and-white AND color..... More
Abelard-Schuman, 1965. Quentin Blake. Cloth. The 1965 1st edition. Solid and VG (very light spotting at the panels, the endpapers and the pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, which is also clipped at the front flap and shows very light creasing and wear to the panels and at the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Cloth. A solid, presentable copy of the 1939 1st edition. Tight and VG (offsetting at the hinges, the pastedowns and the endsheets) in a bright, price-intact ($2.50), VG- dustjacket, with light chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges and..... More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1997. Decorative Cloth. SIGNED BY CLAES OLDENBURG along the half-title AND BY THE AUTHORS RICHARD AXSOM AND DAVID PLATZKER on the title page. A very solid copy to boot of the 1997 stated 1st edition of this sweeping catalogue raisonne of the prints, posters and..... More
New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1953. Helene Carter. Cloth. A sharp, very well-preserved copy of the 1953 1st edition (with the letter 'A' on the copyright page). Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), Near Fine dustjacket, with a touch of wear at the foot of the spine and..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Manning deV. Lee. Cloth. The 1952 stated 1st edition of this uncommon tale of a young, pre-American Revolution John Singleton Copley, one of the great portrait painters America has ever produced. Atmospheric and firmly set in Boston. A very sharp copy to boot. Clean..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. Garth Williams. Cloth. The 1946 1st thus, "without the fur jacket, in a larger size that will show to better advantage the jewel-like colors and wonderful details of Garth Williams' fourteen full color pictures" (from the rear dustjacket flap). Solid and VG+ (mild tenderness..... More
