London: Sidgwick and Jackson, [1958]. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Small octavo in blue-multicolored DJ, 224 pages, b&w illustrations; 20 cm. Jazz history, Oliver, King, 1885-1938. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. 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
San Francisco: William Doxey, 1896-1897. First book editions. hardcover. Color-illus rustic brown cloth octavo; approx 200-300 pages (unpaged); illustrations throughout (chiefly b&w); 21 cm. Two volumes: Book 1 & Book 2, comprising a run of 24 issues of The Lark (cover title), the influential early California humor magazine (presumably the..... More
Barcelona: Ramón Sopena, 1949. Hardcover. Beige cloth octavo; 412 pág. + lám. 2-21 21 cm. In Spanish; Cocina -- Recetas. I. 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
Louisville, KY: L.H. Hartmann, 1982. Hardcover. Quarto in maroon polished buckram with gilt-stamped titles; ix, 134 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 133-134. An uncommon work. Printed on coated stock, with many photo reproductions in black and white, Bicycle mail -- California -- History. More
New York, London: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo in light green DJ. 3 preliminary leaves, 352 pages 20 cm. Social problems -- San Francisco -- California -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships - Mistresses -- United States -Artists. 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
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
Paris: A. Delahaye, 1869. Hardcover. Hardcover octavo with marbled boards and quarter leather spine, as well as guilt title and decoration on spine. xv, 195 [1] pages ; 18 cm. In French. || Syphilis. || De contagione et contagiosis morbis et eorum curatione "The infectious and contagious diseases and their..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. B&w DJ (white spine); 1438 p : b&w ill ; 24 cm. Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography. 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
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
New York: Poets Press, 1965. Erin Matson. 1st ed. staplebound. Blue-green quarto staplebound stiff textured paper wraps[8], 78 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Very attractive copy with faintest edge-wear. 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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New York: Kaikodo, 1996. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Grey octavo, 253 pages, b&w illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. A high quality production. || Art, Chinese -- Exhibitions. || Catalogue of a sale exhibition held in the gallery in New York. || Autumn 1996. More
(New York): Liberation News Service, N.D. Unknown edition. Paperback. White quarto, 69 pages ; 26 cm. Street theater, Cultural Studies. More
London: R. Scott, 1920. Hardcover. Octvo in maroon cloth boards and beige-grey printed DJ; ix, 121 p. : fold. map. ; 22 cm; bibliographical references (p. 118) and index. Scarce in such condition in jacket. // Palestine -- History, Military. MIddel East; Levant; Israel. 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
[Paris]: Perrin. [Nouv. edition]. Paperback. Two white duodecimo volumes in box set; 693, 509 p; 18 cm. In French. || History. More