Boston: The Baseball Publishing Co., 1911. Original Wraps. First Thus. A handsome copy of the 1911 "Bull" Durham Baseball Guide, the 2nd year this annual was issued. A complete, thorough rundown of the 1910 season, with dozens and dozens of photos. Crisp and clean in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. Still..... More
West Caldwell, New Jersey: H.R. Harmer, Inc., 2007. Original Wraps. First Edition. The lavish auction catalogue leading up to the sale on May 17th, 2007 at H.R. Harmer in West Caldwell, NJ. Very nice reference, with vivid color illustrations thruout. Bright and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 164 pgs..... More
1961. 1st. Cloth. Uncommon 1961 sampling of 100 Japanese textiles for springtime. Photographed in vivid, rich color, with accompanying Japanese text at each plate. Solid and VG- in its russet cloth, with light wear at the spine ends and along the outer hinges and light soilijg to the panels. Square..... More
Social Directory of New Orleans, 1941. Boards. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1940 Directory of "the Elite Society of New Orleans". Tight and VG+ in its light-blue suede binding, with gilt-titling to the front panel and spine. Pronounced fading along the spine, light fading at the rear panel's..... More
The New York City Symphony, 1946. A nice example of New York City Symphony history -- and a wonderful piece of very early Leonard Bernstein ephemera. The original flyer announcing the 1946 Fall series ("10 consecutive Monday evening concerts/Tuesday evening concerts --September 23 to November 26"), with a prominent photo..... More
Washington, D.C. Aircraft Industries Association of America, Inc., 1950. Cloth. The 1950 Aircraft Year Book, the 32nd annual edition. Tight and VG+ (with very light offsetting at the endsheets and small former owner stamp at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the..... More
Newark, NJ: Antiquarian Bookman. Original Wraps. The 1960 annual AB Bookman's Yearbook. Solid and VG in its printed wrappers, with light wear along the spine crown and very light spotting to the front panel. Octavo, 456 pgs., an intimate look at the American used and rare book world of 1960..... More
Newark, NJ: Antiquarian Bookman. Original Wraps. The 1964 annual AB Bookman's Yearbook. Tight and VG in its printed white wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels. Octavo, 352 pgs., wonderful look at the rare book world in the mid 60s. More
On the last leg of the first Scandinavian tour of The Rolling Stones (March 26th-April 2nd, 1965), a young fan intercepted the band at the airport in Stockholm as they were arriving (on March 31st or April 1st). He used 4 small pieces of lined notepad paper and on these..... More
Original wraps. 2 one-of-a-kind collections of Bettie Page contact sheets. The first, called "The Dave Stevens/Eric Kroll Travelling Show Part I", was purchased by the renowned fetish photographer Eric Kroll in 1989. As he wrote in pencil on the rear pastedown, "These are the contact sheets I made from the..... More
Signed letter. 2 warm, handwritten letters from Neil Simon (both signed "Doc") to a fellow comedy writer. One dated October 1963, the other from the same period if not even earlier. In both cases he's expressing his surprise over the success of his early plays (possibly "Barefoot in the Park"..... More
Cocker Spaniel Breeders' Club of New England. Original Wraps. Twenty separate catalogues (1 from the 1930s, 12 from the late 1940s, 7 from the 1950s) of the Annual Specialty Shows of the Cocker Spaniel Breeders' Club of New England. All of the catalogues are bright and clean and VG in..... More
New York: National Publishers, Inc., 1968. Original wraps. The surprisingly elusive "souvenir book" accomapnying the 1968 premiere of Stanley Kubrick's towering cinematic triumph. Bright and Near Fine in its folded wrappers, with just a touch of light soiling to the front panel. Wonderful captioned color stills thruout along with MGM's..... More
New York: Columbia Graphophone Company. Original Wraps. First Thus. 3 Columbia Records monthly catalogues, issued in Oct. of 1919 and April and May of 1920. Each is clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. 16mos, 20+ pgs. to each plus photographs thruout. Vintage, tasteful home furnising stamp at..... More
New York: Four Swords, Inc., 1970. Original Wraps. 3 early issues (all 1970) of this seminal gay bi-weekly. Issues #16, 32 and 38 respectively. All 3 issues well-preserved and VG. Provocative articles (many politically mobilizing) and graphic content --an important early mouthpiece of New York's gay comunity. More
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, 1956. Decorative Cloth. First Thus. The Spring, Summer and Autumn 1956 Selections from the Reader's Digest Condensed Books Series. ALL 3 BOOKS AS NEW IN THEIR VERY SCARCE, UNOPENED TIN SHIPPING CONTAINERS. Each tin container has publisher's elaborate paper label wraparound featuring images of..... More
London: Scriptum Editions, 2005. Decorative Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 2005 2nd printing. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Folio, lush black-and-white and color reproductions thruout. Foreword by Sir Elton John, whose AIDS Foundation was the beneficiary from the proceeds of this publication. More
Chicago: 1020 Art Center, 1956. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of this 1956 catalogue of the exhibition at Chicago's 1020 Art Center. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Oblong octavo, 4,000 copies printed. More
5 black-and-white criminal mug shots issued by the Bridgeport, Ct. Police Department, 1911-1912. Each of the 5 photos consists of a right profile of the suspect and a direct, facing-the-camera shot. Each of the 5 photos mounted on its own board, on which is written the suspect's various vitals, such..... More
Denmark: LEGO Group, 1982. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Uncommon history of the Lego Group on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in August of 1982. "The book reminisces over the 50-year period decade by decade. Each commences with a passage by or about a Dane who was a child during..... More
Chicago: Belgravia Group, Ltd. And Sandz Development Co., Inc., 2009. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 2009 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, beautifully photographed thruout. More
Nazraeli Press, 1998. Cloth. A clean, crisp copy of the 1998 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 69 pgs., limited to 1,000 copies. More
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..... More
London: Atrium Press Ltd. 1st. Hardcover. A very solid copy of this wonderful children's compilation of colorful characters. AND IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON --AND PRINTED-- WRAPAROUND BAND. VG+ in its spiralbound boards. 16mo, c. 1948. More
A "Son of Sam" (David Berkowitz) early 21st century archive, including 9 signed typed letters to high-powered African-American literary agent Larry Jordan, who represented Berkowitz in 2004-05. Together they were trying to craft and package a new autobiography called "Son of Hope", showcasing Berkowitz's "born again" views. The letters are..... More
