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
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
Rio de Janeiro: Edição FUNARTE, 1978. Second edition. Paperback. Paperback light brown octavo. 125 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. In Portuguese. Scarce.|| Brazil, Music Brazilian music. || Series: MPB reedições ;; 4;. 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
Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. Second English translation. Hardcover. Octavo in white multicolored DJ, brown spine, deckled edges, 145 pages; 22 cm. Italy -- Fiction. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Uncommon. More
Madrid: A. de Carlos é Hijo, 1874. Hardcover. Octavo in brown quarter calf and marbled paper-backed boards and marbled endpapers, and gilt titles and raised bands to spine; xxxv, 477 p. ; 21 cm. In Spanish // Contents: Obras de Cervantes: Introducción: Diálogo entre Sillenia y Selanio, sobre la vida..... 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: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Hardcover. Harcover quarto with black DJ. 202 p. : b/w ill., ports. ; 21 cm. Author's first book || Strikes and lockouts -- Vineyard laborers -- California. Cesar Chavez, National Farmworkers Association. US history, civil rights. More
Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1980. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Octavo in white DJ, 206 pages, 60 unnumbered pages of plates, b&w illustrations ; 21 cm. Kazakhstan -- Description and travel. || Impressions of the USSR series. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. 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
Santa Barbara, California: McNally and Loftin, 1964. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White octavo; 284 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Migrant agricultural laborers -- California. || Contents: pt. I. Backgrounds, 1880-1942 -- 1. Mexico -- folks with plenty of nothing -- 2. California, the uncommonwealth --..... 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
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
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
(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
[Paris]: Gallimard, 1971. First trade paper ed. (?) ; date of 1971 to both copyright page and colophone; no other dates. Paperback. Small white octavo in plastic DJ; 143 p; 18 cm. In French. By the great French intellectual and writer. Stated limitation of. 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
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
Madrid: Imprenta de J. Ratés Martín, 1913. First edition. Full Leather. Octavo in full leather; 2 vols., 22 cm; 517 & 850p, indices, appendices. Scarce || Catholicism; Jesuits, History; Antijesuitism. More