New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Cloth. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1980 stated 1st edition (with the accompanying requisite number bar). Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact ($20), VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine, light wear to the spine ends and very mild creasing at the..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Original wraps. A crisp copy of the 1971 stated 1st U.S. edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its wild pictorial wrappers. Quarto, politically-charged, erotic illustrations (in both black-and-white and color) throughout. More
San Francisco: The Black World Foundation, 1969. Original wraps. The November 1969 maiden issue. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Contributors include Eldridge Cleaver, LeRoi Jones, John O. Killens, Stokely Carmichael, etc. More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Cloth. Uncommon 1887 report of the "Results of Target Practice by the Vessels of the North Atlantic Station in 1886" (from the front cover). Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. Light wear at the tips and..... More
Columbus, Ohio: The Grow Ahead Press, 1969. Ron McKee and Ed Vebell. Pictorial wrappers. The uncommon 1969 correct 1st edition of this Bob Gibson baseball instructional on pitching. Solid and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light rubbing and soiling along the spine edges. Magazine-formatted, high-quality color illustrations throughout..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Robert Riger. Original wraps. The 1955 1st edition, part of Simon and Schuster's charming "Golden Stamp Sports Books" series. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Dozens of crisp, clean stamps of older (pre-1955) players from The Cleveland Indians, each in vivid color..... More
New York: New Wave Publications, 1965. Original wraps. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO JOHN AHERN, THE EDITOR OF NEW WAVE PUBLICATIONS. The 1966 1st edition. Bright and VG- in its spiral-bound wrappers, with the front panel detached from its binding. Light soiling as well to the..... More
New York: New Wave Publications, 1966. Cloth. A nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO THE EDITOR OF NEW WAVE PUBLICATIONS, JOHN AHERN, on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the uncommon February 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth. And..... More
New York: Geronimo Books Company, 1972. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing along the front panel's bottom-edge. Octavo..... More
New York: Geronimo Books Co., 1977. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the first blank endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-blue wrappers, with very mild offsetting along the edges and just a...... More
New York: Geronimo Books Company, 1973. Original wraps. The 1973 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its mustard-yellow wrappers. Octavo, 129 pgs. More
Tuvoti Magazine Editions, 1972. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Solid and VG in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with 2" of neatly-applied white-out at the front panel's top-edge. Quarto, this "Tuvoli..... More
New York: Random House, 1939. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial cloth. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1939 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial, light-purple cloth. Lacking the original dustjacket, otherwise very impressive. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated in color throughout. More
New York: Random House (Beginner Books), 1947. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A crisp, clean copy of the 1947 1st edition, later state (Younger & Hirsch 53d {4-line copyright notice, fish mouth closed on cover}, no priority given to the variants). Clean and Near Fine in its blue-green boards, in a...... More
New York: Random House (Beginner Books), 1976. Dr. Seuss. Pictorial boards. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1976 correct 1st edition (with the proper "1 through 0" number code on the copyright page). Clean and easily Near Fine in its yellow pictorial boards, with very light soiling to the..... More
Venice: Marsilio, 2011. Boards. INSCRIBED BY LINO TAGLIAPITRA across the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the stated 1st edition --in hardback-- of the catalogue based on the February-May 2011 exhibition at Venice's Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustrjacket..... More
Tacoma and Seattle: Museum of Glass and University of Washington Press, 2009. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY PRESTON SINGLETARY on the half-title. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2009 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, lovely color reproductions throughout. The catalogue based on the..... More
San Antonio: Linda Pace Foundation, 2016. Pictorial cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST ALEJANDRO DIAZ on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2016 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial, oatmeal cloth. Quarto, immaculate color reproductions throughout. More
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1938. Nick Villeneuve. Pictorial cloth. The uncommon 1938 stated 1st edition of this nonsensical guide to the mythical creatures of the Sawtooth Mountains. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR HANK SENGER AND THE ILLUSTRATOR NICK VILLENEUVE on the title page. Tight and Near Fine..... More
Chicago: Jamieson Higgins, 1902. R.J. Campbell. Pictorial boards. A presentable, well-preserved copy of the 1902 1st (and almost certainly only) edition. In its original cloth-backed, pictorial boards, with 2 mild margin mends, light edge wear and light scuffing to the front panel; overall, clean, tight and VG. Quarto, illustrated in..... More
San Francisco: The Joyful World Press, 1971. Shirley Boccaccio. Pictorial wrappers. A very sharp copy of the 1971 1st edition of this "Feminist children's book". Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light scuffing at the rear panel. Thin quarto, includes photomontages..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1963. Richard Scarry. Pictorial boards. A crisp, very nice copy of the 1963 stated 1st edition of this wonderful Richard Scarry-illustrated version of The Fables of La Fontaine. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ("$3.25"), Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, beautiful black-and-white and..... More
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1972. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its spiral-bound wrappers, with one small crease at the front panel's upper tip. Quarto, each verso blank, fold-out plates at each recto. Preface by Sergio Leone. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Roger Duvoisin. Pictorial cloth. A crisp, lovely copy of this 1945 very early (but not 1st) printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.75), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a tiny amount of chipping at the spine crown. Oblong octavo, wonderfully illustrated..... More
Cambridge University Press, 1929. Cloth. The 1929 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Very light, minor spotting to the panels, otherwise clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. Octavo, 175 pgs. of text plus Index..... More
