London: Macmillan and Co., 1863. J. Noel Paton. Decorative Cloth. A handsome, very presentable copy of the 1863 1st edition, 2nd issue (lacking the "L'Envoi" page just following the Dedication page). Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-design and bordering along the front panel and bright gilt-titling..... More
Venice: 1981. May 8th, 1981 circular postcard (a panorama) of Venice, written by Edie Kerouac-Parker (Jack Kerouac's first wife) to Herbert Huncke. In the postmarked, handwritten postcard Edie mentions the "Timothy Leary Agency" and an invitation to speak at the University of Vermont, and asks Huncke if he would be..... More
New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co., 1885. Decorative Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1885 1st edition of James McQuade's account of the voyage of the schooner yacht Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial, chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along..... More
San Francisco: Pacific Rural Press, 1915. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR W.S. GUILFORD on the front free endpaper. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1915 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-brown cloth, with very light staining along the front panel's fore-edge and the rear panel's bottom-edge..... More
New York: William Morrow and Co., 1932. Jay (Jeanette Warmuth). Pictorial boards. An impressive copy of this 1932 1st thus, an English language version of Wilhelm Busch's classic story. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of very light offsetting along the front panel's top-edge..... More
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse Ltd., 1936. Helen Finger. Cloth. A crisp, very presentable copy of the 1936 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (2 vintage children's names in pencil on the first blank endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with clear tape inconspicuously reinforcing several dges and one small closed..... More
New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1907. L.J. Bridgman. Pictorial boards. A solid, VG+ copy of the 1907 1st edition, in its cloth-backed pictorial boards. Very light wear along the edges, charming former owner bookplate at the first blank endsheet. Wonderful fantasy about a Princess who travels to a land where toys..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. Conrad Buff. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY MARY & CONRAD BUFF on the half-title. A crisp, very presentable copy to boot of the 1954 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Conrad Buff. More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. c. 1890. Randolph Caldecott. Pictorial boards. The 1st edition of this uncommon title from McLoughlin Bros., circa 1890. Solid and VG (one signature sprung and old margin mend on 2 pg.) in its pictorial cloth, with light soiling thru the text. Identical in content to the..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1908. Harrison Cady. Decorative Cloth. A sharp, very presentable copy of the uncommon 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial light-brown cloth. No writing or markings to speak of to the interior, boards clean and bright. Octavo, verses by Carolyn..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Conrad Buff. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY MARY AND CONRAD BUFF on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with light spotting along the front panel's lower-edge) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1935. L. Leslie Brooke. Pictorial boards. A very sharp copy of the 1935 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with mounted color plate to the front panel. Octavo, 8 fine color illustrations plus pictorial endpapers and a number..... More
New York: H.M. Caldwell, 1908. L.J. Bridgman. Decorative Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial cloth, with one very thin, repaired crack running vertically along the front pastedown. Otherwise, clean and solid as could be, with no writing or markings of..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1930. Eric Fitch Daglish. Vellum. A lovely copy of the 1930 signed/limited. #96 OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE VISCOUNT GREY OF FALLODON ("eighty-five are for sale in Great Britain and fifty for sale in the United States") at the limitation AND FEATURING THE..... More
Tokyo: The TOGO GENSUI Publishing Society, 1937. The April 1937 "revised and enlarged edition" of Admiral Togo's memoir, IN BOTH THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET AND ITS ORIGINAL PRINTED SLIPCASE. Clean, tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny chip along the rear panel's top-edge..... More
London: Printed by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford, 1653. Full calf. The uncommon 1653 true 1st edition of this Hebrew grammar, titled "A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English". Printed in London "by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford". Signed on the title page by John Robertson..... More
London: The Hogarth Press and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 1986. Cloth. A solid, well-preserved example of this 1971 re-issue, complete in 24 volumes, all of them including their original powder-blue dustjackets. The uniform, octavo volumes are tight and VG in their dark-blue cloth. Some light pencil underlining from a former..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Boards. SIGNED BY ROBERT INDIANA across the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2006 1st edition of this major monograph on the artist. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of very light bowing to the front board) in a crisp, Fine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. Mabel Lucie Attwell. Pictorial boards. A handsome copy of the 1932 1st thus, the 1st appearance of the Mabel Lucie Attwell full-page color illustrations. Perhaps even more notable though, this copy also includes a sharp, very well-preserved example of the publisher's uncommon pictorial box..... More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. Cloth. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1968 signed/limited. #42 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY ALLEN GINSBERG at the half-title. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing along the edges. (Also..... More
New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1974. Original wraps. 1970s novelizations --based on the infamous 1972 film "Deep Throat"-- BOTH INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR D.M. PERKINS. "Deep Throat" is inscribed on the title page by the author and is a January 1976 8th printing. It shows considerable wear, with creasing and..... More
Germany: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1987. Original wraps. The 1987 1st German edition of Linda Lovelace's autobiography "Out of Bondage". Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. 12mo, including a Foreword (also translated from English into German) by Gloria Steinem. More
Hollywood: WWV, Inc., 1982. Original wraps. 1882 1st edition of this early ranking and critique of adult films, in fact "the first handbook of its kind". Solid and VG+ in its stapled wrappers, with very light creasing and wear along the spine. More
Mexico City: Editorial Grijalbo, 1982. Original wraps. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1982 1st Mexican edition of Linda Lovelace's autobiography "Ordeal". Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. 12mo, translated from its original English into Spanish by Roas Maria Cortes. More
New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. Original wraps. The 1961 issue #9 (one of the most important --and least common-- issues) of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp..... More
