The Norm; No. 9, Featuring Michael Jantze's Comic Strip
San Anselmo, Calif. The Norm.com, 2005. Paperback. Green oblong quarto, 46 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm. Out of print. || Men -- Comic books, strips, etc. More
New Arrivals
Official souvenir program, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
[Seattle]: Acme Publications, 1961. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Large black quarto or small folio, 96 pages, color illustrations. Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) || United States, Urban Studies. More
The Humboldt celt; the key to the lost Olmec world
Laguna Hills, Calif. Aegean Park Press, 1992. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Tan quarto, ix, 192 pages, b&w illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Series: Mayan studies, volume 4. Contents: Approaching the mystery -- The center of the celt -- The earth goddess of the south -- The..... More
Whitman Centenary; Vol XIV, No. II, Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, May 1919
[Chicago]: [Modern Poetry Association], 1919. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Grey duodecimo, chapbook, glued binding, pages 59-116. Poetry, Magazine. || Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation. More
The world's mightiest jazz catalog; Fantasy, Prestige, Milestone, Galaxy and Riverside Records
[Berkeley, California]: Fantasy Records, 1979. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black octavo, vii, 211 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Jazz -- Discography. More
Ironwood; #23, Spring 1984
Tucson, AZ: Ironwood Press, 1984. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black octavo, 184 pages. Beautiful illustration of natural scenery to front cover, by Judith Harper. || Poetry Journal, Periodicals. More
De re cibaria; cocina, pastelería, repostería menorquinas
Barcelona: Sintes, 1979. Fourth edition. Paperback. Brown octavo, XVII, 215 pages, 21 cm. Uncommon. Pamphlet included, in Catalan. Prologue in Catalan, book in Spanish. || Menorcan cuisine, Food. More
Paradise lost
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Large octavo in black DJ, gilt to spine, 369 pages, b&w illustrations ; 25 cm. Signed by editor Philip Pullman on title page. || Fall of man -- Poetry. || Presents John Milton's epic poem about the fall of man and..... More
György Lukács; años de peregrinaje filosófico
Buenos Aires: Herramienta, 2013. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White-grey-b&w octavo, 236 p ; 23 cm. Contents: El “libro de los libros” / György Lukács. Los nuevos problemas de la investigación hegeliana / György Lukács. El anclaje ético de la Ontología de Lukács / Guido Oldrini. La..... More
Theories of Africans; Francophone literature and anthropology in Africa
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Paperback. White octavo, x, 328 pages, b&w illustrations ; 24 cm. Signed and dated by Dr. Dorothy Miller. Associative copy. || Series: Black literature and culture. Contents: Introduction: reading through Western eyes --; Ethnicity and ethics --; Orality through literacy: Mande verbal art after..... More
Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi; a travel guide
Gretna: Pelican Pub. Co., 1989. First Pelican edition. Paperback. Red-yellow octavo, yellow spine, xi, 240 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Out of print. Series: Pelican international guide series. Rajasthan (India) -- Guidebooks. More
Sex in society
New York: Citadel Press, 1966. First American edition. Paperback. White-red octavo, 172 pages, 21 cm. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. || Originally published in 1950 under title: Sexual behavior in society./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-172). Sexuality, Cultural Studies. More
Texas Yankee; the story of Gail Borden
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Octavo in brown-white DJs, 129 pages, b&w illustrations, 21 cm. Signed and dated by author. Has two DJs! || Series: Local History Collection. Borden, Gail, 1801-1874. Biography. More
Tuning in With Thinkers; A Handbook of Terse Thoughts From Great Thinkers
Los Angeles, CA: Wetzel Publishing Co, Inc., 1939. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Olive green duodecimo or small octavo, 127 pages, b&w frontispiece. No records found in WorldCat. Rare. || Despite blemishes, still a really nice copy. Elegant. Book protected in (about 3 and a half-inch tear..... More
The owl in the attic and other perplexities
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Green octavo, xvi, 151 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents: Mr. and Mrs. Monroe -- Pet department -- Ladies' and gentlemen's guide to modern English. Series: Universal library, UL-51. Wit and humor, American literature --..... More
The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka reader
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2000. First edition, Fourth printing. Paperback. Black octavo, xxxiii, 586 pages ; 21 cm. "Amiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is perhaps the preeminent African-American literary figure of our time. Yet, until now, it has been impossible to find the..... More
She and Allan; Volume 2
New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. First Ballantine Books edition. Paperback. Light yellow duodecimo, pocket book, xii, 308 pages ; 18 cm. Science Fiction, Fantasy. More
A treasury of folk songs
New York: Bantam Books, 1955. Revised. Paperback. White duodecimo, black spine, pocket book, xvi, 240 pages, b&w music ; 18 cm. Contents: Barbara Allen -- Come, O my love -- The devil and the farmer's wife -- Frankie and Johnnie -- Lord Randal -- The gallows-tree -- Henry Martin --..... More
Cien años de soledad
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1967. Third edition. Hardcover. Custom brown faux-leather small octavo, gilt to spine, 351 pages ; 20 cm. More
Pictures of the gone world
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1955. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Black-white duodecimo, pocket book, 27 pages ; 16 cm. Original price of 75 cents to rear cover. || Series: Pocket poets series, #1. Poetry, American. More
Sowing the dragon's teeth; Byzantine warfare in the tenth century
[Washington, D.C.]: [Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection], [1995]. Paperback. Grey octavo, xviii, 405 pages, illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. In English and Greek. || Contains a new edition of Nicephorus Phocas' Praecepta militaria, with a translation and notes, accompanied by an edition and translation of chapters 56-65 of the..... More
Star Trek 2 and 3
New York: Bantam, 1973. 15th printing. Paperback. White and black duodecimos, pocket books, 122 pages. Paperback originals. || Star trek (Television program) -- Fiction. More
Evergreen Review, Volume 17, Number 96; Complete Text of Samuel Beckett's The Lost Ones Rader on Yevtushenko/Brown on A
1973. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. White duodecimo, pocket book, 189 pages, b&w illus. No copies found for specific edition in WorldCat. || Literature, Periodical. More
The devil to pay; being the famous history of John Faustus, the conjurer of Wittenberg in Germany; how he sold his immortal soul to the enemy of mankind, and was served XXIV years by Mephistopheles, and obtained Helen of Troy to his paramour, with many other marvels; and how God dealt with him at the last. A stage-play
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1939. First American edition. Hardcover. Black octavo, 147 pages, b&w diagram, 23 cm. Lacking DJ. || Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama. More