Boston: G. K. Hall & Co. 1972. First Thus. Hardcover. 345 pp. Slightly bumped lower corners, traces of a light residue along top edges of book boards and DJ plastic cover. Light sunning to DJ spine, mild shelfwear to DJ. Silver lettering to spine, jade green boards. Unmarked text, tight... More
Japan: Hokuseido PRESS, [1950] 1974. Sixteenth Printing. Hardcover. Bright beige woven linen over boards, very clean, with clear black lettering to front boards and spines. Title page coffee-stained. Light wear to dustjacket extremities. 379 pp. Single card laid in at the front, Japanese text, as well as a tipped in... More
San Francisco, CA: Boothby's World Drinks, Co. 1934. Paperback. Yellow paperback depicts a mail and female hands holding driniks, against a backdrop of a glove. Book contains a massive amount of information about mixing drinks within., as its author was one of the prime "Mixologists" of his or any day... More
London: Andrew Darkers Ltd. 1943. First Edition. Pamphlet. An impassioned plea for humanitarian assistance to famine-stricken children in Europe in the midst of World War II. 30 pp. Light pencil to front cover. Corners very lightly bumped. No markings inside. More
Minneapolis, MN: Goldermood Rainbow Press, 1981. Bookslinger. Broadside. BROADSIDE. First Edition. 1 poem on 1 sheet, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16 1/2 X 11.4 CM.) Stiff black paper, with printing in shaded white. SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI, IN WHITE AT BOTTOM. One of 1,000 copies, published in May of... More
Edinburgh: R. Clark, P. Anderson and A. Brown, 1784. Leather-bound. Original brown calf, measuring 7.0" x 4.25" x 1.25". Rubbing and wear to extremities, with corners bumped and a two-inch separation at front board near bottom. Five raised bands, six compartments, with contrasting spine label, triple-ruled in gilt. Text 324... More
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1977. Paperback. First Appearance of Orson Scott Card's seminal sci-fi classic, then in novelette form -- 34 pp. Later expanded into novel which garnered prestigious awards (Hugo and Nebula) spawned sequels, and occupies a solid and honored place in the classics of the genre. Minor... More
London, England: Davenport and Company, 1948. Pamphlet. Noteworthy British magic magazine which began publication around 1933 which contained tricks, routines, magicians' shop talk, illustrations of complex performance pieces, examples of patter, etc. Ten issues ranging in date from 1948 through 1951, including a bonus of "Maskelynes Mysteries", also published by Davenport. 11 pieces in all. More
NEW YORK: Frederick Warne and Co. 1877. Hardcover. Pocket-sized volume, measuring 4 1/4" by 2 7/8". Red cloth with black, red and gilt lettering and debossed design, with beveled edges and all-edges gilt. Light wear to extremities and darkening to top inch of front board. Some of the blank interleaves contain... More
New York: Random House, New York. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Bright, sharp-cornered first trade issue in first binding. All first printing first issue points present: First binding (red) with textual error on p. 327 -- the repeating of lines 8 and 10, which was corrected in the subsequent variant (beige)... More
Tokyo: Japan Publications, 1987. Hardcover. STATED FIRST EDITION. Very light spine lean. Dustjacket very good. Very light edgewear and several small closed tears near top of dustjacket spine. Now mylar protected. Black lettering crisply debossed to spine of maize-colored cloth-covered boards. With 8-page section color photographs (16 photos). A fascinating... More
Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society, 1978. Limited Edition. PAPERBACK. Manly Palmer Hall was an enormously prolific author and mystic who in his lifetime published more than 150 books and articles, and delivered thousands of lectures. He founded the Philosophical Research Society, dedicated to the study of religion, mythology, and metaphysical... More
Los Angeles, California: Philosophical Research Society, 1948. Softcover. A non-sequential lot of 32 issues of Horizon : Journal of the Philosophical Research Society, which later became PRS Journal, ranging in date from 1949 to 1970. Some shelf-wear and minor smudging, but most are in very clean condition. Diagrams, photographs, and... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1937. Julien, Carl. Hardcover. Mild spine lean. Small .5" black mark on spine and pea-sized, white spot on rear board. A bit of very light soiling to front board, as well. Three corners are lightly nudged. End papers are illustrated with reproduction of... More
Leiden,Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1993. Hardcover. Small 4to, measuring 9.75" x 6.50" Chocolate brown boards with bright gilt lettering. 291 pp. 21 plates. Purple and white dustjacket, lettered in white. Fine, but for light foxing to top edge. SIGNED by author (as Esther Jacobson Tepfer) on title page. Quite scarce. ORIGINAL... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1915. James McBryde. Ninth Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. 8 1/2" x 6". Tan, woven linen over boards, with black lettering, and double-ruled in red. Some small stains and smudges to boards, but not obtrusive. 270 pp. Fore-edge and tail untrimmed. The first collection by Montague Rhodes James. a.... More
Hollywood, CA: George Palmer Putnam, 1940. Hardcover. SIGNED INSCRIPTION BY AUTHOR to front free endpaper. Original price on front flap. Mild wear to extremities. Small dimple to front lower corner. Gilt lettering to spine of orange cloth-covered boards. Black lettering to spine of orange illustrated jacket. Brodart protected. 252 pp... More
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 16 mo (measuring 6.75" x 4.50"). Very cool art deco design. Black woven-pattern boards with yellow spine, triple-ruled in black, vertically lettered in black. Front board shows title and author at right angles, with a martini glass, all in gold. Goldenrod... More
Helena, MT: Greycliff, 1997. Cormier, Robert, Hardcover. SECOND PRINTING. Very mild creasing to spine foot. Gilt lettering to spine of green, cloth-covered boards. Color illustration to front of white glossy jacket. Numerous illustrations, including 4 pp color, and grafts. 366 pp with appendices, bibliography, and indices. Clean, tight, bright. This... More
Jewish Currents Offprint, 1962. Pamphlet. 12pp. Includes THE JEWS IN THE CIVIL WAR: 25 SIGNIFICANT DATES (Charles White, courtesy, ACA Gallery, New York). A JEWISH CURRENTS reprint from the September 1962 and April, 1961 issues). 12 pp. From the Centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation -- Issued Sept. 22, 1862, in effect Jan. 1, 1863. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Brick red cloth-over-board, measuring approximately 8.25" x 6". VERY faintly musty. Previous owner's stamp appears four times: front free endpaper, half-title, page 100, and rear pastedown. Map endpapers. Edgewear to dustjacket, with a very small chip or two at top &... More
Storrs, Connecticut (USA): Wormwood Review, 1963. Paperback. Cover and interior art by Charles Bukowski, who, as Art Editor, uses the name "A. Sypher" as his nom de plume. Red card covers. Just a wee bit of edge and corner-wear. Note: Index to Volumes 1-3, inclusive,pp. 36-39. Limited to "no more... More
Portland, OR: University of Oregon, 1906. Paperback. Old issue of University of Oregon publication, dated 1906. Covers only a bit frayed, but solid. 40 pages. Fabulous UNIVERSITY OF OREGON MONTHLY, Volume X, Issue 2, dated December 1906. Long article entitled "Football in the Pacific Northwest" debating the worthiness of the sport... More
Siquomb Publishing Corp. 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Words and music to 32 songs from three albums: SONG TO A SEAGULL, CLOUDS, AND LADIES OF THE CANYON. Beautiful color Illustrations by Joni Mitchell. One small rectangular darkened sticker-residue spot, bottom center of front panel. Very scarce title in great condition for its 40+ years. More
NEW YORK: 1933. Paperback. Very first issue of Newsweek (then known as News-Week). The magazine ceased publication in 2012. More
