New York: Viking Press, 1956. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in brown DJ, 312 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Newspaper clippings included to rear pastedown. || Contraltos -- United States -- Biography. || Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993. || 'My Lord, What a Morning' is a gentle..... More
N.Y., N. Y. Universal Publishing, 1937. A Universal Romance Special Edition (reprint). Paperback. Paperback octavo with white spine. 127 pages, 19 cm. Scarce || "A Universal Romance Book"-title page. || "The unexpurgated adventures of luscious Carmine Mitchell, whose natural warm-blooded passions were checked too long by a jealous sister. When..... More
Portola Institute, 1971. Paperback. Paperback black folio; 447 pages, b/w illustrations, 37 cm. Includes the original 18-page large-format (approx 8x12") stapled & photo-illustrated "teaser" pamphlet for Whole Earth catalogs laind in. Quite scarce thus, with pahphlet. More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large quarto in multicolored DJ, red spine, design to front board, 42 pages, chiefly b&w illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Inscribed and signed by author. || Anansi (Legendary character) -- Legends. || These tales are full of the life and spirit..... More
México: N.P., 1940. Paperback. Small quarto in color illus offwhite wraps; 246 pages : illustrations, plates (some color), music ; 23 cm. In Spanish. Very well illustrated. Uncommon. || Indigenous dance -- Mexico. Native American dance and ritual. Choreography, Music, Baile. Rhythm || "El principal objeto de este libro es..... More
Mexico: Secretaría de Educación Pública; Talleres graficos de la nacion, 1928. Hardcover. Quarto in offwhite printed & illus paper-backed boards; 351 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm. "Cien aires nacionales mexicanos para piano": pages [237]-341. In Spanish. Numerous b&w photo reproductions of historical interest. "Cien aires nacionales..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. Seventh printing. Hardcover. Octavo in white-blue DJ, gilt to spine, xiii, 770 pages ; 24 cm. American poetry -- 19th century. || "The only edition currently available that contains all of Dickinson's poems. The works were originally gathered by editor Johnson and published in..... More
London: Griffith & Farran, [1882]. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. Small octavo in stamped and silver & gold gilt cloth-backed boards; xv, 239 pages.; 31p appendix ; 20 cm. Handomely done illustrations to front board. 31-page bookseller-catalogue to rear. Bookseller stamp of S Hogg Charing Cross road to front pastedown. Contents..... More
Ontario, Canada: Central Readers Service, N.D. Unknown edition. Hardcover. Pink folio, b&w illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Hairdressing -- Periodicals. || Volume "F," Number 12. More
New York: Arno Press, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo in black DJ, 316 pages; 22 cm. A sharp, attractive copy. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.|| Detective and mystery fiction. More
Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1979. Paperback. Paperback green octavo. 243 pages : b/w illustrations ; 20 cm. In Spanish and Portuguese, side by side columns || Series: Estudio paperback; || Fonctionnalisme (Architecture) || Sert, José Luis, 1902-1983. More
New York: Grove Press, 1955. First English language edition. Hardcover. Octavo in black price-clipped DJ, xliv, gilt to spine, 191 pages, b&w portrait ; 22 cm. Early edition, scarce. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Poetry of places, Topographical poetry. || Series: Evergreen books, E-54. || In Spanish..... More
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Primavera Press, 1931. Hardcover. Octavo in pale red, yellow and blue swirled marbled paper backed boards, rustic cloth beige spine; 74 pages. One of fifty copies. Signed and inscribed on colophon by the author to one Charles K. Adams in year of publication. Also laid in..... More
Oaxaca, Mexico: Carteles Editores, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Front and back covers are double-folded stiff wraps with color illustrations, portrait. 78 pages, 22 cm. Author inscription to title page. || 500 copies made. || Mexican American writers. Literature. Autobiographies. Spanglish. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition(stated). Hardcover. Oblong octavo in handsome color backed boards and similar dust jacket; 92 pages ; 19 x 23 cm. "Typography, Binding and Jacket Design by Vincent Torre". Contents: Cultural exchange -- Ride, Red, ride -- Shades of pigmeat -- Ode to Dinah..... More
Moskva: Nauka, 1966. Hardcover. Quarto in dark blue polished cloth-backed boards; 486 p., [21] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps (some col.), bibliographical references (p. 456-[481]); 27 cm. Large color folding map attached to rear board paste-down. Scarce. In Russian with added title page, table of contents and summary..... More
Portland, Maine: A.J. Johnston, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. Octavo in white-pale blue DJ, x, gilt to spine, 257 pages, 28 unnumbered leaves of plates, b&w illustrations, map (on lining paper) ; 24 cm. Signed by author. || China -- Description and travel. More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Quarto in red DJ, ix, 80 pages, b&w illustrations ; 27 cm. African Americans -- Civil rights -- Juvenile literature. || Two young black boys examine the Reconstruction and Civil Rights eras and the effect these periods have had..... More
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Hong Kong: Kaikodo, 1996. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Grey folio, faint Chinese characters and art design to front cover, 211 pages, b&w illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. A high quality prouction. || Art, East Asian -- Exhibitions. || Very scarce. || Catalog of a sale..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo in brushed green cloth and gilt titles; 308 p, b/w illus (star map). Inscribed and signed by Le Clezio on half-title. Rare thus. In French. Le Clezio won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008. More
(New York): Liberation News Service, N.D. Unknown edition. Paperback. White quarto, 69 pages ; 26 cm. Street theater, Cultural Studies. More
México, D.F. Editorial 'Cima', 1940. First edition, first printing (presumed; no earlier dates or printings stated). Paperback. Octavo in offwhite wraps; 288 p.; publisher's original paper band laid in. In Spanish. Uncommon and presumably quite scarece with publisher's original paperband. Series: Colección de autores mexicanos (as stated on front wrap)..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in red DJ, gilt to spine, ix, 272 pages ; 21 cm. Africa, West -- History. || Blyden, Edward Wilmot, 1832-1912. || West African history series. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. More
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. hardcover. Three folio volumes in original white cardboard box with printed paper title label to box front; in a smaller secondary, two-part loose-folding 'box', as issued. The book: decorative red & beige rustic cloth, xxxiii, 281 pages illustrations in b/w and color, 31 cm..... More
London, New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, [1874]. [Second edition]. Hardcover. Folio in full leather (calf) ornamental blind-stamped and gilted boards; raised bands to spine, AEG; frontis, xii, 329 pages, 50 full-page b&w plates (Doré illustrations); 33 cm. With a 62-page introduction by Vaughan. A lovely leather folio edition..... More