C: A Journal of Poetry, Vol. 1, no. 3, July / August 1963
by Ted Berrigan [ed.]
New York: Lorenz Gude and John Stanton, 1963. Good. New York: Lorenz Gude and John Stanton, 1963. First Edition. Slim folio (35.5cm); publisher's pictorial staple bound card wrappers; [30]ll. printed mimeograph from typescript on rectos only. Ex-New Mexico State University Library with their rubber-stamp and manuscript note to upper cover, final two leaves printed on significantly acidic paper... Read More
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The Sonnets
by Ted Berrigan; Joe Brainard [cover art]; Ron Padgett [ed.]
New York: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. Very Good-. New York: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First Edition, from an edition of 300 numbered copies; this copy one of an unspecified number of unnumbered copies, (Fischer puts the whole print run around 400). Quarto; side-stapled wrappers; [69]ll., printed rectos only. Lacks final blank and rear stiff cover, as is common... Read More
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SoundArt: Swedish Contemporary Sound Artists [with CDs]
by Teddy Hultberg; Mikael Stromberg [intro.]
[Stockholm]: STIM/Svensk Musik, 2001. Very Good/Very Good. [Stockholm] STIM/Svensk Musik, 2001. Square octavo; 143pp. Color illustrations. Illustrated black dust jacket over matching black paper wraps. Two audio CDs in pockets mounted inside front and back covers. Jacket shelfworn, with scuffed impressions to front and back of CDs and rubbing down joints and folds. Covers shelfworn but crisp, with... Read More
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Natural Process: An Anthology of New Black Poetry [Signed by Nikki Giovanni and Clarence Major]
by Ted Wilentz and Tom Weatherly [eds.]; Nikki Giovanni, Clarence Major et al [contrs.]
New York: Hill and Wang, 1970. Very Good-. New York: Hill and Wang, [1970]. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Slim octavo (20.5cm); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in red and green; x,181pp. Moderate wear and dust-soil to wrapper margins, else About Very Good. Signed by contributors Nikki Giovanni and Clarence Major on p. 21 and 84 respectively. ... Read More
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Natural Process: An Anthology of New Black Poetry [Signed by Nikki Giovanni]
by Ted Wilentz and Tom Weatherly [eds.]; Nikki Giovanni [contr.]
New York: Hill and Wang, 1971. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Hill and Wang, [1971]. Reprint. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's cloth in green and white dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); x,179pp. Dust jacket a bit rubbed, old glue residue to upper panel from removed price sticker, paper scar to spine panel; overall Very Good and sound. Signed by... Read More
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Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir by His Son [Four Volumes]
by Hallam Tennyson
Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1897. Very Good. Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1897. Limited 'Connoisseur' Edition, this being #37 of 250. Four volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled paper boards; spines lettered in gilt; five raised bands; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations to each volume. Includes selections of Alfred... Read More
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![Sweet Eros, Next and Other Plays [Inscribed to Elaine Steinbeck]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/587/859/1614859587.0.m.jpg)
Sweet Eros, Next and Other Plays [Inscribed to Elaine Steinbeck]
by Terrence McNally; Philip Burton [fwd.]
New York: Random House, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Signed by Terrence McNally at title page to his close friend Elaine Steinbeck with inscription, "For Elaine, Who had more to do with this than she will ever, ever realize. I love you. And that's for life, Ter-le-beau." Octavo. 138 pp. Printed dust... Read More
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Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans [Inscribed and Signed]
by Wallace Terry
New York: Random House, 1984. Very Good-/Very Good. New York: Random House, [1984]. First Edition Stated with full RH number line. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xviii,311pp.; four leaves of black and white photographs printed on rectos and versos. Dust jacket rather rubbed and wrinkled, corners bumped, spine cocked, textblock edges finger-soiled; overall Good... Read More
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The Nightwalker
by Thomas Tessier
London: Macmillan, 1979. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Octavo (20.3 cm), 158pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket intact with price (£5.95). Boards full bound in olive cloth with silver stamping on spine. Dust jacket generally scuffed, creased, and rubbed and verso lightly toned at margins. Boards shelfworn at bottom margins and bumped at corners... Read More
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![In Sight of Chaos [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/069/682/1616682069.0.m.jpg)
In Sight of Chaos [Signed Limited Edition]
by Thomas Tessier
London: Turret Books, 1971. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Turret Books, 1971. First Edition. 100 signed copies, of which this is 46. Octavo (22 cm), 24pp. Salmon publisher's dust jacket with black printing on front and front flap. Text block pamphlet bound in white wrapper. Jacket lightly faded at margins; rubbed at spine. Shelf wear to text block and... Read More
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Shockwaves [Signed]
by Thomas Tessier
London: Severn House, 1983. Very Good/Very Good. London: Severn House, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (20.3 cm), 222pp. Publisher's pictoral dust jacket with price intact (£6.95). Boards full bound in maroon cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Jacket generally scuffed, creased and minorly worn at edges with a small gouge to the center of the front cover. Board corners... Read More
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![The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated From the Original Greek: And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised [with] the Book of Psalms, Translated Out of the Original Hebrew: And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/991/405/1636405991.0.m.jpg)
The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Translated From the Original Greek: And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised [with] the Book of Psalms, Translated Out of the Original Hebrew: And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised
by [Bindings - American] [Bible - New Testament]
New York: American Bible Society, 1852. Very Good. New York: American Bible Society, 1852. 16th Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo (23cm.); publisher's full gilt-tooled brown morocco, spine in six compartments, all edges gilt; 447,[1]; 112pp. Corners a bit bumped, textblock significantly browned and foxed, attractive contemporary gift inscription of a Mrs. S.B. Peck from her friend LES... Read More
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Electric Rexroth / Second Issue, 1994
by Tetsuya Taguchi [ed.]; Ricky Jay, Allen Ginsberg et al [contrs.]
Kobe, Japan: TB Design Institute, 1994. Very Good +. Kobe, Japan: TB Design Institute, 1994. First Edition. 12mo (16cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; unpaginated; illus. throughout. Just a hint of shelf wear, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good to Near Fine. The second of just two issues published of this bilingual Japanese and English-language poetry magazine... Read More
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The Color of Money
by Walter Tevis
New York: Warner Books, 1984. Very Good. New York: Warner Books, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [6],294pp. Wraps worn along edges with creasing to corners and spine; curling to corners. Binding sound. Stamp to top edge of text block; pages toned but unmarked; a well-read but still Very Good copy. The... Read More
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Mockingbird
by Walter Tevis
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with original $10.00 price intact; dark blue-green boards with black cloth spine and silver lettering; U48 gutter code to p. 247; [viii],247pp. Jacket lightly shelfworn, with some creasing at bottom of rear panel, bumping at... Read More
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The Colour of Money [original spelling: The Color of Money]
by Walter Tevis
London: Severn House Publishers, 1985. Fine/Fine. London: Severn House Publishers, 1985. First UK Edition. Octavo. 236pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket unclipped. Tight in binding and interior unmarked. A Fine copy of the author's sequel to "The Hustler" and following the exploits of pool shark Fast Eddy. Originally published in wrappers the... Read More
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Andreas Gursky: Photographs From 1984 to the Present [Signed by Gursky]
by Andreas Gursky; Marie Luise Syring [ed.]; Lynne Cooke and Rupert Pfab [text]
Dusseldorf, Germany: Schirmer/Mosel, 1998. Fine/Very Good. Dusseldörf, Germany: Schirmer/Mosel, 1998. First Edition. Large oblong quarto (31x35cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 142pp.; color photographic illus. throughout. Dust jacket margins rubbed and a bit wrinkled, closed tear to top inch of rear flap fold; overall a Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Staplebound pamphlet providing a German translation... Read More
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Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures
by Arnold Genthe; Will Irwin [text]
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Very Good. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Second Edition. Octavo (24cm); [x],208pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt and red lettering and decoration. Boards bumped along edges, with some general scuffing to cloth; spine a bit cocked and nudged at ends. Opens easily between a few gatherings but binding is holding soundly. Scattered, sparse... Read More
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The Story of the Mississippi
by C.H. Dewitt [illus.]; Marshall McClintock [text]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. First Edition with A-Q (January 1941) code on copyright. Slim square quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($1.00); 39pp.; color illus. throughout. Some shallow chips and closed tears along jacket extremities, one-inch loss at spine foot and small paper... Read More
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The Faith of Graffiti [Bookplate Signed by Mailer Laid in]
by Mervyn Kurlansky and Jon Naar [photography]; Norman Mailer [text]
New York: Praeger Publishers / Alskog Book, 1974. Very Good. New York: Praeger Publishers / Alskog Book, 1974. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Large quarto; publisher's color photo-illustrated card wrappers; [80]pp. color photographs with [16]pp. text insert printed on pale tan stock. Wear to wrapper margins, chip at spine foot, faint surface scratches, else Very Good, internally clean and... Read More
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life
by Roy DeCarava [photography]; Langston Hughes [text]
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; 98pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear along edges and spine with some general rubbing. Binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. Despite the misleadingly poor print quality, "The Sweet Flypaper of... Read More
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American Racing: Road Racing in the 50s and 60s [Inscribed and Signed by Burnside and McCluggage]
by Tom Burnside [photography]; Denise McCluggage [text]
Cologne, Germany: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. [Cologne, Germany]: Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, [1996]. First Edition. Large quarto (32.5cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 340pp.; black and white photographic illus. throughout. Dust jacket a bit worn at margins, brief white residue to bottom cloth extremities, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and... Read More
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![The Wimp and the Woodle and Other Stories [Signed by Pogany]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/158/377/1496377158.0.m.jpg)
The Wimp and the Woodle and Other Stories [Signed by Pogany]
by Willy Pogany [illus.]; Helen von Kolnitz Hyer; et al [text]
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1935. Very Good. Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1935. First American Edition. Quarto; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth housed in custom cloth slipcase; xiii,[3],180pp.; seven leaves of color plates, text illus. throughout, two-toned pictorial endpapers. Light shelf wear, spine gilt rather dulled, evidence of erased ownership signature to front flyleaf, light finger soil, else a Very Good and... Read More
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Mr. Weston's Good Wine
by T.F. Powys; George Charlton [illus.]
New York: The Viking Press, 1928. Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1928. First American Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo; viii, 317pp. Gilt-stamped purple cloth over black buckram spine and corners. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some fadin gand a few small runs to cloth. Lettering rubbed away on spine. Opens easily... Read More
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century. A Series of Lectures
by William Thackeray
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's plum blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 297,[1],2,6,6pp. Very light wear to cloth extremities, spine toned to brown, textblock rather foxed, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Collection of seven lectures delivered... Read More
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